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Lot 359
Paul Bettany signed 10x8 colour photo pictured in his role as Vision from Marvel film franchise. Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is a British actor. He is best known for voicing J. A. R. V. I. S. and playing Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), as well as the miniseries WandaVision (2021). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 375
Star Wars Jeremy Bulloch signed Star Wars Helmet Collection Boba Fett magazine. Jeremy Andrew Bulloch (16 February 1945 - 17 December 2020) was an English actor. During a career that spanned more than six decades, he gained recognition for originating the physical portrayal of Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, appearing as the character in the films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). He returned to the franchise in a different role for 2005's Revenge of the Sith. He also appeared in numerous British television series, including Doctor Who and Robin of Sherwood. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 92
James Bond Girl Lois Chiles signed 5x3 album page. Dedicated. Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947) is an American actress and former fashion model known for her roles as Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, and as a hit-and-run driver in 1987's Creepshow 2, as well as such films as The Great Gatsby, The Way We Were, Death on the Nile, and Broadcast News. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 95
6 Books - 'Direct encounters' - Judith M and Alan L. Gansberg, 1981, 'A young person's guide to U.F.O's' Brian Ball, 'U.F.O.'s past, present and Future' - Robert Emenegger, 'The Cosmic Question, - John A . Keel, 'UFO'S? yes!' - David R.Saunders and R. Roger Harkins, 'Inside the flying saucers' - George Adamski.
Lot 454
A vintage (Edwardian era) composite bisque faced doll. marked 'S and Q, 12' Germany - Schutzmeister and Quendt, Articulated limbs and head, with blue sleeper eyes slight damage (eyelashes missing). Doll has 'crying noise' albeit a bit difficult to activate, when reclined. 23 inches dressed in white with dress coat and bonnet.
Lot 108
Pytchley Hunt. A comprehensive collection of 18 Sampson's Hunting Diaries created by William Wroughton, for the years 1879-1908, covering meets which took place between October 27th 1879 and April 6th 1908, including copious manuscript details of dates, locations, horses & pack hounds present and also general remarks regarding weather, location of hunt & foxes caught and also quality of the day in general, some volumes also containing numerous mounted/tipped-in & inserted newspaper clippings, a few related letters and photos, original maroon & red cloth, some soiling to covers of few volumes, oblong 8vo, with a card folder containing a few related booklets, letters and cuttings, including an interesting letter signed by Earl Spencer at Althorp to Harry Cazenove, dated 1st January 1971, together with: Foxhound pedigree record books, 14 foxhound pedigree books, 1898-1907, including one for Mr A. Mackenzie's Foxhounds, 1898, 10 foxhound pedigree books for Mr. Wroughton's Foxhounds 1899-1907 and two for Pytchley Hounds 1901 & 1903, and one other undated early 20th century puppy breeder's record book belonging to William Wroughton of Sudborough House, Thrapston, many of the pedigree books with manuscript additions, original maroon or dark brown morocco or sheep, mostly with titles in gilt to upper cover, bindings for 1904 & 1905 worn, 24mo (9.5 x 8 cm), with Hunt map, An early 20th century pocket folding hunt map covering the area of Pychley Hunt, supplied by Sifton, Praed & Co., Ltd., Mapsellers of St. James' Street, London, printed in colour, sectionalised & mounted to both sides on linen, cloth covered boards with ink stamp of H de L Cazenove to pastedown, printed paper label 'Pytchley Hunt' to upper cover, with a photograph album, A photograph album containing photographs of foxhounds, kennels, kennel hands and hunt members on horseback etc. (believed to be the Pychley Hunt and William Wroughton's Foxhounds), circa 1910, 18 mounted monochrome photographs (dimensions approximately 16 x 21 cm), original red cloth, oblong folioQty: (a carton)NOTESThe Pytchley Club was formed in 1750, the first Master being Earl Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire (the original pack having been established at Althorp in 1635). From 1819 to 1873 the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock and until 1920 the master of the Pytchley was in charge. The Hunt had a succession of Masters, including William M. Wroughton who was Master of the Pytchley Hunt from 1894-1902 and compiler of these diaries. The Pytchley country used to include areas of the Rockingham Forest but was split to form the Woodland Pytchley Hunt in 1931. Today, it covers an area of western and central Northamptonshire characterised by rolling hills, hedgerows and small areas of woodland. The country in which the Pytchley Hunt takes place is described in Baily's Hunting Directory 1939-1949, London: Vinton & Co. Ltd., 1948 as "the country, which lies in Northants and Leicestershire, extends some 20 miles N. to S. and 25 miles E. to W. On the N. it adjoins the Fernie, the Woodland Pytchley, and Atherstone; on the W. the Atherstone, N. Warwickshire, and Bicester; on the S. the Grafton and Oakley, and on the E. the Woodland Pytchley. It is impossible to describe its characteristics in a sentence. It is a very strongly fenced, often undulating country, and, as a whole, it normally consists of almost uninterrupted pasture. However, due to present agricultural policy, there is a considerable increase in arable land. A "bad horse cannot get over the country at all, and a second-class one will only spoil your pleasure and ruin your nerve" ("Brooksby"). He must be the best hunter bred; bold, fast, a big jumper, temperate, and able to stay... “. A copy of this volume is included in the lot.
Lot 118
Asia. Munster (Sebastian), Asia wie es Jetziger Zeit nach den Furnemesten Herrschafften Abgetheilet und Beschriben ist, S. Petri, Basel, circa 1588, uncoloured woodblock map, central fold toned, 325 x 365 mm, German text and an ornate woodblock design on verso,Qty: (1)NOTESPublished in the 'Cosmographia'.
Lot 121
Azores & Atlantic Islands. Ogilby (John), Insulae Promontorii Viridis Hispanis Islas de Cabo Verde, Belgis De Soute Eylanden, circa 1670, hand coloured engraved map, large allegorical strapwork cartouche supported by Neptune and sea nymphs, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, 250 x 315 mm, together with Bellin (Jacques Nicolas). Carte des Isles du Cap Verde, 1746, Paris, 1746, uncoloured engraved map, slight creasing, 230 x 300 mm, plus Bonne (Rigobert). Isles du Cap-Verd, Paris, circa 1780, hand-coloured engraved map, inset map of 'Plan de la Rade de la Praya', one small rust hole, repaired on verso, 245 x 360 mm, and Blanchford (Robert). A New Chart of the Azores or Western Islands from the best Authorities, Jany. 1st 1809, uncoloured 'blue-backed' chart engraved by S. Stockley, inset maps of the islands of St. Michael, Terceira and Fayal, four horizon profiles, toned overall, some creasing, long repaired closed tear affecting image, slight spotting, 560 x 740 mm, plus Don Vincente Tofino de San Miguel. Carta Esferica de Las Islas de los Azores ò Treceras..., 1788, uncoloured engraved sea chart, some ink annotations and the pencil addition of rhumb lines, slight creasing, 545 x 870 mm, with another 8 engraved maps, including examples by Mallet, Bonne, Bellin and Moll, various sizes and conditionQty: (13)
Lot 141
Estate plan. Singer (Joseph, Land Surveyor), A Plan of an Estate lying in the Parish of Frome Selwood and County of Somerset belonging to Mrs S. Haynes, 1779, large pen and watercolour estate plan laid on near-contemporary textured cotton, strapwork cartouche with a pen and ink vignette of a watermill, compass rose, table of explanation and a scale of chains and furlongs, the map is reticulated with an alphabetised key in the margins, some later pencil annotations, old folds, some creasing, slight surface abrasion but largely confined to margins, 875 x 970 mmQty: (1)NOTESAn unusually large estate plan centred on Keyford and Frome.
Lot 149
Harris (John). Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels consisting of six hundred of the most authentic writers..., Now carefully revised with large additions and Continued to the Present time..., 2 volumes, T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt. D. Browne, T. Longman, C. Hitch, H. Whitridge & others, 1744 - 48, titles printed in red and black, preface and dedication, 35 uncoloured engraved plates and eleven uncoloured engraved maps (only) by Emanuel Bowen, including 10 folding, index bound at rear, contemporary calf with gilt-decorated spines, title labels in vellum gilt, some wear and fraying, folioQty: (2)NOTESSold as a collection of maps and prints, not subject to return.
Lot 205
* Heath (William). A Slap at the Charleys or a Tom & Jerry Lark. T. McLean, 1829, Don't you remember the 5th November, T. McLean circa 1829, See-Dan, T. McLean. 1829 [and] Anticipation - Bringing them to the Scratch-Hercules in the Church or, The Tithes in Gander, S. W. Fores, 1829, together four etched caricatures with bright contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 245 x 360 mm, framed and glazed, together with Jones (Thomas Howell). Great Connoiseurs (sic) examining a celebrated Cabinet Picture, Anticipation, both S. W. Fores, 1830, two etched caricature with bright contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 245 x 350 mm, framed and glazed, with Fairburn (John, publisher). Query. A Cracked or base Sovereign, June 1830, etched caricature with bright contemporary hand colouring, monogrammed 'HHR', 270 x 385 mm, framed and glazed, plus Sharpshooter (A.). Irish March of Intellect; or The Happy Result of Emancipation, J. Gans, May 11th 1829, etched caricature with contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 350 mm, framed and glazed, with three others similarQty: (11)
Lot 21
Murdoch (W. G. Burn). From Edinburgh to the Antarctic. An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. With a Chapter by W. S. Bruce, Naturalist of the Barque 'Balaena', 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894, ix [3] 364 pp., half-title, 2 maps (one folding), 24 pp. advertisements, very occasional faint spotting, advertisements browned, pink endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, original blue-green cloth, titles to spine in silver, title and vignette to front board in silver touched with red, spine slightly dulled, short split to head of front joint, corners slightly bumped, one showing through, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
Lot 22
Nares (Sir George S.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878, xl 395; viii 378, half-titles, 6 photographic plates (woodburytypes, mounted), 5 wood-engraved plates, 3 lithographic plates (one tinted, oological), 2 folding maps, 24 pp. advertisements, toning, a few spots and marks, folding map in volume 1 crudely tape-repaired verso, concomitant staining to p. xl, volume 1 pp. 315-22 nicked at foot, bookplates of Kenn Back, original green cloth, recased and relined, rubbed and marked, 8voQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Arctic Bibliography 12026A.
Lot 223
* Sharpshooter (A. pseud. John Phillips). Four caricatures, New Mode of Military Discipline, G. Humphrey, 1829, Losing my Seat, G. Humphrey 1829, The Royal George, J. Gans 1829, [and] The Lumber Troop - or - Queen's Own, G. Tregear, 1829, together four caricatures with bright contemporary hand colouring, 'The Royal George' trimmed to neatline and laid on later paper, each approximately 250 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, together with Tregear (Gabriel Shire, publisher). A Vision of Judgement!!!, circa 1830, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 350 mm, framed and glazed (glass cracked), with Cruikshank (Isaac Robert). The Wellington Testimonial, see "The Times" April 30th, G. Tregear, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, plus Heath (Henry). A Long Pull, A Strong Pull and a Pull Together, G. Tregear 1829, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 350 mm, framed and glazed, and Heath (William). A Political Reflection, T. McLean, circa 1829, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, 255 x 375 mm, framed and glazed, with Jones (Thomas Howell). John Bull & his new Doctor, S. W. Fores, 1820, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, 355 x 250 mm, framed and glazed, and one other similarQty: (10)
Lot 23
Nodal (Bartolomé Garcia & Gonzalo de). Relacion del viage que por orden de su magestad, y acuerdo de el real consejo de Indias, hicieron los capitanes Bartholome Garcia de Nodal, y Gonzalo de Nodal, hermanos, naturales de Pontevedra, al descrubimento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente, que hoy es nombrado de Maire, y reconocimiento del de Magallanes, 2nd edition, Cadiz: reimpresso por Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros, impressor de la Real Marina, [1769], bound with: Echevelar (Manuel de). J. M. Y J. Instruccion exacta, y util de las derrotas y navegaciones, que se execuan en todos tiempos en la America septentrional, de unos puertos à otros: con las advertencias de sondas, y notas, para ponerlas en pràctica, Cadiz: en la Real imprenta de Marina, 1753 [i.e. 1769?], 2 parts in 1 volume, Nodal: [20] 1-160 159-162 [4] pp., signatures pi2 [par.]-2[par.]4 A-X4 (2[par.]4 and X4 blank), woodcut initial and head-and tailpieces, engraved folding map (titled 'Reconocimiento de los estrechos de Magallanes y San Vicente ... por Don Pedro Texeira Ealbernas', dated 1769), woodcut vignettes in text at pp. 82-3 and 88, ink inscription to title-page verso (possibly a call number; visible recto), filled-in worm track to upper outer corners of signatures pi-E touching a few letters, headlines and page-numbers (the text neatly restored), similar minor repairs to fore margins of signature R-X not affecting text, Echevelar: 41 [3] pp., signatures A-E4 F2, repaired worming in fore margins touching decorative border of title-page, contents washed, bookplate of Kenn Back, 20th-century vellum by A. Cazares of Buenos Aires, 4to (19.3 x 13.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Victor Aizenman, Buenos Aires, c.1997. Sabin 55935-6 (including the Instruccion); cf. Borba de Moraes II p. 102, Carter Brown II p. 156, Church 386 and Hill (1974) pp. 213-14 for the first edition (of Nodal only). Hill describes the first edition, printed at Madrid in 1621, as 'one of the rarest books on voyages of the seventeenth century ... Copies containing the map are so rare that it is believed to have been suppressed in accordance with the official Spanish policy of secrecy'. 'The work gives an account of the Spanish expedition sent out by order of Philip III, immediately after the return of Schouten's expedition, for the exploration of the Magellan Straits. The brothers Nodal sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of September, 1618, and did not return until July 9th of the following year ... The Strait Le Maire was rechristened S. Vincent, which name it retained for some time on Spanish maps' (Church).
Lot 231
* Dubourg (M.). A View of Waterloo Bridge, from the design of John Rennie Esqr. F. R. S. &c. &c. &c. Engineer to the Company. To Henry Swann Esqr. Chairman to the Committee of Directors and the Company of the Proprietors of the Bridge..., W. Anderson, 1811, aquatint after W. Anderson with contemporary hand-colouring, mount stained, slight overall toning, two long tears affecting image but skillfully repaired, laid on later thin card, 490 x 845 mmQty: (1)
Lot 236
* London. Buck (S. & N.), Panorama of London, 1749, hand coloured panorama, key plate below image identifying 48 of the principal buildings, short split at base of central fold, 310 x 810 mmQty: (1)NOTESThe Buck brothers completed a monumental panorama of London on five sheets which if joined stretches over 4000 mm in length. This is the fifth and final sheet which is dominated by London Bridge and commences at St Martins in the west and ends at the Tower of London in the East.
Lot 238
* Marine. Walker (J.). The Great Western Steam Ship intended to trade between Bristol and New York, leaving Cumberland Basin on the morning of the 18th August 1837, in tow of the Lion Steam Tug and accompanied by the Benledi and Herald Steamers for the purpose of proceeding to London to receive her Engines, Hullmandel, 1837, uncoloured lithograph some mount staining and dust soiling, 240 x 320 mm, together with Morgan (W., lithographer). The British Queen Floated out of Dock on the Queen's Birthday, May 24th 1838, W. Morgan, 1838, tint stone lithograph, some dust soiling, one long repaired closed tear affecting image, 245 x 290 mm, mounted, with Knell (W. A.). [The Turkish Steamer "Vassitie Tidjaret", circa 1850, hand-coloured lithograph, proof before title and letters, some surface abrasion, occasional marginal closed tears, 280 x 420 mm, mounted, plus Fores (S. W. publisher). The Famous Packet from Paddington to Uxbridge on the Grand Junction Canal, 1801, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, a manuscript '96' to lower right margin, trimmed to platemark and tipped on to later card, 250 x 405 mm, mounted, and Rushton & Melling (publishers). The Hibernia and St George starting from Liverpool, circa 1830, uncoloured lithograph, slight staining, 260 x 360 mm, with another sixteen engravings and lithographs similar, including examples by or after Ackermanns, 'The Boys Own Paper, Ross, W. Cooke and Dudley, various sizes and conditionQty: (21)
![* Railways. Bourne (J. C.), Entrance to the Locomotive Engine House, Camden Town, [1839], hand-coloured lithograph, slight sp](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/ebb58817-4518-4103-8a3e-acd400ed167d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 239
* Railways. Bourne (J. C.), Entrance to the Locomotive Engine House, Camden Town, [1839], hand-coloured lithograph, slight spotting but largely confined to margins, 180 x 270 mm, mounted, together with Pyall (H.). The Tunnel, R. Ackermann, Feby. 1st. 1831, aquatint after T. T. Bury with contemporary hand-colouring, slight dust soiling and very slight spotting, largely confined to margins, 245 x 300 mm, mounted, with Jones (S. C. & Hawkins G.). Interior of the Great Western Railway Station, Bristol George Davey, Bristol, circa 1840, hand-coloured lithograph, slight spotting and mount staining to the margins, 240 x 320 mm, mounted, plus Bourne (J. C.). Eccentric for Shifting Rail, Locomotive Engine-House [and] Chimnies of Stationary Engine-House J. C. Bourne & Ackermann & Co., July 1838, lithograph with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some spotting to margins, 280 x 365 mm, and Jobbins (J. R.). View upon the London West End Railway - an extension of the Birmingham, Bristol & Thames Junction from Knightsbridge looking Westward & passing North of Brompton Square, circa 1840, hand-coloured lithograph, slight dust soiling, 190 x 260 mm, mounted, with Walker (Edmund). [Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway], Day & Son, circa 1850, hand-coloured lithograph, some abrasion to the printed surface, repaired closed tears, narrow margins with loss of title, 370 x 590 mm, mounted, plus Allen & Ferguson (lithographers). Greenock, circa 1850, hand coloured lithograph with an engine and carriages in the foreground, slight spotting., 200 x 315 mm, mounted, with two others similarQty: (9)
Lot 241
* Railways. Kell Brothers (lithographers), Charing Cross Railway Station, John Hawkshaw F. R. S. Engineer, circa 1870, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, laid on to contemporary card with a printed title (as published), slight spotting and mount staining to margins, some marginal fraying and repaired closed tears, slight overall toning, overall size 605 x 740 mmQty: (1)
Lot 268
* Peninsular War. Collection of letters and dispatches to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay), 1809-13, from: 1) Vaughan (Sir Charles Richard, 1774-1849), diplomatist, Oxford, 14 August 1809 & London, [1809], i.e. two letters, the first a detailed inquiry into Iberian politics and the activities of the provinicial juntas, and a summary of his intended book (i.e. Narrative of the Siege of Saragossa, 1809), the second on domestic politics including the appointment of Spencer Perceval as prime minister, 4 pp. and 2 pp., seal tears, 4to, 2) Stuart (John James, 1782-1811), Royal Navy officer and brother of Charles Stuart, Bothwell Castle, 21 August 1809, on Charles's illness, apparent criticism of his conduct by unnamed parties, the possible effect on his reputation of 'the narrative of Sir J[ohn] M[oore]'s campaign', and Wellington's prospects against the French, 4 pp., 4to, 3) Pierrepont (The Hon. Henry Manvers, 1780-1851), diplomatist, Portman Square, 20 December 1809, on Anglo-Ottoman relations and other matters, 4 pp., 8vo, 4) Rendlesham (John Thellusson, 2nd Baron, 1785-1832), Rendlesham, Suffolk, 24 August 1812, a florid letter of introduction ('My brother, George Thellusson, is about to join his regiment the 11th Lt. Dragoons in Spain ...'), 2 pp., 4to, all autograph letters signed, together with 9 others (comprising 6 autograph and 3 secretarial letters signed), written mainly from Lisbon or elsewhere in Portugal, 1811-13, all to Stuart from from various British agents, functionaries and soldiers, and concerning military, administrative, and financial matters, including a detailed letter on troop movements from a British lieutenant-general (signature illegible) at headquarters, Almada, 15 April 1811 ('In consequence of Lord Wellington's departure this day for the Alentejo, the command of the allied army upon this frontier has devolved upon me ...'), 2 pp., folio, a memorandum by one Thomas Wilson on the smuggling of American rum and gin into Lisbon and its prevention, Lisbon, 6 March 1812, 2 pp., folio, and similar, mainly folioQty: (14)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
Lot 273
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Group of Peninsular War autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) as minister at Lisbon, written from winter headquarters at Freineda, Portugal, 1811-13, 5 letters in total, i.e. 1) 29 October 1811, '[...] You will see by my letter to [the Portuguese government] yesterday that I have insisted upon their establishing the military chest although not prepared with other arrangements. My opinion upon this subject need not prevent you & Beresford from acting on it as you please', 1 p., secretarial annotations, 4to (23.1 x 18.9 cm) 2) 17 December 1811, instructing Stuart to purchase rice and grain from America, Brazil and Africa, 2 pp., secretarial annotations, 8vo (18.2 x 11.8 cm), 3) 3 February 1812, an official letter (addressed to 'Sir' not 'My dear Sir', and to 'His Excellency Charles Stuart' not 'C. Stuart Esq.' at foot), containing instructions for the handling of unspecified goods by Portuguese customs, 2 pp., small marginal hole and short split to head of central fold, folio (32.5 x 20.2 cm), 4) 1 December 1812, on the 'very great convenience ... felt at h[ea]d q[uarter]s from Mr Sodrey's absence' on a visit to Brazil, and the non-payment a $200,000 subsidy to the Portuguese, 2 pp., 4to (23.8 x 18.8 cm), 5) 15 February 1813, on the arrival of a 'Mr. Mackenzie' with an unexpected offer from Russia of military support in the Peninsula (15,000 men), 3 pp., 4to (23.8 x 18.8 cm),Qty: (5)NOTESNAPOLEONIC MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM THE CHARLES STUART PAPERS Gurwood, The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington (1838), volume 8, pp. 363, 464, N/A, volume 9 pp. 590, N/A. The third and fifth letters are not in Gurwood's Dispatches and appear to remain unpublished. Charles Stuart (1779-1845) entered the diplomatic service in 1801, serving first as secretary of legation at Vienna (1801-4), then secretary of embassy at St Petersburg (1804-8). He subsequently undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and made himself indispensable to Wellington as minister at Lisbon (1810-14); he was minister at the courts of both the king of the Netherlands and the exiled Louis XVIII during the 'Hundred Days', and at Paris from 1815 to 1824, and in 1825 helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.
Lot 289
* Burroughs (William Seward, 1914-1997). American Writer and Visual Artist. Autograph Postcard signed, 'William S. Burroughs', postmarked Kansas, 23/24 January 1995, to Grahame White of Brighton, East Sussex, thanking him for 'the Underworld and the old book, the fact that it is battered increases its interest...', wishing White the best for 1995, written and addressed in black ballpoint pen, the recto showing a reproduction photograph of William Burroughs at City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, 1982, from a photograph by Christopher Felver, together with an autograph note signed, 20 April 1995, also to White, thanking him for the tea 'and the beautiful nostalgic spoon. Everyone here is of course, alarmed by the bomb in Oklahoma City and no wonder. What can one do but brew some tea', written in black fibre pen on both inside pages of a folded white card with a digital scan of a three-quarter length photograph of Burroughs on the front and 'Lawrence, Kansas' logo on the back, plus the original postmarked envelope addressed in Burroughs' handQty: (3)
Lot 290
* Burroughs (William Seward, 1914-1997). American Writer and Visual Artist. Signed Greetings Card, 'William S. Burroughs', circa 1995, a single sheet printed in green and white on thin card, signed presentation inscription above and below printed message thanking the recipient 'for real chocolates and the slang dictionary', with additional message of instruction below signature, 'Place face close to painting on reverse side. Cross eyes. Now move slowly back from face for 3 dimensional effect', the reverse referred to being a reproduction of '3D cybernetic cut up', 17 x 22.5 cm, together with the original postmarked envelope, the name of the recipient Graham White in Burroughs' hand, together with a signed notecard to Grahame White from Burroughs, 'Yes my meeting with Ralph Stedman was indeed portentious. Many thanks for the coins and the tea', written and signed on the inside of a folded notecard with a digital scan reproduction from a photograph of Burroughs on the front and 'Lawrence, Kansas' motif on the back, plus original envelope (postmarked Kansas 6/10 1996), addressed in Burroughs' hand, plus a group of 12 newspapers and cuttings with articles about BurroughsQty: (16)
Lot 329
* Pitt (William, the younger, 1759-1806). Manuscript note by William Pitt to the Irish M.P. William Burroughs during the Debate on the Duke of Atholl's Compensation Bill in 1805 on the question of the Duke's rights over lost revenues from the Isle of Man, together with William Burroughs' footnote, 1805, single sheet, with Pitt's six line note 'It might have been right to refer to Commiss. originally the Question of Fact what was the value of the Property - but the Question now is Question of Liberty which with all the Circumstances before us. We can but decide for ourselves', with explanatory footnote by the Irish M.P. William Burroughs (1752-1829), 'the foregoing Lines were written by Mr. Pitt, as a suggestion to me in debate on the question relative to the Duke of Atholl's Compensation Bill, in the year 1805', mounted on album leaf, together with: Peter the Wild Boy, Manuscript account of an extraordinary being in human shape cast in a wood in Germany & brought to England by King George I, 1785, 3 pages (approx. 350 words) written in a neat hand, with integral docketed page, 4to (20 x 15 cm), MacGillivray (Saunders & Applecross, Tom, pseud?), An Autograph letter written by Macgillivray & addressed to the editor of the Satirist in London on the result of the Parliamentary Election for the County of Ross, and enclosing the text of a poem written and issued after the Election by the losing Tory candidate, Dingwall, 29th Jan 1835, single sheet letter written to one side, with address to verso, which identifies the losing Tory candidate as a Mr McKenzie, 4to and single sheet poem written to both sides in a different hand, with heading 'To the Electors of Ross' and signed 'Tom Applecross, Fodderty, 27 Jan, 1835', folio, both tipped onto album sheet, Rippon (Cuthbert), An autograph letter addressed to Joseph Watson advising him that 'Joseph Pease would be able to take his parliamentary seat by affirmation (instead of by oath)' as M.P. for S. Durham, London, Feb. 11, 1833, single sheet with 15 lines text to one side and integral address leaf, seal and free postmark to verso, 8vo (18 x 11 cm), (Joseph Pease 1799-1872, was the first sitting Quaker M.P. & an early railway pioneer), and other manuscript letters etc. including autograph letter by Emily Lock on behalf of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Christian to Mrs Haly thanking her for sending the lines about her brother, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Dec. 1, 1885; collection of four autograph letters by Andrew Stone (1703-73, Secretary of State & tutor to George III) sent to different recipients in his capacity as Under Secretary of State to Lord Newcastle, Whitehall, 1783-39Qty: (18)
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* Stanley (Henry Morton, 1841-1904). Autograph letter signed, 'Henry M. Stanley', 160 New Bond Street, London, 25 August 1886, to G[eorge] Lund, sending his 'very great thanks to Lord Bateman and the Club Committee for the Honorary Membership they have conferred on me', minor marks and one small split to lower margin not affecting lettering, minor creases, one page, 8vo, tipped on to an old album sheet at upper marginQty: (1)
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Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... to which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil..., 3 parts in one, 5th edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679, title in red & black, 74 engraved plates (including 18 portrait plates, and over 400 armorials printed to both sides of plates), woodcut armorials to text, small rust hole to E2 & 2C1 (in first part) affecting a couple of letters of text and short closed tear to P2, short tear to L2 (second part), bookplate of John Bennet Laws of Rothamsted to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked and with old repairs, wear at head of spine, old repairs to corners with slight wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing G2222.
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Lairesse (Gérard de). The Art of Painting, in all its Branches, 2nd edition in English, London: for S. Vandenbergh [and others], 1778, engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 65 engraved plates number 1-71 (several folding), plates offset, modern sprinkled tan calf to style, 4to (24.2 x 18 cm), together with: Fénelon (François). The Adventures of Telemachus ... A New Translation, revised by Francis Fitzgerald, 1st edition, large-paper issue, London: C. Taylor, 1792, engraved title-page and 24 engraved section-titles, all in sepia, mainly by W. Corbould, spotting, contemporary ownership inscription (Margaret Shipperdson) to initial blank, modern half calf, 4to (25 x 20.4 cm), [De Lolme, Jean Louis]. The History of the Flagellants, or the Advantages of Discipline; being a Paraphrase and Commentary on the Historia flagellantium of the Abbé Boileau, Doctor of the Sorbonne ... By somebody who is not a Doctor of the Sorbonne, 1st edition in English, 2nd issue, London: printed for Fielding and Walker, 1777, half-title discarded, 4 engraved plates, toning, occasional spotting, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, vellum tips, 4to (25.6 x 20.6 cm), [Hanway, Jonas]. A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames ... To which is added, an Essay on Tea ... With several Political Reflections; and Thoughts on Public Love, 1st edition, London: by H. Woodfall, 1756, 2 engraved plates (spotted and offset), browning, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to (26.6 x 20.4 cm) Origen. [Greek title]. Contra Celsum ... Gulielmus Spencerus ... operis versionem recognovit, et annotationes adjecit, 2nd edition thus, Cambridge: John Hayes for William Morden, 1677, title-page in red and black, retaining initial and medial blanks A1 and 3I3, somewhat browned, hole in leaf M1, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, covers rubbed and pitted, 4to (22.5 x 17 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESESTC T129111 (Lairesse), T134837 (Fénelon: two copies in UK libraries), T143818 (De Lolme, ten copies world-wide), T127188 (Hanway), R6493 (Origen).
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Mervyn (Audley). A Speech made before the Lords in the Upper House of Parliament in Ireland, by Captaine Audley Mervin. March the 4th, 1640. At the Impeachment of Sir Richard Bolton knight, L. Chancellour; John L. Bishop of Derry; Sir Gerrard Lowther knight, Lo. Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas, and Sir George Ratcliffe knight, of High-Treason. By the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament: with the Articles against them. And a Schedule of those Grievances of that Kingdome, which were voted in the Lords House, this 18. of February, 1640, [London]: Printed in the yeare of our Lord, 1641, [2], 27, [1] pp., light damp staining & dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing M1888A), together with: Welwood (James), An Answer to the Late King Jame's Declaration to all his Pretended Subjects in the Kingdom of England, dated at Dublin-Castle, May 8, 1689. Ordered by a vote of the Right Honourable the House of Commons, to be burnt by the Common-Hangman, London: Dorman Newman, 1689, [4],31,[1] pp., small hole to half-title (marked), dust-soiled, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing W1298), Stephens (Edward), Reflections upon the Occurrences of the Last Year from 5 Nov. 1688 to 5 Nov. 1689. Wherein, the Happy Progress of the late Revolution, and the Unhappy Progress of Affairs since, are considered; the Original of the latter discovered, and the proper means for remedy proposed and recommended, London: Printed in the Year, 1689, 36 pp., worm trial at foot throughout, slight dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing S5437), [Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of], Remarkes upon a Pamphlet Stiled, A Letter to a Dissenter, &c. In another Letter to the same Dissenter, [London]: September 10, 1687, 12 pp., caption title, some soiling to first & last leaves, margins frayed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing W127B), Ludlow (Edmund), A Letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth, Their Majesties Chaplain at St. Botolph-Aldgate. Defending his former Letter to Sir E. S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] which compared the Tyranny of the first Four Years of King Charles the Martyr, with the Tyranny of the Four Years of the late Abdicated King. And vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640. Occasioned by the Lies and Scandals of many bad Men of this Age, Amsterdam: Printed Anno Dom. 1692, viii, 72 pp., light damp staining & some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing L1469), and seven others similar, few defectiveQty: (12)
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Christensen (Lars). Such is the Antarctic, 1st edition in English, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935, plates, bookplate of Kenn Back, original cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbed and toned, a few closed tears), 8vo, together with: Polunin (Nicholas). Circumpolar Arctic Flora, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959, text-illustrations, bookplates (Marshall Laird and Kenn Back), original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, Barclay (W. S.). The Land of Magellan, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926, plates, spotting to outer leaves and edges, bookplate of Kenn Back, original red cloth, dust jacket (with loss), 8vo, Howard (Basil). Rakiura. A History of Stewart Island, New Zealand, 1st edition, Dunedin: A. H. and A. W. Reid, 1940, plates, folding map, bookplate of Kenn Back, original cloth, dust jacket (repaired verso), 8vo, and about 100 others, mainly Antarctic and South American exploration, 20th century, in the dust jacketsQty: (5 shelves)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
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Faulkner (Sir Arthur Brooke). A Treatise on the Plague, designed to prove it Contagious, from Facts, collected during the Author's Residence in Malta, when visited by that Malady in 1813, 1st edition, London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, by S. Y Griffith, Cheltenham, 1820, pp. [14] [v]-xxxvi 277 [1] 43, half-title, engraved folding map of Malta, engraved folding plan of Valetta, toning, plan browned on one panel, edges sprinkled blue, contemporary sprinkled half sheep, embossed light green paper sides, rubbed and marked, 8vo (21.2 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESInscribed 'From William Willoughby Cole Faulkner, to Henry Cole Faulkner, 1876, Alexandria, Egypt' on the front free endpaper,
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Hare (Augustus John Cuthbert, 1834-1903). English Travel Writer and Biographer. A lengthy autograph manuscript containing notes for Walks in Rome [first published 1871], written in brown ink in a neat and legible right-sloping small hand, a total of approximately 206 pp. plus some blanks of lined blue paper, interleaved with printed pages extracted from a complete copy of John Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy Part II: Rome and its Environs (4th edition, 1856), with approximately 50 of these leaves marked or annotated by Hare including the title-page bearing his signature 'Augustus J.C. Hare', additionally signed in light pencil to front fly-leaf 'Augustus Hare, Holmhurst, Hastings', 20th-century blue buckram with bookplate of Major J.R. Abbey to front pastedown and Abbey's code (J.A. 7000 / 10.12.1959' to rear endpaper, gilt-titled on spine, a little rubbed, 8vo (23 x 15 cm), together with a group of four autograph letters signed 'St. Leonards on Sea and Christchurch, 1886/1902, to various recipients, Hare mentioning in one how glad he is that his recipient is interested in '... my 'story' [probably his autobiography] which will never - I fear - reach another edition' [14 November 1900], and in another letter that '... The 'Stone of the Scauging' is preserved in a beautiful chapel called the "Orto del Paratiso" in S. Prassede (close to the S. Maria Maggiore) at Rome... The 'stone' - really a little pillar of blood-jasper - is said to have been given to Giovanni Collona... by the Saracens, when a vision of angels appeared to rescue him from captivity in their hands', the remaining two letters informing the recipients of Hare's whereabouts and general availability, a total of 7 pp., 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of Major John Rowland Abbey (1894-1969). Augustus Hare's Walks in Rome is one of the writer's most important publications and these are the preparatory notes for that work. In his extensive research Hare incorporated many quotes from numerous sources and this manuscript effectively represents Hare's holograph research for those quotes which are to be found in the published version. Individuals quoted by him include Mendelssohn, Stendhal, Shelley, Byron, Cardinal Wiseman, John Addington Symonds, Kuglar, Ampere and Mrs Jamieson.
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Brown (R. N. Rudmose). A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer. With Five Chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923, half-title, all halftone photographic plates as called for including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 pp. advertisements, irregular browning to endpapers, contemporary newspaper clippings mounted to front pastedown, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, spotting to edges occasionally encroaching on margins, original dark grey cloth, titles and decoration in light blue, dust jacket (nicked, spine toned and with clear tape reinforcement to head and foot, similar reinforcement to joint of rear panel and flap), 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Rare in the dust jacket.
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Milner (Thomas). A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy, and of Physical and Political Geography ... The Maps of Physical and Political Geography, constructed or carefully revised and corrected by Augustus Petermann, London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1850, half-title with adhesive tape staining at gutter), 70 engraved maps & charts etc. (including double-hemisphere), each hand-coloured in outline, wood engraved illustrations, modern half calf gilt, maroon cloth sides, 4toQty: (1)
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Lot 73
Murphy (James Cavanah). The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, London: Cadell & Davies, 1815-[1816, but circa 1820], engraved title, engraved sectional title, 102 engraved plates, including one double-page by E. Turrell, S. Rawle, J. Warner, S. Porter, J. Rolfe, W. Woolnoth, H. Le Keux, J. Shury and others after Murphy, some light spotting, lower corner of title torn away, one front endpaper repaired, first two leaves of letterpress with vertical crease, bookplate of H.A.M. Van Son, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco by J. Wright, spine with raised bands and rich gilt decoration, joints and edges rubbed, folio, sheet size 65.5 x 48.5 cm (25.5 x 19 in)Qty: (1)NOTESCicognara 2536; Graesse IV, 631; Palau 186308, RIBA 2220. Lavish work on the Moorish architecture of Southern Spain. Cork-born Irish architect and antiquary James Cavanah Murphy (1760-1814) travelled to Cadiz in 1802 and spent seven years studying the Moorish style, which was serialised in 1815-16 and followed by a one-volume edition with 98 plates of the buildings, ornaments, plans, fountains, views, gardens and Arabic inscriptions of the Alhambra complex and the Mosque at Cordoba. The publishers continued publishing the work until 1820, when their partnership was dissolved and publisher H.G. Bohn acquired the plates producing an additional four (starred) plates as in the present work. "Many interesting instances of gothicised distortions of the Alhambra can be found in The Arabian Antiquities of Spain... By distorting the proportions of the halls and courts, Murphy transforms the Alhambra into a 'sublime' building - to use Edmund Burke's term. In the Court of the Lions for example, the length of the patio is greatly extemded, giving the impression of a long and narrow space. This contrasts with the patio as it actually is, smaller, more compact, and somewhat square in its proportions. Furthermore, and what is peculiar to Murphy, the portico in the foreground is magnified in length and height thereby 'gothicising' its features... And it appears that Murphy deliberately distorted these proportions to make them more palatable to Gothic taste, as is made clear in the text accompanying this illustration, where we find the following: 'A beautiful portico, not unlike the portals of some Gothic churches projects into this court'." (The Burlington Magazine, volume CXXVIII, number 1001, August 1986).
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