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Lot 1491
A pair of Meissen figure groups allegorical of Summer and Autumn, late 19th century, after the models by Acier, the first depicting a couple beside a tree, a basket of apples and a dog at their feet, incised shape No. F91, height 15cm, the second as a couple with a basket of grapes drinking wine, incised shape No. F92 to base, height 15.5cm, both raised on oval bases with gilt enriched moulded detail, crossed swords in underglaze blue to bases (faults and losses).
Lot 1447
Four Royal Doulton Classics Figures of the Year, comprising Melissa 2001, HN3977, Sarah 2002, HN3978, Elizabeth 2003, HN4426, and Susan 2004, HN4532, three signed and dated, each boxed with certificate, two Royal Doulton International Collectors Club figures, Summer Breeze, HN4587, and Spring Time, HN4586, boxed with certificates, and six other Royal Doulton figures, comprising The Auctioneer, HN2988, England, HN3627, Wales, HN3630, signed and dated, First Bloom, HN3913, signed and dated, May, HN3251, and Sisterly Love, HN3130, each boxed.
Lot 1482
Two Royal Dux two-handled vases, early 20th century, the first of Art Nouveau style, decorated in high relief with rose hips and leaves against sinuous strapwork, the branch-like handles with root terminals, height 21cm, the second of more Classical form, relief moulded with garlands of fruit and flowers, raised on a square base, height 19.5cm, both with applied pink triangle mark to base and impressed numerals, with a composition gilt stand.
Lot 1921
A pan-topped plain stem wine glass, circa 1740, with domed foot, height 16cm, together with two single series opaque twist stem wines, the first with ogee bowl above a plain stem with a pair of corkscrews, on a conical foot, height 15.5cm, the second with ogee bowl on a centrally knopped multiple spiral twist, above a conical foot, height 17cm. Provenance: Arthur Henry Green, a private collector from Enfield, died 1953. Thence by descent.
Lot 1603
Two Kevin de Choisy studio pottery jars and covers, the first of rounded square form, covered in a blue glaze with yellow, green and black highlights, raised on four feet, height 15cm, the second with vertical panels of ochre and green glaze in Whieldon style, height 12cm, impressed seal marks to bases.
Lot 1504
A Sunderland lustre jug, circa 1840, printed in black with a titled portrait of the Wesleyan Minister Adam Clarke, opposing verse framed by flowers, height 13.8cm, together with a child's nursery plate, printed in black with 'Joseph's First Dream', diameter 19cm, a Worcester Fence pattern coffee pot (lacking cover), three Staffordshire figures and a pearlware figure group, height 20cm (faults and repairs). Provenance: from the estate of the late Raymond Briggs, the world renowned author and illustrator of The Snowman, Father Christmas and Fungus The Bogeyman.
Lot 1970
A small group of Richardson's Vermicular pattern glass, design first registered 1854, comprising a pair of decanters and stoppers, height 26cm, a pair of jugs, height 17.5cm, five champagne saucers, a pair of custard cups and a sherry glass. Provenance: from the collection of John and Poppy Stallebrass.
Lot 1834
Two Vetreria Artistica Oball Murano sommerso glass vases, early 20th century, both of U-shape, the first with blue and green colouring, height 15cm, the second red and blue colouring, height 14cm, both cased in a thick clear body, engraved marks to bases with original applied paper labels, together with a Skrdlovice studio glass vase, designed by Jan Beranek, height 20.5cm.
Lot 1708
A London delft bowl, Lambeth, 1756-83, painted to the interior with the inscription 'Success To the British Arms' within bianco-sopra-bianco foliate scroll detail, the exterior sides painted in blue and manganese with a chinoiserie landscape including pagodas, diameter 19.5cm (extensively repaired), together with two English delft plates, 1780s, painted in blue, the first with flowers, diameter 23.3cm, the second with a chinoiserie garden, diameter 23.3cm (second plate with rivet repair). Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.
Lot 63
Verner Panton for Vitra Set of Four "Panton" Chairs First designed 1957, these the 1999 edition of the 1967 series produced by Vitra, all bearing raised "Verner Panton" signatures.50cm wide, 65cm deep, 82cm highQty: 4First conceived of in 1957, the "Panton" chair was the world's first all-plastic seat of cantilever design; it went into production with Vitra in 1967 and was revived in 1999. It's distinctive "S" silhouette is recognised worldwide as one of the classic designs of the twentieth century.The red chair with noticeable knock/depression to one "knee"; scuffs and marks commensurate with age and use, would benefit from a clean and light cosmetic attention; no structural damage, usable.
Lot 168
British Rock Music The Who and Other Autographs comprising Keith Moon (twice, one personalised), John Entwhistle (twice, one personalised) and Roger Daltry (personalised), obtained by the vendor at a concert at the King's Hall venue, Belle Vue, Manchester, Tuesday 7th October 1975, with her John Smiths Entertainment "Ligger Pass" slip for the event; also, Eric Clapton, also obtained at the King's Hall late 1975/early 1976, and Phil Lynott obtained at the Free Trade Hall venue, again in this time period, all presented in a single autograph album.All signatures obtained in person by the current vendor who can provide testimony of the circumstances (she wasn't satisfied with Keith Moon's first attempt so insisted that he do a second version); the vendor was photographed with Keith Moon at this event in Manchester and this image was included for the Keith Moon section of the inside artwork of the "The Story of The Who" LP issued in 1976.As seen in images; please note "The Story of The Who" LP or sleeve is not included in this lot, image for reference only.The second Keith Moon signature on the yellow leaf is a single-sided leaf, the Eric Clapton signature is on a torn-out piece stuck onto one of the book leaves; the other signatures are on back to back leaves/pages.
Lot 99
Moorcroft Two "Puffin" Pattern Vases The first and taller of bottle form, the second of baluster form, both with WM monograms and impressed marks to bases.The taller 29cm highBoth second quality, the bottle form with noticeable glaze defects to neck interior, otherwise manufacturing imperfections, light general wear and dirt.
Lot 256
David Shrigley (British 1968-) "I Loved You from the First Moment I Saw You" 2020, from a collaboration with London-based spectacle maker Cubitts to create a glasses cloth, the cloth was sold to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, textile made from recycled plastic.21.5 x 13cm (framed 35 x 26cm)The cloth is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The cloth appears to be laid down. The cloth is framed and glazed.
Lot 82
Tamara Aladin for Riihimäki (Riihimaen Lasi Oy) Finnish Art Glass Vase No. 1461, circa 1966-67, turquoise/aqua colourway, relief linear detail against textured ground, together with a further amber and clear sommerso vase possibly by Bo Borgstrom for Aseda, Sweden.The first 22cm high.The latter with a few visible surface scratches, the former in good condition, no major damages to note.
Lot 146
John William Mills PPRBS ARCA FRSA (British 1933-2023) "The Dancers" Large and impressive bronze figure group, bearing incised signature, no. 2/2, on circular black hardstone base. 131cm high Private collection in the North-West of England, thence by descent. John William Mills PPRBS ARCA FRSA (British 1933-2023) is an award-winning sculptor in bronze and is best known for the 1991 National Firefighters Memorial outside St. Paul's Cathedral and 2005 Monument to the Women of World War Two in Whitehall.Mills displayed prodigious talent in sculpture from a young age, exhibiting at the Royal Academy when still a teenager in 1951 and following that with his first solo exhibition in 1959; he has since exhibited internationally and his work is held in public and private collections.The challenge of resolving the counterbalance between the beauty and the power of ballet and capturing that paradox in bronze was one Mills uniquely mastered among British sculptors of his generation. Good, original condition without damage or issues to note; some dirt, dust and minor casting irregularities.
Lot 226
Indonesia.- Sacrifice Manual, manuscript in Batak script, on Bast, 50 leaves, each with 11-12 lines of Batak characters in black ink to recto and verso, with red symbols interposed, 14 diagrams or tables within text, first and last leaves pasted to inside covers, some wear, leaves folding concertina-style into black wooden covers, upper cover with incised meander pattern, each leaf 95 x 175mm., [Sumatra], [19th century]. *** The largest group of illustrations consists of representations of chickens and other animals, similar in style and format to that of a magic book concerning sacrifices illustrated as plates 117-118 of Achim Sibeth, The Batak, 1991.
Lot 316
Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first edition, signed by the author on upper inner wrapper, original publisher's purchase slip of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy LP loosely inserted, light toning to page margins, pp.57-64 loose, original first state wrappers with "progress" on lower wrapper, lightly creased, few surface marks to upper wrapper, 8vo, 1979. *** The true first edition of this keystone of 20th century sci-fi literature, very rare in commerce, especially signed. The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing The Hitch Hiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime.Soon after this paperback release, the first hardback edition was released by Arthur Barker Publishers, noted by collectors for its appearance or lack of the "Capricorn One" advert on the rear panel.
Lot 354
Milne (A.A.) When We Were Very Young, fourth impression, signed by the author on title with autograph poem comprising the first half of the first stanza of "Halfway down the stairs" initialed by the author on frontispiece, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, occasional light soiling, browning to endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, 8vo, 1924.
Lot 190
Chinese medicine.- Cleyer (Andreas) Specimen Medicinae Sinicae, 6 parts in 1, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 30 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, many leaves browned, slight worming at beginning, lower margin of final leaf repaired, original stiff wrappers with ms. title on spinbe, uncut, 4to, [Waller 9107; Garrison Morton 6492; Wellcome II, 359; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica II, 1470], Frankfurt, Joannes Petrus Zubrodt, 1682.*** "The Specimen Medicinae Sinicae, compiled by a German physician from Kassel, is the first illustrated book published on Chinese medicine in the West. It contains an overview of Chinese medical practices including acupuncture and meridian theories, semiology of the tongue, descriptions of Chinese pharmaceuticals and their uses, and an important translation of a Ming treatise on pulse diagnosis." (NY Academy of Medicine online).
Lot 276
Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time, signed with author's thumb-print and with ink inscription reading "Thumb-print of S.W. Hawking witnessed by Susan Maseby" on title, light water-staining to upper corners of first few leaves, original wrappers, a couple of creases to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1995. *** The current owner used to attend the same canteen in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in Silver Street, Cambridge, as Hawking himself did in the 1990s and early 2000s. As the owner was reading one of Hawking's books, one staff member offered to have it thumb-printed by the professor. The owner duly brought in the book and, after a couple of months, the staff member returned the book with the authenticated thumb print.
Lot 273
Computing.- Operating and maintenance manual for the BINAC binary automatic computer built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation 1949, some light browning at edges, original grey binder with cloth back-strip and central metal device, lower bottom corner small chip, housed within later black straight-grain morocco drop-back box by P. Goy and C. Vilaine, Philadelphia, Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp., 1949.*** The only known copy of the world's first electronic computer manual, and similarly, the only known record of how the BINAC operated. OCLC records no copies of this work in libraries, and as only one BINAC was ever built, it is likely that only a handful of copies of the manual were ever produced.
Lot 292
Nayler (Sir George) The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, 42 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Stephanoff, Chalon, Pugin, Wild and others, 3 plain etched key plates, plate-guards, light creasing to title and first few leaves, handsome contemporary red morocco with richly gilt border, by J.Wright, spine gilt in compartments with black roan label, g.e., very slight rubbing to edges, [Abbey, Scenery 260; Bobins II, 694; Tooley 343], large folio, Henry George Bohn, 1839.*** An excellent copy of this splendid depiction of George IV's coronation, the last to hold the coronation banquet in Westminster Hall. Five parts were originally proposed but only two were issued, in 1823 and 1827. Bohn acquired the plates and combined them with Whittaker's to produce the present work, which first appeared in 1837 but is identical to this apart from the date on the title.
Lot 378
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, first issue with black coated endpapers, frontispiece and 11 plates by Claude Shepperson, first state blue cloth stamped in gilt, light toning to spine, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, extremities a little rubbed, band of light fading to upper cover, but a very good, bright example overall, [Currey pp.518-9; Hammond B7], 8vo, Newnes, 1901.
Lot 73
Irish Gaelic.- Penitential with prayers, Bible extracts and similar, manuscript in Irish and Latin, on paper, 280pp. excluding blanks, all but first title, titles and headlines in red ink, first f. lightly soiled, some water-staining in margins, some other marks in text, browned, later endpapers watermarked 1853, 19th century vellum, gilt borders, soiled and marked, r.e., housed within modern velvet-lined drop-back box, vellum-backed marbled paper over boards, spine gilt with morocco labels, sm. 4to, [Ireland], 1720.*** Colophon dated February 1720 (on leaf numbered 269) and the scribe named as Cormac Mac Cuan.Provenance: Rugby School Library, likely part of the Matthew Bloxam (1805-1888) bequest. Bought by a private UK collector at the 'Selected Books from Rugby School' sale at Forum Auctions, 18th November 2020.
Lot 142
Rembrandt.- Annotated.- Gersaint (Edmé-François) Catalogue raisonné de toute les pieces qui forment l'Oeuvre de Rembrandt, 2 parts in 1, including supplement by Yver, first edition, etched portrait frontispiece of the artist by J.B.G., titles with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, approbation f. at end of first part, errata f. at end of part 2, the first part extensively annotated by a knowledgeable hand (including 4pp. of notes bound in at p.186), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary English calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends and corners worn, upper joint starting, but holding firm, upper cover water-stained, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Paris, Hochereau, 1751-1756. *** Provenance: George Fairholme (1789-1846), banker, traveller, naturalist and scriptural geologist (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). It is highly feasible that the knowledgeable annotations were by his father William, who was a noted art collector.
Lot 6
Etterlin (Petermann) Kronica von der loblichen Eÿdtgnoschaft ir harkommen und sust seltzam strittenn und Geschichten, first edition, second issue, ff. [8], CXXIIII, lacking final blank leaf X6, xylographic title with 2 woodcut border pieces, 29 woodcut illustrations from 12 blocks, including full-page woodcut of the Emperor enthroned to title verso and heraldic composition to A1r (verso blank), woodcut printer's device on final leaf, title with crude ?early hand-colouring to border and woodcut to verso, some tears repaired and lower margin reinforced to verso (without notable loss), a few instances of contemporary ink marginalia or passage-marking, a few minor marginal repairs, affecting headline to [a]5, L6 short tear into headline without loss, U6 tiny paper flaw hole within headline, M1 vertical tear within text without loss, some light browning, some soiling or light staining, lacking front free endpapers, eighteenth-century half calf, spine gilt and with black calf label, light wear to corners and extremities, upper joint split at foot, 4to (275 x 195mm.), Basel, Michael Furter, 24 December, 1507. *** The first printed chronicle of Switzerland, starting with St. Meinrad's foundation of the monastery of Einsiedeln (c.835) and continuing up to the year 1503. The woodcuts, some attributed to the renowned artist known by the monogram "D.S.", include a half-page detailed view of Lucerne (the city's earliest printed depiction), episodes from the glorious history of Switzerland including a dragon, and the first pictorial representation of the famous scene, synonymous with the Swiss spirit of insurrection, of Tell aiming at the apple on his son's head. This copy is the second issue of the first edition; the first edition having the first page of text printed on the verso of the coat of arms. Literature: VD16 E 4110.
Lot 132
Execution broadside.- Strange and Singular Execution (The) of James Hughes, who was twice Hanged ... in the County of Down ... and who after the first time being Hanged, sat upright in his own Coffin and drank a glass of Water, printed broadside, woodcut illustration at head, soiled, small spot covering odd letter, creasing, laid down on paper, c.380 x 170 mm, Nottingham, Ordoyno, [c.1823]. *** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. The strange tale of Patrick M'Cann, also known as James Hughes, who was convicted of murder in Lisburn in 1813, before absconding. He was found, almost by accident, in 1823 working under a different name as a butcher in Galway. He has the dubious honour of being hung twice due to the rope snapping on the first attempt. "... and a short time after the fatal drop fell; when from his great weight, the rope broke, and the miserable wretch fell upwards of twenty feet on the ground; he alighted to his feet, and from his hands being pinioned immediately fell backwards ...".
Lot 269
Voyages.- Mutiny on the Bounty.- Christian (Fletcher) Letters from Mr. Fletcher Christian, containing a Narrative of the Transactions on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, before and after the Mutiny, first edition, title with loss to fore-edge and neat restoration, lacking frontispiece (as usual), [A2] with small hole to upper margin (neatly restored), occasional faint pencil annotations, occasional short tears to upper margins, several with neat tissue repairs, ex-library with partially erased ink-stamps, scattered spotting and staining, new endpapers, modern antique style calf-backed boards, [Ferguson 239], 8vo, for the Proprietor, and published by H. D. Symonds, 1796. *** A spurious work which claims in seven letters to described Christian's escape from Pitcairn and subsequent travels in South America. Despite all the evidence that Christian died on Pitcairn, there were rumours and stories for years that he had faked his death and had managed to return to England.
Lot 157
Gaskell (Elizabeth C.) North and South, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 with 1p. advertisements to front and 4pp. advertisements to rear, scattered spotting, some corner-creasing, the odd leaf carelessly opened with some resulting loss to blank margins, vol. 2 lacking front free endpaper with some loss to front pastedown, cracking to hinges, original brown cloth, slight shelf-lean to vol. 2, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, the odd small mark to covers, rubbed, still overall and attractive set, [Sadleir 931; Wolff 2422], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1855.*** Gaskell's classic industrial novel, a landmark in social and feminist literature. Scarce in the original cloth.
Lot 359
Rand (Ayn) Atlas Shrugged, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to corner tips, first state dust-jacket with 10/57, neatly price-clipped, lower panel with small rectangle of glue residue, very slight rubbing to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, preserved in drop-front box, 8vo, New York, 1957.
Lot 204
China.- Ho (Charles) & George Foe. Shanghai Dialect in 4 Weeks, first edition, frontispiece, folding colour map at end, illustrations, evenly browned throughout, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Shanghai, Chi Ming Book Co. Ltd., 1940. *** Scarce.WorldCat lists 3 print copies at Bigham University, Harvard University and the University of Michigan.
Lot 31
Israel.- Weizmann (Chaim) Trial and Error, 2 vol., one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jackets, spines browned with some repair and restoration, vol. 1 with tape repair along upper joint a few chips and tears to head and foot with some repair and restoration, 8vo, New York, 1949.*** The autobiography of the first President of Israel, scarce in the dust-jackets.
Lot 346
Joyce (James) Finnegans Wake, first trade edition, browning to endpapers and final text p., faint tape markings to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few nicks and closed tears to head and foot with some creasing and tape residue to verso (though without show-through), chip to head of lower panel, still an excellent example overall, [Connolly, The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A47], 8vo, 1939.*** Joyce's final complete prose work and something of an apotheosis for modernist fiction.
![Bulgakov (Mikhail) Sobach'e serdtse [Heart of a Dog], samizdat typescript, light staining to inner margin of final few leaves](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/c36ca065-5e17-4d2a-bf04-b16a01177995/468x382.jpg)
Lot 319
Bulgakov (Mikhail) Sobach'e serdtse [Heart of a Dog], samizdat typescript, light staining to inner margin of final few leaves, original printed stapled wrappers, staples slightly rusted, a few faint stains, spine rubbed and little chipped, small 4to, 'Odessa', 'P. Chaadaev', 1976. *** A well preserved copy of Bulgakov's banned novella Heart of a Dog (1925) with spurious imprint on the inside lower wrapper, secretly printed and distributed by hand in a process known as samizdat. Presumably intended to mislead the inexperienced as much as serve as an inside joke, the imprint claims that the text was printed in 10,000 copies at the P. Chaadaev publishing house in Odessa (the name a pun on an anti-government 19th century Russian philosopher). The publishing house never existed, but the dissemination of this copy is likely connected to the now famous Odessa samizdat library, which produced and circulated hundreds of self-published titles from 1967-1982. Heart of a Dog was first published in Frankfurt and London in 1968, finally appearing in an official Soviet journal Znamia in 1987. Due to their great popularity, samizdat copies of Bulgakov's cult classics are very rare, especially in good condition.
![d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) [Untitled Composite Atlas with 102 map sheets], comprising 20 double-page maps, 9 two-s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/2fee612e-b7c8-428c-b9b1-b16a01164b63/468x382.jpg)
Lot 253
d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) [Untitled Composite Atlas with 102 map sheets], comprising 20 double-page maps, 9 two-sheet double-page maps, 3 two-sheet maps on folding double-pages [Asia, Africa, America], 1 map of Canada on 4 double-page map sheets, Central and South America across 3 double-page map sheets, a single folding map of Louisiana, and 48 single-page maps, engravings on various papers, some with outline hand-colouring, various sizes, the first few with toning to edges and into margins, some folds with minor splits, scattered spotting and surface dirt throughout, some rough edges, a few minor nicks, modern cloth, spine lettered 'Atlas Complet de d'Anville', folio, [Paris, probably circa 1780s]*** A comprehensive collection of maps from various publications that d'Anville produced over his career, notably 'Atlas General'. The atlas contains two single hemisphere maps on folding double-pages, double-page maps of the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Europe; a group of Ancient maps, maps of the Holy Land, with a plan of Jerusalem; and numerous scarce single-page maps by d'Anville to accompany his many memoirs.
![[Hardy (Thomas)] Desperate Remedies. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, bookplate of Anthony C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/a41f0bc9-833a-40ce-8084-b16a01140f87/468x382.jpg)
Lot 160
[Hardy (Thomas)] Desperate Remedies. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, bookplate of Anthony Conyers Surtees, vol. 3 first text f. mounted on stub, a few small marginal chips or tears repaired, touching couple letters to final f. of vol. 1 but no loss, occasional spotting or very light foxing, bound in green half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, spines a fraction sunned, a few faint scuff marks, t.e.g., [Purdy, pp.3-5], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1871. *** Hardy's rare first published novel, issued anonymously and so poorly reviewed in The Spectator that it was remaindered and Hardy lost money. He later destroyed the manuscript.
Lot 331
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, first English edition, half-title, 16 plates by Sidney Paget (2 detached and tipped in), 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional foxing and patches of soiling, original cloth, spine darkened, a little rubbed and soiled, [Green & Gibson A29], 8vo, 1905.
Lot 196
China.- Murr (Christoph Gottlieb von) and Ignaz Koegler. Litterae patentes Imperatoris Sinarum Kang-Hi, first appearance in book format of the Red Manifesto, 2 plates at end, one a folding engraved plate reproducing the Red Manifesto of October 1716 in Chinese characters, the other a woodcut Linnaean classification of Chinese quadrupeds in Chinese characters, text largely in Latin but with a few Chinese characters, title lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, preserved in cloth chemise and morocco-backed cloth slip-case, 4to, Nuremberg & Altdorf, Monath & Kussler, 1802.*** Rare. This is the first appearance in book format of the text of The Red Manifesto, a critically important Imperial edict issued in printed broadside format in Peking in 1716. The edition was compiled and partly written by the Nürnberg scholar Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, who had discovered the important commentary on the Manifesto by Ignaz Koegler. Von Murr includes Koegler's account of the activities of the Jesuits in China as well as general notes on the subject and a bibliography of Jesuit works published in China. In 1706, at the height of the Chinese Rites Controversy, the Kangxi Emperor appointed two Jesuit missionaries, Fathers Antonio de Barros and Antoine de Beauvollier, as his special envoys to Rome. Their mission ended tragically when their ship capsized within sight of the Portuguese coast. Not having any news from them, the Emperor appointed Fathers José Ramón Arxo and Giuseppe Provana, also Jesuit missionaries, as his representatives in Rome. Arxo and Provana left Macau in 1708. Arxo died in Spain in 1711 and Provana died in 1720 on the return voyage to China. Since no word of their deliberations came to the Emperor, he had this document, the Red Manifesto, or Hongpiao (紅票), written and all missionaries resident in Beijing sign it, and ordered it given to any Europeans who came to the capital. He states that he will not give credence to any documents regarding the Rites Controversy until his envoys return.Provenance: Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838, renowned Orientalist, title inscribed "au Citoyen de Sacy" and verso of title inscribed ?in Sacy's hand "acq. chez J. Schlesinger"; Delombardy (at head of text later ownership inscription dated 1848).Literature: Cordier,Sinica, 638; Löwendahl, 718.
Lot 152
Dickens' bookplate.- Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition in book form, with bookplate of Charles Dickens, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), extra-illustrated with 64 engraved plates, many by T. Onwhyn, lacking half-title, duplicate title bound in vol. 2, list of contents (4pp.) divided between the vol. with portions trimmed and laid down, usual browning to plate margins, a few small nicks or tears to fore-margin near end of vol. 1, 19th century calf, spines gilt and with red and green morocco labels, joints repaired slightly crudely, rubbing to extremities, vol. 1 with one raised band lacking to spine and lower cover detached, g.e., [Eckel pp.64-66; Smith I, 5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839. *** Provenance: Albert B. Ashforth Jr. (bookplate to front free endpapers), sold as part of his library, Anderson Galleries, New York, 1930, with Dickens' bookplate present; Mary and Norman Hickman (bookplate to front free endpapers); Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate to rear pastedowns).
![Islamic Incunabula.- Kitab-I Ligat-I Vankuli [The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic], translated by Mehmed ibn-i Musta](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/d69c4313-ebcb-4379-a65f-b16a01168404/468x382.jpg)
Lot 262
Islamic Incunabula.- Kitab-I Ligat-I Vankuli [The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic], translated by Mehmed ibn-i Mustafa el-Vani [or Vankuli], vol. 2 only (of 2), first edition, 756+10, single column text within woodcut border, occasional worming affecting odd word with expert repairs, odd tear into text with expert repairs, many margins strengthened or with tissue repairs, modern crushed morocco with flap, gilt, folio, [Constantinople], Ibrahim Müteferrika, 1141 H [1729]. *** A Turkish translation of the most important dictionary of Arabic, the Al-Sihah of Gauharia, with the Persian routes printed in the margins. Printing was only introduced into the Ottoman Empire in the late sixteenth century, with works in Hebrew, Armenian and Latin being permitted for use only by their respective minorities or millets. The first press for which Turkish or Arabic printing was permitted was set up by Ibrahim Muteferrika (c.1672-1746). There was considerable opposition to the plan from the scribes, but approval was reached by compromise, with the Sheh-al-Islam agreeing to allow the printing of books in all but the traditional religious subjects.
Lot 370
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author "To Charlie" on title with hologram, ticket to Moonlight Signing and numbered queue slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, a mint copy, 8vo, 2007.*** Also included is a small amount of ephemera connected with the Midnight Signing event, including the paper bag, 3 balloons, a pencil, a strip of stickers, an activity sheet and a poster.
![Minko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first edition, numerous fine han](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/91bc25a7-00c1-471f-b33f-b16a0115c2d0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 234
Minko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first edition, numerous fine hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, some portions of loss at fore-edge folds, generally very small but a couple times just within image, worming, skillfully repaired but sometimes within text or image, a few short tears repaired, some pigments lightly offset, occasional light soiling, bound and stitched Japanese-style in original blue wrappers, original block-printed labels to upper covers, some wear and restoration, stitching renewed, housed in a modern silk wrap-around case with clasps, large 8vo (282 x 180mm.), Tokyo, 1770 or 1771. *** The rare and beautiful first edition of Minko's depiction of contemporary Edo period craftsmen at work. The 28 featured crafts include hatter, mirror polisher, swordsmith, papermaker, engraver, maker of bamboo blinds, fanmaker, koto (Japanese harp) maker, maker of straw mats (tatami), woodworker, and others, each accompanied by a poetic description. Active in the second half of the 18th century, Minko first made woodblock prints in the manner of Sukenobu (1671-1750). After moving to Edo (now Tokyo) he became influenced by the 'beautiful women' (bijin-ga) style of Harunobu (1725-1770), with considerable commercial success.
Lot 340
Futurism.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) Zang Tumb Tumb. Adrianople October 1912, first edition, first issue with "18° migliaio", signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, photographic portrait frontispiece by Emilio Sommariva, folding plate, original printed wrappers, spine a little creased and darkened, light surface soiling, a little rubbed, uncut, partly unopened, slip-case, 8vo, Milan, 1914.*** A presentation copy of this landmark futurist poem. The inscription is characteristic of Marinetti, showing his name crashing through the word "Passatismo" [Traditionalism].
Lot 158
Gaskell (Elizabeth C.) Wives and Daughters. An Every-Day Story, 2 vol., first edition, 18 wood-engraved plates by George Du Maurier, vol. 1 with some repair and restoration to lower corners, vol. 2 upper hinge cracked and with some light tape-staining to endpapers, original maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, slight shelf-lean, spines faded, vol. 1 spine repaired at foot, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, rubbed, a very good example, [Sadleir 936; Wolff 2428], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1866.*** Rare in the original cloth. Wives and Daughters was unfinished at the time of Gaskell's sudden death in 1865, the final section was written by Frederick Greenwood.
Lot 252
Native American language.- Nantes (Bernardo de) Katecismo Indico da lingua Kariris, first edition, with blank leaf Z7 but lacking final blank Z8, trimmed close at head, just touching a couple headlines, a3&4 with small stain, some very light browning and occasional spotting, small worm trace within final text f. and blank Z7 (no loss), lacking rear free endpapers, hinges cracked but holding, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, toned, some light soiling, housed in cloth slip-case, [Sabin 5174 "very rare"], small 8vo, Lisbon, V. da Costa, 1709. *** A valuable witness to the now-extinct Karirí-Dzubucuá language of Brazil. Today, the roughly 4,000 ethnic Karirís are largely monolingual Portuguese speakers. The Catechism is printed with text in Portuguese and Karirí in parallel columns. Also included are two poems or “Spiritual Canticles" with text in Karirí and Portugese, as well as a longer explanation of the Catechism in Karirí.Provenance: Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duque de Palmela (1781-1850), first Prime Minister of Portugal (ink-stamp to title); Coll. Ang[?] (indistinct ownership inscription to title); C. R. Boxer (b. 1904), noted historian of Portuguese colonial history (ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper).
![Zuccagni-Orlandini (Attillio) Atlante Geografico degli stati Italiani...[&] Atlante illustrativo, together 5 vol., first with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/579c87ba-29ca-4cdc-989d-b16a011670e6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 259
Zuccagni-Orlandini (Attillio) Atlante Geografico degli stati Italiani...[&] Atlante illustrativo, together 5 vol., first with 125 engraved maps only (of 144), with partial hand-colouring, some double-page, second complete with 269 engraved plates, occasional light spotting but generally very clean, contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbed, folio, Florence, 1844.
![Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to give aide t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/6c571718-4857-45d9-8ff1-b16a01132076/468x382.jpg)
Lot 111
Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to give aide to the defence of the people afflicted and oppressed in the lowe countries, second edition in English, initial f. blank except for signature-mark, title with first letter within woodcut cartouche and woodcut ornament recto and with large woodcut royal arms verso, large woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, date inked in at end of imprint in a later hand, initial blank with neatly repaired tear, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, red crushed morocco, by Riviere & Son, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, [STC 9189.5], small 4to, Christopher Barker, [1585]. *** The Robert S. Pirie copy of the second edition of this official declaration of support for the Dutch protestants rebelling against Spanish rule. It marked the beginning of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). It was published in the same year as the first edition, along with Latin, French, Dutch, Italian, and German versions. Provenance: Roberts S. Pirie (engraved bookplate to front pastedown); contemporary ink inscription to verso of final blank.
![[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph Letter in the author's hand](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e2830e18-1c28-4df1-b257-b16a00f522c2/6bfd83d1-d3f4-4ac6-ac2a-b16a0113fcaf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 155
[Gaskell (Elizabeth C.)] Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, 2 vol., first edition, Autograph Letter in the author's hand tipped in at front, small excisions with paper repairs below imprint dates to both titles, occasional light marking or soiling, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, tape-stains towards foot of spines, [Wolff 2419], 8vo Chapman and Hall, 1848.*** Gaskell's first novel, scarce.The letter is addressed to Caroline Davenport: "One of the public admitted to view the gardens at Capesthorne on Shrove Tuesday, 1846, begs to be allowed to present this work... as a token of gratitude for pleasure received..." Caroline Davenport would become Lady Hatherton in 1852 on marrying Edwards Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton. Gaskell and Davenport would become friends and correspondents with a shared interest in social reform.
Lot 336
Finney (Jack) The Body Snatchers, first English edition, light browning to text, original boards, dust-jacket, very slight fading to spine, minor creasing to head and foot, small patch of browning to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, original wraparound band (a little spotted, short nicks to foot of joints, lightly toned at spine), 8vo, 1955.*** Finney's classic science fiction horror, first published as a pulp paperback in the US. Scarce with the wraparound band.
Lot 48
Binding.- Royal Arms.- Office de la Semaine Sainte, engraved additional title laid-down to sheet, ink note in later hand to recto, lacking front endpaper, a little spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, with central French royal arms to covers, fleur-de-lys within compartments to spine, borders, edges and dentelles likewise gilt, spine foot a little chipped, otherwise some light scuffing, Paris, Gregoire Dupuis, 1724 § Martin (L. Aimé) Mémoire sur la vie les Ouvrages de J. H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, some foxing, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt and stamped in blind, with central French royal arms to covers, pale blue silk doublures and endpapers, some glue staining at gutter, g.e., Paris, chez Ladvocat, 1826, 8vo (bindings: 198x134mm; 214x135mm.) (2) *** The ink note (first mentioned) suggests the book was in the possession of Élisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI, during her imprisonment in the Temple with the royal family in the 1790s prior to execution, postulating that it may also have been used by Marie Antoinette and her daughter, the Madame Royale. Another note (loosely inserted) further suggests that it was used by Louis XVI himself on the way to the scaffold; both corners of p.341 are turned down, marking Psalm 58, 'Mon Deiu, délivrez-moi de mes ennemis...".
Lot 313
Gooden (Stephen).- Aesop. Fables, translated by Sir Roger l'Estrange, Kt., number 122 of 525 copies on hand-made paper signed by the artist, 1936 § La Fontaine (Jean de) The Fables, translated by Edward Marsh, 2 vol., number 109 of 500 copies signed by the artist and translator, 1931, both with copper-engraved pictorial titles and plates by Stephen Gooden, the first also with pictorial initials, occasional offsetting (as usual), original vellum, the first pictorial gilt, uncut, large 8vo (3)
Lot 376
Waugh (Evelyn) Decline and Fall, first edition, first printing with ""Martin Gaythorne-Brodie"" and ""Kevin Saunderson"" unchanged on pp.168-9, frontispiece, very faint and occasional foxing marks, original cloth, near-fine, dust-jacket, usual fading to spine and extremities, a few nicks to edges, light surface marking to title label on upper panel but still overall a sharp and unrestored example, 8vo, 1928. *** An excellent example of Waugh's first novel, scarce in the dust-jacket.
Lot 332
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, signed Book Society bookplate by the author, laid down on pastedown, the odd spot, page margins lightly toned, original cloth, a little dulled, light bumping at extremities, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends and upper panel corner, short tear along joints and to upper panel upper edge, light toning to spine and along joints, 8vo, 1938.
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