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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Kennedy (Edward G.) [The Etched Work of Whistler] [A Catalogue Raisonné], 4 vol., collotypes only, corners stuck down, some marginal browning to mounts, lacking all text, a few ink stamps to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, extremities rubbed, folio, [Grollier Club], [1910].
Dante Alighieri. Comedia con l'espositione di Christophoro Landino, Roman type, woodcut illustrations in text and decorative initials, lacking AA1 (title with portrait verso), BB6 (full-page woodcut verso opposite opening of first canto), and final blank, some staining / water-staining, the latter especially to final sig., some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, 19th century calf, worn, [Adams D92; Mortimer Harvard Italian, 145; EDIT 16 CNCE 1159], folio, Venice, Jacopo da Borgofranco for Lucantonio Giunta, 23rd January, 1529. sold not subject to return.
Sussex.- Dallaway (James) A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, 2 vol. in 3, first edition, titles in red and black, 71 engraved plates and plans, 5 double-page and 6 hand-coloured, 6 engraved maps, 5 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured, 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, 2pp. manuscript notes tipped-in, occasional pencil annotations, 1815-30; The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Arundel, in the Western Division of the County of Sussex, vol. II part the first, second edition, 19 engraved plates, 1 hand-coloured, 4 double-page maps and plans, 2 pedigrees, illustrations, list of subscribers, 1832, tissue-guards, occasional faint off-setting, uniform later morocco, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to corners, folio (4)⁂ The first edition of vol. II part 1 is very scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.
Kent.- Dart (Rev. John) The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, title in red and black, 9 engraved plates of arms of subscribers and 41 engraved plates (some folding), illustrations in text, slightly water-stained in lower corners, O1 tear without loss, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, some staining, edges a little rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, spine rubbed and creased, red morocco gilt label, folio, J. Cole, J. Smith and others, 1727.
London.- Pennant (Thomas) Some Accounts of London, 1 vol. in 4, extra illustrated, half-titles, c.315 engraved and etched plates, trimmed and laid down, several detached and loosely inserted, one plate torn with loss, c.64 abrasion marks where plates removed, 5ff. trimmed where plates removed, all text trimmed and window mounted, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to title, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, neat repairs to corners, a little rubbed, folio, 1793.
NO RESERVE Turner (Joseph Mallord William) The Turner Gallery: a series of sixty engravings, engraved portrait frontispiece, 60 engraved plates, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, contemporary morocco, heavily gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [c.1860] § Earlom (Richard) & Charles Turner. Portraits of Characters Illustrious in British History ..., engraved title, 100 mezzotint plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed, n.d.; folio & 4to (2).
NO RESERVE Worcestershire, Evesham & vicinity.- Collection of indentures and drafts of indentures including Evesham, Cleeve Prior, Bretforton and Stratford-upon-Avon, manuscripts in different hands, together c. 385pp., most on paper, 2 on vellum, last 2 ff. loose, some tears along folds, folds, a few ink blots, browned, some with soiling, original Middle Hill boards, lower cover detached, extensively rubbed and marked, a few tears around edges, Phillipps MS 32314, folio & v.s., 1752-99.
India.- Mecham (Clifford Henry) Sketches & Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow, first edition, tinted lithograph title with vignette and 17 plates on 26 sheets, 7 with marginal tears, repaired, occasional spotting, marginal damp-staining, bookplate, original cloth, rebacked, gilt, bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, 1858.
Emblemata.- Sfondrati (Coelestin ) Innocentia Vindicata, in qua gravissimis argumentis ex S. Thoma petitis ostenditur, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 46 full-page engraved emblems within baroque borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking folding engraved frontispiece, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, 'Bib. Mai. Heythrop' label with shelf number BT1022, 18th century calf-backed boards, gilt spine in compartments, piece from head of spine (loosely inserted), [Landwehr, German 543. Praz p.496], St. Gallen, Jacob Muller, 1695; and 3 others, Emblemata & Iconography, small folio (4)
George Adams, Essays on the Microscope,second edition, 1798, illustrated with 32 folio plates, with coniderable additions by Frederick Kanmacher, printed for W & S Jones, the text volume re-bound but apparently unread, with many uncut pages, the folio volume of plates complete, all being the original 1787 George Adams engravings, with replacement end-papers, plates with browning, some with light foxing, creases, one torn and repaired, with receipt for £182 from Harriet Wynter, dated 17th August 1979
Two Folio Books On Foraminifera in Quekett Bindings,including 'Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera, CARPENTER, William B., Assisted by William K. Parker & T. Rupert Jones, Published by London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1862.', folio, Quekett binding, half calf with marbled endpapers, with original sales receipt from the Quekett Microscopcal Club to Mr J. A. Dutton, from the 1991 Quekett sale of books, receipt signed by Brian Bracegirdle, and a copy of 'on the Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain by William Crawford Williamson..,printed for the Ray Society, London 1858', folio, Quekett binding, half calf with marbled end papers, worn binding split spine foxing to pages and plates.
Hudson & Gosse, Folio Folder of Rotifera, 1886,a folio folder of plates of the Rotifer, 1886, by Charles Thomas Hudson and Philip Henry Gosse, in green folder with ROTIFERA in gold lettering to the top board, with marbled covering to the inside including 35 plates numbered 1 - 34 and one plate marked D, plates accompanied with index cards, handwritten replacements up to plate fifteen then the original printed index pages, index pages missing from plates 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, foxing an discolouration to edges of some plates, folder scuffed and worn on edges. Footnote: Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was a British naturalist and Charles Thomas Hudson (1828-1903) a British naturalist published their book 'The Rotifera; or Wheel-Animalcules' in 1886 in two volumes text and plates, we have been unable to find a copy in this format as a folder with loose plates.
Oz Magazine: A large collection of magazines,1967-1973,comprising: 40 issues of the London edition with features on Martin Sharp, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Hells Angels, Elektra Records etc, (Issues no.1,2,3,5,6,8,9,12 missing), some duplicates, publisher's pictorial wrappers, each folio, Privately Printed, (63 copies in total)Footnotes:The most iconic and controversial counter-culture magazine of the sixties and early seventies, covering subjects such as feminism, gay rights, racism, sex, drugs, rock music and the Vietnam War. The magazine's use of visually striking graphic art and innovative printing techniques (including fold-out posters, metallic foils and new fluorescent inks), and provocative photographic images, was accompanied by equally provocative editorial content. Issue 28 (the 'School Kids' issue), including a very adult Rupert Bear, led to obscenity charges being brought in 1971 against the three editors, a trial described by John Mortimer, counsel for the defense, as 'standing at the crossroads of our liberty, at the boundaries of our freedom to think and say and draw and write what we please'. The three were found guilty, but their convictions were overturned following appeal. This set includes many of the loose inserts, including the Che Guevara, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, 'Outcry! People's Park', 'Honeybunch/Jail Bait', and 'Old Bailey Trial' posters.Please contact the department for a full list of issues.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
with satinwood banding, opening to a leather folio and fitted compartments containing various pigments and ceramic mixing tray, above a single drawer with ceramic palette23cm wide, 10cm high, 18.5cm deepFootnote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside Great Britain, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
807 Naval Air Squadron. An album of photographs, relating to 807 Naval Air Squadron, c.1960, approximately 80 monochrome photographs, mostly depicting crew, airmen and numerous scenes on board HMS Ark Royal, such as aircraft landing and taking off etc., also views of places visited by the ship, such as New York and Gibraltar, also including a group photograph of the squadron, most mounted with photo corners, original boards, the leaves tied together with the binding, the pictorial front cover with a brightly coloured Oriental scene, front joint cracking, rear joint loose, oblong folioQty: (1)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 460 black and white photographs of British aircraft carriers and seaplane carriers, comprising images of Audacious class, Colossus class, Hermes class, Majestic class, Courageous class, HMS Argos, Eagle, Hermes, Ark Royal, HMS Unicorn, and Colossus class, etc., images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority corner-mounted and themed in two modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (460)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 900 black and white photographs of mostly British warships and related, comprising images of British Tugs, Tankers, landing craft, C class, W class, Z class, MTBs, and photographs from the Naval Review 1977, images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm and similar, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority themed and corner mounted in seven modern photograph albums, 4to/oblong folioQty: (900)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 700 black and white photographs of mostly British destroyers and other naval warships, comprising images of British destroyers A class, B class, C class, D class, E class, F class, G class, H class, I class, T class, U class, V class, fleet destroyers, and related, images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to verso, the majority corner-mounted and themed in six modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (700)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 550 black and white photographs of British destroyers and related naval warships, comprising images of Pre-WWII destroyers, Surface to surface guided missiles, County class 6 destroyers, early torpedo boats, and destroyers, etc., images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority corner-mounted and contained in three modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (550)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 600 black and white photographs of British submarines and related, comprising images of A, O, P, S & T classes, images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority corner-mounted and organised by class in five modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (600)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 840 black and white photographs of British cruises and related warships, comprising images of Dido class, Fiji class, London class, Norfolk class, York class, Southampton class, Cruise mine layers, etc., images approximately 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority corner-mounted and themed in six modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (840)
Wright & Logan. A collection of approximately 440 black and white photographs of Mine warfare forces and related warships, comprising images of minesweepers, coastal RNR escort sloops, patrol sloops, and minesweeping sloops, etc., images approximately, 8.5 x 13.5 cm, mostly with Wright & Logan credit stamps to versos, the majority corner-mounted in 3 modern photograph albums, oblong folioQty: (440)
Dogra Regiment. An album of photographs, complied by Captain E.A. Evanson of the 41st Dogra Regiment, 1919-1932, approximately 420 black and white photographs, depicting army officers and soldiers, civilians (local and British), and scenes across India and the Middle East, places mentioned include: Jerusalem, Haifa, Cairo, Somaliland, Aden, Lucknow, Srinagar, Kangra Valley Railway, the River Indus, Ismailia, and Khyber, also a few photographs of Evanson's wedding at Dalhousie, plus a small number taken in England (including Frinton), all mounted, most with simple captions, one leaf lacking outer lower corner (and any accompanying photo(s): torn away), original quarter black morocco, worn and lacking spine, boards loose, oblong folioQty: (1)
India. An album of photographs, compiled by D. A. Garnier, 1940-1941, containing approximately 100 black and white photographs relating to 23/24 Medium Battery Royal Artillery, stationed in Campbellpur, India, most of the images depicting scenes of social and local life, including numerous British soldiers and their wives and other mostly British men and women at sports days, horse races, clubs, having picnics, at military displays, etc., also some group photographs of soldiers, including camping, places mentioned include Campbellpur, Kirkee, Attock, Poona, Rawalpindi, Madrota, Lower Topa, Ferozepur, all mounted, most with simple captions (many humorous), front pastedown with ink ownership stamp 'D.A. Garnier R.A. Mess', original patterned cloth, the leaves tied together with the binding, somewhat soiled and rubbed, a trifle faded, oblong folioQty: (1)Footnote: The compiler of the album is believed to be Major Derick Alan Garnier, Royal Artillery.
Liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. A group of 40 vintage gelatin silver print photographs relating to the 11 Light Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps during their time working at Belsen Concentration Camp, April & May 1945, with images of graves, bodies, survivors and the work the 11 Light Field Ambulance were doing helping clean up the Camp and help move the sick internees with the ongoing threat of disease and Typhus, including one image of a young, smiling Typhus survivor, a nurse pushing a young girl on a swing, plus a photograph of one of the ovens, a photograph of Josef Kramer (1906-1945), Commandant of the Camp, and another of some of the women who worked there, images approximately 11 x 15 cm and similar, printed on card, alphanumeric pencil codes to versos, all a little soiled and marked with minor corner creases, together with an original mimeographed Special Order of the Day by Lieut. Colonel M.W. Gonin, RAMC, Belsen, 23 May 1945, thanking all ranks of the 11 (Br) Light Field Ambulance and every member of 567 Coy American Field Service Unit for all the work they had done and the sacrifices they had made in the five weeks spent there, worn on folds with some brown stains and edge fraying, one page, folio (plus a recent typed transcript of the full document)Qty: (1)Footnote: A disturbing but important and historical archive of the atrocities committed at this infamous concentration camp. The photographs were likely taken by various British officers of the No. 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit.
WWI German Batteries. A study of German Batteries in the Carlepont region, South of Noyen, France, a well-compiled photograph album containing 12 black and white photographs (various sizes including 16 x 22cm) showing WWI German batteries and aerial views of Carlepont and Champ di Merlier, all excellent images and annotated in red, a name is inscribed in pencil on the lower left of the cover 'Lt Gabaltrer' (presumably the compiler) and a typed explanation of each image is pasted in the album, creases and some discolouration, slim folio 38 x 27cmQty: (1)
Berry (Robert Potter). A History of the Formation and Development of the Volunteer Infantry, from the earliest times, illustrated by the local records of Huddersfield vicinity from 1794-1874, 1903, colour plates, original dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, together with Macdonald (J. H. A.). Fifty Years of It, the experiences and struggles of a volunteer of 1859, William Blackwood & Sons, 1909, minor spotting, original red cloth gilt, spine lightly faded plus Whitton (Leftenant-Colonel F. E.). A Short History of the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire), Aldershot, 1928, colour and monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and spine faded, minor fraying to extremities, and Regulations for the Volunteer Force, War Office18th September 1863, 212 pp., original blind-stamped red cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, plus others relating to volunteer forces, including: T. H. Hayhurst, A History and some Records of the Volunteer movement in Bury in Haywood, Rossendale, and Ramsbottom, 1887, Colonel William Lamont, Volunteer Memories, 1911, Volunteer Regulations for 1884, 1887, 1891 and 1893, The Volunteer Service Gazette, Volumes I & III, October 1859-October 1860, & October 1861-October 1862, original cloth, re-cased with original spines laid down, folio, etc.Qty: (20)
Broughton (U. H. R.). The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in three centuries, 1st edition, London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925, tipped-in coloured plates, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original publishers brown full morocco, rubbed and joints slightly cracked at head and foot, 4to, limited edition 24/300, together with Wheater (W.). Historical Record of the Seventh or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 1st edition, Leeds, 1875, mounted albumen photograph frontispiece, hand-coloured lithograph of Regimental colours (spotted), interleaved with additional illustrations of historical uniforms, contemporary cloth, rubbed and some wear with upper joint partly cracked, large 4vo, plus Whitby (Lieutenant-Colonel F. H.). Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, Historical publishing Co., Philidelphia/C. B. Burrows, Bombay and London, 1897, tinted photographic illustrations, all edges gilt, original plum morocco gilt, modern matching re-back, board edges some wear, oblong folio, and others on various military uniform, standards, colours and related including: Henry Manners, Chichester and George Burges-Short, The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army circa 1895, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers magazine, volume 1, March 1905 - May 1906, The Regiment, an illustrated military journal for everybody, three volumes 1896-1897, pictorial souvenirs for the First Battalion the Princes' Wales Volunteers, south Lancashire Regiment, Lahore, 1910, The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots in 1889, first Battalion The South Wales Borderers Illustrated, circa 1905, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, Belgaum, India, 1907, Richard Simkin's Life in the Army, bound with W. W. Lloyd, On Active Service, 1890, 20 colour plates to each part, oblong folio etc., various bindings, mostly large formatQty: (23)
Colborne (John). The last of the brave, or, Resting places of our fallen heroes in the Crimea and at Scutari, by Captains the Hon. John Colborne, 60th Royal Rifles, late 77th Regiment; and Frederic Brine, Royal Engineers, London: Ackermann and Co., 1857, 14 tinted lithograph plates, tissue guards, some spotting mostly to plates, all edges gilt, recent endpapers retaining earlier armorial bookplate of Henry Viscount St. John top upper pastedown, contemporary gilt & blind blocked cloth, 20th century morocco spine, slim folioQty: (1)
Annan (Thomas). University of Glasgow Old and New, edited by William Stewart, 1st edition, Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, and James Maclehose, 1891, title printed in red and black, 77 photogravures printed on India paper and mounted (35 views & 42 portraits), some finger marks to half title, later ink presentation inscription to front fly leaf, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original green quarter morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Limited edition, 4/50 copies. This is the true first edition, and according to the National Library of Scotland catalogue the more common edition of 350 copies of the same date is in fact a second, revised edition.
Australia & Papua New Guinea. An album containing approximately 190 photographs, c. 1917-20, gelatin silver prints including some real photo postcards and mostly postcard size (8 x 13.5cm) or slightly smaller, pasted as multiples onto rectos and versos of paper album leaves with ink captions, approximately 23 photos loose including 10 real photo postcards, some with inscribed details to versos and some with stamp of photographer John S. Hoskins of Sydney, a total of approximately 60 Australia and 130 Papua New Guinea interest, the Australian photographs mostly pasted at the front of the album with a few at the end, including scenes of the Timber Lands of Atherton Tablelands [near Cairns, Queensland] including timber felling, cutting sugar cane, Mission people and children, a broken jetty at Cardwell after the Cyclone, 1917, Crossing the Johnstone River by Ferry, etc., three Aboriginals detained for murder of a missionary in North Queensland; the Papua New Guinea photographs predominantly of indigenous people, activities including sago pith beating, gathering nuts at Gili Gili, latex rubber factory production (including three larger photographs, 10.5 x 17cm, on two separate album mounts), the Vermauri River and Plantation, Laloki copper miners, Albino native of Trobriand Islands, Port Darwin natives, Villagers of Isuleilei, etc., contemporary linen-backed boards, soiling and wear, backstrip deficient and covers near detached, oblong folio (25 x 30cm), together with a large collection of approximately 450 related roll film negatives, 8 x 13.5cm, many loose and unsorted and unidentified but including over 200 in three contemporary negative film wallets, featuring similar Mission scenes and people, farming, fishing, working and village scenes, scenes from both Australia and Papua New Guinea, one of the cloth wallets with ink signature of J.S. Hoskins, and presumably all taken by him, some negative sleeves with captions and one wallet with legible index at rear, wallets damp frayed but contents largely unaffectedQty: (an album & 450 negatives)Footnote: An interesting and large photographic archive covering various economic activities with indigenous people in both Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The photographs would appear to have mostly been taken by John S. Hoskins of Sydney between around 1917 and 1920. Commercial rubber was first planted in Papua New Guinea in 1903 with most production in the Australian Territory of Papua (now the Southern Region of Papua New Guinea). The Australian interest in copper mining in Papua began in earnest around 1912.
Carnegie (Andrew, 1835-1919). A pair of family photograph albums, c. 1910, the first containing 94 window-mounted photographs, mostly of Scottish people, scenes and houses including Skibo Castle and 2 images featuring Andrew Carnegie out on the moors with cars, images 8 x 13.5 cm, the second album with 96 window-mounted photographs of mostly English scenes, plus some of Germany, Paris, Vienna, etc., images 8.5 x 11.5 cm, both contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed, small folio, plus a small group of mostly studio portrait photographs of unidentified sittersQty: (a small carton)
Cobham (Alan, 1894-1973). English aviation pioneer. An archive of scrap albums, photographs and ephemera, including a typed report by Cobham titled ‘London to Capetown and Return Flight’, 1926, foolscap folio sheets with punch holes and tie in card wrappers inscribed and signed by Cobham to upper wrapper, some soiling and wear, together with some related typed notes including two mounted photographs of the Imperial Airways aircraft including one signed on mount by Cobham and the engineer Arthur B. Elliott, dated 12 November 1925, [Elliott was shot and killed after they left Baghdad on 5 July 1926 during the flight to Australia]; a photograph of motor cars and an aircraft signed by A.H. Ward [Elliott's replacement mechanic on the Australia flight, 1926] and Cecil Capes, a typed letter signed from Cobham to Captain Charles E. Ward, dated 17 November 1938, two typed letters signed by Robert Blackburn of Blackburn Aircraft, plus associated notes and photos, a 10-inch 78rpm record ‘To Australia and back in six minutes’, signed on label by Cobham and dated 9 September 1968; two of Cobham’s notebooks written in pencil, the first as Sergeant A.J. Cobham, 418 AVC, including veterinary notes made at the vet hospital, BEF, France, Spring 1916, the second containing thoughts and quotations, plus three cashbooks, c. 1919/1923, plus 2 well-presented albums of mostly news cuttings relating to early polar flights and Cobham’s Australian flight, original wrappers, oblong folio; 5 aviation programmes including Cobham’s flight to the Cape, plus 4 menus from 1926 celebrating Cobham and Ward’s arrival in Australia, plus an assorted group of approximately 200 related photographs and snapshots including images of Cobham's aeroplanes, plus a few related negativesQty: (a carton)Footnote: Provenance: Much of the archive would appear to be from the estate of Sergeant A.H. Ward who replaced Arthur B. Elliott after the latter's death during Cobham’s Round Trip Flight from Britain to Australia in 1926.
China. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee at Shanghai, 1st edition, printed at the Shanghai Mercury Office, [1897], 87,[4] pp., 35 mounted albumen print photographs by W.R. Kahler, images 10.5 x 15 cm and smaller, mounted one or two to a page with printed captions beneath, commercial adverts at front and rear including endpapers, old pencil notes and ballpoint inscription at head of Preface page, first few leaves a little split at margins and front free endpaper torn with loss of lower outer corner, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, slight edge wear, spine a little faded, small folio (27 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Very rare.
Egypt and Palestine. A pair of photograph albums with Egyptian views and RAF aviation interest, c. 1920s, containing a total of 77 black & white photographs, either corner mounted or pasted in, showing temples, river scenes, plus aeroplanes and crashes, a few views of King Fuad's Palace at Montaza and related celebrations, etc., images mostly 15 x 20 cm and similar sizes, all but 4 mounted singly to album leaf rectos or versos, ink captions to mounts throughout, contemporary boards with fabric covering and contemporary wrappers (somewhat frayed), both oblong folioQty: (2)
Egypt. A photograph album of Egyptian government vehicles, 1919-20, 48 window-mounted gelatin silver prints, showing government garages, motorcycles, Cairo fire brigade van, repairs, loading of vehicles on trains and boats, cars and ancient monuments, street scenes, etc., fever hospital/GPO vans, early registration numbers in images identified as 73 EG, 90 EG, 102 EG, 123 EG, etc., images 8 x 13.5 cm, a complete album without annotations, photographer's name inscribed on small ticket at rear, 'Verner-Furlong', original cloth with 'Mechanical Transport/Ministry of Communications' label to upper cover, rubbed, small folioQty: (1)Footnote: The photographer is probably 2nd Lieutenant William Albert Verner-Furlong of the Royal Flying Corps.
India, Ceylon, Burma. Photograph album of a journey from England to India, circa 1905-06, containing 96 gelatin silver print views beginning at Gibraltar, and including Stromboli, Port Said, Suez Canal, Aden, Bombay Harbour, Ahmedabad (the Jama Masjid, Ahmed Shah's mosque, Hathi Singh's temple, cattle market), Mount Abu (including women coolies and rickshaw men), the Adhi-din-ka-jhompra, Ajmere street scenes, Udaipur (temple, street scenes, etc.), Jaipur, Delhi, the Kubal-Minar, Lahore, Peshawar (including street scenes), and the Khyber Pass, each mounted on album leaves and with captions in English, some spotting to outer margins of leaves, all edges gilt, original half maroon morocco, somewhat worn with backstrip deficient, covers heavily marked, small folio, together with another similar-size album in similar binding (presumably composed by the same owner) containing views in Burma and Ceylon, including Chinese street scenes in Bhamo, Upper Burma, Burmese huts, bazaar, elephants at work, views of the harbour at Colombo, Newera Eliya, Rozelle, Kandy etc., similarly worn with backstrip deficient, plus a smaller photographic album of views in India taken by the wife of Colonel Harry Watson, Third King's Royal Rifles in 1912, containing 160 small photographs showing military life, parades, visits and hunting, Colonel Hallaran's pet Leopard, views in Cawnpore, Lucknow, Secundra, rickshaws, bearers, and ending with a group portrait photograph of the cast of the Third King's Royal Rifles production of The Modern Aladdin, small oblong 4to, another photograph album of India relating to the 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry circa 1929-1932, including views of camps on the North West Frontier including Razmak, Kuldana and Mahsud in Waziristan, a copy of India through the Stereoscope, A Journey through Hindustan conducted by James Ricalton, New York & London, Underwood & Underwood, 1907, plus two small carte-de-viste albums of cabinet photograph portraits, all edges gilt, original binding of tortoiseshell and mother of pearl with dark green leather spine and gilt metal clasp, another similar small carte-de-viste album bound in brown leather with decorative upper cover and gilt metal clasp, both 8vo, and a late 19th century musical album containing over 50 carte-de-visite photograph portraits, bound in original decorated brown leather gilt, with clasp in working order, 4toQty: (8)
Japan. A presentation photograph album, c. 1930, 31 gelatin silver print photographs pasted to rectos of 30 leaves, the first leaf with portraits of the Emperor and Empress of Japan followed by the Prince and Princess Chichibu, the remaining photographs of temples and views across Japan, typed captions on tissue guards, images 20 x 26 cm (the first two portraits smaller), presentation inscription to the Earl of Airlie, MC, from the newspaper Hochi Shimbun inscribed in ink to front free endpaper, original decorative moire silk over boards with cloth spine ties, covers detached, oblong folio (27 x 38 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: This album relates to the official trip of the Earl of Airlie to Japan in 1929. The purpose of the trip was the investiture of Emperor Hirohito as an Extra Knight of the Garter which was rescinded in 1942.
Martin (Charles Wykeham). The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent, 1st edition, Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1869, 8 mounted albumen prints photographed by J. Cruttenden (20 x 15.5 cm and similar), plus a hand-tinted plan and double page pedigree and facsimile letter plates, engraved vignettes to text, occasional spotting, contemporary ink presentation inscription from the Mayor of Rochester to half title, dated 2 August 1873, inner hinges cracked, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, frayed at extremities, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Gernsheim 458.
River Thames. A photograph album containing 28 photographs of Thames River views, c. 1903, including Weybridge, Byfleet, Chertsey, Shepperton, Laleham, etc., the largest photograph 14 x 29 cm, mostly mounted singly to rectos with neat ink captions, a few leaves detached, contemporary half morocco, covers detached and lacking spine, oblong folioQty: (1)
A collection of 19th century and later ephemeraincluding: two brochures and a season ticket for the International Inventions Exhibition 1885; a folio of menus, programmes, photographs, maps and packaging; together with a copy of George Cruikshank 'Illustrations of Time', 1827/1828, cloth cover, landscape folio (qty)Condition: Cruikshank volume heavily worn condition, with losses and staining. Collection in worn condition overall.
Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949, with Two Related Autograph Letters, 1981, and four other vols., 1909-1973. comprises: SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949. first US. edition, 8vo., (240 x 163mm), publisher's black cloth, pink rose and gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author's youngest brother in black ink to half-title, 'To Philip Collins / this copy of my sister's poems / 'The Canticle of the Rose'/ 1917-1949 / Sacheverell Sitwell / 3rd December / 1981'; with two Autograph letters loosely inserted, the first letter - 2pp., 22 lines, from Philip N.H. Collins, written to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, dated 16.12.81, 'Dear Sir Sacheverell / Please could / you tell me why I can't get / a copy of your sisters poems / for love nor money? I consider / her to be one of the most brilliant poets this country has / produced and I think it is an / outrage that paperback volumes / are not available when / trash by so called 'poets' not / worth the paper they're printed on / flood the books shops. / Do you know if / any publications are contemplated / which will make available / at prices we can afford, / her wonderful work? . . .', the second letter - a response to Philip N.H. Collins, from Sacheverell, 1pp., 7 lines, written in black ink to Weston Hall printed headed paper, dated 30 December, 1981, 'Dear Mr. Collins, / I have your letter - and at once / went down to the old kitchen, which / contains my sister's library - and at / once found this book of poems - which / I hope you will approve and enjoy. I do not know / who it / belonged to! / Yours sincerely, Sacheverell Sitwell'; GRIGSON, Geoffrey. (1905 - 1985). Thornton's Temple of Flora with bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan. London, Collins, 1951. folio, (435 x 312mm), original cloth-backed boards, printed title label to front, gilt lettered labels to spine, 12 colour plates, 24 monochrome collotype plates, all with tissue guards, text by Grigson, bibliographical notes by Buchanan and botanical notes by William T. Stearn. This edition was designed by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean, set and printed in Amsterdam from the original volume at the Eton College Library, bound at W. H. Smith and Sons, London; The wrapper design and label based on the original parts. The label and calligraphic title-page drawn by John Brinkley; SITWELL, George Sir, Baronet. (1860 - 1943). An Essay on the Making of Gardens being a Study of Old Italian Gardens, of the Nature of Beauty, and the Principals involved in Garden Design. London: John Murray, 1909. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 147mm), publisher's grey cloth, colour blocked Italianate garden scene to front boards with black short title, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, dustwrapper unclipped, 110pp. and 2pp. adverts at end; together with SITWELL, Sacheverell. Old Fashioned Flowers, Illustrated by John Farleigh, London: Country Life Limited, 1939, with a handmade gift card loosely inserted, ink manuscript inscription, 'To be passed on to William one day, Mary'; SITWELL, Edith. A Book of Flowers, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952; MITCHELL, Peter. European Flower Painters. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1973.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library(Qty. 8).Condition Report: 1. The Canticle of the Rose - clean boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, worn and chipped (with loss), and tape repair to inside top of spine, e/ps. a little marked, some toning internally o/w. clean.2. 3. The two Autograph letters, with fold creases, and clean.4. Thornton's Temple of Flora - minor marks to boards, spine bumped at tail and labels on spine slightly detaching at corners, e/ps., with light marks, front e/ps., o/w. text and plates bright and clean.5. An Essay on the Making of Gardens . . - clean bright cloth boards, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn and marked, front flap present but hanging on, lacks lower flap and torn (with loss) top and centre of spine, bright gilt, foxing to edges and further light foxing throughout.6. Old Fashioned Flowers - cloth marked, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper has price neatly cut out, with edge nicks and foxing, within glassine wrapper, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, and further foxing internally to some pages of text, plates clean.7. A Book of Flowers - clean bright cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, a little worn and marked, e/ps. marked, toning internally o/w. clean.8. European Flower Painters - clean bright red gilt cloth, green top, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). MANUSCRIPT: BROTHER AND SISTER: A BALLAD OF THE PARALLELO. Edith Sitwell's copy, (c. 1949). single volume, folio. (335 x 207mm), bound in a modern green, gilt decorative morocco binding, gilt lettered to front, patterned e/ps., ownership name 'Edith Sitwell' in pencil to front pastedown, 10pp., 135 lines in Sacheverell's neat hand to single sides of 5 leaves, on ruled notebook paper in blue ink, with Sacheverell's crossings out and corrections, each leaf numbered at top, and some numbered in brackets to the left of a few verses, NPG. tissue wrapping with blue and white printed label. Sacheverell's poem later published, Daventry: M. Battison, 1977. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f27 / 6.45.Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell. Condition Report: boards slightly warped, clean and bright, slight scuffing to corners, some toning internally, o/w. clean, text neat and easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer
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