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Lot 224
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005)Gagner ou Perdre signed and dated 'Eduardo Paolozzi. 47.' (lower right), titled 'Gagner ou Perdre' (upper centre)watercolour and gouache46.5 x 50.5cm (18 5/16 x 19 7/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith The Mayor Gallery, London, where acquired by Mr and Mrs Milnes-Smith, 20th July 1961Sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 2007, lot 77, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate CollectionPaolozzi had his first solo show in early 1947 at The Mayor Gallery. With a number of successful sales and appreciative reviews, Paolozzi set off for Paris. He rented a room for £1 per month on the Île Saint-Louis, and found there much to inspire him, not only in the contemporary art scene but also in the wonderful museum collections that the city had to offer. He absorbed such diverse influences as Dada and Surrealism, viewed Dubuffet's collection of art brut, and also became acquainted with important contemporaries such as Giacometti. The present lot is typical of the early gouaches and collages he produced while staying there, taking inspiration from popular entertainment in the form of newspaper stalls, lottery and shooting booths - 'gagner ou perdre' translates as 'win or lose' - and transforms this simple decoration into a new and sophisticated abstract language.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
Lot 44
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)The Ruthven Twins inscribed 'Please reverse &/repeat' (lower right)pen and ink and pencil51 x 35.5cm (20 1/16 x 14in) sheet; 20 x 19cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/2in) image(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceSale; Christie's, London, Cecil Beaton, 21 June 1988, lot 116 (part lot), where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.LiteratureC. Beaton, The Book of Beauty, Duckworth, London, 1930, illustrated on p. 56'They are Byzantine goddesses, dressed like fairies in a circus designed by Picasso, with their dark locks tied with little tinsel bows, their spangled ballet-skirts, and low-heeled shoes' (ibid., p. 56).Margaret Hore-Ruthven (1902-1970) and Alison Hore-Ruthven (1902-1974), were part of the unofficial group of socialites the 'Bright Young Things'. The twins performed under their stage name the 'Ralli Twins', as well as modelling for a dressmaking establishment. They were reportedly among the first to wear 'low-heeled dancing slippers', which soon became 'the vogue among young people' (Pensacola News Journal, Florida, 7 December 1928, p. 3).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
Lot 49
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)Kathleen Countess of Drogheda titled 'Kathleen Countess of/Drogheda' (lower right) pen and ink, wash and pencil28 x 21cm (11 x 8 1/4in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceSale; Christie's, London, Cecil Beaton, 21 June 1988, lot 116 (part lot), where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.LiteratureC. Beaton, The Book of Beauty, Duckworth, London, 1930, illustrated on p. 20Kathleen Countess of Drogheda (1887-1966) was a noted sportswoman, playing tennis in the ladies' singles at Wimbledon. She was also one of the first female aviators and earned the nickname the 'Flying Countess' after she organised the first Aeronautical exhibition in Britain in 1917, which raised money for the war effort.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
Lot 60
John Minton (British, 1917-1957)Cranes at Bankside signed, inscribed and dated 'John Minton 1947/Thames Side.' (on backboard)pen and ink and wash36 x 27cm (14 3/16 x 10 5/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, by whom gifted toPrivate Collection, U.K. and thence by family descentTheir sale; Bonhams, London, 1 July 2009, lot 6Private Collection, U.K.Their sale; Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 10 March 2015, lot 79, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.From December 1946 to January 1947 John Minton exhibited at the Lefevre Gallery alongside Keith Vaughan and Julian Trevelyan. Minton showed nine oils and ten gouaches, which were based on the quays and wharves around Southwark and Bankside and earnt him the title of 'urban romantic'. The exhibition was well-received by the critics with Michael Middleton commenting in The Spectator that the Artist had 'translated an essentially elegiac vision into a closely knit architecture of great firmness and richness without the loss of poetic intensity' (F. Spalding, John Minton, Dance Till The Stars Come Down, Lund Humphries, London, 2005, p. 102). A series of commissions followed this success and in May 1947 he drew London Docks for an issue of Our Time. Following this, Minton was asked to complete three pictures of the river Thames for publication in the July 1947 issue of Lilliput Magazine. The present lot is one of the three black and white wash drawings that the Artist first produced before being asked by Kaye Webb, the magazine's art editor, to rethink his designs in colour. Along with the present lot, Minton's wash drawings included St Paul's from the River and Blackfriars Bridge. Minton's close relationship with the river Thames would continue throughout his career and in 1949 he executed illustrations for John Herbert's essay 'London's Port and River' in the book Flower of Cities before completing one of London Transport's most famous posters titled London's River: Pool of London in 1951 (three thousand posters were created for the underground from this gouache).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
Lot 7
John Wells (British, 1907-2000)Relief on a Seventh Module (Homage to Ben and Gorin) oil on carved wood in a perspex box frame61 x 122cm (24 x 48 1/16in).Please note that this work bears signature and number 'John Wells/4.7bb' (on a Wills Lane Gallery label verso)Conceived in 1970Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.The present work is from two editions of 7 with 3 artist's proofs. It was constructed by Graham Potter in collaboration with John Wells and Henry Gilbert, Wills Lane Gallery, St. Ives and is three times the size of the original.As the title suggests, this carved wood relief by John Wells pays respect to both the artists Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) and Jean Gorin (1899-1981). Nicholson famously altered the visual language of modern British art in 1934 with his first painted, pure white, carved reliefs, which in themselves were a development of his coloured reliefs begun the year before. Nicholson wrote to his wife, Winifred, following a visit to see her in Paris during 1933 that his aeroplane journey home had a profound effect on him. He referenced the white clouds more than once, and Jeremy Lewison comments:'The ability to pass from one level to another with abruptness and precision, bypassing intermediate planes, is a quality found in Nicholson's reliefs and was paralleled in his description of the flight. The purity of the white cloud, moreover, may have had some bearing on his next major advance, the making of white reliefs.' (J. Lewison, Ben Nicholson, Phaidon Press, London, p. 16)John Wells was acquainted with Ben Nicholson from a young age, having met both him and Christopher Wood in St Ives in 1928 as a student at the age of twenty-one. He became familiar with his work, although Wells's own ambition to become an artist was initially delayed for financial reasons and he became a doctor, working from the Scilly Isles until after the war.Where Relief on a Seventh Module (Homage to Ben and Gorin) deviates from Ben Nicholson's white reliefs is in its introduction of the projecting shelf and upright form it supports. Here, Wells is showing his admiration for the French neoplastic painter and sculptor, Jean Gorin, a disciple of Piet Mondrian, who developed his idiosyncratic wall reliefs in the late 1920s; although these were polychrome, unlike the purity of Nicholson's work and the present lot.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
Lot 169
A Longines Military Issue wrist watch on of "The Dirty Dozen", the first wrist watches commissioned for the British Army, twelve manufacturers were accepted to manufacturer the watches to strict specification, the circular black arabic dial having a subsidiary seconds dial, luminous dot markers and hands in a 36mm stainless steel screw back case numbered 23088 3433F7157 with the broad arrow and W.W.W. strap model, the estimated production numbers for the Longines was 5000, watch is running at present time although no guarantee is given.
Lot 213
First Legion, Little Lead Soldiers; Tradition - A boxed First Legion painted metal figure of a Gallic Warrior from The Glory of Rome range #Romo82; together with several packs of predominately white metal model figure kits by Little Lead Soldiers and Tradition. Lot includes Tradition 90mm Robert De Mamines; and similar. Some packs are open and unchecked for completeness.
Lot 72
Monopoly Star Lot - a very exclusive 18 carat gold (NOT plated) edition of the East Grinstead Monopoly boxed board game, sealed and certificated limited edition of seven (this being number ONE) with all Monopoly icons made of 18 carat gold, the icons created by Penny Farthing Jewellers of East Grinstead and to include one additional 18 carat gold icon in the form of a Penny Farthing bicycle. The total gold weight is 71 gm. This edition was originally planned as a limited edition of 72 to commemorate 72 years since Monopoly was first licensed (1935 - 2007) but later limited to seven of which most are held by private collectors in US and Australia. The lot includes a letter of provenance signed personally by the managing director of Penny Farthing Jewellers with authority for the edition by 'Winning Moves'; the set in mint condition, sealed in original packaging with all elements of the lot mint, including the letter of provenance.
Lot 101
Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke. Nouum Iesu Christi D.N. testamentum, first line of title within woodcut cartouche, woodcut decorative initials, lacks 3k1, title slightly soiled, some light browning, some ff. extensively stained, some ff. loose, some headlines shaved, 17th century ink inscription on the "precept of Baptism" on fly-leaf, disbound, [STC 2794], 16mo (100 x 72mm.), excudebant Reg. Typog., 1592; sold not subject to return.⁂ The second Greek New Testament printed in England, and the last to be printed in the sixteenth century.
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Lot 109
Drug prospectus.- [Byfield (Timothy)] Some Brief Account of my Sal Oleosum Volatile, consider'd as an Universal Remedy, inscribed by the author, drop-head title, stained, repairs, especially to first f., modern wrappers, 8vo, [c.1711]. ⁂ Rare, with no copy recorded by ESTC and only one copy recorded by OCLC (Liverpool). The inscription by the author reads 'Sr., since I wrote this booke my partners have provd [sic.] to be Rascals. They have basly [sic.] abused the medicine, and have cheated me - I live in Great New Street by Fetter-Lane'.
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Lot 110
[Jocelin (Elizabeth)] The mother's legacy to her unborn child, woodcut head-pieces and decorative intials, lightly browned throughout, some spotting or light foxing, first and last ff. detached, disbound, 12mo, Printed and sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close, near West-Smithfield, 1724.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only five copies. The book was first published two years after Jocelin's death in childbirth in 1622.
Lot 111
18th century newspapers.- The Grub-street Journal, nos. 105 & 116, 1731; Fog's Weekly Journal, nos. 182-184, 1732; The Universal Spectator, and Weekly Journal, nos. 179-180 & 182; Applebee's Original Weekly Journal, left margin torn away slightly affecting text, 1733; The Weekly Register: or, Universal Journal, by Tim Birch, Reformer, no. 110, 1732; The Universal Spectator, and Weekly Journal, by Henry Stonecastle of Northumberland, no. 81, 1732; The Weekly Register, nos. 99 & 102, 1732; The Daily Courant, nos. 5408 & 5458, first no. part of left margin torn away slightly affecting text, 1733, together 54pp., some small tears to edges, folds, browned, folio, 1731-33 (15).
Lot 114
American imprint.- Bromley (Thomas) The Way to the Sabbath of Rest; or the Soul's Progress in the Work of the New-Birth, first American edition, some dampstaining, browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, a few slash marks, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, new label on spine, [Evans 8309], 8vo, Germantown Reprinted and sold by Christopher Sower... Solomon Fussell and Jonathan Zane in Philadelphia, 1759[-60].⁂ Includes two other essays by Bromley with separate title pages: "The Journeys of the Children of Israel", and "A Treatise of Extraordinary Divine Dispensations, under the Jewish and Gospel Administrations."
Lot 119
Smith (Capt. George) An Universal Military Dictionary, first edition, engraved vignette title, list of subscribers, 16 folding engraved plates and one folding letterpress table, modern red half morocco, 4to, for J. Millan, 1779.⁂ Handsome copy, probably one of a number issued on Royal paper. Subscribers, all men and mostly military figures, also include Joseph Banks, Charles Hutton (mathematician) and brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby, the latter 'First Drawing-Master to the Royal Military Academy.'
Lot 125
NO RESERVE Marsh (Ebenezer Grant) An Oration, on the Truth of the Mosaic History of the Creation; Delivered at New-Haven, on the Public Commencement, first edition, 59pp., title torn with loss to margin and edges repaired, title slightly marked and stained, browned, new endpapers, modern rexine, edges uncut, 8vo, Hartford, Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1798.
Lot 132
Wordsworth (William) Poems...including Lyrical Ballads..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, a few pencil corrections and annotations, some later leaves with manuscript notes bound in, some foxing, later buckram with gilt-lettered spine labels, ownership inscription of J. de la Mare Rowley (nephew of Walter de la Mare), 8vo, 1815.⁂
Lot 147
Frazer (Sir James George) The Golden Bough: a Study in Magic and Religion, 3 vol., second edition, frontispiece, half-titles, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900; Totemism and Exogamy, 4 vol., first edition, occasional faint spotting, folding colour maps at end, original cloth, lightly browned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, housed in slipcases, 1910; Psyche's Task, first edition, inscription of 'J. G. Frazer, Trin. Coll. Camb.' to preliminary blank, marginal annotations throughout in the same hand, previous owner's ink signature to preface, original cloth, spine covering beginning to split, chipping to spine extremities, 1909 § Folk-Lore, Vol. I, contents neatly strengthened at fore-edge, later cloth, 1890; and 17 others by Frazer, 8vo (26)
Lot 148
NO RESERVE Lang (Andrew) Magic and Religion, first edition, very faint spotting to top edge of one or two leaves, publisher's advertisements at end, original cloth, housed in a slipcase, a little rubbed, 1901; The Secret of the Totem, faint spotting to first few leaves, unopened, original decorative cloth, gilt, very slight bumping to spine extremities, 1905; and another by the same, 8vo (3)
Lot 149
Watkins Yardley (Lt. Col J.) With the Inniskilling Dragoons: the Record of a Cavalry Regiment during the Boer War, first edition, plates, folding map, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional finger soiling, original cloth in regimental colours of red, green and yellow, gilt, a little marked, spine faded, spine ends creased and bumped, 1904 § Orpen (Sir William) An Onlooker in France, plates, contemporary presentation inscription with original sketch to front free endpaper, frontispiece working loose, original cloth, spine ends worn and bumped, lower cover a little marked, 1924, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ First item with mention of Winston Churchill to p.105, recounting the story of a "fellow companion".
Lot 151
Mackenzie (D. R. ) The Spirit-Ridden Konde, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, original cloth, slight rubbing to top edge, dust-jacket, lacking image to upper, rubbed, slight chipping to corners, small loss to spine head, 1925 § Charnay (Désiré) The Ancient Cities of the New World, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, unopened, abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, New York, 1888 § Brine (Vice-Admiral Lindesay) Travels Amongst American Indians their Ancient Earthworks and Temples, double-page frontispiece, plates, folding maps at end, occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1894; and 8 others similar, 8vo & folio (11)
Lot 156
NO RESERVE Bigmore (Edward Clements) and Charles William Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles in red and black, illustrations, ?original morocco-backed green cloth, spines gilt, spines rubbed and scuffed, Bernard Quaritch, 1880-1884 § Muir (Percy H.) and Peter Amelung, Printing and the Mind of Man, second edition, double column, illustrations, original buckram with printed paper labels, dust-jacket, little faded, some chipping to lower panel, short tear to foot of spine, Munich, 1983; and 23 others, Bibliography & Reference, v.s. (27)
Lot 166
NO RESERVE French.- [Musset (Victor Donatien de) Bibliographie Agronomique ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Ouvrages sur l'Economie Rurale et Domestique et sur l'Art Véterinaire, first edition, half-title, this and title almost detached, some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary wrappers, detached, rather worn, Paris, Colas, 1810 § Brun (Robert) Le Livre Illustré en France au XVIe Siècle, one of 100 copies, plates, some foxing, original printed wrappers, Paris, 1930 § Escoffier (Maurice) Le Mouvement Romantique 1788-1850, signed presentation copy from the author, illustrations, pencil prices in margins, contemporary cloth, joints frayed, Paris, 1934; and c.30 others, French Bibliography &c., including a run of Librairie Morgand et Fatout. Bulletin Mensuels, 1876-1898, v.s. (c.33)
Lot 169
NO RESERVE Hayward (John) English Poetry. An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 Albemarle Street, one of 550 copies, plates, original buckram, gilt, Cambridge, 1950 § Teerink (Dr. H.) and Arthur H. Scouten, A Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, second edition, plates, original buckram, dust-jacket, lightly spotted, fore-edge spotted, Philadelphia, 1963; and 19 others, Bibliography of English Literature, v.s. (21)
Lot 174
NO RESERVE Photography.- Goldschmidt (Lucien) & Weston J.Naef. The Truthful Lens: A Survey of the Photographically Illustrated Book 1844-1914, first edition, one of 1000 copies, numerous illustrations, original cloth, board slip-case, New York, The Grolier Club, 1980; and another, on photographs of Japan, 4to & oblong 4to (2)
Lot 191
Rembrandt van Rijn.- Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Etching & Etchers, first edition, title in red & black with vignette copy of Rembrandt's 'Self-portrait in flat cap', 35 etchings or drypoints, including an impression of Rembrandt's 'Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)', and others, 6 double-page or folding, small hole to the centre of the Rembrandt, occasional light foxing throughout, some spotting and surface dirt, hinges weak with some splitting, original roan-backed cloth, gilt, g.e., rubbed, foot of spine missing, corners and spine ends very worn, 8vo, Macmillan, 1868.⁂ Includes original etchings by Rembrandt, J.M. Whistler ("Billingsgate"), Samuel Palmer ("Sunset"), J. Israels, H. Herkomer, A. Legros, and others.
Lot 195
NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Catterson & Sons, Ltd. (S.P.), London. 1909-10 Gas Fittings Catalogue. Section A (Globes, Chimneys, Burners, Mantles and Inverted Shop Lamps), 1909; 1909-10 Lamp Catalogue, 1910 § Cars, Ltd (B.) Venus Gas and Electric List 1924-25, List No. 321, 50% discount slip in green tipped in, 1924, illustrations, original printed wrappers, the first two cloth-backed and with advertisement slip for other catalogues tipped to upper cover (the second dated 1910-11), rubbed and soiled, the first a little chipped at edges; and 2 other rather worn and defective catalogues on lamps, 4to (5)⁂ S.P.Catterson, manufacturer of lighting and heating products was established at the Globe Lamp Works, Newington Causeway, London SE1 in 1856 and continued until at least the late 1930s.
Lot 198
Trade Catalogue.- Ford & Medley, Ltd., Sheffield. Illustrated Catalogue of Cutlery, Spoons, Forks..., some leaves printed in colours, errata slip printed in red at beginning, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, soiled and faded at edges, Sheffield, [c.1900] § Newman & Field Ltd., Birmingham. General Catalogue, light soiling, modern cloth preserving part of upper wrapper as label on upper cover, Birmingham, 1929 § Spratt's Patent Limited, London. 1919 List of Game Foods, Dog Foods, Appliances and Sundries, with calendar noting sporting seasons, blotting paper, order forms and loosely-inserted article on dry-feeding for pheasants, original printed wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover, punched hole and string loop to upper left corner for hanging, 1929 § Hays (Alfred), London. The Gramophone as supplied to H.M. The Queen, colour illustrations, light water-staining to upper outer corner, stitched in original printed wrappers, a little stained and frayed at edges, [c.1908], all with illustrations, rubbed, 4to (4)⁂ Ford & Medley, Ltd. was founded in 1879 and manufactured cutlery, electroplate, knives and razors at their Wizard and Emu Works, closing in the early 1930s. The Newman & Field catalogue features a wide range of household metalware from saucepans to wheelbarrows including cooking utensils, corkscrews, cutlery, lamps, compasses, binoculars, locks and boat fittings. This is presumably the same company that was founded in 1870 and now operates in Walsall in the pleasure boat industry. Spratt's was the world's first large-scale manufacturer of dog biscuits, launched in London in about 1860 by an American entrepreneur from Cincinnati; Spratt's Patent Ltd. was registered in 1885. Charles Cruft, who later started the famous dog show, began work as a postboy at Spratt's and was responsible for developing the business and expanding into selling accessories and medications for dogs and later game. In 1907 Queen Alexandra granted a Royal Warrant to the Gramophone Company having purchased an 'His Master's Voice' gramophone for Sandringham.
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Lot 200
Trade Catalogue.- Larmuth & Co. (Thomas), Salford, Manchester. [Catalogue of Leather Machinery], 24pp., illustrations, stitched, first leaf slightly soiled and with tear but no loss, Salford, [1886]; Illustrated Catalogue of Cranes, Overhead Travellers, Water Columns, Hydro Extractors, etc., illustrations, double-page Memorandum concerning change of ownership from Knapman & Co. loosely inserted, original printed limp cloth, slightly rubbed, 1896; and 6 other catalogues of machinery from Larmuth & Co. including braid & smallware, cables etc., one in French, 4to & oblong 4to (8)⁂ Thomas Larmuth and Co. of Todleben Iron Works, Salford, was established in 1837. The company became specialists in the production of electrical wires and cables but went into liquidation in 1931.
Lot 201
NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Townson & Mercer, London. Catalogue of Chemical & Scientific Apparatus, Balances, Graduated Instruments, Pure Chemicals, &c., ninth edition (3rd reprint), numerous illustrations, border rule in red, first few leaves with thumb index, original cloth-backed boards, old paper label to head of spine, upper corners bumped and worn, [1907] § Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton, Glasgow. Illustrated Price List of Physical Apparatus, illustrations, original cloth, Glasgow, 1906, both rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ Two interesting catalogues of laboratory equipment. Townson & Mercer have been manufacturing such apparatus for over 200 hundred years while Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton were founded in 1903 but went into liquidation in 1955.
Lot 225
Africa.- Andersson (Charles John) Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, during Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 15 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map at end, plates with marginal water-staining and some spotting, a few marginal repairs to some plates or text ff., some spotting, new endpapers, original pictorial blind-stamped and gilt cloth, spine repaired and with ends little frayed, corners little worn, stained and rubbed, [Czech p.5], 8vo, 1856.⁂ 'A cornerstone book of African hunting in the middle of the nineteenth century. The London edition is much more difficult to locate than the American edition.' (Czech).
Lot 226
Mackenzie (John) Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, plates, 2 folding maps, advertisement f. at end of vol.2, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some marking, but generally bright, 1887 § Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces, additional pictorial titles and 15 plates, map, occasional spotting or foxing, engraved armorial bookplate and inscriptions of John Madden of Hilton Park, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine slightly faded, little rubbed at extremities, [Czech pp.71-72], 1850; and another, Selous, 8vo (4)
Lot 227
Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa...in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, 2 parts in 1 vol., including Appendix, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps / charts (one with routes supplied in red and blue), 5 engraved plates (2 botanical), postscript f., 2 ff. of music, half-title to appendix, half-title and portrait loose, offsetting, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, W.Bulmer and Co. for the Author, 1799; and a second edition of his Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, 1815, uniformly bound with first mentioned, 4to (2)
Lot 228
Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding maps (2 large), frontispieces (portrait to vol.2), 38 plates, illustrations, folding table, advertisement f. to end of vol.2, 1 map detached and torn without loss, spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners frayed, lightly marked, 8vo, 1890.
Lot 229
Alaska.- Burroughs (John), John Muir and George Bird Grinnell. Harriman Alaska Expedition with Cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, colour frontispieces, plates, some colour, maps, occasional spotting or light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1 corner a little worn, rubbed at extremities, a very good set, large 8vo, New York, 1901.
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