SHAW (GEORGE BERNARD)Autograph letter signed ('ever G.B.S.') to Maggie Ponsonby ('My dear Maggie'), discussing at length the marriage of Harley Granville-Barker and Helen Huntington, sympathising that she has been 'dropped' by them ('...They dropped me long before they dropped you... they do not want to be bothered with people, having dropped into a way of life together that satisfies all their social needs...'), ending by refusing a request owing to an 'avalanche' of work and celebrations for his seventieth birthday ('...NO: a million times no. If I weakened in my obduracy before these appeals, I might as well jump into the lake opposite at once. If after refusing all the great ladies and reigning beauties in the land, I were to fall to you, what would become of your character?...'), 3 pages, on hotel notepaper, creased at folds, some marks, remains of old tape, 8vo (192 x 142mm.), Régina Palace Hotel, Stresa, 7 August 1926Footnotes:'THEY DROPPED ME LONG BEFORE THEY DROPPED YOU': Harley Granville-Barker, actor, director, playwright, manager and critic, enjoyed success early in his career in the plays of George Bernard Shaw. So much so that the characters of Dubedat in The Doctor's Dilemma and Cusins in Major Barbara were written by Shaw with him in mind. He became a hugely successful director and theatre manager and wrote Prefaces to Shakespeare the first major study to discuss the practical staging of Shakespeare's plays. After the first war he married his second wife, the American Helen Huntingdon, who disliked the theatre world and Shaw in particular ('...Helen belongs to the nineteenth century, like Henry James... and Harley is twentieth century or nothing...'). She was widely blamed, rightly or wrongly, by their circle for his subsequent abandonment of his career and the marriage was the cause of much gossip and speculation as seen here.Magdalene ('Maggie') Ponsonby (1864-1934) was the actress daughter of Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825-1895), Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and sister of 'Fritz' Ponsonby (see lot 88).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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JAMES IIDocument confirming John Hough as prebend to the cathedral church of Worcester, in Latin, elaborate foliate design on initial letter, contemporary docket 'A Donation of a prebend to the Cathedral Church of Worcester to John Hough, Mtre of Arts', signed 'Eddowes'; with complete Great Seal in brown wax affixed by a vellum tag (diameter 150mm.), on one skin of vellum, some dust staining particularly on verso, oblong folio (265 x 360mm.) Westminster, 4 March 1687/8Footnotes:Bearing a good impression of James II's Great Seal (which was supposedly thrown into the Thames on his flight in 1688), this document dates from the most controversial period of the life of John Hough (1651-1743), who was given the prebendary of Worcester in 1686 and became Bishop in 1717. He is most remembered for the political storm surrounding his election to the presidency of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1686, against the wishes of James II who wished to appoint a catholic to the post. After the furore 'Hough remained in London... during the winter of 1687–8 but, having the reputation of being 'a centre of correspondence' with 'disaffected' notables thought it more discreet to retire to Worcester, where he remained undisturbed in his prebend and where he preached in June 1688'. (Julian Lock, ODNB). He also held the Bishoprics of Oxford, Litchfield and Coventry and was generous benefactor in ensuring the upkeep of church buildings. Hough was buried in the cathedral in Worcester where he is commemorated by a fine monument by Roubiliac, his first major commission in England. The document also makes mention of Barnabus Oley, MA, who was made prebendary of the cathedral in 1660.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SOUTH SEA BUBBLEHet Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, FIRST EDITION, title page in red and black (in second state), 76 engraved plates (most folding), printed on various paper stocks, comprising Muller nos. 1-45 (one of the 4 parts of Muller 26 missing and replaced with a non-listed alternative), 47-70, 72-73, plus Muller supplementary numbers 2-4 and 7, with additional state of Muller 65, 8-page manuscript satirical poem in Dutch on rear fly-leaves, text lightly browned, a handful of small wormholes or trails at extremities just touching one letter of one plate, contemporary half vellum, rubbed, inner hinges cracked [Goldsmiths 5879; Kress 3211], folio (385 x 245mm.), [Netherlands], 1720Footnotes:First edition of The Great Mirror of Folly. 'Of the volume's significance in economic literature there can be no doubt.... In neither [England nor France] did there appear such a stout and extravagant piece as this Dutch volume. Constituted of folio size, its bulk is made up largely of satirical plates.... No two specimens, even of approximately the same actual issue date, are exactly the same' (Cole, The Great Mirror of Folly... an Economic-Bibliographical Study, 1949). Prints include portrait of John and Mrs Law, broadsides featuring images and poems, 'Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland' ('Mississippi, or the world-famous Goldland'), a fanciful map of Louisiana, and 3 sheets of playing cards.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
ROOSEVELT (THEODORE)Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains, covers stained (heavier on lower cover), Kegan Paul, 1886; Ranch Life and the Hunting-trail... Illustrated by Frederic Remington, stain to upper cover, 4toT. Fisher Unwin, [c.1888], first English editions--ENGLEHEART (GARDNER N.) Journal of the Progress of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales through British North America, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'Forwarded to Colonel Rollo, Military Secretary Canada, by order of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 26th May 1861' on the half-title, 8 tinted lithographed plates (one double-page), 2 maps (one folding), wood-engraved illustrations in the text, spotting, a few gatherings working loose, light staining to covers, Privately Printed, [1860]--LEFFINGWELL (WILLIAM BRUCE, editor) Shooting on Upland, Marsh, and Stream.... Written by Prominent Sportsmen, Descriptive of Hunting the Upland Birds of America, first English edition, Sampson, Low, 1890--SELOUS (FREDERICK COURTNEY) Sport and Travel East and West, Longmans, 1900--PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY (CLIVE) The Trottings of a Tenderfoot: A Visit to the Colombian Fiords, and Spitzbergen, light staining to covers, lower hinge cracked, 1884; A Sportsman's Eden, 1888, Richard Bentley, FIRST EDITIONS--BUXTON (EDWARD NORTH) Short Stalks: Or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, 2 vol. [first and second series], second edition of first volume, first edition of second volume, folding map in pocket inside upper cover of second volume, spines soiled, Edward Stanford, 1893-1898, publisher's cloth, most pictorial gilt, rubbing and soiling--MAYER (ALFRED M., editor) Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, 2 vol., title vignettes printed on india-proof paper, publisher's cloth-backed boards, worn, short tears to one spine, t.e.g., Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, unless otherwise mentioned 8vo; and 3 others, relating to the Americas (14)Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.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
AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES)The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., fourth octavo edition, 500 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards (a few missing), some spotting throughout (mostly to text), light dampstain in lower fore-corner of a few opening leaves to volumes 2, 3 and 7, pp.71/72 text leaf in volume 1 with blank upper corner torn away, original blind-stamped brown morocco, lettered 'Bird of America' on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spines, g.e., some rubbing and abrasions, the spine of volume 6 heavily stained, large 8vo (268 x 170mm.), New York, V.G. Audubon, 1860Footnotes:The relatively rare fourth octavo edition differs from the first octavo edition of 1840-1844: 'The plain backgrounds of the original 8vo are replaced by tinted ones; those which were tinted are altered in tone or some minor detail. Many of the elaborate scenic backgrounds of the original folio, which were modified or eliminated in the first 8vo, have been replaced and in some cases the size of the figures has been altered in consequence' (Ayer/Zimmer). The text was reset from the first octavo edition, reduced down to five volumes with the intention of accompanying the 1860 large folio edition being prepared by Julius Bien.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)Autograph letter signed ('Yours Alan') to Alfred William Beuttell ('Dear Mr Beuttell'), returning his notes on the Monte-Carlo system '...with a few notes on what I imagine is the explanation of its success...', going on to say '...I remember your telling me a few months ago that a method for calculating the illumination level on the working plane in a room was rather badly needed. Of course one could not expect to get a simple & accurate formula for anything so complicated...', followed by detailed explanations illustrated by an equation ('...It is illuminated by a uniform point source of candle power I placed at the centre... I am sure there is no need for me to say how one would apply it in practice... I just thought this one might be of use to you...'), sending '...Regards to everyone, and please don't feel there is any need to answer these ravings of mine...'; together with the above-mentioned four-page analysis of the Monte-Carlo system headed 'Gambling System', concluding '...The general effect is when that for short runs one most probably wins or else once loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of the run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote & is negligible for 100,000 spins...', 7 pages in all on King's College headed paper, light dust staining, creased at folds, rust stain from old paperclip, 8vo (178 x 134mm.), Cambridge, 2 February [19]33Footnotes:'PLEASE DON'T FEEL THERE IS ANY NEED TO ANSWER THESE RAVINGS OF MINE': ALAN TURING'S ANALYSIS OF THE MONTE-CARLO GAMBLING SYSTEM & WORK ON A NEW METHOD OF LIGHTING.Turing's analysis of the Monte-Carlo Gambling System is couched in the language of mathematics and equations but put simply, by working out the probability of winning at increasing increments of 150, 1,520, 4,560 and 30,400 spins he proved mathematically that the longer you play, the probability of losing money increases – '...for short runs one most probably wins or else one loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote...', he confirms.The recipient of our letter, Alfred William Beuttell (1880-1965) was the father of Turing's schoolfriend Victor Beuttell (see the following lot). After leaving Sherborne, the boys remained close and Turing spent much time with the Beuttell family. Alfred had made his fortune by inventing and patenting the Linolite electric strip reflector lamp (better known now as the striplight) in 1901, his first important contract being a system of continuous lighting for the Coronation of Edward VII, manufactured by the Edison and Swan Electric Company with whom he had a long association. Buoyed by his company's success pre-war he enjoyed the life of a wealthy bachelor – flying (he met Bleriot and watched the Wright brothers), motor racing and sailing. He spent several months at Monte Carlo operating with some success his own gambling system. Stories of having lived for a month on his winnings piqued the young Turing's interest whilst staying with the family over Christmas 1932 after the death of Victor's mother in November: '...He showed Alan his gambling system, which Alan took back to Cambridge and studied. On 2 February 1933 he wrote back with the result of his analysis, which was that the system yielded an expected gain of exactly zero, and that accordingly Mr Beuttell's winning had been entirely due to luck and not to skill...' (Hodges, A., Alan Turing: The Enigma, 2014, p.89). Our letter is hitherto unpublished, but his biographer Andrew Hodges mentions it with reference to a letter Turing wrote to his friend Norman Routledge in 1953 mentioning the odds of being arrested for homosexuality: '...Alan Turing used logarithms of betting odds as the key to the work he had done for the 'racket' of cryptography, and his sustained fascination with probability is illustrated by that reference [in Routledge's letter] to a one-in-ten chance of being caught. In his 1953 stoic humour there is a link with innocent Anti-War undergraduate days of twenty years earlier when he analysed Alfred Beuttell's Monte Carlo gambling system...' (Hodges, p.xxxi). Whilst his analysis here was a light-hearted exercise, Turing's work on probability had wider implications, and his research paper, The Applications of Probability to Cryptology, in which he applied vigorous probability analysis to a wide range of cryptoanalytic problems, was key to the decryption work undertaken at Bletchley Park.Turing also helped Beuttell in his pioneering work in the scientific measurement of illumination. In 1927 Beuttell had taken out patents on a new invention, the 'K-ray Lighting System', designed to allow uniform illumination of pictures of posters within a glass box and in Turing he found the perfect person to find the right formula for the curvature of the glass. Turing '...suddenly produced the formula, without being able to explain it, which agreed with Alfred Beuttell's calculation. But Alan went further, and pointed out the complication which arose through the thickness of the glass, which would cause a second reflection on the front surface. This made necessary a change in the curve of the K-ray System which was soon put into application for exterior hanging signs, the first contract being with J. Lyons and Co., Ltd, the catering chain... it always delighted Alan that a mathematical formula could actually work in the physical world. He had always liked practical demonstrations, even though he was not good at them...' (Hodges, p.73-4). By the early 1930's Beuttell's work as a specialist lighting consultant brought him large projects such as the illumination of the Freemason's new headquarters in London, which Turing also advised on. Our letter provides a formula for the illumination of the floor of a hemispheric room lit from its centre, a problem which they had previously discussed ('...I just thought this one might be of use to you...'). During the Second World War, the Linolite company became the main supplier of hose clips for the de-icing systems of bomber aircraft but reverted back their main activity in 1945. The company remained in Malmesbury until its closure in 1993.A photograph of Alfred Beuttell at the time this letter was written and a copy of his biography The Man Who Made Linolite is included in the lot.Provenance: Alfred Beuttell (1880-1965); Victor Beuttell (1915-1993); and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ELIOT (T.S.)Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935' on the front free endpaper, 2 sheets uncut at one margin, annotations in margin of 3 pages ('cut first time at Canterbury', and 'cut both times'), and the opening chorus to Part II ('Does the bird sing the South?...') added in manuscript on the blank verso of Parts title and verso of final leaf of text, publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered on spine, dust-jacket (spine uniformly toned, upper cover with short tear at top edge and v-shaped tear at foot), 8vo, Faber & Faber, [1935]Footnotes:Presentation copy of the first edition of Murder in the Cathedral inscribed by Eliot to a member of the Chorus for the first production of the play, performed at Canterbury Cathedral from 15-22 June, 1935. The production used a combination of professional actors for the major roles and local talent for the supporting. Marked in this copy are three passages omitted from this opening performance and/or that of the first London production at the Mercury Theatre to where it transferred in 1935. Also transcribed in full is the opening chorus ('Does the bird sing the South!...') omitted from this first edition of the text.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
DE WIT (FREDERICK)Atlas, engraved title-page depicting Atlas on top of the World and 103 double-page engraved maps COLOURED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, most with decorative cartouches, ships and monsters in sea areas, letterpress index on verso of title listing 100 maps, light browning and foxing to some maps, a few old stains and creases, several maps slit at foot of central fold, a few tears and repairs, mostly short and in lower margins, original vellum with blindstamped central globe device surrounded by arabesque tooling, stained and worn at extremities [cf. Koeman Wit 9], folio (540 x 335mm.), Amsterdam, Frederick de Wit, [c.1688]Footnotes:A VERY GOOD COPY OF DE WIT'S ATLAS WITH BRIGHT CONTEMPORARY COLOURING.The fine and attractive double hemisphere world map, Nova orbis tabula, in Lucem edita, was first published in 1670 as a companion to De Wit's maritime map of 1668. Described by Shirley as 'one of the most attractive of its time', the map contains finely engraved and coloured allegorical vignettes depicting the four seasons, the elements and signs of the zodiac. Ours map corresponds to Shirley 451, state 2, with cherubs placed in the cusps and a border added.The map of the Americas, Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio, dating to around 1675 and replacing De Wit's earlier one of 1660, is notable for its inclusion of the five Great Lakes, which appear for the first time on a Dutch map. Burden has identified 9 states of the map, ours being placed somewhere between the second and fourth, with longitudinal numbers to the 10s, the Canaries re-engraved, no ships, and without the later additions in the Pacific.The number of maps and compilation of the atlas corresponds to Koeman Wit 9, but with the addition of a map of Prussia. In addition to the World map, there are: 4 maps of the Continents, 5 of Asia (2 Middle East and Arabia, Southeast Asia, China, Palestine) and 91 European area maps including Germany (20), Italy (10, Sicily with inset town views), Low Countries (18), Spain/Portugal (7), Greece, the Pelopennese (fine folding map with inset town views), Crete, Malta, Cyprus etc.Provenance: Franz Maximilian Hartmann von Klarstein (1662-1725), ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper and at head of engraved title.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
MARKHAM (FREDERICK)Shooting in the Himalayas. A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c., wood-engraved additional title, 8 tinted lithographed plates (one with short tear), one folding engraved map (short tear), contents shaken, hinges cracked, spine sunned [Abbey Travel 503], Richard Bentley, 1854--DARRAH (HENRY ZOUCH) Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir Being a Narrative of an Eight Month's Trip in Baltistan and Ladak, numerous photographic illustrations, 2 folding maps in pocket at end as issued, spine faded, Rowland Ward, 1898--STONE (S.J.) In and Beyond the Himalayas. A Record of Sport and Travel in the Abode of Snow, 16 plates after Charles Whymper, dampstain to upper fore-edge of frontispiece, a couple of small stains on upper cover, E. Arnold, 1896--MACINTYRE (DONALD) Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas, 8 plates, illustrations in the text, short tear at head of spine, William Blackwood, 1889--KENNION (R.L.) Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya, photographic plates by the author, covers stained, William Blackwood, 1910--TAYLOR (NEVILLE) Ibex Shooting on the Himalayas, 8 plates, abrasions to upper cover, Sampson Low, 1903--[FORSTER (JACK BURTON)] The Sportsman's Vade-mecum for the Himalayas... by K.C.A.J., photographic frontispiece, illustrations, Horace Cox, 1891--KINLOCH (ALEXANDER A.) Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas, and Northern India, photographic plates, large folding map (frayed at edges), 4to, Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co., 1885, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, the first, third to fifth and last mentioned pictorial gilt, some rubbing, all but last mentioned 8vo (8)Footnotes:Provenance: A.J. Anstruther, bookplate.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
ROBINSON (JOHN CHARLES)The Dead Sailor and Other Stories, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'with the author's kind regards' on the half-title, the name of the original recipient erased and replaced in biro with 'Reg. R.S. ?Hustace', publisher's blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, light ink stain on upper cover, 8vo, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1889Footnotes:Inscribed copy of a rare volume of ghost stories by Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), great art collector, scholar and museum curator, whose notable achievements included the purchase in 1860 of Piero Della Francesca's 'Baptism' (now in the National Gallery) and writing of the first catalogue of the Michelangelo and Raphael drawings held at Oxford. This is his only work of fiction, originally 'invented and told offhand for the amusement of the writer's children and friends... [so] this publication will, at all events, recall to many friends pleasant memories of former days' (Preface). Another inscribed copy is held by the Royal Collection Trust.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
MARINONI (GIOVANNI GIACOMO)De astronomica specula domestica et organico apparatu astronomico libri duo, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece by J.J. Sedelmayr after A.D. Bertoli, title printed in red and black with a vignette map of Vienna engraved by J.C. Winkler, 43 engraved folding plates, engraved illustrations (7 full-page), one engraved initial by Winkler, woodcut initials and head-pieces, with final errata and instructions to the binder in Latin and German leaf, some mold stains in blank upper margins, with the first few leaves restored, modern calf preserving some sections of original backstrip, red edges [Kenney, Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library, 115; Poggendorff II, 53; Riccardi II, 119, 'Bellissima ediz.'], Folio (346 x 245mm.), Vienna, Leopoldus Joannes Kaliwoda, 1745Footnotes:First edition of 'one of the most exquisitely illustrated astronomical works ever printed' (Kenney), describing and illustrating the astronomical instruments in the private Viennese observatory of G.J. Marinoni, mathematician and astronomer to the Imperial Court of Austria and geodetic surveyor. The observatory was one of the most beautiful and best equipped in Europe, and the instruments illustrated here include quadrants, telescopes, micrometers, an improved Graham pendulum, and a camera obscura.This copy is complete with the errata/instructions to the binder leaf at the end (Riccardi mistakenly calls for 2 leaves rather than pages, leading to some copies being described as lacking the second errata leaf).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
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the dedication page, publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust-jacket, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2000; together with 3 photographs of J.K. Rowling at the book signing eventFootnotes:J.K. Rowling signed this copy at Ottaker's bookshop in The Glades Shopping Centre, Bromley on 18 July 2000, ten days after the book's official launch at King's Cross Station. The book is sold with the press release relating to the signing event issued by The Glades, and three photographs of Rowling at the event. This copy was signed for the manager of The Glades.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
PLUTARCHVitae... novissime post Jodocum Badius Ascensium longe diligentissime responsae... cum figuris, title printed in red and black with large device, 78 woodcut illustrations, extensive early ink annotations throughout (marginal notes, underling and paragraph marks, pointing hands, full-page index of names on blank verso final leaf of printed text), without final blank, title strengthened with old paper at upper margin, worming in upper gutter margin of approximately 30 leaves, a small single worm hole touching a few letters (mostly side-notes) of fol. 26-41 and fol.354-360, fol.348 to end with some dampstains and 2 leaves heavily browned, final leaf (fol. 360) repaired with old paper at fore-margin resulting in small loss of side-notes, publisher's device at end, later stiff boards, rebacked in vellum, soiled, folio (310 x 215mm.), [Venice, Melchiorre Sessa & Pietro dei Ravani, 26 November 1516]Footnotes:The most illustrated early Italian edition of Plutarch's 'Lives'. The woodcuts depict episodes from Greek and Roman history, and mythological scenes, and appear for the first time in this edition.Provenance: 'Canoniens Laurentius Troja[-], 1819', inscription on title, with earlier inscription obscured in upper margin.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 IDAMAN (GEOFFREY WINDEATT, 'Killed in Action in France on May 24th 1915') A Few Verses, frontispiece portrait, ownership inscription 'R.S.L., February 1916, Hampstead', publisher's cloth, extremities age soiled, [Privately Printed by The Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915--MACROSTY (HENRY HUGH, Royal Field Artillery, died 19 December 1919) Henry Hugh Macrosty 1894-1919 'Carry On!', introduction by H.W. Macrosty, publisher's wrappers, Printed for Private Circulation [by the Rydal Press, Keighly], [?1916]--JOHNSTON (HARRISON) Extracts from an Officer's Diary 1914-18. Being the Story of the 15th & 16th Service Battalions The Cheshire Regiment, author's printed presentation slip loosely inserted, publisher's cloth-backed boards, Manchester, Geo. Falkner, 1919--LAYARD (PETER CLEMENT, 1896-1918) Extracts from His Letters. With a Character Sketch by his Father George Somes Layard, EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Colonel Churchman with Kindest Regards from G.S. Layard, Aug. 1919' on the front free endpaper, with a 2-page autograph letter signed by by Layard to Churchman which accompanied this volume, now tipped-in, publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed labels on upper cover and spine, Printed for Private Circulation [by] John Murray, 1919--PREECE (RAYMOND, 6th Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1898-1918) Letters, Poems and Extracts from Diary... Edited by Eric James, frontispiece portrait, inscription 'H.C. Preece' on second page, ownership inscription of R. Rimmer, Leeds, Sept. 1921 inside upper cover, publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed label on spine, B.H. Blackwell, 1920--COMPTON (HENRY RICHARD) Henry Richard Compton. Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards. A Few Notes Relating to His Short Life and His Death Collected by a Friend to Whom He Was Devoted, photogravure portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth gilt, t.e.g., a few light spots on upper cover, Printed for Private Circulation by Hatchards, 1925, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (6)Footnotes:Rare works privately printed, or for private circulation in limited numbers commemorating the lives of soldiers killed in the World War I through their poetry, diary extracts, etc.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
GIBBON (EDMUND)The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, FIRST EDITION of volumes 1, 4, 5 & 6, early ('new') edition of volumes 2 & 3 (dated 1787), volume 1 second printing (or Norton's second state), with Preface dated 1 February 1776 and errata corrected, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), the 4 first edition volumes with half-titles and errata (errata for volumes 4-6 on verso of final leaf of General Index in volume 6), volumes 2 and 3 without half-titles and errata (not called for?), Dd3 in volume 1 with small stain causing loss of one word on facing page, and signature Ll defective (Ll1 loose and with blank corner creased/torn, lacking Ll2-3, L4 loose), volume 4 with title-page torn across (no loss), untrimmed and unpressed in original blue-grey paper boards, volumes 4-6 only with their original paper backstrips (these chipped, slight staining and a few tears/cracks, corners knocked, volume 1 with upper cover near detached and some gatherings working loose), preserved in green morocco-backed solander boxes, gilt lettered spines with raised bands [ESTC T78356 (volume 1), N36543 (volumes 2-3), T78365 (volumes 4-6); Grolier English 58; Printing and the Mind of Man 222; Rothschild 942], 4to (300 x 230mm.), W. Strahan and T. Cadell,, 1776-1787-1788Footnotes:GIBBON'S MASTERPIECE OF ENGLISH LETERATURE - EXTREMELY RARE SET, UNTRIMMED, UNPRESSED AND UNREPAIRED IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. The vast majority of copies were rebound in leather, either soon after or more commonly in the nineteenth century, so to find such a set, with full margins and free of any sophistication, is almost without precedent - the survival of three of the fragile paper backstrips is particularly remarkable. The only two entries for sets in original boards listed on ABPC since 1995 are in fact for the same rebacked set, with volume 1 variously described as second state (Christies, 2001, sold for $65,000) and first state (Sotheby's, 2004, £40,000).The printing history of Decline and Fall led to various combinations of editions and printings being assembled as sets. 500 copies of volume one were initially printed, and a further 500 were ordered before the day of publication, 17 February 1776. The two printings were issued simultaneously and sold out in two weeks. The present set is very unusual in so far as volume one is a first edition, whereas it is much more common, for obvious reasons, to find second editions of the first volume in combination with first editions of the others. Volumes 2 and 3 in the present set were reissued without the other volumes in 1787, and have their own separate entry on ESTC. The portrait frontispiece found in many sets is therefore not called for here as it was issued with the first edition of volume two, along with the 12 pages of contents.Provenance: Countess of Hopetoun (Elizabeth Hope-Johnstone, née Carnegie), late eighteenth century bookplates; private UK collection.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
DEMIDOFF (ELIM, PRINCE SAN DONATO)Hunting Trips in the Caucasus, 1898; After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia, 1900, FIRST EDITIONS, half-titles, frontispieces and illustrations, colour-printed folding map in pocket at end, publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in gilt, zebra-pattern endpapers, spine of first title dulled, some rubbing, large 8vo, Rowland Ward (2)Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.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
![ELIZABETH I – COUNTY OF ESSEXSecond Great Seal of Elizabeth I on a licence of alienation from Thomas Herris [Harris] and his](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac67bc36-2f32-4faf-b1ca-ad860115cc32/23dffed1-017e-4419-82aa-ad86011f3b7b/468x382.jpg)
ELIZABETH I – COUNTY OF ESSEXSecond Great Seal of Elizabeth I on a licence of alienation from Thomas Herris [Harris] and his wife Cordelia to William and George Pearse of New Marsh in the Isle of Foulness in the county of Essex, flourished initial letter, contemporary and later dockets, with a good intact impression of the second Great Seal attached by a vellum tag (diameter 145mm.), on one skin of vellum, dust staining, ink stains and creasing at folds, oblong 4to (c.365 x 140mm.), Westminster, 1 April 1600Footnotes:The licence of alienation refers to lands around the Essex island of Foulness and mentions the parishes of Sutton Temple and Stambridge and in particular land at New Marsh. This area of Essex once formed part of the Rochford Estate, formerly in the hands of the Boleyn family and latterly the earls of Warwick who relinquished them in 1673. Sir Thomas Harris (1562-1621) served as a Justice of the Peace and was returned as a Member of Parliament for Maldon in 1587. His wife Cordelia (1572-1632), mentioned here, was the daughter of John Gill of Huntingford. The land at Foulness came to him by descent from his father Vincent (d.1574) and his grandfather William Harris (1502-1556), who first leased and then purchased it from Sir Richard Rich who in turn had acquired it from Henry VIII: '...in the 29th year of Henry VIII that prince sold to Sir Richard Rich, marsh land in Foulness, called New Marsh, that was formerly part of the possessions of the Priory of Leighes, near Felstead. This New Marsh and other lands were leased from Thomas Ellys, the Prior of Leighs... to W. Harris of Maldon, and in 1548, in the 2nd year of Edward VI, Sir Richard Rich sold New Marsh and other lands in Foulness to the said William Harris...' (Benton, P., History of the Rochford Hundred, 1867). On his death William was one of the richest men in the county, and his vast estate included ten manors and four marshes at Rochford and on Foulness Island.The celebrated Second Great Seal of Elizabeth was commissioned from the miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard in 1584 and executed by the engraver Derrick Anthony, coming into use in 1586. It was larger than her first and is loaded with the symbolism and iconography. Surrounded by symbols of England, Ireland and France, she holds the orb and sceptre of royal power: 'Heavenly rays above her head are a sign of her divine status. On the reverse side, Elizabeth is shown on horseback riding across a field of flowering plants. This symbolises hope and prosperity, as well as the queen's femininity' (nationalarchives.gov.uk).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE)Game Birds and Shooting-sketches; Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties Which Occur Amongst Them, half-title, frontispiece, chromolithographed plates after the author, some dampstaining to margins, contemporary red half morocco gilt, g.e., sides dampstained with cloth lifting, 1892; British Deer and Their Horns, photogravure plates, illustrations, some leaves working loose, publisher's pictorial cloth, soiled with damp spots on upper cover, 1897, folio, Henry Sotheran; The Wildfowler in Scotland, photogravure frontispiece, plates, publisher's parchment over boards, dust-jacket (short tears and losses), 4to, Longmans, 1901, FIRST EDITIONS (3)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
HUXLEY (THOMAS HENRY)Three autograph letters signed ('TH Huxley') to Peter Bayne ('Dear Sir' or 'My dear Sir'), the first responding to Bayne's article on 'Lord Selbourne's impertinences', going on to say '...Lord Selbourne may be great as a lawyer – but I speak from personal observation when I say that he is in other matters a man not only of little information but of small capacity and your criticisms of him are perfectly justified... I accept what people call 'materialism' as the only working hypothesis which is of any practical use. As a Physiologist I cannot see any alternative course...', and referring him to his '...forthcoming little book...' on Hume in 'English Men of Letters', 4 pages, dust stained and creased particularly outer portion where folded, 8vo, Science Schools, South Kensington, 7 December 1878; the second talking of Hume, Luther and mentioning Darwin ('...my crisis began when I was a boy... and has not ended yet...and I see no way out of this fate but that of debauching oneself with work, which people admire as devotion to the interests of their humanity etc... I suspect that Darwin if he could have been got to talk on this matter would have told you a like story... but I speak only for myself and have already been [?] into unwanted egotism...'), 6 pages, dust staining and spotting, some wear at folds of single leaf and discolouration, remains of guard, 8vo (184 x 110mm.), Abbey Road, N.W., 30 December [date indistinct]; the third referring to his 'Critiques & Addresses' of 1870 in which he '...took particular pains to advise England not to pitch the bible aside... in setting up a bridge lies the only way of access to the higher life...', 4 pages, light dust staining and spotting, 8vo, Eastbourne, 24 July 1892Footnotes:'DARWIN IF HE COULD HAVE BEEN GOT TO TALK ON THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU A LIKE STORY': 'Darwin's Bulldog' on materialism, the church and philosophy.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GOSSE (EDMUND)Manuscript of his 'Introduction' to 'Further Memories... by Lord Redesdale', 22 leaves (written on recto only), blue ink on lined paper, numerous corrections in same hand, bound with the 16-page printed version of the same, 2 autograph letters signed by Lord Redesdale ('Redesdale') to Drinkwater thanking him for sending a copy of his 'delightful book' and another saying he 'shall read it with interest and pleasure' (together 3 pages, 1 May, and 3 June 1915), contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, 4to (220 x 180mm.), [August 1917]Footnotes:'JOHN DRINKWATER, IN MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND & MINE; EDMUND GOSSE, XMAS 1917' - A 22-page manuscript essay on Algernon B.F. Mitford, first Baron Redesdale by Gosse, 'one of the most prolific and powerful writers of his time' (ODNB). Headed 'Introduction' with 'from Edmund Gosse C.B., 17 Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, NW' the manuscript has many corrections and revisions. It was published as the introduction to Lord Redesdale's Further Memories (1917), released the year after Redesdale's death. Gosse, author of Fathers and Sons (1907), later contributed the article on Redesdale for the ODNB. Perhaps best remembered today as the grandfather of the 'Mitford Girls', Redesdale was in his lifetime a diplomat and successful author, notably for his classic Tales of Old Japan (1871), but 'far from being the pillar of the establishment Bloomsbury abhorred, [he] had in fact been involved in the Wise forgeries and had been a secret homosexual' (ODNB). A copy of his Life of Swinburne (1912) inscribed to Drinkwater is held at Princeton University.Provenance: John Drinkwater (1882-1937), given to him by Edmund Gosse, with the latter's inscription 'John Drinkwater in memory of his friend & mine; Edmund Gosse, Xmas 1917'; Drinkwater's bookplate and pencil note; his daughter Penelope Ann and thence by descent.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
PEASE (ALFRED E.)Travel & Sport in Africa, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, numerous coloured and photogravure plates, photographic illustrations in text, 4 folding maps, publisher's buckram-backed cloth, t.e.g., some fading and light mildew to sides, small ink mark on one spine [Czech, p.126], large 4to (320 x 255mm.), Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902Footnotes:Lavishly presented record with numerous photographic illustrations describing Alfred Pease's extensive big game hunting trips through Africa, to Somaliland, the Sahara, Abyssinia, Algeria and elsewhere in the 1890s. Pease was later entertained by the future American President Theodore Roosevelt in Africa, taking him on his first lion hunt.Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.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
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, with 'sagging text' on p.49 of 'The Return', each with a folding map printed in red and black, publisher's red cloth, dust-jackets (unclipped, light age soiling to spines, slight wear at spine extremities and corners of folds), 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1955This 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
ELIZABETH I - PRIVY COUNCIL & WALSINGHAMDocument signed by eight members of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council, Sir Nicholas Bacon (Lord Chancellor), Sir Francis Walsingham (First Secretary of State), Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln (Lord High Admiral), Thomas Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex (Lord President of the North), Sir Francis Knollys (Treasurer of the Royal Household), Sir James Croft (Controller of the Royal household), Sir Christopher Hatton (Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household), Dr Thomas Wylson (Second Secretary of State), to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, authorising payment to Robert Constable, Marshall of Berwick, the sum of one hundred marks '...for sending of divers packettes of letters both from Barwicke to her Majesty's Agentes for the time being in Scotlande, and also for them hither unto us...', one page, dust staining, foxing and other marks, old repair to verso reusing paper from another document, remains of guard, folio (310 x 210mm.), Richmond, 9 November 1578Footnotes:'THE SENDING OF DIVERS PACKETTES OF LETTERS': WALSINGHAM APPROVES PAYMENT FOR HIS AGENTS IN SCOTLAND.The strategic position of the town of Berwick was critical to the success of the English presence in the Border regions. Here the Privy Council orders payment for carrying 'divers packettes of letters' to and from the Queen's agents in Scotland, Walsingham's 'intelligencers' and part of a spy network that stretched across Europe.Walsingham's friend Robert Constable replaced Sir William Drury (see lot 55) as Marshall of Berwick in 1575, and at once experienced problems with receiving payments from London both for himself and the garrison. A year later he requested to be relieved of his office but stayed after the Queen resolved to send a new treasurer to the town. Suffering from ill health and injuries sustained in a riding accident, he again sought to resign his post because of the expense involved and was finally released in 1578. Indeed, Lord Burghley commented that Constable had been 'beggared' as a result of his time spent at Berwick (historyofparliament website).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, reverse of title-page with the number sequence 10 down to 2, light yellow toning as often, publisher's pictorial boards, bookseller's printed discount price label pasted on upper cover, otherwise a FINE COPY, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:Rare second printing of the first hardback edition, following the first issue of only approximately 500 copies.Provenance: 'Books Books Books. Publisher's Price £10.00. Here £3.50', discount sticker on upper cover. Purchased by the current owner at the time of publication, but not read as they already had a copy of the paperback.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
POLLOCK (A.J.O.)Sporting Days in Southern India: Being Reminiscences of Twenty Trips in Pursuit of Big Game, Chiefly in the Madras Presidency, frontispiece and plates after Charles Whymper, errata slip, first tissue guard torn, a few light stains to upper cover, Horace Cox, 1894--HAMILTON (DOUGLAS) Records of Sport in Southern India... edited by his Brother, Edward Hamilton, R.H. Porter, 1892--KIPLING (JOHN LOCKWOOD) Beast and Man in India, illustrations by the author, Munshi Sher Muhammad, Amir Bakhsh and others, a few abrasions to upper cover, Macmillan, 1891--BURTON (E.F.) Reminisicences of Sport in India, 8 plates, rubbed, W.H. Allen, 1885--EDYE (S.J.) Sport in India and Somali Land, with Hints to Young Shikaries, Gale & Polden, [1895]--RICE (WILLIAM) 'Indian Game,' (From Quail to Tiger), 12 tinted lithographed plates, W.H. Allen, 1884--BRADDON (EDWARD) Thirty Years of Shikar, frontispiece, illustrations, one folding map, William Blackwood, 1895--SIMSON (FRANK B.) Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal, 10 tinted lithographed plates (some loose), binding soiled, R.H. Porter, 1886--JERDON (T.C.) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India, some dampstaining, binding dampstained and soiled, Calcutta, for the Author, 1864, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, some pictorial, rubbing, 8vo and small 4to; and 12 others, mostly hunting in India (21)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
MATTIOLI (PIETRO ANDREA)De i discorsi di... nelli sei libri de Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo, della materia medicinale, 2 vol., third Italian edition, title with woodcut printer's device, full-page woodcut portrait of Mattioli within an elaborate border on k8v, over 900 large woodcuts of plants, herbs, animals, fish and insects, many by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck, varying degrees of browning and staining, especially to volume 1, occasional small ink/oxidisation spots throughout, volume 1 with some repairs to worming (affecting text and illustration in one section), title and 2 other leaves repaired (former with some letters supplied in manuscript), volume 2 with final a1 and a6 repaired in margins, early vellum, some stains, spine ends and edges restored [Nissen BBI 1304; Pritzel 5988; Wellcome I, 4137], folio (350 x 240mm.), Venice, Bartolomeo de gli Alberti, 1604Footnotes:The scarce and well regarded third Italian language edition of the 'great Mattioli', with the full series of magnificent large woodcuts. Mattioli (1500-1577) was a Sienese physician and distinguished phytologist, and, ostensibly translating Dioscorides, filled in the gaps, adding a vast commentary along with hundreds of new medicinal plants. The botanical cuts first appeared in the 1562 Herbar (in Czech), and the 1563 New Kreuterbuch printed in Prague, but this edition includes the equally fine cuts from the 1565 edition of the enlarged work which include zoological subjects. Included at the end is the 12-page Del modo di distillare le acque da tutte le piante et come vi si possino conservare i loro veri odori & sapori.Provenance: 'Ex libris Fisici [-Physici] Palearii', ownership inscriptions on title-page and front free nedpaper of volume 2.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
ALBUM – NAPOLEONIC ERA & NOBILITYAlbum titled 'Lady/ Emily/ Bathurst's/ Scrap/ Book/ 1818', comprising some 20 watercolours and 70 drawings in pencil, pen, ink and wash, with silhouettes and other printed ephemera, the majority affixed to the album page, others tipped in, including: small group of watercolours of Napoleonic interest (including 'Lord Anglesey had his leg amputated in this House at Waterloo June 18th', dated 'Sept. 19 1815'; 'View of the Bugio Fort & Light House entering the Tagus' (initialled G.B.); Napoleon in profile (after Ibbetson); 'Longwood' (initialled G.H.B. and dated 1818); and two pencil drawings, 'Waterloo Church' and 'Hougemont' by Lady Georgiana Fane, 1820); other subjects include views of houses ('Earl of Bristol's Villa at Putney Heath', 'Lord Bathursts House at Cirencester'), 'The Landing of the Cesar at Plymouth', 'The Diving Bell at Plymouth Docks'; six silhouettes by Lady Hardy including that of a Napoleonic soldier; two pen drawings 'made by an automaton'; group of pencil drawings and caricatures by Sir Henry Bunbury (son of the caricaturist) and two drawings captioned 'By Sir T. Lawrence'; with further contributions by Vice Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr (five), his daughter the silhouette artist Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr (pen drawings taken 'from an old print'), her brother the Hon. Seymour Bathurst, the Hon. Charles Percy (two playing cards), the Hon J. Stanhope, Captain Napier ('Mr W... On his return from his travels giving an account of them at dinner in Stanhope Street, 1820'), Thomas Hyde Villiers, Peregrine Maitland (whose maternal aunt married the brother of Jane Austen), and many others; interspersed with manuscript poems, charades, riddles and anagrams in several hands ('What does Honor est a Nilo make?/ Horatio Nelson' and 'Thus the English have gout, & the Frenchman has goüt/ And what fills a French heart fills an Englishman's shoe'), cut signatures and a note from Mr Gore sending 'the Queen's footman to enquire if the Countess of Bathurst is in London & has been at Court within the twelvemonth' dated 9 March 1818; printed ephemera including three theatre bills from the Theatre, Mont St Martin, 1817; and two linen-backed printed and embossed tickets for the coronation of George IV issued to The Lady Emily Bathurst, one signed by Frederick Duke of York, c.90 leaves, contemporary black morocco gilt with brass clasp, titled in gilt on red spine label, g.e., 4to (234 x 178mm.), c.1818-1823Footnotes:'AN ENIGMA SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY LORD BYRON': WATERCOLOURS OF NAPOLEON AND A MENTION OF JANE AUSTEN.This charming album was compiled by the young Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst (1798-1877), daughter of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762-1834) and Lady Georgina Lennox (1765-1841) of Cirencester Park. Begun in 1818, a postscript indicates it was completed in 1823 prior to her marriage to Major-General Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby in 1825. Contributors to the album reflect a complicated web of aristocratic family connections and include accomplished amateur watercolourists such as Vice Admiral Lord Mark Kerr (1776-1840), his daughter Lady Louisa Kerr (1800-1885), who later became well-known for her finely executed silhouettes, although here she offers delicate pen and ink drawings, Sir Henry Bunbury (1778-1860), son of the famous caricaturist, and members of the Lennox family. The contents reflect the English obsession with Napoleon, now safely in exile on St Helena, with several watercolours and drawings of scenes around Waterloo and at Longwood – the initials 'G.H.B.' on the latter could possibly be those of Lady Emily's mother.An enjoyment of puzzles and parlour games is evident here, and the album is filled with clever riddles, charades and anagrams. Of particular note is the inclusion of a celebrated riddle on the letter 'H' by Catherine Maria Fanshawe, entitled 'An Enigma supposed to be written by Lord Byron' and beginning ''Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell,/ And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell'. As the title suggests these verses were often attributed to Byron: 'These lines thus first introduced were soon well-known and admired throughout the country, and from their style and curious felicity were attributed to Byron, the popular poet of the age. They afterwards crept into some foreign editions of his works, and are even at the present day often ascribed to him.' (The Rev. A.G. L'Estrange, Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness, 1871, p.101-102.). L'Estrange writes that Harness, a friend of Byron, noted that the original commenced 'Twas in Heaven pronounced'. Our version also has the word 'pronounced' as in the original but crossed out and replaced with 'whispered'. A playful note below the poem includes an early mention of Jane Austen but concludes that Fanshawe was indeed the author: 'not by Lord Byron but by Miss Fanshawe not by Miss Fanshawe but by Miss Austen – It was by Miss Fanshawe'. The name of Jane Austen had not long been in the public domain when this album was begun. Prior to her death in July 1817 her publications, although best-sellers, had not included her name on the title page and it was not until December 1817 in a biographical note by Henry Austen that she had been identified as the author of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Provenance: Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst (1798-1877); her son General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825-1895); by descent in the Ponsonby family; private collection.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
![WALL STREET[GREENE (ASA)] The Perils of Pearl Street, including a Taste of the Dangers of Wall Street. By a late Merchant, FI](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac67bc36-2f32-4faf-b1ca-ad860115cc32/8f3c0daf-00a1-4f69-9d5d-ad8601175703/468x382.jpg)
WALL STREET[GREENE (ASA)] The Perils of Pearl Street, including a Taste of the Dangers of Wall Street. By a late Merchant, FIRST EDITION, first and last few leaves lightly spotted, endpapers foxed, publisher's cloth, rebacked preserving original spine [Sabin 28584], 8vo, New York, Betts & Anstice, 1834Footnotes:Early Wall Street novella in which an innocent upstate New York carpenter's son, Billy Hazard, is ruined by a failed short-selling trade: 'It is one of the most ingenious arts of modern speculation, that a man may sell what he has not, and grow rich upon the proceeds' (p.224).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
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)Theatrum orbis terrarum, 2 parts in 1 vol. (including Synonymia), fourth Latin edition, engraved architectural title and 70 double-page engraved maps, COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, light toning, occasional small patches of browning at foot, a few maps with repairs to foot of centrefold on recto, occasional small repairs at guards on versos, seventeenth century blindstamped vellum, worn, later endpapers, clasps broken, later paper labels on spine [Koeman Ort. 12], folio (420 x 280mm.), Antwerp, A. C. van Diest, 1574Footnotes:A VERY GOOD COLOURED COPY OF ORTELIUS'S LANDMARK ATLAS. First issued in 1570 with 53 maps, some forty further editions were produced in various languages until the final edition in 1612, which had no less than 150 maps.Provenance: Johann Peter Späth (1642/45–1701), inscription at foot of dedication leaf recording his gift to the Carmelite Monastery of Frankfurt; further inscription of the Monastery on title. Also known as Moses Germanus, Späth was an Austrian theologian who explored Lutheranism and was entered into the Carmelite order in Frankfurt—where he donated this volume—before eventually converting to Judaism.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
DREW (FREDERIC)The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories. A Geographical Account, frontispiece, 4 mounted woodburytype plates of group types, 7 folding colour-printed maps (one in pocket at end as issued), publisher's cloth, soiled, hinges cracked, Edward Stanford, 1875--[ADAIR (FREDERICK E.S.)] Sport in Ladakh. Five Letters from 'The Field', 5 photographic plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, Horace Cox, 1895--WARD (A.E.) The Sportsman's Guide to Kashmir & Ladak, &c., second and revised edition, 3 folding maps, publisher's limp cloth gilt, soiled, Calcutta, Calcutta Central Press, 1883--BRINKCMAN (ARTHUR) The Rifle in Cashmere: A Narrative of Shooting Expeditions in Ladak, Cashmere, Punjaub, etc., 2 tinted lithographed plates, without tissue guards, later half morocco, rubbed, Smith, Elder, 1862--LISCOMB (HERSCHAU) Astor (Kashmir Territory.). A Journal of Sport and Travel, large folding photozincographed map 'of the District of Astor Kashmir 1888' in pocket at end (early ink annotations including addition of five place names, tear at one fold), later half calf, sides stained, Mussorie, [Privately printed] at the Mafasilite Printing Works, [1888], all but the fourth mentioned FIRST EDITIONS, all but the second mentioned 8vo (5)Footnotes:All relating to Kashmir and Ladakh, including a rare work on hunting in the Astor Territory of Kashmir privately printed at Mussorie, and for which we can find no other copies previously offered at auction.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
TSAR NICHOLAS II & GEORGE VTwo autograph notes, one in the hand of Nicholas II, in pencil, the other by George V, in pen, in German, proposing a toast to the health of the Emperor and their respective German regiments beginning 'Seine Majestät des Kaiser und König er lebe hoch!...', 2 pages affixed to an album leaf, dust staining and browning, creased, each 8vo (186 x 130mm. and smaller); with explanatory letter on paper bearing the royal crest, affixed to an album leaf and captioned by Major-General Sir John Ponsonby 'Explanatory note by my brother Sir Frederick Ponsonby Equerry to His Majesty King George V, one page affixed to an album leaf, light dusting, 8vo (183 x 116mm.), Berlin, 1913Footnotes:The letter which explains the circumstances under which these notes were written was penned by George V's equerry, Sir Frederick Ponsonby, and reads 'When the King and the Emperor of Russia were in Berlin they went to luncheon with their respective German Regiments and agreed to use the same words when proposing the health of the Emperor and the Regiment. They each took down the toast on slips of paper.' As a matter of courtesy it was customary for monarchs to wear the uniforms of the host country's regiments, and a photograph taken at the time (a copy of which is in the Royal Collection) shows Tsar Nicholas in the uniform of the 8th (1st Westphalian) Hussar 'Emperor Nicholas II of Russia' regiment and George V in the uniform of the 8th (Rhenish) Cuirassiers 'Count Geßler' regiment. The King had been appointed the honorary role of Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment in January 1902 whilst Prince of Wales and served as such until the outbreak of war in 1914 (www.rct.co.uk).The cousins, who bore an uncanny physical resemblance, were in Berlin to celebrate the wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm's daughter Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover on 24 May 1913. It was a sumptuous affair and brought together the crowned heads of Europe in what was to be the last great social gathering of European royalty before the outbreak of the first world war just fourteen months later. Provenance: Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby (1867-1935); Maj. Gen. Sir John Ponsonby (1866-1952); private collection UK. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CLARENDON (EDWARD HYDE, EARL OF)The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in 1641, 3 vol., mixed edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece portraits, engraved vignettes and decorations, some dampstaining to opening leaves (resulting in small losses to upper gutter border of half-title and title of volume 1, and repair with small loss to frontispiece of volume 1, contemporary uniform red morocco gilt, sides with elaborate panel design of various roll-tool borders enclosing central ownership name 'W. Culliford, Encombe, 1710', ornamental corner-pieces, spines tooled in 8 compartments within raised bands, t.e.g., worn, some scuffmarks to sides (obscuring some letters of text on 2 panels, one with small area gouged out), losses to extremities of spines, folio (445 x 280m.), Oxford, at the Theatre, 1707[-1703-1704]; together with a manuscript indenture, with seal, signed and dated 10 December 1669 by Robert Culliford of Encombe, relating to dealings with Sir William Constantine of Morl, John Tregonwell of Anderson, and Thomas Baynard of Cliffe (4)Footnotes:QUEEN ANNE BINDINGS MADE FOR A DISTINGUISHED DORSET FAMILY, CELEBRATING THEIR LINKS TO CLARENDON AND THE ROYAL CAUSE. Provenance: William Culliford (c.1640-1723), gilt lettered 'W. Culliford 1710' on sides, with large contemporary letterpress label inside each volume, 'Part I. [-II-III]. All the parts of the Earl of Clarendon's History, bequeath'd by my will to my son John Culliford and his Heirs Male for ever, are to remain in this House of Encombe, in perpetual Memorial of the Unhappy Rebellion begun in 1641, and the sad and miserable effects is produced in this Kingdom.... Dated the 20th of September 1710. Will. Culliford'. Loosely inserted is a 2-page letter written, circa 1760, by another William Culliford to an unidentified recipient relating to these books and several paintings, contesting a claim that the recipient had either been gifted them by Culliford's father, or purchased them at auction. He demands 'that you will send me the Historys by the next... stage, and if you insist upon being paid for them... you shall be paid whatever a Bookseller in Southampton shall value them at...'.Culliford 'was the younger son of Robert Culliford (1617–1698), of a Dorset gentry family, and his wife, Elizabeth Lawrence. His father, a somewhat tepid royalist in the civil war, was a cousin of Lord Chancellor Clarendon, though whether this was the cause of William's first appointment, as an excise surveyor in 1666, is not known. His promotion to a more responsible post as register of seizures in the customs took place after Clarendon's fall...' (ODNB). Amongst other notable positions Culliford represented the seat of Corfe Castle, Dorset in Parliament between 1690 and 1699. The books did remain at Encombe, as shortly after William's death the estate was sold to the Pitt family.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
CINEMA, selection, inc. Yves Montand (65), on set, film scenes, press photos, on stage; Sanctuary, First of May, At the Olympia; French promotional flyers & magazine pages, Midnight Cowboy, The Unholy Wife(3), Superman, Romeo and Juliet, Chinatown, No Way to Treat a Lady etc. slight duplication, VG to EX, 95*
LIEBIG, complete (23), S.1456-1495, inc. first tour around the world, Erasmus, cavalry of early and middle ages, alexander the great, reptiles, street traders long ago, masks around the world, beetles of Europe, history of Christianity in Italy, ancient gateways, rich romans, history of Egypt etc., in ring-binder, VG to EX, 138
Militaria : 2 Silver Wound badges, First Silver Wound badge to No.46593 Wounds 20th March 1919, Harry W. Rance Middlesex Regiment, Riflemen 248143 aged 26 with wearing pin Condition GVF. Second Silver Wound badge to John Belsham R.A.S.C. Pte. SWB list ASC-1855, pin missing, on reverse 267966. Condition VF
A stock of a British rifle captured in the First Boer war having a carve motif together with a hand written note that reads 'Stock of an English Rifle Captured in the First Boer War 1881 and dug up whilst looking for ammunition in October 1900? 1899, it is supposed that the Boers buried many rifles, guns and much ammunition in 1881'Location: 1:2
A good Quantity of Vintage Action Man Dolls, Clothes and Accessories, including 2 x painted head dolls, some limbs loose/broken, 1st issue German Stormtroopers outfit, including helmet with excellent original decals, Schmeiser gun is broken, missing medal, complete Crash Crew set, Deep Sea diver, Scramble pilot set, M.P. small arms set, Air Police set, Red Devil, command post field radio & telephone set, Medic first aid, plus other items, all in fair to excellent original condition (A.lot)
Victory Industries VIP Raceways Set R1 Slot Car Set, 8 curved tracks, 4 straight track units, 1 humped track unit, power connector, 2 bridge members, 4 bridge approach supports, 2 52” crash barriers, 2 scale model racing cars, af, chassis only, original box is in very good original condition, with manual.(untested) plus Scalextric Set 70 Porsche & BRM F1 racing cars, realistic sounds, contents good, box lid poor, A211 boxed First Aid Hut, A202 Racing Pit, 2 x boxed A265 Hand Throttles, 11th edition catalogue, plus some other items (A.Lot)
Vintage boxed Scalextric Buildings and Figures, MM/A201 Event Board and Hut with Car names and numbers and speakers, MM/A233 Entrance Building , A/211 First Aid hut, all good condition, boxes fair, F/302 T.V Camera and Crew set, generally good condition, rubber base with detached piece and area pushed in, box fair, A/228 Refreshment Kiosk, good lacks tea urn and flag, box good, A/208 Control Tower, both speakers lack retaining pins, box one end flap detached, F/303 Starter on Rostrum, lacks flag, MM/A212 Start/Finish Banner, good box lacks end flaps, and a K/703 Control Centre kit box only, (9 items).
W Britains Pre War 1400 Sir Malcolm Campbells Blue Bird Land Speed Record Car, two piece detachable chassis and body in fair original condition, with an interesting accompanying letter date 13th July 1982 from the then Britain’s Chairman J.H.Thake explain when Britain’s first bought the model out with attached a copy of a page of the catalogue of the day, plus a mention of Roy Selwyn Smith .
Two 19th century Staffordshire recumbent greyhound pen stands and flatback clock group, (3)first length 20 cm.Condition: Larger greyhound has a hairline running from nose over the head and down the neck, and a small chip on the edge of the base, crazing and light wear to body. Smaller greyhound small chipped back ear, tip of nose slightly rubbed
A First Period Worcester blue and white Fence pattern sparrow beak milk Jug c.1770 and a late 18th century pearlware domed tea canisterfirst, hatched crescent mark, second printed in underglaze blue in a version of the 'Three Flowers' pattern, underglaze blue hatched crescent mark, (2)first height 11.2 cmCondition: First two small chips to to rim of spout. Canister with rim to chip and light crazing
A Victorian domed burr walnut cut brass mounted tea caddy, an Edwardian oak desk stand, an early 19th century mahogany tea caddy, and a pair of late George III brass candlesticksthe caddy with a two division interior, the candlesticks having ribbed baluster stems on square cast bases, marked J T & Co. for John Turner & Co., (5)first height 17.3 cm.Condition: First some water marks and wear to rear of domed lid. One finial missing to interior cover. The other finial present but not attached to cover. Mahogany tea caddy with a water ring mark to lid and back. Key present and lock working.
A New Hall Boy at the Window cider mug, pattern No 425 c.1810 and other mostly 19th century ceramicsfirst marked 425425 in red together with a Spode moulded plate c.1820 finely painted with sprays of flowers, gilt rim, a Wedgwood whiteware Japan No 2 pattern dinner plate and two dessert plates, a New Hall teapot lacking cover, pat 173, a basket weave moulded pink lustre milk jug, two moulded creamware coffee cups and three tea bowls and saucers, Staffordshire cat seated on a cushion painted with flowers, etc.(qty)first height 13 cm.Condition: First Two hairlines running from rim by handle and body. Inner rim slightly rubbed and some occasional small chips / wear to the body. Spode plate with light surface wear and scratches, rubbing to gilt . teapot lacking cover. Small chip to spout of milk jug. Small chips to rims of creamware coffee cups. Pair of tea bowls with crazing, chip to saucer rim.
Two early 19th century Swansea porcelain plates and a pair of square dessert platesfirst attributed to Henry Morris c.1817, painted with four scattered sprays of flowers, gilt rim, impressed trident mark and Swansea, second, the border repainted with flower baskets and gilt trailing vines and laurel garlands, impressed Swansea, gilt rim together with a pair of porcelain square dessert dishes c.1818-20 decorated with three full sprays of flowers, moths, some in flight and other insects, moulded leaf scroll border, gilt detail rim, unmarked, (4)first diameter 20.5 cm.Condition: Swansea: first gilt rim slightly rubbed, area of discolouration /staining to border, from reverse this appears to be more of a firing inconsistency. Some very slight loss to colour enamel. Second good condition, some rubbing to gilt rim. Pair one plate has a scratch running from one spray to another. Otherwise in good condition. Some light surface scratches/marks. Slight rubbing to gilt detail border
A late 19th century Wedgwood dark blue dip Jasperware Portland vaseof ovoid form with twin handles, applied in relief with continuous scene with classical figures, impressed to base 'WEDGWOOD' and England date letter code Y for 1896, together with a small Jasperware jug with satyr mask spout, (2)height 21 cmCondition: First fair condition. Slightly soiled round rim. Some minor firing faults to relief decoration. Second old Hairline running from rim down neck otherwise good condition.
An 18th century Chinese export famille rose porcelain teapot and cover, a lobed teapot stand and tea bowls and saucersfirst of globular form, with underglaze blue decorated, each side painted with oval panels containing figures in a garden setting, replacement silver spout, second painted with deer among trees, together with a pair of tea bowls and saucer painted painted figurative panels and undeglaze blue borders, etc., (6)first height 16 cm.Condition: Teapot has a contemporary replacement silver spout which is slightly pinched at the aperture. The cover has two chips to rim edge. teapot stand with some rubbing and loss to decoration. One tea bowl has a small chip to rim , matching sauce has hairlines. Odd saucer has hairlines
A small collection of Chinese monochrome glazed ceramicsto include a yellow glazed porcelain miniature vase ,a pale sang de boeuf double gourd snuff bottle, an oval celadon plate decorated with goldfish, a sang de boeuf glazed small pottery bowl, a celadon glazed shallow dish, undeglaze blue character mark, etc., (qty)first height 9 cmCondition: Fair condition. Small vase with chilong to neck has restoration to neck and rim
A selection of 18th century famille rose export ware comprising a petal shaped dish painted with figures on a garden terrace by a pavilion, a watery mountainous landscape beyond within a foliate cartouche and diaper border, a plate painted with floral sprays within gilt decorated pink scale borders, a large deep basin a/f with petal edged rim, decorated with a watery landscape with pavilions, and an early 19th century Canton plate painted with ladies in a garden setting, the gilt ground border with butterflies, flowers and fruit, (4)first diameter 24.3 cm., basin diameter 38.7 cmCondition: First gilt rubbed to rim, some surface ware. Pink scale border plate with wear/ chips to round rim edge. Small glued repair to border. Basin with a chip with losses to rim and a several smaller chips running round rim edge, A serious repaired crack running round bowl with two hairlines running out to rim. The repaired crack has been strengthened with tape on the outside. 4th - with a hairline from rim.
19th century glass to include a late Georgian Prussian shaped glass decanter, a pair of rummers and a pair of ale glassesfirst having a triple ring neck and fitted with a radial cut mushroom stopper, second with round funnel shaped bowls, third faceted conical bowls on short capstan stems, (5)first height 23 cm.Condition: Good condition. Free from chips or damage
A collection of Victorian and later cut decanters and other glassto include a mallet shaped decanter with mitre cut decoration c.1830, a Victorian celery vase engraved with a Greek key band, a pair of shaft and globe decanters with facet cut stoppers, a Regency style diamond cut triple ring neck decanter, a water jug with hollow blown handle two ships decanters fitted with Coalport 'Sherry' and 'Port' ceramic bottle tickets, etc., (qty)first height 28.5 cmCondition: Good condition. Three plated bottle tickets rubbed. Some bloom to one shaft and globe decanter
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