"GERMAN MEMORIAL HALL: THE NEW GERMANY"Elaborately printed and bound Third Reich propaganda publication, "Deutsche Gedankhalle: Das Neue Deutschland" ("German Memorial Hall: The New Germany"), (Berlin: Deutscher National-Verlag), [1939], 402pp. folio, a lavish celebration of Adolf Hitler's first six years as chancellor of Germany. The book, bound in blue cloth boards with the title and an imperial eagle gilt on the front cover, features many gravure images of important people and events in the early years of the Third Reich, including the "Day of Potsdam", March 21, 1933, on which Hindenberg met with Hitler to officially recognize him as Chancellor, as well as the 1936 Berlin Olympics, rallies at Nuremburg, and party heroes such as Horst Wessel. Each page of text features an embossed border of oak leaves, printed in red. The binding is slightly loose, and the cover bears some bumping and soiling, else very good.
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"OLYMPIA 1932" CIGARETTE BOOKScarce publication "Olympia 1932" (Altona-Bahrenfeld: H.F. & Ph.F. Reemtsma), 1932, 142pp. folio, in blue cloth with black lettering and gilt Olympic logo. These books, celebrating the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, were originally devoid of photos but were filled with images by smokers who accumulated high-quality photos as they purchased cigarettes. Both volumes are complete, with many images representing the pre-Third Reich German sporting world. President Paul von Hindenburg is given a full-page photograph at the beginning, and the first card in the set depicts American president Herbert Hoover. The original dust jacket is absent. Some slight bumping to the edges of the cover and spine, else very good.
"STARS AND STRIPES" REPORTS ON THE ATOMIC BOMBIssue of "The Stars and Stripes", 4pp. folio, Aug. 8, 1945, featuring the banner headline "Mighty Atom Stuns the World". Accompanying this title is a story announcing a new ultimatum delivered to Japan following the use of the atomic bomb "Little Boy" against Hiroshima on the sixth, just two days previously, and a report on the "Trinity" atomic test, conducted in New Mexico on July 16. Illustrating these stories is a photograph of the Hanford Site in Washington State, which produced the plutonium used in the "Trinity" bomb and in the "Fat Man" device dropped on Nagasaki. Many other articles in this issue discuss the new weapon, collecting the responses of notable figures, including one of its creators, Robert Oppenheimer, and comparing the successful attacks to the failure of Germany's atomic weapons initiatives. The newspaper is toned throughout, with some chipping to the edges, else very good. Also present are two period souvenir images depicting the aftermath of the Hiroshima explosion, one of which depicts "ground zero", with the famous "atomic dome" of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall visible at center. A note present with these photos indicates that they were purchased at the Hiroshima railroad station in 1951. Both very good.
ANTI-AMERICAN PRE-WAR CHINESE NEWSPAPERChinese newspaper, "Workers and Peasants Pictoral", dated June 20, 1938, 3pp. oblong folio, printed in red, blue, and black, with illustrations on the front page appearing to comment on aid given to the Japanese by the United States, as represented by Uncle Sam. After arriving aboard American warships, Sam takes undue advantage of the situation by failing to crush the Japanese troops, but is eventually beaten back by the workers and farmers of China. The interior pages contain several articles of interest, including a notice of the death of Fu Xuecai, who was executed by firing squad for treason. Toned throughout, chipped at the edges, else very good.
ADOLF HITLER(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. Important, late war typed D.S., 1p.legal folio, "Fuhrerheadquarters", Jan. 29, 1945, in which Hitler changes the commands of three of his most influential generals. He orders that KURT STUDENT (1890-1978), general of paratroopers who directed the invasion of Crete, is to assume leadership of Army Group H, at the pleasure of Hermann Goring. JOHANNES BLASKOWITZ, (1883-1948), a senior Wermacht general who opposed the excesses of the SS against the Jews, is to become Oberbefehlshaber of Army Group H, relinquishing command of Army Group G. Finally, PAUL HAUSSER (1880-1972), major general of the Waffen-SS and one of its most eminent leaders, is to surrender command of Army Group "Oberrhein" to take command of Army Group G. Co-signed by WILHELM BURGDORF (1895-1945), general and Hitler's chief adjutant. Fine condition, matted with a photo of Hitler, double-matted and set into a gilt frame. With the original document folder. Ex: Kenneth Rendell Galleries.
ADOLF HITLER(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. Fine association partly-printed D.S., 1p. sm. folio, Berlin,. Mar. 1, 1935. Hitler appoints Oberstleutnant KURT VON TIPPELSKIRCH to the rank of oberst. Co-signed at the bottom by WERNER VON BLOMBERG (1878-1946), Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime, resigned following accusations that he had married a prostitute. KURT VON TIPPELSKIRCH (1891-1957) would eventually be promoted to the rank of general in the Wehrmacht, commanding several armies and Army Group Vistula. He would be awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves prior to his surrender to U.S. forces on May 2, 1945.
ADOLF HITLER(1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. Partly-printed D.S., 1p. sm. folio, Berlin, Oct. 2, 1936, being the promotion of Hauptmann Rudolph Sonning to the rank of Major of the military district command of Bath Kissingen. Co-signed by WERNER VON BLOMBERG (1878-1946) Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime who resigned following accusations that he had married a prostitute. Very good. The document is brilliantly presented, matted in black cloth with silver wood trim, with a photo of the dictator and brass biographical plaque, all set into a matching antiqued silver wood frame.
WORLD WAR I AND II ILLUSTRATED HISTORIESGroup of seven illustrated histories of World Wars I and II, in German and French, includes: "Illustrierte Geschichte des Weltkrieges" ("Illustrated History of the World War"), (Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft), 1920, large 4to., five volumes of a nine-volume set, depicting the German perspective of the war. All bear some bumping and wear to the covers, and one features a loose spine, else very good. WITH: "Der Weltkrieg: Illustrierte Kriegs-Chronik des Daheim" ("The World War: An Illustrated War-Chronicle of the Home Front"), Volume Ten (Bielefeld: Verlag von Velhagen & Klafing), 1919, large 4to., a heavily-illustrated depiction of the war from the perspective of the home front. The covers bear expected bumps and wear, else very good. WITH: "Histoire de la Guerre des Nations Unies" ("History of the War of the United Nations"), by Henri Liebrecht (Brussels: Editions 'Le Sphinx'), 1947, 536pp. folio, a history of World War II in French, liberally illustrated with maps, photos, drawings, paintings and diagrams. Very good to fine.
"GREATER GERMANY IN WORLD EVENTS"Set of three very large leather-bound photo albums, each entitled "Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen: Tagesbildberichte" ("Greater Germany in World Events: Daily Reports"), edited by Ernst Braeckow (Berlin: Verlag Joh. Kasper & Co.), both folio, for the years 1940, 1941 and 1942. Each album contains a selection of photographs, all taken or published by the studio of Heinrich Hoffmann, presenting a selection of sequentially-numbered photographs depicting the events of each month, separated by written summaries. The 1940 album is complete, with 80 pages containing 320 photographs, while the 1941 album stops at the end of April, and contains 112 photographs on 28 pages, and the 1942 album stops at the end of May, and contains 136 photographs on 34 pages. The images presented here form an excellent daily overview of the early years of the war from the German perspective, and include numerous excellent combat photographs depicting Luftwaffe aircraft attacking ships and Allied planes over the North Atlantic, the invasions of Denmark and Norway, the Battle of France, the Biltzkrieg against London, as well as various NSDAP rallies and events, the persecution of Jews, Allied prisoners of war, winter conditions in Russia, armored columns in North Africa, U-boats at sea, their fortified pens, and their victims and more. Also depicted are important international events, especially Italian and Japanese military victories, including the sinking of the U.S.S. LEXINGTON and the Japanese assaults on Java and Borneo. The covers of each album bear some scuffs and soiling, with some pages of the 1941 album separated, else very good.
"THE JEWS IN CARICATURE"A hateful hardbound volume, "Die Juden in der Karikatur" ("The Jews in Caricature") by Eduard Fuchs (Munich: Verlag Albert Langen), 1921, 309pp. folio, containing 307 b/w and color illustrations, depicting anti-Semitic art from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries, including images by noted artists such as Gustave Dore, George Cruikshank, Aubrey Beardsley, and Thomas Rowlandson. The binding is split in one or two areas, with some fading to the red cloth covers, with toning and slight foxing to the pages and a bookseller's note tipped to the front pastedown, else very good.
BENITO MUSSOLINI(1883-1945) Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943. D.S., 1p. folio. Rome, 23 Sep. 1937 in Italian. The document mentions two men, one who has been retired due to age and one who was appointed to the Court of Auditors. Also signed by VICTOR EMMANUEL III (1869-1947) King of Italy from July 29, 1900 until his abdication in 1946. Both have signed their names in black ink at bottom. Mounting remnants and minor spotting, else very good.
Wyld's New General Atlas of Modern Geography published 1842 - including thirty one double plates hand tinted with decorative title and contents leaf, green contemporary cloth binding with tooled leather titles, large folio edition, 61cm x 47cm CONDITION REPORT Some water marks visible.Binding is original but a little tired, splits to spine, bruises at corners, some general deterioration. Frontispage with water stains, some insect damage to lower edge, contents appear to be intact but Great Britain map with tears creasing to map 14. Otherwise contents are in generally good order
Chinese School, probably 20th c ., "Folio of Paintings and Calligraphy", incl. 12 paintings and 4 calligraphies, ink and ink and color on paper, variously inscribed and sealed, 11 1/4 in. x 14 3/4 in. to 11 1/4 in. x 15 1/2 in. (16 pcs.) . Provenance: By descent in the family of Ouyang Ju (1896-1958), Mayor of Guangzhou (1946-1949); to present owner
Eight antiquarian volumes: Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 1681-1733, three parts in three vols. plus another copy of Vol I, from the Second Edition, Corrected (lacking frontis.), plates, portraits etc., frayed early calf; Stackhouse (Rev. Thomas) A New History of the Holy Bible, 1752, Vols. I & II, plates, early frayed leather binding; Gregory (G.) A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1807, Vols. I & II, plates, splitting [with:] French (James Weir) Modern Power Generators, Steam, Electric and Internal-Combustion and their Application to Present-Day Requirements, 1908, Gresham, 2 vols, folio, coloured sectional models with overslips, numerous b & w illustrations, diagrams to text; dark green cloth, lettered and blocked in black and gilt from design by Talwin Morris (his monogram to lower corner of upper covers, good condition (10 volumes in total) (2 boxes)
Pierre Adolphe Valette (French, 1876-1942) - 'Eight Goats'Pencil, black crayon and watercolour on paper, approx 23x31cm, mounted and inset gilt frame.Provenance: This drawing has been assessed and guaranteed as original and authentic by the highly regarded Valette specialist and author Cecilia Lyon, and bears a label stating so. This drawing is from a folio of sketches coming from the descendants of a family friend of Valette in Blace, Beaujolais, France. This work was exhibited at The Lowry, Salford, 'Adolphe Valette pioneer of impressionism in Manchester', 15 October 2011 to 29 January 2012. Further documentation accompanies this lot. CONDITION REPORT: Condition is good, no damage, no fading, no restoration, no signature
Pierre Adolphe Valette (French, 1876-1942) - 'Eight Sheep Three Cows'Pencil drawing on paper, dated 16 June 1919, approx 26x37cm, mounted and inset gilt frameProvenance: This drawing has been assessed and guaranteed to be original and authentic by a noted Valette expert and author Cecilia Lyon, and bears label stating so. This drawing is from a folio of sketches coming from the descendants of a family friend of Valette in Blacee, Beaujolais, France. Bears literature verso.
THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted. Folio socity, 2008. Lge. fo. in slipcase. Facsimile of 1896 edn. Byrne Jones Illus. glt. dec. cl. tog.with BERNERS, Dame Juliana, The Boke of Saint Albans, containing Treatise on Hawking, Hunting An Cote Armour. Elliot Stock, 1899. Intro. William Blades. 4to facsimile of 1486. es. lib. stmp. to pp. bkplt. cl. bds. 2
DIXON, Jonathan, The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll Society of North America. 1992. fo. 1st edn. insert 'My Fairy' by Lewis Carroll. Ltd. edn. 15/ 42. signed by Dixon. Tog.with BLAKE, Quentin, (Ill.) The Hunting of The Snark An Agony in Eight Fits. Folio Society, 1976. Dec. cl. Plus HINDER, Frank, (Ill.) The Hunting of The Snark, Carroll Foundation , slim 4to. gl. cl. plus others. 11
THEAKER, Harry & WALLIS, Diz, (Ills.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Ill. Sir John Tenniel. Macmillan's Childrens books.1995, 1st thus. Ltd. edn. 3 fo 50. signed by Diz Wallis. full cf. in slipcase. Tog.with The Nursery "Alice" Peoples Edition, Macmillan, 1889, Facsimile Edition. Ill. by E. Gertrude Thomson. pict. bds. in slipcase. Plus other "Alice" in Slipcases. Folio Society, Peter Pauper press etc. 20
Edmundson (William). A Journel of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, and Labour of the Love in the Work of the Ministry, of that worthy elder, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, William Edmundson, 1715, some marks and minor soiling, one or two minor marginal repairs, without loss, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with The Merciful Assizes: or, A Panegyric on the Late Lord Jeffreys hanging so many in the west, 1701, occasional marks to margins, contemporary panelled calf, heavily rubbed with some wear, 8vo, plus Heath (James), A Chronicle of the Late Intenstine War in the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland... to the Happy Restitution of our Sacred Soveraign K. Charles II, 2nd edition, to which is added a continuation to this present year 1675, printed by J.C. for Thomas Basset, 1676, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, occasional minor marks, contemporary calf, heavily worn with covers detached, folio, and other miscellaneous antiquarian interest, mostly 18th and 19th century, including John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Bristol, 1760, Letters of Lady Rachel Russell, 1773, Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal, 1809, some odd volumes, all leather bound, some wear, mainly 8vo (approx. 100)
(Joan). Atlas Maior, 1665, facsimile reprint by Taschen, 2005, numerous colour plates and maps throughout, publisher's printed colour boards, dust jacket, folio, together with Atlas Maior, Anglia, volume 1 [and] Scotia & Hibernia, volume 2, Taschen, circa 2007, two volumes with numerous colour plates and maps, publisher's printed colour boards, dust jacket, folio, contained in publisher's colour printed slipcase, plus Nebenzahl (Kenneth), Maps of the Bible Lands, Times Books, 1986, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio, and Royal Geographical Society (publisher), Early Maps of the British Isles, A.D. 1000 - 1579, with Introduction and Notes by G.R. Crone, 1961, fourteen (of twenty), monochrome maps, loose in publisher's portfolio, with the explanatory booklet, boards a little stained, folio, and Gole (Susan, editor), A Series of Early Printed Maps of India in Facsimile, Jayaprints, New Delhi, revised edition, 1984, title, index and introduction, seventy monochrome maps, contained in publisher's cloth gilt portfolio, boards a little faded, folio (6)
Breasted (James Henry). The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 2 volumes, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1930, facsimile plates of heiroglyphics, some folding, previous owner inscriptions and inkstamps at front, original cloth, a little rubbed with light stains, one corner bumped, 4to and folio (2)
Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, 1st edition, Day & Son, 1856, chromolithograph title (damaged and relined), text leaves with some damage and major restrengthening to margins, 46 full-page chromolithograph plates (of 100), some light soiling and marks to margins, many with fore- and lower margins restrengthened, later half maroon morocco, heavily rubbed and scuffed with some wear, large folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Roy (William). The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain, The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1793, fifty-one engraved plates, some double-page or folding, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Sarah Sophia Child to front pastedown, upper hinge strengthened with tape, contemporary diced calf gilt, with blindstamped decoration (by H. Walther), with his label, upper board detached, some loss to head and foot of spine, rubbed and marked, folio (1)
Deny (Eugene). Jardins et Parcs Publics. Histoire Generale des jardins, les maitres de l'ecole moderne et leurs principales creations, le style paysager, expose de ses principes et son application, Paris, 1893, monochrome portrait plates and illustrations, front blank inscribed by the author 'a Monieur le Comte de Merlemont. Hommages de l'auteur, Eug. Deny, Paris le 23 ... 1893' and with armorial bookplate of le Comte de Merlemont to front pastedown, contemporary morocco backed marbled boards, slim 4to, together with Noolas (Rab), Merry-Go-Down, a Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards through the Ages..., London: The Mandrake Press, [1929], illustrations to text by Hal Collins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, small folio, (limited edition 140/600), with Williamson (Isabelle), Old Highways in China, 1884, monochrome frontispiece, plates and illustrations, adverts at rear, original green cloth with gilt blocked decoration, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous late 18th/19th century antiquarian and later volumes, mostly literature and related (2 cartons)
Johnson (Robert Underwood & Buel, Clarence Clough, editors). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, volumes 1-4, facsimle reprint of 1884 edition, USA, monochrome illustrations, all original blue cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly rubbed to head, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Adrian), The Infamous Essay on Woman, or John Wilkes Seated Between Vice and Virtue, volumes 1 & 2, 1972, limited edition 689/2000, numerous facsimile monochrome illustrations, original boards and wrappers in slipcase, large 8vo, and Shahn (Ben), Love and Joy About Letters, About Letters and Lettering, 1st UK edition, 1964, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in slipcase, spine slightly worn and faded, oblong 4to, plus other modern miscellaneous literature including art and history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, Period IV-VI, Late Stuart, Early Georgian, Late Georgian, 1649-1820, 3 volumes, Country Life, 1920-26, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed, folio, together with Gaud (Henri), Cistercian Abbeys, History and Architecture, UK edition, 1998, numerous colour illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and Blanca (Oscar Tusquets et al), The Staircase, The Architecture of Ascent, 2013, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern architectural, interior design and gardening reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves + a carton)
Robiquet (Jean). La Femme Dans La Peinture Francaise, Les Editions Nationales, Paris, 1938, limited edition 1233/3000, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original gilt decorated light blue cloth, boards slightly marked, folio, together with Ward-Jackson (Peter), English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, HMSO, 1958, numerous monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, spine slightly toned, 4to, and Blunt (Anthony, editor), Baroque & Rococo Architecture & Decoration, Elek, 1978, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Waugh (Evelyn). Brideshead Revisited, 1st US edition, [Book Club Edition, unpriced and issued before the US trade edition of 1946], New York, 1945, original cloth, a little damp mottling, dust jacket, with small tears to one fold and edge, 8vo, together with Huxley (Aldous), Point Counter Point, 1st edition, 1928, publisher's advance copy for review slip loosely inserted, original cloth in dust jacket, a little chipped and browned on spine, plus Corte (Francesco Della, editor), Enciclopedia Virgiliana, 6 volumes, Rome, 1984-1991, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth, small thick folio, plus other modern literature, general and referenc, etc. (6 shelves)
MacCarthy-Reagh (Justin de). Catalogue des livres rares et Precieux de la Bibliotheque de seu M. Le Comte de Mac-Carthy-Reagh, 2 volumes, Paris, Chez De Bure freres, 1815, two folding facsimile plates, including one printed in red, errata at end of second volume, light waterstain, mainly to lower outer margins at rear of each volume, contemporary calf-backed boards gilt, with morocco labels to spine of each volume, rubbed and minor discolouration to lower portion of spines, 8vo, together with [Leslie, Charles]. A View of the Times, their Principles and Practices..., 4 volumes in one, 1708-[09], lacks title to volume 4, a few leaves folded over at foot, occasional library blindstamps, contemporary panelled calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear, folio, plus Lyttelton (George Lord). The History of the Life of King Henry theSecond, and of the Age in which he lived..., 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1767, engraved armorial to titles, perforated library stamps, initial leaves in volume 1 detached, contemporary calf, worn and boards detached, 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)
Knight (Gareth). A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism, volumes 1 & 2, 1976, original green cloth in dust jackets, spines faded and slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Dummett (Michael), The Game of Tarot, 1st edition, 1980, numerous monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed to head and foot with some minor loss, 4to, and Robinson (James M.), the Nag Hammadi Library, The Netherlands, 1977, original green cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head, tear to head of front cover, 8vo, plus other modern tarot reference and related, including approximately 50 sets of tarot cards in boxes, many original cloth in dust jackets, many paperback editions in original wrappers, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves + 2 cartons)
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