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A good early 20th century mahogany two-day marine chronometer, with association to Sir Ernest ShackletonVictor Kullberg, 105 Liverpool Rd, London, No.6611.The three-tier mahogany box with replaced top lid over recessed side handles and an ivory name/number plaque, the lower section with ebonised dust beading, the brass lock stamped O&SL. The 4-inch silvered dial with angled sight ring framing the minute track and Roman numerals, engraved with two medals and the signature VICTOR KULLBERG, Maker to the Admiralty, THE INDIAN & ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS, 105 Liverpool Rd. London, N. Subsidiary power reserve dial below XII running to 56 hours in 8-hour increments, the seconds at VI with Observatory marks and further engraved NINE GOLD MEDALS AWARDED.DIPLOMA OF HONOR SOLE & HIGHEST AWARD VIENNA with engraved Admiralty arrow and fine blued steel hands. Suspended in lockable gimbals, the numbered brass bowl with sprung winding shutter and engraved H.S.^1 to the underside. The full plate spotted movement with four turned pillars secured by blued steel screws, maintaining power with steel click and blued steel spring to the chain fusee, free sprung invar helical hairspring set on a spotted cock with diamond endstone to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance with circular timing screws, to an Earnshaw spring detent escapement. The pillar plate with repeat Ordnance Arrow. Ticking, together with the original numbered safety winding key. 18cms (7 ins) wide.Footnotes:Provenance: This chronometer was acquired by the current owner in the early 1990's from a sea captain in Cornwall. The captain was involved in the provisioning of Arctic and Antarctic voyages. This chronometer was purchased by the Royal Observatory in 1901 and Greenwich records have shown that it was used by Ernest Shackleton in 1921, likely as part of the Quest expedition of Antarctica in 1921-1922. This expedition was deemed 'the last of the great voyages of discovery' and was also the last voyage that Shackleton would undertake. Originally conceived as an Arctic voyage to travel north of Alaska, a last-minute loss of funding meant that the expedition could not go ahead. John Quiller Rowett, who had agreed to partially fund the Arctic voyage, remarkably agreed to fund the entirety of a new, replacement mission - but it had to be south-bound to the Antarctic. This chronometer was collected by Shackleton from Greenwich 21 July 1921 and the voyage began on 17 September of that year. Shackleton was unwell on board the Quest, and unfortunately, by the time the ship reached South Georgia, he was quite ill. He died of a heart attack shortly after arriving on 5 January 1922. He was buried on South Georgia as it was not feasible to send his body back to the U.K. Despite a double attempt by the remaining crew over the next year to reach Antarctica, they were not successful. The chronometer was recorded as being returned from Portsmouth to Greenwich in December 1925 and was sent to Kullberg for servicing the following year.Kullberg 6611 was well-acquainted with Antarctic conditions, having accompanied Dr. Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Dr. Douglas Mawson had previously been the geologist on Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition and had been part of the group to first reach the magnetic South Pole. He collected the chronometer from Greenwich on 24 July 1911, and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition began in December of that year. Unlike previous expeditions, this voyage wasn't concerned with geographical exploration, but natural sciences exploration. Their goal was to increase the knowledge of Antarctica as a location; what its weather, flora, fauna, and geology were like. In all, 3,000 km of coastline were investigated over two winters. Dr. Mawson would publish an account of the expedition in 1915; it is interesting that he notes 'It was necessary for two men to remain behind at the base to keep the meteorological records, to wind chronometers, to feed the dogs and to bring up the remainder of the stores from the edge of the ice cliff.' In addition to Kullberg 6611, there were two sideral chronometers from the Adelaide Observatory, in addition to a variety of other chronometers and half-chronometers, some specially made for the voyage. For the majority of the expedition, the Australian army officer and expedition astronomer, Robert Bage, was in charge of the chronometers. Two chronometers were also carried by Mawson and his exploration party when they explored Antarctica with dog sleds, though it is not known which chronometers were taken with them.Kullberg 6611 was returned to Greenwich in 1914; it was quickly serviced by Kullberg and then installed on the HMS Honeysuckle on 24 May 1915. This ship was one of a group of floral-titled ships known as the 'Flower Class', which served as minesweepers and later as convoy escorts during the First World War. The HMS Honeysuckle was deployed around Turkey and was manned by mostly Australian and New Zealander crew. The chronometer was returned to Greenwich in 1920, quickly serviced, and then collected by Shackleton, as noted above. After the Shackleton voyage, it was extensively serviced, before being sent to Hong Kong for five years. The Greenwich records of its use end in 1936. We are indebted to Mike Dryland of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for accessing the records for Kullberg 6611.Mawson, D. (1915) The Home of the Blizzard; Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2015 Edition, Kingston: Australian Antarctic Division.Australian Antarctic Program (2021) Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. Available at: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/exploration-and-expeditions/australasian-antarctic-expedition/Australian Government Department of Climate Chane, Energy, the Environment, and Water: Australian Antarctic Division (2021) Home of the Blizzard. Available at: https://mawsonshuts.antarctica.gov.au/The Great War Forum (2012) HMS Hydrangea. Available at: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/180087-hms-hydrangea/Australian War Memorial (2022) At Sea, Turkey. 19 December 1915. The HMS Honeysuckle with the Anzac staff on board. Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/G01305MacGregor, C. (2020) Heading South: Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Available at: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/historic-expeditions/heading-south/Ashworth, J. (2022) Shackleton's Final Expedition: Reuniting Quest's Collection 100 Years Later. Available at: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/january/shackletons-final-expedition-reuniting-quests-collection-100-years-later.htmlThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

To be sold without reserve 3 volumes First edition Mrs. Oliphant Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and the Beginning of the Nineteenth Centuries London Macmillan & Co.  1882 Inscribed, front cover: "College of Preceptors. (incorporated by Royal Charter) / Certificate examination. / Christmas, 1901. / First prize for Mathematics awarded to George M. Donald Davies / Pupil of M. R. Hawe / The high-school for boys, Croydon" Dimensions: 8.75 in. (H) x 6 in. (W)

Property of Sir Christopher Ondaatje First Edition Translated from the Dutch J. Haafner Travels on Foot through the Island of Ceylon London Bride Court 1821

To be sold without reserve First Edition Illustrations by John Gilbert William Harrison Ainsworth The Flitch of Bacon London Geo. Routledge and Co.  1854 Dimensions:  7 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve 2 volumes First Edition Percy Fitzgerald Life and Times of William IV London Tinsley Brothers 1884 Dimensions: 9 in. (H) x 6 in. (W)

First EditionWilfred ThesigerArabian SandsLondonLongmans1959Dimensions:9 in. (H) x 6.5 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve First Edition 51 volumes Edited by Charles W. Eliot, LL.D. The Harvard Classics New York F. P. Collier & Son Company 1909 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Fruits of Solitude by William Penn The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato (translated by Benjamin Jowett); The Golden Sayings of Epictetus (translated by Hastings Crossley); The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (translated by George Long) Essays Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon; Areopagitica and Tractate on Education by John Milton; Religion Medici by Sir Thomas Browne The Complete Poems of John Milton Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns The Confessions of St. Augustine (Translated by Edward B. Pusey); The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis (Translated by William Benham) Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero with his Treatises on Friendship and Old Age (Translated by E. S. Shuckburgh); Letters of Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Translated by William Melmoth) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Plutarch’s Lives of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Caesar and Antony (in the translation called Dryden’s corrected and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough Virgil’s Aeneid (translated by John Dryden) The First Part of the Most Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote of Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (translated by Thomas Shelton) The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan; The Lives of John Donne and George Herbert by Izaak Walton Stories from The One Thousand and One Nights (translated by Edward William Lane) Folk-Lore and Fable (Aesop, Grimm, Andersen) Modern English Drama (Dryden, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Shelley, Browning, Byron) Faust Part I; Egmont; Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe  The Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, Paradise by Dante Alighieri (Translated by Henry F. Cary) I Promessi Sops (The Betrothed) by Alessandro Manzoni The Odyssey of Homer (translated by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang) Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-Four Years After by R. H. Dana, jr. On Taste; On the Sublime and Beautiful; Reflections on the French Revolution; A Letter to a Noble Lord by Edmund Burke Autobiography; Essays on Liberty by John Stuart Mill; Characteristics; Inaugural Address; Essay on Scott by Thomas Carlyle Continental Drama (Calderon, Corneille, Racine, Molière, Lessing, Schiller) English Essays (from Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay) Essays (English and American) The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin Scientific Papers (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology) The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (translated by John Addington Symonds) Literary and Philosophical Essays (Montaigne, Sainte Beuve, Renan, etc.) Voyages and Travels (Ancient and Modern) French and English Philosophers (Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Hobbes Chronicle and Romance (Froissart, Malory, Holinshed) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli; Utopia by Sir Thomas More; Ninety-Five Theses (Address to the German Nobility Concerning Christian Liberty) by Martin Luther English Philosophers of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Locke, Berkeley, Hume) Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books English Poetry: From Chaucer to Gray (Volume I) English Poetry: From Collins to Fitzgerald (Volume II) English Poetry: From Tennyson to Whitman (Volume III) American Historical Documents (1000-1904) Sacred Writings: Confucian; Hebrew; Christian, Part I (Volume I) Sacred Writings: Christian, Part II; Buddhist; Hindu; Mohammedan (Volume II) Elizabethan Drama: Marlowe and Shakespeare (Volume I) Elizabethan Drama: Dekker; Jonson; Beaumont and Fletcher; Webster; Massinger (Volume II) Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works Epic and Saga: Beowulf; The Song of Roland; The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel; The Story of the Volsungs; Nibelungs The Editors Introduction; Reader’s Guide Index to the First Lines of Poems, Songs, and Choruses, Hymns and Psalms (General Index, Chronological Index) Lectures on The Harvard Classics by William Allan Neilson Dimensions: 8.25 in. (H) by 6 in. (W)

First Edition ex libris Royal College of Surgeons Ireland John Davy An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row 1821 Dimensions: 11 in. (H) x 9 in. (W)

First Edition Isabel Burton Arabia, Egypt, and India - A Narrative of Travel  London and Belfast William Mullan and Son 1878 Dimensions: 8.5 in. (H) x 6 in. (W)

First Edition Inscribed John Riley Putler April 28, 1885 Illustrations by Lieutenant McMullin Richard F. Burton Falconry in the Valley of the Indus London John van Voorst 1852 Dimensions:  7 in. (H) x 4.5 in. (W)

First Edition ex libris Geoffrey G. Briggs With thirty-nine illustrations by Ernest Griset Vikram and the Vampire, Tales of Hindu Devilry Richard Burton First Edition London Longmans, Green, and, Co 1870 Dimensions: 7.5 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W)

First edition With numerous illustrations Richard F. Burton The Book of the Sword London Chatto and Windus 1884 Dimensions:  11 in. (H) x 7.5 in. (W)

2 volumes First Edition The Lake Regions of Central Africa Richard Burton New York Harper and Brothers 1860 Dimensions: 8.5 in. (H) x 5.75 in. (W)

3 volumes First Edition Charles Dickens Great Expectations London Chapman and Hall 1861 Dimensions: 7.75 in. (H) x 5 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve 2 volumes First Edition Illustrated Richard Dole Edited by A. Pendennis The Newcomes London Bradbury & Evans 1854 Dimensions: 9 in. (H) x 6 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve 2 volumes First Edition Sir Jonah Barrington Personal Sketches of his Own Times London Henry Colburn 1827 Dimensions: 8 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve 7 volumes (first and second series) First Edition First series:  ex libris Corby Castle Henry Ellis Original Letters Illustrative of English History, with Notes and Illustrations London Harding, Triphook, and Lepard 1824 Second series: Henry Ellis Original Letters Illustrative of English History, with Notes and Illustrations London Harding and Lepard 1827 Dimensions: 8 in. (H) x 5.5 in. (W)

9 volumes A. J. Valpy Classics Delphin et Varior First Edition 1820-1828 Juvenal et Perseus (I)Phaedrus (I)Floris (I)Justinus (II)Apulius (VI)Suetonius (III)Livius (XVII)Livius (XXVIII) Dimensions: 9.75 in. (H) x 6.5 in. (W)

2 volumes With portrait maps and illustrations By Horace Waller The Last Journals of David Livingstone, from 1865 to his Death First Edition London John Murray 1874 Dimensions: 9 in. (H) x 6 in. (W)

To be sold without reserve A Collection of Thirty-four Books:  Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, 1960 Mordecai Richler, Cock-Sure, 1969 Sheila Gormely, Drugs and the Canadian Scene Georges Simeon, Three Beds In Manhattan, 1976 Tales for Males, 1945 Oliver Sacks, The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, 1986 Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami and Other Stories, 1910 Irving Bacheller, The Master, 1909 Simon Raven, The Decline of the Gentleman, 1962 Akiyuki Nozaka, The Pornographers, 1968 E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Gallows of Chance, 1938 R. A. Fitzgerald, Wickets in The West or The Twelve in America, 1873 (first edition) Brian McFarlane, The Stanley Cup, 1971 George Lonn, Men and Mines Josephina Niggli, Step Down Elder Brother, 1947 The Vintage Book of Fathers, 1998 Josephus Daniels, The Wilson Era: Years of Peace 1910-1917, 1944 James Lincoln Collier, Louis Armstrong, An American Genius, 1983 Romain Rolland, Pierre et Luce Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984 In Search of Light, the Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow Hermann Hesse, Demian, 1960 Violet Irwin, Wits and the Woman, 1919 Dornford Yate, As Berry and I were Saying, 1952 Marie Nightingale, Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens, 1971 Michael McDonnell, Great Moments in Sport: Golf, 1974 Robin Estridge, The Publican's Wife, 1948 Ivan Turgenev, A Sportsman's Sketches, 1906 Harriette Arnow, Hunter's Horn, 1949 An 1836 Almanack The Visitor or Monthly Instructor, 1839 Dornford Yate, As Berry and I were Saying, 1952 Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe, 1855 Alfred de Vigny, Cinq-Mars ou une Conjuration Sous Louis XIII, 1876

To be sold without reserve Property of Sir Christopher Ondaatje A collection of thirty-two books Barclay’s English Dictionary, 1808 Milton, 1894 Thomas Gray, Poetical Works, 1826 William Burger, A History of all Religions of the World De la Mer Rouge a L’Atlantique á travers L’Afrique Tropicale William Ewart Gladstone, Juventus Mundi the Gods and Men of the Heroic Age, 1870 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1897 John Milton Poetical Works, Rev. H. C. Beeching (ed.), 1916 Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy, 1871 Statutes at Large, 1800 Laurie Lee, The Edge of the Day John Watkins, The Life of William the Fourth, First Edition, 1831 David G. Farragut, American Crisis Biographies, 1905 The Edinburgh Review Alexander David Russel and Abdullah-Al-Ma-Mun Suhrawardy, Handbook of Muslim Jurisprudence, 1976 Charles G. D. Roberts, Earth’s Enigmas, 1903 George Gibbs, The Great Depression, 1915 2 volumes, J. L. Hiebergs, Poetiske Skrifter, 1862 John Burke, Encyclopaedia of Heraldry of General Armoury of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1844 Charles G. D. Roberts, Earth’s Enigmas, 1903 3 volumes, Common Debates, 1770 L’Abbé de Brandt, Méditations, 1903 Alexandre Dumas, Vicomte de Bragelonne, 1929 Baretti’s Italian Dictionary, edited by Da F. Damiani, 1798 Homer, Iliad, 1815 Joseph Reeve, Practical Discourses, Upon the Divinity and Wonderful Works of Jesus Christ Lion Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss, 1926 Watkins, The Life of William the Fourth, 1831 The Magazine of Art Charles Macfarlane and Thomas Thomson, The Comprehensive History of England, 1874 All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, 1870 The Outline of Literature

Hotpoint FETC 70 first edition 7kg, Condenser tumble dryer Dimensions: Height: 85cm  Length/Width: 60cm  Depth/Diameter: 60cm

Hotpoint first edition washing machine Dimensions: Height: 85cm  Length/Width: 60cm  Depth/Diameter: 60cm

Rabindranath Tagore - two First Edition books - The Gardener and The Crescent Moon, both published 1913, Macmillan and Co. Location:

A J&E Wallis The Royal Game of British Sovereign from Egbert, The First King, to that of His Present Majesty George III, second edition, circa 1817, the linen backed printed and hand coloured board with a spiral track with 53 illustrations ending with Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon and four further illustrations to corners, 24 ½” (62cm) x 19” (48.5cm) with Explanation booklet and slipcase, (condition: generally fair, some minor losses and creases, some staining, booklet with corners of pages bent back, slipcase worn).

Ian Botham and Robin Smith Signed inside Botham's Century First Edition Hardback Book. Botham Signed on inside page, Smith Signed on page 346. Spine and Dust-Jacket good. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A large collection of Vintage Rupert hardback books, annuals and comics, approximately 104, various dates, predominantly 1930s, 40s and 50s, titles including ‘Rupert and the Magic Toy Man’ by Mary Tourtel; ‘The New adventures of Rupert’ printed in 1936 pink hard cover in poor condition; ‘Rupert Little Bear. More Stories’ by Mary Tourtel; ‘The New Rupert Book'; 'Daily Express Annual' 1951;, ‘The Monster Rupert’ 1953; ‘Adventures of Rupert, 'Daily Express Annual’; ‘More Rupert Adventures; 'Daily Express Annual’ 1952; plus Rupert Little Bear Library Books part set 1-8, 10, and 13-16; and ‘The Rupert Bear Dossier’ first edition 1997; together with other childrens' books including ‘Daily Express Children's Annual no. 3', by S. Louis Giraud, published by Daily Express, London; a vintage pop-up hardback, 95 pages undated but c.1931, the seven pop-ups all in good condition, also including a Rupert story - 'Rupert's Pet Monkey Gets Lost'; ‘William’ by Richmal Crompton, hardback, published by George Newnes Ltd., no date, possibly first edition, illustrated by Thomas Henry, 256 pages with tanning and foxing, boards rubbed with lightly bumped corners, spine rubbed, scuffed at the top; ‘Boys’ and Girls’ Book for 1939’, printed by Morrison and Gibb Limited, original owner’s name and address written inside front page and dated 1939, times stained, scuffed edges to boards and tear on edge of spine. (qty) Condition commensurate with use and age.

Dickens (Charles) - Works, 24 vols., Chapman and Hall, 1863, The Library Edition with illustrations after the originals by Cruikshank, Phiz, Browne, Leech at al, tan half calf with marbled boards and end papers, numerous etched plts., some foxing, rubbed, corners and spines bumped, a few with small splits/losses to tops of spines, ink owner's name and date 1864 to half titles, first vol. Nicholas Nickleby with lower cover detached, Martin Chuzzlewit Vol.1 p.119-122 detached, A Tales of Two Cities plate 'The Sea Rises' detached, 8vo. (24) Some foxing, rubbed, corners and spines bumped, a few with small splits/losses to tops of spines, ink owner's name and date 1864 to half titles, first vol. Nicholas Nickleby with lower cover detached, Martin Chuzzlewit Vol.1 p.119-122 detached, A Tales of Two Cities plate 'The Sea Rises' detached.

Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, a triumph, first trade edition, 1935, original gilt decorated tan cloth, monochrome illustrations and folding maps, 4to, spine faded, shaken, cracked hinge at title, light spotting; together with Lawrence (T.E.), Revolt in the Desert, 4th imp. March 1927, monochrome illustrations and folding map, 8vo, original buff cloth, cloth soiled, ep's toned, occasional spotting. (2) - Seven Pillars Of Wisdom: spine faded, shaken, cracked hinge at title, light spotting - Revolt in the Desert: cloth soiled, ep's toned, occasional spotting.

Kipling (Rudyard), five first editions, comprising Rewards and Fairies, MacMillan 1910; The Years Between, Methuen 1919; Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, Methuen 1892; The Seven Seas, Methuen 1896; and Puck of Pook's Hill, MacMillan 1906, in all original red cloth, some fading, damp staining and rubbing, spines faded, light spotting, toning to end papers, ink ownership inscription to ffep on Puck of Pook's Hill; together with Departmental Ditties...., 9th edition, W. Thacker & Co. 1897, gilt decorated blue cloth, some spotting and toning, spine ends bumped; and nine other Kipling volumes, later editions, poor to good condition. (15)

Bayntun of Bath binding - Ainsworth (Henry), Annotations vpon the Five Bookes of Moses, the Booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or Canticles, Wherein the Hebrew Words and Sentences, are compared with, and explained, by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee Versions..., London, M. Parsons for John Bellamie, 1639, first edition, seven parts, each with separate title page and separate pagination, 20th century half calf with marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath, folio. End papers replaced, with light spotting. Small repair top left of general title and repair top right corner of final page, toning and chipping to edges, spotting and light creasing throughout, water marking top right edge throughout. General title with contemp. ink ownership inscription at top.

Vinyl Records – 12" picture disc and signed sleeve 45rpm singles and signed sleeve LP's – Spandau Ballet – Gold, limited edition gold transparent disc – Chrysalis – X 12033; Thompson Twins – King For A Day (Extended Mix) picture disc – Arista – TWIPD 127; Tears For Fears – Famous Last Words, limited edition numbered picture disc 9,243/10,000 – Fontana – IDPIC 15; Erasure – The Circus (live), first in a series of three 12" singles, signed sleeve – Mute label – 1 mute 66 t; Erasure – The Circus (Bareback Rider Mix), second in a series of three 12" singles, signed sleeve – Mute label – 1 mute 66 t; Erasure – Freedom (Mark Picchiotti Mixes), limited edition 12" single, signed sleeve – Mute label – L12MUTE244; Adam Ant – Strip, LP, signed sleeve – CBS 25705; Emile Ford – Emile Ford Sings 14 Songs In This Love Letter, LP album, signed sleeve and signed poster – Interclub Records Ltd – ICLPS 002; LP – Men At Work, Business As Usual, signed sleeve – Epic label – EPC85669; Kathryn Grayson, 20 Golden Favourites Of, signed sleeve - Bulldog Records - BDL 2043; Handel Evans, The Sound Of Handel Evans Vol.1, signed sleeve - Enterprise label - HAS LP 894/895; Keith Lawrence, The Bussin' True EP, signed sleeve - Beatoven Recordings - bton001ep (12)

Vinyl Records – LP's - Pop, Reggae, Jazz, Experimental, etc, including The Beatles, 1962 – 1966 in red vinyl – Apple Records – PCSPR 717; other Beatles, 1962-1966, 1967-1970 (2), Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Please Please Me, Hard Day's Night, rock 'N' Roll Music Vol 2; Casey Kasem – American Top 40 With Casey Kasem program no. 842-3 chart date 4.21.84 – ABC Watermark label – 842-3; The Jacksons, Victory – Epic label – DNW 2994; Various, Jumping At The Go Go (20 Great Northern Soul Hits) – RCA Victor label – RS 1066; Daryl Hall Jhn Oates, Rock 'n Soul Part 1 – RCA label, PL 84858; Weather Report, Heavy Weather – CBS label – S 81775; Blondie, Plastic Letters – Chrysalis label – CHR1166; The Jackson 5, Greatest Hits – Tamla Motown – WL72087; Fun Boy Three, the Best of Fun Boy Three – Chrysalis label – CHR1469; Ringo Starr, Ringo – Apple Records – PCTC.252; Michael Jackson, Off The Wall – Epic label – EPC83468; George Blackmore, Hammond In Orbit – Columbia – TWO 280; Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley's Greatest Hits seven LP box set - RCA label; other Elvis Presley LP's, including Elvis Presley No 2, Victor, etc.; Billy Joel, Storm Front – CBS label – 465658 1; Owen Gray, Surely – First Edition label – FELP 19; Deniece Williams, This Is Niecy – CBS label – CBS 81869; ABBA, The Magic of ABBA – K-TEL label – NU 9510; Michael Jackson, Off The Wall – Epic label – EPC 83468; Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) – Island Records – BMW 1; The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Fourth Dimension – Music on Vinyl – MOVLP1035; BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Radiophonic Workshop – Music on Vinyl – MOVLP926; Peter Howell & The Radiophonic Workshop, Through A Glass Darkly – Music on Vinyl – MOVLP1036; Various, X Minus One – Radiola label – MR-1012; others, including compilations, Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, Blancmange, Pretenders, UB40, Teardrop Explodes, Yazoo, Bad Manners, Bronski Beat, Madonna, Billie Holliday, Pet Shop Boys, Diana Ross, Simply Red, Howard Jones, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, etc (large quantity in two boxes)

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 1 The Eastern Fells first edition, with dark green rexine cover, rounded corners and gold lettering, published by Henry Marshall 1955.

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 2 The Far Eastern Fells first edition, with grey rexine cover, rounded corners and red lettering, published by Henry Marshall 1957.

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 3 The Central Fells first edition, with blue rexine cover, rounded corners and silver lettering, published by Henry Marshall 1958.

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 5 The Northern Fells first edition, with dark maroon rexine cover, rounded corners and gold lettering, published by Henry Marshall 1962.

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 6 The North Western Fells first edition, with yellow rexine cover, rounded corners and dark blue lettering, published by Westmorland Gazette Ltd 1964.

Sir Winston Churchill The Second World War Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm", a first edition with inscription in ink, signed Winston S Churchill, believed to be authentic. Castle & Co Limited, together with a framed photograph of Churchill with an inscription in the margin Winston S Churchill 1947. CONDITION REPORT: The photograph has some discolouration around the edges and the bottom right through exposure to light. The card backing has a water stain centre bottom and one or two other imperfections. The size of the photograph (excluding margin) is 20 cm x 15.5 cm. In term of provenance these were consigned by a private vendor, we have no additional information. The cover to the book is very much in used condition in terms of scuffing and other marks. Structurally it is sound, the pages themselves are almost entirely complete except with the occasional foxing mark to some of the front pages. There are no discernible creases, tears or losses, just some discolouration through exposure to water along the top edge of all the pages. There is an ink smudge which is very noticeable to the page with the description in ink. Otherwise the book is complete with no pages missing.

Roy Lichtenstein, American 1923-1997, Paper Plate, 1969; screenprint in colours on paper plate, stamped Roy Lichtenstein © On 1st Inc 1969 in ink verso, from the limited edition of an unknown size, published by On First Inc., New York, 26 cm diameter, (framed)Please refer to department for condition report

AMENDMENT- please note this lot is unframed.David Hockney OM CH RA, British b. 1937- Waiting at York, 180, 2010; ipad drawing in colours on wove, signed, dated and numbered from an edition of 25, 94 x 71.1 cm, (unframed) (ARR) Note: Hockney’s experimentalism with new medias and technologies is represented in ‘Waiting at York’, an early iPad drawing, made in the first year Hockney was working on an iPad. Prior to working on an iPad, Hockney experimented with the capabilities of an iPhone. Hockney first discovered the iPhone during the winter of 2008. “I was fascinated by it, because I think it’s a stunning visual tool”. He stated that “It took a while to master how to get thicker and thinner lines, transparency and soft edges. But then I realised that it had marvellous advantages.” He uses an app called Brushes. “People keep sending me new drawings apps to try out, but once you get used to one it’s sufficient.” Hockney often explores new technologies in his art. In the mid-1980s he bought one of the first colour photocopying machines and used it to create a series of works entitled Hand-Made Prints. A few years later, he did the same with the fax. When discussing using an iPhone, he states “There are gains and losses with everything. You miss the resistance of paper a little, but you can get a marvellous flow. So much variety is possible. You can’t overwork this, because it’s not a real surface. In watercolour, for instance, about three layers are the maximum. Beyond that it starts to get muddy. Here you can put anything on anything. You can put a bright, bright blue on top of an intense yellow.” In 2010, Hockney got his first iPad and was immediately converted to using that instead. “I thought the iPhone was great, but this takes it to a new level – simply because it’s eight times the size of the iPhone, as big as a reasonably sized sketchbook.” One discovery that came with the iPad was that the process of drawing could be re-run at the tap of a finger. The screen goes blank again, then lines and washes reappear one after another, apparently of their own accord. The result is, in effect, a performing drawing.Please refer to department for condition report

Henri Matisse, French 1869–1954, Le repos du Modele, 1922; lithograph in monochrome on chine volant wove, signed in plate, image: 22 x 30 cmsheet: 27.5 x 36.6 cm(framed) (ARR) Note: The first edition of 100 on Chine volant on Japon paper, but only 85 exists. Second edition of 575: reduced by five to six millimetres on the left. Literature: Henri Matisse: Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Gravé = [The Complete Graphic Work], Claude Duthuit, Paris, 1983 ( n. 416; pl. 29 bis).Please refer to department for condition report

Banksy, British b. 1974- Walled Off Box Set, 2017; giclee print with concrete piece of wall, from the open edition, in the artist's designated Ikea frame, 25.2 x 25.2 cm, (ARR) Provenance: This work is accompanied by the original receipt from the Walled Off Hotel. Note: Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in the Palestinian territories is a continuation of the artist’s interest in the region, first ignited when he graffitied the West Bank barrier in 2004. Banksy opened a gift shop to sell customised souvenirs relating to the locale amid the tense political situation.Please refer to department for condition report

A collection of books by PATRICIA LYNCH to include "Strangers at the Fair" illustrated by Eileen Coghlan, published Browne & Nolan Ltd Dublin, tooled cloth board bound with dust jacket, print date unknown, "The Mad O'Haras" illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers, published JM Dent & Sons 1948 first edition, tooled cloth board bound with dust jacket, "The Cobbler's Apprentice" new edition 1947, cloth board bound with tooled spine with dust jacket, "The Turf-Cutter's Donkey Kicks Up His Heels" illustrated by Eileen Coghlan, first edition, December 1946, published Browne & Nolan Ltd, Dublin, tooled cloth board bound with dust jacket, "The Seventh Pig" illustrated by J Sullivan, first edition 1950, tooled cloth board bound with dust jacket and "The Dark Sailor of Youghal" illustrated by J Sullivan, published JM Dent & Sons Ltd, first edition 1951, tooled cloth board bound with dust jacket (13 volumes total)

NINA BAWDEN "Carrie's War" illustrated by Faith Jaques, first edition 1973, signed by the author, clothboard bound with tooled and gilded spine with dust jacket CONDITION REPORTS Appears to be in good condition - see images for detail

Aldin, Cecil. Mac, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. Quarto, publisher's illustrated boards, complete with 24 colour lithographic plates, plus pictorial title and illustrated endpapers. The plates are well-preserved, clean, bright; text pages with some light spotting; binding with slight pulling at inner gutters, some bumping & wear to corners with slight loss to the tartan at spine; housed in a clear protective cover 

Reeve, Philip. Infernal Devices, signed first edition, 2005, near fine, tog. w/ The Secret of the World, by Robin Chapman, signed presentation copy to John Major, 19 May 1997, in d.j., very good (2)

Pullman, Philip. The Amber Spyglass, signed first edition paperback, 2001, very good

Political Autographs. Collection of four signed hardback books comprising: In My Own Time, by Jeremy Thorpe, first edition, London: Politico's Publishing, 1999; The Ashdown Diaries, first edition, London: Allen Lane, 2000; Image in the Water, by Douglas Hurd, first edition, London: Little, Brown, 2001; Sailing, by Edward Heath, fourth printing, 1975 (4)

Tymms, W. R. & Wyatt, M. D. The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe from the Earliest Times, first edition, London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1860. Quarto, 104pp., pictorial title & half-title, 100 lithographic plates, publisher's elaborate gilt cloth. Contents generally good & bright, the plates vibrant, most with protective tissue-guards, occasional handling marks and slight wear to some page edges, some pale spotting to text pages, sympathetically rebound incorporating original cloth, housed in a protective card slipcase

Lawrence, D. H. Pornography and Obscenity, Criterion Miscellany No. 5, first edition in orange card covers, London: Faber & Faber, 1929. Very well-preserved, clean and bright with some faint wear to extreme corners & edges of covers

John Betjeman "Summoned by Bells", First Edition, David Attenborough "The Life Of Birds", signed, Amanda Foreman World On Fire, signed etc

Mixed technique on bronze, signed Nano '02, edition 2/34. Measurements: 42 x 72 x 12 cm. Colombian sculptor Nano L—pez (Bogot‡, 1955) exhibited for the first time in Colombia 20 years ago, at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogot‡, when art critic Marta Traba highlighted his creative talent. Now, for 20 years, L—pez has lived in Walla Walla, Washington, where he is still dedicated to sculpture, only now he carves granite, sculpts marble and melts and bends steel, to create all kinds of figures on a monumental scale. In addition to his works made in bronze with all kinds of techniques and patinas, L—pez has specialized in making monumental sculptures for other artists, in a workshop especially dedicated to it. From scale models and small-scale models, L—pez expands them and makes them in cast bronze. L—pez recently exhibited a series of paintings and sculptures in the United States, where the artist depicts the essence of the human condition with intense charges of strong emotions. Perhaps the combination of his classical training and his experimental character is what results in a work of very rich and textured surfaces with different elements taken from nature. Having his central studio in Walla Walla, Washington. Origin: Spanish private collection. Having its headquarters in Walla Walla, Washington. Origin: Spanish private collection. Having its headquarters in Walla Walla, Washington. Origin: Spanish private collection.

A pair of George III mahogany and kingwood crossbanded urns and pedestalsCirca 1780, of Gillows qualityWith boxwood stringing, each urn wrapped with an alternating reeded and fluted band, the body carved with oak-leaf swags and husk festoons interspersed by flowerhead roundels, with an egg-and-dart collar, the detachable lid with a gadroon carved edge and stiff-leaf clasped upper part surmounted by a pinecone finial, one pedestal with a graduated triple re-entrant panelled and triple tablet inlaid door enclosing one shelf, the other pedestal with three graduated mahogany lined drawers of conforming appearance, on plinth bases, both urns with their metal linings to the interior now missing, both inscribed in white chalk: 'ALTMAYER HARRIS', each urn and pedestal approximately: 49cm wide x 48cm deep x 167cm high, (19in wide x 18 1/2in deep x 65 1/2in high) (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe present lot was apparently previously acquired from M. Harris and Sons, London, possibly during the 1950s.Thereafter the offered urns and pedestals were purchased by the current owner and vendor, Christie's, New York, 19 January 2017, Palmetto Hall: The Jay P. Altmayer Family Collection, lot 65.The offered urns and pedestals appear in M. Harris and Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Art, London, n.d. (circa 1930), No. F20869, p. 407. Two related pairs of urns and pedestals are illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Vol. I, 2008, Woodbridge, pl.'s 342-347, pp.'s 309-310. One pair made during the late 1770s, which is attributed to Gillows, was supplied for Thirsk Hall, North Yorkshire upon behalf of John Bell whilst the other pair, dating to circa 1780, were provided to the Weld family of Lulworth Castle, in Dorset.Of additional interest are a group of three designs for 'pedestals and vases' by George Hepplewhite, first published posthumously in 1787 within The Cabinet-Maker's and Upholsterer's Guide, also featuring in the 1794 third edition, re-published 1969, Toronto, pl. 36. Across these drawings a number of similar characteristics are shared with the present example, including equivalent swag and festoon carving, comparable stiff-leaf clasped elements and re-entrant panelling, along with analogous crossbanding. The same Hepplewhite designs are also replicated in D. Nickerson, English Furniture of the 18th Century, 1967, Frankfurt, fig. 101, p. 95.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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

PAPAGOS ALEXANDROS: (1883-1955) Greek Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Armed Forces 1940-41 during World War II and later Prime Minister of Greece 1952-55. Book signed and inscribed, being a rare signed edition of The Battle of Greece 1940-1941, First English edition published by The J. M. Scazikis 'Alpha' Editions, Athens, 1949, and translated by Pat Eliascos from the original Greek text written between 1943-45 and published in 1945. Bound in the original stiffened paper wrappers and with two fold-out maps and several black and white plate illustrations. Signed by Papagos in fountain pen ink to the half title page, 'With the compliments of the author, A Papagos'. Also bearing the ownership signature of Guy D. Hadley to the front free endpaper and dated Athens, 22nd July 1949 in his hand. With a further pencil annotation to the head of the front cover. Some light age wear, otherwise VG Guy Hadley was employed by the BBC as a foreign correspondent.  

LANG FRITZ: (1890-1976) Austro-Hungarian born film director whose works include the ground-breaking futuristic Metropolis (1927) and the influential film noir precursor M (1931). A good series of seven T.Ls.S., Fritz Lang, thirteen pages (total), 4to, most Beverly Hills, California, April 1963 - November 1964, all to the writer Alfred Eibel, in German. Lang writes to his correspondent concerning their project to write a book about Lang, extracts from the letters include -(i) 'Unfortunately I'm not really in a position to delve further into your project at the moment. I'm head over heels working on my next film, going to Rome and Capri in two days and then having to go back to Munich and then Berlin and London…..I won't be able to deal with your project for four to five months, with the best will in the world. I'm very sorry, but unfortunately I can't give you any further information at the moment. I just want to tell you that…..about 8 to 10 days ago, a book on the same basis as you intend to do yours has been published by Seghers in Paris. It's called "Fritz Lang" and was written by Luc Moullet' (25th April 1963)(ii) 'I read that the book about me has already been published….business and health reasons have prevented me from writing to you…..I've been taking the trouble to look up old files for the last few days and will try to send you some photocopies of American articles I've written…..I'm also very anxious that you will include in this book an essay by my long time collaborator and editor of my films, Gene Fowler….' (22nd January 1964)(iii) 'I have reviewed the material you have sent to Hollywood for use in the book and I shall comment on that first…..I have the following very important things to say; the "Writings by Fritz Lang" you have given are from Germany, as far as I can remember, mostly from the press offices of the respective companies for which I make the films….have been written by Thea von Harbou and are not mine…..I would not like these articles to be published in your book under my name. If you would send me the German articles from the period 1919 to 1933 in German, I would read them as soon as possible and write back to you immediately which articles are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, mine. I will send you a number of original articles of mine…..Preface by Fritz Lang to "Famous Films" by H. A. V. Bullied, delivered as speech at the occasion of showing of "M". The Frog and I by Fritz Lang (referring to an insert shot for "You Only Live Once")…..Why Am I Interested in Murder? By Fritz Lang…..The Freedom of the Screen by Fritz Lang (published in Theatre Arts December 1947)…..Happily Ever After by Fritz Lang (published in Penguin Film Review…..1948), I Do Not Believe in Censorship by Fritz Lang….. These articles are very important to me, and since you yourself write that you are very poor in terms of material from me and about me from 1936 to 1956, this is certainly a full substitute for any German articles that are missing. I am also sending you a number of the interviews and articles about me you have requested…..regarding your request regarding the manuscript Unter ausschluss der oeffentlichkeit (Translation: With the Exclusion of the Public) I would be happy to authorise you to publish it…..Chapters 2 and 6 you are planning are not entirely clear to me. In chapter 2 you write "Filmography from 1919-1962" and in Chapter 6 write "New Filmography". About what do you want to write in this chapter? My coming to Europe has been postponed from February to March 1964. I will let you know in good time when and where I can be reached in Europe and I hope that we will still have time to sit down and talk in detail about the individual articles so that there are no errors in your book, which could give rise to unwanted criticism' (1st February 1964)(iv) 'I hope you enjoyed my stay and long conversations….I know it was very tiring and certainly not always easy….but believe me I was very happy…..and everything I said was in sincere favour to you…..My house is always open to you…..I remember that you promised me four examples of your book…..Unfortunately these books have still not arrived…..I was in Washington until November 9th, but the mentioned booklets had not arrived there by then. Neither are they here in Beverly Hills….and I am now in a terrible dilemma…..But maybe you made a mistake and you still have the booklets in your possession. If so, please forward them to me immediately in Beverly Hills. And be so kind as to send me the four copies of your book you promised me by air mail at the same time. Of course, I will pay you for the postage costs' (10th November 1964)(v) 'Unfortunately I only got around to replying to your long letter of 26th December today. I'm sure you've had some wrong thoughts, God knows what, but the delay has nothing to do with you personally, dear Eibel, but with an accident I had in Washington…..I slipped on one of the many steps leading up to public buildings in Washington….and sprained my hand…..I've been back in Beverly Hills for about 8 days now and can finally write to you. Of course, I was extremely interested in what you wrote to me about Joris Ivens Mistral-Film. I'm surprised you don't think he can handle the "big machine"….I consider him one of the best documentary film directors. But Mistral is certainly a topic that naturally brings with it a lot of distractions…..Thanks for translating Career Girl. I know how difficult it is to translate from one language to another without losing the flair….Of course we have to see each other…..I would like to talk to you about the new edition of your book. You write quite correctly that the American contributions are pretty superficial with few exceptions. That goes without saying, because each and every one of my employees will of course only write in general terms. On the one hand because they don't want to get in trouble with me for later films, on the other hand because they are all in the same situation in front of me, since they usually perform and do what the director decides…..Mr Gerard Legrand…..wrote me a letter in which he writes that it says in your book that I said that in the film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" many cuts were made without my consent. At the moment I don't know if that's true, but I want to write to him about it one of these days' (4th March 1965)(vi) 'My distrust of the German doctors has once again come true because although the doctor told me I could go to London, the pain got worse again and I decided without further ado to postpone my London affairs to September and to fly back to America to see my doctors. I survived the 14-hour flight relatively well with the help of painkillers….Here I went to my doctors, who only shrugged off the negligence and inadequacy of German x-rays….What I am going to write now, dear Eibel, is only for you and I ask that you do not speak to anyone about this......A good series of letters with interesting content. Generally VG, 7Alfred Eibel (1932- ) published his work Fritz Lang in Paris in 1964 and also contributed to the documentary Fritz Lang - Circle of Destiny in 1998.OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE SHOWN - PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY FOR THE FULL DESCRIPTION

[MONROE MARILYN]: (1926-1962) American actress and sex symbol. A single black silk stocking owned and worn by Marilyn Monroe, measuring 87 cm in length (top to heel), 18.5 cm wide at the top and 22.5 cm from heel to toe. An unusual, personal piece of memorabilia from one of the leading figures of the sexual revolution of the 1950s and early 1960s who was to famously appear naked in the centrefold of the first edition of Playboy magazine. VG Provenance: The stocking was originally sold by Julien's auction house in their sale of Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe on 4th June 2005 (part lot 91). A copy of the illustrated catalogue entry is included with the lot.  

MÉLIÈS GEORGES: (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare and lengthy interesting A.L.S., G. Melies, four pages, small writing, 4to, Orly, 4th January 1934, to Auguste-Jules Drioux, in French. A lengthy letter written by Melies during an illness convalescence at home, referring first to his health `Il y a 2 jours, environ, où cela semble aller un peu mieux, quoique je sois encore au lit et d´une très grande faiblesse, mais enfin j´ai pu manger un peu, et digérer, car depuis 6 semaines, rien ne passait! Il faut espérer qu´à force de purges , de lavements, de cataplasmes, de ventoses, sans compter tout le tremblement de cachets, potions, ampoules, etc…´ ("Since 2 days ago, approximately, things seem to be going a little better, although I am still in bed and very weak, but finally I was able to eat a little, and digest, because for 6 weeks, nothing passed through! It is to be hoped that by dint of purges, enemas, poultices, suction cups, not to mention all the trembling of tablets, potions, ampoules, etc..") Melies further refers to his opinions and relationship with the Mutuelle du Cinema, an association which gets funds from the cinema itself, working for the cinema and its workers, and which should help its members when they get old if they need assistance or medical attention, and mentions also his personal difficult financial situation, and states in part `Vous me demandez de vous dire franchement et sans gêne si la société de la "Mutuelle" ou d´autres sont venus à notre aide dans ces circonstances. Quoi qu´il m´en coûte, je suis oblige de répondre: hélas, non! A un point que nous avons complètement épuisé nos bien maigres économies, et que depuis près de 3 semaines, j´ai du laisser tomber le médecin, n´ayant plus de quoi payer ses visites et les énormes factures de pharmacie qui suivaient invariablement les dites visites´ ("You ask me to tell you frankly and without embarrassment if the "Mutuelle" society or others have come to our aid in these circumstances. Whatever it will cost me, I am obliged to answer: alas, no! To the point that we have completely exhausted our very small savings, and for nearly 3 weeks now, I had to drop the doctor, having no money left to pay for his visits and the huge pharmacy bills that invariably followed the said visits"), further adding `Quant à l´oeuvre de la "Mutuelle", qui est actuellement dans la plus grande "panade", les presidents ont été prévenus de ma maladie par le directeur d´ici, mais, malgré qu´on ait pour Georges Mélies la plus grande consideration (en paroles et en écrits du moins) personne n´a daigné se déranger, on ne m´a même pas offert de m´envoyer un médecin, et encore bien moins de m´aider pécuniairement´ ("As for the work of the "Mutuelle", which is currently in the greatest "mess", the presidents were informed of my illness by the local director, but, despite the fact that we have for Georges Mélies the greatest consideration (in words and in writing at least) no one deigned to bother, I was not even offered to send me a doctor, and even less to help me financially") Melies further explains that the Mutuelle cannot afford paying cleaners and cookers and that they have to take care of this too, and his wife who is doing all the work, is exhausted, very old and with no strength to even walk `Plus personne pour la cuisine et le ménage. Allez les vieux, collez-vous y de nouveau!... quand on est malade, et qu´on vous laisse froidement sans le sou, et sans soins, alors cela n´est plus rigolo du tout!..´ ("No one for cooking and cleaning. Come on old folks, stick to it again!... when you're sick, and you're coldly left penniless, and careless, then it's no longer fun at all!.."), and before concluding, sends his furious critics on the boarding directors and announces future protests he intends to lead, saying `il est bien difficile de se faire entendre des gros bonnets des comités actuels, qui ne connaissent, même pas de nom, les pionniers de la cinématographie. D´épais marchands de vin, devenus tenanciers de Cinéma…´ ("it is very difficult to be heard by the leaders of the current committees, who do not even know the name of the pioneers of cinematography. Fat wine merchants, who have become cinema tenants..") A letter of very interesting content, explaining the difficult last years of Melies and his critics about the Cinéma Mutuelle and the future of the pioneers of the "Cinematographie". Very small overall minor age wear with a very small area of paper loss and singeing to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. G Auguste-Jules Drioux was editor of the magazine Passez Muscade, publishing a special edition in 1929 entitled Georges Melies. Melies often collaborated with the magazine, publishing his Croquis-magiques.

SENNETT MACK: (1880-1960) Canadian-American film director, producer, actor and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Father Goose - The Story of Mack Sennett by Gene Fowler, First Edition published by Covici Friede, New York, 1934. Signed by Sennett to the recto of the frontispiece portrait in bold black ink, 'For Ric Carpenter, Best wishes, Mack Sennett (Keep Laughing)'. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth and with gold title to the cover and spine (faded). Some light overall age wear, about VG

TRUMBO DALTON: (1905-1976) American screenwriter of Roman Holiday (1953) and other Hollywood movies, Academy Award winner. Trumbo was one of the Hollywood Ten and refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during their investigation of alleged Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Hollywood on Trial by Gordon Kahn, First Edition published by Boni & Gaer, New York, 1948. Signed by Trumbo in blue ink with his name alone to the front free endpaper and also signed by Adrian Scott (1911-1972) American screenwriter and film producer, one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio bosses. Further signed by Gordon Kahn (1902-1962) American author and screenwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Signed ('Gordon Kahn') in black fountain pen ink to the title page. Bound in grey boards with dark green title to the cover and spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Some light age wear and a few small tears and scuffing to the upper and lower edges of the spine, otherwise about VG