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DARWIN (CHARLES), ROBERT FITZROY AND PHILIP PARKER KINGNarrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing the Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe, 3 vol. bound in 4 (including the appendix to volume 2), FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 48 engraved plates and maps, 9 folding engraved maps or charts (6 in pockets at end), advertisements at end of volumes 3 and 4, spotting to some plates (heavier to volume 1) and maps in pockets, half calf gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt morocco spine labels, t.e.g [Freeman 10; Hill 607; Norman 584; Sabin 37826], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1839Footnotes:Fine copy of the official account of the voyage of the Beagle, which includes the 'Journal of Researches' as volume 3. 'The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science, knowing the importance of evidence, almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change... The experiences of his five years... and what they led to, built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought' (DSB).Provenance: Sotheby's, 11 October 2005, lot 10.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

TURING (ALAN)NEWMAN (MAXWELL H.A.) Elements of the Topology of Plane Sets of Points, FIRST EDITION, ALAN TURING'S COPY, signed 'A.M. Turing' in pencil on the front free endpaper, diagrams in the text, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket (spine soiled with small loss), 8vo, Cambridge, University Press, 1939Footnotes:ALAN TURING'S OWN COPY OF A MATHEMATICS BOOK BY HIS MENTOR AND LIFELONG SUPPORTER MAXWELL H.A. NEWMAN. Newman (1897–1984) was, with J.H.C. Whitehead, the foremost exponent of topology in the 1920s. In the 1930s he 'wrote a seminal paper on periodic transformations in Abelian topological groups and an admirable book, 'Elements of the Topology of Plane Sets of Points' (ODNB). Turing first met Newman whilst attending his Part III course on the Foundation of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1934. This proved hugely influential on Turing, Andrew Hodges noting that in his own paper 'On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem' (1937) it 'was as though Newman's lectures had tapped some stream of enquiry which had been flowing all the time and which found in this question an opportunity to emerge...' (Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, 1983). During the war Newman worked at Bletchley with Turing on Colossus (the world's first large-scale electronic computer), afterwards taking up the position of Professor of Pure Mathematics at Manchester. 'As the first reader of [Turing's] Computable Numbers and the co-author of the Colossus, Newman appreciated the potential of computers as well as anyone' (Hodges, ibid), and as such was a driving force in establishing the Manchester computer programme. In 1952 Newman acted as a character witness at Turing's trial, during which he described him as a personal friend and 'one of the most profound and original mathematical minds of his generation' (quoted in A. Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma).Provenance: R.O. Davies, Leicester, Jan. [19]55, ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In 1953 Davies (1927-2023) joined the mathematics department of Leicester University (eventually becoming Professor Emeritus of Pure Mathematics) where he met and befriended Robin Gandy, who was Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the University from 1950-56. On Turing's death in June 1954 Gandy, one of Turing's great friends, was made his executor. In an interview given by Davies to the Leicester City Museums Service, East Midlands Oral History Archives (available online) Davies discusses his friendship with Gandy, a meeting with Turing, and recounts that Turing had once organised a treasure hunt for the department.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

SOUTH SEA BUBBLEHet groote Tafereel der dwaasheid, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 70 engraved plates (most double-page, some folding), 2 laid down, a few leaves with marginal tears, one bound before the title torn, occasional toning and spotting, near contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with small loss at foot of spine [Kress 3217; Sabin 28932], folio (395 x 245mm.), [Amsterdam, 1720]Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF THE CELEBRATED SATIRICAL WORK ABOUT THE 'MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE'. 'This great Theatre of Folly, representing the origin, progress, and downfall of the South Sea Bubble in France, England, and Holland, is an exceedingly curious collection of emblematical plates and caricatures on the scheme of J. Law (whose portrait appears as the third plate) and the Mississippi Company [between 1718 and 1720] and the imitations of it in Holland, with fatal results. Not a few of the scenes here depicted have been reproduced in the New York Exchange. The engravings, which illustrate the rise and fall of the great speculation, are full of humor; many of them are exceedingly ludicrous, and some very obscene. They are finely engraved on copper, and are accompanied with full descriptions in prose and poetry' (Sabin). Sabin notes the number of plates can vary from 60 to 74.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

BLACKSTONE (WILLIAM)Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved tables (one folding), contemporary calf, spines gilt tooled with red and black morocco lettering labels, minor rubbing to spine ends, one joint slightly weakened [PMM 212; Goldsmiths 10062; Rothschild 407], 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1765-1769Footnotes:FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'THE MOST CELEBRATED, WIDELY CIRCULATED, AND INFLUENTIAL LAW BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE' (ODNB), Blackstone's great achievement being to 'popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation... this is due to a style which is itself always lucid and graceful' (PMM).Provenance: George Fludyer (d.1837), signature on titles; Christie's, 20 October 1999, lot 52.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

STRICKLAND (HUGH EDWIN) AND ALEXANDER GORDON MELVILLEThe Dodo and its Kindred; or the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands of Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 18 plates (mostly lithographed, 2 hand-coloured, one folding), one map in the text, list of subscribers, errata slip, publisher's 12pp. catalogue at end, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt (with Dodo on upper cover), rebacked preserving original spine, new yellow free endpapers [Anker 490; Fine Bird Books, p.145; Nissen IVB 900; Zimmer, p.606], 4to, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848Footnotes:First edition of a pioneering monograph on the Dodo, Strickland providing the history and external description, while his co-author, A. G. Melville, analysed the anatomy. The list of subscribers includes the naturalists William Jardine, F.O. Morris, William Yarrell, P.J. Selby, W.H. Lizars and John Gould.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

HOBBES (THOMAS)Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiatical and Civill, [second edition], additional engraved allegorical title, printed title with woodcut device of bear and foliage, folding letterpress table, early ink correction of a few words on p.79 and a few letters neatly inked over on 3 or 4 further pages, old ink stain affecting a few letters on p.67, thin traces of worming at gutter margin towards end, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining early morocco label, worn [ESTC R13936; cf. Pforzheimer 491; c.f. PMM 138], folio (290 x 193mm.), Andrew Crooke, 1651 [but John Redmayne and Christoffel Cunradus, 1678]Footnotes:The second edition of Hobbes' 'major treatise on psychology, politics, and religion... [for which] Hobbes appears to have been genuinely afraid that he might be prosecuted for heresy' (ODNB). First published in 1651 it was banned by the censors, thus appearing in this second pirated edition under a false imprint.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

ESQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVIER)De Americaensche Zee-Roovers. Behelsende een pertinente en waerachtige Beschrijving van alle de voornaemste Roveryen, en onmenschelijcke wreedheden, die de Engelse en Franse Rovers, tegens de Spanjaerden in America, gepleeght hebben, FIRST EDITION, black letter, additional engraved title-page, section titles 'Piratica America', 12 engraved plates (4 double-page), light toning to text leaves and light occasional offsetting from plates, first gathering washed, nineteenth century cerise morocco by Riviere with gilt decoration on covers and spine, marbled endpapers and elaborate gilt dentelles, g.e., light wear mostly to extremities of spine, 3 small scratches on upper cover, custom-made red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell box [USTC 1814458; Howgego E39; Sabin 23468], 8vo (196 x 150mm.), t'Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkoper, 1678Footnotes:'PIRATICA AMERICA' - EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. We have traced no complete copy at auction in the last 130 years. Written by Alexandre Olivier Esquemelin (c.1645-1707, also spelled Exquemelin, Esquemeling, Exquemeling, or Oexmelin) the Americaensche Zee-Roovers is a swashbuckling account of pirate exploits in the Caribbean. Known in English as the Buccaneers of America, the book has twelve engravings that bring the fearsome pirate captains to life, and unflinching descriptions of the violence and plunder that both horrified and fascinated readers.Among the colourful characters populating Esquemelin's eye-witness account, none looms larger than the infamous privateer Henry Morgan (1635-1688). As Morgan's confidant and barber-surgeon, Esquemelin had a front-row seat to some of the most audacious raids in pirate history, including the sack of Maracaibo in 1669 and the daring assault on Panama in 1671 (both depicted in the plates). Esquemelin paints a complex portrait of Morgan – as a brilliant tactician and fearless leader, but also a man capable of great cruelty. Following the publication of the English translation in 1684, which accused Morgan of torture and the use of nuns and monks as a human shield, Morgan took steps to discredit the book and successfully brought a libel suit against the book's English publishers William Crooke and Thomas Malthus.'Perhaps no book in any other language was ever the parent of so many imitations' (cf. Sabin) and it became the cornerstone of pirate literature for centuries to come, Esquemelin's vivid prose and intimate knowledge of buccaneer life captivating readers across Europe. First published in this edition in 1678, it was then translated into German (1679), Spanish (1681), English (1684) and French (1686). The German translation is a faithful translation of the original Dutch while the Spanish translation adds new material quite freely and without acknowledgment, and frequently mistranslates the Dutch. The English translation appears to be a translation of the Spanish edition, including most of its deviations from the Dutch original. Finally, the French translation of 1686 is substantially a new work with many additions, including new pirate biographies (Daniel Montbars and Alexandre Bras-de-Fer) and the complete rearrangement of some sections.First editions such as this are of 'extreme rarity' (Sabin) and we have traced no other complete copies at auction since 1894 (Bangs, 25 April 1894, lot 301), with an earlier record in 1884 (Leavitt & Co., 3 March 1884, 909a). Only six copies have been traced in institutions (cf. USTC 1814458). Plates and maps comprise: Bartholomeus de Portugees (Bartholomew the Portuguese), p.40; Rock, de Brasiliaen Genaemt (Rock Brasiliano), p.42; François Lolonois, p.46; The Cruelty of Lolonois, p.60; Johan Morgan (Henry Morgan), p.74; Morgan Attacks Puerto del Principe, Cuba, p.82; Morgan Attacking the Forts at Chagre, Panama, p.88; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Marcaibo (A Map of the City and Country of Maracaibo), double-page map, p.94; Captain Morgan Torturing Prisoners After the Battle of Maracaibo, p.98; Morgan Destroys the Spanish Fleet at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, double-page view, p.102; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Panama (A Map of the City and Country of Panama), double-page map, p.130; Reskontre van de Spanijaerden tegens de Roovers voor de Stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden en Ruijneren van de selve Stadt (The Battle Between the Spaniards and the Pirates for the City of Panama, and the Burning and Ruining of the Same City), double-page view, p.134.Provenance: Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919, MP for Morley), bookplate. Gaskell was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician and also a serious book collector. Other books in his collection included a first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in its original boards (later in the library of Jerome Kern) and a first issue of Robinson Crusoe.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

WORLD WAR II - D-DAY INVASIONGroup of top secret 'Bigot' maps, concertina photograph booklet and effects originating from the estate of D-day landings Commando Redevers Pryor, Beach Master for the 'Juno-Mike Red' section which was assaulted by the Canadian Forces as part of Operation Overlord, comprising:i) D-day landing chart of the 'Calgary' Section of Juno Beach, folding colour map headed 'Bigot Most Secret' (in red), scale '1:25,000 Bogus Map Sheet No.2', 'Calgary', 'Based on Edition of Jul 1943' and 'Neptune Copy No.', the areas 'Mike, Green /Red' (Prior was Beach Master for 'Mike Red') and 'Nan Green/White' marked out in black ink, coded place names (e.g. Burlington, Odessa, Albany, Madras, Dakota, Tokio, Hungary, Derna, Cape Town, Washington, Suez, Regina, Jordan, Columbia, Aden, Candy, Ottawa, Canberra and Aleppo), and extensive notes and defence positions overprinted in red, 490 x 610mm., printed March 1944ii) D-day landing chart of the 'Cairo' Section of Juno Beach, folding colour map headed 'Bigot Top Secret' (in red), scale '1:25,000 Bogus Map Sheet No.3', 'Cairo', 'Based on Edition of Jul 1943' and 'Neptune Copy No.', the area 'Nan Red' (the adjoining area to Prior's as Beach Master) marked out in black ink, coded printed place names (Madrid, Dresden, Vienna, Ganges, Lisbon, Tunis and Hamburg), and extensive notes and defence positions overprinted in red, 495 x 618mm., printed March 1944iii) D-day landing chart of the Juno Beach area, folding map printed in black and overprinted in red, headed ''Juno Area' Beach Chartlet Enlargement of Portion of F.1016... Soundings in fathoms... Scale 1/37,500... For Official Use Only... Its contents are not to be communicated either directly or indirectly, to the Press...', numbered F.1016B (the code for the area of Juno Beach), with the Mike Green/Red/White and Nan White/Red areas and 'conspicuous objects' in red, slightly soiled at folds, 580 x 480mm.,'Issued for Fleet purposes by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 18th February 1944, under the Superintendence of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edgell'iv) Panoramic coastal reconnaissance photograph taken from sea level, titled 'France North Coast... Coastal silhouette from Haut Lion... to La Riviere... taken at zero feet and at right angles to the coast', montage consisting of 21 plates joined in panoramic form, each plate made from 3 or 4 joined images annotated with numbers and place names, worn at plate joints, folding into blue canvas covers with a photostat typed label on the upper cover, lettered 'J', giving the relevant Admiralty chart details, and noting that 'the silhouette is intended as an aid to coastal recognition and is NOT intended for navigational purposes' and that 'due to the overlap of photographs and divergences in scale, the background is repeated in some cases', each sheet c.214 x 300mm., 'I.S.T.D. 51, March 1944'v) Illustrated 'Journal for use of Midshipmen' kept by then R[edevers] Holland-Pryor, covering the first period of his service afloat aboard the dreadnought battleship Neptune in the lead up to the First World War, printed title-page with manuscript insertions, document appointing Holland-Pryor as Acting Sub-Lieutenant in May 1914 inserted at front, the journal written on 98 pages and illustrated with c.50 well executed pen and ink sketches, diagrams and maps, many with watercolour, some folding, modern half cloth preserving original gilt lettered spine label ('S. 519. Journal for Use of Junior Officer's Afloat'), folio, entries 12 January 1912 - 8 May 1914vi) Royal Navy 1827 Regulation Pattern Naval Officers Sword presented to Redevers Holland-Pryor, the blade with etched frosted details for the maker Henry Wilkinson and the recipient 'R.M.G. Holland-Pryor', the reverse of the blade with the recipient's unique issue number '44360', shagreen grip with brass guard and fouled anchor device, leather scabbard with all brass fittings and sword knot, contained in canvas sword bagvii) Group of Redever Pryor's miniature medals, comprising: Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R. with second award bar; 1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal with M.I.D. oakleaves; 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War medal 1939-45 with M.I.D. oakleaf (9)Footnotes:RARE TOP SECRET 'BIGOT' MAPS, A PANORAMIC COASTAL PHOTOGRAPH AND MILITARY EFFECTS - FROM THE ESTATE OF A JUNO BEACH MASTER.'Top Secret – Bigot' was the Allies' highest level of secrecy during WWII, the Bigot List containing the individual names of those who were allowed to know the proposed sites and dates of the D-day landings. 'Juno' was the code name for one of the five beaches selected by the Allies for the invasion on 6 June 1944, and responsibility for its capture was given to the First Canadian Army, under the guidance of Commander Redevers Pryor and the other designated beach masters, and with support from the Canadian, British and other allied navies. The top secret landing charts for Juno Beach seem to have survived in smaller numbers than, for example, those for Omaha and Gold Beaches, rarely appearing on the auction market. Four were included in the papers of Lt. Cdr. B.C. Lambert RNVR, Redevers Pryor's commanding officer, which were sold in these rooms on 26 June 2019, lot 213.To back up these charts, landing craft commanders were issued with a booklet put together by the Inter Services Topographical Department (ISTD), containing a 26-foot long concertina photograph of the relevant coastal profile. Designed as visual aids to help the crews identify the correct place for landing the troops, they were composed of a large number of photographs joined together. The photographs are generally said to have been taken from low-flying Allied aircraft with automated cameras in their noses, but the wording 'taken at zero feet and at right angles to the coast', and the nature of the photographs, don't seem to suggest they were taken at such high speed, possibly giving countenance to the theory that they were taken from the 'midget submarines' which were used by Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP) during reconnaissance of the Normandy beaches in early 1944, and subsequently to help mark the limits of the Sword and Juno beaches during the D-Day invasion in June. Commander Redevers Michael Pryor DSO, DSC, M.P., RN (1893-1964, known as Michael Courtenay Holland-Pryor until 1924) had served as Submariner in the Great War, and was a veteran of five wartime beach assaults. He was first decorated with a Distinguished Service Cross for Dunkirk in May 1940, and having been promoted to Royal Navy Beach Commando on the unit's foundation in 1942, he acted as beach master to the Canadians in the raid on Dieppe, from where he escaped through occupied France to Spain, carrying with him the plans for the Atlantic Wall, and gaining a second Distinguished Service Order as a result.On his return to England he stood successfully as the Conservative candidate in the Birmingham Aston by-election, and gave a notable speech to Parliament on the subject of the war and his experiences of the Nazis, which earned him praise from Churchill and a role supplying information to Naval Intelligence. In 1944 he returned to the Commandos in time for the D-day landings, and was appointed Beach Master to Mike Red Sector on Juno Beach. He also led the Commandos ashore at Flushing for the assault on Walcheren in November 1944, and was duly awarded a second Distinguished Service Cross. After the War he stood down as M.P. but continued his work with the intelligence services during the beginnings of the Cold War.Provenance: Estate of Commander The Right Honourable Redvers Pryor; private UK collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ORWELL (GEORGE)Nineteen Eighty-Four, FIRST EDITION, half-title, publisher's light green cloth, top edge of text block in red (slight fading at head of spine and edges, small stain at foot of lower cover), dust-jacket by Michael Kennard printed in red with white lettering (spine faded and frayed at head and foot, small losses at tips of front flap fold) [Connolly, The Modern Movement 99; Fenwick, A.12a], 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1949Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF ORWELL'S FINAL NOVEL AND THE BENCHMARK FOR ALL DYSTOPIAN FICTION. The jacket was printed in both red and green variants, with no priority established.Provenance: Henry Gubler, NY, pencil note inside upper cover. 'The Holliday Bookshop... New York' label inside lower cover.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

BIBLE, PSALTER, IN LATINQuincuplex psalterium. Gallicum. Rhomanum. Hebraicum. Vetus. Conciliatu[m] [edited by Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples], FIRST EDITION THUS, printed in red and black, title within pictorial woodcut border, 3 columns with commentary surrounding text, later painted boards, rebacked in morocco, rubbed, new endpapers [Adams B1394; c.f. Darlow & Moule 6092, note and 6095, second edition], folio (285 x 210mm.), [Paris, Henri Estienne, 31 July 1509]Footnotes:The first edition of the Quincuplex psalterium ('Fivefold Psalter'), edited by Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples (c.1450-1536), containing five Latin versions of the Psalms, the three of St. Jerome in parallel columns. Further editions appeared in 1513 and 1515.Provenance: Edward Ingram Watkin (1888-1981, Catholic philosopher), bookplate; Buckfast Abbey.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

WOOLF (VIRGINIA)Wood is a pleasant thing to think about... From The Mark in the Wall, second separate edition, broadside, 2 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, watermark 'Endowment Bond. Strathmore U.S.A.' [Kirkpatrick A2c], 335 x 184mm., 'The Chelsea Book Club Broadside No.I ptd. at 43 Belsize Park Gdns.', [1921]Footnotes:SCARCE broadside printing of an extract from 'The Mark on the Wall', illustrated with two woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. The piece first appeared in Two Stories (1917), the first title issued by the Hogarth Press. Little is known about the present printing of this extract, and 'it is unclear whether the broadside was meant as an art piece for sale in the Chelsea Book Club, or if it was an advertisement for either the shop or for Woolf's writing' (Emily McGinn et al, 'Comparing Marks: A Versioning Edition of Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall'', The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing, vol. 24, 2014, online). Kirkpatrick suggests that it may have been printed by John Rodker, founder of the Ovid Press, who lived at 43 Belsize Park from 1920-1923. The last copy traced at auction was in 1987.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

TEAM GB GOLD MEDAL WINNERS LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES STAMP COLLECTION an A4 folder containing the first edition stamps and envelopes:-Bradley Wiggins, Helen Glover (also signed by Helen Glover), Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott (also signed by Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott), Peter Wilson, Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny, Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins (also signed by Katherine Grainger), Steven Burke, Ed Kennedy, Peter Kennaugh & Geraint Thomas, Victoria Pedleton (also signed by Victoria Pendleton), Alex Gregory, Tom James Peter Reed & Andrew Triggs Hodge (Also signed by Alex Gregory, Tom James Peter Reed & Andrew Triggs Hodge), Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking, Dani King, Joanne Rowsell & Laura Trott, Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford (also signed by Greg Rutherford), Mo Farah, Ben Ainslie, Andy Murray, Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher & Nick Skelton, Jason Kenny, Alastair Brownlee ( also signed by Alastair Brownlee) , Laura Bectolsheimer, Charlotte Dujardin & Carl Hester, Laura Trott, Chris Hoy, Charlotte Dujardin, Nicola Adams, Jade Jones, Ed McKeever (also signed by Ed McKeever), Mo Farah, Luke Campbell (also signed by Luke Campbell), Anthony Joshua (also signed by Anthony Joshua), Sarah Story (also signed by Sarah Storey); (33) Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- In mint and unused condition, contained in plastic sleeves in an A4 folder.

Murray Walker My Autobiography Unless Im very much mistaken, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Murray Walker, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, blue boards, dust jacket, unclipped, includes a number of colour and black & white photographs, published by Willow, 2002, pp 394; (1)The voice of motor racing and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 tells the story of his incident-packed life. Murray Walker is an institution. The man who made famous the catchphrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken... I AM very much mistaken!!!' Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Ellen McArthur Taking On the World, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page James, Go For It!, Ellen, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, blue boards, dust jacket, pictorial endboards, includes a number of colour photographs, published by Penguin, 2002, pp 395; (1)Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition

Two Signed England Football Photographs - Geoff Hurst completes his hat-trick, Cup Kings Series World Cup Final Wembley 1966, England 4 West Germany 2, They think all over is now! Limited edition 419/500 and Gordon Banks makes a stunning save to deny Pele,Cup Kings Series World Cup First Round, Mexico 1970, Brazil 1 England O, limited edition 500/500. Both with COA and framed and glazed 56x72cm. ..

Pele - The Autobiography - Signed second UK printing published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2006. This is the subsequent Trade edition printing details number line commences with the number '2'. The book is in near fine condition and appears unread, a hint of toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used, signed to the illustration page. The wrapper is complete and is in near fine condition, correctly priced at '£18.99' and has a small yellow circular sticker to the top right of the front. The wrappers used were identical for both the first and second printings. Profusely illustrated with B/W and colour photographs. Pele's definitive autobiography of for many 'the greatest the football player ever' (1) Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years. Condition Report: CR:- In near fine condition for the book and wrapper

Vinnie Jones Vinnie The Autobiography, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Vinnie Jones, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, black boards, pictorial end boards, dust jacket, includes a number of black & white and colour photographs, published by Headline Book Publishing, 1998, pp 277; (1):Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Book in fine condition, dust jacket has some creasing,

NIKOS ENGONOPOULOS (1907-1985)Vincenzo Cornaro et Georgios Chortatzis signé en grec et daté '79' en bas à droitehuile sur toile contrecollé sur panneau 55 x 45 cm. (21 5/8 x 17 11/16in.)Peint en 1979.signed in Greek and dated '79' lower rightoil on canvas laid on panelFootnotes:ProvenanceThe estate of the artist.Private collection, Athens.Bonhams Greek Sale of 21 November 2018, lot 33.Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.ExpositionsAthens, National Gallery and A. Soutzos Museum, Nikos Engonopoulos retrospective exhibition, April 3-15, 1983, no. 100 (listed and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 16).LittératureTo Vima daily, March 20, p. 5, 1981 (illustrated).Epikaira magazine, no. 661, 1981, p. 99 (illustrated).Kathimerini daily, April 12-13, 1981 (illustrated).Epikaira magazine, April 14, 1983, pp. 68-69 (illustrated).Ta Nea daily, November 11, 1984 (illustrated).Techni kai Logos magazine, no. 3, December 1985, p. 27 (illustrated). Diavazo magazine, no. 381, January 1998, p. 151 (illustrated).Vradyni daily, January 25, 1998 (illustrated).D. Vlachodimos, Reading the Past in Engonopoulos, Indiktos editions, Athens 2006, p. 270 (listed), pp. 239-240 (discussed).K. Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos, Son Univers Pictural, exhibition catalogue and catalogue raisonée, Benaki Museum, Athens 2007, no. 1095, p. 382 (illustrated), p. 518 (illustrated).D. Menti, Faces and Facades, Literary Identity Interpretations in Modern Greek Poets, Gutenberg editions, Athens 2007, p. 155 (referred).N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos, doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, no. 233, pp. 564-565 (discussed), p. 566 (illustrated).Nikos Engonopoulos, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art - Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Andros, 2017, p. 103 (referred).Drawing from the vast storehouse of Greek literary tradition and inspired by the heroism, nobility and romance of bygone eras, Engonopoulos paid homage to the two towering figures of the Cretan Theatre, whom he considered 'links in the chain of Greeks who did everything perfectly.'1 As noted by the artist himself, 'the Cretan Theatre enchanted me and captured my heart at first sight. It's a world in itself, full of conflicting passions, desires, misunderstandings, intentional or otherwise, skulduggery, weeping and laughter. And what action, plot twists and unexpected developments! All told in an impeccable style, flawless language and perfect, often brilliant, verses.'2Captured in full frontal pose, the two figures are reminiscent of Byzantine depictions of military saints.3 On the left, Cornaro in nobleman's garb is pointing upwards with one hand and holding a scroll, probably a poem, with other, while on the right, Chortatzis, also in noble yet less fancy clothing, is wearing a broad-brimmed hat and holding a sword, recalling the definition of Poetry by the great romantic Percy Shelley: 'Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.'4 The action takes place by the sea, with Heraklion's Fortezza and Sitia's Kazarma forts in the background, depicted as a truncated cone and a high gated wall respectively, in a typically surrealist topological inconsistency.5The great Vincenzo Cornaro (1553-1613/4)6, a cultivated artist concerned with invigorating classical tradition, was a leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance and writer of Erotokritos— a romantic epic unanimously acknowledged as the masterpiece of Cretan poetry and a milestone in the history of Greek literature.7 Georgios Chortatzis (1550-c.1610) was also a first rank dramatist and poet, who introduced the theatre to Crete and elevated the local idiom into a literary language.8 His better known works include the comedy Katsourbos and Erofili (Erophile), a tragedy recalling, in broad terms, Sophocles's Antigone. Engonopoulos kept copies of all four plays in his library.9Engonopoulos's persistence on indigenous cultural experiences clearly indicates that 'while European surrealists used an irrational vocabulary to break free from the shackles of traditional conventions, Engonopoulos perceived tradition as a 'connecting link' that would restore cultural continuity from Aeschylus to Romanos the Melodist, demotic songs and Erotokritos.'101. Interview by T. Manikas [in Greek], Vima daily Sunday edition, November 5, 1995.2. N. Engonopoulos, 'A Few Words About the Cretan Theatre' [in Greek], Theatro magazine, no. 7, January-February 1963, p. 26.3. Compare Saint George and Demetrios, portable icon, second half of the 15th century. (From Byzantium to El Greco, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1987, p. 106. Fig 38.)4. See M. Anthis, 'Renditions of Solomos in Greek Surrealism' [in Greek], Avgi newspaper, 20.7.2015.5. See N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos [in Greek], doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, pp. 564-565, and D. Vlachodimos, Reading the Past in Engonopoulos [in Greek], Indiktos editions, Athens 2006, p. 240.6. Engonopoulos has also written a poem titled Vincenzo Cornaro (In the Valley with the Rose Gardens, Ikaros editions, 1992, p. 105).7. Cornaro's romance became a national poem and its hero a symbol of Hellenism, exalted side by side with Digenis Akritas and Alexander the Great.8. See L. Politis, A History of Modern Greek Literature, Oxford University Press, 1975, pp. 55-56.9. Vlachodimos, pp. 258-261.10. N. Loizidi, 'The Indigenous Surrealism of Nikos Engonopoulos' [in Greek], To Vima daily - Nees Epoches, 21.10.2007, p. A57.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Nature Display'd translated by Mr. Humphries, fourth edition, Vol. 1, and Vol II 1739. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Narrative of the Sanguinary Stories of events between allied armies and the French with fold out maps, pub. 1814, fourth edition. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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The Falklands Collection, a limited edition set of one hundred and thirteen postcards depicting the ships that took part in the Falklands campaign of 1982, each card applied with a Falkland Islands 10p stamp and franked on the first anniversary of the recapture of the Islands, the set numbered 112 of 1000, in original box with certificate, published by Kenneth Mason, a maritime publisher based in Emsworth, Hampshire

Johnston (Alexander Keith), A SCHOOL ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY, first edition, 3/4 leather, green cloth boards, eighteen colour plates, William Blackwood And Sons, London 1856

Mike Phillips - British Lions 2009 - Signed Limited edition photo montage - Considered by many to be the man of the series after playing in all three tests with performances that showed why he is one of the world's best number 9's.In an outstanding and sometimes controversial tour, the Lions outscored South Africa in both points and tries scored but narrowly lost the first two tests before winning the final test convincingly.The tour produced many great performances and heroes who helped to maintain the passion and ethos of the Lions, none more so than Mike Phillips.This superb limited edition signed print pays tribute to Mike Phillips performances with 3 photos - the centre one celebrating the final test win with Shane Williams - the left image of him breaking through the Boks defence - and the right image of him celebrating scoring in the first test.Each edition is uniquely number out of 250 with a full description under the centre image.They were personally signed by Mike in October 2009. A truly stunning item to celebrate one of the great Lions tours. 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

Gary Kirsten signed limited edition print with signing photo. Gary Kirsten scored over 7,000 Test Match runs at an average of 45.27 and currently shares the South African individual Test record of 275 with Daryll Cullinan haunted England in 2003 and scored a crucial 130 in the Headingley Test. His good form in that series persuaded him to postpone his retirement until the end of the New Zealand tour in 2003-04Fittingly, he scored a century in the first Test of that series - his 99th - and scored a typically gritty 76 in his final game to help South Africa tie the series This stunning print shows images of Kirsten scoring three double centuries for South Africa. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image)Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image. Edition number may vary. 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

Ivan Lendl signed limited edition print with signing photo Ivan was ranked No. 1 in the world for 270 weeks, including 157 straight from 1985 to 1988. He is the holder of 94 career singles titles, including his 1980 feat, winning three tournaments in successive weeks on three different surfaces. He captured 8 Grand Slam titles and reached an astounding 19 Slam singles finals.He relied on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline to reach 8 consecutive US Open finals (1982-89), winning three, 1985, '86, '87. He also won twice at the Australian Open, 1989 and 1990, and three times at the French Open, 1984, 1986 and 1987.This stunning print shows Ivan's delight at winning his first Australian Open in 1989. He has personally signed each Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board. 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

Daryll Cullinan signed limited edition print with signing photo, Daryll Cullinan was the centrepiece of South Africa's batting from the early to mid-1990s. Equally adept against pace or spin, Cullinan had the priceless gift of timing. He broke Graham Pollock's record as South Africa's youngest first-class centurion During the 1990s Cullinan set the South African mark for the highest first-class score (337 not out against Northern Transvaal in 1993) and at Eden Park in 1999 he edged past Pollock's highest Test score of 274 by one run to claim the then South African record. He made 14 Test hundreds in all at an average of 44.21This stunning print shows Cullinan celebrating one of those 14 Test match centuries. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a copy of a letter from Daryll confirming authenticity Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - Signing photo will include a copyright over the image. Edition number may vary. 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

Autographed KEVIN MORAN 16 x 12 Limited Edition : Colorized, depicting Man United centre-half KEVIN MORAN, FA Cup in hand, during a lap of honour around Wembley following a memorable 1-0 victory over Everton in the 1985 Final, signed using a fine black marker. Moran was the first player to be sent off in a Final for a professional foul on Peter Reid, who was clean through on goal, TV cameras revealed that he had gone for the ball, and not for the player in the offending tackle, and was later presented with his medal that had at first been withheld, signed to the lower border in fine black marker by Moran. 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

Joel Garner signed limited edition print with signing photo The first ever World Cup was won by the hugely successful West Indies team. The team had everything: reliable and free scoring batsmen and accurate wicket taking bowlers, including the legendary Joel Garner.Joel took 259 test wickets from just 58 matches at an average of 20.97 runs. This superb print shows 'Big Bird' Joel at Lords during the World Cup Final against England, where he took 5 for 38, playing a significant role as West Indies won by 92 runs.He has personally signed each print and you will receive a photo of the signing (as shown in inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 500 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image. 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

REFERENCE - Edgar GORER & J. F. BLACKER. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1911, 2 volumes, 4to (311 x 240mm), 254 coloured plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 592 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)REFERENCE - Edgar GORER (1872-1915) & J. F. BLACKER ([dates unknown]).  Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. Illustrated by Two Hundred and Fifty-Four Pages of Gems of Chinese Ceramic and Glyptic Art. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1911. 2 volumes, 4to (311 x 240mm). Half titles, titles and text in English and French, 254 coloured plates, 6 of which folding (some very light marginal browning to the text, but the plates unaffected). Original cream pictorial buckram gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some patches of light staining to the covers, the spines a little darkened, without the very scarce dust-jackets). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 592 OF 1,000 COPIES. Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica III, 3860. (2)

Pouncy (John). Dorsetshire Photographically Illustrated, Parts 1-4 in 2, [all published], 1st edition, London and Dorchester, [1857], lithographed title, 78 tinted photolithographed views including one double-page, lacks text leaf for Corfe Castle at end of volume 1 and one missing plate supplied in crude facsimile, some heavy spotting and old dampstaining affecting plates throughout, some marginal splits to text leaves and lower blank outer corner of first leaf of Introduction torn with loss, modern buckram with original gilt-titled cloth covers relaid, oblong folioQTY: (2)NOTE:The first book illustrated by photolithography, where photographs were transferred onto lithographic stones which were then enhanced with figures, animals and other details by drawing. A further two parts were proposed but never issued. 'As far as we know Pouncy's rare book was not only the first but remained the only attempt in book form to reproduce photographic views from nature by photolithography', Gernsheim, History of Photography, p. 546. 'Pouncy's important work was a transitional stage between drawing and unretouched photography in book illustration', McLean, Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing, p. 128.

* Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Autograph Letter in the third person, Osborne, 19 April 1877, in full, 'The Queen thanks Mr Martin very much for his letter and the 2 reviews. When will her engraving be finished?', Osborne House mourning stationery bifolium, 1 page, embossed Nottingham Public Library stamp at head not affecting any handwriting, together with an Autograph Letter Signed from Theodore Martin, 31 Onslow Square, London, SW, 12 June 1877, to Mr Robertson referring to the first letter, 'The enclosed is the only scrap I can lay my hands on of the Queen's which I can let you have to put in your book', 1 page with blank integral leaf, embossed library stamp at head, 8vo, both tipped in with a news cutting portrait of Theodore Martin (embossed library stamp) before the Contents of Martin's The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, 4th edition, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875, engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, author's signed presentation inscription to Colonel A. C. Robertson, 'his old schoolfellow and friend', to front free endpaper, dated 6 June 1877, several further embossed library stamps to preliminary leaves, plates, etc., plus volume 4 of the same work (1879), similarly stamped with Nottingham Public Library's embossed stamps, further library labels and remains to front endpapers, contemporary polished calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, lower cover to volume 1 detached and spine near detached, second title label to volume 4 deficient, 8voQTY: (2)

* Peninsular War. A manuscript account of the Storming of the Ciudad Rodrigo, [by Lieutenant William Mackie, 88th Connaught Rangers], paper watermarked 1837, addressed to ‘Sir’ [Lt.-Col. Charles James Napier, 1782-1853], addressing the incorrect recollection of the surrender of the Storming of the Ciudad Rodrigo, on the 19 January 1812, by Colonel John Gurwood [1788-1845], which omitted Lieutenant Mackie’s key role in being the first to accept a sword from the French army in signal of their surrender: ‘Immediately on entering I was hailed by a French Officer, asking for an English General to who they might surrender. Pointing to my epaulets … a sword presented to me in token of surrender, which I accordingly received.’; ‘My chagrin and disappointment may be easily imagined, when Lord Wellington’s dispatches reached the army from England to find my name altogether omitted.’; ‘I do declare on the word of a man of honour, that, I was the first individual, who effected the descent from the main breach into the streets of the town. That I preceded the advance into the body of the place, that I was the first who entered the Citadel, and that the Enemy there assembled had surrendered to myself and party before Lieut Gurwood came up.’; ‘I need not say that this danger is only the more imminent from his statement appearing in a work which, as being published under the auspices of the Duke of Wellington as well as of the Horse Guards, has at least the appearance of coming in the guise of an official authority,’ 17 pages, 8vo, together with:Address to Britannia, on the anniversary of the Battle of Buçaco 27th Sept 1816, a handwritten book of mainly poetry and some prose, by William Mackie, a total of 129 pages, signed to verso of front free endpaper, half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed with some corner wear, 4to, plusLife of Field-Marshall His Grace The Duke of Wellington, by W. H. Maxwell, 3 volumes, 4th edition, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845, including 3 volumes in defective bindings, 8vo, and Britannia Ingrata: A Tribute to the Peninsular Army, with an introduction and notes by Major William Mackie, London: T. & W. Boone, 1837, lithograph frontispiece, presentation inscription to half-title ‘To Agnes Jane Mackie, From her affectionate father John Mackie, 1st January 1862, Edinburgh’, upper hinge broken with text block detached from spine, all edges gilt, 4toQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: The vendor was given these items by the great grandson of Major William Mackie in 1979. This the first time they have been offered for sale. During the Peninsular War, the 88th ‘Devils Own’ Connaught Rangers established a reputation as one of the most fearsome battalions in Wellington’s army. The 88th was at the forefront of the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, which took place on 19 January 1812, when Lieutenant William Mackie, who volunteered to lead the 'forlorn hope', led the assault of the 3rd Division against the main breach, losing 63 officers and men. Mackie’s letter challenging Colonel Gurwood’s view of what happened seems to have had some effect on at least one subsequent publication. In The Duke of Wellington by W. H. Maxwell, volume 2, p. 439, it states that: ‘Mackie… reached the citadel; and his gallantry was rewarded by receiving there the submission of General Barrie and such of the garrison as it contained’. Maxwell also goes on to reference the letter: ‘Major Mackie addressed to Lieut.-Colonel Napier a modest but accurate statement of the part he had acted in storming Rodrigo, leaving the world - as I do - the task of deciding to whom, by right of conquest, the sword of General Barrie should have belonged’. Mackie's account has also influenced many modern historians including: Richard Holmes, Tim Saunders, William Grattan, etc.

Vaughan Williams (Ralph, 1872-1958), English composer. Serenade to Music. The Words from Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene I), [Vocal Score], 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, [1938], 20 pages, stapled printed wrappers, signed to upper cover by Isobel Baillie (pencil), with autographs in blue ink below of soprano Eleanor Houston and nine singers from the first performance, the contraltos Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, the tenors Heddle Nash, Frank Titterton, Parry Jones, and the baritone Roy Henderson, a little spotting and dust-soiling, staples rusted, some splitting and chipping to spine, slim 8vo (25.5 x 18 cm)(1)Provenance: Given to Bryan Crimp by Isobel Baillie. Vaughan Williams wrote the piece as a tribute to the conductor Sir Henry Wood to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Wood's first concert. The solo parts were composed specifically for the voices of sixteen eminent British singers chosen by Wood and the composer, and in the published score the initials of each soloist are placed next to his or her lines. Wood conducted the first performance at his jubilee concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 October 1938. This unique copy bears the autographs of 10 of the original 16 soloists, (plus soprano Eleanor Houston), who then all performed for the first recording ten days later.

* American Civil War. A group of 11 Autograph Letters Signed, mainly from Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederate States, 1861-70, all to James Spence of Liverpool, including 3 Autograph Letters Signed from Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States, 14 July & 23 September 1869 & 7 October 1870, the first saying he has sent Mrs Pattison a letter of introduction to Spence, ‘She said she desired your aid in procuring a ship to transport immigrants to Venezuela, Guiana…’, later referring to the possible disposal of a mine, referring to ‘that inconvenient disease of which I informed you still affects me’ but that he is hoping to go to Scotland, and then referring to trade once more, ‘When the cotton market is transferred from Liverpool to London, the wonderful prognostic in regard to the great city would seem to be in the way of fulfilment’, 3 pages, 8vo, the second and third letters concerning accounts and Mrs Davis and his planned departure from Britain, a total of 7 pages, 8vo/16mo; the other 8 letters comprising: 1) William Ewart Gladstone, 27 November 1861. On Spence's book The American Union; 2) James Murray Mason (1798-1871), Commissioner of the Confederacy to Britain and France, 21 February 1862. "The North must break soon", written following his release after seizure on the Trent; 3) James Murray Mason, 25 October 1864. On money for imprisoned countrymen, and a gift from England of £20,000; 4) John Slidell (1793-1871), Confederate representative in France, seized with Mason on the Trent, Paris, 25 July 1862. On diplomatic moves for the recognition of the South; 5) John Slidell, Paris, n.d. On the 4th edition of The American Union (1862), and moves for the recognition of Southern independence by Britain and France; 6) John Slidell, Paris, n.d. On Mercier's diplomatic visit to Richmond; 7) Judas Philip Benjamin (1811-1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States. Escaped to London, 1865. London, 30 September 1865. On a proposed company for the aid of the Southern States and to help his poor countrymen with the revival of industry; 8) Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (1818-1893), Confederate Army General. London, 11 June 1866, a total of 21 pp., 8voQTY: (11)NOTE:James Spence was a leading English supporter of the Confederacy and author of The American Union (1861), On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation (1862) and Southern Independence (1863).

* Livingstone (David, 1813-1873), Scottish physician, Christian missionary and explorer in Africa. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘David Livingstone’, 57 Sloane Street, [London], 22 May 1857, to Mr Cowan, ‘It gives me considerable pain to be obliged to decline offers which like yours bear the impress of the most kind and generous feelings. But when we last met I was just on the point of deciding to go to Hadley Green, Barnet, for the sake of quiet to finish this plaguey book and we intend to go thither on Tuesday next … It is too far from the publishers. So apology was necessary for kindly pressing me to go to Edinburgh at once…’, and then returning to the book, ‘Between ourselves the proceeds of the book and testimonial fund are intended for wife and family when I am gone and it is most important to have the book in the market early before the interest in it flags…’, and concluding with further apologies and saying that he will write to him and the Lord Provost when he sees his way clear, and thanking him once more for his very kind offer, 7 pages on two bifolia, a little spotting on and light soiling with central vertical creases, endorsed to final blank, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa was first published by John Murray in October 1857. The first edition of 12,000 copies sold out immediately and another 13,000 had been printed by December that year.The letter is to Sir John Cowan (1814-1900), paper manufacturer, political organiser and philanthropist from Edinburgh. He funded the missionary work of his friend David Livingstone and this letter concerns his offer of the use of a house for Livingstone and his family, which Livingstone is clearly very embarrassed to decline.

* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900), English writer, art critic and artist. Three Autograph Letters Signed, ‘J. Ruskin’, Lauterbrunnen, 22 July 1870 and Denmark Hill, 8 February & 25 November 1871, all to John Henry Chamberlain, the first thanking him for his kind letter which ‘gives me real concern for my helplessness at present in all ways but I am scarcely able to my necessary work at Oxford and must not in anywise add to it – the ruin of European arts by various forms if vice and frivolity – and the destruction of all art monuments and treasures by “judicious restorations” – have made me too sorrowful – this many a day now, to be of use as a teacher – I am too hopeless to help anybody anymore. At Oxford I shall best be of service in preventing the contrary of help – and putting before the young men what at least they will find true – if it is not cheering’, one page, 8vo, the second and third letters on personal stationery, the first expressing annoyance at ‘Mr Allen’s neglect in forwarding the pamphlet’ and sating the others must have been sent by the publisher, one page with integral blank leaf, 8vo, the final letter thanking Chamberlain for his letter which ‘gave me great help and pleasure. I think you will see, as my work goes on and becomes more visible, if ever it does so – that I have already more strictly belonging to my post, than I am able for – I mean at Oxford’ and then referring to ‘This St Andrews office would not have hindered m, otherwise from trying to do what you wished at Birmingham. I received some intonation the other day that those admiral papers in the Crier, “Tangles” were by you. I hope you will let me bear the pleasure of seeing what you write, when you so occupy yourself with a postscript saying how weary he is but adding “how glad I am to hear of the effect of the cheap edition of Carlyle’, 3 pages, 8vo, each letter with accompanying stamped and postmarked envelope addressed in Ruskin’s hand QTY: (3)NOTE:John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883) was a British architect based in Birmingham. He was one of the foremost practical exponents of the ideas of architectural theorists John Ruskin, who selected Chamberlain as one of the trustees of his Guild of St George.

THE HISTORY OF THE GERMAN STEEL HELMET 1916-1945 BY LUDWID BAER. First Edition, published in 1985 by Ludwig Baer. *CR Lightly used copy.

Pratchett, Terry; The Carpet People, published Colin Smythe Gerrards Cross 1971, first edition, dust jacket (1) Good condition

Scott (Robert F Captain). The Voyage of the Discovery, volumes 1 and 2, first edition, published by Smith Elder and Co London 1905, with maps to inner back board, hardback with gilt tooling.

Mawson (Douglas Sir). The Home of the Blizzard, being the story of Australasian Antarctic Exhibition 1911-1914, volumes 1 and 2, published by William Heinemann London 1915, first edition, stamped Presentation Copy, volume 2, with various paper maps to inner back board, hardback with gilt tooling.

Three blue presentation Autographed Edition first day covers, some with presentation coins, mainly dating from 2015-2020, enclosed in three albums.

King Davis (John). With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914, first edition, published by Andrew Melrose Ltd London 1919, hardback, cloth bound with gilt tooling, with dust jacket.

Shackleton (EH). The Heart of the Antarctic, being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, volumes 1 and 2, first edition, published by William Heinemann London 1902, volume 2 with maps to inner back board, hardback with gilt tooling, each bearing inscriptions.

Hotpoint washing machine, first edition, 6kg FETV60. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order. Not available for in-house P&P

Hotpoint fridge freezer, First Edition. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order. Not available for in-house P&P