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Lot 1
A vintage Mole-Richardson studio lamp with stand used to light Ingrid Bergman in test-shots,1950's,no. 406, made in London, the 500/750 watt studio lamp with stand, barn doors, and diffusion holder, affectionately known as 'the pup', it became the workhorse illuminant for smaller lighting tasks. Used by Sir Sydney Samuelson at Samuelson Film Service / Samuelson Lighting Ltd on hundreds of assignments during its years, including its final assignment in 1981 when it was used by Paramount Television and Oscar® winning cinematographer Freddie Young to carry out some test-shots on actress Ingrid Bergman for a mini-series A Woman Called Golda. Now converted to a 240volt / 13amp domestic power supply it's accompanied by an extension cable, an Arri foldable reflector, a DVD for A Woman Called Golda, a rotatable lamp diffuser, and a comprehensive folder with memoir, full provenance, a letter and images from Sir Sydney Samuelson, (Qty)Footnotes:Ingrid Bergman died in 1982. Three weeks later she posthumously won a Golden Globe for 'Best Actress' for the mini-series A Woman Called Golda.Provenance:Kindly donated by Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE to BAFTA for this sale, proceeds of which will go towards the Illuminating BAFTA campaign, expanding BAFTA's learning and new talent programme.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 40
Cary Grant: A signed and inscribed autograph page,circa 1950's, signed and inscribed, We meet, here in the commissary of the 20th studios. I greet you Mrs Robertson. Cary Grant, in light blue ink, 4 1/2in x 2 1/2in (11cm x 6.5cm)Footnotes:Provenance:Acquired by the vendor from her grandmother, who was sent this as a sample of writing having undertaken a Handwriting Analysis course in the 1940's. The sample signature was sent to her via her friend Varvel Robertson, the mother of actor Dale Robertson. Varvel Robertson obtained the sample of handwriting while visiting her son in Hollywood, and apparently the signers knew the purpose for which they were writing.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 42
Marilyn Monroe: A signed and inscribed autograph page,circa 1950's,signed and inscribed, It's only matter of time, Marilyn Monroe, in light blue ink, 4 1/2in x 2 1/2in (11cm x 6.5cm)Footnotes:Provenance:Acquired by the vendor from her grandmother, who was sent this as a sample of writing having undertaken a Handwriting Analysis course in the 1940's. The sample signature was sent to her via her friend Varvel Robertson, the mother of actor Dale Robertson. Varvel Robertson obtained the sample of handwriting while visiting her son in Hollywood, and apparently the signers knew the purpose for which they were writing.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 367
Military Ephemera, a receipt dated 1794 for candles supplied to troops on the Isle of Wight, 3 documents circa 1820 'Notice To Balloted Men', a 'Militia Oath' and a document substituting a balloted man, a letter dated 1858 (with transcription) from a Captain in the 13th Light Infantry together with a certificate of promotion, a letter dated 1776 sent by His Majesty's Command (age toning but gen gd) (7)
Lot 375
Boer War Photographs and Ephemera, all from one estate comprising an album of 20 pages laid down single sided containing 100+ photographs taken circa 1900 of the Imperial Light Horse. Scenes include camp life, on board ship, weapons training, natives, horse breaking, trains, massed troops etc. Lot also includes letters sent by Second Lieutenant John Alexander of the South African Light Horse to his sister Dot. He was killed at Metz Farm aged 21 having taken part in the relief of Ladysmith. Letters outline battles, camp details, letter from hospital where he is suffering from enteric fever, an Admiralty letter to Lord Lamington, a photographic portrait and his obituary. (gd) (qty)
Lot 415
Ephemera, a quantity of assorted items to include 2 commemorative cotton handkerchiefs (Haig & Jellicoe and Victory Medals), decoupage Players Christmas card, Players Snap cards (complete), Bon Marche hold to light card of Notre Dame, 3 x 1960/61 Boys Own magazines, 1905 Pears Annual, The Sphere 1918 'Women In Wartime Number', bound volumes entitled ' Life of King Edward VII and Accession of George V' and 'Illus London News Coronation Numbers George V', commemorative and advertising coins, Admiral Earl Howe Promissory Naval Farthing, 2 packs of Canadian Pacific Railway playing cards, Wills plastic tokens etc. (gen gd) (40+)
Lot 424
Spooner's, 4 pictures to comprise 'Spooner's Protean Views No. 16 The London Mail Obstructed by a Snowdrift' , 'Spooner's Transformations No. 4 The thinking Philosopher' (both hold to light), 'Spooner's Changing Drolleries No. 12 The Rival Lovers' with rotating back panel to alter the facial expressions, sold together with a hold to light transparency entitled 'A Cavern' (some age toning, slight creasing and one small tear) (4)
Lot 427
Victorian Ephemera, to include a compound plate print by Charles Whiting, a hold to light tissue landscape, 13 contemporary printed sheets presumed to be illustrated by Harold Heath, 1899 original drawing from 'Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday', printed John Leech Punch cartoons etc. (gen gd) (20+)
Lot 498
ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Portrait of an Officer with Groom and Horse Oil on panel, 76 x 58cm Believed to be Lieutenant General William Thornton (1779-1840) who took part in the Battle of New Orleans, 1815. Provenance: Collection of the Peck Family, Prehen House, Derry The Corps of Colonial Marines was division of British Marines created from former slaves for service in the Americas, at the direction of senior Royal Navy commander Alexander Cochrane. In this painting, the black figure's white tunic is concurrent with the light-coloured uniform worn by the Colonial Marines. The first group of Corps served in the Caribbean between 1808 - 1810. With the Mutiny Act 1807, all former slaves in the British Army were emancipated, and as such any subsequent recruited slaves were considered free on enlistment. The second more substantial corps served between 1814 - 1816 mostly stationed on Apalachicola River in northwest Florida. On 2nd April 1814, Cochrane issued a proclamation to all persons wishing to emigrate, that they would be welcomed at any British outpost and if seeking sanctuary could enlist in His Majesty's Forces. The actions of the British in establishing the force caused much controversy at the time and angered the slave-owning society of the United States who feared the military threat but also the potential for inducing a revolt amongst their enslaved workers. The Battle of New Orleans saw the British troops decisively defeated by the American armies, despite their advantage in terms of numbers, training and experience. With the British withdrawal, the main post in Florida was disbanded and a number of men travelled to Bermuda with the British as part of a refugee group which re-joined the main body of the Colonial Marines. The British army had to pay substantial reparations to the slave owners in the United States as compensations for the loss of their earnings.
Lot 600
AN IMPORTANT IRISH WILLIAM IV SILVER FOUR LIGHT TABLE CENTREPIECE, by James Fray, Dublin 1834, the central open leaf spill vase sprouting from a chased basket of flowers supporting four reeded twist arms with urn sconces, on a double fluted trumpet stem and double graduated collar of chased flowers in high relief, on circular base. 60cm tall
Lot 717
JOSEPH HENDERSON RSW (1832 - 1908) Extensive Marine landscape with mussel gatherers at low tide Oil on canvas, 46 x 61cm Signed Joseph Henderson was born in Stanley, Perthshire in 1832. He specialised in various genres including landscape, portraiture and marine scenes. In particular he painted working men such as shepherds, cobblers, fishermen and farm labourers. However he also painted Scottish country and coastal scenery. He studied at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh and started to work as a portrait painter. After having done so for twenty years he discovered his true vocation which was marine painting. He mastered the painting of the sea in all its different conditions and light. He exhibited his work at the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Royal Institute of the Fine Arts. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1871 to 1886 and in Suffolk Street Galleries from 1882 to 1884. He was president of the Glasgow Arts Club, the city in which he settled in 1852.
Lot 10
Presentation copy for Sir Edmund Gosse. Drinkwater, John. Tides: A Book of Poems, the first book issued by The Beaumont Press, London: Cyril William Beaumont, 1917, limited edition numbered 244 of 250, bound in quarter cloth with paper title label and decorated boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, untrimmed page edges. Presentation inscription on half-title, 'To Edmund Gosse, from John Drinwater, October 1917.' Tipped-in autograph letter on front pastedown, black ink on headed paper (260 Mary Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham), dated 5 October 1917, 'My dear Gosse, This just to send you a book with my love and to say how greatly we are looking forward to your visit. Kathleen salutes you all. Yours, John Drinkwater. I'm tremendously thrilled with my copy of Swinburne from Heinemann. Indeed I am on Olympus. This, I know, is another to my long list of debts to you.' Bookplate on front free endpaper for Dorothy E. More of The Gray House, Chadlington, Oxford. Contents good, clean, bright; some offsetting to front free endpaper, some spots to p.14/15; binding tight and solid, well-preserved with light wear/bumping to corners; slight wear/discolouration to paper title label on spine
Lot 12
Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, complete with dust-jacket (priced 15s.). Contents good and bright, but with dampstaining to end section and lower board (also inner dust-jacket, which lightly shows through); small ink ticks next to list of other books in series; binding good; dust-jacket with general discolouration, light creasing to edges, and slight loss/short tears around headcaps/corners
Lot 13
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Publisher's cloth lettered in silver with vibrant red endpapers, complete with dust-jacket (priced 15s.). Contents good and bright; binding good with light bumps to corners; dust-jacket with general discolouration, slight loss and short tears around headcaps/corners
Lot 16
Potter, T. R. The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1842, complete with 20 engraved and lithographic plates, ten wood engravings within the text, frontispiece, and pictorial title (as called for). Contemporary embossed cloth boards, rebound to style with recent spine, spotting and light dampstaining in places (including pictorial title). Leicestershire Interest
Lot 168
Lavallee, Joseph. Histoire des Inquisitions Religieuses, in two volumes, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1809. Octavo, full contemporary marbled calf with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece to each volume, plus one engraved plate in Vol.I and two further plates in Vol.II. Contents generally good and bright with light spots in places and pale dampstaining to parts of Vol.II; a few old repairs to paper in places; bindings tight and solid with some wear/loss to calf at corners and edges (2)
Lot 176
Association copy. Leigh family of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire. A copy of Ekkehard, by Joseph Victor von Scheffel, 1891, bound in full vellum with contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, with manuscript leaves bound in at front and rear, 'Some account of a visit paid to Hohentwiel on Aug 14 1892 by Lady Leigh and Cordelia Leigh', consisting of ten manuscript pages in black ink, three mounted watercolour views, two mounted photographs, and a pressed flower ('Plucked by Cordelia by the water side at the base of the hill.') Contents good and bright with some pale spotting in places; binding tight and solid with light wear around headcaps and a mark to lower board
Lot 18
Wain, Louis (Illus.). Rutley, Cecily M. The Tale of Naughty Kitty Cat; The Tale of Peter Pusskin; The Tale of the Tabby Twins; The Tale of Little Priscilla Purr; the full set of four titles, Dundee: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., [1920], publisher's coloured paper boards. Each book is complete with 14 plates. Generally well-preserved, contents clean and bright, especially Peter Pusskin and Tabby Twins; Naughty Kitty Cat has some wear and light dampstaining to upper board; Priscilla Purr with some splitting, the boards slightly cocked (4)
Lot 190
Catlin, George. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, first edition (with 'Frederick' on p.104), in two volumes, London: Published by the Author, 1841, printed by Tosswill & Myers. Large octavo, contemporary embossed cloth with morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Featuring frontispiece, two maps (one folding), one chart, and 310 plates (including plates 113 & 114), the plates and non-folding maps/chart arranged on 75 leaves in Vol.I and 104 leaves in Vol.II. Contents generally very good, clean, bright; occasional light marks and pale spotting in places; folding map is very good and well-preserved; small paper repair to verso of frontispiece; bindings tight and solid; fading to spine/edges; light bumping/wear to cloth at corners/extremities. A very good example of this important work
Lot 200
Moore, Henry (Illus.). Sitwell, Sacheverell. Valse des Fleurs, York: The Fairfax Press, 1980, from the limited edition of 60 copies - but not numbered. Signed by Henry Moore and Sacheverell Sitwell in bold black ink. Publisher's quarter white leather lettered in gilt with blue cloth boards, top edge gilt (remainder untrimmed), the endpapers and slipcase designed by Henry Moore, the text printed in Monotype Bell on Zerkall mould-made paper with two devices engraved in wood by Reynolds Stone. Printed by Christopher Skelton, Skelton's Press Limited, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, May 1980. Contents good, clean, bright; light creasing affecting the edges and bottom of pages throughout (with a knock to the untrimmed text-block at bottom); binding very good, tight, solid; slipcase well-preserved with one knock at lower edge
Lot 203
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. Octavo, publisher's decorated green cloth, black & red illustrated map endpapers, frontispiece, nine plates/illustrations (all present as called for), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Contents generally very good, clean, bright throughout; some light toning and very faint spotting to endleaves; light crease to front free endpaper; plate facing p.146 with pale dampstaining; lacking dust-jacket; some splitting/loss to cloth at spine/headcaps, the cloth with some marks and discolouration; the boards a little bumped at lower corners; shelf-lean. The true first edition, first impression of Tolkien's debut novel (one of only 1500 printed on 21 September 1937)
Lot 208
General Regulations and Instructions for the Light-Horse Volunteers of London & Westminster, second edition, London: Printed for the Corps, by Bunney, Thompson, and Co., 1797. Featuring manuscript names/amendments to the lists of officers and volunteers. Full green leather binding lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt. Contents good, binding with some bumping/wear
Lot 214
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book, first edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, 19 illustrated plates (including frontispiece), plus numerous illustrations and head-pieces within the text; text complete (including half title, preface, contents). Contents generally good with occasional light spots and marks; black pencil marks on p.63; lacking front free endpaper; protective tissue-guard for frontispiece with some discolouration and short tears; contemporary gift inscription on opening blank leaf, dated 1894; ownership stamp for James Forbes on half title; blind-stamped address on title (Sussex Bell, Haslemere, Surrey). Binding with shelf-lean, becoming a little loose; cloth worn with some dampstaining/cockling, corners bumped, loss to cloth at headcaps and corners
Lot 217
Scott, John. Manuscript. Survey of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, c.1619. 44 pages of script (on 23 leaves), in bold black ink, borders ruled in red, illustrated with 38 coats-of-arms. Dedicated to Lord Windsor of Bradenham, 'I had collected a breefe survey of the present estate of this famous Universitie, which then could not be committed to publicke veiw for some reasons to my selfe best knowne, neither did I then intend it should ever see light, since which tyme divers of the Heades and Governors thereof, perusing the coppie have given me there best furtherance and encouragement to commit the same to publicke veiw, By reason whereof I enlarged the first collection and resolved to publish some coppies of the same, and dedicate them to my most honored and best friends, and calling to mynd your Honors love & favour towardes me not onelie when you weare resident in this Academie, but since, I have presumed under your Honrs pardon (without preacquainting you) to present this first coppie unto you, hoping you will favourably censure what herein shall seeme a misse...John Scott.' Bound in 19th-century crushed morocco lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Contents very good, clean, bright; the illustrated coats-of-arms are well-preserved, bold and vibrant; one small worm-hole running through the centre of the text (becoming two small holes on final two leaves and rear blank); small worm-hole to lower edge of opening few leaves; some very pale dampstaining at the top of some pages; binding tight and solid, well-preserved, with a few light marks and faint wear in placesThe British Library hold two similar copies to this manuscript (Add MS 11720 and Harley MS 4017), and they have a microfilmed copy of a similar manuscript sold by Sotheby's, 26-27 October 1970, Lot 372 (RP 723)
Lot 218
Evans, Edward. South With Scott, first edition, London: Collins, 1921. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in red, portrait frontispiece, four folding plans/maps, six pages of publisher's advertisements at rear, untrimmed page edges. Contents generally good and bright; tear to p.265; some pale spotting to opening leaves; newspaper clipping relating to Evans, 1924, pasted on verso of front free endpaper; binding tight and solid with light wear to extremities and an overall discoloured/varnished appearance. Together with a revised edition of the same, 1948, bearing intriguing gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper, 'For Jack for his birthday, xii Augt 1948, from his brother who knows every crack & ripple in the district, and the history of these latitudes from the days of Capt Cook to the present time.' (2)
![Dickens, Charles. Works. Bindings. First Library Edition, 21 volumes [of 22], London: Chapman and Hall, 1858-59. Uniformly bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2a31accd-7a35-40ff-8a60-ac440119e074/deef7661-d3ec-401d-8441-ac5200d36078/468x382.jpg)
Lot 22
Dickens, Charles. Works. Bindings. First Library Edition, 21 volumes [of 22], London: Chapman and Hall, 1858-59. Uniformly bound in half-calf with oxblood morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, and marbled page edges. Includes Sketches by Boz; Pictures from Italy/American Notes; Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; Nicholas Nickleby; Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge; Martin Chuzzlewit; Dombey and Son; David Copperfield; Bleak House; Little Dorrit. The dedication page to Pickwick Papers describes this set as the 'best edition of my books'. Contents generally good and bright; some light spotting and dampstaining (mostly opening leaves/titles); bindings quite well-preserved with some rubbing and wear to extremities/headcaps; a few of the text blocks/opening leaves are pulling away from the binding internally (12)
Lot 222
Young, Ernest. The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe, second edition, Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1900, signed by the author, 27 July 1906, on title, in full red calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers/page edges, school prize label (Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow) and with their crest on upper board. Contents good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid with light discolouration to spine/edges
Lot 241
Speed, John. 17th-century map of Devonshire, uncoloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, published by Bassett & Chiswell. Featuring inset plan of Exeter, royal coat-of-arms, heraldic shields. Framed & glazed, 42.5cm by 54.5cm. Some light toning, old ink inscription suggesting date of 1610, and some damage from worm in one section at upper-right
Lot 244
Dobbs & Co. Geological Relievo Map of England. Hand-coloured engraving with varnished finish, embossed design showing the contours of the land, featuring table of geological strata, sectional, linen-backed boards with publisher's quarter-calf embossed cloth lettered in gilt. London: Dobbs & Co., [c.1840]. Generally well-preserved with faint surface wear, light pencil inscriptions, and some splitting/wear to calf spine. Very scarce
![Australia. Map of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], hand-coloured engraving, London: Joseph Cross, 26 June 1826. Sectional, linen](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2a31accd-7a35-40ff-8a60-ac440119e074/aafa97c0-ea8a-4dd1-be51-ac5200ec1274/468x382.jpg)
Lot 245
Australia. Map of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], hand-coloured engraving, London: Joseph Cross, 26 June 1826. Sectional, linen-backed, complete with slipcase bearing publisher's paper label. A very rare map, much of the land still blank ('Country not yet explored'), or with basic descriptions of the region ('Extensive Woody Plains'). Very well-preserved with bold, vibrant colours; slipcase with light wear. 82.5cm by 64.5cm. Very scarce
Lot 276
Rail Posters. The Enchanting River Dart, published by British Railways (Western Region), printed by Charles & Read Ltd., 101cm by 63cm. Together with three British Railways 'See Britain By Train' posters: The Eastgate, Cheshire; Wilton House, Salisbury; Penshurst Place, Kent, published by British Transport Commission, 76cm by 50.5cm. Colours bold and vibrant, some light creasing, River Dart and Penshurst Place with creasing and short tears at edges. Railway Interest (4)
Lot 28
Irish Interest. Some Notices of The Castle of Trim, second edition, Trim: H. Griffith, 1840. Featuring an engraved plan of the town of Trim, and a plate depicting coins. Full contemporary green calf decorated in gilt with oxblood title label and marbled endpapers/page edges. Contents with some age toning and occasional light spotting; rubbing and light wear to calf. Scarce. Together with Historical Guide to Kells, County Meath, by John Healy, Dublin: George F. Healy, 1930, in publisher's cloth (2)
Lot 34
Archaeologia: Miscellaneous Papers, Society of Antiquaries of London, in two bound volumes (1735-1837; 1832-1858), a total of 49 pamphlets/tracts on various subjects, featuring individual paper covers (some with title labels), some with presentation inscriptions/author's compliments (including John Yonge Akerman, Alfred John Kempe, Charles Roach Smith), numerous engraved & lithographic plates, folding maps. Quarto, half-calf with marbled boards and title labels lettered in gilt, bound by William Searles, Maidstone. Manuscript contents to each volume. Contents good, clean, bright; occasional light spots/discolouration in places; bindings tight and solid with some light rubbing/wear. To include papers such as, Description of an Egyptian Mummy, and of the Hieroglyphics on its Case, by Hugh W. Diamond. Archaeology Interest (2)
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