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Lot 458
The parts of a 12-bore sidelever hammer gun by Boss & Co.The stock, action and forend only of gun no. 3794Sidelever, the lower tang and forend numbered '2', best foliate-scroll engraving, traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with engraved heel- and toe-plates, lever-latch forend 14½in. stockThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S2S2 Section 2 lots require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer) Licence or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 595
A trio of Cabrioli-engraved 20-bore single-trigger over-and-under ejector guns by Beschi, no. 15338/39/40The hold-open toplevers, ribs and forends engraved '1', '2' & '3' in gold, the action-bodies engraved with differing scenes of gilt-inlaid game birds in natural settings, bouquet and foliate-scrollwork, the trigger guards signed 'Cabrioli Inc.', gold-washed single-triggers with manual safety-slide and integral barrel-selector switch, the well-figured stocks (No. 1 with a crack to right lower horn and two small splits to forend) with ebonite butt-plates, the barrels each with gold inlay and engraved 'Beschi Mario Gardone V.T. Italy' with matt flat ventilated ribsNo. 1 - Weight 5lb. 15oz., 14¼in. pull (13¾in. stock), 26in. barrels, approx. ½ & ½ chokes, 2¾in. chambers, Italian nitro proofNo. 2 - Weight 5lb. 15oz., 14¼in. pull (13¾in. stock), 26in. barrels, approx. ½ & ½ chokes, 2¾in. chambers, Italian nitro proofNo. 3 - Weight 6lb. 2oz., 13in. stock, 26in. barrels, approx. ⅞ & Full chokes, 3in. chambers, Italian nitro proofIn a leather caseThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S2S2 Section 2 lots require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer) Licence or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 191
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (Editor), Camera Work, two original volumes of the magazine, numbers 22 (1908) and 34/5 (1911). No. 22 has the three half-tones missing but contains all the text and advertisements, that is, the un-numbered publication details page, article on colour photography (pp 13-24) by Steichen, article on Stieglitz's expulsion from the Camera Club of New York (pp. 25-32), New Tendancies in Art by J Nilsen Laurvik (pp.33-34), The Rodin Drawings at the Photo-Secession Galleries pp. 35-41, Rumpus in a Hen-House, Charles H Caffin pp. 42-43, The Photo-Secession Galleries and The Camera Workers (organization set up after Stieglitz expulsion from The Camera Club), 15 pages of advetisements, covers with edge losses and tears (see online images). No. 34/5, the photogravures are missing but retaining seven collotypes of Rodin watercolours, contents include all the text and advertisements, that is, the un-numbered publication details page, Rodin and the Eternality of the Pagan Soul, Benjamin de Casseres, pp. 13-14, Some Recollections of Rodin, Agnes Ernst Meyer, pp. 15-19,Rodin's Balzac, by S. H. pp.19-21, from 'The Sanity of Art' George Bernard Shaw, p.22, The New Art in Paris, Marius de Zayas, pp. 29-34, four plates from Rodin exhibition, each separated by blank page, A Note on Paul Cezanne, Charles H Caffin, pp.47-51, three furthe Rodin plates, Arthur Symonds on Rodin's Drawings, pp.63-64, Pablo Picasso, Marius de Zayas, pp.65-67, 14 pages of advertisements, pages loose in both copies.
![** Please note, the description for this lot has changed. **[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz." The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7ed54e3-d8c6-448e-b190-ae8a010a1cd3/64376e77-07d6-4f7b-870c-ae8a0110b2b9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 114
** Please note, the description for this lot has changed. **[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz." The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, bound from the 20 original parts in 19, mixed but early issues with the rare 2 plates by Buss present in part 3, half-title, frontispiece, additional engraved title, and plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), some toning and foxing, offsetting of plates, original wrapper to part I bound at front, wrapper parts II-XX bound together after text (few with ink ownership inscriptions), 148pp advertisements at rear, some trimmed, contemporary polished calf by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco labels, g.e., upper joint splitting but still a handsome copy, Chapman and Hall, [Eckel pp.17-58; Hatton & Cleaver pp.3-88], 8vo, 1836-7.⁂ First edition of Dickens' first novel, handsomely bound from the rare monthly parts. Notoriously bibliographically complicated, with complex series of issue points for text, plates and advertisements.
Lot 120
Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first edition, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, initial advertisement leaf for "Great Hoggarty Diamond" present, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and 38 plates, wood-engraved vignettes, original covers bound in at end (lightly soiled), light foxing and offsetting to plates, 19th century blue panelled morocco by Ramage, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, cream watered silk doublures and endpapers (edges very lightly frayed), leather book-label of Estelle Doheny, t.e.g., joints lightly rubbed but a very attractive copy overall, 8vo, 1848.⁂ Book-label of Estelle Doheny (1875-1958), philanthropist in Los Angeles and a renowned collector of books.
Lot 122
Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 19/20 monthly parts, first issue with part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, wood engraved frontispiece and 39 plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green, original wrappers bound together with 16pp. front advertisements only at end of each vol., bookplates to pastedown, occasional spot but generally very clean internally, wrappers trimmed without loss, fore-edges brittle, a few creased or stained, contemporary purple morocco, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, very light rubbing to joints, but overall an attractive set, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.343-370], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1864-5.
Lot 134
Stevenson (Robert Louis) and Lloyd Osbourne. The Wrong Box, first American edition, bookplate of William Prescott Watts to front pastedown, New York, 1889; The Wrecker, first edition, frontispiece, plates, light bumping to foot of spine and lower corners, otherwise bright and fine, ?publisher's plain dust-jacket, lower panel torn and creased, graphite rubbing on spine lettering visible, 1892; The Ebb-Tide, light toning to endpapers, spine darkened, bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners, ink stain to lower cover, 1894, original cloth, [Prideaux I, 29, 34 & 40], 8vo (3)⁂ Stevenson's trio of collaborations with his stepson.
Lot 135
Stevenson (Robert Louis) The Body Snatcher, first separate edition, frontispiece, 3 plates, 3pp. advertisements, some light marginal toning, gutter cracking in places, light tape marks to endpapers, original lilac cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine tips and corners a little rubbed and frayed, some light marking, but a very good example overall, [Prideaux I, 43], 12mo, New York, [1895].⁂ The first of Stevenson's horror stories based in part around the notorious Burke and Hare murders.
Lot 137
Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol. first edition in book form, first issue, bound from parts, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, occasional scattered foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, spines a little darkened, extremities lightly bumped, joints a little rubbed, Smith, Elder and Co., 1867; The Warden, first edition, title lightly browned with small bookseller stamp to top right corner, occasional light finger-soiling or browning, without advertisements, late 19th century half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with morocco spine labels, [Sadleir 4, 26], 1855, 8vo (3)
![Dickens (Charles) [The Works], 30 vol., engraved plates and illustrations, one or two detached and loosely inserted, scattere](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7ed54e3-d8c6-448e-b190-ae8a010a1cd3/a38a4828-f030-4298-b4d8-ae8a0111fed9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 139
Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 38 wood-engraved plates by Luck Fildes, bookplates to pastedown and small bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, vol.1 with remnants of paper laid down to endpaper and foxing to frontispiece, hinge cracked in places but holding firm, original green cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and creased, covers lightly marked, but an excellent and bright set overall, [Sadleir 44], Chapman and Hall, 1875; and a first edition of The Vicar of Bullhampton, 8vo (3)
Lot 145
India.- Chatterjee (Ramananda) The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabrindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday, number 579 of 1,500 copies, plates and illustrations including 10 tipped-in colour (only, of 11), captioned tissue-guards, some light marginal marking or soiling, the odd tear to tissue-guards, facsimile letter by Tagor loosely inserted, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, a few worm-holes to upper cover, some light soiling, later endpapers, 4to, Calcutta, The Golden Book Committee, 1931.⁂ Rare tribute to the Indian polymath with tributes from numerous luminaries of the day including Gandhi, Nehru, Einstein, Yeats, André Gide and Theodore Dreiser.
Lot 146
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The War Speeches, 7 vol., comprising: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches, first editions, frontispieces and plates, uniform modern half-morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1941-46.
Lot 153
Pound (Ezra) and Olivia Shakespear.- Budge (E.A. Wallis) The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani, a Reproduction in Facsimile, 2 vol., illustrations, folding plates, pencil inscription to vol.1 front free endpaper "To O[livia] S[haskespear] from E[dith] M. W[ood]" followed by "Given to EMW by Mr Ezra Pound, October 19, 1938, in memory of O.S. who passed on Oct. 3." below which in red crayon "Left to C[onstance] S[itwell] by E.M.W. 1954, original cloth, light marking and toning to spines rubbed, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 4to, 1913.⁂ With an intriguing literary provenance. Apparently initially gifted by Wood (a member of the Shakespear family) to Olivia Shakespear who then either lent or gifted the book to Pound who in turn would gift it back to Wood following the death of his mother-in-law Olivia.
Lot 211
Thatcher (Margaret) The Downing Street Years, one of 250 copies, 1993; The Path to Power, one of 500 copies, 1995; The Collected Speeches, one of 200 copies, 1997, all signed by the author to title, plates, original blue morocco, g.e., slip-case, mint copies, 8vo.⁂ The two volumes of Thatcher's autobiography together with her speeches.
Lot 217
Beardsley (Aubrey) A Portfolio of...Drawings Illustrating "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, title/list of plates and 17 unnumbered plates by Beardsley, all on Japanese vellum, small stain to lower corner of title, final plate with light crease to corner, loose as issued in original half cloth portfolio, gilt, lacking ties, flap detached, rubbed and soiled, lower cover a little worn, 4to, [?1906].⁂ Including one unpublished drawing 'Salome on Settle'.
![Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur..., third edition, one of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7ed54e3-d8c6-448e-b190-ae8a010a1cd3/20f6bb50-b4d6-4326-ad86-ae8a0110f163/468x382.jpg)
Lot 218
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur..., third edition, one of 1600 copies, 20 plates, illustrations, initials and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, tissue guards, original pictorial black cloth, gilt, designed Beardsley, t.e.g., others uncut, a superb bright copy in the scarce original dust-jacket (torn and frayed), 4to, 1927 .⁂ Initially issued by Dent in 12 parts this was Beardsley's first commission as a 20-year-old art student and the one which made his reputation. This is the most complete edition of the work, with ten illustrations not included in the two first printings.
Lot 223
Dulac (Edmund).- Housman (Laurence) Princess Badoura, A Tale from the Arabian Nights, one of 750 copies signed by the artist,10 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, captioned tissue guards, advertisement flyer for the exhibition of Dulac's original drawings for the work at the Leicester Galleries in 1913 loosely inserted (foxed), ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine and extremities a little darkened, and covers lightly soiled, but overall a bright and crisp copy, [c.1913].
![Lang (Andrew) [The Fairy Books], 12 vol., all but one first editions, 'Red' book second edition, colour and plain plates by H](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7ed54e3-d8c6-448e-b190-ae8a010a1cd3/d356277f-560e-439c-8e38-ae8a0111a7f1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 226
Lang (Andrew) [The Fairy Books], 12 vol., all but one first editions, 'Red' book second edition, colour and plain plates by H. J. Ford and others, the 'Olive', 'Pink', 'Orange', and 'Crimson' clean and crisp, others with occasional light spotting or browning, some with contemporary ink ownership signatures or gift presentations, 'Brown' with attractive contemporary hand-colouring, 'Green' and 'Yellow' with occasional crude hand-colouring to plates, 'Grey' with abrasion marks to pastedown and hinges reinforced with tape, original pictorial cloth, spine ends bumped and creased, spines faded, worse to the 'Yellow' book, still overall an attractive set, 8vo, 1889-1910.⁂ A bright and crisp set of Lang's beloved Fairy Books.
Lot 228
Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, deluxe edition, one of 500 copies signed by the artist to limitation page, pictorial endpapers, 50 coloured tipped in plates by Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, minor bowing, bump to corner, lge 4to, 1906.
Lot 229
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) A Wonder Book, number 170 of 600 copies signed by the artist to limitation page, 6 tipped-in colour plates and illustrations by Rackham, captioned tissue guards, pictorial endpapers, original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, very lightly soiled, spine lightly faded, 4to, [1922].
Lot 230
Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, original sketch "The Hero" by Rackham to half-title, mounted plates and illustrations by Rackham, presentation bookplate to pastedown, endpapers lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities, lightly bumped and frayed, spine faded, 4to, 1920.
Lot 231
Rackham (Arthur).- La Motte-Fouqué (Friedrich de) Undine, one of 1000 copies, signed by the artist to limitation page, 15 tipped-in colour plates by Rackham, captioned tissue guards, armorial bookplate to pastedown, half-title and last f. lightly browned, original pictorial vellum, gilt, light surface soiling and marking, but still a bright and crisp example overall, upper silk tie detached and loosely inserted, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1909.⁂ Bookplate of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India.
Lot 232
Rackham (Arthur).- Phillpotts (Eden) A Dish of Apples, number 288 of 500 copies signed by the author and artist to limitation page, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 2 colour plates by Rackham, tissue-guards, illustrations, light browning to pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly soiled, spine ends lightly bumped and creased, spine a little faded, 4to, 1921.
Lot 233
Rackham (Arthur).- Ruskin (John) The King of the Golden River, number 62 of 570 numbered copies signed by the artist to colophon page, 4 colour plates and illustrations by Rackham, mostly unopenend, original vellum wrappers, lettered in gilt, original slip-case (lightly soiled and rubbed, paper label peeling), else fine, 8vo, 1932.
Lot 234
Rackham (Arthur).- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Springtide of Life. Poems for Children, number 669 of 100 copies reserved for the USA, from an edition limited to 765 copies signed by the artist, 9 tipped-in colour plates and illustrations by Rackham, endpapers lightly browned, occasional light spotting and soiling, small damp-staining to corner of final few ff., original vellum-backed boards, gilt, lightly soiled, corners bumped, remnants of silk bookmark loosely inserted, t.e.g., 4to, Philadelphia, 1908.
Lot 235
Turner (J.M.W.).- Hofland (Mrs.) River Scenery, by Turner and Girtin, engraved title and 20 fine mezzotint plates after Turner and Girtin on china paper and mounted, contemporary ink signature of A.Keightley to head of title, one plate with small stain, some with very slight spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Ray, England 12], folio, W.B.Cooke, 1827.⁂ Although the list of plates calls for 18 plates Ray calls for 20. "Turner's rendering of light on clouds and water puts these scenes among his finest prints, while Girtin's darker engravings have a gloomy majesty". (Ray)
Lot 240
Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia..., translated by H.F.Cary, number 891 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, engraved bookplate of Grahame B.Tubbs, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a few small spots, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.
![Canada.- [Maseres (Francis)] Additional papers concerning the Province of Quebeck, first edition, engraved hand-coloured map](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b7ed54e3-d8c6-448e-b190-ae8a010a1cd3/63ac615a-2360-4e1d-bdac-ae8a0110e5e3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 249
Canada.- [Maseres (Francis)] Additional papers concerning the Province of Quebeck, first edition, engraved hand-coloured map "Quebec and its Environs" dated 1813 laid onto title verso, 2 other Quebec plates loosely inserted, lacking final blank f., title with some show-through from glue on verso with contemporary ink ownership inscription and ink stamp, occasional light browning, modern morocco-backed boards, [Sabin 45411], 8vo, W. White, 1776.
Lot 250
Canadiana.- Cockburn (Maj. Gen. James Pattison, military artist and topographical draughtsman, 1779-1847), After. [Six Landscape of Quebec City and Six Views of Niagara Falls], 2 suites in 1 vol., both complete comprising a total of 12 aquatints with etching, all with full vibrant original hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic, on Whatman wove paper, each with crisp watermark and date, the majority '1830', 2 sheets '1831', and 1 sheet '1832', each platemark approx. 520 x 700 mm (20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in), full margins with each sheet approx. 560 x 800 mm (22 x 31 1/2 in), the front free endpapers with some toning to extremities from binding but not affecting the plates, plates 1 and 2 of the Quebec Views with light creasing and small printer's crease, plate 6 with small 1-2 cm vertical tear in the centre margin, otherwise marginal surface dirt and finger-soiling throughout, some very minor spotting, minor cockling and handling creases, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt 'Canadian Scenery. Cockburn.', blue marbled boards with green morocco label to upper cover, gilt with title 'Views in the Canadas', corners bumped and scuffed, some signs of light wear, collector's bookplate of J.J. Colman to front pastedown with manuscript ink label no. '291', oblong elephant folio, published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833 "Views of Quebec" include:Plate 1 - This View of Cape Diamond and Wolf's Cove from Point a Pizeau, by Charles HuntPlate 2 - The Ice Pont Formed between Quebec & Point Levi, by I. StewartPlate 3 - This View of Quebec from below Aubigny Church, Point Levi, by H. PyallPlate 4 - This View of the Falls of Montmorency (Quebec in the distance), by Charles HuntPlate 5 - This View of The Cone of Montmorency, as it appeared in 1829, by C. BentlyPlate 6 - This View of The Lower City of Quebec, from the Parapet of the Upper City, by Charles Hunt"Views of Niagara Falls" include:Plate 1 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of Table Rock & Horse-Shoe-Fall, by Charles HuntPlate 2 - The Falls of Niagara. This General View above the English Ferry, by Jno. EdgePlate 3 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from below Goat-Island, by Charles HuntPlate 4 - The Falls of Niagara. This View from the Upper Bank, English Side, by Charles HuntPlate 5 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the American Fall, from Goat Island, by C. BentlyPlate 6 - The Falls of Niagara. This View of the Horse-Shoe-Fall, from Goat Island, by Charles Hunt⁂ 'These prints are the most famous of all those created by artists active in Canada in the nineteenth century, [...] they are unrivalled in terms of complexity and difficulty...' [R. Villeneuve, Lord Dalhousie: Patron and Collector, Ottawa, 2008, p. 74]A rare opportunity to acquire the complete "double series" of all 12 aquatint views after Cockburn. One set was offered in two separate suites of six as part of The Winkworth Collection (see Christie's The Winkworth Collection: A Treasure House of Canadiana in London, lots 133 and 202), but we have been unable to trace another example of both suites together in a contemporary binding.
Lot 258
Crete.- Pashley (Robert) Travels in Crete, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 10 lithographed plates, folding map and plate of inscriptions, wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, occasional ink and pencil notes to margins, 1 or 2 additional illustrations laid onto blank margins, vol. 1 title remains of adhesive strip to inner margin, bookplate and ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown and endpapers, original cloth, light sunning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed but a good set overall, [Blackmer 1263; Not in Abbey], 8vo, Cambridge & London, 1837.⁂ "First edition of this important work... Pashley spent most of 1834 in Crete, exploring it in detail. He was accompanied by Antonio Schranz, a member of the Maltese family of artists, who did the drawings... Pasley and Schranz visited practically every village, monasteries, ancient sites, etc. and have produced a detailed account of the island." - Blackmer.
Lot 259
Crete.- Spratt (Thomas Abel Bremage) Travels and Researches in Crete, 2 vol., first edition, 14 tinted lithographed plates after Spratt, mostly views, one folding, and 2 plates of inscriptions and one of coins, 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, numerous lithographed or wood-engraved illustrations on india paper and mounted in the text, some full-page, with advertisement leaf at beginning of vol.1 and end of vol.2, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased with neat repairs to joints and spine ends, spines darkened, light rubbing and mottling, [Blackmer 1590], 8vo, 1865.⁂ An important survey of Crete, including an appendix comparing Cretan dialect to modern Greek by Viscount Strangford.
Lot 260
Egypt.- Gardiner (Alan H., editor) The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, 4 vol., first edition, plates, many colour, many double-page, original cloth, occasional light marking to covers and spines, large folio, 1933-58.⁂ First edition of this monumental work on the Temple complex of King Sethos, published over a 25 year period.
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