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Lot 492
Tietze (Hans and Tietze-Conrat, Erica). The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries, 2 vols., reprinted Collectors Editions, 1970, b & w plts., orig. qtr. mock morocco, 4to, together with Brauer (Heinrich and Wittkower, Rudolf), Die Zeichnungen des Gianlorenzo Bernini, 2 vols., reprinted Collectors Editions, c.1970, b & w plts., orig. qtr. mock morocco, folio, plus Popham (A. E.), Correggio`s Drawings, pub. British Academy, 1957, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, 4to, and Old Master Drawings, a quarterly magazine for students and collectors, 14 vols., reprinted Collectors Editions, 1970, orig. uniform red cloth, 4to, plus Passavant (J. D.), Le Peintre-Graveur, 6 vols. bound in 3, 1860, reprinted Burt Franklin, n.d., c. 1975, orig. pubs. blue cloth gilt, and De Vesme (Alexandre and Massar, Phyllis Dearborn), Stefano della Bella, Catalogue Raisonne, 2 vols. (text/plates), reprinted Collectors Editions, 1971, b & w illusts., orig. cloth, folio, Boon (K. G.), Rembrandt, The Complete Etchings, New York, Abrams, n.d., c. 1960s, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth in frayed d.j., folio, plus others on prints and etchings, including Karl Schwarz, Augustin Hirschbogel, 2 vols., reprinted, 1971 (32)
Lot 495
Vollard (Ambroise). Tableaux, Pastels & Dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 2 vols., Paris, 1918, reprinted, Alain C. Mazo, 1954, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, very sl. rubbed and upper joints partly split at head and foot, folio. A facsimile of the original edition of 1918, reprinted in an edition of 100 copies only. (2)
Lot 524
Heaney (Seamus). Poems and a Memoir. Selected and Illustrated by Henry Pearson with an Introduction by Thomas Flanagan and a Preface by Seamus Heaney, Limited Editions Club, 1982, illustrations, t.e.g., original brown calf, spine faded, slipcase, some fading, folio. Limited edition, 342/2000 signed by Seamus Heaney, Henry Pearson and Thomas Flanagan. (1)
Lot 541
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Pogany (Willy, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. George Harrap, 1930, number 737 of 750 signed copies printed for England, additional etched frontispiece signed in pencil, twelve mounted colour plates, b & w illustrations, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original full turquoise morocco with gilt floral roundel to upper cover, contained in original card book-box (darkened with some edge wear), 4to, together with The Whittington Press. The Mirror & the Eye; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...illustrated by Richard Kennedy, 1984, number 85 of 126 copies signed by the artist and translator, lithograph plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, contained in original slipcase, folio, and Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stougton, [1909], mounted colour plates, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated cream cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Fish (Anne Harriet, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Bodley Head, 1922, colour plates heightened in gold and silver, decorative endpapers, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed to extremities, 4to, and Bull (Rene), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910), mounted colour plates, illustrations to text, original light-brown cloth blocked in red and blue, a little fraying to extremities, 4to, plus Vedder (Elihu), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Boston & London, [1884], b & w lithograph illustrations, original decorated cloth, faded and some edge fraying, folio, plus a collection of other copies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam including many illustrated editions (40)
Lot 559
Crawhall (Joseph). Crawhall`s Chap-Book Chaplets, London & New York, 1883, hand coloured wood engraved illustrations, rough-trimmed, cracking to inner hinges, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and marked, 4to, together with Carroll (Lewis), Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Kuniyoshi Kaneko, pub. Olivetti, 1974, colour frontispiece and b & w plates, original fuchsia-pink cloth with oval pictorial panel to upper cover, contained in original black cloth slipcase, folio, and Canziani (Estella), Costumes Traditions and Songs of Savoy, 1st edition, 1911, colour mounted plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original full vellum with armorial panel to upper cover, rubbed and marked, 4to, plus others miscellenous (a carton)
Lot 561
Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain..., 3 vols., 1821-28, num. eng. plts., leaves loose to vol. 2, contemp. calf gilt, spines lacking, boards detached, worn, folio, together with [Dowding, John], Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesmen with Genealogical and Historical Memoirs, 1840, num. eng. plts., occ. spotting, contemp. morocco gilt, upper board loose, wear to extrems., folio, plus five others. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (a carton)
Lot 566
Turner (Laurence). Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, 1st ed., Country Life, 1927, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, folio, together with Parkinson (James and Ould, E.A.), Old Cottages, Farm Houses, and other Half-Timber Buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Cheshire, 1st ed., Batsford, 1904, 100 half-tone plts. from photos by Ould, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, and others of architectural interest (3 cartons)
Lot 568
Shakespeare (William). Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published According to the True Originall Copies, [London], printed by E. and J. Wright, [1808], eng. port. to title, contemp. calf, covers detached, folio, together with Les Pseaumes de David et les Cantiques de La Bible, avec les argumens & la Paraphrase de Theodore de Besze... De l`Imprimerie de Jaques Berjon, 1581, ruled in red throughout, a.e.g., contemp. vellum, some wear, 8vo, plus Robertson (William), The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 4 vols., new edition, 1774, eng. frontis to each (offset to title), contemp. calf, gilt-dec. spines, some wear, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, including large-format bibles and prayer books, a defective Breeches Bible, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 572
Poem-of-the-Month Club, printed John Roberts Press Ltd., c. 1970-74, twenty-six sheets printed rectos only, each signed by the poet, including Harold Massingham, D.J. Enright, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Julian Symons, James Reeves, Geoffrey Grigson, C. Day Lewis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller et al, loosely contained in orig. half morocco folder with ties, worn, folio, together with Golding (William), The Inheritors, 1955, Freefall, 1959, both 1st eds., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly literature, including Folio Society, Bob Dylan, and a bronzed plaster-cast medallion portrait of Hemingway, with raised lettering "Hemingway Centennial Prize 1899-1999` and incised lettering verso "The Official Hemingway Centennial Prize Final State Medal Rendering La Finca Vigia Habana Cuba`, 13 ins (33cm) diam. (3 shelves)
Lot 575
Chiswick Press. The Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1904, inscribed on flyleaf "To J.T. Sheppard producer of the Oristeia in Cambridge 1921, from S.C. Cockerell Feb. 17 1921`, Greek text printed in red and black, orig. holland-backed boards with paper label to spine, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo (225 copies printed), together with De La More Press., The Percy Folio of Old English Ballads and Romances, from the Text of Dr. F.J. Furnivall and Prof. J.W. Hales, 4 vols., King`s Library series, 1905-10, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. linen-backed boards with paper label to spines, a little rubbed and soiled, folio (limited edition 96/320), with other miscellaneous history and literature etc., including vintage (but not 1st eds.) Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse (6 shelves)
Lot 593
Woolf (Leonard). Diaries in Ceylon, 1908-1911. Records of a Colonial Administrator. Being the Official Diaries Maintained by Leonard Woolf While Assistant Government Agent of the Hambantota District, Ceylon, During the Period August 1908 to May 1911, edited with a Preface by Leonard Woolf & Stories from the East, Three Short Stories on Ceylon by Leonard Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1963, first published in the Ceylon Historical Journal, February, 1962, port. frontis., four other b & w illusts., folding map, orig. boards in frayed d.j., 8vo, together with Tyacke (Lieutenant-Colonel R.H.), The Sportsman`s Manual in Quest of Game in Kulu, Lahoul & Ladak to the Tso Morari Lake. With Notes on Shooting in Spiti, Bara Bagahal, Chamba & Kashmir, and a Detailed Description of Sport in More Than 130 Nalas, pub. Calcutta, 1907, eight folding maps, commercial ads both front and rear, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, small 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, including Ceylon interest, Folio Society, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 608
Evans (Joan and Whitehouse, John Howard). The Diaries of John Ruskin 1835-1873, 2 vols., Oxford, 1956-8, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Meier (Paul), William Morris. The Marxist Dreamer, 2 vols., Sussex & New Jersey, 1978, orig. cloth in d.j.s and slipcase, 8vo, plus Nash (Paul W.), Folio 50. A Bibliography of The Folio Society, 1947-1996, pub. 1997, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slipcase, tall 8vo, with other art reference, bibliography and books-about-books, etc., mostly G/VG (6 shelves)
Lot 620
Mayerne (Theodore Tourquet de). Opera medica, edited Joseph Browne, 3 parts one volume, 1700, lacks portrait frontispiece and pp. 1-89 to first part, ink lib. stamps, occasional browning, old morocco, modern calf reback, (Wing M1430), together with Woodall (John), Military and Domestique Surgery ..., 1639?], engraved plate and folding table, remains of engraved title relaid, lacks engraved portrait frontis and three plates, numerous defects and repairs, ink lib. stamps, some dampstaining, some old marginalia, modern calf, plus Guidi (Guido), Artis medicinalis, vol. 3 (of 3), Venice, 1611, some engraved illustrations to text, some browning and old dampstaining, lib. stamps, late 19th-century cloth, all folio, plus other miscellaneous medical books, all ex-library with stamps and marks inside and out, including a few further folios, but mostly octavos including odd volumes and other defective antiquarian (6 shelves) These are all being sold with all faults and are not subject to return.
Lot 240
A 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games welcome pack issued to the British figure skater Geoffrey Sidney Yates, named to the front cover with his competitor’s number 319, a small ribbon tied folio containing full competitors’ list, official guide book, preview booklet and official postcards Geoffrey Yates (1918-2007) is best remembered as a highly respected international judge and referee in the post-war era.
![A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain yachtsman [Sir] Peter Scott, design](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/34622/2864113/293-20127210582_468x382.jpg)
Lot 293
A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain yachtsman [Sir] Peter Scott, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli, manufactured by B M Mayer of Pforzheim, with Victory seated above a stadium holding a palm branch, the reverse with a winner carried aloft by jubilant athletes, in original presentation case; the third prize diploma in its original presentation folio (2) Peter Scott won bronze in the newly introduced O-Jolle Class for single handed dinghies. The sailing took place on the Firth of Kiel between 4th and 12th August with 25 nations entering. Scott won the first race and led the field to about halfway. Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989) was a celebrated ornithologist, conservationist and acclaimed artist. He was a founder of the World Wildlife Fund and established several wetlands bird sanctuaries in Britain, notably the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
Lot 81
A folio containing Samuel Daniell c 1775-1811 pencil and wash river scene, 15.5 x 20cm; Joseph Newington Coates - pencil drawing rocky boulders, 11.5 x 17.5 cm and Haytor, 1867, pencil, 11.5 x 17.5 cm; Samuel Medley `Lincoln Barn Nr Framlingham Suffolk, 13.5 x 17 cm; James Gibbs - Distant Goodrich Castle, wash, 13 x 18 cm (5)
Lot 535
After Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian 1452-1519- "Codex Atlanticus", publ. Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milano; facsimiles, twenty five plates, limited edition numbered 21/299 on a label within the presentation case which recreates the seventeenth century binding of the original both in shape and size, ea. 59x43.5cm (sheet), (folio)
Lot 2012
SITWELL, Maj. Gen. H.D.W. The Crown Jewels...in the Tower of London, Dropmore Press, 1953. Signed by the author on title. Folio, orig. cloth, d.w. (d.w. torn and soiled). Colour plates -- PHILLIPS, HUGH. Mid-Georgian London, 1964. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. Illustrated. With vols. 1 - 35 of the London Record Society, 1965 - 2000. 8vo., orig. cloth, and 6 others on London. (43)
Lot 2026
DENHAM, Rev. J.F. Views,,,of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, n.d. Folio, cont. red stained calf gilt. Lithographic plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With Cokayne Pedigree, and a few further plates loosely inserted -- ELLACOMBE, Rev. H.T. History and Antiquities of the Parish of Clyst St. George...in the County of Devon, Exeter 1865. 4to., later half calf. Inscribed "With the Author`s kind regards" and signature of H.L. Gibbs Oct 1886. Plates, some coloured. With 2 others relating to the Gibbs family, and a further volume of pedigrees by Sandys B. Foster, including Wilson of Rigmaden Park and Low Nook etc., P.P., 1890 with numerous Ms. additions. (5)
Lot 2027
GIBBS, HENRY HUCKS, first Lord Aldenham, compiler. Pedigree of the Family of Gibbs..., P.P., 1890. Folio, cont. calf gilt with Gibbs arms on upper cover (upper cover slightly faded). Engraved frontispiece and 10 plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs; The Game of Ombre, Third Edition, P.P., 1902. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates, 2 of them coloured. Presentation copy from the author to his son Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (2)
Lot 2072
BRIDGES, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire. Compiled...by the Rev. Peter Whalley, 2 vols., Oxford 1791. [1762 - 91] Folio, later half calf (scuffed). Engraved portrait, and 38 plates, 2 of them double page (one with tear to margin, another with split at plate line, lacks map). Armorial bookplates. (2)
Lot 2077
HOARE, Sir RICHARD COLT, and others. The History of Modern Wiltshire. 15 parts in 6 vols., 1822 - 44. 121 engraved portraits, plates and plans, one plate in 2 states in vol 1, one plate in vol 6 coloured (occasional offsetting onto text), 10 maps (ex 11, lacking map of Cawden in vol 3), some hand coloured; Registrum Wiltunense, Saxonicum et Latinum..., 1827, bound with Chronicon Vilodunense..., 1830, both one of 100 copies. Together 7 vols., folio, Large Paper, full mottled calf gilt by Riviere and Son. Bookplates of George Troyte-Bullock. (7) See illustration.
Lot 2090
PLOT, ROBERT. The Natural History of Oxfordshire, Second Edition, Oxford 1705. Folio, cont. panelled calf (old reback with orig. backstrip laid down, endpapers renewed, lower joint cracking. Folding engraved map and 16 plates. 18th c. name "D: Rich..." on recto of first blank and 2 lines of notes on final blank in the same hand. See illustration.
Lot 2098
STOTHARD, CHARLES and ALFRED JOHN KEMPE. The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain. Large Paper. Printed...for the Author, 1817 - 32. Folio, half brown morocco gilt (some wear to corners and spine). Hand coloured vignette on first title, full page hand coloured 2nd title, plain portrait, frontispiece and 146 plates, many hand coloured, with hand coloured armorial shields in the text. Bookplate of George Troyte Bullock. See illustration.
Lot 2141
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH. The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. With Additions...by G.H. Johnston, Edinburgh and London 1908. Folio, cont. half red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (some wear). Coloured maps. With 3 vols. by Charles Darwin and 13 vols. in the Highways and Byways series, v.y. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Illustrations. (17)
Lot 2151
CHAPMAN, JOHN and PETER ANDRE. A Map of the County of Essex. 1777. Folio, old half leather with red morocco gilt label on upper cover, by Sotheran, 26 double page sheets, including title, list of subscribers, and key map, all hand coloured (key map with crease). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. Inscription on verso of front flyleaf by the Rev. W. Greenhill of Farnham Rectory, Essex, noting the presentation of the volume to him by the surviving son & daughters of the late Dr. Burford, Vicar of Pelham Furneux Herts, on 12th July 1831. "I read ye Burial Service over ye Body of Dr. Burford`s Eldest son...i.e. ye same year I performed that Melancholy Service over ye Father...". See illustration.
Lot 2153
DONN, BENJAMIN. A Map of the County of Devon, With the City and County of Exeter. Printed for the Author, 1765. Folio, modern qtr. green morocco, marbled board sides. 12 double page engraved sheets, 11 of them hand coloured in outline (some offsetting). Bookplate of Edward Lynam, 1945. See illustration.
Lot 2166
SPEED, JOHN. [The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain]. The Second Book: Containing the Principality of Wales..., Printed for Thomas Basset...and Richard Chiswell...1676. Folio, wraps., containing text and 14 double page engraved maps: North Wales, Penbrokshyre, Caermarden, Glamorgan Shyre, The Countye of Monmouth, Breknoke, The Countie of Rednor Described, Cardigan Shyre, Montgomery Shire, Merionethshire, Denbigh Shire, Flint-Shire, Caernarvon Both Shyre and Shire-towne, Anglesey, Chubb XXVII.
Lot 2168
SPEED, JOHN. The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676. Folio, disbound. Without A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World. Engraved title and frontispiece (stained), 67 double page engraved maps (lacks Cardiganshire) but with additional map by Jansson: Scotia Provintiae. Generally in rather poor condition, approx. 12 maps torn, mostly at centrefold, approx. 12 wormed at centre, worst affected: Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire. Condition mainly improves from No. 25; three Irish maps and Invasions of England stained; creasing. Sold not subject to return. Chubb XXVII.
Lot 2224
WEAVER, LAWRENCE. Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens. 1914. Folio, orig. cloth backed boards (sides and prelims, including printed tissue to frontis. affected by damp). Colour frontispiece and photographic plates -- COCKAINE, Sir THOMAS. A Short Treatise of Hunting...Presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne, 1897. Facsimile of the 1591 edition. 4to., qtr. brown morocco. Text illustrations. With 3 other volumes. (5)
Lot 2230
[ACTS OF PARLIAMENT] Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis...Tricesimo Septimo, 1797; ...Quinquagesimo Secundo, 1812. 2 vols of acts, continuous pagination, folio, cont. calf. Both printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. Over 200 acts on many subjects including the West Indies, slavery, fishing, Scotland, the lottery etc. With vol 1 only of Hale, Sir Matthew. Historia Placitorum. Coronae, 1736. (3)
Lot 2235
ANNE, Queen, and JOHN, Duke of MARLBOROUGH. Volume containing three Acts of Parliament relating to the granting of the Manor of Woodstock, Settling of the Honours and Dignities, and pension, 1704 - 06. Folio, cont. vellum gilt with gilt stamped front panel "To His Grace John Duke of Marlborough 1706" (binding soiled and warped).
Lot 2266
DUMONT, JEAN, Baron de Carlscroon and JEAN ROUSSET DE MISSY. The Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the late John Duke of Marlborough. Vol 1 only, including Supplement, 1736. Folio, cont. calf with gilt stamp of Office of the Ordnance on upper cover (covers and spine worn). Stamp of Royal Military Academy on title and with similar bookplate dated 1807. 27 folding engraved maps and plans, and 10 plates by Claude du Bosc, (some tears and repairs). Sold not subject to return.
Lot 2283
[HOLY BIBLE, The, ? Deputies of Christopher Barker 1591] Black letter. Folio, old pale grey calf (soiled). Woodcut initials and ornaments, map of St. Paul`s travels. (lacks title A1, A4 defective, A6 defective, lacks B6 and Ffff3 & 4 [title to N.T.], Hhhhi torn, ends at Xxxxi). Treacle Bible (Jeremiah ch. 8, verse 22). ? Herbert 209. Names Joseph Meredith 1792; Henry Stillwell, and Mary des Saumarez Leslie Stilwell 1862 on verso of upper cover. Sold not subject to return.
Lot 2348
WALKER, Sir EDWARD. Historical Discourses upon Several Occasions. Two parts in one, 1705. Folio, cont. calf (worn, upper cover detached). Folding engraved frontispiece, portrait (shaved at outer edge), large vignette on dedication, and other ornaments. Signature "G. Vertue" on title. and 2 signatures of Sir Arthur Hodgson on flyleaf and verso of frontis. Sold with a defective 17th c. bible. Sir Arthur Hodgson owned the Clopton estate near Stratford on Avon, and the author`s dedication is to his grandchild Edw. Clopton of Clopton Esq. (2)
Lot 2352
ALBUM OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and SIGNATURES. Folio. cont. half maroon morocco gilt, mis - late 19th c. The letters are mostly addressed to Col. Sir William Owen Lanyon (1842 - 87, administrator of the Transvaal from 1879 - 81 who also served in the Anglo Egyptian War) and Sir John Hollams (1820 - 1910, lawyer), and include two from the Duke of Wellington, with 3 printed cards, 1838, inviting Sir John to meet Princess Sophia Matilda; four A.LS.s. to Owen Lanyon from Garnet Wolseley, 1884 - 86; Sir Johannes Brand (President of the Orange Free State), 1879, Sir Redvers Buller, Anthony Trollope, 1877 and others of South African interest; Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ls., 1882; the Sultan of Egypt [Tewfik], Ls., 1882; Sir Richard Burton, Damascus, 1870, A.L.S. (about the non arrival of a box); J.A. Froude, Mrs. Hemans, Stanley Weyman, Frances Hodgson Burnett, J.R. Planche, Sir Henry Irving and others connected with the theatre; royalty including the Duke of Cambridge, 1887, the Prince of Teck, 1887, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, H.H. Asquith, A.J. Balfour, Sir Robert Ball (Irish astronomer), Harry Furniss, with illustration, 1896, and many others, judges, lawyers, churchmen, noblemen etc. (approx. 160) With signatures of William IV, George, Prince of Wales, King Kamehameha & Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands, document, signed and dated Honolulu 5th June 1863, Leopold McClintock, H.M. Stanley, Edwin Arnold, Charlotte Yonge, Anthony Hope and others.
Lot 2353
ALBUM, 19th c., folio, cont. half black morocco gilt (spine worn), containing document signed by Queen Victoria appointing William George Aston as Consul in Nagasaki, 1882, also signed by Earl Granville (blank piece cut away); photographic card with list of the Reception Committee at Kobe 8th March 1906, signed by Prince Arthur of Connaught and Admiral Togo (the prince went to Japan to visit the Emperor and present him with the order of the Garter as a consequence of the Anglo-Japanese alliance); approx. 60 A.Ls.S. including Stanley Baldwin, Charles Kingsley, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Henry Newbolt (incomplete), and Samuel Baker; and approx. 60 signatures or part letters including Dean Farrer, Samuel Reynolds Hole, Frederick Treves, Joseph Paxton, Joseph Chamberlain, and sportsmen W.G. Grace, C.B. Fry, A.E. Stoddart, and Anthony F. Wilding. With a further loose collection of approx. 50 other letters and signatures, some relating to India, including J. Lockwood Kipling.
Lot 2355
CANADA. Typescript copy of the diary, 1848 - 51, kept by Charlotte Owen Harris 91828 - 54) of Eldon House, London, Ontario. Folio, early 20th c. red morocco, approx. 244pp. With further typescript loosely inserted, a key to the people referred to in the diary, by her brother, Edward Harris, dated 1913; and a few photographs including two of portraits of Charlotte and one of a watercolour of Eldon House (built 1835). The writer was the daughter of John Harris, formerly a naval officer, who held a number of legal appointments in London, Ontario. Charlotte married Edward Lewis Knight in 1851 and drowned with her two children when the steamer "Ercolano" sank off Villafranca in April 1854 (typescript copy of contemporary newspaper accounts included). Sir Robert Peel was one of the survivors. The diary, which provides a fascinating glimpse into the social and domestic life of a well connected family in mid 19th century provincial Canada, was published by the Champlain Society in 1994. Eldon House is now a museum.
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