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A Russian silver niello buckle, with dagger form fastener, by E. K. Parkninyan, St. Petersburg, assay master Alexandra Romanova, together with a pair of Russian silver niello slides, two silver niello buttons, an Austro-Hungarian silver gilt enamel compact, Vienna 1872-1922, maker's mark unidentified, a graduated Bakelite bead necklace, a plastic buckle in the form of a crocodile, etc. (qty.)Condition report: The Austro-Hungarian compact has a maker's mark on the lip, an oval cartouche with initials PP separated by a bisected lozenge.Surface marks/scratches/tarnish to silver items.Some losses to some of the niello.Top of compact dented. Some scratches to the enamel but no apparent losses or chips. Gilding worn.

A gold diamond ring, with a row of graduated brilliant cut diamonds, and one later replacement paste, grain set to the boat shaped head, to a scroll gallery and 'D' section shank, the shank engraved to the inside 'A.S. to I.H. 23/10/24', marked 18ct, 2.38g.Finger size K¼Condition report: Shank very worn.Sides of gallery worn.One later replacement paste.Wear to the setting edge in some places.

A German 18ct gold citrine and diamond ring, with an oval mixed cut citrine, end set, with a cluster of brilliant cut diamonds claw set at each side, to crossover shoulders and a plain shank, shank marked handarbeit, London 2007, later hallmarked, 5.76g.Finger size KCondition report: Glue visible around the underneath of the citrine at each end.Minor surface marks/scratches to mount.

A zircon, chrysoberyl and marcasite ring, with a circular mixed cut white zircon, rub set, with a mixed cut chrysoberyl rub set above and below, with a marcasite grain set to a foliate collet at each side, the Georgian silver head to a later gold shank, with pierced shoulders, tested as approximately silver and 18ct gold, head 17mm wide, 2.26g, in a case by F. K. Perkins & Sons, Wakefield.Finger size N-O approximatelyCondition report: The head is from an earlier, larger jewel, with the shank later added.Scratches and facet junction wear to the gemstones.Solder joins and possible repairs visible to shank.Silver tarnished.

Three gold rings, to include a single stone white sapphire ring, tested as approximately 18ct gold, a green agate cameo ring, tested as approximately 9ct gold, and a shell cameo ring, tested as approximately 9ct gold (3)Finger size M½, K, K-L approximatelyCondition report: Chips to green agate cameo.Shell cameo mount tarnished and scratched in places, and a sizing join visible at base of shank.

An 18ct gold sapphire and diamond crossover ring, with two oval mixed cut sapphires with a pair of brilliant cut diamonds between, claw set, to crossover shoulders and a flat section shank, London 2001, later hallmarked, 3.00g.Finger size KCondition report: Minor surface marks/scratches to mount.Some surface reaching inclusions to the sapphires.

Ladies 9ct yellow gold square sapphire and diamond cluster ring featuring eight black sapphires size K 2.3g gross

claw set round faceted sapphire, diameter 4.3mm, estimated approximate weight 0.40ct, diagonally opposite a claw set old brilliant cut diamond, diameter 4mm, estimated approximate weight 0.25ct, grooved crossover shoulders, grooved shank, size K, unhallmarked, stamped '18CT', weight 3.1gCondition report: Overall condition: GoodWear to settingsMinor abrasion to sapphireGeneral scratches and wear to mount

claw set old brilliant cut diamond, diameter 3.7mm, surrounded by eight partial rubover set old brilliant cut diamonds, estimated approximate total weight 0.60ct, tapered grooved shoulders, 'D' shaped shank, size K, unhallmarked, stamped '18CT', settings tested as platinum, weight 2.9gCondition report: Overall condition: GoodDiamonds are all presentWear to setting edges, consistent with ageChipping to diamonds, consistent with ageSolder joins in shank, possible re-sizeGeneral wear and tear to mount

claw set round brilliant cut diamond, diameter 7.1mm, estimated approximate weight 1.20ct, assessed colour G/H, assessed clarity I1/I2, flanked by two rubover set baguette cut diamonds, estimated approximate total weight 0.10ct, tapered shoulders, 'D' shaped shank, size K, unmarked, tested as platinum, weight 2.9gCondition report: Overall condition: Very goodAll diamonds present and secure within the settingsMinor porosity in shankGeneral wear and tear to shank

claw set transitional brilliant cut diamond, diameter 9.85 x 9.8mm, estimated approximate weight 3.25ct, assessed colour J/K, assessed clarity VVS2/VS1, tapered shoulders, 'D' shaped shank, size J½, unmarked, tested as platinum, weight 3.4g, casedCondition report: Overall condition: Very goodDiamond is secure within the settingVery minor bearding to girdleMinor denting to both shouldersGeneral wear and tear scratches to shankThe stone is currently uncertificated.

Liddell (R. S.) Sestra - Sketches from the Russian Front, one vol. first edition 1917 and Luard (K. E.) Unknown Warriors - Extracts From the Letters of a Nursing Sister in France 1914-1918 (2)

Hamilton-Jenkin (A. K.) The Mines and Miners of Cornwall, vols. 6-16 together with index; Hamilton-Jenkin (A. K.) Wendron Tin; The Mines of Devon and one other

Hamilton Jenkin (A. K.) "Mines & Miners of Cornwall", complete set nos. 1-16 in original card covers together with a reprint by J. Y. Watson - "A Compendium of British Mining".

A SILVER BOX of engine turned design inlaid with hardboard with two compartments, hallmarked for Birmingham, date letter K, the lid underside with an engraved commemorative inscription, box 15cm long, 3.5cm high, 8.5cm wide Condition Report : overall good for age Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

AN 18CT GOLD DIAMOND SET RING AND A 9CT GOLD BLUE AND WHITE GEM SET ETERNITY RING The 18ct gold ring, set with a small diamond with Platinum mount and shoulders, faded markings but test indicating 18ct, ring size K, weight approx. 1.2g; the 9ct eternity ring marked 375, ring size K, weight approx. 2.5g. Condition Report : One stone missing from the eternity ring Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

A 9CT THREE COLOUR GOLD RUSSIAN WEDDING RING ring size K-L, weight 4.8grams, hallmarked London 1974

A LARGE GREEN AND CRYSTAL PASTE SET COCKTAIL RING set in yellow metal marked ITALY K 18, ring size P ½ , weight approx. 15.6grams, the central oval stone feature measuring 2.4cm by 1.8cm

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY OLD CUT DIAMOND AND SEED PEARL BOW PENDANT DROP the openwork pendant of oval shape with a centrally suspended marquise cut diamond surrounded by tiny rubies (pink), the pendant bale in the shape of a bow and set with numerous diamond accents and a seed pearl, the outer oval set with alternate old cut diamonds and seed pearls, pendant length, including bale approx. 4.3cm, width at the widest point 2.5cm, the pendant set in unmarked platinum and gold, with testing indicting 18ct, the central marquise diamond measuring approx. 8mm by 4mm, the six old cut diamonds on the outer oval measuring approx. 2.5mm each, the pendant suspended on a marked 9ct white gold chain together with white and gilt metal brooch pin used for wearing pendant as a brooch, pendant and chain weight 10.4grams Condition Report : as a guide only the principal marquise calculated as approx. 0.5ct, J/K VS2 Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

A large collection of vintage 20th century hardback and paperback fiction mostly dating form the late 60s / early 70s,  to include James Bond Thunderball by Pan Books, Penguin Crime - The Case of The Substitute Face - Erle Stanley Gardner, The Golden Hades by Edgar Wallace, The Affluent Society by J K Galbraith. Also included are non fiction topics such as History, Economics, Crime, Astronomy and more. Publishers included are Penguin, Pelican, Hodder and more.

2001 MG MGF (Mk2) 1.8 VVC Roadster - Odometer reading 60,630 miles - Rare Alumina Green metallic coachwork-New Head Gasket, Timing Belt, Tensioner & Water-PumpOn release in 1995, the MGF was available in two forms: a standard 1.8-litre, 115bhp model, and a high-performance 145bhp model that featured a clever variable valve control system allowing the Rover K-series unit to rev to 7200rpm. Equipment levels were pretty generous, although early non-VVC models made do without standard power-steering. The VVC models also left the standard 15 wheels behind for newly designed 16 items, wearing wider rubber. Post 1999 facelifted VVC cars also benefitted from improved multi-speaker sound systems and many other quality comfort upgrades to the interior.Sold new in June 2001 in North London, this MGF is spec'd in rare Alumina Green metallic with black leather. It is a 1.8 VVC with the 145bhp output. Stereo upgrade is a Kenwood KDC-X5200BT unit which has a remote control handset and features i-pod and bluetooth connectivity. The current registered keeper has bills in the history file totalling £2,215 invested during the last six years. Significantly, the car has benefited from work at Roberts MG Specialists in Old Windsor in the last three months... which included a new clutch slave cylinder, new head gasket, timing belt, tensioner and water pump, in addition to its routine annual service - a copy of the bill for £900 excluding VAT is present. Unsurprisingly the car sounds and performs impressively on the road, feeling agile, nimble and responsive. The car benefits from the full compliment of books in the original MG owners wallet, as well as both original remote locking keys, spare wheel and tools. The MOT is valid until March 2022.A very attractive low-mileage convertible that is ready to be enjoyed, thanks to diligent upkeep fully evidenced in the history file. - Our buyers premium on all cars, motorbikes and scooters is 10% + VAT. - We encourage any interested parties to inspect the vehicle on our viewing days and prior to sale on Thursday 2nd to satisfy themselves on the car's condition, please check our buying terms and conditions for cars and bikes available online or via email. - Transportation options may be available, please contact us for a quote.Condition Report: Fitted with a new rear plastic windscreen prior to sale fitted by a hood specialist (see last photo)

Konrad Böse (Neustadt bei Magdeburg 1852 – 1938 Berlin). Spalier mit blühender Melonenranke. Aquarell über Bleistift auf Papier. 33,1 × 24,4 cm (13 × 9 ⅝ in.). Rückseitig unten links der Stempel in Violett: Nachlass K. Böse. Links oben der Stempel in Grün Lugt 3549. Auf der Rückpappe ein Aufkleber von Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London.[3101] Gerahmt. Provenienz: Nachlass des Künstlers / Erhard Oskar Kaps, Leipzig / Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London / Privatsammlung, BerlinWir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 32% Aufgeld.

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS, A VINTAGE DIAMOND BOMBE RING, 1960S Brilliant-cut diamonds, approximate total 2.30-2.50 carats Signed VCA, French import assay marks for 18ct gold Size K / 5 12.9 grams 

CARTIER, A DIAMOND TRINITY RING Three interlocking bands in yellow, rose and white gold Brilliant-cut diamonds to the white gold band Signed Cartier, size number 54, Swiss assay mark for 18 carat gold, stamped 750 Size K / 5 13.3 grams 

A PLATINUM SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING made by Blair & Sheridan, the 8.2 x 5.9 x 3.5mm sapphire is surrounded with marquis shaped diamonds of estimated approx 0.30cts. Finger size K, weight 6gms Condition Report: Available upon request

•GEORGE K GILLESPIE (BRITISH 1924-1995) COTTAGE BY A RIVER Oil on canvas, signed, 20 x 25.5cm (8 x 10") Condition Report: On inspection the pigment and canvas are in good condition with no significant issues.

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 7/8 MONTHLY PARTS, FIRST ISSUE, with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated '113', and signature mark 'b' present on List of Plates at end, etched frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), some with tissue guards, occasional minor spotting or soiling but plates generally clean, publisher's blue-green printed wrappers, some neatly restored by Morrell, each within Collis's annotated paper wrappers, with 2 duplicates of part 1, Collis's notes and a letter from John Bryam, preserved in green cloth solander box with gilt lettered red morocco spine label [Eckel p.86; Gimbel A142; Hatton & Cleaver pp.333-342], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, June-December 1859Footnotes:FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. This set of Dickens's classic tale, his final collaboration with 'Phiz', is complete with all the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver, and the two rare slips in parts 1 and 5. It includes three variant issues of part 1, one with Morison's 'premises' advert, the second with Morison's 'lion' advert, and the third with the rare French version of the Morison's 'lion' advert.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 7/8 MONTHLY PARTS, FIRST ISSUE, with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated '113', and signature 'b' present on 'List of Plates' at end, etched frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), some with tissue guards, occasional minor spotting or soiling, publisher's blue-green printed wrappers, part 1 with spine ends slightly chipped, parts 5-8 restored or made up by Morell, each part in Collis's annotated paper wrapper and all preserved in felt-lined green cloth solander box with gilt lettered red morocco spine label [Eckel p.86; Gimbel A142; Hatton & Cleaver pp.333-342], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, June-December 1859Footnotes:FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. This edition was to be Dickens's final collaboration with 'Phiz', and also marked the last time Dickens worked with Bradbury and Evans, before his return to Chapman and Hall for Our Mutual Friend. The novel had first appeared, unillustrated, in the weekly journal All the Year Round from 30 April to 26 November 1859.The present set is complete with the two rare slips in parts 1 and 5, and all the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver save that for 'Morison's Pills' in part 3, of which Collis notes 'being an untouched part it must have been issued without this Adv. Mr Cleaver's set is untouched and unopened and his Part 3 also has no Morison Adv./ Otherwise this set is complete. W.H.C. 29.5.38'. The particularly scarce 'Cornhill Magazine' advertisement on reddish-brown paper in the final part (printing a letter by Thackeray) is present, and there is an additional duplicate of the 'Morrison's Lion' advertisement in part 1 loosely inserted.Collis's notes describe the four first parts as 'untouched', and the other three restored or made up by Morell as follows: 'Part 5... cleaned & repaired by Morell Oct 35 & Adv. 'One of Them' put in'; 'Part 6... Wrapper off W.H.C. part/ cleaned by Morell Oct 1935 & put on part March 1938... Text etc ex Strangis part April 1937'; 'Part 7/8... made up by Morell March 1938...'.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

GRABHORN PRESS[BIBLE] The Book of Job, number 59 of 210 copies, colour-printed frontispece by Angelo Valentini, printed in red and black, Grabhorn bookplate of Robert Strong, bookplate of Bert & Evelyn Elkind, folio, [1926]--VILLON (FRANCOIS) Sundry Ballads, limited to 210 copies, printed in colours, [1922], publisher's cloth-backed boards--[BIBLE] The Book of Ruth, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, frontispiece signed by Angelo Valentini, illuminated throughout by Angelo with the first word in gold and intials in red, blue and turquoise, publisher's white boards, slipcase, 1926, San Francisco, Grabhorn Press--[SZYK (ARTHUR, illustrator) Le Livre d'Esther, one of 175 copies on Japon Imperiale paper, with an extra suite of plates printed in black (loose as issued at end), tipped-in colour plates by Syzk, publisher's wrappers, Paris, H. Piazza, [1925]; The Book of Job, bookplate of Alan K. Dolliver, 1946; The Book of Ruth, 1947, each limited to 1950 copies, colour plates by Arthur Syzk, publisher's half morocco over gilt-block boards, spine extremities rubbed, original gold slipcase (some wear), Limited Editions Club, 8vo and 4to (6)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

ROWLING (J.K.)The Tales of Beedle the Bard, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix with love from J.K. Rowling' above an authentification hologram on the leaf with a picture of a skull, publisher's pictorial boards, slight abrasion at extremities of the upper joint, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2008Footnotes:Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix', the children of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.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

GANDHI (M. K., 'MAHATMA')Photograph of Mahatma Gandhi seated with Sir Richard Casey, Governor of Bengal during their meeting at Calcutta [Kolkata] in December 1945, SIGNED BY GANDHI ('M.K. Gandhi', and in Gujarati) AND CASEY ('R.G. Casey') on the image, gelatin silver print, stamped in purple on verso ('...Kindly Acknowledge to J.C. Patel A.R.P.S., C/o Bombay Photo Store..., Calcutta'), 160 x 205mm., [1945]Footnotes:SIGNED BY MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE GOVERNOR OF BENGAL. Richard Casey (1890-1976) was made Governor of Bengal by Winston Churchill in January 1944, in the immediate aftermath of the great famine, and against a background of increased nationalist agitation. He 'was shocked by British racial snobbery, and he tried to break down walls between Government House in Calcutta and the local community' (Australian Dictionary of National Biography), partly through the organisation of a series of face-to-face meetings held between himself and Gandhi in Kolkata in December 1945, at one of which our photograph was taken. In later life Casey served as Governor-General of Australia from 1965 to 1969.Provenance: Arthur Hughes, Indian Civil Service, Labour Commissioner and Registrar of Trade Unions, Bengal (mentioned in the King's Birthday Honours list for 1943), and later Senior Master at Doon School; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, publisher's purple-brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind with border and elaborate floral-leaf design, upper covers with clock stamped in gold, spine elaborately gilt, yellow endpapers, spines faded as usual, corners slightly bumped or rubbed, preserved in single felt-lined green cloth pull-off case with gilt lettered spine [Eckel pp.69-70; Smith I:6], large 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841Footnotes:UNUSUALLY GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST OF THE TWO BOOK FORM ISSUES, with edges trimmed and yellow endpapers (see Hatton & Cleaver, p.163). This copy is bound without the dedication leaf in volume one - this was printed on the inside the back wrapper in the parts issue, which no doubt explains the occasional variation in the make up of the preliminary leaves.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

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, UNCORRECTED PROOF, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Tommy and Davey (whose mum I know) J.K. Rowling (Fred & George Weasley?)' on the dedication leaf (with printed word 'Dedication' circled and with an arrow pointing towards the inscription below), publisher's blue and white wrappers, some creases and light soiling, 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:FINE ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO 'FRED & GEORGE WEASLEY?' OF THE RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. It was whilst writing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that Rowling receeved a bursary of £8000 from the Scottish Arts Council, supplementing the small advance she had been given by her publisher at a time when the Harry Potter phenomenon was very much in its infancy. The inscription is written on the otherwise blank dedication leaf.It is thought that approximately 300 copies of this proof edition were printed, Errington noting that 'Bloomsbury is unable to provide accurate figures and has merely suggested between 200 and 300 copies'.Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'to Tommy and Davey.... Fred & George Weasley', the two eldest sons of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Old Curiosity Shop, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL INK DRAWINGS BY JAMES CAMPBELL, engraved frontispiece, 34 original pen and ink drawings bound in, captioned in ink below, occasional soiling and foxing, one illustration loose, half calf by Webb of Liverpool, gilt panelled spine with red morocco label, covers rubbed, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1848; together with the original part no. 4 of the same edition (2)Footnotes:'A VERITABLE DICKENS FIND' - Thomas Hatton on the pen and ink drawings in this extra-illustrated copy of The Old Curiosity Shop.A loosely inserted prospectus indicates that Thomas Hatton was intending to publish the illustrations in a limited edition: 'A series of 34 original and hitherto unpublished pen-and-ink Drawings... by James Campbell, of Liverpool (1825-1893). These clever drawings executed in the style of of 'Phiz' (HABLOT K. BROWNE) are contemporary with the issue of the First Cheap Edition, 1848. JAMES CAMPBELL, who possesses more than a provincial reputation, has treated the many subjects in a true Dickensian spirit, and their discovery is a veritable Dickens find... The edition will be strictly limited to 250 copies... the project will not mature until 100 names of subscribers have been received'. The project seemingly did not come to fruition and Hatton sold the volume to Collis on 1 November 1936.Provenance: W. Morris (of Imperial Chambers, Dale Street, Liverpool), fly-leaf with lengthy presentation inscription to 'Robert Bennett Esq/ In testimony of... his appreciation of the peculiar artistic pen and ink illustrations... 1883'; Mary Elizabeth Anderson, presented to her by Bennett with inscription on verso of title ('This unique book illustrated by original etchings... is presented... on her birthday 20 Feby 1892 by her old & attached friend R.B.'); Thomas Hatton.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club... Edited by Boz, FIRST EDITION, IN THE 20 ORIGINAL PARTS IN 19, mixed isue, half-title, additional etched title and 42 plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), occasional foxing, publisher's pictorial blue wrappers, some parts with contents loose or inserted, some spines repaired (see footnote), all within additional paper wrappers annotated by Collis, with further loose notes, a letter from Thomas Hatton and some spare oddments, preserved in green cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine [Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in Parts; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88; Miller & Strange, A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1836-November 1837Footnotes:W.H. COLLIS'S 'SECOND SET' OF PICKWICK IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. All the text, illustrations and wrappers are present in first and early issues and states, part 9 onwards being largely first issues. Except for those in part 1, the plates are all in varying states of the first issue, whilst the text in parts 11-19/20 is first issue, and the remainder later. The wrappers are all dated 1836 except for part 18 (1837, no priority); of these parts 9-19/20 are the first issue as in Hatton & Cleaver, while parts 1 and 6 are later issues with the 'Crusader' advertisement on the inside front wrapper, and parts 2-5 and 7-8 are early issues. 'The Pickwick Advertiser' is present in parts 9-19 (not present in parts 4-8) and parts 8 and 11-19/20 have the rear advertisements where called for. The Addresses are present as called for in parts 10, 15, 17, 18, 19/20, whilst those for parts 2 and 3 are supplied amongst the loose spare parts.The publication history of 'Pickwick' is notoriously complicated. Only about 400 sets of part 1 were issued on the day of publication, from a print-run of 1000, and subsequently only 500 sets of part 2 were printed, explaining its rarity in early form. Both eventually sold out, necessitating reprints of both parts before publication of part 3. The text to parts 1-8 was reprinted many times very quickly, leading to textual variations with older plates having to be re-etched. As the work's popularity increased advertisements were swapped and added - all of which led to a complex series of issue points for text, plates and advertisements, making it impossible for collectors to find a complete original set.As was common practice for Collis and collectors of his generation, the present set was painstakingly assembled, largely deriving from two sets described on Collis's additional wrappers as 'Lot 84' and 'Coumin'. A letter from Hatton and Collis's draft reply (loose in part 12) gives a fascinating glimpse as to how sets of Pickwick were made up and business transacted, Hatton writing 'Can you help me out of a hole? I sold when last in Los Angeles, a copy of Pickwick. It was lacking the No.2 Slip in Part 9, and the Advertiser in Part 12. I gave a solemn undertaking to supply these two missing items within a short time... I want to go out again at the end of January, but I dare not show my face without my having fulfilled my bargain... If you have not got spares, I wondered if you would loan me these two items from your spare set... under a penalty of some fixed sum you like to name'. Collis's draft notes confirm that he could help on one of the two counts: 'I should be pleased to let you have on loan out of my 2nd. set... Part 12 [which] will have to be taken to pieces. If you approve I propose to send this part to Morrell to be dissected, the Advertiser to be forwarded to yourself & the rest retd here. Morrell will debit you with his charges'. Hatton was given a year to send a replacement, which he presumably did as it is present here, presumably having been inserted by Morrell.Notes on individuals partsPart 1: plates later issues; without advertisements; text block loose in 'Crusader issue' wrappers (added to set 1933, spine repaired). Part 2: wrappers without Seymour's name on front, both blank on inside. Part 3: with Buss plates; without advertisements and address; wrappers without Buss's name on front, both blank on inside. Part 4: plates in H & C's 'second state of original plate'; early issue wrappers with 'John Horner' advertisement (as part 8). Part 5: without advertisements; early issue wrappers, blank on inside. Part 6: plates in second corrected state; 'Crusader issue' wrappers (replaced 1933). Part 7: without 'Phrenology Made Easy' slip; second issue wrappers with variant p.3. Part 8: with 4pp. Henekey advert, variant on yellow paper; text block loose in repaired early (not first or second) issue wrappers with insides blank (p.4 'This day is published').Part 9: with single Henekey advert leaf (H & C calls for 2 leaves as in part 8 but ours distinct and appears complete), second leaf only of 4pp. 'Parterre' slip loosely inserted, without the very rare Mann slip; text block loose in repaired wrappers.Part 10: H & C's 'first plate' of 'The Goblin and the Sexton', 'second plate' of 'Christmas Eve at Mr Wardle's' (but an additional 'first plate', with dog and kitten, loosely inserted); Address leaf in second state, without 'Literary Announcement' advertisement, James Fraser one loosely inserted.Part 11: H & C's 'second plates' (but additional 'first plates' of each loosely inserted).Part 12: H & C's 'first plate, second state'; with 22-page Mechi booklet.Part 13: H & C's 'first plate', without the very rare Pigot's advertisement.Part 14: H & C's 'first plate'; contents loose in sections within repaired wrappers.Part 15: H & C's 'first plate'; 'Caledonia Illustrata' 4pp. inset loosely inserted; spine repaired.Part 16: H & C's 'first plate'; loose in sections within repaired wrappers, staining to lower cover.Part 17: H & C's 'first plates' (one oxidised), advertisements present but Amesbury sheets bound out of order.Part 18: H & C's 'second plate' (but additional 'first plate' of 'Mr Bob Sawyer's mode of travelling' supplied loose); 'Advertiser' loose (slightly smaller); wrappers dated 1837. Part 19/20: all 4 plates H & C's 'first plate'.Spare loose first issue oddments, comprising: the plates and text from parts 1-2 (including the four Seymour plates in first state, removed from a volume and foxed); six leaves of text from part 3; eight leaves of text from part 6.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, later issue, additional etched title, frontispiece and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ('Phiz'), foxing and soiling, covers worn with some tears, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, bound from the parts, early issue with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p.123, line 17, but 'letter' on p.160, 6 lines up, engraved portrait by Daniel Maclise in second state without publisher's imprint, 39 engraved plates by 'Phiz', plates 1 and 2 present in first state with publisher's imprint, without half-title, some plates oxidised, spine faded, 1839; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by 'Phiz', occasional spotting, without half-title, 1844, Chapman & Hall; The Personal History of David Copperfield, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by 'Phiz', some soiling and oxidisation to plates, last leaf repaired in margin, covers and spine detached, Bradbury & Evans, 1850, the above in nineteenth century half calf or roan, gilt panelled spines; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, engraved portrait and additional vignette title, 12 wood-engraved plates by S.L. Fields, 32pp. catalogue dated February 1871, some spotting, publisher's decorative green cloth gilt (Carter's A binding), slightly warped, Chapman & Hall, 1870--[MORFORD (HENRY)] John Jasper's Secret, 21 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, Publishing Offices, No. 342, Strand, 1887, ALL FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM--Dombey & Son. The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul... From Designs by Hablot. K. Browne, comprising 4 etched portraits on 2 folding sheets, some light foxing, loose as issued in smaller printed wrappers, Chapman & Hall, 1848, 8vo (7)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

DICKENS (CHARLES)Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN THE 19/20 ORIGINAL PARTS, early issue of part 11 ('Capatin' for 'Captain' on p.324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ('431' present on p.431 but 'if' omitted on p.426, line 9), earlier state of errata page (2-line), 40 engraved or lithographic plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne), all advertisements and slips called for by Hatton and Cleaver except for 2pp. of the Advertiser in part 2 and a few others in parts 2-3 which are supplied loose, early issue of the Advertiser in part 13 ('October, 1847' unbroken on p.1, first line), some plates heavily oxidised, others just at edges, publisher's printed blue-green pictorial wrappers, a few parts cleaned and restored by Morell but most with wrappers detached, defective backstrips and contents sometimes loose, many parts in Collis's annotated paper wrappers [Eckel pp.74-76; Gimbel A102; Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-250], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, October 1846-April 1848This 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

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second printing, dust-jacket (some fading to spine, extremities rubbed), [1999]; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, some spotting mostly at edges, upper joint split, dust-jacket (creased, small loss to one corner), [2000]; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket (spine faded, slightly frayed at edges), [2005], EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (the first 2 mentioned on the dedication leaf, the third on the title-page), publisher's pictorial boards, 8vo, Bloomsbury (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, FIRST EDITION, IN THE 20 ORIGINAL PARTS IN 19, half-title, additional etched title and 42 plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), a few plates with a little light foxing, publisher's pictorial blue wrappers, one or two parts soiled, many spines expertly restored (along with some covers, predominantly of the earlier parts, mostly at edges), each part preserved in Collis's annotated paper wrapper, preserved in maroon cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine, worn at joints [Eckel, Prime Pickwicks in Parts; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88; Miller & Strange, A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, April 1836-November 1837Footnotes:A NEAR-PRIME SET OF 'PICKWICK' IN ORIGINAL PARTS, CAREFULLY ASSEMBLED IN THE 1930S BY THE LIVERPOOL COLLECTOR W.H. COLLIS. The set is probably as complete as any that has appeared at auction, and surpassed only by the likes of the Dexter copy in the British Library, with nearly all text and plates in first issue or state, all but one of the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver, and with one rare variant advertisement not recorded elsewhere.The letterpress is virtually perfect with all points listed in Hatton & Cleaver except part 8, p.233, line 8, where there are no quad marks in 'I ever'. The addresses are as called for in parts 2, 3, 10, 15, 17, 18, 19/20.The plates are all without captions (parts 1-11 have only page numbers), and all in the first state recorded by Hatton & Cleaver. The two plates by Buss are present in part 3; and the two plates in part 6 are in the FIRST STATE, with page numbers interchanged ('THE RAREST ITEMS IN THE WHOLE REALM OF 'PICKWICK''--Hatton & Cleaver). All the advertisements, 'Pickwick Advertisers', slips and addresses listed by Hatton & Cleaver are present, with the exception of the 'Phrenology Made Easy' slip in part 7, and the very rare 'George Mann' leaflet which Hatton & Cleaver say 'cannot be accepted as a definite unit in the construction of Part 9', having been found pasted into the Dexter copy. The wrappers are all dated 1836 and first issues except for part 2 (see below). The inner wrappers on parts 1 and 3 are blank, and the front wrappers of parts 1-3 have a bracket following the part number, reading respectively: 'With four illustrations/ by Seymour', 'With illustrations/ by Seymour' and 'With illustrations by R.W. Buss'. Parts 16 to 19/20 have the imprint of 'Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars' added at foot.In terms of completeness, issue and rarity, W.H. Collis's 'best set' would certainly have found a place in Eckel's 1936 Prime Pickwick in Parts, surpassing for example the McCutcheon-Suzannet copy in all those aspects, and meeting and in one case exceeding all the following criteria demanded by his contemporary bibliographers and collectors: (i) For Eckel it was essential that 'the three insets essential to the perfect 'Pickwick' were present, namely the Chapman and Hall catalogues in parts 1 and 3 and especially the four-page 'Pigot's Views in the Isle of Wight' in part 13 ('almost an unknown quantity'). Hatton & Cleaver list the five copies known at the time, of which 'the fifth [our copy] is owned by a Liverpool collector'.(ii) Dexter viewed the two mis-paginated plates in part 6 as 'the greatest rarity known to me', a sentiment echoed by Hatton & Cleaver who called them 'the rarest items in the whole realm of 'Pickwick''. (iii) Hatton & Cleaver refer to a very rare textual issue point in part 9, where p.261 is signed N2 instead of X2: 'This 'point' is an extremely rare one and has not been previously recorded. Only twice has it come under writer's [sic] notice'.(iv) Amongst the advertisements of Collis's set appears something of perhaps even greater rarity, deemed by him to be 'the only known copy'. Titled 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle', it appears in part 6, being one of four variants listed by Hatton & Cleaver. Narrative adverts on four pages for either Rowland's 'Kalydor' or 'Genuine Macassar Oil', they represent the first paid advertisements to appear in Pickwick. Hatton & Cleaver state that they are indicative of the earliest issue of Pickwick, ours being listed as 'No. 1c', an entry presumably based on Collis's set. Collis's copy of a note from Thomas Hatton written in June 1933 is included: 'I quite agree that 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle' is earlier than 'Autobiography' [the version found in Dexter's and other copies]... it was the earliest printed and soon superseded by 'Autobiography', with slight textual differences'. For good measure a copy of one of the other variants ('The Toilet', H & C's no. 1) is supplied loose along with a spare of the rear wrapper.Notes on individual parts:Part 1: the 4 plates all H & C's 'first state of first Seymour plate'; with 8pp. Chapman & Hall catalogue.Part 2: 'The Dying Clown' in Miller & Strange's second state, after the signature, 'Mr Pickwick in Chase of His Hat' in [?]second state, 'The Refractory Steed' in first state; early issue wrappers, front wrapper reading 'With Illustrations/ By Seymour' (according to Collis 'even more elusive' than the variant with the word 'Four', a loose copy of which is also supplied), inner and both rear wrappers as H & C's part 4 wrappers.Part 3: with the 2 Buss plates in Miller & Strange's first state; Chapman and Hall 4pp. slip at front, and rare variant 4pp. 'Adventures of an Oil Bottle' at rear ('The Toilet' variant supplied loose).Part 4: both plates H & C's 'first state of original plate' (Collis states 'hitherto unrecorded').Part 5: plates in Miller & Strange's first state.Part 6: plates in the rare mis-paginated state.Part 7: plates in first state.Part 8: p.233, line 8 without quad marks after 'I'; wrappers with original setting as per H & C, 'cleaned by Morrell April 1933. Wrapper IV altered to VIII March 1937... by Morrell'.Part 9: p.261 mis-signed N2 instead of X2.Part 10: H & C's 'first plate'; Advertiser with second state of p.10 (with 'The Poetic Wreath'); Address in second setting (with dash).Part 11: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 12: H & C's 'first plate, first state'; 'as received by WHC was untouched. Cleaned etc all through by Morell Aug 1935.. but nothing added or exchanged... Ex Hatton'.Part 13: H & C's 'first plate'; with the rare Pigot advertisement at front.Part 14: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 15: H & C's 'first plate'; Address bound before plates and with variant headed '186 Stran D,June 30, 1837' supplied loose; the Royal Beulah Spa advert on green paper; 'Remade up Nov:1932 by Riviere'.Part 16: H & C's 'first plate'.Part 17: H & C's 'first plate'; last leaf of Walter Scott advert slightly cut down.Part 18: H & C's 'first plate'; Tea advert the issue with prices in small type (last line shaved, a copy of the other issue supplied loose); wrappers dated 1837.Part 19/20: H & C's 'first plate'; earlier printing of Advertiser with '1388' for '1838' on p.7.Provenance: Part 1, 'FSR Villiers 1836' and part 5, 'With the publisher's compts', inscriptions on front wrappers; part 12, Thomas Hatton; remainder mostly noted by Collis as being from 'lot 84' or 'Coumin'.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

ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'to Davey and Tommy - great to meet you at last! J.K. Rowling' on the dedication leaf, with the number sequence from 10 to 1, light dampstain in lower margin of opening and final few leaves, usual paper toning, publisher's pictorial wrappers (with misspelling 'Philospher' on lower wrapper), some creases and abrasions, laminate lifting in places with a few losses, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY of the first paperback edition of the first Harry Potter title, issued on the same day as the first hardback edition.Provenance: Inscribed by the author 'to Davey and Tommy', the two eldest sons of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. 'Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter' (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website). The bursary was actually given to Rowling whilst she was in the midst of writing The Chamber of Secrets; sold by the family.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

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Tale of Two Cities, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, bound from the original parts with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated '113', and signature 'b' present on 'List of Plates' at end, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 14 plates by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne) with tissue guards, occasional light foxing and soiling mostly at edges of plates, without advertisements but one original front wrapper bound in at end, contemporary dark purple half calf, gilt panelled spine, extremities rubbed and one joint slightly cracking (hinges reinforced internally), short tear to head of of spine [Eckel, pp.86-90; cf. Gimbel A142/3; Smith I.13], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1859This 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

CHAMBERLAIN NEVILLE: (1869-1940) British Prime Minister 1937-40. Fine fountain pen ink signature ('Neville Chamberlain') on a blank sheet of 8vo notepaper, also signed in fountain pen ink by his wife, Anne Chamberlain. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Daphne Jasper White, Chamberlain's Private Secretary, one page, 4to, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, 20th December 1937, to Miss. K. Jenkinson, forwarding the autographs for her collection. Some very light creasing, otherwise VG   

AMBASSADORS: An unusual multiple signed 8vo page removed from an autograph album featuring the signatures of twenty-two ambassadors from various countries, all of whom served in the United Kingdom for their respective nations, comprising V. K. Wellington Koo (China, 1940-46), Charles G. Dawes (United States of America, 1929-32), George A. Gripenberg (Finland, 1932-41), Alanson B. Houghton (United States of America, 1925-29), Charalambos Simopoulos (Greece, 1935-42), Alain de Thieusies (Belgium, 1946-53), Antonio Bordonaro (Italy, 1927-32), Robert W. Bingham (United States of America, 1933-37), Tevfic Rustu Aras (Turkey, 1939-42; signed twice), Ivan Maisky (USSR, 1932-43), Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne (Belgium, 1927-46), George Franckenstein (Austria, 1920-38), Rene de Marees van Swinderen (Holland, 1913-37), Joachim von Ribbentrop (Germany, 1936-38), William Averell Harriman (United States of America, 1946), Tsuneo Matsudaira (Japan, 1929-36), Anthony Biddle (United States of America, commissioned to the governments-in-exile of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Yugoslavia in London, 1941-43), Earl of Halifax (British Ambassador to the United States 1940-46), Count Edward Raczynski (Poland, 1934-45), Count Makino Nobuaki (Japan, assigned to their embassy in London at the end of the 19th century), John G. Winant (United States of America, 1941-46) and Leopold von Hoesch (Germany, 1932-36). All have signed with their names alone in blue or black fountain pen inks. An impressive gathering of diplomatic signatures. VG   

[INDIA]: MOUNTBATTEN EDWINA: (1901-1960) English Heiress and Socialite, last Vicereine of India, 1947. Wife of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. T.L.S., Edwina Mountbatten of Burma, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, small 4to, New Delhi, 29th February 1948, to Mr. P. K. Dutta, on her personal monogrammed stationery from Government House. Mountbatten states that Mr. Banerjee had forwarded her a report of an accident and continues 'I would like to thank you for all you did to assist the occupants of the Station Wagon in spite of your own injury and I congratulate you on the courage and enterprise you showed at a particularly difficult moment and the manner in which you thought was for the care and welfare of the other people in the vehicle'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG    The present letter was written almost a month to the day after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30th January 1948 in New Delhi.

KISSINGER HENRY & KENNEDY EDWARD: Henry Kissinger (1923- ) American Politician & Diplomat. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. A controversial figure in American politics. T.L.S.,with his initials,one page, 4to, 350 Park Ave New York USA, 23rd June 1989, on his personal printed stationery, to The Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan, Kissinger states in full `Dear Pat, When has a German known anything about trout fishing! But I do know I am touched that you entered my eulogy for John McCloy into the Congressional Record. I didn't know you had done that´ Together with Edward Kennedy (1932-2009), American Lawyer and Politician, US Senator for Massachusetts 1962-2009. Younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. T.L.S., with his initials, `E K', one page, 4to, Washington, 27th September 1990, on the official stationery of the United States Senate, beneath a gilt embossed US seal monogramme, headed Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, to The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Kennedy states `I want you to know that I am grateful for your support on the cloture vote on S.110, the Family Planning Reauthorization Bill. It is truly unfortunate that this program will have to wait yet another year to be reauthorized. We must redouble our efforts to ensure that more effective family planning services for low income Americans across the country are available as soon as possible´ VG, 2  

KOO V.K. WELLINGTON: (1888-1985) Chinese statesman who was one of the Republic of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Koo served as Acting President and Premier of the Republic of China 1926-27 and as Ambassador of China to the United States 1946-56. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('V. K. Wellington Koo', also in Chinese characters alongside) on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album. The page also bears the signature of Alfred Sao-ke Sze (1877-1958) Chinese politician and diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1914 & 1929 and as Chinese Ambassador to the United States 1911-12, 1920-29 & 1933-36, and one other. To the verso appears an A.Q.S. by Gaston Riou (1883-1958) French politician and writer. The five line quotation, in French, is identified as being from Aux Ecoutes de la France qui vient (1913). Dated Paris, 7th March 1919, in his hand. Some light staining, only very slightly affecting the signatures to each side. G   

‘You will also have the luxury of vegetarian food’             1497    [GANDHI MAHATMA]: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. A.L.S., M M Gandevia, by the Honourable Secretary of the Indian Volunteers Committee, one page, 4to, Trebovir Road, Earl's Court, London, 7th June 1917, to Mr. Venkatraman, a fellow executive member of the Indian Volunteers Committee. Gandevia states that he was pleased to receive his correspondent's note and looks forward to having the pleasure of meeting him, further explaining 'Our friend Mr. K. S. Jassawalla (also an executive member of the Committee) is now running my house and is through his interest and devotion to the business, giving very good satisfaction to visitors who seem to be all pleased with his able management and pleasant and affable disposition' and also adding 'I have not the slightest doubt that he will make your and your friend's stay a very pleasant one. I have handed him over your letter and he will gladly provide accommodation to you & your friends. You will also have the luxury of vegetarian food, if you are still a vegetarian'. In a postscript, signed with his initials MMG, Gandevia remarks 'You know Mr. Jassawalla very well. He was the oldest member of our Indian Volunteers Corp to which he was a Corporal'. Together with a printed folio sheet issued by the Indian Volunteers Committee based at 60 Talbot Road, Bayswater, London, c.1914, listing the Honorary Members of the organisation (including the Aga Khan) and the Executive Members (with Mahatma Gandhi as Chairman and M. M. Gandevia as Honorary Secretary) including Venkatraman and Jassawalla. Both pieces are laid down, the letter with extensive splits to the central horizontal fold and the folio sheet with heavy creasing and tears to the folds. Only FR, 2    Gandhi studied law at University College London between 1888 and 1891, during which time he joined the London Vegetarian Society and was elected to its executive committee. Following some time in South Africa, Gandhi returned to London in 1914 where he stayed at first in the 'ageing rooming house of his student days' at 60 Talbot Road, Bayswater, and later, in early October, he moved to M. M. Gandevia's hostel at Trebovir Road, from where the present letter was written.

CAMPBELL MALCOLM: (1885-1948) British Land & Water Speed Record Holder. T.L.S., M. Campbell, one page, 4to, Reigate, Surrey, 31st October 1947, to Squadron Leader Young-James at the Air Ministry. Campbell thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'It is very kind of you indeed to have written to my old friend, Major Horn, and I see that you have given him two contacts at the Ministry of Works who will be able to supply him with the N.F.S. Trailer Pump which he requires', further adding 'I greatly appreciate all your many acts of kindness which have proved very valuable. I would like you to meet Horn one day, as he is one of the best of good fellows, and I will communicate with you at the first opportunity when I hear he is coming down to London, and is free for lunch'. One small file hole to the upper left corner and some light creasing to the edges, otherwise VG    Major K. K. Horn was a friend of Campbell's having served together in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and later racing together at the Brooklands Circuit.

PENDERECKI KRZYSZTOF: (1933-2020) Polish composer and conductor. A.M.Q.S., K Penderecki, one page (manuscript paper), slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 17th January 1992. In bold black ink Penderecki has penned several bars of music from an unidentified composition, adding an inscription in his hand to the upper edge. About EX   

BERKOWITZ DAVID: (1953- ) American Serial Killer and Arsonist, known as Son of Sam. A.L.S., Hobo Dave, four pages, 4to, n.p. (Sullivan Correctional Facility, Fallsburg, New York), 22nd January 1988, to Pete Connolly. Berkowitz states that he has received his correspondent's letter and photographs, commenting 'I see you're relaxing as usual on a comfortable bed of nails. I sleep on something similar.' He continues to ask 'Who the heck is Roland the Commie? He doesn't look like a communist guerilla at all. To be honest with you, he looks like a momma's boy instead of a partisan freedom fighter.' and further states 'No, I'm not the dude who sends you crank calls. It's probably the black dude who used to teach you Kung Fu. I guess he's pissed because you wouldn't share chrissy with him'. Berkowitz also refers to two books by Frederick Forsyth that he'd like to read, including The Day of the Jackel (sic), and also makes a reference to Mark Chapman, the assassin of John Lennon, 'Pete, I hate to tell you this, but I think Miss Sardine got beat for her photo. You should've sought my advice before you wrote to M. Chapman. You learned a lesson. Don't be sending photos to strangers. I don't know what will happen to that photo - he probably rubs against it at night. But there's no way you can get it back. I can ask "Big J" - he is big - 300lbs! The problem is that "J" is in general population and Chapman is in isolation/protective custody. There's no way for J to see Chapman. Also, my friend "J" is scheduled for a transfer soon. He should be leaving Attica any day now. I'll see what I can do. Next time, just take a photo of a "bag lady" on some street corner. Then mail it with a letter: "Hi Mark, my name is Darlene. I'm a 75 year old hobo bag lady who lives in Queens. I love you, Marky pooh".' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Berkowitz and signed by him in full in the return address. Together with Richard Ramirez (1960-2013) American Serial Killer, known as the Night Stalker. A.L.S., Richard, one page, 4to, n.p. (San Quentin State Prison, California), 2nd July n.y. (1995), to Ken K. Ramirez writes a social letter, assuring his correspondent that he won't reveal his problems and asking how old his sister is, 'Why would she freak out w/ me?', further sending a drawing (no longer present) and explaining 'If it's gone it's cause someone took it out. I thought it was one drawing I owed you not 2.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Ramirez and signed by him in full in the return address. VG, 2    Mark David Chapman (1955- ) American Murderer of John Lennon on 8th December 1980. Chapman is imprisoned in the Attica Correctional Facility, New York.

KOLLWITZ KATHE: (1867-1945) German artist. A.L.S., K. Kollwitz, on one side of a plain postcard, n.p. (Berlin), n.d. (25th January 1922), to Gerda Rosenthal, in German. Kollwitz writes, in full, 'For today a greeting and handshake. Just now I received your letter with the drawing, which I like very much. Onwards!.....and thank you!' Hand addressed by Kollwitz to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG    

BEAUVOIR SIMONE DE: (1908-1986) French Writer & Intellectual. A.L.S., S de Beauvoir, one page, 4to, grid paper, Paris, 23rd June 1967, to Mr. K. Bieber in New York, in French. Beauvoir states `Thank you for your kind letter. I have no time to list the bibliography you request, but there is for sure a French bookstore in New York where they will inform you´ Accompanied by the original envelope, postmarked, hand addressed by Beauvoir. Extremely small age toning to edges, otherwise VG    

 DICK PHILIP K.: (1928-1982) American Writer of Science Fiction, considered a master of dystopian fiction. A lengthy, interesting T.L.S., love, Phil (with a love heart and arrow drawn in his hand alongside his signature), three pages (separate leaves), 4to, n.p. (Santa Ana, California), 13th January 1981, to Professor Patricia Warrick. Dick commences his letter 'Another insight, an important one, and it is one that will seem very important to you, in view of your knowledge and interest regarding quantum mechanics. I not only experienced thinking matter (the two attributes of the one substance, mind and spatial extension) but I experienced this monistic reality as a single continuum. Will Durant says that rather crudely put, “Mind is substania perceived externally, from outside.” Normally, the only part of reality that we experience both ways is our own self; we experience ourself as a body occupying space, and as a mind within that body governing the body. Now, I quoted Spinoza in a previous letter as saying: “It is mere folly or insanity to suppose that extended substance is made up of parts or bodies really distinct from each other”, which my Encyclopedia (sic) of Philosophy rightly says indicates that Spinoza's view of the world amazingly collates with that of quantum mechanics. Okay; I saw both attributes of world rather than just physical extension in space; I have discussed this; but the other aspect of this - - which is what I called Valis - -  was the multiplicity reverted (as I tend to say) into unity; plural objects and their causal processes became a single unified field or continuum…and, I relaize, this continuum included me; so I was privy to the inward attribute of the not-me because it was no longer the not-me; since a single continuum existed, I had of necessity to be part of that continuum; otherwise there would have been no single continuum: by logic it had to include me. Thus the me and the not-me were no longer divided', and continues to further explain 'This sense of unity, according to Charles Tart, is the underlying premise - -  basis - - of the mystical experience; he analyzed many, many mystical experiences, drug-induced and not drug-induced, and it was his opinion that this sense of unity was the primary element that earned the term “mystical experience” for what he was being told about. Well, we need not concern ourselves with mysticism, here, because philosophically we have Spinoza and his conception of extension being everywhere at once, not divided into distinct discrete separate bodies, and we also have modern-day theoretical physics. Moreover, when the AI voice recently commented to me on what I had seen that I have called Valis, it said, “A perturbation in the reality field”; i.e. the voice used the term “field”, and this is another word for what Spinoza is talking about and it is another word for “single continuum”. So, as I am sure will please you, this use of Spinoza's metaphysics to explain my perception of Valis, the macrometasomakosmos, dovetails with quantum mechanics, with field-theory.' Dick also recounts his personal experiences, 'That the mind-attribute of the reality field was available to me is indubitable, inasmuch as it transferred vast concepts to me, and, in addition, the information about little Christopher's birth defect (until then unnoticed). But what struck me always as strange - - as if the whole experience were not strange! - - is that this mind acted through the interface of ordinary physical reality; but this is precisely why I claim that Spinoza's monism with its twin attributes is the explanation! This was not a mind without a body, a mind without a brain; the physical world was its brain, and, in addition, its interface or transducer. It was so eerie; I was listening to a Beatles' tune on the stereo, “Strawberry Fields Forever”, and all at once the lyrics became scrambled up and, so-to-speak enhanced and rearranged; and then the light struck me and blinded me, and through this transduction of what I saw (light) and what I heard (the lyrics of the Beatles' tune) I thereby and thereupon knew all about Christopher's birth defect, knew it completely and with absolute certitude, and went instantly to tell Tessa about it. So there was no division between physical reality, normal reality, and this mind; the two could not be distinguished. This is why the key that opened up everything for me a few days ago was to realize that I had seen physical thoughts. And I suddenly perceived the implications of this, that Valis' thoughts were physical and only physical, and that this had titanic significance for our understanding and interpreting of the universe, because it meant that - - as I say in VALIS, say without grasping the significance of what I am saying, but, merely, reporting what I saw - - what we call matter although this is correct insofar as it goes - - well, this matter is a language, it is information; yet somehow we are unable to discern it as information. Not only do we not know what it says, we do not know that it says anything'. Dick summarises his experiences and writes of their relationship to quantum mechanics and field theory, referring to Brahmanism, Taoism, Wittgenstein and the first philosophers, the Greek naturalists, 'This is the basis of man's attempt to understand the universe based on his own reason and his own experience and his own observations. There is no appeal to revelation, doctrine or dogma…..I believe Valis exists because I experienced Valis, and starting with that experience I am trying to reason - - with the aid of the accumulated knowledge of the species - - what it was, this that I term “Valis”. The word “Valis”, after all, is only a description, a way by which I can refer to it handily; the term tells me very little. But I have to call it something.', also briefly discussing the 'odious' historical bigotry of Christianity, before returning to Valis and concluding his letter with an anecdote, 'My belief in Valis, being based on experience, has passed through almost seven years of analysis and scrutiny and out of this there arises in me, based on the enormous exegesis that I have brought into existence, a conviction that ultimately I will be able to find a rational, rather than supernatural, explanation for March 1974. My experience was unusual and perplexing, but that does not make it ad hoc incomprehensible. It may have been incomprehensible to me at that time, but so were the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment. An inexplicable experience - - encounter - - with reality, that is, reality behaving inexplicably in affront to all known laws, is a challenge to the reasoning human, the human who is dignified by an innate curiosity; he wants to know what the hell caused it, what the hell happened. I remember one time when my cat Sasha ran across the living room and got caught in the strap of Tessa's mail pouch purse, whereupon Sasha found herself swinging up into the air, suddenly airborne. A moment later she returned to the purse and,....... OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM WE ARE UNABLE TO PUBLISH THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE S.L. FOR MORE INFORMATION 

ROYAL FLYING CORPS: A set of seven fountain pen ink signatures by various pilots, all of whom served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, to both sides of a feint ruled 8vo page removed from a notebook, comprising Major Vyvyan A. H. Robeson (1894-1923), Captain James Robertson Grant (b.1884), Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood (1891-1920), Lieutenant John L. K. Anderson (1894-1918; killed in action), Lieutenant Andrew Bruce Taylor (1894-1918), Major Frederick Lewellen Scholte (1890-1984) and Gordon Ray Elliott (b.1889). Neatly inlaid. VG  

[NAPIER CHARLES]: (1892-1918) British fighter ace of World War I, credited with nine aerial victories. Killed in Action, shot down over Lamotte, France. PARK KEITH (1892-1975) New Zealand Air Chief Marshal, a flying ace of World War I and RAF Commander during World War II, playing an important role in the Battle of Britain. D.S., K. R. Park, Major, Commanding 48 Squadron, one page, 4to, n.p., 9th May 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to Napier's treble aerial victory (and final combat) in the destruction of three Fokker Triplanes over Weincourt and Maricourt, France, whilst serving with 48 Squadron, the narrative stating, in part, 'Dived on 7 Pfalz E. of Lamotte. Engaged one firing 100 rounds from front gun at 50-100 yards range, whereupon E.[nemy] A.[ircraft] stalled and fell into a spin……Dived on 3 triplanes. Fired 100 rounds into one…..E.A. which was turning at the time, fell on to its back and dropped spinning. We were not able to observe crash owing to the remaining two attacking us. Attacked by two triplanes. Observed fired as we were driven down, at a range of 50 - 20 yards, but a drum of Buckingham into one of the triplanes which we saw turn over (at 1,000 feet) and fall into a spin with smoke issuing from it. We were still worried by the third, and could not observe this second triplane crash'. Signed by Park at the foot confirming the three decisive victories. Two file holes to the left edge, one to the upper left corner and the upper right corner neatly clipped, otherwise VG 

WUNSCHE KAZIMIERZ: (1919-1980) Polish fighter pilot of World War II who participated in the Battle of Britain. D.S., Wunsche K. Sgt, one page, 4to, n.p., 23rd June 1941. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (marked Secret) relating to Wunsche's aerial victory involving the destruction of a Me.109F near Desvres, France, whilst flying with 303 Squadron, the general report stating, in part, 'Three Me.109F's attacked 303 Squadron from above and astern. I turned in behind them and fired a short burst at one……the e[nemy]/a[ircraft] climbed and I got in a second burst. After which the e/a dived and I got in a third long burst…..The Me.109F was enveloped in black smoke, and went straight down to hit the ground near Desvres'. Some light creasing and one file hole to the upper left corner, otherwise VG    

Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky (Russian, 1876-1956)'A street in Ryazan', 1931 signed in Cyrillic (lower right); verso with painting of a river landscape, stretcher bearing labels including the number '899' from the artist's handlistoil on canvas60 x 73cm (23 5/8 x 28 3/4in).unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of the artist, handlist number '899' (according to label on verso)Acquired by a noble European family in Russia between 1960-1970Thence by descentExhibitedMoscow, 1933, The 8th Exhibition of the Works of P.P. Konchalovsky, no. 45Academy of Art USSR, Department of Exhibitions (according to label on verso)LiteratureVystavka kartin, zasluzhennogo deyatelya iskusstv P.P. Konchalovskogo, 1930-1932, Vseros, 1932, eds. N. Maslenikov, V. Nikol'skii, p. 36, no. 45Konchalovsky. Khudozhestvennoe nasledie, Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1964, p. 170, listed as 'zhi 1690, no. 899'A Street in Ryazan is from the series of of 'Ryazan landscapes' referred to by the artist's wife in (O. Konchalovskaya, 'Nash zhiznennyi put' ['Our Life Path'] (1956), in K. Frolova, Konchalovskii. Khudozhestvennoe nasledie, Moscow, 1964, p. 56. Madame Konchalovskaya recalls the journeys the couple made to and from Ryazan to see their son Misha who had been drafted into military service and was stationed there. '[...] we spent that whole cold winter travelling back and forth ... the carriages were unheated and lit with candles.' (ibid.).With Cezanne ever a towering influence from his days in the Knave of Diamonds, in the 1920s Konchalovsky returned to a more traditional style of painting, his palette tamer, his representation less exuberantly expressionistic. By the 1930s, a preoccupation with winter landscapes was apparent, the complex manifestations of the Russian winter providing material for the artist's creative language.A Street in Ryazan displays Konchalovsky's mastery of colour and homage to the fauve palette; the bold orange of the upper side of the building affording no warmth to the composition, rather suggesting the pale light of the winter sun. The juxtaposition of the cool colours with the warm serves to emphasise the bitter cold of the winter, the blue of the snow drifts ambiguous – the sun could be setting or rising, the viewer cannot know. Nevertheless, the painting resonates with the energy of the men who appear to be engaged in building work, their footprints in the snow rendered with two blue strokes. In the foreground, pigeons bob up and down, foraging for food, unbothered by the men or the weather.A comparable work from the 'Ryazan series' is Pier at Ryazan (private collection), numbered '898' on the verso and hence the one prior to the offered lot (number '899') in the artist's handlist. In Pier at Ryazan, the same creative credo of Konchalovsky can be observed: a preoccupation with the energy which humans bring to a landscape, as evidenced by the men in the foreground carrying logs and the smoke issuing from the little wooden hut on the snow-laden riverbank.In the Ryazan series, Konchalovsky appears to be observing man in his context. He shows the monumentality of landscape, emphasised by free, confident brushwork in wide, artistic strokes of thick paint, and against this he shows man: small, unremarkable and yet busy with life. The laconic nature of his landscapes is undercut by the vibrant colours and it is in colour that he shows the impact man has made on landscape. In Oleg's House in Ryazan, 1931, a huge pink house dominates the composition, evidence of how humans can alter their landscape.A Street in Ryazan is emblematic of Konchalovsky's mode of expression in the 1930s. Its highly complex colour permutations undermine the apparent silence and repose of landscape, speaking as it does of the drama and energy of man within nature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 18ct gold & platinum three stone diamond crossover ring. The ring having three graduating round cut diamonds illusion set in square mounts on a plain band. Marked 18ct & plat. Weight 2.7g. Size K. Diamonds estimated 0.16ct.

A hallmarked 22ct gold wedding band ring of plain form. Hallmarked London 1953. Weight 2.1g. Size K.5.

Two sets of hallmarked silver teaspoons to include a set of six Edwardian A J Bailey apostle teaspoons. Hallmarked for Birmingham, date letter k for 1909. Together a set of set of 1940s teaspoons hallmarked for Birmingham and a Levi & Salaman baby spoon and pusher. Hallmarked for Birmingham. Date letter y for 1923. All within original presentation cases. Spoons measures 10cm in length. Pusher measures 9cm in length. Total weight 103g.