India – Account of Maharajah Ranjit Singh’s Court Physician. Fine leather bound first edition of ‘Thirty Five Years in the East’ by Dr Martin Honigberger London 1852. Engraved frontispiece tinted lithographed folding panorama of Lahore 46 engraved plates and a map full leather with original gilt label on spine pp. xxix 206 xi 448 8vo (2 volumes in one). Plates include portraits of all the prominent members of the Lahore Durbar including his wife Jinda and son Duleep Singh. Scarce. Honigberger was Personal Physician to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Khushwant Singh’s History of the Sikhs Princeton N.J. 1963-1966 describes him as the Hungarian doctor Honigberger who mixed gunpowder for the artillery and distilled brandy for the Maharajah. He was in fact from the town of Kronstadt Central Romania.
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India – Punjab – Zafarnama Ranjit-Singh Fine first edition of Zafarnama-i-Ranjit Singh of Diwan Amar Nath edited with notes by Sita Ram Kohli Lahore 1928. Original card covers spine worn and chipped. Text in English and Persian. Diwan Amar Nath was a scholar in the court of Lahore from 1833 and wrote many of the Maharaja’s Fatehnama and zafarnamas.
India & Punjab – Sikh Wars Book. A fine two volume first edition of A YEAR ON THE PUNJAB FRONTIER by Herbert Edwardes 1851 first edition of Edwardes’ classic account of the 1848 Punjab rebellion with three colour plates heightened in gold plans lithographic views facsimile letter and a large folding linen backed map outlined in colour handsomely bound in bound in fine 3/4tan leather with gilting on spine and titles. In 1848 on the Punjab frontier an “insurrection rapidly grew into a national movement by the Sikhs against the English occupation”. That spring following the murder of officers Agnew and Anderson at Multan by order of the Sikh Governor Mulraj the young Lt. Edwardes who had arrived in India as a cadet in 1841 “raised a body of armed tribesmen and rapidly formed a fairly disciplined and faithful force… He routed the rebel troops at Kineyri… and inflicted on the enemy a second defeat at Sadusam in front of Multan…Young alone untrained in military science and unversed in active war [Edwardes] had organized victory and rolled back rebellion” (DNB). “For his services he received the thanks of both houses of parliament was promoted major by brevet and created C.B. by special statute of the order… After the conclusion of peace Major Edwardes returned to England… and wrote and published his fascinating account of the scenes in which he had been engaged.
Poole pottery, a Dolphin charger, number 471 from a limited edition of 1000, retaining original label and with printed factory marks, complete with certificate, 41cm diameter Footnote: This charger was created to commemorate the moving of Poole's main factory from its site on the Quay, first established in 1873, to the new premises within the Borough of Poole. The design shows a dolphin, the sign of both Poole Pottery and the Borough of Poole, and the sea to signify the harbour of Poole where the pottery was first created
![British Commonwealth silver proof coin first day covers, Guernsey £5, The Tudor Reign, [Edition Limit 400], pencil notation o](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1907/2873121/886-2013725161946_468x382.jpg)
`More Adventures of Rupert`, Alfred Bestall, Daily Express Publication, first edition 1942. Hard to find original wartime Rupert annual, with front board colour illustration of Rupert on a castle wall, with Bill Badger, Podgy Pig, Willie, and Scarecrow. Contains eight illustrated stories - `Rupert and The Cartwheels`; `Rupert and Odmedod`; `Rupert and The Wrong Presents`; `Rupert and The Old Ruin`; `Rupert and The Little Plane`; `Rupert and The Sea Serpent`; `Rupert and The Fire`; `Rupert at Sandy Bay`. Book condition is fair, all pages present, tears to spine and whole cover unattached but complete. Corner of front page missing, `Belongs To` box filled in. Some light soiling throughout, otherwise internally very clear with colours bright.
![Bairnsfather [Bruce] : Bullets and Billets, 1916 First Edition; A c.1920 Copy of The Caxton Edition of Raemakers Cartoons.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/36007/2883811/101-201387131431_468x382.jpg)
A RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF LOUIS RAEMAEKERS "THE GREAT WAR A NEUTRAL`S INDICTMENT" BOOK^ being of large construction^ one of 1050 made (only 1000 went for sale)^ having Louis Raemaeker`s signature underneath his photo^ containing 100 anti-German cartoons. Scuffing and some loosening to the binding^ edges of the pages are scuffed^ otherwise good.
THE YELLOW EARL^ the life of Hugh Lowther^ 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944 by Douglas Sutherland^ copyright 1965^ first American edition 1966^ published by Coward-McCann Inc^ New York^ with cloth covered boards^ printed dust jacket and plastic protector. Some edge and corner wear to jacket^ some yellowing to pages^ otherwise good condition.
Royal Shakespeare Company sterling silver proof set Royal Shakespeare Company First Edition sterling silver proof set "The Shakespeare Medals" issued by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and honors the 350th anniversary of the publishing of the famous First Folio, the first edition of his plays, Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories, 38 total medals presented in a fitted binder Starting Price: $400
A special leather bound copy of the tenth edition of the Chambers Dictionary, first published in 1901, has been printed and hand bound in Kevelaer, Germany by Bercker Gramphischer Betrieb GMB H & Co., KG as part of a limited edition in August 2006 No. 83. Complete six volume set - first edition.
Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.) Joey and Co. in the Tirol, 1960 first edition, dust wrapper; Althea joins, the Chalet School, 1969, first edition, dust wrapper; A Future Chalet School Girl, 1962 first edition, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others including first editions without wrappers and reprints with wrappers (quantity)
Four Scania Trucks by Universal Hobbies, the first three being Limited Editions of 1000 pieces each, the models are catalogue reference UH5676 in the livery of Deutz-Fahr the second catalogue No.UH5664U, a Twin Container Flat Bed in the livery of Schenker, the third in the livery of Pescarolo the fourth a non limited edition in the livery of Krone
GLENFARCLAS 58 YEAR OLD WEALTH SOLUTIONS Limited edition, cask strength single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in November 1953, matured in first fill Sherry butts and bottled for Polish export in February 2012. Number 374 of 400 bottles taken from cask 1674. 70cl, 47.2% volume. In wooden presentation case, with matching book.
ROYAL LOCHNAGAR SELECTED RESERVE Limited edition single Highland malt whisky. Bottle number 45085. 70cl, 43% volume. In wooden presentation case. BRUICHLADDICH 16 YEAR OLD CUVEE POMEROL Limited edition, single Islay malt whisky, from the Bordeaux First Growth Series. Number 1810 of 12000 bottles released, signed by Jim McEwan. 70cl, 46% volume. In tin. 2 bottles
AUCHROISK 1979 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in September 1979 and aged for 26 years. Bottle 664, taken from cask 21458. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. STRATHISLA 1979 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in September 1979 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 604, taken from cask 5289. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. INCHGOWER 1980 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in December 1980 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 283, taken from cask 14151. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. IMPERIAL 1982 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in June 1982 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 160, taken from cask 3969. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
DAILUAINE 1973 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in December 1973 and aged for 30 years. Bottle 56, taken from cask 15926. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. DAILUAINE 1975 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in May 1975 and aged for 27 years. Bottle 23, taken from cask 5518. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLENTAUCHERS 1981 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in March 1981 and aged for 25 years. Bottle 392, taken from cask 1052. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. MILTONDUFF 1983 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in November 1983 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 17, taken from cask 6741. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
MACDUFF 1972 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in March 1972 and aged for 31 years. Bottle 41, taken from cask 2366. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLEN SPEY 1976 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in April 1976 and aged for 29 years. Bottle 12, taken from cask 1062. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLENALLACHIE 1981 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in March 1981 and aged for 22 years. Bottle 413, taken from cask 596. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. MACDUFF 1984 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in February 1984 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 238, taken from cask 877. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
BUNNAHABHAIN 1979 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Islay malt whisky, distilled in October 1979 and aged for 25 years. Bottle 129, taken from cask 11897. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. BOWMORE 1982 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Islay malt whisky, distilled in March 1982 and aged for 22 years. Bottle 108, taken from cask 1326. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. CAOL ILA 1983 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Islay malt whisky, distilled in January 1983 and aged for 20 years. Bottle 17, taken from cask 49. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 3 bottles
BENRIACH 1976 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in December 1976 and aged for 28 years. Bottle 499, taken from cask 9443. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. DAILUAINE 1975 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in May 1975 and aged for 27 years. Bottle 23, taken from cask 5518. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLENTAUCHERS 1981 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in March 1981 and aged for 25 years. Bottle 392, taken from cask 1052. 70cl, 46% volume. MILTONDUFF 1983 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in November 1983 and aged for 24 years. Bottle 17, taken from cask 6741. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
INCHMURRIN 1974 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Highland malt whisky, distilled in February 1974 and aged for 28 years. Bottle 78, taken from cask 732. 70cl, 46% volume. TEANINICH 1983 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Highland malt whisky, distilled in December 1983 and aged for 23 years. Bottle 280, taken from cask 8065. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. HIGHLAND PARK 1986 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Island malt whisky, distilled in June 1986 and aged for 21 years. Bottle 211, taken from cask 2268. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. HIGHLAND PARK 1989 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Island malt whisky, distilled in December 1989 and aged for 18 years. Bottle 454, taken from cask 11850. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
STRATHMILL 1977 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in December 1977 and aged for 27 years. Bottle 148, taken from cask 4473. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLEN ALBYN 1979 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Highland malt whisky, distilled in December 1979 and aged for 27 years. Bottle 158, taken from cask 3953. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. LITTLEMILL 1983 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Lowland malt whisky, distilled in December 1983 and aged for 20 years. Bottle 197, taken from cask 2899. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. GLEN ELGIN 1986 FIRST CASK Limited edition single Speyside malt whisky, distilled in September 1986 and aged for 21 years. Bottle 45, taken from cask 2516. 70cl, 46% volume. With original paperwork. 4 bottles
AUCHENTOSHAN/BOWMORE/GLEN GARIOCH 8 YEAR OLD Pure Malt Scotch Whisky, a ``marriage`` of Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch Single Malts. Celebration Edition of 200 bottles marking the occasion of Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. being awarded the first ever I.W.S.C. ``Distiller of the Year`` Trophy in 1995. No capacity or strength stated, in presentation box.
GLEN ELGIN 19 YEAR OLD CENTENARY BOTTLING 1900-2000 Limited-edition single Speyside malt Scotch whisky. To commemorate the first distillation on the 1st May 1900. Bottle no. 725 of 750 bottles. 70cl, 60% volume. AULTMORE 1983 FLORA & FAUNA Limited-edition cask strength single Speyside malt Scotch whisky. Distilled 1983, bottled 1997. Bottle no.1250. 70cl, 58.8% volume. In carton. 2 bottles
A SELECTION OF VARIOUS FIRST AND LATER EDITION CHILDREN`S BOOKS:- FRANK RICHARDS, "Bunter the Bad Lad", 1960, Cassells, and "Billy Bunter`s Double", 1955, and Backing up Bill Bunter, 1955, by Cassell & Company Ltd, in original dust jackets, together " with "Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius" Charles Skilton Ltd, 1952 (no dust jacket), and other Billy Bunter HILDA RICHARDS, "Bessie Bunter of Cliff House School", 1949, Published by Charles Skilton, (no dust cover) RICHARD CROMPTON "William and the Tramp” 1952, and “William and the Moon Rocket”, 1954, published by George Newnes Ltd, in original dust jackets, “Just William” sixth impression, 1923, No dust jacket, and “William the Bad”, 1954, and “William the Gangster”, 1955, both eighteen
A SELECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY ENID BLYTON FIRST AND LATER EDITION CHILDREN`S BOOKS "The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, 1954, published by Methuen, together with later editions of the "Five Find-Outers and a Dog" series, ten "Famous Five" volumes, vari ous editions, three with dust jackets, six "Adventure" series, "Round the Clock Stories", 1963, published by Dean & Son, "The Treasure Hunters", 1950, and "The Secret Mountain" 1941, 1st editions, no dust jackets
VARIOUS FIRST AND LATER EDITION CHILDREN`S BOOKS ELINOR M BRENT-DYER, "Chalet Girl from Kenya", 1st edition, 1955, published by Chambers, no dust jacket; and "The `Susannah` Adventure", 1st edition 1953, with dust jacket, and six other various, to i nclude "Dragon Prows Westward", William H Bunce, with dust jacket, "When we were Very Young", A.A.Milne, 48th edition, 1948, "The Mystery of the Blue Diamond" Philip Beaufoy Barry with dust jacket, The Swiss Family Robinson, M Wiss, with dust jacket, Biggles in the South Seas, Captain W E Johns, 1950, and “Strangers in the Half-Deck”, F E Knight, 1st edition, 1953 both without dust jackets
Buist, R C, E O`Brien (on behalf of he committee) and others The New Meal-Poke . . . (1922 edition limited to 200 copies) `Poke` usually means a sack (as in `a pig in a poke`) but in the context of this Dundee SRC publication it means a stomach or belly: thus, in the first (1903) edition of Meal-Poke, `Tradition tells that [after] each Meal Monday the Scottish Student returned to College with his poke replenished and his heart refreshed`. This limited edition of the 1922 production (`The New Meal-Poke`) - this copy is number 171 of the limited de luxe edition of 200 copies, initialled by the two principal editors - is a beautiful production. The soft tan leather covers (upper and lower panels blind embossed to designs of Andrew Macfarlane) overlap the boards, hiding most of the text-block, in the fashion of some Bibles. The text stock is watermarked `Arnold Unbleached`. The folded sections remain uncut at the top and untrimmed at the other two edges. The plates are printed on art paper and inserted singly, each with its tissue guard present. This very good copy would be rated fine without a split lower front hinge, lightly rubbed covers and sunned endpapers and front and lower page edges. The writer contributors include names still well known, including Earl Haig, the Chancellor, Sir James Barry, the Rector (who also contributed to the 1903 predecessor), Thomas Hardy, John Drinkwater and Jeffrey Farnol. The illustrators may be less well known today but, as the images show, their work is equally distinguished. An extremely fortunate find, the copy has bright white unmarked text and pristine plates and, as already mentioned, has never had all its pages turned. Publisher Place: Dundee, Scotland Publisher: Students Representative Council, University of St Andrews, University College, Dundee Publication Date: 1922 Condition: Very Good Size: 260 x 195 Category: Ephemera & Vintage Paper Reserve: $100
Obholzer, A.M. Baraitser, M. and Malherbe, W.D. The Cape House and its Interior (Limited/numbered Edition) Hard Cover, gilt titles and illustrations on boards, Limited/numbered edition number 1043 of 1600 copies, 419pp profusely illustrated. A comprehensive survey of Cape architecture, looking at the early settlers to the Cape, furniture, as well as a detailed survey of woodwork and metalwork. Covers all regions of the Cape. Dust Jacket rubbed, worn at edges and tear on front repaired, internally fine. `The Architecture of the Early Cape of Good Hope is considered by many art-historians to be the major South African contribution to world culture... The Cape House and its Interior presents the first comprehensive survey of these important aspects of Africana`. Publisher Place: Stellenbosch Publisher: Stellenbosch Museum Publication Date: 1985 Condition: Very Good Size: 28x27.5cm Category: Africana Reserve: $150
Wolhuter (H.) MEMORIES OF A GAME RANGER 313pgs + index. Cloth hardcover with gilt vignettes and titles to front cover and spine. With 17 b/w plates and numerous line illustrations within the text. Maps printed on EPS. A very good clean and tight copy. A fascinating account of the author`s 44 years as a game ranger at Kruger National Park in South Africa where he began his career in 1902. First published in 1948 this memorable book on South African wildlife was reprinted in the each of the two following years, with the fourth edition in 1953, the 5th in 1955, the 6th in 1958 and this 7th edition in 1961. In it the author recalls his experiences and observations from 44 years,as a ranger in the famed Kruger National Park. When he retired from that position in 1946 he was persuaded to compile a record of his life and work over those years, these include interesting recollections from his earlier adventurous years about the time of the Boer War. His vast range of encounters with man and beast, his dealing with the native people and tourists are woven together here to present an complex pattern of events and incidents, natural history, anthropology, risks and rewards to name a few of many absorbing aspects in the life of this outstanding individual. Memorable are his observation of the animals, birds other wild life and vegetation of the African lansdscape. One early incident saw him killing a fully-grown male lion with a knife, after it seized him and was dragging him off. Although this ordeal resulted in permanent injuries, it did not impact on his activities as a ranger or his devotion to his task. C T Astley-Maberly, who edited the original manuscript at the author`s request, was also a professional artist specialising in wildlive subjects. He provided 17 full page b/w art plates plus many chapter head and tale vignettes with intext cameos throughout, colour, e/paper maps, frontis photo of author. Publisher Place: South Africa Publisher: The Wildlife Protection Society of South Africa Publication Date: 1961 Condition: Very good Size: 245mm x 173mm x 29mm Category: Africana Reserve: $30
Dr. Seuss HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 1ST PRINTING SIGNED 1st edition first printing with Cat In The Hat on back cover and 14 titles(up to now) listed on the rear dj flap, and a list of 13 titles at the end of the book. 250/250 price on dj front flap. On front decorated endpaper is an inscription that reads To Chris Merry Christmas 1957 Mommy. on the verso of that is the inscription signed by Dr. Seuss ` for Chris with best wishes Dr. Seuss` light wear to the dj edges. and some light rubbing to the book corners. Otherwise an nice crisp book with no writing, tears or smudges Publisher Place: NY Publisher: Random house Publication Date: 1957 Condition: vg Size: folio Category: Children`s Books Reserve: $1950
Shaw (Dr Thomas) REIZEN EN AANMERKINGEN DOOR EN OVER BARBARYEN EN HET OOSTE Uit het Engels vertaald door P. Boddaert, Med.Dr., met Aanteekeningen van de Vertaler; S. Rau, M. Tydeman en C. Saxe. 2 volumes: I. xxxvi, (viii Lyst der Inteekenaren), 365, (i printer’s colophon). II. (vi), 224, 144, (xxxii) pages, 8 engraved folding maps, 6 engraved maps, 6 engraved folding plates (including a musical score), 21 engrave plates, (all as called for in the lists of maps and plates), title page vignettes, chapter head pieces and initials, old half calf with sprinkled paper sides, red title labels on the spines, edges uncut, a few pages in volume II unopened, complete with the half title pages. Some of the folding maps and plates are torn at the first folds, pages 5-8 (A2, A3) in volume two are loose, the leather and paper sides are very worn and rubbed, the contents which are free of foxing are crisp. The Dutch translation of Dr Shaw’s second expanded edition of his Travels in Barbary and the Levant published in 1757. The author travelled from the Levant to Tunis and Algeria. A botanical section describes more than six hundred and forty species. Publisher Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Te Compagnie Publication Date: 1780 Size: 4to (280 x 220 mm) Category: Travel & Exploration Reserve: $500 Click here to view further details and images
Various Lot of FIVE Anglo-Boer War.(Two Signed) Lot of five- Anglo Boer War titles as listed below: The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith,Volume II: Edited by G.C.Moore Smith, Published by John Murray-London (Reprinted April 1902). Original red cloth with gilt vignette to front cover and lettering to spine. Frontispiece ix plus 434 pages text with supporting illustrations. Owners signature to front endpaper/shaken. Good reading copy. Ballads pf the Veld-Land(SIGNED) by Lynn Lyster. Published by Longmans, Green and Co-London. 1913. First edition(Signed to title page).Original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Boards rubbed and with some stains. vi plus 145 pages poetry- mixed military selection. Good reading copy. Impressions of A Doctor in Khaki(SIGNED) by Francis E. Freemantle. Published by John Murray-London-1901. First Edition. Original red boards with red cross design to flag to front cover(worn and rubbed).Frontispiece- xiii plus 549 pages text with illustrations. Shaken- Good reading copy. South Africa and the Boer-British War-2 Volumes bound into one. By J.Castell Hopkins. 1/2 cloth and boards with gilt lettering.Pagination is difficult to fathom, as gaps appear?Published by War Book Publishing-Toronto-Canada. 1901/2. Volume I has title page missing Part I-Early History and Development of South Africa.xii plus List of Chapters and Glossary of Boer Terms- 261 pages text. Part II of Volume I Trouble Bewteen The Boers and Great Britian, including the war of 1899-1900 up to Entry of Lord Roberts and his Army into Bloemfontein on March 13, 1900 by Murat Halstead. Pages 263- 418. Volume II- A History of South Africa and Its People, including The War of 1899, 1900, 1901 an 1902. vi plus Proclamation by Roberts pages 525-858. With a further article LIFE OF CECIL JOHN RHODES by Murat Halstead- 63 pages text plus 36 pages appendix(Australians Ever Ready-Volunteering by Thousands). Book contains numerous photographs, several have small repairs. Overall tightly bound and good reading copy. Naval Brigades in the South African War 1899-1900, written by officers attached to various brigades and edited by Surgeon T.T.Jeans, with an introduction by Commander Chas. N. Sawyer, with maps, plans, illustrations etc. Original blue illustrated boards, with gilt lettering(rubbed). Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co-London 1901. First edition. Frontispiece plus a folding map. xx plus 307 pages text with illustraions and maps. Shaken, some nibbles and odd spots. Good reading copy. ***Due to annual holidays despatch will only be from 10th August. Various despatch options are available. Approximately 2.5kgs. Publisher Place: London + one in Toronto Publisher: Various-As Listed Publication Date: 13/02/1901 Condition: Good Size: Various as stated-listed Category: Military & Naval Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and images
Paul Morand CLOSED ALL NIGHT (Ferme La Nuit) Gilt on black cloth boards, 222pp, rough-cut front & lower edges. No inscription. eps strongly foxed else moderately foxed throughout, boards affected by insect attack, hence a sound Good only copy. Contains the stories: The Night At Portofino-Kulm. The Night In Charlottenburg. The Night In Babylon. The Night In Putney. The interest of this unusual copy is that it was one of the 25 unsold copies numbered A to Y. Signed by the author. limitation stated thus: `This edition is limited to 275 copies, of which 250 only were offered for sale. This copy is No. K`. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Guy Chapman Publication Date: 1924 Condition: Good Size: 8vo Category: Modern First Editions Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and images
Churchill, W.S. Ian Hamilton`s March This is the second of two books that chronicle Churchill`s adventures during the Boer War, which included capture and confinement as a prisoner of war and a daring escape that helped launch his fame and political career. This volume of letters to the Morning Post continues on from Churchill`s earlier book `London to Ladysmith via Pretoria`. The contents set forth the march of Ian Hamilton`s column `on the flank of Lord Roberts` main army,` from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, and it is stated that this force `encountered and overcame the brunt of the Boer resistance,` and traversing 400 miles of the enemy`s country, fought ten general actions and fourteen smaller affairs, capturing five towns. There is an interesting account of the life of the captured officers in Pretoria, and the volume contains a portrait of General Ian Hamilton, and a number of maps and plans illustrating his march. This is the second, and best, edition, published only one month after the first, `and was heavily corrected... and contains four reports not previously published` [Ref: Woods, A5]; (409pp. excluding adverts and index). The contents of this copy contain sporadic spotting typically found in this edition, with heavier patches of spotting evident in the preliminaries and title page, continuing to page 14 (end of chapter one) with more spotting occurring toward the end of the book, from around p.354 to the end of the appendix at p.409, and continuing through the three leaves of advertising just after the fold-out map. One owner inscription at top of first preliminary (in pen) and another pencil note on verso of f.f.e-p. The original black end-papers are intact and in good condition, with the tissue-guard protecting the title page from the portrait frontispiece. The rear folding map is in very good condition. The red cloth binding is good, though the spine is showing wear and fading, with a two inch split to the cloth on the bottom hinge, a small ink stain on spine title, and some puckering at the spine ends. The binding is cracked between pp.144/145 and again at pp.160/161 and 384/385, however all gatherings are intact (no loose pages). The 32pp. of Longmans, Green catalogue (succeeding the adverts) are in very good condition. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Longmans, Green Publication Date: 1900 Condition: good Size: 8vo Category: Churchilliana Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and images
Baldwin (W.C.) AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE FROM NATAL TO THE ZAMBESI Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from 1852 to 1860. First Edition: 451 pages & 32 pages of publisher’s catalogue, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 6 tinted lithographic plates by Wolf, 40 wood engraved plates and text illustrations, folding map, recent full brown calf gilt, edges sprinkled, contents bright, a very good copy. Dictionary of South African Bibliography, volume III, pages 42-3. ‘Baldwin arrived in Durban in 1851 having been attracted to South African by Cumming’s `Five Years of a Hunter’s Life` published in 1850. He made several hunting expeditions to Zululand, Marico, Matabeleland and Lake Ngami. In April 1860 he again left for Potchefstroom intent on reaching the Victoria Falls, which he succeeded in doing more by luck than good management on August 3rd. He was the second white man to see the falls, the first to have reached them from the east coast (Natal), and the first to describe them with exactness and give their true dimensions, the accuracy of which he vouched for to David Livingstone himself, when the great explorer arrived about 8th or 9th August.’ Publisher Place: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Publication Date: 1863 Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo (225 x 140 mm) Category: Hunting & Shooting Reserve: $250 Click here to view further details and images
Lyell (Denis D.) AFRICAN ADVENTURE Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunter. First US Edition: 270 pages, frontispiece, 10 black & white photographic plates, original light brown cloth titled in green on the spine and decorated with a spear on the upper cover, a good copy. Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 (New edition 2011), page 175, ‘The represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F.C. Selous, C.H. Stigand, R.J. Cunninghame, T.A. Barns, Martin Ryan, Alfred E. Pease, J. Stevenson Hamilton, J.A. Hunter, Abel Chapman and many others.’ Publisher Place: New York Publisher: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc. Publication Date: 1935 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm) Category: Hunting & Shooting Reserve: $75 Click here to view further details and images
Lyell (Denis D.) MEMORIES OF AN AFRICAN HUNTER With a Chapter on Eastern India. Second impression: 268 pages, frontispiece, 47 illustrations, original cloth neatly recased – the cloth is a little dull, newspaper cuttings pasted on the second front free endpaper and the verso of the illustration at page 237 which has off-set onto the facing page, some light foxing on pages 10-15 otherwise the contents are good. Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 (New edition 2011), page 174, ‘In this autobiographical work, Lyell recounts his earliest travels in Mashonaland, heading into the interior after eland, nyala and lion. He continued in Nyasaland where he bagged kudu, lion, impala, sable and hippopotamus. He collected his first elephant using a Gibbs .303 magazine rifle (which he has only fired three practice rounds through!). Lyell devotes a lengthy chapter to his continuing elephant experiences, and includes hunts for buffalo, rhinoceros, eland and lion near Lake Victoria.’ Publisher Place: London Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. Publication Date: 1924 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (225 x 145 mm) Category: Hunting & Shooting Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and images
Snyman, Adriaan Voice Of A Prophet Very scarce first edition (brown covers). Book condition: laminated softcover, rubbed and with creasing at the edges, and corners gently bumped; text good and clean throughout - no inscriptions. A very good copy; 372pp. including index. Publisher Place: Mossel Bay Publisher: Vaandel Publication Date: 1999 Condition: very good Size: 8vo Category: Africana Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and images
Mandela, Nelson NO EASY.WALK TO FREEDOM - SCARCE 1st. EDITION OF MANDELA`S FIRST BOOK This is Mandela`s first book and is without doubt his scarcest, particularly in this hardcover version. For obvious reasons it was banned in South Africa. There was a paperback version published simultaneously, which, although also scarce, appears on the market more frequently. The US edition is also more common. The book was edited by Ruth First and has an introduction by Oliver Tambo. This is a very good plus copy in a complete non price-clipped very good plus dw. The top fore and rear corners are slightly bumped. The red top edge has some light staining and has leaked minimally on to the top of the front and rear free endpapers. A small bubble (binding fault) beneath the front pastedown has offset slightly as a light indentation on to the adjoining free endpaper. The book is otherwise unmarked and clean. A superior copy of this title and one that will surely be missing from most Mandela collections. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Heinemann Publication Date: 1965 Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo. Category: Africana Reserve: $400 Click here to view further details and images
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