BLACKSTONE (WILLIAM)Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved tables (one folding), contemporary calf, spines gilt tooled with red and black morocco lettering labels, minor rubbing to spine ends, one joint slightly weakened [PMM 212; Goldsmiths 10062; Rothschild 407], 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1765-1769Footnotes:FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'THE MOST CELEBRATED, WIDELY CIRCULATED, AND INFLUENTIAL LAW BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE' (ODNB), Blackstone's great achievement being to 'popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation... this is due to a style which is itself always lucid and graceful' (PMM).Provenance: George Fludyer (d.1837), signature on titles; Christie's, 20 October 1999, lot 52.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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STRICKLAND (HUGH EDWIN) AND ALEXANDER GORDON MELVILLEThe Dodo and its Kindred; or the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands of Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 18 plates (mostly lithographed, 2 hand-coloured, one folding), one map in the text, list of subscribers, errata slip, publisher's 12pp. catalogue at end, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt (with Dodo on upper cover), rebacked preserving original spine, new yellow free endpapers [Anker 490; Fine Bird Books, p.145; Nissen IVB 900; Zimmer, p.606], 4to, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848Footnotes:First edition of a pioneering monograph on the Dodo, Strickland providing the history and external description, while his co-author, A. G. Melville, analysed the anatomy. The list of subscribers includes the naturalists William Jardine, F.O. Morris, William Yarrell, P.J. Selby, W.H. Lizars and John Gould.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![BIBLE, IN LATIN[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, 408 leaves, 56 lines and headline, 2 col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/b2d47b4b-5585-41cf-a832-b22100dc9b91/468x382.jpg)
BIBLE, IN LATIN[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, 408 leaves, 56 lines and headline, 2 columns, Gothic letter, large opening initial in red and blue, capital spaces filled in alternate red and blue, some with decorative flourishes, paragraph marks in red, opening leaf laid down with loss to blank fore-margin, paper flaw to margin of one leaf (Z1, with loss of a couple of letters), heavy dampstain to 4 leaves (Aa1-4), light dampstain to upper margin of approximately 20 leaves, single wormhole to opening few leaves, and a few single wormholes to index at end, strip of manuscript binder's waste visible after a8, a few minor ink annotations (mostly marginal) in several early hands, early blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, rebacked in vellum, covers soiled and without metal fittings [ISTC ib00593000; BMC III 695; Goff B593; GW 4270], folio (305 x 215mm.), [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95]Footnotes:The identity of the printer of this Bible, only one copy of which has been traced at auction, has been the subject of some disagreement. It was traditionally ascribed to Amerbach at Basel, but BMC examined the different types used and attributed it to Freiburg's first printer, Kilianus Fischer, who is known to have relocated to Basel by 1497.Provenance: Raitenhaslach Abbey (Cistercian abbey, near Burghausen, Germany), ownership inscription in lower margin of a2; Leonard Lindsay, bookplate; Buckfast Abbey.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![HOBBES (THOMAS)Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiatical and Civill, [second edition], a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/015a9227-2c01-46ab-8f3e-b22100dca4c4/468x382.jpg)
HOBBES (THOMAS)Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiatical and Civill, [second edition], additional engraved allegorical title, printed title with woodcut device of bear and foliage, folding letterpress table, early ink correction of a few words on p.79 and a few letters neatly inked over on 3 or 4 further pages, old ink stain affecting a few letters on p.67, thin traces of worming at gutter margin towards end, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining early morocco label, worn [ESTC R13936; cf. Pforzheimer 491; c.f. PMM 138], folio (290 x 193mm.), Andrew Crooke, 1651 [but John Redmayne and Christoffel Cunradus, 1678]Footnotes:The second edition of Hobbes' 'major treatise on psychology, politics, and religion... [for which] Hobbes appears to have been genuinely afraid that he might be prosecuted for heresy' (ODNB). First published in 1651 it was banned by the censors, thus appearing in this second pirated edition under a false imprint.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PALESTINE POLICE FORCE, LEHI AND JEWISH INSURGENCY - 'WANTED' POSTERSTwo scarce Palestine Police Force broadside posters offering rewards for the capture of Abraham Stern, founder of the 'Stern Gang', and three suspects in attempted assassinations of Police inspectors in Tel-Aviv, comprising:'The Palestine Police Force. Rewards. A reward of £P.2,000 (Two Thousand Pounds) will be paid by the Government of Palestine for information leading directly to the apprehension and conviction of persons responsible for the explosion... at 8, Yael Street, Tel-Aviv... the 20th day of January, 1942 [which resulted in the deaths of two officers]... A further reward of £P.1,000... will be paid for [the apprehension...] of the the leader of the terrorist group responsible for the explosion... Abraham Ben Mordechai Stern...', broadside poster, texts in English, Arabic and Hebrew, photographic head and shoulder portrait of Stern with full description of his appearance ('... Nose: Big. Hair: Black-brushed back. Moustache: Shaven. Build: Thin. Dress: European. Generally well groomed. Speaks Hebrew, Polish, Russian. Stern is of surly demeanour'), old folds, a few small marginal tears not touching text, 510 x 350mm., Jerusalem, issued by A. Saunders, Inspector-General, 21 January 1942'The Palestine Police Force. Rewards. A reward of £P.1,000 will be paid by the Palestine Government for information which leads directly to the apprehension of any of the persons... given below, and who are members of the organisation responsible for the attempts on the lives of the Inspector General of Police and the Assistant..., in Jerusalem on April 22nd, and the Superintendent, C.I.D., Lydda District in Tel Aviv on May 1st', broadside, texts in English and Hebrew, photographic head and shoulder portrait of the three men with detailed descriptions ('Polish origin, metal-worker by trade', '...carries a brief case and is in the habit of travelling between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv by Egged Bus', 'Short sighted, sometimes wears spectacles... Usually wears shirt and shorts and a beret. Palestinian by birth'), old horizontal fold, a few small nicks to lower blank margin, 405 x 290mm., Jerusalem, issued by A. Saunders, Inspector General, 5 May 1942 (2)Footnotes:TWO RARE 'REWARD' POSTERS ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF ABRAHAM STERN, FOUNDER OF THE ZIONIST PARAMILITARY GROUP LEHI ('THE STERN GANG'), AND HIS ASSOCIATES, following two incidents in Tel Aviv, in which members of the Palestine Police Force were killed or seriously injured, during the campaign by Jewish groups to overturn the British Mandate. The first appeared the day after Nathan Goldman and Solomon Schiff died in an explosion at 8 Yael Street on 20 January 1942. Stern was shot dead on 12 February 1942, some three weeks after the poster was issued.Provenance: Roy Frederick Read (1910-1984), who served with the Palestine Police Force from 1939-1948; by descent to the vendor.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CÉZANNE (PAUL)Autograph letter signed ('Paul Cézanne'), to Gustave Geffroy ('Cher Monseiur Geffroy'), in French, confirming he has received Geffroy's letter, is happy with the plan to meet and looks forward to seeing him the following Tuesday, sending cordial regards to Geffroy and his family; mounted with autograph envelope, one page on a bifolium, paper discoloured where previously framed and exposed, dust-staining and marks, small pin holes along horizontal fold, some repairs to folds with conservation tape, letter 8vo (208 x 134mm.), with mount 432 x 227mm., Paris, 2 January 1895Footnotes:Written to Gustave Geffroy (1855-1925), journalist and art critic, our letter seemingly refers to arrangements for a sitting for Geffroy's portrait begun in 1895 and now in the Musée d'Orsay. Despite sitting for Cézanne for three months, the portrait, set in Geffroy's library with the critic surrounded by his books, remained unfinished, probably due to the artist's unpredictable behaviour. It was an important commission for Cézanne. Geffroy was one of the first historians and champions of the Impressionist movement, and numbered Edmond de Goncourt, Rodin and Zola amongst his circle. He was introduced to Cézanne through his friend Claude Monet and wrote a rare favourable article on the artist in Le Journal in March 1894. Our letter is published in Alex Danchev, The Letters of Paul Cézanne, 2013, no.156, p.261, but not in John Rewald's, Paul Cézanne, Letters, 1941. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 12 November 2007, lot 75; Artcurial, Paris, 2 April 2019, lot 326.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ESQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVIER)De Americaensche Zee-Roovers. Behelsende een pertinente en waerachtige Beschrijving van alle de voornaemste Roveryen, en onmenschelijcke wreedheden, die de Engelse en Franse Rovers, tegens de Spanjaerden in America, gepleeght hebben, FIRST EDITION, black letter, additional engraved title-page, section titles 'Piratica America', 12 engraved plates (4 double-page), light toning to text leaves and light occasional offsetting from plates, first gathering washed, nineteenth century cerise morocco by Riviere with gilt decoration on covers and spine, marbled endpapers and elaborate gilt dentelles, g.e., light wear mostly to extremities of spine, 3 small scratches on upper cover, custom-made red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell box [USTC 1814458; Howgego E39; Sabin 23468], 8vo (196 x 150mm.), t'Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkoper, 1678Footnotes:'PIRATICA AMERICA' - EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. We have traced no complete copy at auction in the last 130 years. Written by Alexandre Olivier Esquemelin (c.1645-1707, also spelled Exquemelin, Esquemeling, Exquemeling, or Oexmelin) the Americaensche Zee-Roovers is a swashbuckling account of pirate exploits in the Caribbean. Known in English as the Buccaneers of America, the book has twelve engravings that bring the fearsome pirate captains to life, and unflinching descriptions of the violence and plunder that both horrified and fascinated readers.Among the colourful characters populating Esquemelin's eye-witness account, none looms larger than the infamous privateer Henry Morgan (1635-1688). As Morgan's confidant and barber-surgeon, Esquemelin had a front-row seat to some of the most audacious raids in pirate history, including the sack of Maracaibo in 1669 and the daring assault on Panama in 1671 (both depicted in the plates). Esquemelin paints a complex portrait of Morgan – as a brilliant tactician and fearless leader, but also a man capable of great cruelty. Following the publication of the English translation in 1684, which accused Morgan of torture and the use of nuns and monks as a human shield, Morgan took steps to discredit the book and successfully brought a libel suit against the book's English publishers William Crooke and Thomas Malthus.'Perhaps no book in any other language was ever the parent of so many imitations' (cf. Sabin) and it became the cornerstone of pirate literature for centuries to come, Esquemelin's vivid prose and intimate knowledge of buccaneer life captivating readers across Europe. First published in this edition in 1678, it was then translated into German (1679), Spanish (1681), English (1684) and French (1686). The German translation is a faithful translation of the original Dutch while the Spanish translation adds new material quite freely and without acknowledgment, and frequently mistranslates the Dutch. The English translation appears to be a translation of the Spanish edition, including most of its deviations from the Dutch original. Finally, the French translation of 1686 is substantially a new work with many additions, including new pirate biographies (Daniel Montbars and Alexandre Bras-de-Fer) and the complete rearrangement of some sections.First editions such as this are of 'extreme rarity' (Sabin) and we have traced no other complete copies at auction since 1894 (Bangs, 25 April 1894, lot 301), with an earlier record in 1884 (Leavitt & Co., 3 March 1884, 909a). Only six copies have been traced in institutions (cf. USTC 1814458). Plates and maps comprise: Bartholomeus de Portugees (Bartholomew the Portuguese), p.40; Rock, de Brasiliaen Genaemt (Rock Brasiliano), p.42; François Lolonois, p.46; The Cruelty of Lolonois, p.60; Johan Morgan (Henry Morgan), p.74; Morgan Attacks Puerto del Principe, Cuba, p.82; Morgan Attacking the Forts at Chagre, Panama, p.88; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Marcaibo (A Map of the City and Country of Maracaibo), double-page map, p.94; Captain Morgan Torturing Prisoners After the Battle of Maracaibo, p.98; Morgan Destroys the Spanish Fleet at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, double-page view, p.102; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Panama (A Map of the City and Country of Panama), double-page map, p.130; Reskontre van de Spanijaerden tegens de Roovers voor de Stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden en Ruijneren van de selve Stadt (The Battle Between the Spaniards and the Pirates for the City of Panama, and the Burning and Ruining of the Same City), double-page view, p.134.Provenance: Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919, MP for Morley), bookplate. Gaskell was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician and also a serious book collector. Other books in his collection included a first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in its original boards (later in the library of Jerome Kern) and a first issue of Robinson Crusoe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WORLD WAR II - D-DAY INVASIONGroup of top secret 'Bigot' maps, concertina photograph booklet and effects originating from the estate of D-day landings Commando Redevers Pryor, Beach Master for the 'Juno-Mike Red' section which was assaulted by the Canadian Forces as part of Operation Overlord, comprising:i) D-day landing chart of the 'Calgary' Section of Juno Beach, folding colour map headed 'Bigot Most Secret' (in red), scale '1:25,000 Bogus Map Sheet No.2', 'Calgary', 'Based on Edition of Jul 1943' and 'Neptune Copy No.', the areas 'Mike, Green /Red' (Prior was Beach Master for 'Mike Red') and 'Nan Green/White' marked out in black ink, coded place names (e.g. Burlington, Odessa, Albany, Madras, Dakota, Tokio, Hungary, Derna, Cape Town, Washington, Suez, Regina, Jordan, Columbia, Aden, Candy, Ottawa, Canberra and Aleppo), and extensive notes and defence positions overprinted in red, 490 x 610mm., printed March 1944ii) D-day landing chart of the 'Cairo' Section of Juno Beach, folding colour map headed 'Bigot Top Secret' (in red), scale '1:25,000 Bogus Map Sheet No.3', 'Cairo', 'Based on Edition of Jul 1943' and 'Neptune Copy No.', the area 'Nan Red' (the adjoining area to Prior's as Beach Master) marked out in black ink, coded printed place names (Madrid, Dresden, Vienna, Ganges, Lisbon, Tunis and Hamburg), and extensive notes and defence positions overprinted in red, 495 x 618mm., printed March 1944iii) D-day landing chart of the Juno Beach area, folding map printed in black and overprinted in red, headed ''Juno Area' Beach Chartlet Enlargement of Portion of F.1016... Soundings in fathoms... Scale 1/37,500... For Official Use Only... Its contents are not to be communicated either directly or indirectly, to the Press...', numbered F.1016B (the code for the area of Juno Beach), with the Mike Green/Red/White and Nan White/Red areas and 'conspicuous objects' in red, slightly soiled at folds, 580 x 480mm.,'Issued for Fleet purposes by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 18th February 1944, under the Superintendence of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edgell'iv) Panoramic coastal reconnaissance photograph taken from sea level, titled 'France North Coast... Coastal silhouette from Haut Lion... to La Riviere... taken at zero feet and at right angles to the coast', montage consisting of 21 plates joined in panoramic form, each plate made from 3 or 4 joined images annotated with numbers and place names, worn at plate joints, folding into blue canvas covers with a photostat typed label on the upper cover, lettered 'J', giving the relevant Admiralty chart details, and noting that 'the silhouette is intended as an aid to coastal recognition and is NOT intended for navigational purposes' and that 'due to the overlap of photographs and divergences in scale, the background is repeated in some cases', each sheet c.214 x 300mm., 'I.S.T.D. 51, March 1944'v) Illustrated 'Journal for use of Midshipmen' kept by then R[edevers] Holland-Pryor, covering the first period of his service afloat aboard the dreadnought battleship Neptune in the lead up to the First World War, printed title-page with manuscript insertions, document appointing Holland-Pryor as Acting Sub-Lieutenant in May 1914 inserted at front, the journal written on 98 pages and illustrated with c.50 well executed pen and ink sketches, diagrams and maps, many with watercolour, some folding, modern half cloth preserving original gilt lettered spine label ('S. 519. Journal for Use of Junior Officer's Afloat'), folio, entries 12 January 1912 - 8 May 1914vi) Royal Navy 1827 Regulation Pattern Naval Officers Sword presented to Redevers Holland-Pryor, the blade with etched frosted details for the maker Henry Wilkinson and the recipient 'R.M.G. Holland-Pryor', the reverse of the blade with the recipient's unique issue number '44360', shagreen grip with brass guard and fouled anchor device, leather scabbard with all brass fittings and sword knot, contained in canvas sword bagvii) Group of Redever Pryor's miniature medals, comprising: Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R. with second award bar; 1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal with M.I.D. oakleaves; 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War medal 1939-45 with M.I.D. oakleaf (9)Footnotes:RARE TOP SECRET 'BIGOT' MAPS, A PANORAMIC COASTAL PHOTOGRAPH AND MILITARY EFFECTS - FROM THE ESTATE OF A JUNO BEACH MASTER.'Top Secret – Bigot' was the Allies' highest level of secrecy during WWII, the Bigot List containing the individual names of those who were allowed to know the proposed sites and dates of the D-day landings. 'Juno' was the code name for one of the five beaches selected by the Allies for the invasion on 6 June 1944, and responsibility for its capture was given to the First Canadian Army, under the guidance of Commander Redevers Pryor and the other designated beach masters, and with support from the Canadian, British and other allied navies. The top secret landing charts for Juno Beach seem to have survived in smaller numbers than, for example, those for Omaha and Gold Beaches, rarely appearing on the auction market. Four were included in the papers of Lt. Cdr. B.C. Lambert RNVR, Redevers Pryor's commanding officer, which were sold in these rooms on 26 June 2019, lot 213.To back up these charts, landing craft commanders were issued with a booklet put together by the Inter Services Topographical Department (ISTD), containing a 26-foot long concertina photograph of the relevant coastal profile. Designed as visual aids to help the crews identify the correct place for landing the troops, they were composed of a large number of photographs joined together. The photographs are generally said to have been taken from low-flying Allied aircraft with automated cameras in their noses, but the wording 'taken at zero feet and at right angles to the coast', and the nature of the photographs, don't seem to suggest they were taken at such high speed, possibly giving countenance to the theory that they were taken from the 'midget submarines' which were used by Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP) during reconnaissance of the Normandy beaches in early 1944, and subsequently to help mark the limits of the Sword and Juno beaches during the D-Day invasion in June. Commander Redevers Michael Pryor DSO, DSC, M.P., RN (1893-1964, known as Michael Courtenay Holland-Pryor until 1924) had served as Submariner in the Great War, and was a veteran of five wartime beach assaults. He was first decorated with a Distinguished Service Cross for Dunkirk in May 1940, and having been promoted to Royal Navy Beach Commando on the unit's foundation in 1942, he acted as beach master to the Canadians in the raid on Dieppe, from where he escaped through occupied France to Spain, carrying with him the plans for the Atlantic Wall, and gaining a second Distinguished Service Order as a result.On his return to England he stood successfully as the Conservative candidate in the Birmingham Aston by-election, and gave a notable speech to Parliament on the subject of the war and his experiences of the Nazis, which earned him praise from Churchill and a role supplying information to Naval Intelligence. In 1944 he returned to the Commandos in time for the D-day landings, and was appointed Beach Master to Mike Red Sector on Juno Beach. He also led the Commandos ashore at Flushing for the assault on Walcheren in November 1944, and was duly awarded a second Distinguished Service Cross. After the War he stood down as M.P. but continued his work with the intelligence services during the beginnings of the Cold War.Provenance: Estate of Commander The Right Honourable Redvers Pryor; private UK collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ORWELL (GEORGE)Nineteen Eighty-Four, FIRST EDITION, half-title, publisher's light green cloth, top edge of text block in red (slight fading at head of spine and edges, small stain at foot of lower cover), dust-jacket by Michael Kennard printed in red with white lettering (spine faded and frayed at head and foot, small losses at tips of front flap fold) [Connolly, The Modern Movement 99; Fenwick, A.12a], 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1949Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF ORWELL'S FINAL NOVEL AND THE BENCHMARK FOR ALL DYSTOPIAN FICTION. The jacket was printed in both red and green variants, with no priority established.Provenance: Henry Gubler, NY, pencil note inside upper cover. 'The Holliday Bookshop... New York' label inside lower cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![BIBLE, PSALTER, IN LATINQuincuplex psalterium. Gallicum. Rhomanum. Hebraicum. Vetus. Conciliatu[m] [edited by Jacques Lefèvre](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/f5d68246-ae6b-446c-b3df-b22100dc9c20/468x382.jpg)
BIBLE, PSALTER, IN LATINQuincuplex psalterium. Gallicum. Rhomanum. Hebraicum. Vetus. Conciliatu[m] [edited by Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples], FIRST EDITION THUS, printed in red and black, title within pictorial woodcut border, 3 columns with commentary surrounding text, later painted boards, rebacked in morocco, rubbed, new endpapers [Adams B1394; c.f. Darlow & Moule 6092, note and 6095, second edition], folio (285 x 210mm.), [Paris, Henri Estienne, 31 July 1509]Footnotes:The first edition of the Quincuplex psalterium ('Fivefold Psalter'), edited by Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples (c.1450-1536), containing five Latin versions of the Psalms, the three of St. Jerome in parallel columns. Further editions appeared in 1513 and 1515.Provenance: Edward Ingram Watkin (1888-1981, Catholic philosopher), bookplate; Buckfast Abbey.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Photograph of Winston Churchill (as Secretary of State of War) seated with members of 'The Army Council' beneath a portrait of King Edward VII, SIGNED BY CHURCHILL ('W.S. Churchill') and 8 other sitters, gelatin silver prints on original mount, the signatures vertical in upper margin of mount, captioned 'The Army Council' in ink beneath image, mounted, framed and glazed, image 168 x 228mm., [c.1919]Footnotes:AN UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CHURCHILL'S ARMY CABINET AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SIGNED BY CHURCHILL AS SECRETARY OF STATE.Provenance: Sir James Stevenson (1873-1926), chairman of the Munitions Council's committee on demobilization and reconstruction, and from 1919 to 1921 surveyor-general of supply at the War Office. He was also a member of both the army and air councils (1919–21), ink note 'To be returned to Sir James Stevenson, Room 202, War Office'. He is one of those who has signed the mount, and presumably was responsible for circulating the photograph to be signed. Others who have signed include Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke, 1st Earl Peel (Under-Secretary of State for War, seated to the right of Churchill), and T.H.J. Goodwin. Earl Haig (seated to Churchill's left) has not signed.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TORQUEMADA (JUAN DE)Expositio regulae S. Benedicti, 159 leaves (of 160, without first blank), 50 lines, Gothic text, blue and red manuscript initials, numerous early marginal manuscript annotations in several hands, table of contents bound at front, k7 repaired in lower margin, v8 cut down to size and laid down without loss of text, some margins trimmed affecting manuscript annotations, light toning, later cats-paw calf gilt, red edges, rebacked, some shelfwear [ISTC it00516000; Goff T516], 4to (250 x 190mm.), [colophon:] Paris, Pierre Levet, for Nicolaus Militis, 4 May 1491Footnotes:Provenance: Buckfast Abbey, 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
WOOLF (VIRGINIA)Wood is a pleasant thing to think about... From The Mark in the Wall, second separate edition, broadside, 2 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, watermark 'Endowment Bond. Strathmore U.S.A.' [Kirkpatrick A2c], 335 x 184mm., 'The Chelsea Book Club Broadside No.I ptd. at 43 Belsize Park Gdns.', [1921]Footnotes:SCARCE broadside printing of an extract from 'The Mark on the Wall', illustrated with two woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. The piece first appeared in Two Stories (1917), the first title issued by the Hogarth Press. Little is known about the present printing of this extract, and 'it is unclear whether the broadside was meant as an art piece for sale in the Chelsea Book Club, or if it was an advertisement for either the shop or for Woolf's writing' (Emily McGinn et al, 'Comparing Marks: A Versioning Edition of Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall'', The Annual of the Association for Documentary Editing, vol. 24, 2014, online). Kirkpatrick suggests that it may have been printed by John Rodker, founder of the Ovid Press, who lived at 43 Belsize Park from 1920-1923. The last copy traced at auction was in 1987.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TEAM GB GOLD MEDAL WINNERS LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES STAMP COLLECTION an A4 folder containing the first edition stamps and envelopes:-Bradley Wiggins, Helen Glover (also signed by Helen Glover), Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott (also signed by Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott), Peter Wilson, Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny, Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins (also signed by Katherine Grainger), Steven Burke, Ed Kennedy, Peter Kennaugh & Geraint Thomas, Victoria Pedleton (also signed by Victoria Pendleton), Alex Gregory, Tom James Peter Reed & Andrew Triggs Hodge (Also signed by Alex Gregory, Tom James Peter Reed & Andrew Triggs Hodge), Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking, Dani King, Joanne Rowsell & Laura Trott, Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford (also signed by Greg Rutherford), Mo Farah, Ben Ainslie, Andy Murray, Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher & Nick Skelton, Jason Kenny, Alastair Brownlee ( also signed by Alastair Brownlee) , Laura Bectolsheimer, Charlotte Dujardin & Carl Hester, Laura Trott, Chris Hoy, Charlotte Dujardin, Nicola Adams, Jade Jones, Ed McKeever (also signed by Ed McKeever), Mo Farah, Luke Campbell (also signed by Luke Campbell), Anthony Joshua (also signed by Anthony Joshua), Sarah Story (also signed by Sarah Storey); (33) Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- In mint and unused condition, contained in plastic sleeves in an A4 folder.
Murray Walker My Autobiography Unless Im very much mistaken, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Murray Walker, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, blue boards, dust jacket, unclipped, includes a number of colour and black & white photographs, published by Willow, 2002, pp 394; (1)The voice of motor racing and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 tells the story of his incident-packed life. Murray Walker is an institution. The man who made famous the catchphrase 'Unless I'm very much mistaken... I AM very much mistaken!!!' Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition.
Ellen McArthur Taking On the World, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page James, Go For It!, Ellen, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, blue boards, dust jacket, pictorial endboards, includes a number of colour photographs, published by Penguin, 2002, pp 395; (1)Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Both book and dust jacket in fine condition
Two Signed England Football Photographs - Geoff Hurst completes his hat-trick, Cup Kings Series World Cup Final Wembley 1966, England 4 West Germany 2, They think all over is now! Limited edition 419/500 and Gordon Banks makes a stunning save to deny Pele,Cup Kings Series World Cup First Round, Mexico 1970, Brazil 1 England O, limited edition 500/500. Both with COA and framed and glazed 56x72cm. ..
Pele - The Autobiography - Signed second UK printing published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2006. This is the subsequent Trade edition printing details number line commences with the number '2'. The book is in near fine condition and appears unread, a hint of toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used, signed to the illustration page. The wrapper is complete and is in near fine condition, correctly priced at '£18.99' and has a small yellow circular sticker to the top right of the front. The wrappers used were identical for both the first and second printings. Profusely illustrated with B/W and colour photographs. Pele's definitive autobiography of for many 'the greatest the football player ever' (1) Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years. Condition Report: CR:- In near fine condition for the book and wrapper
Vinnie Jones Vinnie The Autobiography, signed first edition, first printing, signed to the title page Vinnie Jones, hardback book, gold lettering to edges, black boards, pictorial end boards, dust jacket, includes a number of black & white and colour photographs, published by Headline Book Publishing, 1998, pp 277; (1):Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- Book in fine condition, dust jacket has some creasing,
NIKOS HADJIKYRIAKOS-GHIKA (1906-1994)Hydra - Landscape II signé et daté 'GHIKA 46' en bas à droitehuile sur toile73 x 93 cm. (28 3/4 x 36 5/8in.)Peint en c. 1939-1946.signed and dated 'GHIKA 46' lower rightoil on canvasFootnotes:ProvenanceProfessor George Michailides, Athens.Acquired from the above by N. Petsalis-Diomidis in 1994.Private collection, Athens.ExpositionsAthens, British Council, Paintings by Hadjikyriakos Ghika, November 15-25, 1946, no.3 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).Ottawa, Canada, Robertson Galleries, An Exhibition of Eleven Greek Artists Presented by the Robertson Galleries, November 24 - December 12, 1953 (presented in the exhibition catalogue). The show then travelled to Montreal.LittératureNea Estia magazine, no. 468, January 1, 1947, p. 48 (mentioned).O Aionas Mas magazine, no.3 (15), May 1948, p. 83 (illustrated).K.C. Valkana, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, His Painting Oeuvre, Benaki Museum, Athens 2011, no. 98, p. 278 (illustrated).Echoing Juan Miro's modernist masterpieces from the late 1910s¹, Le printemps à Hydra is energized by both the achievements of the early 20th c. European avant-garde and the thorough investigation of the timeless Greek landscape. When we look at the painting we immediately sense the harmoniously coexisting oppositions of the artist's vision: modernist and classicist, cosmopolitan, yet deeply rooted in Greek tradition. This blissful seaward view with the red-roof houses, sloping terrain, jagged stone walls, and derelict windmill surrounded by insular flora is painted from the artist's home studio, the Ghika family's imposing mansion² perched above the quaint old harbour of Kamini. As noted by writer E. Fenton in 1948, 'one of the handsomest houses on Hydra belongs to the painter Hadjikyriakos-Ghika. From many of its terraces there is a superb view of the mainland opposite, and of the roofs of the village below.'³ The unspoiled charm of Hydra's traditional architecture and the subtle buoyancy of its well-balanced lines, empowered Ghika to open a fruitful dialogue with his native land. Drawing from the fragmented planes and spatial distortions of cubism, he reinterpreted indigenous forms and explored a fresh approach to the issue of Greekness. As noted by the British poet Stephen Spender 'when it comes to his paintings of Hydra, Ghika is simply the best modern painter of Greece.'⁴ 'In the 1940s, Ghika devoted himself to the examination of objectivity. This he did with the controlled though passionate lyricism which is characteristic of him. In his own particular way he tries to seek out the secret, plastic life that inhabits every object. But Ghika is a man of prudence. There is in his work a classical proportion, which might make it disagreeably severe if the artist's hand were not guided by one invaluable element in his nature: that of elegance. He looks at the objectiveness of the world with the amazement of a child who sees everything for the first time.'⁵ ¹. Compare Vines and Olive Trees, Tarragona, 1919, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.². In 1936, Ghika started renovating the family house and from 1937 to 1961, when it was completely destroyed in a fire, he often took refuge there, to work and vacation, hosting distinguished guests and fellow artists (compare J. Craxton, Landscape, Hydra, 1960, showing the same island view). ³. E. Fenton, 'White Islands of the Aegean', Town and Country magazine, July 1948, p. 95, as cited in Ghika - Craxton - Leigh Fermor, Charmed Lives in Greece (exhibition catalogue), A.G. Leventis Gallery, Nicosia 2017, p. 53.⁴. S. Spencer, 'Ghika' in Ghika, Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, C. Zervos, S. Spender, P.L. Fermor ed., Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston 1965, p. 22.⁵. M. Raynal, preface to the catalogue of the First Exhibition in England of Paintings and Sculpture by Ghika, The Leicester Galleries, London 1953.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THEOFILOS HADJIMICHAEL (1871-1934)Le héro Miltiadis Yiataganas titré et inscrit en grec en haut à gauchepigments naturels sur bois85 x 58 cm. (33 7/16 x 22 13/16in.)titled and inscribed in Greek upper leftnatural pigments on woodFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, Athens (purchased in Volos in 1965).Bonhams, The Greek Sale, London, December 13, 2005, lot 114.Private collection, Athens.LittératureK. Makris, The Folk Art of Pelion, Melissa editions, Athens 1976, p.162 (illustrated).E. Diamantopoulou, Theofilos in Pelion, Alexandria editions, Athens 2007, p. 233 (mentioned).A.Hadjiyannaki, Theofilos, K. Adam editions, Athens 2007, p. 104 (illustrated).Magnisia magazine, no.11, November 2008, p. 18, no. 31 (listed).*Veuillez noter qu'en raison de la réglementation grecque, ce lot ne peut pas être exporté de Grèce et sera disponible pour consultation et inspection à Athènes sur rendez-vous ou lors de l'exposition à Athènes, du 4 au 7 novembre 2024. Cette œuvre restera à Athènes pendant la vente aux enchères.*Please note that due to Greek regulation, this lot cannot be exported from Greece and will be available for viewing and inspection in Athens either by appointment or during the Athens Preview, 4-7 November 2024. This work will be located in Athens during the auction.'When Theofilos paints Greek heroes, their fustanella kilts become flowers in the fields.'¹S. Eleftheriadis-TeriadeThis extraordinary painting was originally part of a door or store counter decoration in a tavern or bakery located between the villages of Ano Volos and Anakasia in Central Greece. The work is titled in the artist's own hand writing 'The Hero Miltiadis Yataganas, sergeant in the evzone regiment who fought at Melouna in 1886.' The Greek hero, who was seriously wounded during the Thessaly Uprising, is presented as an evzone wearing almost the same highland garb as the painter himself wore when he left Smyrna for Athens to voluntarily enlist to fight in the 1897 conflict against Turkey. Theofilos did indeed take part in the battles of Velestino and Domokos probably wearing his famed fustanella kilt. Following the end of hostilities he lived and worked for four to five years in a hamlet near the village of Milies on Mt. Pelion. After that he moved back to the city of Volos and then went on to Smyrna before returning to Volos and Mt. Pelion in 1909. The Hero Miltiadis Yataganas belongs to this latter period, one of the most creative and prolific in his career, during which he completed the exquisite wall paintings at the Yiannis Kontos mansion (1910-1912). The first of the two known full-figure portraits of Miltiadis Yataganas (the later one having been painted on the island of Lesvos in 1932), it is distinguished by its exceptional design, delicate drawing and vibrant palette. Gallantry is indicated through pictorial and iconographic conventions, an approach rooted in Byzantine and folk tradition, reminiscent of 'martial saints' or descriptions found in demotic songs. The inclusion of the title at the top of the painting, in addition to expressing a longing for knowledge following the Ottoman occupation, denotes a unification of iconographic and linguistic symbols in a uniform and living Greek myth. ¹. S. Elefteriadis-Teriade, Athinaika Nea newspaper [in Greek], September 20, 1935.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NIKOS ENGONOPOULOS (1907-1985)Vincenzo Cornaro et Georgios Chortatzis signé en grec et daté '79' en bas à droitehuile sur toile contrecollé sur panneau 55 x 45 cm. (21 5/8 x 17 11/16in.)Peint en 1979.signed in Greek and dated '79' lower rightoil on canvas laid on panelFootnotes:ProvenanceThe estate of the artist.Private collection, Athens.Bonhams Greek Sale of 21 November 2018, lot 33.Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.ExpositionsAthens, National Gallery and A. Soutzos Museum, Nikos Engonopoulos retrospective exhibition, April 3-15, 1983, no. 100 (listed and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 16).LittératureTo Vima daily, March 20, p. 5, 1981 (illustrated).Epikaira magazine, no. 661, 1981, p. 99 (illustrated).Kathimerini daily, April 12-13, 1981 (illustrated).Epikaira magazine, April 14, 1983, pp. 68-69 (illustrated).Ta Nea daily, November 11, 1984 (illustrated).Techni kai Logos magazine, no. 3, December 1985, p. 27 (illustrated). Diavazo magazine, no. 381, January 1998, p. 151 (illustrated).Vradyni daily, January 25, 1998 (illustrated).D. Vlachodimos, Reading the Past in Engonopoulos, Indiktos editions, Athens 2006, p. 270 (listed), pp. 239-240 (discussed).K. Perpinioti-Agazir, Nikos Engonopoulos, Son Univers Pictural, exhibition catalogue and catalogue raisonée, Benaki Museum, Athens 2007, no. 1095, p. 382 (illustrated), p. 518 (illustrated).D. Menti, Faces and Facades, Literary Identity Interpretations in Modern Greek Poets, Gutenberg editions, Athens 2007, p. 155 (referred).N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos, doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, no. 233, pp. 564-565 (discussed), p. 566 (illustrated).Nikos Engonopoulos, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art - Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Andros, 2017, p. 103 (referred).Drawing from the vast storehouse of Greek literary tradition and inspired by the heroism, nobility and romance of bygone eras, Engonopoulos paid homage to the two towering figures of the Cretan Theatre, whom he considered 'links in the chain of Greeks who did everything perfectly.'1 As noted by the artist himself, 'the Cretan Theatre enchanted me and captured my heart at first sight. It's a world in itself, full of conflicting passions, desires, misunderstandings, intentional or otherwise, skulduggery, weeping and laughter. And what action, plot twists and unexpected developments! All told in an impeccable style, flawless language and perfect, often brilliant, verses.'2Captured in full frontal pose, the two figures are reminiscent of Byzantine depictions of military saints.3 On the left, Cornaro in nobleman's garb is pointing upwards with one hand and holding a scroll, probably a poem, with other, while on the right, Chortatzis, also in noble yet less fancy clothing, is wearing a broad-brimmed hat and holding a sword, recalling the definition of Poetry by the great romantic Percy Shelley: 'Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.'4 The action takes place by the sea, with Heraklion's Fortezza and Sitia's Kazarma forts in the background, depicted as a truncated cone and a high gated wall respectively, in a typically surrealist topological inconsistency.5The great Vincenzo Cornaro (1553-1613/4)6, a cultivated artist concerned with invigorating classical tradition, was a leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance and writer of Erotokritos— a romantic epic unanimously acknowledged as the masterpiece of Cretan poetry and a milestone in the history of Greek literature.7 Georgios Chortatzis (1550-c.1610) was also a first rank dramatist and poet, who introduced the theatre to Crete and elevated the local idiom into a literary language.8 His better known works include the comedy Katsourbos and Erofili (Erophile), a tragedy recalling, in broad terms, Sophocles's Antigone. Engonopoulos kept copies of all four plays in his library.9Engonopoulos's persistence on indigenous cultural experiences clearly indicates that 'while European surrealists used an irrational vocabulary to break free from the shackles of traditional conventions, Engonopoulos perceived tradition as a 'connecting link' that would restore cultural continuity from Aeschylus to Romanos the Melodist, demotic songs and Erotokritos.'101. Interview by T. Manikas [in Greek], Vima daily Sunday edition, November 5, 1995.2. N. Engonopoulos, 'A Few Words About the Cretan Theatre' [in Greek], Theatro magazine, no. 7, January-February 1963, p. 26.3. Compare Saint George and Demetrios, portable icon, second half of the 15th century. (From Byzantium to El Greco, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1987, p. 106. Fig 38.)4. See M. Anthis, 'Renditions of Solomos in Greek Surrealism' [in Greek], Avgi newspaper, 20.7.2015.5. See N. Chaini, The Painting of Nikos Engonopoulos [in Greek], doctoral dissertation, National Technical University of Athens, 2007, pp. 564-565, and D. Vlachodimos, Reading the Past in Engonopoulos [in Greek], Indiktos editions, Athens 2006, p. 240.6. Engonopoulos has also written a poem titled Vincenzo Cornaro (In the Valley with the Rose Gardens, Ikaros editions, 1992, p. 105).7. Cornaro's romance became a national poem and its hero a symbol of Hellenism, exalted side by side with Digenis Akritas and Alexander the Great.8. See L. Politis, A History of Modern Greek Literature, Oxford University Press, 1975, pp. 55-56.9. Vlachodimos, pp. 258-261.10. N. Loizidi, 'The Indigenous Surrealism of Nikos Engonopoulos' [in Greek], To Vima daily - Nees Epoches, 21.10.2007, p. A57.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GEORGIOS ZONGOLOPOULOS (1903-2004)Tel-Néant signé en grec sur la baseacier inoxydable 247 x 210 x 82 cm. (97 1/4 x 82 11/16 x 32 5/16in.)Réalisé en 1998.signed in Greek on the basestainless stealFootnotes:ProvenanceDenise René Galerie.Private collection, Athens.ExpositionsArt Athina, 1998.Athens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, George Zongolopoulos: The Vision of Public Sculpture, January 28 - May 31, 2019, no. 21 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).A work of imaginative power and intellectual verve that explores the expressive potential of volume and the rhythmical relations between solids and voids, the monumental 13x10m stainless steel and plexiglass grid sculpture Tel-Néant was first exhibited at the 1997 Venice Biennale, and subsequently travelled to Berlin (1998) and Weimar (1999). In 2001 it was installed at the headquarters of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) in the Athens suburb of Maroussi. Since 2005, a smaller scale version adorns the gardens of the Presidential Mansion. Zongolopoulos created Tel-Néant in loving memory of his wife, the painter Eleni Paschalidou-Zongolopoulou (1909-1991), as a way to symbolically communicate with her through a construction that resembles a nexus of telecommunications masts and satellite dishes. He named his sculpture Tel-Néant, meaning To the Beyond. Throughout his long and prolific career, whether adopting figuration or abstraction, and in spite of the bold and original nature of his work, Zongolopoulos has always been deeply committed to history. He experimented with all kinds of materials, media, forms, and styles, and never ceased to believe that space is fluid and dynamic in relation to time and nature. As noted by prominent French art critic and founder of the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture Denys Chevalier, Zongolopoulos, with the purity of his original ideas, the economy of expression, and the rigor of his statements, belongs to the first rank of contemporary artists who set out to create sculptures based not on fleeting trends but rather on something permanent, belonging to both the past and the future.¹¹. See catalogue of the Zongolopoulos showing at the 1993 Venice Biennale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THE 1ST EARL OF LIVERPOOL, A VICTORIAN SENTIMENTAL LOCKET NECKLACE CIRCA 1880-1895 Designed as a snake link chain suspending ten gem set gold lockets, decorated with acrostic gem charges, reflecting the system of cadency, including a mullet, martlet, annulet or fleur-de-lys for the sons, and hearts for the daughters, each reverse engraved with initials and dates for each child, around a glazed compartment containing a lock of hair, unmarked Size/dimensions: 39.5cm long Gross weight: 78.1 gramsProvenance: Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool, PC (7 November 1846 - 23 March 1907) and The Countess Liverpool Lady Rosamund Foljambe (1893-1974), later Countess of Leven Thence by direct family descent.The 1st Earl of Liverpool and his second wife, Susan Cavendish, The Countess Liverpool, had eleven children, the first ten represented by lockets as follows: Gerald William Frederick Savile Foljambe, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1878-1962), an officer in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry - a garnet set mullet, reverse engraved G.W.F.S.F., born 12 May 1878 Lady Edith Margaret Emily Mary Foljambe (1879-1962), married Brigadier-General D'Arcy Legard - an emerald set heart, reverse engraved E.M.E.M.F., born 6 Sept.r 1879 Lady Alice Etheldreda Georgiana Mary Foljambe (1880-1922), a painter - an amethyst heart beneath a diamond crescent, reverse engraved A.E.G.M.F, born 18 Sept 1880 Lady Mabel Evelyn Selina Mary Foljambe (1881-1915), married Dr. William Woodburn - a moonstone heart beneath a diamond mullet, reverse engraved M.E.S.M.F, born 25 Sept.r 1881 Brevet Major Honourable Josceline Charles William Savile Foljambe (1882-1916), an officer in the Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action in the First World War - a zircon (jargoon) and diamond set martlet, reverse engraved J.C.W.S.F, born 16 Oct.r 1882 Margaret Susan Louisa Mary Foljambe (14 January 1884 - 16 January 1884), died in infancy - a moonstone heart in a black enamel surround with a rose cut diamond martlet above, reverse engraved M.S.L.M.F born 14 Jan.y 1884, died 16 Jan.y 1884 Lady Constance Blanche Alethea Mary Foljambe (1885-1977), married Reverend Hezekiah Hawkins - a carbuncle garnet heart beneath a rose cut diamond annulet, reverse engraved C.B.A.M.F, born 26th February 1885 Robert Anthony Edward St Andrew Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl of Liverpool (1887-1969) - a ruby annulet, reverse engraved R.A.E.St.A.S.F., born 3rd April 1887 Honourable Bertram Marmaduke Osbert Savile Foljambe (1891-1955), married Joyce Edmunson, grandfather to the present Earl of Liverpool - a beryl and rose cut diamond fleur-de-lys, reverse engraved B.M.O.S.F, born 6th January 1891 Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe (1893-12 April 1974), married Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven - a moonstone heart beneath a ruby, sapphire and diamond fleur-de-lys, reverse engraved R.S.D.M.F., born 30th January 1893.The eleventh child, the Honourable Victor Alexander Cecil Savile Foljambe (1895-1975), has no locket on this necklaceIn heraldry, cadency is any systematic way to distinguish arms displayed by descendants of the holder of a coat of arms when those family members have not been granted arms in their own right. Historically, arms were only heritable by males, and therefore cadency marks had no relevance to daughters. As the 1st Earl of Liverpool had two sons by his first wife, Louisa Howard, Gerald Foljambe, bears the charge of the mullet, symbolic of the third son, Brevet Major Honourable Josceline Foljambe, that of the swift symbolic of the fourth son. The daughters cadency is unusually also marked with the same charges above the hearts. Condition Report: All stones present and correct. Two of the lockets have slightly different coloured glass frames to the reverse. Chain slightly discoloured at front Overall in good condition with some surface wear, nicks and scratchesCondition Report Disclaimer
Y A LATE 19TH CENTURY CORAL CHRISTENING SUITE Comprising a necklace, pair of bracelets, brooch, ring and pair of earrings, the necklace and bracelet composed of two strands of facetted coral beads, centring a cabochon coral, the necklace suspending a gold cross; the earrings, ring and brooch en suite, the earrings with French poinçon, fitted case by H. Fabre, Buenos Aires Size/dimensions: necklace 26.5cm, bracelets 12.5cm, brooch 2.1cm, earrings 2.1cm long Gross weight: 14.0 gramsProvenance: Oliver Raphael Tisdall, thence by family descentAlfred Oliver Tisdall moved to Argentina to set up St Saviour's Anglican Church in Belgrano, Buenos Aires. Their son Oliver Raphael Tisdall was born in Argentina 2nd April 1899, and this was his christening set. He served as a Lieutenant in the British army in the First World War, before qualifying as a GP and then became the school doctor at Harrow school. The family moved to Kells, County Meath, Ireland, when he inherited the family home.
CARTIER, A STAG'S TOOTH AND ENAMEL STOCK PIN AND A STOCK PIN The first mounted with stags teeth, held by red and blue enamel bands, signed Cartier and numbered 012101, stamped with French poinçon; the second of polished safety pin design, signed Cartier, indistinctly numbered, stamped with French poinçons, together with an associated Cartier red leather and gilt tooled case Size/dimensions: first 5.9cm long, second 5.0cm long Gross weight: 13.3 grams Condition Report: First: chipping to enamel, particularly red band to side and reverse, smaller chips to blue band. One tooth slightly loose in mount. Pin slightly bent. Second: pin slightly bent, numbering rubbedCondition Report Disclaimer
Assorted World Silver Coins and Medallions, comprising; Marie Theresa Thaler proof restrike; 3x Canada, dollar 1963, 1965 and 1966; 2x Mexico 25 pesos 1968; Netherlands 2.5 guilder 1930; South Africa, 50 cents 1964; Bermuda, crown 1964 and first decimal coin set 1970; Guernsey, 25 pence 1972; Isle of Man 25 pence 1972; Gibraltar 25 pence 1972; Anguilla, fine silver, 1oz $25 1968; Sierra Leone, one leone 1974; Ireland, 1966 specimen set including silver scilling; UK, silver proof crown 1977; 3x silver medal set 1969, celebrating 150 years since the Birth of Queen Victoria; Edward Heath proof silver medal, 1973, celebrating the UK entry to the EEC; and, a Rugby League Challenge Cup Final 1968, Leeds v. Wakefield Trinity commemorative medal
Two World Coin Albums, over 700 coins from Austria-Hungary, Austria, Hungary, Australia, Malta, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago, the first album containing the Austrian and Hungarian coins, a comprehensive collection featuring a range of Austrian silver shillings, including commemorative issues, some high-grade Austro-Hungarian silver florins and a large collection of communist-era Hungarian coins; The second album contains a large collection of pre-decimal Australian pennies and half pennies together with more modern issues from Trinidad and Tobago and Malta; an interesting group, mixed grades, viewing recommended
2x Royal Mint, Silver Proof Commemorative Collections, both in presentation tins and celebrating the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the first containing a 5oz silver proof coin, with medal bar; the second containing 3x silver proof crowns with accompanying medal and pin badges; all coins encapsulated and housed in themed tins with accompanying certificates and information
Elizabeth I, Sixpence 1582, fifth issue, 2.69g, mm. sword (N.1997, S.2572) fine - good fine; together with three other hammered coins; Scotland, Mary, bawbee, first period 1542-8, 2.13g, voided saltire cross (S.5432) holed o/wise fine; James I, half groat, second coinage 1604-19, mm. rose (S.2659) chipped edge, near fine; and, an Edward I, long cross penny, London Mint, fine (4)
Collection of early Grecon cloth artist Character dolls, part of an important archive of Grecon dolls, Margaret Cohn’s first dolls were mainly caricatures of personal friend, the lot includes portly mother with child, elderly Lady with headscarf, Gypsy, sad mother holding her two babies in swaddling, tall gentleman, two young girls with plaited hair, Asian lady, Boxer and family, all with needle sculptured facial features, most with Grecon Berlin stamp to sole and numbered, together with a pair of Mexican dances and ‘Wolle’ woollen gentleman on skies, tallest dancers 21” (50cm) tall, smallest young child 4 ¼” (11cm), the lot comes with extensive archive of her personal property including her passport (1934-39), original sketches, photos, paper and magazine clippings, British Toy Industries exhibition cards, patents and more.
A pair of all original boxed A.M 996 sprayed bisque head dolls, German 1930s, both with weighted glass eyes, real lashes, shaded lids and painted brows, open mouth with two upper teeth and wigs, on five piece composition bodies with straight legs, one with original pink dress, and first prize red rosette at The Portman Hotel Doll show, the other in blue dress and bonnet, and blue second prize rosette at the London international doll fair, each 13” (33cm) tall and in original red patterned boxes, (2 items)
Two wax over composition shoulder head doll, German 1880/1900, the first with fixed blue glass eyes, moulded lids, painted brows and mouth, inserted blonde hair and on a cloth body with wax lower arms and legs, wearing a cream silk striped dress, blue bonnet and leather shoes, 18” (46cm) tall, (condition: some fading to face and arms) together with a larger wax over composition wearing a white cotton dress with blue sash, bonnet and underclothes, 29” (74cm) tall, (Condition: slight damage to left side of mouth), (2).
A good Moritz Gottschalk model 3582 blue roof Dolls House, German circa 1902, exterior with paper lithographed brick and wood detail, basement windows and first floor windows with drapes, painted green steps leading to L-shaped veranda, with finely turned pillars and pierced metal balustrading, hinged painted green panelled door with metal handle, pitched blue roof and three chimneys, front opens in one wing to two L-shaped rooms, both with original papers to walls and floors, with a selection of furniture including tinplate cooking range, wooden fireplace, pair of chairs, four poster bed, ornaments and other later pieces, pencil number to base, 26” (66cm) tall, 17 ½” (44.5cm) wide, 13 ¾” (35cm) deep, (condition: wooden canopy and supports to ground floor window replaced and repaint to tops of chimneys).
Two wax over composition shoulder head dolls, English 1860s, the first with inserted black glass eyes, painted mouth and slit head with brown wig, on a cloth body with leather lower arms and cloth body with turned in feet, wearing pink cotton dress, 20” (51cm) tall, (condition: some cracks to wax head), together with a similar smaller doll wearing a cream and blue dress, 15” (38cm) tall, (2 items).
An impressive Christian Hacker painted wooden Dolls House, German 1890s, the exterior with printed red and white brick effect paper, on a painted white wooden base with steps leading to grand glazed front door flanked with moulded pillars, and pillared veranda and metal pierced balcony to first floor, glazed windows including two large bay all with decorative moulded pillars and brickwork surrounds, first floor balcony door and further three attic windows, pitched blue paper printed tiled roof and two chimneys with lift of section to side. The front opening in one wing to four rooms, hallway and landing with painted staircase and four internal doors, all rooms with good papers to walls and floors, 34” (87cm) tall, 32” (82cm) wide, 20” (51cm) deep, (condition: professional restoration throughout). Please note: For viewing, shipping and collection of this lot please contact Leigh Gotch at C&T Auctioneers direct.
A good example of a Tri-ang No.93 large Dolls House in Tudor style, English 1930s, the painted wooden house on a green base, with painted shrubbery to first floor, half-timbered gables, green front door with metal letter box and knocker, garage with opening doors, front opens in four sections to two bedrooms, dining room, bathroom, kitchen, hallway and landing with staircase, all with good original papers to walls and floors. Side entrance with porch and seat, opening white metal framed windows with dummy green shutters and original blue checked fabric curtains, red tiled roof and two chimneys. Each room with fireplace, kitchen with built in stove, dresser and sink, bathroom with wooden bath, and metal Tri-ang plaque to rear, 24 ¼” (62cm) tall, 48” (122cm) wide, 17” (44cm) deep, (condition: generally very good, some paint loss to rear of roof). Please note: For viewing, shipping and collection of this lot please contact Leigh Gotch at C&T Auctioneers direct.
A large Moritz Gottschalk blue roof dolls house and contents, German circa 1900, the wooden dolls house with paper brick effect lithographed exterior, lithographed windows to attic and sides, with five glazed windows to façade, steps leading to large veranda with decorative columns and pierced metal fence, painted green front door with panels and metal door handle, the first floor with two balconies, each with green painted doors leading to bedrooms, pitched blue roof with turret and chimney, the two sides open to four rooms with a staircase, two internal doors and with original wall and floor papers throughout, contents include a painted white wooden bedroom suite, Art nouveau style settee and two chairs upholstered in blue silk, kitchen shelves, table with marble top and two matching chairs, tin plate stove, dolls include three Parian types, (one lacks leg), bisque shoulder head maid, cloth doll and two later composition dolls, house 37” (94cm) tall, 26 ½” (68cm) wide, 19” (48cm)deep, (condition: some repainting to roof, lithographed paper to sides, trellis above veranda and stonework below attic room is not original, repair to some brickwork, steps not original). Please note: For viewing, shipping and collection of this lot please contact Leigh Gotch at C&T Auctioneers direct.
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