SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON), E.H. SHACKLETON AND OTHERSThe South Polar Times, 12 vol., facsimile edition, number 946 of 1,000 copies, numerous illustrations (some colour, many full-page) and maps (one folding), publisher's pictorial wrappers, in original grey cloth box, 4to, Folio Society, 2012; and c.120 others on Scott, Shackleton and the Antarctic (quantity)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
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer (British, 1854-1926)HM Ships Alert and Discovery leaving Portsmouth for the Arctic Expedition, 1875 signed with initials 'FHB' (lower left), bears title (on mount)watercolour and gouache, unframed23.5 x 33cm (9 1/4 x 13in).Footnotes:The following lots are a fascinating record of Lieutenant Francis H. Boyer's voyages whilst serving in the Royal Navy during the 1870s and early 1880s. They include views in North and South Africa, China, Japan, the Antarctic and Mediterranean. The National Maritime Museum holds four logbooks kept by Boyer on various ships between 1869 and 1876, including HMS Clio, depicted in lots 28 and 57. A folio of watercolours of Bombay and the surrounding area by Boyer was sold by Sotheby's in 1982. In 1893 Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer assumed the rank Commander on the Retired List.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHINA - POSTAL ATLASChina Postal Atlas Showing Postal Establishments and Postal Routes in Each Province, title leaf with contents in Chinese and English, preface in Chinese, English and French, index in Chinese and English, 30 double-page or folding colour-printed plates, publisher's green cloth, gilt-blocked title in Chinese on upper cover, soiled, DUST-JACKET (worn at extremities, some scuffs on lower cover), folio (530 x 390mm.), Nanjing, Directorate of Posts, 1936This 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
DANIELL (THOMAS AND WILLIAM)A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the Way of China, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates within wash borders, ALL ON STIFF CARD, mounted on stubs (some spotting, mostly marginal, one quite heavy), text watermarked between 1808 and 1817, early twentieth century red half calf, worn [Abbey Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797], folio (347 x 270mm.), Longman, 1810Footnotes:Leaving England in April 1785, the Daniells arrived in China in August, where they spent several months before sailing onwards to India. 24 of the plates depict Chinese subjects, including views of Macao, Canton, Whampoa and Hotun on the Canton river, general views of Chinese vessels, and the dress of the inhabitants.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
LONGNON, AUGUSTE 'Atlas Historique de la France, Premiere Partie de 58 Avant J-C a 1580 Apres J-C, Paris 1907', cloth bound folio; and after Walter Geikie - 'Etchings Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery with biographical introduction by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder', published by Maclachlan, Stewart & Co, Southbridge Street, Edinburgh, gilt tooled morocco leather bound (2)
Antiquarian Books - Smith (The Reverend Samuel, D.D.), The Compleat (sic) History of the Old and New Testament: or, A Family Bible: with Large Annotations and Practical Observations [...], two-volume set, London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by C. Sympson (sic) [...], 1753-1754, portrait frontispiece of the Annotations author, further full-page and some fold-out Biblical engravings, title-pages printed in black and red, early 19th century diced calf, marbled endpapers, folios, (2); 19th century Family Bible, illustrated with wood engravings, contemporary diced black leather (spine and upper-cover loose but connected), marbled endpapers, folio, [3]
Pictures and Prints - W. George, early 20th century, 'A Country Girl', An Illustration for a Music Sheet, signed, titled, dated 1902 to verso, watercolour, 34.5cm x 24.5cm; a collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century pictures and prints, including Thomas Bowles III (c.1712-1767), after Canaletto (1697-1768), A View of Northumberland House, Charing Crofs [..., Re-Publifhed 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle [...], London, hand-coloured engraving, 33.5cm x 45cm; Joseph John Skelton (1783-1871), after Thomas Stothard RA (1755-1834), [Mary Magdalene] dedicatory tablet within the platemark addressed to The Magdalene Hospital, St. George's Fields, [London], Publifhed 1st Feb:y 1808 [...], engraving, 41cm x 52cm; further 18th century engravings, classical and religious; botanical prints; others, [folio collection]
Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit THE LAST WORKS OF HENRI MATISSE: 1950-1954 (VERVE VOL. IX NO. 35/36) Distributed by A. Zwemmer, London, 1958 Folio, 187pp, 26 single-page, 8 double-page, 2 triple-sheet and 3 quadruple-sheet colour plate foldouts, 36 single and double-page B&W plates, original orange paper boards, 7cm tear along front hinge from foot and 13 cm tear at back and corresponding loosening of spine cover, 2cm tear long top of front hinge, some wear on edges of boards and corners bumped, remains of two 2cm pieces of tape on front, booksellers sticker on front ep, remains of tape on back eps and ghosting from these on back of last plate, spine opening in three places in textblock
Five Isle of Man silver proof commemorative Crown Sets: Two 1979 one Crown sets, Millenium of Tynwald commemorative (5) each; 1980 Crown set, 1980 Olympics commemorative (4); 1981 Crown set, International year of the Disabled commemorative (4); 1984 Crown set, 1984 Olympics commemorative (4); all in cases, together with Ten isle of man silver proof commemorative Crowns: 1977 Crown, Silver Jubilee Appeal commemorative; 1977 Silver Jubilee commemorative; 1978 crown, Anniversary of Coronation commemorative; 1979 Crownmedal, Margaret Thatcher commemorative; 1980 Crown, Lake Placid Winter Olympics commemorative, 1980 Crown, Bicentenary of the Derby commemorative; 1980 Crown, Queen Mother 80th Birthday commemorative; Two 1986 Crowns, Royal Wedding commemorative, all in cases, and a 1976 Crown, "Washington" American Bicentenary commemorative, in folio. [total 32 silver proof crowns]. (qty)
NOTE AMENDED IMAGE...A folio containing a quantity of etchings, to include Frederick Marriott - Rue Guberantis, Nice; W.P. Robbins - The Little Bridge, Sarre; Frank Potter - St Thomas wharf; and a quantity of unframed steeplechase prints.Please note amended image - previous image was incorrect.
An early 20th century gilt plaster frame, a folio containing four modern prints, including C Rothenburg, June Wayne, Jan Stussi; a folio of assorted 19th and 20th century prints, mainly fashion plates and W. H. Lizars, The Junction of Elm Row with Leopold Place, engraving with hand colouring, (qty). CAB
A group of 20th century pictures and prints, including a signed print by Pietro Annigoni, a colour etching of St Mawes by Glynn Thomas, etchings of Mt John Dummelow and Catherine Cookson by Christopher Robinson, a charcoal portrait sketch signed J. Courtney, an etching by Jane Dowling and others, a pencil drawing of David Lloyd George, all unframed (Folio). CAB
A rare collection of poetry , Arabic manuscript in verse and prose on paper, 13th century, mainly from the jahiliyya, 187ff. plus 2 fly leaves, each folio with 27ll of small black naskh arranged in one or two columns, important words and phrases in red, first folio preceded by two leaves of later inserted calligraphy, in later brown morocco with stamped medallion, folio 24.2cm. by 17.6cm.
Ottoman manuscript dated AH/877/30March 1472-73 AD, on Islamic moral and ethical principles, Arabic manuscript on paper, 361 ff. plus 6 fly leaves, each folio with 27ll of black naskh outlined in gold, black and blue , important words and phrases picked out in red, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, first 4 fly leaves with later added table of contents, colophon giving full date, some later marginal notes, in brown morocco binding with flap and stamped medallion, folio 21.2cm. by 14.9cm.
Kemalpashazade's Daqaiq al-Haqaiq, Ottoman Empire, 16th century, an early copy of the dictionary, Ottoman manuscript on Italian paper, 86 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 21 lines of black naskh script, some words picked out in red, catchwords, marginal notes, in modern binding, 21cm. by 13cm.
A folio of assorted drawings and sketches, including a view of Blakeny by Arthur Gerald Ackerman, a charcoal view of West Mersey by C.H Baskett, a pencil drawing of a church signed Ricardo de Rojas, a figure study by Herbert Thompson, and others including works by followers of Thomas Webster, Montague Dawson, Camille Pissarro and Samuel Jackson, various sizes, all unframed (qty).
Marchant (Petro) Speculum Totius Hominus Christiani sive Tribunalis .., Tomus Tertius, 1650, folio in eights; Fenelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, 1792, two volumes, quarto; Tasso (Torquatto), La Gierusalemme Liberata, 1724, two volumes, quarto; all in distressed early leather bindings, WAF (5)
NO RESERVE Gilbert & George.- Jahn (Wolf) The Art of Gilbert & George: or, an Aesthetic of Existence, signed by author and artists, plates and illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1989 § Ratcliff (Carter) and Robert Rosenblum, Gilbert & George the Singing Sculpture, signed by artists, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1993, first editions, 4to & folio (2)
Suffolk.- Gage (John) The History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred, first edition, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, 35 engraved plates and plans, occasional spotting, bookplate, ex-library with label to front pastedown, later half-morocco, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1838 § Copinger (W. A.) The Manors of Suffolk, 7 vol., plates, occasional marginal ink notes, original cloth, spine covering beginning to split (lower joint, vol. 2), rubbed and bumped, 1905-11, folio (8)
NO RESERVE Medals & decorations.- Rosenfeld (Friedrich Heyer von) Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen der k. und k. Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, half-title, 12 chromolithographed plates, half-title mounted with tape recto, plates with water-staining to varying degrees at foot and with some spotting or mostly light foxing, text lightly browned, original red half caloth, spine gilt, spine ends and corners frayed, rubbed, folio, Vienna, 1888.
NO RESERVE Madox (Thomas) Baronia Anglica. An History of the Land-Honors and Baronies ..., first edition, engraved vignette title, engraved initials, short marginal tear (4L2), for Robert Gosling, 1736, bound before, A Compleat Index to Mr. Madox's History of the Exchequer ..., for Francis Gosling, 1741, occasional ink annotations, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, previous owner's manuscript notes loosely inserted, modern half-calf, folio.
NO RESERVE Devon.- Prince (John) Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, the Worthies of Devon, first edition, title foredge strengthened, small tears expertly repaired, heraldic woodcut illustrations, copious annotations in an early nineteenth century hand, Index in manuscript bound at end, A1 & A2 reinforced at edges, small marginal hole (D2), occasional spotting and off-setting, bookplates, modern half calf retaining original endpapers, folio, Exeter, by Sam. Farley, 1701.
America.- Maryland Journal (The) and Baltimore Advertiser, 104 numbers of vol. 12 in 1 vol., woodcut illustrations, poems and songs trimmed and pasted to first 14 leaves (numbers 1-7), worming (affecting text), browning, occasional staining and tears, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary half-calf, very rubbed and worn, cracked joints, loss to spine extremities, folio, Baltimore, 1785; sold not subject to return
Ireland.- Morgan (Richard, Dublin merchant, of Coldcut, Co. Dublin, fl. 1740) Rent Rolls of estates in Limerick, Leitrim, Drogheda, Dublin and Co. Dublin, autograph manuscript, 30pp. excluding blanks, some ff. loose, browned, hinges broken, original vellum, soiled, folio, [c. 1740].⁂ "This book contains Rent-Rolls of the several Estates & other Interests & Leases which I have purchased & acquired from time to time which my son & Grand-Children are to succeed me in... ." - Richard Morgan.
⁂ Sold Subject to the Manorial Document Rules these items may not be removed from England and Wales. Huntingdonshire.- The Mannor of Glatton with Holm in the County of Huntingdon, 2 Court Rolls of the Manor of Glatton and Holme, detailing numerous cases, Courts Baron, Frankpledge etc. relating to land and property, manuscripts, c. 770pp., manuscript index vol. loosely inserted into each vol., vol. I title torn with loss, some ff. loose, others working loose, browned, a few edges with tears, original vellum, lettered direct on both upper covers, soiled, corners bumped, joints splitting, vol. I head and tail of spine chipped with small loss, vol. II lacks tail of spine, folio, 1735-1813; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules these items may not not be removed from England & Wales.
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