DESPERATE HOPE IN 1865 RICHMOND Good content war-date A.L.S. of one 'E. M. Garnett', possibly a relative of the generals of the same name, 1p. legal folio, Richmond, Jan. 14, 1865 expressing his optimism at what at that time was a doomed 'lost cause'. Garnet writes a cousin, in part: '...The people of Richmond seem quite gloomy after the defeat of Hood & the occupation of Savannah by Sherman but I think they are rapidly recovering. Our returned prisoners are in fine spirits at the declining prospects of the North, & say if we will only hold out a little longer all things will be right. The North will never stand conscription, & they will soon have to resort to it, to keep up their armies. Old Frank Blair departs this morning for Washington, his mission is not known beyond the President & the Cabinet, & there are all sorts of rumors in circulation about his interview with Seddon...' Garnett closes his letter citing outlandish prices for tea and coffee in the southern capital. Some fold splits, a few repaired with tape on verso, folds, still very good. Francis Blair, Sr. had met with Jefferson Davis and travelled to Washington to attempt to negotiate a peace with Lincoln. Lincoln would have no part of it, and Blair's mission ended in failure.
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![MASSES OF WOUNDED UNION SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Graphic war-date D.S., 4pp. legal folio, [New York, ca. October, 1862], a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a6a222ee-1f05-454d-8df5-aed00125a737/1a6524b1-a996-4c40-8306-aede007431d7/468x382.jpg)
MASSES OF WOUNDED UNION SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Graphic war-date D.S., 4pp. legal folio, [New York, ca. October, 1862], a statement submitted by one 'R. Ellsworth' for labor supplied to U.S.-chartered vessels, almost all concerning the carriage of wounded Union soldiers. Some of the entries seek reimbursement for: '...removing disabled soldiers from Str. Atlantic...clearing the vessel of Arms, Baggage & Bedding...removing disabled soldiers from Str. Daniel Webster...removing disabled soldiers from Camden & Amboy Rail Road Boat...removing Convalescent Soldiers from the City & Island Hospitals to Fort Hamilton...' A heart-rending conclusion is penned at the end of the document by Thomas W. Johnson, the approving agent for the Assistant Quartermaster General. In part: '...Much of the help employed in the removal of the sick & wounded soldiers...was required in protecting the men from the masses of men, women & children who on such occasions rushed to the boats in overwhelming numbers and also in dealing out shirts & drawers...for the naked soldiers whose blood soaked and filthy garments hand been thrown overboard and in assisting to dress them and remove them from the Transports...' One insect nibble at a fold, else very good.
(1743 - 1802) French Revolutionary War general and engineer with Washington at Valley Forge and Monmouth, captured by the British. Partly-printed D.S. 'Duportail' as French Minister of War, 1p. sm. folio, Paris, 1791, certification that a military officer is a resident of the Department of Bastia on the Island of Corsica. Very good.
An interesting piece signed by two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Manuscript D.S., 5pp. legal folio, Hartford, May, 1759, a 'Debenture of the House of Representatives at the Genl. Assembly' listing each representative's name and the money due to them. Some of the entries have been signed by the recipients of the monies including two signers of the Declaration of Independence: STEPHEN HOPKINS (twice), WILLIAM WILLIAMS (three times), as well as MATHEW GRISWOLD (1714-1799), Colonial Governor of Connecticut, and EPIPHALET DYER (1721-1807) who was later a member of the Stamp Act Congress. Several tears along the folds, light soiling, else very good.
FRITZ SAUCKEL (1894 - 1946) Nazi chief of slave labor recruitment who seized over five million workers and kept them under the vilest condition. Tried, convicted and hanged at Nuremberg. Hurriedly-signed fine content A.L.S. in pencil, 1p. legal folio, [Nuremberg, 1946], in German to defense attorneys Otto Kranzbuehler and Otto Stahmer. In full: 'Dr. Kranzbuhler Dr. Stahmer Very important question to the witness. Winter 1941/42 came very early. Frost already in October 1941 with snowfall. The winter was unusually harsh cold and snow and lasted until April 1942. Is it possible that the signs of decay on the corpses were delayed (through these circumstances), especially in comparison with the shorter times in their native country. F. Sauckel' Folds, fine condition. Clearly Sauckel was seeking to distance himself from a mass murder in which he was implicated.
(1913 - 1973) Commander of the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Horst Wessel'. D.S. in pencil, 2pp. legal folio, Feb. 2, 1945, a recommendation for the award of a War Merit Cross, First Class with Swords for SS-Oberscharfuhrer Ernst Henschel of the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Horst Wessel'. File holes at left, collector's file number on bottom right, very good.
(1896 - 1968) Soviet general who held the critical northwest approaches to Moscow, later headed defenses at Stalingrad and near the end of the war encircled and destroyed the German fourth army. Partly-printed D.S. in Russian, 3pp. legal folio, [n.p], Dec. 22, 1947, a military attestation for Lt. Col. of Armored Troops, Grigory Nikiforov. Rokossovsky, signed at the conclusion in blue indelible pencil. Slightly toned, with minor chips to the left edge, else very good.
(1894 - 1975) German vice admiral, head of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence section of the German armed forces (Abwehr), the number two man to Wilhelm Canaris. An important 4pp. folio, partly-printed D.S. and 4pp. of notes entirely in his hand, written in the Mondorf prisoner-of-war-camp, June 5, 1945, a 'fragebogen', or 'Personnel Questionnaire' issued by the Allies and whose completion was required of all high-ranking military officers. Buerkner lists his biographical details, political organization memberships, writings, speeches, travel, income, promotions and so on. More importantly, he lists all of his travels, including several trips to a secret 'German general', and most closely follow what would later become targets of Nazi aggression. Interestingly, both of Buerkner's bosses were hanged: Canaris for his involvement in the bomb attempt on Hitler's life, and Alfred Jodl, following his conviction for war crimes. Very slightly worn at the margins, else very good and worthy of further research.
NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Liverpudlian lithography.- Miller (Alexander, printer) Sexagesimal logarithms, 11 ff., a few stains and spots, endpapers foxed, contemporary half brown cloth by Woolstencroft of Warrington, spine neatly repaired, rubbed, folio, Liverpool, 1833.⁂ Rare, with only two copies recorded by Library Hub / WorldCat (Oxford and Cambridge (Trinity)).
![[Duns Scotus (Johannes)] [Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi], 3 leaves only, double column, gothic let](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0f2ebae3-45a8-4ffe-bee3-aed300ff1b1f/51243301-065a-45bb-b46e-aed301055b45/468x382.jpg)
[Duns Scotus (Johannes)] [Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi], 3 leaves only, double column, gothic letter, red ink initials, rubricated throughout, some slight staining to a few ff., a little browned, edges chipped, all with engraved plates pasted to them, all loose, folio, [Germany or Italy], [c. 1500]; and a small quantity of other continental printed leaves, including a printed choirbook leaf, large woodcut initial, [17th century]; sold not subject to return (sm. qty).
![Mining & Metallurgy.- [Agricola (Georgius)] [De re metallica libri XII], second edition in Latin, 95ff. only, woodcut ill](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0f2ebae3-45a8-4ffe-bee3-aed300ff1b1f/474dc872-89dd-4f4c-9d9d-aed30104e399/468x382.jpg)
Mining & Metallurgy.- [Agricola (Georgius)] [De re metallica libri XII], second edition in Latin, 95ff. only, woodcut illustrations in text by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch after Blasius Weffring, some full-page, slightly browned, a few edges a little chipped or creased, a few near contemporary ink annotations in margins, disbound, [Adams A350], folio, [Basle], [Hier. Frobenius & Nic. Episcopius], [1561]; sold not subject to return.
Sodomy & Rape.- Touchet (Mervin, second Earl of Castlehaven, convicted rapist and sodomite, 1593-1631) [Confession of Faith], D.s. "Castelhaven", manuscript, 1p., tear with loss of part of left margin slightly affecting a few letters, part of lower margin cut away, browned and stained, laid down, folio, [?14th May], [?1631].⁂ 19th century note: "This is the original of the Confession of faith of that wretched man which he caused to to be read at his execution 14 May 1631 - Lee State Trials. ?JC."Castlehaven was prosecuted for alleged sodomy and rape within his own family and executed in 1631.
Nile Expedition for the Relief of General Gordon.- Wolseley (Garnet, first Viscount Wolseley, Field Marshal, 1833-1913) Letter to the Marquess of Hartington as Secretary of War, with ?autograph note at end signed W, 3pp., folio, Korti, [Sudan], 13th March [1885], captioned "To be burnt when read", asking that the Suakin Division is not withdrawn from the Sudan, "When I began to fall back after fall Khartoum native mind was much disturbed & distrust felt in our powers. This distrust has not yet produced serious movement among population along our line of communication being neutralized by fact that our retrograde march has stopped that we are known to be about to attack Osman Digna... . We are 1300 miles from Cairo...", tears along folds; and 3 other pieces, including: 2 copy letters by Wolseley (1 from Koti, Sudan, 1885 & 1 addressed to the Duke of Cambridge, 1895) and a Letter signed from Sir Evelyn Wood from Wolf Hill in the Anglo-Zulu War, folds, v.s., v.d. (4).
Menu.- India in London. Portland Hall, Langham Place, W. Indian Tiffin, colour printed menu, laid down on card with manuscript note, menu 8vo, card folio, 4th February 1886; and another, a document requesting permission from the King of Oudh "for Mr & Mrs Henderson visiting the Menagerie", large tear, folio, 9th April 1883 (2).⁂ First mentioned: "We hope to have liked some of this Menu but alack it was all hot & spice, & rice also black grocers currants - we came empty away (Dora & self)."
NO RESERVE Illuminated manuscript.- Birmingham.- Morton (Edward, illuminator) To Mr and Mrs James Byers on their leaving Birmingham for Annan. June 1892, manuscript on vellum, 7ff., recto only, 1f. with fine vignette of Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, coats of arms, moiré silk endpapers, original blue morocco, richly gilt, preserved in original oak box (lacking key), 1 side come away at joints, scratches, small folio (343 x 270mm.), Birmingham, 1892.⁂ A fine example of a High Victorian luxury illuminated testimonial, with Morton's ticket to inner front cover.
Manuscript Facsimile.- Great Domesday Book, 6 vol. comprising: 2 vol. manuscript facsimile, 2 vol. translation, introductory/index vol., and a drop-back box of maps, millennium edition, one of 450 copies, 2 vol. manuscript facsimile, original calf, blind-stamped in the design of the Winton Domesday, very lightly rubbed, each with limp calf slip-case, other vol. in original cloth-backed boards, very lightly rubbed with occasional finger-soiling, spines slightly sunned, Alecto Historical Editions, 1992-2000; with a copy of the prospectus, folio (7)
Shakespeare (William) The Works, 2 vol., Imperial Edition, edited by Charles Knight, ink stamp of Leonard Bishop to front free endpaper, engraved frontispieces, additional titles and numerous plates, occasional light foxing, contemporary navy morocco, gilt, inner gilt dentelles, spine and extremities rubbed, g.e., folio, [c.1870].
NO RESERVE Ephemera.- A quantity of Pictorial and Printed Ephemera, including: 7 ff. from a ?C17th Bible (Book of Ecclesiastes), folio, dis-bound; a broadside with hieroglyphs; a multi ff. printed epistle; a May 1926 copy of the British Worker Official Strike New Bulletin, browned; a handful of title pages and bookplates, some C18th, some in red and black, loose; a quantity of plates, both engraved and in colour, some loose and some laid down; photographic and press clippings, laid down to album pages, C19th and C20th (mainly loose); Victorian and later scraps, a few greeting cards and similar cuttings, some laid down, some in plastic sheathes, most likely C19th and C20th; a blank scrap album with coloured pages; several original water colours, loose or in small sketchbook; a small quantity of early photographs, people and scenery, mainly loose, c.1900; several architectural floor and garden plans on loose sheets; some manuscript and typed documents, a few on vellum, mainly early C20th and 3 small fabric samples from [?ancient] Egypt, v.s., v.d., [c.1880-1950] (qty)
NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Woolf (Virginia) Between the Acts, frontispiece and illustrations by Gillian Barlow, original cloth, slight rubbing to spine extremities, slip-case, a little rubbed, split at top, 1974 § Capote (Truman) In Cold Blood, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, 2011 § Donne (John) No man is an island, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slip-case, a little rubbed, 1997 § Bryson (Bill) The Lost Continent, plates, original cloth, slip-case, 2007; and others Folio Society, v.s. (c.85)
NO RESERVE Folio Society.- White (T.H.) Mistress Masham's Repose, presentation copy from binder Charles Stewart, plates, original moiré binding, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slip-case, a little rubbed and worn, 1980 § Pocock (Tom) Trafalgar: An Eyewitness History, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slip-case, 2005 § Mitford (Jessica) Hons and Rebels, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slip-case, 2010 § Williams (Hywel) Fifty Days that Changed the World, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, 2008; and others Folio Society, 8vo & 4to (48)
NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, tipped-in colour frontispiece, tipped-in plates, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, slip-case, lightly rubbed, 2014 § The Song of Songs, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slip-case, rubbed, 1967 § Scott's Last Expedition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, rubbed and worn, 1964; and others Folio Society, v.s. (c.50).
Japan.- Two photograph albums of views and peoples of Japan, c.120 albumen prints on 81pp., some tinted by hand, some with light marginal fading, occasional foxing to leaves, original morocco, lettered "Japan 1886" in gilt on upper covers, and with initials R.J.C. on spine, some scuffing to corners, a little rubbed, oblong folio, 1886⁂ An excellent pair of albums including views of Tokyo and Kyoto with several temples and other religious sites as well as portraits of workers, people in traditional dress, tea ceremonies and a group of Western tourists in suits followed by another with the same group in kimonos with ceremonial swords.
NO RESERVE Gross (Anthony) Cat's Whisker, signed by the author to title, 1988 § Sweeney (Matthew) The Flying Spring Onion, signed by the author to front free endpaper, illustrations by David Austin, 1992 § Wentworth Day (J.) Ghosts and Witches, illustrations by Michael Ayrton, some spotting, 1954, first two original wrappers, one or two spots, last original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly foxed and creased; and a large quantity of others, literature, including a group of Folio Society and Limited Editions Club works v.s. (XX boxes)
de Brunhoff (Jean) Babar En Famille, occasional marginal spotting, a few ink spots to spine, 1938; Les Vacances de Zéphir, light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, a few patches of soiling to lower cover, 1936; Babar's Travels, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, The Times Book Club label to rear pastedown, slight splitting at gutter, 1935; Babar's Friend Zephir, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, spine a little soiled, covers worn at extremities, 1937; first or first English editions, illustrations, very light marginal toning, occasional finger-soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, spine ends bumped; and 3 others, another first English edition of Babar's Friend Zephir, and two early English editions of The Story of Babar, folio (7)
NO RESERVE Hills (Robert) Etchings of Asses and Mules, etched pictorial title and 79 etchings on 43 sheets, some sheets a little smaller, with 12 additional plates of 19 etchings form the series on Horses bound at end, some foxing and marginal staining, one or two tears to edges repaired, modern cloth, uncut, [Nissen ZBI 1940], folio, [1798-1810].
Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Authorized Version, number 354 of 450 copies, wood-engraved plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Stephen Gooden, Eric Ravilious, John Nash and others, light foxing to first and last few pages, embossed ownership stamp to rear endpaper, rear hinge starting to crack, original vellum, morocco spine label worn, t.e.g., small folio, printed at the Curwen Press for the Cresset Press, 1929.
Wright (John Buckland) Baigneuses, one of 240 copies, introduction by Christopher Buckland Wright, printed in blue and black, wood-engraved plates, tipped-in illustrations, some colour, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, folio, Fleece Press, Denby Dale, 1995.
![NO RESERVE Cotman (John Sell) [Architectural Antiquities of Normandy], 96 etched plates only (lacking all text), some light f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0f2ebae3-45a8-4ffe-bee3-aed300ff1b1f/38eca62b-c8d7-4473-bfbf-aed301034115/468x382.jpg)
Switzerland.- Hering (George E.) The Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Italy, hand-coloured lithographed additional title, dedication and 18 plates, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, scattered light spotting, minor offsetting, half red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, g.e., [Abbey Travel 63; Tooley 260], folio, 1847.
America.- Photograph album of views of America, Canada and Hawaii, c.60 albumen prints on 54pp., some a little faded, some spotting to leaves, original morocco, lettered "America - Hawaii 1885" in gilt on upper cover, and with initials R.J.C. on spine, some scuffing to corners, g.e., oblong folio, 1885.⁂ An excellent album of American views including: Montreal with the ice flow almost reaching City Hall; frozen Niagara Falls with people playing in the snow below; people on horseback at Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods, Colorado; Salt Lake City featuring the interior and exterior of the Mormon Temple; boats at Honolulu harbour; people gathered outside the 'Iolani Palace, Honolulu.
NO RESERVE British Isles.- Duncan (James) [A New Atlas of England and Wales; Consisting of a set of large County Travelling Maps], without title, but with double-page table and 44 double-page engraved maps, each sheet approx. 375 x 460 mm (14 3/4 x 18 1/8 in), or the reverse, mounted on stubs, spotting and browning throughout, some minor handling creases, half calf, spine splitting, very worn, folio, [1833]
NO RESERVE Bindings.- British Sports and Sportsmen, 15 works in 16 vol. only (of 17), limited editions, plates and illustrations, 'Big Game, Hunting & Angling' lacks 2 plates, occasional spotting, occasional marginal insect damage, most to first few leaves, original red morocco, gilt, g.e., occasional faint spotting, slight bumping and rubbing, [c.1910]; and an incomplete duplicate, folio (17)⁂ 15 works comprising: Hunting; Past Sportsmen (2 vol.); Cricket & Football; Athletics & Tennis Rackets; The Story of Shipping; Golf, Athletics & Winter Sports; Polo & Coaching; Big Game Hunting & Angling; Breeding & Agriculture; Racing; Modern Commerce, Aviation & Motoring; Shooting & Deerstalking; Commerce & Industry; Racing & Coursing; South Africa & Rhodesia.
Birds. Botany.- Sitwell (Sacheverell), Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, 16 colour plates, one folding, black & white illustrations, occasional light finger-soiling, folding plate creased at inner margin, original half red morocco, London & New York, 1953 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) and Wilfred Blunt. Great Flower Books 1700-1900, 36 plates, many colour, the odd spot, original half green morocco, 1956, each one of 295 copies signed by the authors, engraved half-titles, endpapers lightly toned at extremities, spines gilt but sunned, very lightly rubbed, marbled slip-cases (worn at extremities), folio (2)
NO RESERVE Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, of which 14 colour, after Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Kawanabe Kiosui, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, cord binding, a little rubbed, folio, Tokyo, 1891.⁂ The first book in English on Japanese flower-arranging.
NO RESERVE Astronomy, Mathematics & Globes.- Turner (Rev. Richard) A View of the Heavens: Being a Short, but Comprehensive System of Modern Astronomy... To which is added, The Use of the Cælestial Globe, first edition, 2 engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, that of astronomical clock on p.41 with volvelle, 1765; A View of the earth: being a short, but comprehensive system of modern geography. ... To which is added, a description of the terrestrial globe, second edition, engraved double-hemisphere world map, 5 other maps (including America and Asia), plate of terrestrial globe and illustrations within text, that of geographical clock on p.27 with volvelle, 3pp. advertisements at end, 1766; Plain trigonometry rendered easy and familiar, by calculations in arithmetick only: With Its Application and Use In ascertaining all Kinds of Heights, Depths, and Distances, In The Heavens, as well as on the Earth and Seas, first edition, woodcut diagrams, 1p. advertisements at end, 1765, together 3 works in 1 vol., titles in red and black, some spotting and finger-marking, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, but holding, Printed for S. Crowder, small folio⁂ A very good sammelband of richly illustrated works by this former student of Magdalen College, Oxford. Provenance: William Peacock (charming 1769 bookplate within typographic border and '-/2 6d Mr Peacock' to foot of final verso).
NO RESERVE Babbage (Charles).- Mr Babbage's calculating machine, in number 134 of Chambers Edinburgh Journal, within a complete vol.III of the publication, some spotting / mostly light foxing, mostly at end, original cloth-backed boards, original printed label to spine, folio, Edinburgh, 23rd August, 1834.
BINDINGS: CHAUCER (Geoffrey): 'Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer...edited with a memoir by Robert Bell', London, Charles Griffin, n.d (circa 1870): 8 vols, contemporary quarter vellum gilt with red morocco labels, blue marbled boards, teg, spines a little browned but an attractive set: together with a quantity of bindings and antiquarian books in varying condition, to include a 19th century green vellum folio ledger containing cuttings and ephemera. (2 boxes)
WATERCOLOUR ALBUMS: a pair of 19th century albums containing approx 50 watercolours, British topographical views inc. Kempston Beds (dated 1893): rural scene at Enfield: Conway: Crowboro Common, largest approx 35.5 x 21.5cm, pasted onto album leaves, half morocco albums of period, worn with one spine deficient and the other with boards detached, oblong folio. (2)
HIS MAJESTY'S GREAT WARDROBE: ALS from the Earl of Peterborough to the Hon Ralph Montague, Master of His Majesty's Great Wardrobe...: 'these are to signify unto you His Majesty's pleasure that forthwith you cause to be provided for Thomas May Esq.,...a coat of His Majesty's arms as they be now marshalled...embroidered with cloth of gold upon sattin..', single folio with old folds, a few splits to latter, dated 30 May 1677. (1)
ATLAS: TEESDALE (Henry): 'New British Atlas, containing a complete set of county maps, on which are delineated all the principal crossroads, cities, towns & most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals & railways...' London, Henry Teesdale & Co, (c.1830): with engraved title, 3 folding general maps (a few neat repairs) and 44 county maps, all with contemporary hand colouring, one or two short edge tears and tape repairs, 5 various unrelated maps bound in at rear, contemporary marbled boards with morocco label to upper, rebacked, folio. (1)
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