Harris, Julian Hoke (American, 1906-1987); b. Carrollton, TX U.S.A., Perpetuating the Ancient Art of Medallic Sculpture, 1970, a light bronze lozenge-shaped medal by J.H. Harris for the 40th anniversary of the Medallic Art Co, 40 superimposed on representations of the first and 80th medals in the Society series, rev. contrasting relief and intaglio impressions of owls of Athens, edge impressed julian h. harris. sc. medallic art co. n.y., 64mm, 152.38g (Alexander SP2.1, edge A; cf. Coin Galleries Oct. 2010, 2735). Mint state £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, December 2002 Edition of 657. The competition to design a diamond-shaped 40th anniversary medal attracted over 200 entries from 77 different sculptors. The 7-person judging panel, including Elvira Clain-Stefanelli of the Smithsonian Institution, chose Mr Harris’ design and the result was announced on 15 November 1970. Mr Harris won $1,500 for his efforts and the medals, in silver and bronze, were all struck in December 1970.
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Dillens, Julien (Belgian, 1849-1904); b. Antwerp and Stappen, Charles van der (Belgian, 1843-1910); b. Saint-Josse-ten-Noode BELGIUM, Centenaire de l’Académie Royale des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, 1900, a bronze plaque by J. Dillens and C. van der Stappen, busts of Nicolas-Jean Rouppe, Charles Buls and Émile De Mot left, rev. naked male seated left, sketching, artisans in field in background, 78 x 61mm, 194.55g (BDM I, 590; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 174, 5066). Extremely fine, dark patina £80-£100 --- Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 174 (Cologne), 2-3 September 2015, lot 5066 Edition of 125 in bronze. Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1768-1838) was a politician and first burgomaster of Brussels after it claimed independence. Charles Buls (1837-1914), was a politician. Émile André Jean De Mot (1835-1909) was a politician and also burgomaster of Brussels, from 1899 until his death.
Plazzotta, Enzo (Italian, 1921-1981); b. Mestre, moved to England 1948 ENGLAND, Rearing Stallion, 1984, a uniface cast bronze medal after E. Plazzotta [Royal Mint] for Original Casts SA, horse rearing to left, back with label ‘1’ affixed, 60mm, 118.13g (cf. Tooveys, Nov. 2018, 2533). Extremely fine; in blue fitted case of issue, with certificate confirming this as the first medal cast, dated 2 July 1984 £30-£40 --- Edition of 100.
Brown, Nigel (New Zealander, 1949-present); b. Invercargill. NEW ZEALAND, Home Gardener, 1996, a uniface cast bronze medal by N. Brown [A.W. Fraser Ltd], male gardener kneeling to left, trowel in left hand, planting, back hand-engraved with legend and 1/6, 125mm, 689.35g. Extremely fine and as made, the first casting £150-£200 --- Provenance: bt McPherson Gallery (Auckland) Edition of 6
Simmons, Mary Ann (British, 1959-present); b. Vancouver, emigrated to United Kingdom 1988 ENGLAND, The Fourth Service 1939-1945, 2002, a cast bronze medal by Mary Ann Simmons [Crucible Foundry] for the British Art Medal Society, concentric radiating waves, rev. map of the Western Atlantic approaches and the Rockall Trough, site of the first vessel to be sunk by a U-boat on the first day of World War II, edge highlight-impressed the fourth service 1939-1945 between the points of the compass, highlight notches on upper reverse edge, 90mm, 545.65g (The Medal 41, pp.118-19). Extremely fine, as made, a poignant medal, very rare; in black pouch of issue £100-£150 --- Provenance: bt BAMS, April 2003 Edition of 10. The medal commemorates the role of the Merchant Navy as the ‘fourth service’ during World War II. The reverse alludes to the sinking of the passenger liner Athenia, outbound from Liverpool to Montreal, torpedoed by U-30 220 miles north-west of Ireland at 7.30pm on 3 September 1939, the day that Britain declared war with Germany, with the loss of 117 lives. For a full description of the background to the issue of the medal and for an explanation of the notches on the upper part of the reverse, see The Medal 41, p.118.
Thomson, Diana Clare, née Golding (British, 1939-present); b. Manchester ENGLAND/U.S.A., Medal for Marilyn, 2000, a cast bronze medal by Diana Thomson [Nautilus Fine Art Foundry], facing head of Marilyn Monroe, earring at right, rev. Monroe standing left, head turned back, holding down her ‘Flying Skirt’, for ever, and ever, ah men in field to left, rev. edge engraved d.c.t. 2000 1, 120mm, 1,969.22g. Extremely fine, a very substantial work, the first of only two castings made and undoubtedly the rarest Marilyn Monroe medal £200-£400 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, 2000 Edition of 2. Marilyn Monroe (1926-62) was a Hollywood actress, model and singer, one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. The reverse image is taken from the famous photograph of Monroe stood on a subway grate at the junction of 52nd Street and Lexington avenue, New York, taken by Sam Shaw on 15 September 1954 in preparation for the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder.
PHILBY (H St. J.B): 'The Empty Quarter...being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub 'Al Khali..': London, Constable, 1933: FIRST EDITION: original green cloth, spine gilt, rubbed, portion cut from FFE removing old ownership, 8vo: with 7 other volumes, middle eastern travel and related. (8)
YEATS (William Butler): 'Four Years': Churchtown, Cuala Press, 1921: FIRST EDITION, one of 400 copies, printed in red and black, hawk attacking small bird device by T Sturge Moore to title in red, leaves partially opened, original linen-backed blue paper covered boards, printed label to spine and lettered in black to upper, browning to free endpapers as usual, a very good clean copy, 8vo. (1)
INDIA: CAMPBELL (Donald): 'A Journey Over Land to India, Partly by a Route Never Gone Before by any European..': London, printed for Cullen and Company, 1795: FIRST EDITION. Without half title, recent half-calf over marbled boards, spine gilt preserving earlier red morocco label, a good clean copy, 4to. (1)
YORKE (James): 'The Union of Honour': FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in one, additional engraved title with author's name dated 1641, woodcut device to title (dated 1640): numerous woodcut initials and ornaments, circa 900 woodcut armorials, 19th century calf gilt, front board detached, sm.folio. (1)
PEAKE (Mervyn): The Gormenghast Trilogy, comprising 'Titus Groan' (second impression, 1946): 'Gormenghast' (FIRST EDITION, 1950): 'Titus Alone' (FIRST EDITION, 1959): publishers red cloth with dustjacket, first named somewhat browned to spine, torn round foot of lower hinge, general light toning but otherwise a good clean set, 8vo. (3)
EINSTEIN (Albert): 'Die Grundlage der Allgemeinem Relativitatstheorie..': Leipzig, Johann Barth, 1916 (but 1919): 64pp, original printed front wrapper tipped onto FFE, recent burgundy buckram, slim 8vo first anastatic reprint of 1919, on poorer paper than the first edition of 1916: it is the authorised version of his General Theory of Relativity, the 1916 edition being considered as the original edition. (1)
INSCRIBED FROM BURTON AND TAYLOR: 'The Letters of Gertrude Bell': London, Ernest Benn, 1930 (first 1 volume edition): publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, torn with spine deficient: the FFE inscribed 'with much love and wishing you a gloriously successful year with much happiness', and signed individually from Rosalinde Fuller, Winifred Evans, Richard Burton, Maureen Pryor and Peter Woodam, dated Bath 1948: additionally with postcard from Elizabeth Taylor to one Mme Stafford Byrne dated Feb 1964, loosely inserted. (1)
WARING (John Burley): 'Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862'.. 3 volumes, FIRST EDITION, London: Day & Son, 1863: numerous chromolithographic plates, some deficient, contents heavily shaken and bumped, publishers ornate red morocco gilt blocked in black, worn and rubbed with contents loose, for sale as a collection of plates only and not subject to return. (3)
CUALA PRESS: YEATS (William Butler): 'Stories of Red Hanrahan..': Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, 1904: FIRST EDITION, woodcut by Robert Gregory, original quarter linen, blue/grey boards with matching endpapers, printed paper labels to spine and upper cover, edges rough trimmed, spine and FFE browned but a very good copy, 8vo. (1)
CUALA PRESS: YEATS (W B): 'In The Seven Woods'. Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1903: FIRST EDITION. Original off-white linen boards, printed label to upper, cloth a little browned and cockled in places but a good copy, 8vo. The first book from the Cuala Press under the Dun Emer imprint, used for the first 11 books when the press was part of Evelyn Gleeson's Dun Emer Industries: 325 copies printed. (1)
BESTALL (Alfred E): 'The New Adventures of Rupert..': FIRST EDITION, illustrations printed in red and black, 3 of 5 colouring pages partially filled in watercolour, 'Book Belongs To' page left blank, publishers red pictorial cloth, dustjacket, slightly frayed at extremities, Daily Express Publications (1936), 4to. (1)
YEATS (William Butler): 'Pages from a Diary written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty..': Dublin, Cuala Press, 1944: FIRST EDITION, No.55/280 copies, portrait of Giraldus by Edmund Dulac to title, publishers cloth-backed yellow boards, printed label to spine, lettered in black to upper, minor browning and spotting else VG, 8vo: together with a second copy numbered 163, with bookplate designed by Jack B Yeats, preserved in glassine wrapper, 8vo. (2)
GREGORY (Lady Augusta): 'A Book and Saints and Wonders. Put Down Here According to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland..': Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, 1906. FIRST EDITION, First Impression: one of 200 copies. Original cloth backed blue boards, printed label to spine lettered in red, blue endpapers, edges rough trimmed, spine and free endpapers a little browned, a few minor marks but a very good copy, 8vo. (1)
GAIMAN (Neil & PRATCHETT, Terry): 'Good Omens...the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, which...': New York, Workman Publishing, 1990: FIRST EDITION. 8vo, publishers cloth with dustjacket, latter bumped and nicked to edges in places: inscribed by Gaiman to half-title 'Dick - all the best. Sorry about the American spelling - Neil Gaiman'. (1)
YEATS (William Butler): 'Reveries over Childhood and Youth..': Churchtown, Cuala Press, 1915. No.383/425 copies: FIRST EDITION: 2 vols in slipcase, comprising separate portfolio of plates (3 loose plates - one in colour - and one looseleaf of text), original grey/blue boards with titles printed in black to upper, linen-backed, edges rough trimmed, very light wear and browning but an excellent copy, 8vo. The book was originally announced under the title 'Memory Harbour, a Reverie on my Childhood and Youth', published on 20 March 1916 at 10s 6d. (1)
SIGNED BY THE BEE GEES: 'The Legend..the Illustrated Story of the Bee Gees..': FIRST EDITION, London, Quartet Books, 1983: softcover, 160pp, signed on opening page in black ink by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, and additionally by the book's writer and illustrator, David English and Alex Brychta, printed flyer for the book signing event at Liberty Regent Street loosely inserted, VG with minor wear and marking, 4to. (1)
ALLINGHAM (William): 'Sixteen Poems...selected by William Butler Yeats'. Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, 1905: FIRST EDITION, original quarter linen, blue/grey boards with matching endpapers, printed label to spine, some browning to free endpapers but a very good copy, glassine wrapper, 8vo (one of 200 copies), this example with a bookplate designed by Jack B Yeats dated November 1953, for Eleanor and Fred Reid. (1)
STEADMAN (Ralph, illustrator): 'Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland': London, Dennis Dobson, 1967: publishers white boards with d/w, wrap around band, VG, folio: together with 'Through the Looking Glass', FIRST EDITION 1972, VG in d/w: plus 18 other volumes, misc. illustrated/private press and related. (20)
ROSS (Alan & John MINTON, illustrator): 'Time Was Away...a Notebook in Corsica': London, John Lehmann, 1948: FIRST EDITION: publishers yellow cloth with dustwrapper, a very good clean copy with minor wear to corners, 8vo: PRISCO (Michele) 'Heirs of the Wind..', London, Derek Verschoyle, 1955: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, very good: together with a quantity of other literature and first editions over 3 shelves, generally in very good condition. (3 shelves)
DICKENS (Charles): Christmas Books: comprising: 'The Chimes: a Goblin Story', 5th edition, 1845: 'Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain', FIRST EDITION 1848: 'The Cricket on the Hearth', FIRST EDITION 1846 and 'The Battle of Life', FIRST EDITION 1846: all publishers red cloth, much worn with spines frayed and deficient, backstrip and lower board lacking to 'Cricket on the Hearth', joints broken and blocks shaken, various ink ownership to early leaves, the group for sale with all faults and not subject to return, 12mo. (4)
CUALA PRESS: SYNGE (J M): 'Deirdre of the Sorrows; a Play..': Churchtown, Cuala Press, 1910. FIRST EDITION, limited to 250 copies, half title in red, woodcut device to title, text in red and black throughout, original linen backed blue paper covered boards, printed label to spine, minor wear else VG, 8vo: with 'Poems and Translations', 1909. (2)
FINE BINDING: SCROPE (William): 'Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed..': London, John Murray, 1843: FIRST EDITION: additional lithograph to pictorial title, 12 lithograph plates (several partially hand-coloured), fine early 20thc full red crushed morocco by Sotheran, teg, richly gilt with fish and line devices to compartments and corners, gilt inner dentels, original cloth bound in at rear, lightest wear but an excellent copy, tall 8vo. (1)
YEATS (William Butler): 'Michael Robartes and the Dancer..': FIRST EDITION, one of 400 copies, title with woodcut candle vignette printed in red, partially unopened as issued, toning to free endpapers (as often), original linen-backed printed boards, 8vo. Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1920. A very good copy. (1)
MACLEAY (Kenneth & Vincent Brooks, lithographer): 'Highlanders of Scotland': London, Mr Mitchell, Publisher to the Queen, 1870: FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 31 coloured lithographic plates, mounted onto card, boarded and captioned in gilt, each with bibliographic and historical notice in letterpress, publishers red bevel-edged boards, gilt lettered and decorated, aeg, corners bumped and some rubbing to edges, some scuffs to spine with ends a little frayed, but a good clean copy, some scattered foxing, elephant folio: together with a looseleaf folio containing 9 duplicate plates from the same. (3)
POTTER (Beatrix): 'The Tale of Tom Kitten': London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1907: FIRST EDITION. Publishers brown paper boards with pictorial onlay to upper cover, white lettering to front and spine, pictorial endpapers, half title, dated to title page, 26 colour plates by the author (one detached), 12mo: 'The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes': FIRST EDITION, 1911, original green paper boards with pictorial onlay to upper, lettered in white, pictorial endpapers, VG with minor wear: plus 2 other titles by Potter. (4)
GUILLIM (John): 'A Display of Heraldrie: manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method, whereinto it is now reduced by the industry of Joh. Guillim purseuant of armes...': FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue: London, printed by William Hall for Raphe Mab., 1611: title page within architectural woodcut border (laid down and with some losses to foreedge, a few early ink markings at head): numerous woodcut armorials, a few full page, many with early hand colouring: colophon dated 1610, 2 or 3 leaves with long closed tears, scattered minor stains and smudges but a good copy overall, 19th century vellum covered boards with black morocco label, edges red, small folio: together with a 1679 edition of the same work, some leaves repaired, plate of Lord Belasyse not present but 3 plates not called for by Lowndes bound in, contemporary blind ruled calf boards sometime rebacked, folio. (2)
ALDOUS HUXLEY, SIGNED: 'Rotunda..a Selection of the Works from Aldous Huxley': London, Chatto & Windus, 1932: FIRST EDITION: 'Point Counter Point', London, 1934: FIRST EDITION: both inscribed by author to front free endpapers: original green/tan cloth, without dustjackets, second named a little rubbed and damp marked to edges but good copies overall, both 8vo. (2)
INDIA: SLEEMAN (Lieutenant-Colonel W H): 'Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official..': London, J Hatchard & Son, 1844: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols, chromolithographed frontispieces and 30 plates, tissue guards, spotting round end leaves, marbled endpapers, later dark half-calf over green cloth boards, teg, spines gilt lettered direct with 5 raised bands, a good set, 8vo. (2)
GOLDSMITH (Oliver): 'The Citizen of the World: or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London...': London, printed for J Newbery, 1762. FIRST COLLECTED EDITON, 2 vols bound in one, final blank leaf not present to second, later cloth backed boards, much worn and scuffed: together with a 19thc French edition of The Dance of Death, folding chromolithographic strip panorama (split at several folds, some old repairs, for sale with all faults): with 4 other misc. books. (Sm.Box)
ROWLING (J K): 'Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets': FIRST EDITION: Bloomsbury, 1998: original boards without dustjacket, slight lean toward upper, spine a little sunned, slight knock to edges and corners, no inscriptions or other markings, a good copy: with 11 other volumes from the Harry Potter series, some duplicates, some first editions. (12)
YEATS (William Butler): 'The Wild Swans at Coole, other verses and a play in verse..': Churchtown Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1917: FIRST EDITION, one of 400 copies: woodcut charging unicorn device by Robert Gregory and colophon printed in red, publishers linen-backed blue boards, printed label to spine, lettered in black to upper, slight browning to spine head and very minor wear else a very good copy, partially unopened, 8vo. (1)
MILNE (Alan Alexander): Winnie The Pooh series in deluxe bindings, comprising: 'When We Were Very Young', (17th edition, 1928); 'The House at Pooh Corner' (FIRST EDITION, 1928); 'Now We Are Six', (4th edition, 1928); and 'Winnie The Pooh', (6th edition, 1928): uniform original blue publishers crushed morocco gilt, each title with 5 differing characters from the drawings by E H Shepard gilt to upper covers, gilt ruled and lettered, spines a little sunned, light wear and rubbing, some minor scuffs and marks but an attractive set overall, 12mo. (4)
CUALA PRESS: TYNAN (Katharine): 'Twenty One Poems; selected by W B Yeats..': Dun Emer Press, 1907. FIRST EDITION THUS, printer's device to title page, woodcut by Elinor Monsell, linen backed blue/grey boards with matching endpapers, edges untrimmed, mid-20thc bookplate by Jack B Yeats to upper pastedown: together with: YEATS (W B) 'Discoveries: a Volume of Essays..': Dun Emer Press, 1907. FIRST EDITION, original linen backed boards, lettered in black to upper, glassine wrapper, both 8vo. The final two books published by the Dun Emer Press, prior to renaming as Cuala Press. (2)
GOGARTY (Oliver St John): 'An Offering of Swans': Dublin, Cuala Press, 1923: FIRST EDITION, limited to 300 copies: original linen-backed boards, printed label to spine and lettered in black to upper, retaining plain dustwrapper (portions of loss to spine and corners), modern bookseller's label to upper pastedown, edges partially unopened, a very good copy, 8vo. (1)
MAUGHAM (Somerset): 'Liza of Lambeth...': London, T Fisher Unwin, 1897: FIRST EDITION: publishers green cloth gilt, slight lean to upper board, a little rubbed, lower hinge partially frayed, small 8vo: together with Jubilee edition of same title, limited to 1000 copies and signed by Maugham. (2)
WW2 Ron Mayhill DFC, Flt Lt J K Aitken DFC signed hardback book Bombs on Target. Scarce limited edition 2 of 6 so signed. Mayhill enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force when he was just 18 and was posted as a bomb aimer and observer in the RAF's 75 squadron in England. His first active day of duty was on D-Day when the Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France by carrying out beach landings in Normandy. He flew with pilot J K Aitken. 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
WW2 Luftwaffe aces Gunter Rall Hajo Hermann signed photos inside Hardback book Elite of the Third Reich The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45. An Illustrated Reference by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. Scare English translation 2000. First Edition ISBN 1-87462-46-9. 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
Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Arabia, comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1829, engraved folding map, 4 engraved plates, scattered spotting, first quire with obtrusive paper repair to foot of gutter, library stamp to final text leaf, contemporary calf, utilitarian reback in black cloth, earlier red morocco title label relaid, rubbed and marked, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Blackmer 239 (2nd edition). 'Burckhardt undertook the journey to Mecca in 1814, disguised as an Arab; he had long since used the name Sheik Ibrahim in his travels, which he began in 1809 under the sponsorship of Sir Joseph Banks and the African Association. Burckhardt's description of the Hedjaz was the first accurate one to reach Europe'.
* English playing cards. Standard pattern, J. & W. Mitchell of Birmingham, circa 1890, a complete deck (without joker?) of 52 colour printed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts printed in four colours, decorative ace of spades with maker's details and registration number, indices, dust- and finger-soiled, toned and marked, 7S with small corner crease, rounded corners, versos ornamental design in white on brown, each card 89 x 63 mm, together with: Deakin's Political Playing Cards, Willis & Co, 1881, double-ended courts with caricatures of named political figures, ace of spades with title and maker, triplicate type indices on pip cards, dusty, few minor marks, KC with tiny edge tear, rounded corners, versos red ornate pattern on yellow, each card 89 x 64 mm, with original titled two-part box, plus: Standard type WY2, Woolley & Co, circa 1875, a complete Piquet deck of 32 colour printed playing cards (French suits), double-ended unturned courts, Woolley ace of spades type 1, no indices, square corners, dusty, versos plain blue, each card 94 x 65 mm, with five other decks by Willis: Deakin's Political Playing Cards 2nd edition, 1887; standard deck, circa 1878, double-ended unturned courts, one ways pips, no indices, square corners, ornate colourful floral pattern versos; standard deck, circa 1880, double-ended unturned courts, one way pips, no indices, slightly rounded corners, pink floral versos; standard deck, circa 1885, triplicate indices obscuring pip signs on courts, double-ended turned courts, two way pips, versos Chinese style with bird, fish and lady with fan in red on yellow; standard deck, circa 1885, triplicate indices obscuring parts of courts (eg. weapons), with suit signs opposite to usual, versos brown red & black shadows of men playing cards in a window, and three other decks by Woolley: Eureka Harrys, circa 1880, with original two-part box (defective); standard pack, circa 1887, double-ended turned, small indices, original Great Mogul Eureka wrapper; standard pack, circa 1880, courts printed in black & red, later use as a fortune-telling pack with most cards having ink manuscript 'Fortunes' added to one end, all complete, various conditions, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 11 display boards/cards, most boards encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cm and similarQTY: (11)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Plainbacks M43 & M105. An unusual manufacturer who only produced playing cards for a few years.
Haggard (H. Rider). Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; or remarks on recent events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal, 1st edition, London: Trubner & Co., 1882, light scattered spotting, original green cloth gilt, a few light marks, 8vo, together with: Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; or remarks on recent events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal, 2nd edition, London: Trübner & Co, 1888, neat contemporary ownership inscription in black ink to head of title, rear hinge cracked, original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Whatmore NF1. The author's first book, of which 750 copies were printed. It performed poorly, after a year only 154 copies had been sold.
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