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Lot 304
ANGLO-BOER WAR. various GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES (3.25 x 3.25 inch), c1900 including battles, groups of heavily armed Boers, artillery, on board ship, several captioned ('Transvaal in War' Series) five copied from engravings, other places and subjects, a few coloured and glass negatives, boxed (50)++Condition mostly fine
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Lot 32
[OCCULT, MAGIC, SORCERY, ALCHEMY] HALL, MANLEY PAN ENCYCLOPEDIC OUTLINE OF MASONIC, HERMETIC, QABBALISTIC AND ROSICRUCIAN SYMBOLICAL PHILOSOPHY.Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages.Los Angeles, Philosophical Research Society Press, 1936. Sixth edition, folio, black and white plates and other illustrations, a good copy in the original publisher's three-quarter cloth with marbled boards, scratch to lower board. "A gorgeous, dream-like book of mysterious symbols, concise essays and colourful renderings of mythical beasts rising out of the sea, and angelic beings with lions' heads presiding over somber initiation rites in torch-lit temples of ancestral civilizations that had mastered latent powers beyond the reach of modern man." [L. Sahagun: Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly Palmer Hall]
Lot 187
* Magic lantern slides . A collection of approximately 500 magic lantern slides, late 19th and early 20th century, mostly diapositives of English churches and architecture in Suffolk, Yorkshire, Somerset, etc ., but including a group of approximately 25 diapositive lantern slides of astronomy from the Royal Astronomical Society, 1890s/1900s, some of the topographical views with manuscript labels but many detached and many seals partly broken and evidence of mildew in many of the small lantern slide boxes, together with a group of approximately 300 lithographic lantern slides of unidentified artworks contained in seven wooden slide boxesAn ownership label included with the lot suggests that this archive belonged to the East Anglian artist Harry Becker (1865-1928).(Qty: 2 cartons)
Lot 188
* Magic lantern slides. A group of approximately 200 magic lantern slides, early 20th century, mostly diapositive photographs, a few colour-tinted, plus some lithographic slides, mostly of European views and scenes, including France, Germany, plus some Near East, some with printed labels to seals, contained in three non-matching slide boxes (Qty: approx. 200)
Lot 189
* Magic lantern slides. A group of approximately 185 magic lantern slides, early 20th century, mostly diapositive views of Venice and Italy including some by George Washington Wilson and Giorgio Sommer, and including one showing the rebuilding of the Campenile in Venice, dated 7 April 1908, a few odds of Athens, Japan, Istanbul, Damascus and Alexandria, etc., many with manuscript or printed labels to seals (Qty: approx. 160)
Lot 190
* Magic lantern slides. An assorted collection of magic lantern slides and glass plate negatives, early 20th century, magic lantern slides including diapositives and many lithographic, subjects include portraits, landscapes, stories, humour, advertising, insect details, plus family photos, etc., some cracked and in poor condition (Qty: approx. 250)
Lot 193
* Magic lantern slides. A group of approximately 300 magic lantern slides, early 20th century, mostly diapositives, including approximately 70 of shipping interest, 40 coastal views and seascapes, 22 military interest, nine of trains and three of aeroplanes, plus sundry subjects including adults and children, still lives, etc. (Qty: approx. 300)
Lot 340
* The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Fairy Ring, 1917, printed by Harold Snelling circa 1920, a very rare vintage hand-coloured gelatin silver print of the photograph taken by Elsie Wright of her cousin Frances Griffiths, pencil letter 'A' to lower right corner, contemporary card mount, 14 x 19.5cmIt is unknown how many of these hand-coloured versions of the photographs were produced but from their extreme scarcity the numbers must have been very small. It is known that a woman known to Edward Gardner as 'Elsie B' coloured some magic lantern slides made from the Cottingley Fairies photographs for Edward Gardner in October 1920. Whether she was responsible for the colouring of these photographs also is not known.(Qty: 1)
Lot 454
* Angenieux 17-68mm f/2.2 Super-16 Type L1 zoom lens. Bell & Howell - Angenieux 17-68mm f/2.2 Type L1 chrome zoom lens (Serial Number 672991), made in France by P. Angenieux for Bell & Howell, for use with 16mm or Super-16 movie cameras (or digital movie cameras with adapter such as the Black Magic BMPCC), C-mount compatible, excellent condition and in good working order, User Manual included. (Qty: 2)This photographic equipment was all the working property of the legendary adventurer, photographer and mariner Alan Villiers, and is consigned to auction by his family.Born in Melbourne, Australia, Villiers first went to sea at age 15 and sailed on board traditionally rigged vessels, including the full-rigged ship Joseph Conrad. He commanded square-rigged ships for films, including Moby Dick and Billy Budd. He also commanded the Mayflower II in 1957 on its voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States.He wrote 44 books, and served as the Chairman (1960-1970) andPresident (1970-74) of the Society for Nautical Research, a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum, and Governor of the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross as a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War. Villiers also trained as a pilot, 1937-38, and sailed with Arab dhows in the Persian Gulf, 1938-39.He settled in England and when he died on 3 March 1982 at Oxford he was survived by his wife and three children.
Lot 792
Ephemera, a vast quantity of items mainly from the 19th C to include b/w photos, greetings cards, Home Office pamphlets, postcards, trade cards, sporting programmes, P & O passenger list and itinerary for 1955 trip to Bombay on board RMS Strathaird, several German and English pamphlets for the Leipzig Spring Fair 1928, Journals of the British Astronomical Society and Popular Astronomy 1896, Mixed Grill A La Card pamphlet published by The Inzani - Henley Magic Company etc (mostly gd) (100s)
Lot 482
Puffin Picture Books. A collection of 47 Puffin Picture Books, 1940s/50s, including: About a Motor Car, 1st edition, [1946]; The Arabs, 1st edition (in boards), [1947]; Everest is Climbed, 1st edition, 1954, etc., one duplicate, all with colour illustrations, some with spotting or marks (mostly minor), some with covers detached or spine deficient, three with ink ownership name on front cover, one with juvenile ink numbers on front cover, one with adhesive tape repairs to covers, one with laminated covers, Paper Birds partly deficient, oblong 8vo, together with 57 King Penguin Books, 1st editions, 1939-1959, including: British Birds, 1939; Romney Marsh, 1950; Birds of La Plata, 1952; Magic Books from Mexico, 1953; Egyptian Paintings, 1954, all illustrated, original boards, many in dust jackets, variable condition, 8vo (Qty: 104)
Lot 41
World War 1 & 1920's Magic Lantern slides and Reconnaissance Prints: A very interesting collection of glass slides in two wooden boxes- 6 show aircraft with imprint of Sports Aviation - Farman, Santos Sumont, June Bug, Wilburt Wright and Colonel Coddy (Cody) in French, 4 of Cheltenham College dated 1921, 16 Recconnaissane Views with some marked Messines and one named Bombing Train, 15 Aircraft views. In Addition there are five larger rectangular plates of Aerial Recconaissanne with the original prints
Lot 708
A late 19th Century black japanned metal and lacquered brass magic lantern by City Sale and Exchange, 26 and 28 Kings Road, Sloane Square, London SW, 17ins x 14ins x 6ins, with outer box, together with six boxes of magic lantern slides, one box containing wooden mounted slides, with sets including Cinderella, Aladdin, The Pied Piper of Hamlin and Little Red Riding Hood, various
Lot 86
Electro Roulette, made in England, original box; an Auto-Magic picture gun, made in USA; a film set 260 showing Skeezix Squirrel, Eagle Nest and not politically correct Blacko in the Jungle, original box; Solitaire, 1960, mint condition, in original box; little Nurses outfit, made by Heaton in Great Britain, Golly in bed on illustration, not politically correct, in original box (4)
Lot 977
A collection of Rupert the Bear annuals (includes multiples), earliest 1949 (soft back edition, name plate completed but otherwise very good condition) and further mixed condition 1950, 1956, 1958, continuous 1960-1984 with eleven further years including 1986, 1988 and 1989, also 1936 and 1937 facsimile editions, also other Rupert publications including 'Three Stories of the Little Bear's Adventures' by M. Tourtel circa 1948, 'Rupert Pictures and Stories with Coloured Cut-Outs' circa 1950 (a few images removed) and further annuals including The Topper 1970, Cor!! 1976, The Sparky Book 1976 and late 20th/early 21st century Beano, Dandy, etc (varied condition, earlier worn). Additional InformationNotes on the earlier Rupert annuals 1950 annual spine missing, damage and sellotape to spine edge, name plate completed, scribble to interior, several pages torn or sellotaped, 1956 spine badly damaged, 1958 sections of spine missing, name plate completed, colouring picture completed, corner of page 107 missing, 1960 losses to spine, some writing on pages, some underlining of text, some instructions coloured, magic pictures on pages 79-87 completed, 1961 most of spine missing, page 24 written on, page 79-86 magic pictures completed, some colour bleed, 1962 spine missing, name plate completed, magic pictures on pages 63-70 completed, 1963 some spine damage, name plate written on, magic pictures on pages 63-70 completed, some internal drawing, 1964 some spine damage, name plate written on, further internal writing, magic pictures of pages 63-70 completed, 1965 some slight damage to spine, name plate completed, magic pictures on pages 79-86 completed, some bleed, 1965 slight damage to spine, magic pictures pages 79-86 completed, 1966 two thirds of spine unattached, name plate completed, magic pictures on pages 63-70 completed, some bleed on pages 62 and 71, picture to internal front cover split down spine attachment, some damage on internal rear cover but can be reglued, 1966 some spine damage, name plate completed, tear to page on 31/32, dots joined on puzzle page 32/33, magic pictures completed page 63-70, some bleed on pages 62 and 71, 1967 some spine damage, name plate completed, magic pictures on pages 31-38 completed, some bleed on pages 30 and 39, two pieces of sellotape to page 112, 1967 pages 3 and 4 missing, 1968 name plate completed, magic pictures on 31-38 completed, 1968 slight spine damage, name plate completed, magic pictures on pages 31-38 completed, slight colour bleed to facing pages, 1968 spine and outer cover marked, small part of front cover scraped away but name plate not completed, magic pictures on pages 31-38 completed, slight colour bleed to page 30, garden puzzle on page 115 completed, 1969 name plate completed but otherwise ok, 1969 some spine damage, name plate completed, internal front cover has owner's name and greeting, additional details for later editions available upon request.
Lot 356
The Story of Babar the Little Elephant by Jean De Brunhoff with a preface by A.A. Milne, Methuen 1936 in colour pictorial boards, with Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag published Coward McCann and three vintage Animal Magic Pop-up books by Bancroft 1967 (Jungle Race, Wizard's Puzzle and Zippy the Parrot)
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