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Click here to subscribeRussia.- Pinkerton (Robert) Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations, first edition, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-title with contemporary ink name to head, light spotting, mostly to first and last few ff., modern blue half morocco over marbled boards, cloth label to spine, spine and extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 232], 1833; and 4 others Russia related, including a 3 vol. Tauchnitz edition of Mackenzie Wallace's Russia, 8vo & small 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Russia.- Wilton (Robert) Russia's Agony, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered faint marginal spotting, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1918.
NO RESERVE Turkey.- Krausz (Wilhelm Victor) Die Turkei Im Weltkrieg: Bildnisse und Skizzen, first edition, 47 plates tipped into 34 aperture mounts, most colour, small ink library stamp to title, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth, gilt, folder with ties, a little spotted and soiled, folio, Vienna, 1916; and others, mostly on Turkish-British relations following WWI, folio & 8vo (c.15)⁂ Commissioned by the Austrian War Ministry to celebrate victory at Gallipoli and featuring notable Turkish leaders including Enver Pacha, leader of the Young Turks, and Mustafa Kemal, later Prime Minister Ataturk, as well as the Ottoman forces and landscapes.
West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 5 folding tables, vol.1 with a little worming to outer margin at beginning slightly affecting map at outer and upper edge, title of vol.2 with upper outer corner torn away not affecting text, contemporary tree calf, black roan labels tooled in gilt, a little rubbed and marked, upper joint of vol.1 cracked but a good copy, 8vo, Dublin, Luke White, 1793.
NO RESERVE West Indies.- Southey (Capt. Thomas) Chronological History of the West Indies, 3 vol., first edition, half-title, errata bound at beginning vol. 2, scattered spotting, modern boards, 8vo, 1827.⁂ A compilation of political, commercial, social, economic and religious information relating to all the West India Islands from 1492 to 1816.
NO RESERVE World.- Casati (Maj. Gaetano) Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, illustrations, 4 folding maps in pockets at end, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's pencil inscription and ink-stamp to vol. 1 early blank, occasional marginal pencil markings to vol. 1, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.43], 8vo, 1891 § Bland (J.O.P.) and E. Backhouse. China under the Empress Dowager, half-title, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and others similar, v.s. (6)
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., mixed early editions, vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 & 3 new edition, vol. 4-6 first edition, half-titles in vol. 1 & 3 only, vol. 2 & 3 with folding engraved map, vol. 2 lacking frontispiece portrait, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, spines cracked and some ends renewed, 4to, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-88.
Jackson (Catherine Charlotte, Lady) [French Historical Works], 14 vol., first edition, engraved portraits, contemporary blue calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, occasional rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to fore-edges, 8vo, 1878-90.⁂ A handsome set of first editions of Lady Jackson's Histories of French Royalty and Courtly Life.
Braybrooke (Richard Lord, editor) Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portraits and folding map, some spotting and off-setting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original back strip, 1825 § Bray (William, editor) Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, 2 vol., second edition, engraved plates, some foxing, later black half calf, rubbed, 1819; and 40 others, most leather bound, 4to (44)
Milton (John) Thomas Moore, Francis Bacon and others. The Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens Thereof, 3 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, engraved portraits, bookplates, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary panelled calf, vol. 1 upper cover worn, most joints cracked but holding, rubbed, Brab. Aylmer, Reb. Ronwick and others, 1706; and another, folio (4)
Walpole (Horace) [The Works], 5 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and plates, some folding, vignettes to title, ink ownership inscription to titles, vol. 2 initial ff. damp-stained, some spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, stamped in blind, rebacked, a few neat repairs elsewhere and some scratches, 4to, for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798.
Istanbul.- Pardoe (Julia) The Beauties of the Bosphorus, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved plates after W. H. Bartlett, all with fine hand-colouring, engraved map, occasional very minor spotting to fore-edge of plate margins, handsomely bound in modern purple morocco, upper cover with mounted onlay of ?original pictorial cloth in gilt, green morocco labels to spine, gilt borders and decoration, large 4to, Virtue and Co., [1838]
Russia.- Hanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 4 vol. in 3, first edition, 9 folding engraved maps, 19 engraved plates and portraits, 13 engraved vignettes, occasional foxing, soiling and off-setting, vol. 1 title torn and repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, Dodsley, Nourse, et al., 1753.
Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The Turkish History, 4 parts in 3 vol., titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 28 engraved plates, all but one portraits, occasional spotting and browning, non-uniform contemporary calf (vol. 1-2 mottled, vol. 3 panelled), all rebacked, [Atabey 1076 &1077; Blackmer 1466; Wing K702, R2407, R2414a & R2408], folio, Tho[mas] Bassett and others, 1687-1700⁂ The first collected edition by Rycaut which includes the 6th edition of Knolles's Generall Historie of the Turks, Rycaut's own continuation, his important The Present State of the Ottoman Empire and his one-volume supplement covering 1679-99. "Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey." Blackmer
World.- Thévenot (Jean de) Reisen in Europa, Asia und Africa ..., 3 vol. bound as 1, first German edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 43 engraved plates only (of 48), of which 11 folding, engraved initials, occasional small marginal worming, scattered staining and spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine partially erased, rubbed and worn, 4to, Frankfurt am Mayn, Philipp Fievet, 1693.⁂ "Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his travels for publication, which described Constantinople, the Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris in October 1663 and travelled through Syria and Persia to India; Thevenot died near Tabriz in 1667." (Blackmer)
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Miller (Janet) Camel-Bells of Baghdad, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Boston & New York, 1934 § Ellis (M. H.) Express to Hindustan, first edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929 § Raddock (Charles) Portrait of a People: the Story of the Jews from Ancient to Modern Times, 3 vol., frontispieces and plates, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, small loss to spine extremities, slipcase, rubbed and worn, New York, 1965; and others similar, 8vo (c.40)
A cased set of two Delta Alfa Romeo Milano Special Limited Edition Giulietta Sprint Azzurro Capri pens containing fountain pen 230/954 & ballpoint 110/954, pens made of sky blue resin, this colour is the original colour of the first car manufactured by Alfa Romeo of the Giulietta model, finished in sterling silver. cased. (2)
The Gun At Home And Abroad 'British Game Birds and Wildfowl' Vol I; 'The Big Game of Africa and Europe', Vol III, both limited edition number 277/500, London 1912, together with 'Fishing at Home and Abroad' limited edition number 352/750, leather binding, gilt titles, uncut pages. (3) *Slight spotting on all, mainly to first few pages, overall good.
Ono (Yoko) - Grapefruit - a rare signed first edition from a limited edition of 500, pub. Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, July 4 1964, original ecru wraps with title printed in black script, printed typewriter text in English with some Japanese translations, signed by the author in blue biro to the ffep, 'To Chris, yoko, London '66' and inscribed with the haiku 'Summer Grasses' by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, (translation "Summer's grasses! All that remains of soldiers' dreams"), 8vo (140 x 140mm.). * An important Yoko Ono work, published by her own press in Tokyo, divided into five categories (Music, Painting, Event, Poetry and Object) and containing over 150 pieces and poems, many of which are dedicated to notable art world figures of the day, such as John Cage, Yuji Takahashi and her then husband, Anthony Cox. *A few preliminary leaves inc. title loose, title with part missing from lower edge (apparently due to damage caused by the family pet!), hinges cracked, covers soiled and thumbed, corners and back cover creased, tiny tear to top of back cover, small water spot stain to fore edges, foxing to inside of covers
Arnold, Jean and Appleby, John A Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs of Edmund Blampied, a first edition by John Appleby publishing, Jersey, 1996, burgundy hard boards with gilt title to front and spine, speckled and bordered edges, contained in slipcase. * Very light spotting to cover and slip case, otherwise good.
Lorna Bailey Pottery - 'Oak Tree Cottage' teapot, 7" high; Broadway Jug, Ltd edition 3/50, 7" high (certificate); 'The Beeches' jug, bearing 'Old Ellgreave Pottery' stamp, 5.5" high; and a cruet set on stand bearing 'Old Ellgreave Pottery' stamp; also a copy of 'Lorna Bailey - The First Millennium' edited by Dave Lee (5)
"In A Free State" by V.s.Naipul, Ande Duetsch, 1971 first edition, second impression: "Sword of Honour" by Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall, 1965 first edition; "Curtain- Poirot's last Case" by Agatha Chrisie, Collins, 1975 first edition; "Spies" by Michael Frayn, Faber & Faber Ltd, 2002 first edition
" A Book of Bits or A Bit of A Book" by Spike Milligan, Dennie Dobson, 1965 first edition; "The (Little) Pot Boiler by Spike Milligan, Dennis Dobson, 1963 first edition; "Black Beauty - According to Spike Milligan", Virgin Publishing, 1996 first edition; "The Goon Show Scripts", written & selected by Spike Milligan Woburn Press, 1972 first edition
"Happiness Is a Sad Song" by Charles M. Schulz, Determined Productions Inc, 1967 first American edition; "Don't say Brown, say ....... "by Peregrine Boob, Leslie Frewin, 1967 first edition ; "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" adapted by ALl Perkins, illustrated by B.Tobey Random House Beginner Books, 1968 first edition
" A Manx Scrapbook " by W.Walter Gill, Arrowsmith, the first edition of the Manx scrapbooks, 1929 first edition; "History of the Isle of Man" By R.H.Kinvig, Oxford University Press, 1944 first edition; "A History of Kirk Maughold" by J.W. Radcliffe & C.K. Radlciffe , Manx Museum & National Trust, 1979 signed first edition
"The Poems of Coleridge", introduced by Ernest H.Coleridge, illustrated by Gerald Metcalfe, Bodley Head; "Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" translated by Edward Fitzgerald, illustrated by Edward Dulac, Hodder & Stoughton; "The Poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Long fellow, Bliss, Sands & Co; "Coventry Patmore - selected poems", edited by Derek Patmore, Grey Walls Press, Crown Classics Series, 1948 first edition
"Cosmopolitans" by W,. Somerset Maugham, William Heinemann Ltd, 1936 first edition; "Pleasures & Speculations" by Walter de la Mare, Faber & Faber Ltd, June 1940 first edition; "The Selected writings of Sydney Smith" edited by W.H. Auden, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1957 first edition; "Scenes from Cranford arranged for dramatic performance" by Beatrice Hatach, preface by Edward Compton, Samuel French Ltd
* Johnson (Amy, 1903-1941) and Mollison (Jim, 1905-1959). Pioneering Aviators, Autograph of Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, circa 1930s, written on a cream autograph album leaf (trimmed down), leaf size 6 x 12 cm, together with a certificate of authenticity supplied by Robert and Sandy Casalaspro of New York, plus Luff (David). Mollinson, The Flying Scotsman, 1st edition, Lytham St. Annes, Lidun Publishing, 1993, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, original boards in dust jacket, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison were both famous aviators from the 1930’s, they married in 1932 and continued to set aviation records both individually and as a couple. Their marriage became strained by 1936, with both parties competing to set the same records, and the couple divorced in 1938. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930. On Sunday 5 January 1941 Amy left Blackpool in an Airspeed Oxford, which she was to deliver to RAF Kidlington, near Oxford, but the aircraft mysteriously came down off course in the vicinity of Herne Bay in the afternoon. Her body was never discovered and the exact details of her death are still unclear.
Railway and associated items consisting of Prints, First Day Covers, reproduction nameplates consisting of 2 albums of transport railway and associated 1st day stamp covers including 150th Anniversary of the London South Western Railway June 89, 1/25th Anniversary of Robert Stephenson dated October 1984, 50 Years of Liverpool Manchester Railway dated 12th March 190 Famous Trains Golden Arrow 1929 to 72, Flying Scotsman dated January 1985, Cornish Riviera dated January 85 of the Forth Road Bridge September 64, 50th Anniversary of the Loss of the Ark Royal, British Rail History 120th 5th Anniversary of Waterloo Station dated 1973 and a quantity of others. Small sized EWR brass nameplate "King Edward I" measuring 17" x 4" approx, Railway tinplate signs from the 1920's/30's including King George V, Lord Nelson, Cock O the North and Princess Royal given away in magazines of the time, Railway Prints "Lady of Legend" by Sean Bolan and signed by the artist "1st At Cheltenham" by Peter Webster limited edition print No.28 of 225 and 3 others. Condition varies throughout from Good to Excellent. (qty)
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003)Cloaked Figure IX signed with initial and numbered 'C 770 1/6' (on the side of the figure's cloak)bronze with a black patina185 cm. (73 in.) highConceived and cast in 1978Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, from whom acquired directly by the family of the present owner circa 1978, and thence by descent to the present ownersPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Marlborough Fine Art, Chadwick Recent Sculpture, February-March 1978, cat.no.33 (another cast, ill.); this exhibition travelled to Zurich, Marlborough Galerie AG, April-May 1978Witley Court and Ragley, Jerwood Foundation (this cast, long-term loan, 2001-2011)Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (this cast, long-term loan, 2012-2023)LiteratureArt International, Vol. 22/3, March 1978, p.49 (another cast)Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Lypiatt Studio, Stroud, 1997, p.320, cat.no.770, (ill.b&w, another cast)Sarah Chadwick (intro.), (exh.cat.), The Sculptures at Lypiatt Park, London, Blain Southern, 2014, pp.66, 94, cat.no.66 (col.ill., another cast)Michael Bird, Lynn Chadwick, Farnham, 2014, p.155, cat.no.7-3 (col.ill., another cast)Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2006, p.328, cat.no.770 (ill.b&w, another cast)Dennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2014, p.334, cat.no.770 (ill.b&w, another cast)Lynn Chadwick's impressive Cloaked Figure IX encapsulates much of the artist's mature style and illustrates his increasing focus on the use of garments to dress and add dynamism to his figures. First suggested in his 1950s sculptures, in the Teddy Boy and Girl series, he moved to add ever more dramatic clothing as his work matured, leading to the billowing cloaks of the 1970s. Experimenting with the motif of the voluminous, blown cloak, as seen in his Jubilee sculptures, Chadwick created many variations on this, including with the fabric streaming out behind, swept to one side and, in the case of the present work, 'falling from the shoulders in ceremonial amplitude' (Michael Bird, Lynn Chadwick, Lund Humphries, Farnham, Surrey, 2014, p.156).Here, the female figure is shrouded in a long, draping cloak, the positioning of which lends the figure a sense of grandeur, and also of mystery. She seems to be a powerful, all-seeing presence, stately in her pose and inscrutability. As is typical with Chadwick, her female features are indicated only by the suggestion of her breasts and a triangular, block-like head, but she also seems imbued with a gracefulness that is particularly feminine. Her face is, as always, blank, with Chadwick once famously declaring 'no expression is an expression' (Lynn Chadwick: The Couple, exh.cat., Pangolin, London, 2011, p.3). He looked to body language as a more useful device for conveying attitude than facial features, which could be limiting. As ever with Chadwick, his ability to tell us so much with an incredible economy of form is notable.The angularity of Chadwick's style is writ large in this sculpture, and accentuated by the folds of the cloak. Chadwick studied closely the weight and properties of different fabrics and seems to have chosen for the present work one which hangs particularly heavily, with a weight that suggests ceremonial robes. Instead of flowing, curving fabric, we have grooved, geometric lines that accentuate the sharp posture of the shoulders and the strong stance of her legs, which are just visible. The addition of the cloak is also important in that it suggests movement, trailing as she seems to move silently forwards. Although the stance of her body appears apparently to be still, the flowing length of her cloak seems caught in movement, with dynamic ripples indicating her passage through the space. It is as though she walks among us with slow and considered steps, gliding past. As Chadwick explained, 'The important thing in my figures is always the attitude – what the figures are expressing through their actual stance. They talk, as it were, and this is something a lot of people don't understand.' (Lynn Chadwick, quoted in Edward Lucie-Smith, Chadwick, Gloucestershire, 1997, p.31). The mid-1970s brought about a subtle change in his approach to depicting the figure. As Michael Bird has written, ' 'Presences' was how he referred to his new figure sculptures; they were about being, not doing: 'I used to call them Watchers, but no longer. Sometimes they are not watching anything. What they are doing is illustrating a relationship – a physical relationship – between people'. It was through this relationship, not through purely formal or allusive qualities, that he wanted his sculptures to speak: 'If you can get their physical attitudes right you can spell out a message'' (Michael Bird, op. cit., p.147). Although Cloaked Figure IX is a single figure and not depicted, as so often in his work, with a male counterpart, her presence is undoubtedly a powerful one. Created as she is on a monumental scale, standing 185cm high, her full attitude cannot in fact be understood from one fixed viewpoint, but must instead be appreciated by walking around, taking in the full majesty of her flowing robes. Chadwick is thus encouraging the viewer themselves to actively interact with her stately, commanding presence, as though bearing witness to her regal procession, by ironically having us do the walking. Cloaked Figure IX was acquired directly from the artist by the family of the present owner, and has been enjoyed in this private collection for many years. It has also been exhibited publicly, both with the Jerwood Foundation at Witley Court and Ragley, and also most recently among the rolling hills of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Number one from the edition of six, its appearance on the market is an exciting opportunity to acquire a monumental example of Chadwick's work, which is of museum quality.We are grateful to the Artist's Estate for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.Photography © Jonty Wilde, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Omega. A limited edition stainless steel manual wind bracelet watchModel: Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Apollo 11, No.4240/7969Reference: 311.30.42.30.01.002Date: Purchased 15th December 2009Movement: 18-jewel Cal.1861 manual wind, No.77735728Dial: Black, luminous baton hour markers, white outer 1/5th second divisions, subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording with Apollo 11 medallion at 9, white pointed baton hands with luminous inserts, centre chronograph handCase: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back with Apollo 11 logo and engraved The First Watch Worn On The Moon, inner cap, black bezel with tachymeter scale, crown flanked by twin chronograph pushers, No.77735728Strap/Bracelet: Fitted 1958/957 Omega linkBuckle/Clasp: Signed folding claspSigned: Case, dial & movementSize: 40mm Accompaniments: Omega box, outer card, commemorative medallion, certificate of authenticity, international warranty, limited series card, pictograms card, original purchase receipt, copy of service invoice dated 2nd September 2015, operating instructions, swing tagFootnotes:Omega created the Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Apollo 11 '40th Anniversary' Limited Edition watch in tribute to the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing that took place on the 20th of July, 1969.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The black uniform with raised gilt lined red collar with flaming grenades to either side, the front with nine Queen's Crown Royal Artillery buttons, two buttons to the cuffs with elaborate scrolling bullion braid, the wound braid epaulets with a crown and one 'pip' for the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with knotted aiguillette to the left breast with lace-tags decorated with Roman fasci. With a pair of matching trousers with broad red stripe with a label for Mc Bride & Sons, 17 Charles Street St James's London, in ink 'Capt Franks R.A.' With a brocade belt with snake fastening and oval panels with a Lion above a Queen's crown, with sword hanger and strap with lion mask buckles. With matching shoulder belt and pouch, the pouch with rich braid decoration of Royal arms and Royal Artillery crest, the belt with flaming grenade and decorative gilt buckles. Major General Sir George Mc Kenzie Franks, KCB (1868-1958) was the son of Thomas John Franks and Elizabeth Clara McKenzie Kettle. He married Paula de Garcia on the 20th June 1901. Educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire he was commissioned with the Royal Artillery in 1887. 2nd Lieutenant from 23rd July 1887, Lieutenant 23rd July 1890, Captain from 1st April 1898. He fought in the Waziristan Expeditions of 1894-95 and 1897-98 and was twice mentioned in despatches during the Nile campaign of 1898-1899. Working with the Egyptian Army between 1898 and 1901 he was on the Staff from 1904 as a Staff Captain, at Staff College in India prior to the great War he became a Brigadier General with the Royal Artillery from the 28th February 1915. His great experience and authority seem to have made him an invaluable Officer being Mentioned an impressive five times during the First World War during his time serving on the Staff in France, the first occasion being in June 1915. He was awarded a CB in the New Years Honours List in 1917 and K.C.B.M. from 1927 when he was General Officer Commanding, United Provinces District, India. he was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery between 1931 and 1938. Resident at Ryecroft, Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland having previously sold Ballyscaddane the family estate of 3,196 acre near Knocklong Co. Limerick. His daughter, Cynthia, remained at Ryecroft until her death in 1975 and it was at the sale of the contents that this uniform was believed to have been purchased. The National Portrait Gallery in London hold four photographic portraits of Sir George McKenzie Franks. See Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976. Provenance: ex collection of Daniel H.F. Gillman of Dun Laoire and Bray Co. Wicklow. (1909-2005). Gillman and his brother Sylvester were regular attendees at country house auctions. Being Irish Georgian Society members, they were noted for their knowledge and collections of such items being credited in a number of relevant books including the 2nd edition of Mark Bence-Jones 'Guide to Irish Country Houses of 1988. *CR Slight damage to rear of collar where the fabric joins thew collar. Repair to trousers, slight fraying to belt where braid and leather backing have become detached. A few signs of wear but generally a magnificent uniform in very good condition given its age and wear.
19th Century pattern and reference works, comprising Mee (Cornelia), A Manual of Knitting, Netting And Crochet Work, 1843, 2nd edition, 267pp including patterns and image of C. Mee's knitting needle gauge, decorative cloth, gilt, contents loose / Warren (Mrs), Needlework Designs, fancy soft yellow covers / Mee (Mrs) and Austen (Miss), Novelties In Needlework, Third Series, fancy soft green covers, post 1867, and Mee (Mrs) and Austen (Miss), Novelties In Needlework, First Series, pink soft covers. (4)
Coburn (Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966). New York, with a Foreword by H. G. Wells, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co., New York: Brentano's, [1910], 20 hand-pulled photogravures (complete), 2 small surface marks touching image of first plate (The Metropolitan Tower), tipped on to rectos of grey stiff paper leaves, closed tear to inner margins of half-title and full-title and foremargins of 'List of Plates' leaf and Foreword part-title, Foreword leaf (pp. 9-10) detached and frayed at edges, lacks pp. 11-12, inner hinges partly broken, original calf-backed gilt-titled boards, worn, backstrip deficient, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:'Of the two books [London and New York], it is the New York volume that might be considered the more proto-modernist in spirit, not only because New York itself was the most palpably modern city, epitomized by that great leitmotif of early modernist photography, the skyscraper, but also because the form of the city, as created by these large, monolithic buildings, pushed Coburn towards a more radical way of seeing' (Parr & Badger, vol. 1, p. 74). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901). The Early Years His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the Direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General The Hon. C. Grey, 4th edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867, engraved portrait frontispiece of Prince Albert as a child by William Hall after Döll, one other portrait of the Prince, some light spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown full morocco by Birdsall and Son, Northampton, covers panelled in gilt with centre scroll with a 'V [&] A' monogram with crown above, enclosed by a foliate wreath, spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt to one compartment, the others decorated in gilt with repeat monograms, metal clasp, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy from Queen Victoria to Charles Kingsley, inscribed 'For the Rev. C. Kingsley, In recollection of the dear Prince, from Victoria, Balmoral Sept. 1867.'Additionally inscribed 'Grenville Arthur Kingsley from mother. Jny[?] 1876', and 'Presented to A. S. Watt by Mary St Leger Harrison, with sincere regard, Christmas 1918.' With a 2-page loosely inserted autograph letter from Mary St Leger Harrison to Alexander Strachan Watt, dated December 1918, presenting the book: 'It would be a great pleasure to me if you would let me add this book to your collection - I know the German name is not one to conjure with at the present time... the book has a certain value & interest as being the gift of the Queen to my father, at a time when his influence with her was considerable...please accept this with my thanks to you for many kindnesses to me during a year of much anxiety and sorrow...'Initially presented by Queen Victoria to the author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), her chaplain from 1859. Subsequently presented by his wife Frances Eliza Grenville to their son Grenville Arthur Kingsley (1858-1898), and then from daughter Mary St Leger Kingsley to Alexander Strachan Watt. he was the son of Alexander Pollock Watt (1838-1914), founder of the world's first literary agent A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, whose clients included Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats.Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852-1931) married Reverend William Harrison in 1876 and was a popular novelist in her day, writing under the nom-de-plume Lucas Malet. She wrote some 17 novels, commencing with Mrs Lorimer. A Study in Black and White (1882), Colonel Enderby's Wife (1885) and The Wages of Sin (1891), considered a major influence on Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. She lived mostly on the continent with the singer Gabrielle Vallings, Mary's second cousin and adopted daughter.
* Graves (Robert, 1895-1985). English novelist, poet and critic. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Robert’, Callun, Deya, Mallorca Spain, 30 October 1945, to John [Aldridge] and [his wife] Lucie, regarding the cover design for his new novel Seven Days in New Crete, ‘… I think the design’s lovely and I’m ever so pleased that another of your covers will be on one of my books. Only one technical comment: the apple should be sliced horizontally, not vertically, to show the star in the middle formed by the core. Pictorial comment: I'd like a little more witch to show in proportion to goddess, who’s on a little too grand a scale proportionately…’, Graves further mentions the specifics of the design and details what the book is about, ‘…[It] is a Utopia novel which I finished just before we met in August: about a chap called Venn-Thomas who gets evoked by some magicians in the year A.D. ?? (only it is not A.D. because Christianity has ended) and finds himself in an anthropological paradise ruled by the girls on your design…’, then after explaining who the Goddess is, the second half of the letter deals with more practical matters, a few marks and ink spots including one large blot to lower right corner affecting a few words without loss of legibility, a few small nicks to right margin, 2 pages, small folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Seven Days in New Crete is a seminal future-utopian speculative fiction novel which shares many themes and ideas with Graves's The White Goddess, published in 1948. The dust jacket picture design referred to in the letter was done by the artist John Aldridge and used for the first UK edition published by Cassell in 1949. The first US edition was published simultaneously by Creative Age Press in New York but carried a different design and the alternative title, Watch the Northwind Rise.John Aldridge (1905-1983) was a British artist and designer closely associated with Graves. He had created designs for the dust jackets of several of Graves's books prior to this one, including his classic I Claudius (1934).
Two limited edition Coalport figurines, Lily and Mrs Fitzherbert, Lily with CoA, no chips or cracks, largest H: 24 cm, both items in this lot are free from losses, restoration, crazing etc, both appear in excellent condition with just slight scrapes to shoes on Mrs Fitzherbert. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)
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