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Chinese Railway.- Rapier (Richard C.) Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the First Railway in China, first edition, 8 mounted Woodburytypes, 9 folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, 2 folding estimate sheets torn and frayed at inner margin where adhered to new stub but not affecting text, modern half morocco, g.e., 4to, 1878.⁂ Scarce work with particular interest in the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876. All the Woodburytypes depict this line.

Columbani (Placido) Variety of Capitals, Freezes, and Corniches...Chimney-pieces, first edition, engraved throughout with title in ornamental cartouche and 11 plates, title lightly soiled, some spotting and water-staining (mostly marginal but extending into platemark of a couple of plates although not touching actual image), modern marbled boards, rubbed and soiled, upper cover faded, label defective, [Not in Berlin Kat.], oblong folio, I.Taylor, 1776.⁂ Rare; Library Hub records only 4 copies (BL, National library of Scotland, University of St.Andrews, Wellcome); WorldCat adds 4 in the Americas.

Cooke (Edward William) & George Rennie. Views of the Old and New London Bridges, first edition, fine etched frontispiece and 11 plates by Edward William Cooke, paper guards, some foxing to plates, bookplate of Sir James Whitehead Bt., contemporary half dark green calf, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, spine in compartments, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, folio, 1833.

Curr (John) The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, only edition, 5 folding engraved plates, tables, slight foxing to plates, a few minor marginal repairs at edges, a crisp copy in modern calf, red morocco label, spine very slightly faded, [Kress B3373; Ottley 172], 4to, Sheffield, for the Author, by John Northall, 1797.⁂ Possibly the first printed account of an iron railway. John Curr, a mining engineer, made great contributions to the development of underground haulage in South Yorkshire collieries during the Industrial Revolution. He introduced underground cast-iron plate rails in the collieries superintended by him and designed more advanced rails with flanges to suit the tramways and the flanged wheel as used on modern railways. In the Preface he notes that he introduced railroads to Sheffield Colliery in the 1770s, being "much easier and less expensive, and...that they have been generally imitated and made use of in most collieries for the last three years, especially in the southern parts of the kingdom".

De l'Orme (Philibert) Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture, first edition, second issue, Roman type, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces and ornamental initials, 205 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, many full-page, 7 folding or double-page, with blank leaf e6 at end of Table of contents, privilege leaf at end, title lightly soiled and frayed at edges, staining to first few leaves (mostly marginal and to preliminaries), small ink stain to G1 and lower edge of H gathering, some light marginal soiling but generally a good clean copy, later morocco-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, new morocco label, [Millard French 105; cf.Berlin Kat. 2362 & Fowler 99, first issue of 1567, same collation], folio (c.385 X 250mm.), Paris, Federic Morel, 1568.⁂ The only part published of a projected encyclopaedia of architecture by "the most important architectural theorist of northern Europe in the sixteenth century". (Millard). "Of the three leading early French architectural writers, De Lorme is the most interesting and original, but is less distinguished as an artist than Jean Bullant...and is less versatile as a draughtsman than Du Cerceau...[He] has been called the first modern architect because of his original contributions to construction and his skill as an organizer". (Fowler).

Dearn (Thomas Downes Wilmot) Sketches in Architecture consisting of Original Designs for Public & Private Buildings, first edition, 16 fine aquatint plates and plans, occasional spotting but mostly to tissue guards, very light marginal water-staining at beginning and end and offsetting from title onto frontispiece, bookplate of Thomas Henry Spurrier, contemporary half diced russia, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2317; Not in Abbey], 4to, John Cawthorn for the author, [1806].

Desaguliers (John Theophilus) A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 2 vol., first edition, lists of subscribers, 78 folding engraved plates, vol.1 with 4pp. errata following Preface and 3pp. advertisements at end, a few plates shaved at upper edge, vol.1 with slight worming to outer margin affecting corner of a few plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, slight traces of library stamp to upper covers, rebacked preserving old labels, corners repaired, 4to, John Senex, 1734-44.⁂ The author was an experimental assistant to Isaac Newton and later popularized Newtonian theories and their practical applications in public lectures. "Newton, late Sir Isaac Kt." appears in the list of subscribers despite having died in 1727.

Desgodetz (Antoine) Les Edifices de Rome..., first edition, engraved title within elaborate foliate frame, head-pieces, initials and 137 full-page illustrations by De Chastillon, Le Clerc, J. & P.Le Pautre, N.Guerard and others, 22 double-page, contemporary engraved bookplate pasted to verso of title, one or two leaves very lightly browned but generally an excellent clean copy, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms within rococo surround (as on bookplate), spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, rubbed, a few slightly worn patches or gouges, corners and spine ends a little worn, [Berlin Kat. 1863; Fowler 102; Millard French 62], folio, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1682.⁂ Superb study of the ancient monuments of Rome financed by Colbert to whom the work is dedicated. Desgodetz was sent by the French Academy to measure and draw the great buildings of antiquity and produced a work which was not surpassed in accuracy until the nineteenth century. It became the model for many subsequent similar publications and was reprinted many times.

[Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine)] La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage..., first edition, 32 folding engraved plates by Mariette, slight worming at beginning, mostly marginal but affecting a few plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, new red morocco label, [Fowler 170; Henrey 950; Hunt 471; cf.Berlin Kat. 2463, later edition], 4to, Paris, Jean Mariette, 1709.⁂ Important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective.

Dupin (Charles) Voyages dans la Grand-Bretagne. Force Militaire [Navale; Commerciale] Parts I-III bound in 1 vol., plates only, without text vol., second edition, 36 engraved plates, foxed, titles browned, ex-library copy with label to front pastedown but no stamps, contemporary half roan, Paris, [c.1825] § Cottingham (Lewis Nockalls) The Smith and Founder's Director containing a Series of Designs and Patterns for Ornamental Iron and Brasswork, second edition, lithographed pictorial title and 83 plates (plate LIX not issued), title slightly smaller and tipped to first plate at inner margin (creased), some light staining, mostly to lower margin but affecting first and last few plates, original decorative printed boards, rubbed and stained, lower cover lacking upper outer corner causing fraying to last few leaves, rebacked in cloth, [c.1824]; and 6 others, folio & 4to (8)⁂ The final part of the first item depicts bridges, docks and lighthouses, including Vauxhall and Southwark bridges in London, Kelso suspension bridge, the docks of London and the port of Dundee. The second work is an influential pattern book first issued in 1823 as The Ornamental Metal Worker's Directory, with designs for gates, balcony railings, fanlights, lamps, brackets, candelabras etc. The author was an architect who lived in Waterloo Bridge Road with his collection of medieval woodwork and Gothic carvings; this later became the core of the Royal Architectural Museum in Tufton Street (the predecessor of the Victoria & Albert Museum).

Elsam (Richard) An Essay on Rural Architecture, first edition, half title, list of subscribers including John Soane and several craftsmen, 31 engraved plates and plans, all but one aquatint, most printed in sepia, 3 folding, some light foxing, plate 8 defective at lower outer corner but no loss to image, old marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine tooled in gilt with red roan label, [Abbey Life 14; Berlin Kat. 2312], 4to, 1803.

Erasmus (Georg Caspar) Seülen-Buch. Oder Gründlicher Bericht von den fünff Seülen..., 3 parts in 1, engravings only (without text), first edition, 3 engraved titles and 39 plates only, 11 folding, a few slightly shaved at edge, light soiling, a few small tears and repairs, contemporary paste-paper boards, a little worn, spine defective, [Berlin Kat. 1962, first edition of 1666], folio, Nuremberg, Johann Hofmann, [1670].⁂ Scarce ornamental pattern book for architects, sculptors, cabinetmakers, silversmiths etc. by a Nuremberg cabinetmaker, republished several times and rarely found complete.

Euler (Leonhard) A Compleat Theory of the Construction and Properties of Vessels, translated by Henry Watson, first edition in English, inscribed "From the Author" (presumably the translator) at head of title and with another later inscription, 11 folding engraved plates, lightly offset, contemporary calf, worn, trace of library stamp to upper cover, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, 1776.

Fontana (Carlo) Utilissimo Trattato dell'Acque Correnti..., first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, 80 engraved illustrations as chapter headings, 2 folding engraved plates by A.Specchi after Fontana, with register leaf at end, some light browning, contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, spine repaired at head, [Berlin Kat. 3613; Fowler 123, lacking the 2 folding plates; Millard Italian 39], folio, Rome, Gio.Francesco Buagni, 1696.⁂ Elegantly-illustrated work on hydraulic engineering, from aqueducts to fountains.

Fournier (Daniel) A Treatise of the Theory and Practice of Perspective, first edition, list of subscribers, 39 engraved plates, 2 double-page mounted on stubs, 3 with movable flaps, worming to inner margin affecting some text and plates, old ink inscription "Willoughby J.E.Rooke B.N.C. Oxford" with pencil note "From this book I learned perspective - it beats all other books on the subject for clearness & simplicity. W.J.E.Rooke" to front pastedown, contemporary half sheep, rather worn, spine wormed and defective, 4to, for the Author, 1761.⁂ The list of subscribers features several architects, engravers, miniature painters, engineers and surveyors.

Francine (Alexander) A New Book of Architecture...set forth by Robert Pricke, first English edition, engraved architectural frontispiece incorporating portrait of the author (date 1674 at foot) and 38 engraved plates only (of 39, lacking plate IV), title and list of plates mounted on stub, title with slip pasted over 1669 imprint, frontispiece frayed at edges with slight loss to imprint (repaired), some light soiling and water-staining, mostly marginal, a few other leaves frayed and repaired at edges, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper noting imperfect collation, modern half calf, [Harris 229; Wing F2056; cf.Fowler 126, first edition, Paris, 1631], folio, for Robert Pricke, 1669 [but with slip dated 1679].⁂ Rare work by the Ingénieur Ordinaire du Roi in charge of the fountains at Fontainebleau. "His gates and arches reveal an imaginative artist who knew how to combine the traditions of French and Tuscan mannerism....His interest was focused on designs of portals in the style rustique which is familiar from Italian sixteenth-century gardens". (Harris).ESTC cites only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, and Chatsworth).

Fréart (Roland, Sieur de de Chambray) Parallèle de l'Architecture Antique et de la ..., first edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title incorporating dedication to and an oval portrait of François Sublet de Noyers (the author's cousin and impetus for the book) by Tournier, letterpress title with large engraved vignette, 40 full-page engraved illustrations by Charles Errard, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, some light soiling (mostly to engraved title), James Gibbs's copy with his bookplate (engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron used as title-page vignette to second edition of 'Rules for Drawing'), modern bookplate of P. & L.Waterhouse, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 2374; Fowler 127; Millard French 76], folio, Paris, Edmé Martin, 1650.⁂ First edition of this important comparative study of the orders but for an amateur readership. "It is the first architectural treatise of the seventeenth century to propose a fresh look at earlier architectural treatises...Fréart's interest in abstract principles, universal laws, and their connection with beauty and geometry suggests neoclassical developments in the eighteenth century, as does his insistence on a set of underlying principles applicable to all the arts." (Millard).

[Fréart (Roland, Sieur de Chambray)] Parallele de l'Architecture Antique et de la Moderne, engraved allegorical frontispiece by P.Dannoot after C.Errard, title vignette, 44 full-page illustrations and 10 double-page plates, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, frontispiece a little foxed, some other light browning or spotting, mostly marginal, the Chatsworth copy with engraved bookplate and shelf-label, later half calf, spine with tan morocco label and gilt coronet to head, rubbed, [Fowler 129; cf.Berlin Kat. 2374 & Millard French 76, first edition of 1650], folio, Pierre Emery, Michel Brunet et la veuve Daniel Horthemels, 1702.⁂ Using the same plates from the first edition of 1650 with shades and shadows added to the line engravings and with 10 additional double-page plates depicting details of the pedestal of Trajan's column.

Aviler (Augustin Charles d') Cours d'Architecture qui comprend les Ordres de Vignole..., 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 first edition but lacking all after p.244, engraved additional pictorial titles, vol.1 with 22 double-page and/or folding plates and 63 illustrations, all but a few full-page, spotting to a couple of leaves, Q3 defective at lower outer corner just touching border of engraving (repaired), vol.2 with engraved bookplate of John Bosworth of Tortworth Rectory, uniform modern panelled sprinkled calf, spines ruled in gilt with red morocco labels, spines slightly faded, [Fowler 32 & 33; cf.Berlin Kat. 2388], Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1691 & Jean Mariette, 1720 § Lucotte (J.R.) Le Vignole Moderne ou Traité Élémentaire d'Architecture, Parts I-III bound in 2 vol. (parts 2 & 3 in 1 vol., bound in reverse order), first editions, 3 engraved titles and 105 plates, Part I with some staining, title slightly smaller, some marginal soiling, contemporary cloth-backed and sheep-backed boards, rubbed, second spine worn, joints split, [Berlin Kat. 2430], Paris, 1772-81-84; and 3 others, d'Aviler & Vignola, v.s. (7)

Galli da Bibiena (Ferdinando) L'Architettura Civile preparata sú la Geometria, e ridotta alle Prospettive..., 5 parts bound in 2 vol., first edition, full-page engraved portrait and 72 plates, woodcut ornaments and initials, errata leaf bound after portrait, contemporary ink inscription "Ippolito Matteini pittore e Teodoro suo figlio pittore" to head of title, some soiling and staining, plates trimmed close at left-hand edge (a few frayed with slight loss) and mounted on stubs and/or reinforced, later half sheep, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2628; Fowler 134, variant title mentioning Bologna; Millard Italian 45], folio, Parma, Paolo Monti, 1711.⁂ "The five parts of this work treat of geometry, civil architecture in general, perspective, painting, theatrical scenes and the mechanics of lifting and moving objects. As an author Ferdinand is perhaps the most important of the five members of the great Italian architectural family of Galli da Bibiena, known for their theater designs and decorations in the full baroque style". (Fowler).

Gandy (Joseph) Designs for Cottages, Cottage Farms, and other Rural Buildings; including Entrance Gates and Lodges, first edition, 43 aquatint plates printed in sepia, advertisement leaf at end of text, plates 13, 14 & 16 slightly soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), otherwise an excellent clean copy in the original printed boards, uncut, rubbed and slightly stained, rebacked and recornered, upper cover detached, [Abbey Life 18], 4to, John Harding, 1805.⁂ Extraordinarily modern-looking asymetric designs by the pupil of Sir John Soane.

Gauger (Nicolas) Fires Improved: or a New Method of Building Chimnies, so as to prevent their smoking, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates, all folding, advertisement leaf at end, some spotting to frontispiece and title, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, red morocco label, [Harris 245], for J.Senex and E.Curll, 1736 § Accum (Fredrick) A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light..., fourth edition, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, 4 aquatint, 2 folding, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, frontispiece soiled and torn along fold (trimmed and laid down), some spotting, modern half calf, uncut, spine slightly faded, [cf.Abbey, Life 436, first edition], R.Ackermann, 1818 § Richardson (C.J.) A Popular Treatise on the Warming & Ventilation of Buildings..., third edition, 17 folding lithographed plates, some tinted, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland's copy with red ink stamp to title and bound in red velvet blocked in gilt with ornamental border and crown to upper cover, g.e., ivory silk moiré endpapers, spine rubbed and faded, 1856; and 2 others on chimneys and coal fires, 8vo (5)⁂ The first item is "the earliest treatise on domestic heating and the basis of all eighteenth-century books on the subject in English...Desaguliers published a translation of Gauger's book, omitting what he thought superfluous and adding his own improvements to suit the burning of coal in England". (Harris). It was first published in Paris in 1713, and first in English in 1715.

Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, first edition, [one of 550 copies], list of subscribers, 150 engraved plates by H. Hulsbergh and others after Gibbs, 4 double-page, title a little soiled and creased, paper flaw creases to plate 53, a few with pencil sketches to margins, marginal water-staining to a few plates (mainly to last couple just touching corner of final plate), slight worming to fore-margin of plates 130 to end, old ink inscription "Thomas Rasell Chichester" to front free endpaper, modern bookplate, modern half vellum, tan morocco label, [Berlin Kat 2334; Fowler 138; Harris 257; Millard British 22], folio, [William Bowyer], 1728.⁂ "The first book by a British architect consisting entirely of his own designs, executed and projected". (Harris). An enormously influential pattern book, reaching far beyond the country gentlemen at whom it was aimed, to India, South Africa, the West Indies, and America, where it was a primary source for the builders of the White House. There was also a copy in Thomas Jefferson's library.

Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the several Parts of Architecture, 64 engraved plates, W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732; Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a short Description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford, engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron after Hogarth (bound as frontispiece to previous work), engraved portrait of Radcliffe by Fourdrinier after Kneller and 21 plates, for the Author, 1747, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, extra-illustrated copy with another smaller engraved portrait of Gibbs by Baron (?Gibbs's bookplate, issued as title-page vignette to second edition of the first work) mounted on front pastedown, also bookplate of the Radcliffe library, with an additional version of the Hogarth portrait (with architectural background and octagonal frame, lightly soiled & browned) loosely inserted, and engraved plan of the library and plan of a banquet in the library on June 14 1814 both tipped into second work, washed, modern half vellum, tan morocco label, [Berlin Kat. 2334 & Fowler 139, second work only; Harris 259 & 256; Millard British 23 & 24], folio

Goodwin (Francis) Rural Architecture [Cottage Architecture], First & Second Series & 2 supplements, together 4 parts bound in 1 vol., second edition, supplements first edition, 98 aquatint plates and plans, some light spotting to plates, text a little browned, bookplate of James Hunter of Hafton, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, spine slightly faded, 4to, John Weale, 1835.⁂ Originally published as Domestic Architecture in 2 volumes in 1833-34, then this second edition as Rural Architecture with supplements titled Cottage Architecture in 1835, and another "second edition" of Domestic Architecture by Bohn in 1843 (see next lot).

Goodwin (Francis) Domestic Architecture [Cottage Architecture], First & Second Series and 2 Supplements, together 4 parts in 2 vol., "second edition", supplements first edition, half-titles, 99 aquatint plates and plans, 70 hand-coloured, bookplate of Peter Carmichael, original cloth titled "Rural Architecture" in gilt on upper covers, rubbed, spines faded, recased, [Abbey Life 20 & 21, first edition, without supplements], 4to, Henry G.Bohn, 1843-35.⁂ With many more plates hand-coloured than in the first edition of 1833-35.

Gordon (Alexander) A Treatise upon Elemental Locomotion... and prospects of Steam Carriages, second edition, 13 lithographed plates, 5 folding, with final blank, occasional spotting, C.F.Dendy Marshall's copy with his signature, A.L.s. to him from another railway historian James F.McEwan and some other ephemera loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, rebacked, new endpapers, 1832 § Proceedings of the Public Meeting...for erecting a Monument to the late James Watt, title with contemporary ink signature of Richard Davey to head and light water-staining, photograph of list of contributors tipped in at end, original boards, roan label to upper cover, spine torn, 1824 § Galloway (Elijah) History and Progress of the Steam Engine, edited by Luke Hebert, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, 1836, all rubbed; and 8 others on steam engines, 8vo (11)⁂ The first is an early treatise on steam carriages, and their usage, with the engineers of the day reporting to the select committee trusted with examining the matter, and its ramifications. The high turnpike penalties dealt a lasting blow to this fledgling industry which was quickly overtaken by the spread of the railway network. Gordon states in his preface to the second edition, "I have added so largely to some parts of my work, and have made such changes in its arrangement, - advisable at this more advanced period of locomotive science.... that this edition may almost be considered a new book".

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942), wood engraving on paper, Design for a Christmas Card (Redfern Publishing Co.), 10.3cm x 10.6 cm, mounted, framed and glazed. Printedfor the first number of Signature, in a limited edition of 1,000, by Curwen Press, 1935

GEIKIE, Walter:Proof Etchings, first edition, A collection of etchings prefaced by a page of biographical text, blue paper front cover, back cover missing, 28cm high,This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SLEEZER (JOHN)Theatrum scotiae. Containing the Prospects of their Majesties Castles and Palaces, FIRST EDITION, 32 engraved armorial head-pieces, 56 double-page engraved plates (only, of 57, lacking no. 34), some soiling and occasional stains (mostly in margins), a few small wormholes at lower edges of sheets, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked, spine with gilt tooling and red leather label [ESTC R19602], folio, London, Abell Swalle, 1693Footnotes:Provenance: 'Al. Dunlop/ London, Decr. 14. 1697/ V. Bp Nicholson's Scottish Hist. Library, p.25, 26', inscription on front free endpaper; Barnard Harman[?], signature on front paste-down.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CAREY (DAVID)Craig Phadric, Visions of Sensibility, with Legedary Tales, and Occasional Pieces, contemporary mottled calf, joints split, 8vo, [Edinburgh], Printed for the author, 1811--[MACPHERSON (JAMES) The Poems of Ossian, 2 vol., new edition, contemporary calf, bookplate of The Laird of Altyr, 8vo, W. Strahan & T. Becket, 1773; and 3 others, BURT, Edward: Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his friend in London, 1759; The Edinburgh Review 1810; The Records of Elgin, New Spalding 1903 (6)Footnotes:NotesThe first is a rare volume by the Arbroath-born journalist and poet David Carey(1782-1824), the title poem referring to a hill just west of Inverness.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A limited edition Grayson Perry Rainbow Sickness plate, dated 2020, printed with animals, insects and motifs, inscribed with social wit and commentary, against a pink rainbow ground, diameter 27cm, printed marks to reverse, with accompanying box and printed 'Thank You' card. Note: this plate was designed by Grayson Perry for the Royal Academy and was sent to the first 500 donors who made contributions of £1000 or more.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A Clarice Cliff and M.J.Riach wavy edged plate made for the Harrods Art in Industry Exhibition circa 1934, transfer printed and painted with stylised flowers and foliage within fine black banding over the white Latona glazed ground, full marks to the reverse, marked First Edition, width 23cm.

Battle of Britain official FDC coin cover. This beautiful first day cover commemorates The Battle Of Britain, 1940 and is limited edition number 3725. It showcases a five dollar coin and has4 stamps from a stamp sheet and a post mark dating September 15th 1990. 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

WWII, Don Sargison signed The War In the Air FDC. This lovely commemorative first day cover looks back on the 50th Anniversary of World War II. It has a full stamp sheet of 10 official stamps and 6 postmarks dating20th September 1993, Guyana. D. V Sargisn of the 617 Squadron has signed clearly in blue ink. Limited edition number 10 of 10. 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

WWII, Warrant Officer R.E Grayston signed Dams Raid FDC. This first day cover commemorates the 60th Anniversary of The Dams Raid, it has an official stamp and a Dambusters post mark dating 9th May 2003, Isle of Man. Information inserts are included, Limited edition number 151 of 200. 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

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957)Four South African Views (i-iv): (i) Study of a Treesigned and dated in pencil 'J.H. Pierneef impr./ 1920' (lower margin); Johan Coetzee label affixed to the reverseetching on paperimage size: 19.5 x 28cm (7 11/16 x 11in)sheet size: 21 x 29cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16in).(framed)(ii) Okahandjaberg, South West Africasigned, dated, titled, numbered and inscribed in pencil 'J.H. Pierneef. impr. Proefdruk no I./ Okahandjaberg. SW.A./ aan Marita Pierneef./ 1930.' (lower margin)etching on paperimage size: 20.5 x 27cm (8 1/16 x 10 5/8in)sheet size: 21 x 29cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16in).(framed)(iii) Street in Tulbagh, Capesigned, dated and titled in pencil 'JHPierneef impr. Street in Tulbagh. CP./ 1938.' (lower margin)linocutimage size: 29 x 35.3cm (11 7/16 x 13 7/8in)sheet size: 21 x 29cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/16in).(framed)(iv) Vissershawe, Hermanussigned, dated and inscribed in pencil 'J.H. Pierneef impr. Hermanus./ Druk. 1944.' (lower margin)linocutimage size: 19.5 x 25.5cm (7 11/16 x 10 1/16in)sheet size: 21.3 x 27cm (8 3/8 x 10 5/8in).(framed)(4)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of the artist's family;Thence by descent to the artist's grandson Exhibited(ii) Okahandjaberg, South-West AfricaJohannesburg, Standard Bank Gallery, A Space for Landscape: The work of JH Pierneef, 8 July - 12 September 2015, pp. 16 & 131 (another edition illustrated and exhibited; etching plate illustrated, p. 139)(iii) Street in Tulbagh, CapeDurban, Durban Art Gallery, The Complete Woodcuts of Pierneef, 1970, no. 10 or no. 14 (iv) Vissershawe, HermanusJohannesburg, Johannesburg Kunsgalery, Rykstentoonstelling: Empire Exhibition, 1970, no. 83, p. 11 (another print exhibited)Durban, Durban Art Gallery, The Complete Woodcuts of Pierneef, 1970, no. 10 or no. 33 (another print exhibited)Literature(i) Study of a Tree (Boomstudie)Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk, JH Pierneef in Print (Limpopo, 2014), no. 6 (illustrated)(ii) Okahandjaberg, South-West AfricaJ.F.W. Grosskopf, Hendrik Pierneef: The Man and his Work (Pretoria, 1947), no. 6 (another print illustrated; titled 'Mountain at Okahandja, South-West Africa')P.G. Nel, JH Pierneef: His life and his work (Cape Town & Johannesberg, 1990), p. 115 (illustrated; titled 'Okahandjaberg, Suidwes-Afrika')Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk, JH Pierneef in Print (Limpopo, 2014), no. 8 (illustrated)(iii) Street in Tulbagh, CapeJ.F.W. Grosskopf, Hendrik Pierneef: The Man and his Work (Pretoria, 1947), no. 29 (another print illustrated)F.E.G. Nilant, Die Hout- en Linosneë van J.H. Pierneef (Cape Town & Rotterdam, 1974), no. 8, p. 38 (titled in Afrikaans 'Straat in Tulbagh'; earlier print illustrated)Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk, JH Pierneef in Print (Limpopo, 2014), no. 59 (illustrated)(iv) Vissershawe, HermanusA.C. Bouman, Painters of South Africa (Cape Town & Pretoria, 1944), p. 25 (another print illustrated, p. 24)J.F.W. Grosskopf, Hendrik Pierneef: The Man and his Work (Pretoria, 1947), no. 30 (another print illustrated)A.J. Werth, Kuns uit die Staatsargief, cat., Pretoria Art Museum, 1971, no. 68 (another print listed)F.E.G. Nilant, Die Hout- en Linosneë van J.H. Pierneef (Cape Town & Rotterdam, 1974), no. 5, p. 34 (earlier print illustrated)Hans Fransen, Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts (Johannesberg & Cape Town, 1982), p. 348 (another print illustrated, no. 4; titled 'The old harbour, Hermanus')Esmé Berman, Art & Artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors & graphic artists since 1875, enlarged edition (Cape Town & Rotterdam, 1983), p. 330 (another print illustrated)Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk, JH Pierneef in Print (Limpopo, 2014), no. 8 (illustrated)Pierneef was first introduced to printmaking techniques in 1903 when he was taught the basic principles of etching while studying at the Rotterdam Academy. However, printmaking did not become a core component of his artistic practice until seven years later when he received informal tutelage in etching and linocut techniques from the Irish artist George Salisbury Smithard (1873-1919). In 1911, at Smithard's request, Pierneef submitted two etchings to the first exhibition organised by the Guild of South African Artists in Johannesburg. Two years later, he sold his first linocuts.Pierneef was intimately involved in all aspects of the printmaking process. In addition to creating the etching plates and lino blocks, he undertook the physical labour of printing each individual work. He consequently signs his graphic works 'J.H. Pierneef impr.' ('impr.', from imprimere meaning 'to print') to signify his direct role in the creation of each print. These were made on demand, rather than in numbered editions. Therefore, typically only a small number of prints were produced from each master block. This printing method highlights the careful control that Pierneef retained over his graphic works which allowed him to keep creative oversight at each step of the production process. The present group of four works represents the diversity of Pierneef's printmaking activities. Study of a Tree (1920) and Okahandjaberg, South West Africa (1925, printed 1930) illustrate the softer, romantic language of his fine line etchings. Notably, the latter work is numbered as the first print made from the etching plate and is dedicated to Pierneef's daughter, Marita Pierneef-Bailey. In contrast to the detailed perspective offered in these etchings, the linocuts Street in Tulbagh, Cape (1931, printed 1938) and Vissershawe, Hermanus (1931, printed 1944) exemplify the bold, graphic style that he achieved through the relief print method. Vissershawe was a particularly popular work, and a print of the Hermanus harbour scene was included in the Empire Exhibition organised by the South African government at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1936. Here, the work was shown alongside pieces by other prominent South African artists including Maggie Laubser (1886-1973), Hugo Naudé (1869-1941), Irma Stern (1894-1966), and Maud Sumner (1902-1985).Pierneef's engagement with printmaking is closely interrelated to his approach to painting. In both mediums, he cultivates an attentiveness to line and tonal contrast. The consistency in his approach to both mediums is demonstrated in his use of the prints Okahandjaberg and Vissershawe as models for his acclaimed station panel paintings for the newly built Johannesburg train station, commissioned in 1929. The translation of these subjects from print to paint demonstrates the integral interrelationships between these two key aspects of the artist's practice.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Wim Botha (South African, active 1974)Prism 18, 2015 signed and numbered '2/3' (bronze verso)bronze with wooden pedestal, edition of 3 + 2APbronze: 71 x 35.5 x 33cm (27 15/16 x 14 x 13in)including base: 173 x 35.5 x 33cm (68 1/8 x 14 x 13in).Footnotes:ProvenanceStevenson, Cape Town;A private collection (acquired from the above in 2016).Prism 18 (2015) belongs to an ongoing series of semi-abstracted busts created by South African artist, Wim Botha. Botha, who lives and works in Cape Town, has gained a reputation for reconfiguring art historical tropes through his use of unconventional materials including stacked books and government documents. The present work is formed from a polystyrene block which has been roughly shaped using a chainsaw and wire cutter before being cast in bronze. The face of the figure never fully emerges from the carved block. The features remain unarticulated and are further obscured by the intersecting cuts that crisscross the surface of the blackened bronze. The violent treatment of the bust is carried through to the wooden plinth which features a jagged incision to its right side. The angular lines and blackened quality of the bronze sculpture destabilise the meanings traditionally granted to a portrait. Rather than identifying a subject, the bust stands as an index of process, prompting us to reconsider the role of artmaking in the formation of identity and power.Botha's confrontational practice has granted him a number of prestigious awards including the Helgaard Steyn Prize for sculpture in 2013, the Standard Bank Young Artist Award in 2005, and the first Tollman Award in 2003.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FOUR LIMITED EDITION MOOMIN PRINTSLithographUnframed, mountedImage size: 55 x 65mm(4)The Moomin characters were designed by Tove Jansson, the novelist, painter and illustrator who is widely known and celebrated as the author of the Moomins comic series. These are the first Moomin products that Tove Jansson (1914-2001) gave permission to manufacture in 1956. They were exclusively printed for Stockmann department store in Helsinki and NK Stockholm for the first commercial Moomin products. This set of four was printed by Kromipaino Helsinki on 2nd May 1956.

PETER FLEMING 'BAYONETS TO LHASA' FIRST EDITION, with dust jacket, and a hand written signed note by the author attached to the inside cover

* Tissot (James Jacques Joseph, 1836-1902). Le Banc de Jardin, 1883, mezzotint, a superb, velvety, dark and richly inked impression of the first state (of three), a rare trial proof on chine collé, signed in pencil and inscribed by the artist 'Bon à Tirer / papier chine sur papier pâte / bon chaude', before the unsigned edition with letters, platemark 41.5 x 56.3 cm (16 1/2 x 22 1/4 ins), sheet size 56 x 76.7 cm (22 x 30 1/8 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (74 x 88.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wentworth 75 i/iii.

A collection of 20th century books, comprising: John Milton, Comus A Mask, with a frontispiece and the six characters in costume designed and engraved on wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton, limited edition 126 of 250, the first book arranged by William MacCance and completed on the hand press, Newton: The Gregynog Press, 1931; together with Max Beerbohm, The Poet's Corner, folio of twenty illustrations of poets, London: William Heinemann, 1904; Francoys Rabelais, Gargantua, red cloth bound, Paris: La Sirene, 1919; and Pantagruel, red cloth bound, Paris: La Sirene, 1920; The Idyls of Theocritus and The Idyls of Bion & Moschus, translated into English by Andrew Lang with illustrations after W. Russell Flint, London: The Medici Society, 1922; Edward MacCurdy, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, 2 Vols., green cloth bound with gilt lettering and tooling, London: Jonathan Cape, 1938; John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, blue cloth bound, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958; A.A. Milne, Nalle ille Pu. Selegit et traduxit Alexander Lenardius., a Latin translation of Winnie-the-Pooh, Stockholm: Societas Librorum Edendorum Suecan, 1959; and a gilt tooled full leather bound book cover with vellum label to interior "Libro di Sugg: DI 4 dall'anno 11: IND: 1687: E: 1788", 38cm x 30cm (11)Please refer to department for condition report

James Bond Colonel Sun by Robert Markham Hardback Book 1968 First Edition published by Jonathan Cape some ageing . 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

James Bond Brokenclaw by John Gardner Hardback Book 1990 First UK Edition published by Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton some ageing . 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

James Bond Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks Hardback Book 2008 First Edition published by Penguin Group . 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

2 ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION HARDBACK BOOKS, THE SAVOY OPERA'S BY WS GILBERT ILLUSTRATED BY W RUSSELL FLINT & SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM & EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS COMPLETE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Octavo, publisher's imitation cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 10s. 6d.). Contents good, clean, bright, pale spotting to page edges & blanks, binding & jacket well-preserved with a few pale spots and slight chipping to top of spine, corners very lightly bumped

Bennett, Alan. Smut, signed limited edition numbered 92/100, first issue, London: Faber & Faber, Profile Books, 2011, hardback cloth with decorated endpapers, red cloth slipcase, original price sticker, in fine unread condition

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, seventh issue, featuring an original ink sketch of Harry's owl Hedwig, inscribed & signed by the illustrator of the book's cover design, Cliff Wright. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, some very pale spotting to gilt edges, binding tight & square, well-preserved, a few very faint marks

Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, first edition, second state [without the S-like ornament inside caption of p.59, and with the broken type on p.72], New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. Octavo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, 575pp., 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents very good & clean, some general toning to page edges, a couple of very small marks in places, rear free endpaper creased with short tear, binding tight & square, the cloth well-preserved & bright, very light bumping & faint wear to extreme corners/edges

Aldin, Cecil. The Twins, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1910]. Quarto, publisher's quarter-cloth with 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, more pronounced on half-title; binding with slight pulling at inner gutters, some bumping & wear to corners of boards with slight splitting to cloth at joints; housed in protective clear covers

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Contents good, clean, bright, a few tiny spots in places, binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved with slight pushing at headcaps, dust-jacket bold with light creasing, several marks, short tears & wear around edges

Bishop [née Bird], Isabella L. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs, first edition, in two volumes, London: John Murray, 1891. Octavo, publisher's patterned cloth lettered in gilt, frontispiece to each volume, folding map to rear of each volume, 2pp. publisher's advertisements, all 36 illustrations as called for (13 plates including frontispieces; 23 illustrations within the text; two maps). Contents very good, clean, bright, the occasional mark in places, maps well-preserved with one short tear to blank margin of map in second volume, untrimmed page edges slightly worn & knocked in places, slight wear to gutters at endpapers, cloth bumped & worn at corners/edges with discolouration to lower boards (2)

Hornby, Nick. About a Boy, signed first edition, 1998, wrapper with closed split top corner, tog. w/ Writing Home, by Alan Bennett, signed first paperback edition, 1995, and The Moor's Last Sigh, by Salman Rushdie, signed first edition, fine in dust-jacket, 1995 (3)

Orwell, George. Essays, in four volumes, first edition thus, London: Secker & Warburg, 1968, very good in wrappers (4)

Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children, London: Jonathan Cape, reprinted 1981; The Moor's Last Sigh, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1995; Shalimar the Clown, 2005, signed by the author on title page (3)

Greene, Graham. Collection of three books to inc. The Comedians, first ed., Bodley Head, 1966; The Little Horse Bus, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first, Bodley Head, 1974 (ex-library); Brighton Rock, Folio Society, 1997; collected works in one volume, Heinemann, 1977, tog. w/ East of Eden, first German edition, 1961, condition varied, sold with all faults (5)

Pratchett, Terry. Wyrd Sisters, first edition, London: Gollancz, 1988. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket, protective mylar cover. Contents good, clean, bright, dust-jacket well-preserved with light bumping at top edge

Aldin, Cecil. Pickles, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. Quarto, complete with 24 colour lithographic plates, plus pictorial title and illustrated endpapers. The plates are well-preserved, clean, bright; text pages with light spotting, more pronounced on half-title; binding re-cased & restored, endpapers with creasing, rear endpapers worn

Rendell, Ruth. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, mounted signature on ffep, first edition, 1992, tog. w/ Simisola, signed paperback, 1995; Atonement, by Ian McEwan, signed in dust-jacket, 2001; Death is Now My Neighbour, signed with note, fine in wrapper, 1996 (4)