Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages, London: Robert Barker, circa 1608?], lacking general and New Testament titles, bound without Apocrypha and preliminaries, printed in double-column black letter, occasional early manuscript entries, manuscript slip pasted to gutter margin of first leaf '1639 The Bishops Bible', some leaves torn with loss and margins frayed with loss, close-trimmed, bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes, London: Printed by E.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1639, occasional manuscript marginalia, incomplete, lacking all after G5, some toning & soiling throughout, occasional stains mostly towards rear of volume, later endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, 18th/19th century reversed calf, morocco title label, joint split at head of spine, 4to (Qty: 1)The Old Testament in this lot comprises leaves numbered 1-358 and the New Testament leaves numbered 441-554. The volume also appears to collate in a similar way to editions of 1584, 1597, 1599, 1603, 1607, 1608, 1611, & 1615. However it appears to be most like the 1608 editon with Gen i.3: Then God sayd... See Herbert 293; Darlow & Moule 225; STC 2202. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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![Dickens (Charles). The Works of Charles Dickens, Household Edition [cover-title], 99 of 101 original parts (lacking numbers 9](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/fc7d71b6-15a3-4c0e-b9b9-aa8801384575/468x382.jpg)
Dickens (Charles). The Works of Charles Dickens, Household Edition [cover-title], 99 of 101 original parts (lacking numbers 91 and 93), Chapman and Hall, 1871-1880, black & white engraved plates, black & white illustrations to text, occasional short closed page tears and edge fraying, some parts with generally light spotting (mainly to first and last leaves), frontispiece to part 11 detached with several tears to margins (one affecting plate by 5mm) and some minor edge losses and dust-soiling, three other frontispieces detached, two plates with a marginal tear, one plate detached and edge-frayed, 11 parts mostly or partly unopened, 14 parts unopened, original pale blue printed wrappers, most wrappers chipped (mainly to spine) and/or edge-frayed, some toned at edges, some wrappers spotted (generally lightly), 22 parts with one or both covers detached or nearly detached, parts 10 & 11 lacking front cover (textblock of former with no stitching), large slim 8vo (Qty: 99)Gimbel D66. For the Household Edition , the first published after Dickens 's death, Chapman & Hall commissioned new illustrations and included Forster's Life of Dickens as the final title. The Household Edition is scarce in monthly parts: the Gimbel Collection records only incomplete copies, the largest made up mainly of the American parts issue, and only three complete copies of the English parts appear in auction records. It appears that the earlier parts of this present copy were the most read, as they bear the most wear, many of the later parts being partly or completely unopened.
Sullivan (Arthur, 1842-1900). Autograph letter signed, 'Arthur S. Sullivan', 8 Talbot Mansions, London, Saturday night, circa 1872, to Rathbone, apologising that he will not be free for lunch the next day but will be free later in the afternoon, one page with integral blank, together with three autograph letters signed from Gilbert (William Schwenck, 1836-1911), Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald, 1892, 1897 & 1898, the first two to Reverend W.E. Lucas, the first concerning receipts of performances, the second also dealing with matters of receipts and accounts (somewhat spotted and soiled), the third to Lawson Walton MP thanking him for his admirable advocacy on his behalf, all signed 'W.S. Gilbert', the first one page pasted on thicker paper, the second and third two pages on bifolia with inner pages blank, a few minor spots, 8vo (Qty: 4)
Caramuel y Lobkowitz (Juan de). Philippus Prudens, Caroli V. Imp. filius, Lusitaniae, Indiae, Brasiliae legitimus rex demonstratus, 1st edition, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1639, engraved coat of arms to half-title verso, engraved allegorical title, 23 (of 25) engraved portraits of the Princes of Portugal by Corn. Galle, woodcut initials and endpieces, a little spotting and soiling, title-pages both somewhat dust-soiled and a little frayed at inner margins, several leaves detached, purple pencil annotations to page 36, lacks pp. 37-40 (including two full-page portraits), supplied in modern facsimile and now detached with heavy old tape browning to inner margins where previously tipped in, contemporary marbled boards with modern crude linen backstrip, worn, folio, together with Tofin?o de San Miguel (Vicente) , Derrotero de las Costas de Espana en el Oceano Atlantico, y de las Islas Azores o Terceras..., volume 2 only (of 2), 1st edition, Madrid, 1789, heavy damp-staining throughout, old paper repairs to blank margins of first five leaves, faint ink ownership inscription at head of title, modern antique-style half calf, large 8vo (Qty: 2)
![[Woolley, Hannah]. The Compleat Servant-maid : or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie The](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/17da0232-4015-4d87-8f5d-aa88013858c6/468x382.jpg)
[Woolley, Hannah]. The Compleat Servant-maid : or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments...Whereunto is added A Suppliment containing the choicest Recipts and rarest Secrets in Physick and Chyrurgery... The Compleat Market-Man and Market-Woman, in Buying Fowl, Fish, Flesh, &c..., Seventh Edition with Additions, printed for E. Tracy, 1704, engraved frontispiece (laid down), two folding engraved plates of calligraphy, both laid down, the first with two small losses slightly affecting text, the second with somewhat larger losses at fold, first few leaves with pale dampstaining, final leaf of text with publisher's advertisement on verso and early ink inscription 'Elizabeth Leys her Book: 1718' on recto, tightly stitched with some letters obscured at gutter, a few leaves close-trimmed (sometimes clipping text), preliminary blank with embossed ownership stamp 'The Old Warps, Warrington', hinges cracked, late 19th century sheep, gilt lettering to spine, extremities rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 1)Cagle 1061 (5th edition); Maclean page 32. An unauthorized adaption of the advice books of Hannah Woolley (or Wolley),teaching young women "how to behave and carry yourself, and perform your duty in the several empoyments of a Waiting-Woman, House-Keeper, Chamber-Maid, Cook-Maid..." with "directions for Preserving, Conserving, and Candying, for Writing... for Arithmetick, as much as is necessary for your sex: Also the Art of Carving, and Distilling, with choice Receipts for... Washing and Starching... For making of Pies, Custards, Cheese-cakes and the like... and for dressing of Flesh, Fowl and Fish... for Preserving the Hair, Teeth, Face, and keeping the Hands white...".
Schroeter (Johann Hieronymus ). Beobachtungen über die Sonnenfackeln und Sonnenflecken samt beylaeufigen Bemerkungen ueber die Scheinbare Flaeche, Rotation und das Licht der Sonne. Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1789, five folding engraved plates, plate guards slightly browned, engraved book label of Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York to front pastedown, early ink ownership name to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled sheep, slightly rubbed and some creasing and wear to lower joints, 4to (Qty: 1)Uncommon first edition in book form of the author's noted monograph on faculae and sunspots.
Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Nursery " Alice ", Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to " Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland", 2nd issue, London: Macmillan & Co., 1890, [but 1896], coloured frontispiece and 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel, title with overprinted "Price One Shilling" with an ornamental bar over the earlier "Price Four Shillings", 3 pages of advertisements at rear, some finger-soiling, rear free endpaper with repaired tear, original cloth-backed colour pictorial boards, rubbed with some pale stains and toning, extremities somewhat worn, 4to, together with Nesbit (Edith) , The Book of Dragons , with Illustrations by H.R. Millar and Decorations by H. Granville Fell, 1st edition, 1901, colour printed double-page title, colour and black & white illustrations, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscriptions, stitching strained, front hinge cracked, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original gilt decorated cloth, extremities somewhat rubbed, toned spine a trifle frayed at ends, 8vo, plus Upton (Florence K. and Bertha) , Golliwogg in the African Jungle, 1st edition, 1909, colour illustrations throughout, page 15 with 6.5cm closed tear at foot, illustrations facing page 25 with 4cm closed tear at foot of gutter, page 25 with rust stain at gutter (affecting adjacent few leaves), stitching strained, front hinge cracked after endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, edges worn, oblong 4to, and 25 others, including The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, and Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross (Qty: 28)First item: Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 216a.
Ihre (Johannes). Glossarium Suiogothicum, in quo tam hodierno usu frequentata vocabula, quam in legum patriarum tabulis aliisque ævi medii scriptis obvia explicantur…, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Upsala: typis Edmannianis, 1769, engraved vignette to first title, double column, heavy spotting, bookplate of Caroli Sarolea, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, some wear at head and foot of spine and extremities, folio (Qty: 1)The first and only edition of this first comprehensive dictionary of Swedish.
[Norton, John]. An Humble Apology for Non-Conformists: With Modest and Serious Reflections on the Friendly Debate, and the Continuation Thereof. By a Lover of Truth and Peace, Printed in the year 1669, early signature to title, occasional light dampstaining, contemporary speckled sheep, joints splitting and old repair at head of spine, 8vo (Wing H3402 & ESTC R20176), together with Jenkyn (William) , The Stil-Destroyer or, self-seeking Discovered. Together with the Curse it brings, and the Cure it requires. A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, upon occasion of a solemne Anniversary meeting, April 9th, 1645, London: Christopher Meredith, 1645, [8], 52pp., small hole to title and small holes to fore-edge blank margin of final leaf (not affecting text), some dampstaining and dust-soiling, modern boards, slim 4to (Wing J655 & ESTC R200004), with Roderick (Richard) , A Sermon Preached August the 19th, 1684. At the Consecration of the Lord Waymouth's Chapel in Long-Leat, 1684, [6], 28pp., dampstained, bound with at front [ Sancroft, William] , A Sermon Preached in S. Peter's Westminster, on the first Sunday in Advent, at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Fathers in God, John Lord Bishop of Durham, William ... of S. David's, Benjamin ... of Peterborough, Hugh ... of Landaff, Richard ... of Carlisle, Brian ... of Chester, and John ... of Exceter, London: Printed by T. Roycroft for Robert Beaumont, 1660, [4], 39, [1]pp., manuscript annotations to title, first & last few leaves strengthened to margins, some close-trimming to margins affecting marginal notes, dampstained, bound with two other similar sermons, 20th century green buckram by Maltby of Oxford, 4to, with Bible [New Testament - Dutch] , Postilla, ofte verklaeringen over de Euangelien, die op alle de Sondagen ende de voorname Feestdagen van het geheele jaer verklaert werden in de kercken, toegedaen de onveranderde Ausburgsche Belijdenisse. ... In het licht gegeven door Artus Velten, Amsterdam: Jan van Duisbergh, 1677, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, browned and dampstained throughout, ink stamp to front free endpaper and Barnstaple Athenaeum and Barnstaple Literary & Scientific Institution bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind central arabesque and ruled line border to boards, lacking spine and clasps, 4to, plus other antiquarian, mostly 17th century theology and related, including many defective volumes (Qty: 20)
Moreau (Pierre). Klare en Waarachtige Beschryving van de leste beroerten en afval der Portugezen in Brasil, 1st & only edition, Amsterdam, 1652, 94 pp., title with engraved plan, three half-page engravings in text only (of 4, lacking leaf F1), some damp stains and soiling, later marbled wrappers, upper wrapper detached, some wear, 4to, together with An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales, by George Barrington, 1st edition, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, folding hand-coloured map, three hand-coloured plates only (of 10), p.23 torn without loss, some light soiling, library label at front, contemporary tree calf gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus Geographia Antiqua, by C. Cellarius, editio altera, 1745, title printed in red and black, engraved plate, 26 folding engraved maps, some light toning, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 3)First work Sabin 50580. Dutch translation of Moreau's Histoire de derniers troubles de Bresil entre les Hollandois et les Portugais, 1651, giving a clear account of the Dutch-Portuguese wars in Brazil in 1648-49 and describing the social life in Pernambuco.
![Beethoven (Louis van). Trois Trios pour le Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncelle, Oeuvre 1r, Paris: Pleyel, circa 1800, [3],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/f7c394ea-f7d5-48e0-a29f-aa88013838a3/468x382.jpg)
Beethoven (Louis van). Trois Trios pour le Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncelle, Oeuvre 1r, Paris: Pleyel, circa 1800, [3], 62pp., engraved throughout, publisher's inkstamp to title lower margin and contemporary pencil ownership inscription of Miss Coates to upper margin, a little soiling throughout, bound with 26 contemporary engraved pieces of music by Mozart, Henry Bishop, John Clarke, etc., many published by Robert Birchall, some soiling, contemporary half calf, worn, folio, together with Handel (George Frideric), The Messiah; an Oratorio for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, with the Chorusses in Score, printed for Harrison & Co., circa 1790, [3], 87, [1]pp., contents on final page, some soiling and a little marginal dampstaining, bound with Dryden's Ode on St Cecilia's Day, [?printed for Harrison & Co., 1784], [1], 2-25, [1]pp., first and last page blank, caption title, number 11 at bottom of the pages, bound with Acis and Galatea, a Masque, for the Voice, Harpsichord and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], the numbers 8, 9 & 10 at the bottom of the pages (except on pp. 33-34), bound with Arne (Thomas) , Comus; a Masque... , for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [circa 1784], 47 pp., bound with Boyce (William), The Chaplet, A Musical Entertainment... for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], 19 pp., engraved throughout, some soiling, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, partly broken on spine with some leaves detached, oblong folio, plus approximately 20 further volumes of mostly early 19th-century engraved music, some with Coates family ownership inscriptions, mostly contemporary half calf, worn, folio, plus a small quantity of 20th-century printed music scores (Qty: 2 cartons)Provenance: The antiquarian volumes belonged to Mary Coates (born circa 1810) and then her sister, Dorothy Coates (c. 1805-c. 1882), the children of John Coates, solicitor, of Galphay near Ripon, in North Yorkshire.
Mariti (Giovanni). Voyages dans l'isle de Chypre, la Syrie et la Palestine, avec l'histoire générale du Levant, traduits de l'italien, 2 volumes, 1st edition in French, Paris: Belin, 1791, half-titles, contemporary marbled sheep, rubbed and scuffed, wear to extremities, 8vo (19.8 x 11.4 cm), together with: ibid., Voyages dans l'isle de Chypre, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in French, Neuwied: Société typographique, 1791, title-pages repaired, 19th-century green sheep backing marbled boards, rubbed, small 8vo (16.9 x 9.5 cm), and Villamont (Jacques de), Les voiages du seigneur de Villamont ... dernière édition, Lyon: Claude Larjot, 1611, title-page in red and black, occasional spotting and damp-staining, a few headlines shaved, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, ties perished, 12mo (13.1 x 8 cm) (Qty: 5)Mariti: Cobham-Jeffery p. 37; Atabey 770 and Blackmer 1079 for the second edition in French (Neuwied, 1791). Villamont: Cobham-Jefery p. 63; cf. Blackmer 1733. 'Mariti's book is one of the most important of all works on Cyprus' (Atabey). The author spent seven years as vice-consul at Larnaca and also travelled widely through the Middle East. Villamont 'spent some time in Rome and Naples, then in 1589 he embarked from Venice for Cyprus, Egypt and Syria, returning to Paris in 1590' (Blackmer). His account was first published at Paris in 1595; OCLC traces three copies world-wide for this Lyon edition.
Blue Note Jazz LP. Blue Note BLP 4123 "Midnight Blue" jazz LP with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Major Holley Jr. (bass), Billy English (drums) and Ray Barretto (conga), recording by Rudy Van Gelder, Blue Note BLP 4123, original deep groove US pressing, cursive 'P' ear etched in the dead wax indicating the record was pressed before the buy-out of Blue Note by Liberty, original thick cardboard outer sleeve in very good condition with red Mecolico and blue Chappell & Co adhesive import duty tax stamps on the back, original Blue Note inner sleeve (some damage), vinyl in good condition with some minor surface marks, together with Revolver by The Beatles , Parlophone PMC 7009, original UK mono recording from 1966, matrices XEX 605-2 and XEX 606-2, labels identical to first pressing, Dr. Robert song credit on label and outer sleeve, Sold in UK ... and The Gramophone Co. Ltd ... on labels, vinyl in good condition with some minor surface marks, some spindle marks visible, laminated outer sleeve in good condition with some edge soiling on the opening side and some damage to the middle portion of the flipback top on the rear, sleeve printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse. (Qty: 2)
Great Exhibition. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue. The Industry of All Nations, 1851, wood engraved title and numerous illustrations throughout, occasional scattered spotting mostly to first few leaves, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine, extremities rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)
Ferrari (Giacomo Gotifredo). African Song, the Words by Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, the Music by G.G. Ferrari, Entd. at Stationers Hall, Pr. 2s. 6, printed for R[ober]t Birchall, at his Musical Circulating Library, 133 New Bond Street, circa 1800, [2], 4, [2, blank]pp., engraved vignette to title by R.H.L.E. Foster after R.H.L.C.S. Wortley, old crude hand-colouring, bound with Viotti (Giovanni Battista), Viotti's Grand Concerto in G, Adapted for the Piano Forte, by J.L. Dussek, printed for the author, by Clementi & Co., circa 1809, 22 pp., some browning and soiling, lower outer corners frayed with some occasional blank loss, signed by the composer 'J.B. Viotti' to lower margin of title, bound with Kiallmark (George), Roy's Wife of Alldivaloch, with Variations and an Introduction for the Piano Forte, Composed for and Dedicated to Miss Anne Douglas, Printed & Sold by Chappell & Co., circa 1816, [2], 13 pp., a little soiling and marginal staining, initialled by composer on title lower margin and with pencil ownership inscription of Miss Coates at upper margin, bound with 29 further contemporary songs, airs and melodies by various composers, engraved throughout, some general finger soiling, spotting and occasional marginal fraying to lower outer corners, contemporary half roan over marbled boards with leather ownership label of Miss Coates to upper cover, worn, folio (Qty: 1)'African Song' appears to have been first published by the author in 1797, while this seemingly unrecorded reprint probably dates from circa 1800-1810. According to Maud Cuney-Hare, Negro Musicians and their Music (1936): 'This is thought to be the first Negro African song printed in English'. The piece was also included in Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa... , (1799).
Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Works, 26 volumes, Centenary Biographical edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910-11, half-titles, colour or photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates after the illustrations to the first editions, partly unopened, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt for Truslove and Hanson, spines sunned, a little rubbing to headcaps, 8vo (24.5 x 15.8 cm), together with: Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, & Anne), The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters, 7 volumes, Haworth edition, John Murray, 1920, half-titles, 79 photogravure, halftone or manuscript facsimile plates including frontispieces, additional facsimile first edition title-pages as issued, top edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt for Truslove and Hanson, 8vo (19.5 x 12.7 cm), Eliot (George), [The Works], 7 volumes, new or stereotype editions, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, c.1897, early leaves of Middlemarch creased at upper outer corners, top edges gilt, contemporary green half calf, spines sunned, extremities rubbed, 8vo (18.2 x 12 cm) (Qty: 40)Thackeray: number 314 of 491 sets.
Chapbooks. The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, The Conjuror Unmasked: Containing Instructions how to Perform Tricks with Dice, Cards, Birds, Eggs, Cups, Balls, &c, by the most Celebrated Professors, Derby: Thomas Richardson, no date, circa 1830, hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, 24 pp., small stain touching first word of title, uncut, original printed pink wrappers, slight fading and dust-soiling, small marginal split to lower wrapper, bound with four other chapbooks including three others published by Thomas Richardson of Derby, The Life of David Hoggett. [1821]; The Murderer, Alias M'c Colgan Alias Daniel O'Brian; Related by Himself, while under Sentence of Death. This unhappy youth was executed at Edinburgh, on the 18th July, 1821, for the murder of Morrin, one of the turnkeys of Dumfries Gaol; The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic, Containing all the most Popular and new Puns, Jests, Witty Sayings of the most Eminent Men, by Godfrey Gimcrackiana; The Life of Wolfe, a notorious robber and murderer; who was captain of a desperate gang of thieves inhabiting the haunted castle, in the Black Forest, with an account of the singular manner in which he was last taken for robbing a church, and his full confession at his trial; Visits from the world of spirits; or, Secrets of the grave laid open; Being a collection of facts relative to the appearances of ghosts, spectres, and apparitions; Warnings and Notices of Death; Discoveries of Murder, &c, attested by persons of credit and respectability, Dean & Munday, circa 1830, the first three Richardson publications each with hand-coloured folding frontispiece, uncoloured lithographic folding frontispiece to last title (some old dampstaining), each 24 pp. (the last paginated [3]-26), frontispiece to Life of Wolfe offset to title, some occasional spotting and minor soiling, all uncut with original printed wrappers retained, a few minor marginal splits and tears, wrappers to last two titles somewhat soiled, modern cloth, 12mo (Qty: 1)
Eliot (George). The Mill on the Floss, 3 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1860, half-titles, volume 1 retaining final blank Z6, without the 16 pp. advertisements to rear of volume 3, top edges gilt, near-contemporary red half calf, 8vo, together with: ibid., Romola, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1863, volume 1 title-page and contents leaf extended in margins, intermittent finger-soiling to lower outer corners, a few other marks, top edges gilt, near-contemporary tan half morocco, 8vo, and Cross (John Walter), George Eliot's Life, as related in her Letters and Journals, 3 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. 7 plates (of 9), bookplate of John William Pease (1836-1901) of the noted Quaker family, contemporary tan calf by Waters of Newcastle, 8vo (Qty: 9)First two items: Sadleir 816 & 817; Wolff 2060 & 2061.
Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). "Judging by the state of the Nation you might think it has been driven while under the influence of alcohol, for years...", 1976, pen & ink on artist's board, depicting two policemen talking outside Number 10 Downing Street, with Tony Benn and James Callaghan fighting over a steering wheel controlling the house, signed upper left corner, captioned in ink to lower margin, date stamp on verso 30 Apr 1976, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions (ink and pencil), finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 54 x 37cm (21.25 x 14.5ins), image size 31.5 x 27.5cm (12.5 x 10.75ins), together with "Just think how it would help our tourist trade if Queen Elizabeth got fed up with Britain and emigrated to MY country!", 1975, watercolour and pen & ink on artist's board, depicting President Ford, President Giscard and Chancellor Schmidt each dreaming of Queen Elizabeth representing their country, signed upper left, captioned in ink to lower margin, publication stamp on verso dated 17.2.75, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions in pencil, finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 39.5 x 53cm (15.5 x 21ins), image size 20.5 x 45cm (8 x 17.75ins), plus Parkes (Terence 'Larry', 1927-2003) , five pen & ink cartoons, one depicting London Horseguards, one depicting a bar scene with a man's t-shirt stating 'I don't know much about cartoons but I know I do like whisky', the other three with a cummerbund (in watercolour) as the central theme, the first two signed 'Larry', each framed and glazed, 21 x 16.5cm (8.25 x 6.5ins) and smaller, plus an original pencil and watercolour on artist's board cover design for 'Punch' magazine, by Eric Burgin, with the relevant magazine, dated 6th February 1957 (Qty: 6)
Hutchinson (William). The History of the County of Cumberland, and some Places Adjacent, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, 2 volumes, Carlisle: Printed by F. Jollie, 1794, engraved frontispieces (one folding) and additional engraved titles to each volume, numerous engraved plates and plans, wood engraved illustrations to text, without folding county map, some toning and minor spotting, fore-edge margins of few leaves a little damp frayed to volume 1, contemporary half calf, morocco title label, volume 1 with slight cracking to joints and worn at head of spine, 4to, together with Hutchinson (William) , An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmorland and Cumberland; with a Tour through Part of the Northern Counties, in the Years 1773 and 1774, London: J. Wilkie, 1776, lacking final leaf (order of plates & errata) and bound without all plates (see Upcott p.120), scattered spotting, bookplate of R.S. Ferguson (Chancellor of Carlisle & President of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society), late 19th century half sheep, joints splitting, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with other British topography related including The Beauties of England and Wales, by John Britton, volume 3 only (Cumberland, Derbyshire, & Isle of Man); Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places, with a Description of the Lakes..., London: Richard Phillips, [1803]; A Family Tour through the British Empire..., adapted to the Amusement and Instruction of Youth, 2nd edition, by Priscilla Wakefield, 1805, lacking folding plan; Cary's New Itinerary, 1815; The Monthly Magazine and British Register, volume 1, 1796, (with an Account of Coal Mines at Whitehaven & Workington); and The Gentleman's Magazine volumes published 1805-1806 containing the first serialised version of Benjamin Travers' work A Descriptive Tour to the Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland in the Autumn of 1804 (Qty: 10)
Blatty (William Peter) . The Exorcist, 1st U.K. edition, 1971, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Morrell (David) , First Blood, 1st U.K. edition, 1972, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Grafton (Sue) , "A" is for Alibi, 1st edition, 1982, New York, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 16 further Kinsey Millhone Mystery novels and other 1960s-70s 1st editions including James Graham, Jack Higgins, Clive Cussler, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo. (Qty: 3 shelves)
Dufy (Raoul, illustrator). Stephane Mallarme. Madrigaux, editions de la Sirene, Paris, 1920, 25 colour illustrations, first couple of leaves detaching at front, original printed wrappers, a little chipped with stain to upper wrapper, loss at head of spine, 4to, (Qty: 1)Limited edition 908/1110
Joinville (Jean, sire de). Histoire de S. Lovys IX du nom , roi de France, Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette to title, light toning to first & last few leaves, contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, board corners repaired, folio (Qty: 1)
Morecambe & Wise. 'Youth Must Have its Swing', pre-recording Saturday 12th June 1943 (Monseigneur), transmission Tuesday 8th June 1943 (Home Service), an original typescript of the sketch used by Morecambe (spelt Morecombe) and Wise with typed cover note, various editorial or production underscoring, deletions and additions, final blank inscribed in pencil 'Alf Rawston' as well as the names Joy and Roy, a total of nine pages plus cover, some dust-soiling and a little marginal creasing and fraying, upper cover marked in felt tip, 'I think this was Eric & Ernie's first broadcast', butterfly stud, folio (Qty: 1)This is an original script as produced for Morecambe and Wise's first ever radio appearance in 1943. The sketch they performed is printed on the first three pages and they are introduced by Gerry Desmond and Sid Field, 'I want to introduce again the first in the programme, two seventeen-year-old boys - Morecombe and Wise'. Morecambe and Wise made their double act debut in August 1941 at the Liverpool Empire. War service broke up the act but they were reunited by chance at the Swansea Empire Theatre in 1946 when they joined forces again. A rare British comedy collectable.
Manuscript Poem. 'Farewell! farewell! We part for ever!', early 19th century, manuscript poem of 19 quatrains, written neatly in brown ink on wove paper, slightly cramped at end, old light stain to lower panel, two pages, folio (32 x 20cm), loosely inserted in Flower (Desmond & Munby, A.N.L.) , English Poetical Autographs. A Collection of Facsimiles of Autograph Poems from Sir Thomas Wyat to Rupert Brooke, first edition, 1938, some spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram, rubbed and spine darkened, small folio (one of 1,500 copies) (Qty: 2)The poem was printed in The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, volume 38, (December), 1807, pp. 671-72. In the printed version it is identified as the work of the anonymous Bion and dated June 1807. The untitled work has instead a quote from George Colman's The Poor Gentleman: A Comedy in Five Acts. Whether this is in the hand of the unknown Bion or simply a copy is unknown. The author, perhaps realising that they were running out of space, omits the penultimate quatrain as printed in the journal.
Elliott (Charles Boileau). Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia and Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1838, tinted lithographic frontispiece to each volume, 2 lithographic maps, 20th-century half morocco, 8vo (21.8 x 13.4 cm), together with: Light (Henry), Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon, and Cyprus, in the Year 1814, 1st edition, for Rodwell and Martin, 1818, 20 engraved plates including folding frontispiece, map, and folding plate of facsimile inscriptions, damp-staining, contemporary tan calf gilt, front board detached, water-damaged, 4to (26.1 x 20.2 cm), Cesnola (Louis Palma di), Cyprus: its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples, 3rd edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878, frontispiece, 2 maps, 61 lithographic plates numbered 1-47 and 1-12 (2 plates unnumbered), top edge original pictorial cloth, spine relined, 8vo (Qty: 4)Abbey Travel 31 (Elliott); Atabey 393 (Elliott); Blackmer 541 (Elliott), 1018 (Light: 'a very interesting work'), 1237 (Cesnola, first edition, 1877); Cobham-Jeffery pp. 34 (Light), 10 (Cesnola, first edition).
Classical Records. Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor with Janos Starker on Cello and Antal Dorati conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, original ED1 first UK stereo pressing from 1962, Mercury Living Presence Stereo AMS 16133, plum label, matrices EFR-2/EFR-2, together with Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C Major with Antal Dorati conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica, UK stereo pressing from 1959, Mercury Living Presence Hi-Fi Stereo AMS 16040, plum label, matrices EFR-3/EFR-3. (Qty: 2)
Gounod (Charles, 1818-1893). Two autograph letters signed, Ch. Gounod', London, 8 October 1879 and no place, 16 May 1882, both in French, the first to Lemoine, concerning a forgotten motif, light uniform toning from previous framing, the second to Malwhine referring to Charles's trip to Birmingham, mentioning Harding Milward, the festival secretary in Birmingham, a little spotting, two pages, both with integral blank, 8vo, plus a photographic postcard of Gounod, a signed photograph of the violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), dated 1962, 17.5 x 22.5cm, and a signed musical quotation by the composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), on a pale buff album leaf, 10 x 12.5cm, loosely inserted into a German concert programme, circa 1974, signed by Khachaturian in the light part of his image featured on the upper wrapper (Qty: 6)
Trade Catalogue. A trade catalogue of chromolithographed religious cards, published by G. Ajelli & Co. Ltd., circa 1920, approximately 550 cards on 35 leaves, some printed in sepia or black and white, but most chromolithographed, and some illuminated, mainly small postcards, although some larger (e.g. commemorative cards for First Communion), a few of the latter creased, all of a religious nature, depicting saints, popes, biblical scenes, variously captioned in Italian, Spanish, Latin, etc., a number with art nouveau borders, all with ink stamped number (mostly to upper margin), typically approximately 11 x 6 cm, a number of album leaves excised at front, original cloth portfolio, stained and worn, with spine near-detached and leather clasp broken, gilt lettered on upper cover 'G. Ajelli & Co. Ltd. Fine Art Publishers & Printers. 13, Grays Inn Road, London, W.C.1', folio (Qty: 1)
Barlandus (Hadrianus). Ducum Brabantiae Chronica, Antwerp: Ioannem Moretum, 1600, engraved printer's device to title and full-page engraved armorial to verso (repaired closed tear at foot), double-page engraved map and 36 full-page portraits of the Dukes of Brabant, decorative initials and tail-pieces, some light dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, occasional ink marks and very small ink burn holes to few leaves, bookplates of Frederic Pyndar Lowe and John W. Trist to front endpapers and with ownership annotations, 18th century vellum, dust-soiled, folio (Qty: 1)Adams B210.
Collection of books four Disney world books early Dandy and Beano and William the Pirate etc CONDITION REPORT: Beano - general use wear to spine and covers book is inscribed to previous owner in ink on first page, no apparent missing pages or tearing. Dandy - General foxing to interim pages and wear to covers and spine. Generally in fair condition.
![[BOOKS]. ANTIQUES & OTHER Atterbury, Paul. Moorcroft. A Guide to Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1990, first edition, Dennis &](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46c7d664-3284-499d-952e-aa8500fa8e44/3401694e-391f-431e-a411-aa8b011a7508/468x382.jpg)
[BOOKS]. ANTIQUES & OTHER Atterbury, Paul. Moorcroft. A Guide to Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1990, first edition, Dennis & Edwards, Shepton Beauchamp, 1990, blue cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; William Moorcroft and Walter Moorcroft 1897-1973, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Pottery at the Fine Art Society, Dennis, London, 1973, pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Castle, H.G. Britain's Motor Industry, first edition, Clerke & Cockeran, London, 1950, scarlet cloth, plate illustrations, period advertisements, quarto; and Deason, G.H. & Russell, D.A. Motor Racing in Miniature, revised edition, The Drysdale Press, Stanbridge, 1948, cloth-backed boards, illustrations, octavo; also two Moorcroft Christmas cards, one signed by Elise Adams; and a Moorcroft print, unframed.
![[BOOKS]. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Kent, Alexander. Command a King's Ship, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1973, boards, dust](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46c7d664-3284-499d-952e-aa8500fa8e44/7e3c4c69-73bb-406c-b92e-aa8b011a77b4/468x382.jpg)
[BOOKS]. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Kent, Alexander. Command a King's Ship, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1973, boards, dustjacket, octavo; together with Passage to Mutiny, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1976, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and The Inshore Squadron, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1978, boards, dustjacket, octavo, (3).
![[BOOKS]. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Lessing, Doris. A Ripple from the Storm, first edition, London, 1958, black cloth, dustjacket](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/46c7d664-3284-499d-952e-aa8500fa8e44/c35e4f6a-f646-41a5-9242-aa8b011a84d2/468x382.jpg)
[BOOKS]. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Lessing, Doris. A Ripple from the Storm, first edition, London, 1958, black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Lessing, Doris. Under My Skin, Volume One of my Autobiography, to 1949, first edition, Harper Collins, London, 1994, boards, dustjacket, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, (2).
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Books - Trimmer (Mrs [Sarah]), A Description of a Set of Pirnts (sic) of English History, Containing in a Set of Easy Lessons, first edition?, Part II only, Printed by John Marshall [...], London [n.d., c. 1792?], pp: [ii], 247, marbled paper covers, contemporary printed paper title label to upper cover, 48mo; Dickens (Charles), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with a Frontispiece from a Painting by T. Webster [...] Engraved by T. Williams, Chapman and Hall, London 1848, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, 12mo; Blackstone (William), Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume II only, fifth edition, Oxford 1773, contemporary calf, 8vo; The Family Treasury 1864, contemporary binding, 4to; The Daily Graphic Special, Titanic in Memoriam Number, April 20, 1912; etc
"Portobello"An impressive early Dolls House, English, 1700 - 1710, consisting of four high ceiling rooms fully furnished in late 18th and early 19th Century furniture and fittings.The Exterior: the painted buff house with impressive six panel wooden door with cast metal knocker, keyhole, Gibbs surrounded supporting a pediment, the flat roof with moulded cornice, nine casement windows, each with six panes painted black and moulded surrounds and keystones. There is a side entrance with keyhole. The house opens from the central penl and two side wings, to reveal four rooms, hallway and landing all with oak floors, staircase, banisters and walls. All doors with brass butterfly hinges, staircase and banister.Ground Floor - Kitchen: The fixed large chimney breast houses a rare, adjustable wrought steel kitchen grate with a high shelf for pans. Furnished with a large dresser two open kitchen cupboards one with shelf, and a table. The tin kitchen utensils include a painted toast rack, hastener, grater and kettle together with a stoneware pestle and mortar, brass cauldron, fire guard, copper warming pan and other utensils. Two dolls reside in the kitchen and the door leads into the hall.Ground Floor - Dining Room: The main feature in this room is a built in corner cabinet, the upper half glazed with brass butterfly hinges, displaying blue and white china. Other blue and white china includes a platter, two vases, bowls and cups. The oak fire surround has a cast-iron grate, brass guard and fire irons and a pair of bellows. A silver shaker and vase stand on a side table with cutlery drawer, a turned wood candle holder is displayed on a drop leaf dining table, six mahogany chairs all with tapestry cushions, and a Longcase clock, there is a rag rug to the floor. Two gilt framed mirrors hang on the walls together with miniature oil paintings and portraits. A door leads to the hall.Ground Floor - Hall: The stairs lead from the hall to the enclosed landing through a small arch. There is a storage cupboard beneath the staircase.First Floor - Bedroom: The room with some moulded skirting. The furniture includes a four poster bed with floral pattern drapes, inlaid linen cupboard with single shelf and brass keyhole covers to doors, three drawer chest. Other furniture includes a table and shaving mirror, crib on rockers, chair and footstool, bedroom clock, and dressing table accessories. A fine oil portrait and a framed saint's relic hang on the walls. The door leads to the parlour.First Floor - Parlour: The room has some moulded skirting, a wooden fire surround and a fine enamel painted tinplate fireplace. The furnishings include a pedestal table, a desk with six drawers, a larger square table and two smaller tables, three wooden chairs, another two made from paper and velvet the armchair upholstered in red silk. Three oriental vases, a gilt mantle clock, candelabra, pewter bellows and letter rack, 'silver' cigar box and platter, dominoes and varied selection of bottles. From the walls hang four pictures and two mirrors and from the ceiling hangs an eight branch chandelier. A wax gentleman sits by the fireside with his cello. The room has two doors leading to landing and bedroom.Dimensions: Overall 48"h x 54"w x 20"d (122cms x 137cms x 51cms).Ground Floor: Hallway 24" h x 11" w x 21" d (61cms x 28cms x 53cms), the others 24" h x 22" w x 21" d (61cms x 56cms x 53cms).First Floor: Bedroom 21" h x 24" w x 20" d (53cms x 61cms x 50cms), Parlour 21" x 30" x 19" (53cms x 76cms x 49cms).Condition: Some skirting missing, minor damage to some contents. (1)Provenance ; From the Vivien Greene Collection. Purchased at Bonham's Sale, December,1998. The proceeds from the sale of this lot are being distributed to various Children's charities.
"Belgravia"A fine example of a three storey wooden Townhouse, English c. 1850, fully furnished to a high standard with contents mostly dating from 1850-60.The Exterior: The facade is painted white, two steps leading to a black painted front door with a brass lion head knocker, flanked by pillars supporting small portico and moulded mock fan light. The house has fourteen windows, a Doric colonnade with urn finials at first-floor level and Doric pilasters at the second floor. The flat roof is concealed by a cornice. The facade opens off centre in two wings, to reveal six rooms, a hall and two landings.Hall and Landings: The gold and brown wallpaper runs the full height of the house and the steep staircase has wooden banisters and hand rail and a Paisley carpet, each floor has two doors leading to the adjacent rooms. The back wall has two arched stained glass windows, one of which has gilt metal bars. A gold painted pewter gong stands in the hall, together with an umbrella stand. A gilt framed picture hangs on the wall and a light with milk glass shade hangs from the ceiling. Two dolls, a bisque-headed maid and a child, descend the stairs.Ground Floor - Dining Room: The walls have red-striped paper, and there is a maroon floor covering,a gold fringed red velvet curtain and pelmet hang at the window. The furniture is mainly Waltershausen with gold transfer decorations, including a rosewood cabinet with turned bone shelf supports, a sideboard with arched mirror, six dining chairs and a mantle clock. Other furnishings include a fine light wood table, a gilt metal newspaper rack, a porcelain dinner service edged in gold and a selection of glassware.Ground Floor - Kitchen: The walls are covered with brown paper, the floor has a tile-effect. White cotton curtains hang at the window. Cook has been provided with a wooden dresser and table, a tinplate cooking stove, complete with various utensils, a hanging shelf, a wall clock, and a coal bucket. Composition food includes a plum pudding, toast in a rack, a joint of meat, bread and fruit. A superb painted wood doll, dressed in the style of a "Peeler" of the Victorian police force, converses with two glazed china dolls in original clothes, watched by the resident kitchen cat.First Floor - Drawing Room: The walls retain the original gold star decorated white wallpaper with a gold border, blue silk curtains with a pelmet and cream fringe cover the windows and a floral Berlin woolwork rug covers the floor. The Waltenshausen furniture includes a rosewood work table with a mirrored lid, complete with original sewing equipment, and a piano with sheet music. The upholstery of the Waltershausen sofa, two chairs and footstool has a rare bird and flower design in printed cotton, carefully designed to fit the shape of each piece. Other furniture includes a display cabinet with a large collection of miniature glass, a pewter music stand, a mirror, light fittings, and a silver tea service on a papier maché and mother-o-pearl tea tray. Ornaments include an ornate mantle clock under a glass dome and eight framed pictures. Two bisque-headed dolls with painted features listen to their aunt playing the piano.First Floor - Bedroom: The wallpaper has an all-over rose pattern and a matching border, a dog lies on the green carpet. The window has rose-patterned cotton curtains and pelmet. The Waltershausen furniture includes a rose band bedroom suite with a half tester bed, a wardrobe, a dressing table and a marble topped washstand, and a table and chair. Ornaments include a painted turned wood toilette set with a 'coral' ring band, a prayer book and religious pictures. The room is lit by a pewter light fitting with a milk glass shade. A bisque headed maid with moulded hair in a bun wears original clothes and attends an invalid wearing original flannel night dress and a boy in a brown velvet suit.Second Floor - Night Nursery: The gold and white striped wallpaper has a white border, the floor has a white covering and green chintz curtains hang at the windows. Furnishings include two single beds, a cradle, a chest of drawers, a scrap work screen, and gilt pewter work basket with fabric bag, a mirror and a two piece lusterware bucket and basin. An old nanny watches over a baby in the cradle.Second Floor - Day Nursery: The pink and white striped wallpaper has a large floral border, floral patterned cotton curtains with a fringe and pelmet hang at the window. The fireplace has a brass guard. The furnishings include a painted wooden table, a hanging bookshelf, an assortment of chairs, two wall clocks and a pewter treadle sewing machine. A glazed china nurse maid looks after a babe-in-arms and parian twins.Dimensions:Overall: 44" high x 34" wide x 18" deep (112cms x 86cms x 47cms).Rooms: 12" w x 14" d (31.5cms x 35.5cms) except Hall and Landings, 6 1/2" w x 14" deep (16.5cms x 35.5cms), ground floor 14" (36cms), first floor 14 1/2" (35.8cms), second floor 12 1/2" (31.7cms). Condition: Minor damage to dolls.Provenance: From the Vivien Greene Collection. This was the first house acquired by Vivien Greene in 1944, and has been painstakingly restored by her. It was previously called 'Exhibition Year.' Purchased at Bonham's Sale. December,1998.The proceeds from the sale of this lot are being distributed to various Children's charities.
G.D. Esposito, Maltese School, 19th Century"H.M.S. Hibernia," O.O.C., depicting a ship of the line docked in Valletta Harbour, Malta, surrounded by rowing boats, approx. 57cms x 89cms (22 1/2" x 35") signed and dated "G.D. Esposito 1893" lower right, with inscribed gilt mount, oak frame." (1)·HMS Hibernia was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line, launched in 1804 - the only ship of her draught - and sold for breaking up in 1902. In 1807-08 she led the British escort that carried the Portuguese royal family and court to Brazil just days before the French attacked Lisbon. From 1816 to 1855 she was the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet; thereafter she was the flagship of the Royal Navy's base at Malta. Beresford served briefly on her as a midshipman in 1863 while awaiting passage home; when serving on her, he set off in a duck-punt and took part in the rescue of a grounded Turkish liner (such, at least, is the story he told in his memoirs).
Attributed to Henry Robins, British (1820 - 1892)"Her Majesty's Ship Clio," O.O.C., depicting a 22-gun Pearl-Class wood screw corvette off a mountainous coast, with smaller boats, approx. 46cms x 76cms (18" x 30"), with inscribed gilt mount and oak frame. (1)·HMS Clio was launched in 1858. After various adventures she became a school ship in 1877, and was eventually sold for scrap in 1919. Beresford was appointed to her as senior Midshipman in 1864, and sailed with her to the Falkland Islands, thence round Cape Horn to Honolulu and Vancouver, where he was transferred to the Sutlej and then the Tribune. It was on this trip that he first met and fell in love with the beautiful Hawaiian high chiefess Nancy Wahinekapu Sumner.
Henry Robins, British (1820 - 1892)"H.M.S. Thunderer," O.O.C., depicting a Devastation class ironclad turret ship on rough seas off the Mediterranean coast with other boats, approx. 45cms x 75cms (17 1/2" x 29 1/2") signed lower left and dated "H. Robins 1880" with inscribed gilt mount and oak frame. (1)·HMS Thunderer and her sister ship were the first two ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and which mounted their entire main armament on top of the hull rather than inside it. Launched in 1872, she suffered two serious accidents within the next few years, and had the reputation of being an unlucky ship; however, with advancing years she became popular with the British public. After a chequered career, she was taken out of service in 1907 and scrapped in 1909. Beresford was her executive officer from May 1877 until April 1878, when she served on the Channel station.
ALBUMS, SCRAPBOOKS AND ANCILLARY MATERIAL RELATING TO ADMIRAL LORD CHARLES BERESFORD (1846-1919)This Year, 2019, Celebrates the Centenary of the Admiral's DeathLord Charles Beresford (1846-1919) was the second son of the 4th Marquis of Waterford. Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 13, he had a long, varied and spectacular naval career. He achieved fame in 1882 when, as captain of the gunboat Condor during the Egyptian campaign, he sailed his ship inshore to bombard the gun-batteries of Alexandria at close range. Three years later, when in command of the Safie, he dramatically rescued the expeditionary force that had been sent to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum. These exploits made him a national hero; "Charlie B" was a great favourite of the future King Edward VII and he was adored by the public. In later life he campaigned vigorously to have the navy modernised and made ready for a future war. However, he clashed bitterly with Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher, never achieving his ambition to become First Sea Lord. However, in 1916 he was awarded the title Baron Beresford of Metemmeh and Curraghmore. At his death three years later he was given a ceremonial funeral in St Paul's Cathedral.Photograph AlbumsVolume One, entitled: "British Isles - Malta - Egypt. K.B." 40 x 42 cm. 28 ff. The first half consists of amateur photos taken in Britain and Malta - perhaps by "K.B.", i.e. Beresford's daughter Kathleen. Also some loose photos of the Admiral.The second half comprises commercial photos of ancient Egyptian monuments, especially the temple of Karnak and the Philae temple complex. The latter stood on an island in the Nile which was flooded by the building of the Aswan Low Dam, at that time the world's largest masonry dam. It was built in 1898-1902 which may help to date the photographs. Some of the captions are quaintly phrased: "Philae on flood", "Philae during the creasing Nile" etc.Volume Two, entitled "America". 40 x 42 cm. 28 ff. (the rest blank). Photos of a voyage to America, c 1912, aboard RMS Campania. The company included Kathleen Beresford and the Hon. Claud Anson. These amateur photos are frankly of rather poor quality. Also views of New York and of a range of localities from Florida to Niagara. Volume Three,entitled "Continent - France - Italy - Sicily - Germany. K.B." 40 x 42 cm. 96 ff.Mainly commercial photos but also some amateur ones (without captions) depicting buildings, monuments, and works of art. (Michelangelo's fresco of the Creation of Man is so badly cracked it looks as if it could come down any time).Volume Four, entitled "Photographs", disbound. 36 x 30 cm. 21 ff + blanks. Contains photos taken between 1899 and 1913, mostly of France and America. Some are commercial photos, some amateur ones of varying quality. Places and dates are identified, but not people. Subjects include family, peasants, houses, pretty girl with spaniel, Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1902), and - incongruously - a black man hanging from a tree, simply captioned "Lynching North Carolina".Volume Five, of photographs. 29 x 37 cm. 57 ff. Family photographs including Lord Charles Beresford and the wedding of an oriental couple (Chinese? Japanese?). Photos taken on board ship (pretty girl at the wheel), on arrival in New York, and participants in a parade.The album has the imprint of Jessie Tarbox Beals, Photographer, New York. Beals (1870-1942) was the first American female photojournalist and female night photographer and some of the photos appear to be her work.Albums of Newspaper CuttingsAlbum entitled "Incidents in the Life of Col. Lord William Beresford, V.C." 43 x 33 cm. 38 ff. Consists of cuttings from newspapers that appeared after Lord William's death and funeral (1900-1901). Dedication at the front to Nurse Jordan, signed by [Lord] Marcus Beresford, younger brother of Charles and William.Lord William Beresford (1847-1900) was the third son of the 5th Marquis of Waterford. At the age of 20 he joined the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, of which he became eventually Lieutenant Colonel. He served mainly in India, where he was ADC to several viceroys, and where he was renowned for his equestrian expertise. In 1879 he took part in the Zulu War, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in rescuing a wounded sergeant at the battle of Ulundi.Album containing news cuttings commemorating Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (died 1919). 38 x 29 cm. 30 ff. Several loose photos (mounted), one dedicated to "Josephine" by Charles Beresford, 1909.PhotographMounted photograph of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. 37 x 32 including mount.As a collection, w.a.f.
Beresford (Charles) The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Beresford, Written by Himself, 8vo. L. 1916, illus., orig. cloth; also Menzies (Mrs. Stuart) Lord William Beresford, V.C., 8vo L. 1917. First Edn., illus., orig. blue decor. cloth. (2)* Both inscribed by Lord Charles's daughter, Kathleen Blacque.
John Jackson, R.A. (1778 - 1831)"Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington," O.O.C., an oversized full length Portrait of the Duke in military attire with hand resting on hip, plumed bicorn in hand, standing alongside a cannon in a battle field, under a grey sky, in plain original gilt frame and printed gilt plaque, approx. 100" x 65". (1)Provenance: An important Irish Family.
Three albums of limited edition signed first day covers, coin covers and other FDCs. Some signatures include: Commodore Doug Ridley, Edward Heath MBE, Douglas Hurd, Geoffrey Howe, Baron Von Mullenheim-Rechberg (Bismarck Survivor), Michael Heseltine, Jack Charlton, Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, Tommy Lawton, David Attenborough and more.
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