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Lot 5
A Doulton Lambeth commemorative mug for Queen Victoria's 1897 Jubilee, decorated in raised relief with two oval portrait medallions, 10cm high, a Doulton Lambeth ink bottle, circular salt and miniature flagon, together with a stoneware flask impressed 'Mason Old-King-Harry Mile-End Road', a Macintyre Burslem porcelain commemorative teapot, for the coronation of King Edward VII, and a jug decorated with blossom, with metal lid
Lot 111
Late 20th-century school, two cast plaster moulds after classical/Renaissance paintings. The white example after Rogier Van der Weyden's 'Portrait of a Lady' and the smaller terracotta-colored example after Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'. Each with sculptors stamp 'JF.' verso. The larger white example: 27cm x 20cm x 2.5cm. (2)Footnote: Provenance: Direct from the estate of Nancy Fouts (1945-2019)See the Dawsons website article for further information
Lot 734
3 Signed & Framed Royal Air Force Pictures 12 x 17 Including A Signed Portrait of Wing Commander S. A. H. Whitehouse 88438 Sgt Pilot 501 Squadron 1940, 605 (F) Squadron. Signed Hawker Hurricane Mk 1. L2061. UP-U of 605 (F) Squadron 1940, Signed No 1 (F) Squadron. Hawker Hurricane Mk1. P3396. JX-Y of Number 1 (F) Squadron 1940. 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 2081
(See English version below)Werner Rohde (Bremen 1906 – 1990 Worpswede). Selbstporträt, City Hotel, Place Dauphine, Paris. 1929Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug. 11,3 × 8,2 cm (13 × 9 cm) ( 4 ½ × 3 ¼ in. (5 ⅛ × 3 ½ in.)). [2001] Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Werner Rohde (Bremen 1906 – 1990 Worpswede). Self portrait, City Hotel, Place Dauphine, Paris. 1929Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 11,3 × 8,2 cm (13 × 9 cm) ( 4 ½ × 3 ¼ in. (5 ⅛ × 3 ½ in.)). [2001] We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 2082
(See English version below)Richard Oelze (Magdeburg 1900 – 1980 Posteholz). Doppelbildnis. Um 1925Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug. 14,1 × 9,8 cm (14,6 × 10,3 cm) ( 5 ½ × 3 ⅞ in. (5 ¾ × 4 in.)). Rückseitig von unbekannter Hand mit blauem Kugelschreiber datiert: „1924/25" sowie beschriftet.[2009] Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Richard Oelze (Magdeburg 1900 – 1980 Posteholz). Double portrait. Circa 1925Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 14,1 × 9,8 cm (14,6 × 10,3 cm) ( 5 ½ × 3 ⅞ in. (5 ¾ × 4 in.)). Dated: „1924/25" as well as inscribed by an unknown hand in blue ballpoint pen on the reverse.[2009] We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 107
(See English version below)Wilhelm von Kügelgen (St. Petersburg 1802 – 1867 Ballenstedt). Porträt der Schwester Adelheid von Kügelgen. 1827Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 25,1 × 21,6 cm ( 9 ⅞ × 8 ½ in.). Von ihrer Tochter Maria Smend auf einem beigegebenen Aufkleber mit Feder in Braun beschriftet: Adelheid von Kügelgen / geb. 1808 zu Dresden / gemalt 1827 / von ihrem Bruder / W. v. Kügelgen. / M. Smend.[3275] Gerahmt. Provenienz: Adelheid von Kügelgen (bis vor wenigen Jahren in Familienbesitz)Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Wilhelm von Kügelgen (St. Petersburg 1802 – 1867 Ballenstedt). Portrait of sister Adelheid von Kügelgen. 1827Oil on canvas. Relined. 25,1 × 21,6 cm ( 9 ⅞ × 8 ½ in.). Inscribed by her daughter Maria Smend on a enclosed label in pen and brown ink: Adelheid von Kügelgen / geb. 1808 zu Dresden / gemahlt 1827 / von ihrem Bruder / W. V. Kügelgen. / M. Smend.[3275] Framed. Provenance: Adelheid von Kügelgen (in family collection until a few years ago)We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 113
(See English version below)Anton Graff (Winterthur 1736 – 1813 Dresden). Porträt der Herzogin Dorothea von Kurland. Um 1785Öl auf Leinwand. 84,5 × 66,5 cm ( 33 ¼ × 26 ⅛ in.). Nicht bei Berckenhagen. – Mit einem Gutachten von Prof. Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan, Berlin, vom 27.01.2011. Doubliert. Randretuschen. [3346] Gerahmt. Provenienz: Privatsammlung, NorddeutschlandWir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Anton Graff (Winterthur 1736 – 1813 Dresden). Portrait of Duchess Dorothea von Courland. Circa 1785Oil on canvas. 84,5 × 66,5 cm ( 33 ¼ × 26 ⅛ in.). Not in the catalogue raisonné by Berckenhagen. – accompanied by a certificate by Prof. Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan, Berlin, from 27.01.2011. Relined. Retouchings in the margins. [3346] Framed. Provenance: Private Collection, Northern Germany We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 150
(See English version below)Max Liebermann (1847 – Berlin – 1935). Marktfrau. Vor 1891Kreide auf Papier. 48 × 31,5 cm ( 18 ⅞ × 12 ⅜ in.). Unten links mit dem Nachlassstempel in Schwarz (Lugt 4763): M Liebermann.Rückseitig zwei Kopfstudien von Philippine Liebermann, der Mutter des Künstlers, für das große Elternbildnis von 1891 (Eberle 1891/16). Kreide, weiß gehöht. Kleine Randmängel. [3378] Gerahmt. Provenienz: Nachlass des Künstlers / Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg / Hermann F. Reemtsma, Hamburg (am 12.9.1941 bei Gurlitt erworben) / Stiftung Hanna Reemtsma Haus, Rissen (1974; 2021 an die Erben nach Martha Liebermann restituiert)Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Max Liebermann (1847 – Berlin – 1935). Market woman. Before 1891Chalk on paper. 48 × 31,5 cm ( 18 ⅞ × 12 ⅜ in.). The estate stamp in black lower left (Lugt 4763): M Liebermann.On the reverse two head studies of Philippine Liebermann, the mother of the artist, for the large parent portrait from 1891 (Eberle 1891/16). Chalk, heightened with white. Minor imperfections in the margins. [3378] Framed. Provenance: Estate of the artist / Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg / Hermann F. Reemtsma, Hamburg (acquired on the 12.9.1941 near Gurlitt) / Stiftung Hanna Reemtsma Haus, Rissen (1974; restituted in 2021 to the heirs of Martha Liebermann)We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 175
(See English version below)Fidus (d.i. Hugo Höppener) (Lübeck 1868 – 1948 Woltersdorf b. Berlin). Selbstbildnis (mit Beigabe: Kopfzeichnung). 1891Kohle auf Bütten (Wasserzeichen: E D & Cie. PL BAS). 61,5 × 47,5 cm ( 24 ¼ × 18 ¾ in.). Unten rechts monogrammiert und datiert: F. 13 III 91.Beigabe: Kopf eines Mannes. Bleistift auf Papier. 24,6 x 21,7 cm. Unten links monogrammiert und datiert: F. Juli 08. [3390] Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass des KünstlersErratum/Addendum: Provenienz: Privatsammlung, BerlinWir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Fidus (i.e. Hugo Höppener) (Lübeck 1868 – 1948 Woltersdorf near Berlin). Self-portrait (with supplement: head drawing). 1891Charcoal on laid paper (watermark: E D & Cie. PL BAS). 61,5 × 47,5 cm ( 24 ¼ × 18 ¾ in.). Monogrammed and dated lower right: F. 13 III 91.Supplement: head of a man. Pencil on paper. 24,6 x 21,7 cm. Monogrammed and dated lower left: F. July 08. [3390] Provenance: From the estate of the artistErratum/Addendum: Provenance: Private collection, BerlinWe charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 176
(See English version below)Osmar Schindler (Burkhardtsdorf 1867 – 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz). Selbstbildnis unter einer Gaslampe. Pastell auf Papier. 40,5 × 31,2 cm ( 16 × 12 ¼ in.). Unten links mit dem Stempel: Nachlass Prof. Osmar Schindler 1867-1927.Unregelmäßig beschnitten. [3509] Gerahmt. Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass des KünstlersWir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Osmar Schindler (Burkhardtsdorf 1867 – 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz). Self-portrait under a gas lamp. Pastel on paper. 40,5 × 31,2 cm ( 16 × 12 ¼ in.). Lower left the stamp: Nachlass Prof. Osmar Schindler 1867-1927.Unevenly trimmed. [3509] Framed. Provenance: From the estate of the artistWe charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 189
(See English version below)Deutsch, um 1900. Frauenporträt. Öl auf Leinwand auf Pappe. 29,8 × 24,6 cm ( 11 ¾ × 9 ⅝ in.). Rückseitig oben rechts mit Pinsel in Weiß bez.: Emil Orlik.[3429] Gerahmt. Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.German, circa 1900. Portrait of a woman. Oil on canvas on cardboard. 29,8 × 24,6 cm ( 11 ¾ × 9 ⅝ in.). Signed with brush in white on the reverse upper right: Emil Orlik.[3429] Framed. We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 1
Woldemar Hau (Russian, 1816-1895)Portrait of a young girl in a summer dress enclosed in a blue velvet frame with oval aperture outlined with bronze ormolu border; verso covered with blue moire fabric, with additional panel in the same fabric connected with a pair of blue ribbons and attached paper label from Nicholls & Plincke 'Magasine Anglaise' in St. Petersburgsigned in Latin and dated '1849' (centre right)watercolour over pencil on paper17 x 14.5cm (6 3/4 x 5 3/4in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 133
A Porcelain Cup and SaucerImperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, first quarter of 19th centurythe cylindrical cup, painted with a portrait of Emperor Alexander I after G. Kügelgen, within a gilt rim and burgundy reserve, interior gilt; the saucer with a multi-coloured border, the centre containing gilt Imperial coat-of-arms within a square burgundy reserve and gilt rims, apparently unmarked, incised with initial 'P' under base of the cup height of cup: 6.2cm (2 7/16in). (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGalerie Popoff, ParisChristie's, London, Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art, 12-13 October 2009, lot 501Acquired at the above by the previous ownerPrivate collection, UKThence by succession to the present ownerExhibitedMoscow, State Historical Museum, War and Peace 1812, an exhibition from private domestic and foreign collections, December 2008 - March 2009LiteratureA. L. Kusakin et al., War and Peace 1812, an exhibition from private domestic and foreign collections, Moscow, 2008, p. 202, no. 324(1)For a portrait of Alexander I after Gerhard Kügelgen, see D.A. Rovinskii, Dictionary of Russian engraved Portraits, vol. 1, St. Petersburg, 1889, p. 38.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 151
A Soviet Porcelain Plate 'He Who Does Not Work Does Not Eat'after a design by Mikhail Adamovich (1884-1947), State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd, 1921circular, with undulating rim, painted with a portrait of V.I. Lenin after a sketch by Natan Altman, half an Imperial Eagle, a red star and ration cards, inscribed 'RSFSR' and 'Lenin' in Cyrillic, the border with varicoloured slogan, marked on the underside with blue hammer, sickle and cog, dated 1921, and bearing exhibition label for E. Ekstein Ltd. & I.J. Mazure Ltd., 1987 diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith E. Ekstein Ltd. & I.J. Mazure Ltd., circa 1987 (label on verso)Private collection, UKExhibitedLondon, E. Ekstein Ltd. & I.J. Mazure Ltd. (90 Jermyn St.), A Unique Exhibition of Russian Agitprop Porcelain Plates, 14 - 24 December 1987, no. 14The plate with the slogan 'He Who Does Not Work Does Not Eat' is arguably one of the most recognised designs by Mikhail Adamovich. Created in 1921-1922, it was produced for several years while the original design underwent various alterations. For a similarly painted variant dated 1923 in the collection of The State Museum of Ceramics and Kuskovo Memorial Estate see postcard from the set Soviet Porcelain. State Museum of Ceramics and Kuskovo Memorial Estate XVIII century, 1971, collection of the Smolensk State Museum and Reserve, published in goskatalog.ru, no. 19936950.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 57
Lidia Masterkova (Russian, 1927-2008)Untitled no. 36 signed in Cyrillic and dated '62' (lower right); further signed, dated, and numbered '36' (verso); backing board with attached photograph of the artist and a reproduction of the sheet versopencil on paper28 x 46cm (11 x 18 1/8in).Footnotes:The present lot is offered with a photographic portrait of Lidia Masterkova by Igor Palmin (born 1933), 1968, signed and dated '68' on reverse (42.5 x 52.5cm) and catalogue M. Mautner Markhof, Kunst im Untergrund: Nonkonformistische Künstler aus der Sowjetunion, Vienna, 1999.(3)ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner directly from the artist in ParisExhibitedVienna, Albertina im Akademiehof, Kunst im Untergrund: Nonkonformistische Künstler aus der Sowjetunion, December 1999 - February 2000LiteratureM. Mautner Markhof, Kunst im Untergrund: Nonkonformistische Künstler aus der Sowjetunion, Vienna, 1999, illustrated pp. 140-141, no. 6This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 58
Vladimir Nemukhin (Russian, 1925-2016)Jack-Retro signed in Cyrillic and dated '2005 (lower middle) and titled (lower right); further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'Ratingen' (verso)gouache and pencil on paper70.3 x 54.5cm (27 11/16 x 21 7/16in).Footnotes:The present lot is offered with a photographic portrait of Vladimir Nemukhin in his studio by Igor Palmin (born 1933), signed in Cyrillic and dated '78' on reverse (52.5 x 42.5cm), and catalogue Kenda & Jacob Bar-Gera, Wladimir Nemuchin, Gallery Bargera, Cologne 1990.(3)ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner directly from the artist in MoscowThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 62
Sergei Shutov (Russian, born 1955)'Portrait', together with 'Provincial travels' 'Portrait': signed in Cyrillic, further inscribed with title and dated '1996' (verso); 'Provincial travels': signed in Cyrillic and dated '87' (lower right); backing board with attached printed paper label with artist's name, title and date and an export stamp'Portrait': mixed media on canvas; 'Provincial travels': mixed media and collage on paperSize of the largest: 61 х 43cm (24 x 16 15/16in).Footnotes:The present lot is offered with catalogue Hermitage in Holland, Nieuwe Weelde, Rotterdam, 1988. (3)ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner directly from the artist in MoscowThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 69
Lev Kropivnitsky (Russian, 1922-1995)Kindred Spirits II signed with Cyrillic initials and dated 'LK-89' (lower left); further inscribed with artist's name, titled and dated '11.1989' (verso)oil on canvas90 x 80.4cm (35 7/16 x 31 5/8in).unframedFootnotes:The present lot is offered with a photographic portrait of Lev Kropivnitsky by Lev Melikhov (born 1951), signed in Latin, titled and dated '1985' (41 x 31cm), and catalogues Lev Kropivnistky, Moscow, 1989, and Neues Labyrinth: 10 Kunstler aus Russland, Cologne, 1992. (4)ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner directly from the artist in MoscowLiteratureLev Kropivnitsky, 1922-1994: Life and Work, Moscow, 1995, listed p. 224, no. 209This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 108
Taiwan.- Pickering (William Alexander) Pioneering in Formosa: Recollections of Adventures among Mandarins, Wreckers, & Head-Hunting Savages, first edition, presentation inscription by author, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 23 plates, 1 map, advertisements at end, occasional spotting, cracked hinge, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1898.⁂ Pickering worked as a tidewaiter for the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs office in Fuzhou and Formosa (now Taiwan) in the 1860s and learnt the local dialect. In 1877 he was appointed as the first Protector to administer the Chinese Protectorate in colonial Singapore. Speaking both Mandarin and Hokkien, the first European in Singapore to do so, he managed to keep the secret societies under control, maintaining authority and subduing unrest by playing his bagpipes in the street.
Lot 12
Africa.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, second edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), occasional faint spotting, bookplate of Kimbolton Castle, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to, 1822.⁂ Burckhardt travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other though the Nubian desert.
Lot 15
Africa.- Cagnolo (Fr. C.) The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, folding map at end, plates, of which 2 colour, small abrasion marks to one or two plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to half-title, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners, [Hosken p.37], Kenya, 1933 § Burrows (Capt. Guy) The Land of the Pigmies, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's signatures to front free endpaper, bookplate, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.33], 1898; and others similar, 8vo (8)⁂ The second with the bookplate of I. & F.W. Hosken, authors of "A Catalogue of Books on Africa mainly south of the equator".
Lot 16
Africa.- Casati (Maj. Gaetano) Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, plates, illustrations, 4 folding maps in pockets at end, related newspaper article dated 1896 loosely inserted, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.43], 1891 § Mounteney-Jephson (A. J.) Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map (short tears to folds) and folding facsimile (torn at folds) in pocket at end, cracked hinges, occasional marginal soiling, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1891, 8vo (3)
Lot 220
NO RESERVE World.- British Empire.- Anonymous. Coronation King Edward VIII souvenir flag map, with a portrait of the King and a double-hemisphere world map with the British Empire coloured red, and the Royal Arms illustrated over a Union Jack background, colour-printed wood engraving on linen, 230 x 320 mm (9 x 12 1/2 in), small holes and rough edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1936].⁂ The flag was printed in 1936 ready for the Coronation which was to take place the following year. However, Edward VIII chose love and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson rather than the throne and crown. Edward abdicated on 11th December 1936 and George VI was crowned instead..
Lot 26
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding lithograph frontispiece, 2 tinted lithographs, engraved portrait, 21 woodcut plates, 1 folding plan, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), illustrations, scattered faint spotting, cracked upper hinge, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Czech p.97], 8vo, 1857.
Lot 28
Africa.- Livingstone (David).- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, second edition, half-title, albumen portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 6 maps (4 folding, 1 with tears neatly repaired), occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1872 § The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D., frontispiece, additional vignette title, 15 plates, 1 map, occasional marginal finger-soiling, orginal morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed, n.d.; 8vo & large 4to (2)
Lot 29
Africa.- Lugard (Frederick D.) The Rise of our East African Empire, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispieces, plates, 9 maps of which 5 folding with 2 in pockets, illustrations, advertisements at end vol. 1, pp.327-330 vol.1 unbound but loosely inserted, faint water-staining to gutter of first few leaves (vol. 2), original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.100], Edinburgh & London, 1893 § Lugard (Lady, Flora Shaw) A Tropical Dependency, 2 folding maps, foxing, original cloth, rubbed and worn, 1906, 8vo (3)
Lot 3
Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) Ismailïa: a Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 maps, 1 folding with short tear, advertisements at end vol. 1, occasional faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1874; and others by the same, 8vo (4)
Lot 33
Africa.- Pasha (Rudolf C. Slatin) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, portrait frontispiece, 21 plates, folding colour map, advertisements at end, spotting and browning, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, 1896 § Gouldsbury (Cullen) and Hubert Sheane, The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, spotting, cracked hinges, abrasion mark to front pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed and worn, 1911 § Johnston (Sir Harry) The Nile Quest, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, occasional spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, n.d.; and others, Africa, 8vo (22)
Lot 42
Africa.- Smith (A.Donaldson) Through Unknown African Countries, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 6 folding maps, small abrasion mark to title where ink-stamp partially removed, front free endpaper and half-title strengthened at edges, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.149], 1897 § Burrows (Captain Guy) The Curse of Central Africa, first edition, 4th impression, half-title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, large folding colour map, occasional faint spotting, advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.33], 1903 § Elliot (G.F. Scott) A Naturalist in Mid-Africa, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.66], 1895; and others similar, 8vo (5)
Lot 44
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first American edition, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 9 maps only (of 10), 3 folding, one with tears to folds, one detached and loosely inserted, occasional marginal water-staining, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1878.
Lot 56
America.- Hunter (John Dunn) Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians in North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen, third edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece, endpapers, portrait and title foxed, some spotting and staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Sabin 33921], 8vo, Longman, Hurst, Rees [&c.], 1824.⁂ The veracity of this account has often been questioned. He states that he was kidnapped by Kickapoo Indians at an early age and remembers nothing of his family, becoming a tribal warrior until he returned to white settlements in 1816 to seek an education. He was eventually murdered by Cherokees during a complex boundary dispute in Texas in 1828.
Lot 6
Africa.- Big Game.- Chanler (William Astor) Through Jungle and Desert, first American edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, large folding map in pocket at end, torn on folds, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.34], New York, 1896 § Bland-Sutton (Sir John) Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia, first edition, inscribed and signed by author, half-title, illustrations, partially un-opened, ex-Nurses Medical Library with ink-stamp final pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.18], 1911 § Willoughby (Capt. Sir John C.) East Africa and its Big Game, first edition, frontispiece, 17 plates, folding map at end, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Czech p.175], 1889; and 3 others similar, 8vo (6)
Lot 62
China.- Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, first complete edition (i.e. third edition) of Mao's final text, variant issue with Lin Biao's endorsement leaf uncorrected, title printed in red and green, portrait of Mao in sepia, two printed slips in pocket at rear as issued (but often lacking), small patch of damp-staining affecting title, half-title and front free endpaper, original red vinyl covers, 12mo, compiled and printed by the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, August 1965.⁂ The third edition of the Little Red Book and the first printing containing all 33 chapters and the basis for all future reprints and all translations. The original 1964 version had only 30 chapters and comprises 250pp, and the second edition (March 1965) added two more chapters taking the text to 260pp. Thus, this third edition adds the thirty-third chapter for the first time and extends the text to 270pp.. The text error in the calligraphic endorsement by Lin Biao found in all copies of the 1964 first edition was corrected in all subsequent copies (though lacking entirely in the 2nd edition). Nearly all copies of this August 1965 third edition has the endorsement leaf corrected. Curiously, in this copy, the error still occurs. Only the 2014 Grolier Club catalogue (page 49) mentions the existence of this error but indicates it has been noted in only "a few copies" and almost always the endorsement is corrected.
Lot 64
Egypt.- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Campaign commanded by Kitchener 1896-98, 10 photographic glass slides, all but one paper-taped at edges, a few cracks but images largely unaffected, housed in original fitted wooden box, c.1898.⁂ Images include: a group portrait of officers of the 21st Lancers, two of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross for actions at the Battle of Omdurman; British soldiers in Khartoum; Guards at Shabluka; and military railway construction.
Lot 95
NO RESERVE Polar.- Antarctic.- Evans (Admiral Sir E.R.G.R.) South with Scott, signed presentation copy from the author, portrait frontispiece and plates, Player's cigarette cards of Evans and Scott loosely inserted, original cloth, lightly stained and rubbed, 8vo, London & Glasgow, Collins, [1924].⁂ The presentation inscription reads 'With best wishes to M.J. Bate, Alderman, from E.R.G.R. Evans. 1938'.
Lot 97
Polar.- Evans (Commander Edward) Souvenir of Lecture: "The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913", photographic illustrations, original wrappers with photographic portrait onlay, portrait detached at foot with creasing to lower corners, [1913]; The People's Tribute to the Heroes of the Antarctic, Penny Contribution to the Lord Mayor's Fund, photographic illustrations, light creasing and soiling, covers detached, [1913], 8vo (2)⁂ A pair of rare ephemeral polar items. Commander Evans was a member of Scott's Terra Nova expedition and accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the South Pole before being sent back in command of the second supporting party. He almost perished of scurvy but survived and toured the country giving lectures on the expedition.
Lot 53
Youri Krotov (Russian, b.1964)'Portrait of a dancer', oil on canvas, signed lower right and inscribed in charcoal on reverse, framedcanvas approx. 59 x 49cm, overall approx. 77 x 66.5cmCondition: The painting is in overall good condition commensurate with age, some losses and rubbing to the frame
Lot 292
A small collection of jewellery and silverincluding a 9ct gold carved shell cameo portrait brooch, a twin cameo brooch, a silver and butterfly wing panel brooch, two Art Deco double clip brooches, another brooch and two silver topped dressing table items (qty)cameo brooch approx. 4 x 3.25cmCondition: 9ct gold cameo brooch overall good, remainder worn, various conditions
Lot 34
Frederick Frith (British, 1819-1871) of the Royal Victoria Gallerycut out full length silhouette portrait of a gentleman with a walking cane and holding a top hat, heightened in white and bronze, signed Frith, 1850, arched gilt mount, contemporary rosewood framewithin mount 16.5 x 18.3 cm.Condition: Some discolouration and spotting to background. rubbed areas to gilt mount. frame otherwise in good order
Lot 398
A Victorian silver Maundy set dated 1880 in a fitted case,with a young head portrait of Victoria, case embossed with gilt letters,length of case approx. 9.5cmCondition: Coins uncirculated but quite tarnished, box in fair condition commensurate with age, some markings and staining to the exterior
Lot 568
A pair of bronze oval portrait plaques, 19th century, one Field Marshall Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), depicted in dress uniform, the other a gentleman, possibly George IV, portrayed togate, each in an ebonised oval frame, 29 x 26cm overallProvenance: From the private collection of Sir David and Lady Scholey
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