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Lot 69
NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Chesterton (G.K.) Gloria in Profundis, Ariel Poem No.5, one of 350 copies, wood-engraving by Eric Gill, original yellow boards, slightly soiled, [1927] § Gill (Evan R.) Bibliography of Eric Gill, 1953 § Kirkus (A.Mary) Robert Gibbings: a Bibliography, 1962 § Andrews (Martin J.) Robert Gibbings, Bicester, 2003 § Reid (Anthony) A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, Pinner, 1968 § Alderson (Brian) Edward Ardizzone: a Bibliographic Commentary, London & New Castle, De., 2003, illustrations, most original cloth, all but the first and last two with dust-jackets, the first two a little rubbed and frayed; and 10 others including 7 Ariel poems, 2 in envelopes, 8vo & 4to (16)
Lot 38
After Peter Lely James II of England, wearing lace jabot, his natural wig curled and worn long Enamel, oval Inscribed J 2 R below a crown (verso) 2.3cm (0¾ in.) high In a gilt metal mount Believed to be after the original painting, c.1650-75, painted by Sir Peter Lely and now in the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire
Lot 77
Aleister Crowley. Biography. Three books, comprising: The Legend of Aleister Crowley, by P. R. Stephensen, London: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1930, owner inscription, 'K. B. Grant', publisher's blue paper covers, well-preserved, clean and bright, spine faded; The Great Beast, by John Symonds, first impression, London: Rider and Company, 1951, octavo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket, promotional band, internally very clean and bright, binding tight and square, cloth very well-preserved, some wear to edges of jacket and loss to band; Aleister Crowley, by Charles Richard Cammell, first edition, London: The Richards Press, 1951, octavo, publisher's polished red buckram lettered in gilt, unclipped d.j., internally very good and bright, binding tight and square, buckram very well-preserved, some wear/loss to d.j. (3)Provenance: Vendor's uncle was Kenneth Grant (1924-2011), ceremonial magician, writer and personal secretary of Aleister Crowley
Lot 125E
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include The Apiary of Bees, Bee-Hives and Bee Culture, by Alfred Neighbour, Kent & Co., 1865; Bee-Keeping in Britain, by R. O. B. Manley, first edition, 1948; Bees & Honey, A "Bee-Craft" Book, 1945, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (21)
Lot 54
The Unfortunate Court-Favourites of England, by R. B., London: Nath. Crouch, 1695. Scarce. Engraved frontispiece depicting portraits of the nine figures being documented, including Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. Bound in half morocco with marbled boards. The book ends abruptly at p.156. Sold as found with all faults
Lot 125I
Cescinsky, Herbert; Ernest R. Gribble. Early English Furniture & Woodwork, in two volumes, London: The Waverley Book Company, 1922. Folio, illustrated throughout, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; bindings solid with some surface dirt and light wear to extremities
Lot 35
Roscoe, Thomas. Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, illustrated with 51 steel-engraved plates, London: C. Tilt, 1836, tall octavo, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, internally good with some general discolouration and pale spotting, neat recent bookplate on front pastedown. Together with Welsh Scenery from Drawings, by Captain Batty, London: R. Jennings, 1825, illustrated with 33 steel engravings, full blind-stamped morocco, silk endpapers, neat recent bookplate, contents generally good with some pale marks/spotting and light doodling, morocco worn (2)
Lot 125A
Wildman, Thomas. A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is Contained the Natural History of those Insects, first edition, London: Printed for the Author by T. Cadell, 1768. Quarto, featuring list of subscribers, three folding copper-engraved plates, later half-calf lettered in gilt with marbled boards, all edges marbled, bookplate for Ernest H. Pee, pencil inscription on front free endpaper, 'Purchased at the sale of The Earl of Dudley's Library, 1923', bookseller's ticket on pastedown, 'R. Davies, Birmingham'. Contents generally good and bright with occasional pale spotting including to plates, more pronounced spotting to title and opening leaves; binding tight and square with wear to extremities
Lot 32
Winkles, Henry & Benjamin. Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, the Drawings Made from Sketches Taken Expressly for this Work, by Robert Garland, Architect, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule, three volumes bound as one (three title pages), London: Effingham Wilson, 1836-38-42, illustrated with 181 steel-engraved plates (including titles), protective tissue-guards, quarto, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, neat recent bookplate on front pastedown, pale spotting to plates, binding good and solid with light bumping and wear to corners/extremities, splitting to inner gutter at front. Together with French Cathedrals, by B. Winkles, illustrated with 50 steel-engraved plates after R. Garland, London: Charles Tilt, 1837, publisher's cloth binding almost detached, contents generally good with some pale spotting, ffep detached, neat bookplate on pastedown, cloth discoloured with wear around spine/headcaps/corners (2)
Lot 125G
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include The Bee-Keeper's Handbook, by Herbert Mace, 1952; Producing, Preparing, Exhibiting & Judging Bee Produce, by William Herrod, 1912; Beekeeping in Antiquity, by H. Malcolm Fraser, 1951; Wassail in Mazers of Mead, by G. R. Gayre, Phillimore & Co., 1948; The Lore of the Honey-Bee, by Tickner Edwardes, third edition, 1909; Bee-Keeping, New and Old, in two volumes, by William Herrod-Hempsall, 1937, signed by the author; American Honey Plants, by Frank C. Pellett, 1923, presentation copy signed by the author, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (40)
Lot 125F
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include Bees and Bee-Keeping, by Frank R. Cheshire, in two volumes, published by "The Bazaar", 1886; Beekeeping, by Joseph Tinsley, Aird & Coghill, 1945; Honey Cookery, by Ambrose Heath, 1956, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (34)
Lot 29
Natural History. Mixed collection of books, comprising: Audubon's Birds of America, Baby Elephant Folio edition, New York & London: Abbeville Press, 1990, white buckram, dust-jacket, slipcase; Anatomy and Physiology of the Honeybee, by R. E. Snodgrass, first edition, fourth impression, New York & London: McGraw-Hill, 1925, publisher's cloth; The Book of Poisons, by Gustav Schenk, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956, green cloth with worn d.j.; The Sacred Bee, by Hilda M. Ransome, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937, purple cloth, very worn d.j.; Familiar Wild Flowers, in four volumes, by F. Edward Hulme, London: Cassell, n.d., green cloth, numerous colour plates; The Sport of Shooting, by Owen Jones, London: Edward Arnold, 1911, blue cloth; White's Selborne, stereotyped edition, London: Sonnenschein, n.d., full calf, prize label. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (9)
Lot 56
Collection of seven books, comprising: Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty..., Vol.II only, by William Gilpin, London: R. Blamire, 1789, illustrated with 14 aquatint plates and two hand-coloured etchings; The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland, in three parts bound as one, eighth edition, London: Brotherton et al., 1738; Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, by Hester Lynch Piozzi, London: T. Cadell, 1786; Culpeper's Complete Herbal, London: J. S. Pratt, 1841; La Vie de Sainte Cecile, by Monsieur Dubois, Paris: Edme Couterot, 1694; History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire, by William White, Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1834; Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks, by William Terrington, London: Routledge, 1870. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (7)
Lot 81
Collection of assorted books, fiction, poetry, ghost stories, history, to include Selected Poems, by Charles Baudelaire, Falcon Press, 1946, bearing owner inscription, 'K. B. Grant', with quotation inscribed on half-title; The Centaur, by Algernon Blackwood, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1911, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt; Iron and Smoke, by Sheila Kaye-Smith, London: Cassell, 1928, signed by the author; When Evil Wakes, edited by August Derleth, Souvenir Press, 1963; An Anthology of Haiku Ancient and Modern, by Asatoro Miyamori, Tokyo: Maruzen, 1932; In Ghostly Japan, by Lafcadio Hearn, Boston: Little, Brown, 1919; The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James, London: Edward Arnold, 1949; The Chronicles of Clovis, by Saki, London: John Lane, 1926; The Haunted and the Haunters, by Lord Lytton, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1925; Libro de Cuentos y Leyendas, by Javier Villafane, La Plata, 1945, illustrated with colour lithographic plates; Charles II, by Osmund Airy, London: Goupil & Co., 1901, in paper wrappers; Henry VIII, by A. F. Pollard, London: Goupil & Co., 1902, in paper wrappers, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (32)Provenance: Vendor's uncle was Kenneth Grant (1924-2011), ceremonial magician, writer and personal secretary of Aleister Crowley
Lot 449
ELIZABETH II SCOTTISH SILVER TUMBLE CUP,maker Alan R Baillie, Edinburgh 1997, 6.1cm diameter, approx 122gFootnote: Tumble cups were originally made in gold and issued as prizes by the Duke of Westminster at the Chester horse races over 150 years ago.Condition report: There is no engraving or other marks
Lot 464
GEORGE II SILVER BEER JUG,maker Fuller White, London 1739 (second version of date letter used), repousse decorated in the Rococo manner with floral swags, with C-scroll handle, with later inscription 'R. W. C. A. from C. A. T.', initialled 'C T M' to base, 14cm high, approx 359gCondition report: Images of marks available, rim knocked and misshapen, impressed around lower joint of handle, rim also knocked and misshapen, has a wobble on a flat surface, further indents and some crimping to body, further scratches, nicks and old polish
Lot 490
SET OF EIGHT GEORGE VI SCOTTISH SILVER QUAICHS,maker R & W Sorley, of plain form on splayed circular bases, Sorley Glasgow retailer's stamp to underside, width of each 11cm, approx 920gCondition report: One with small dent to rim, otherwise usual light scratches and nicks, some of the feet with very slight knocks, no signs of engraving visible; stated width includes the handles, diameter of bowl 7.8cmSix Glasgow 1948, two Glasgow 1951
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Lot 547
[Jones, Henry.] Patience Games with Examples Played Through, illustrated with numerous diagrams, by "Cavendish", 1st edition, London: Thomas De La Rue & Co., 1890, half-title, printed in red and black, frontispiece and diagrams on letterpress, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, all edges gilt, original bevel-edged brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, some faint spotting and marks, oblong 4to, together with: [Hogg, James, editor]. The Whist Table. A Treasury of Notes on the Royal Game, by "Cavendish," C. Mossop, A. C. Ewald, Charles Hervey and other distinguished players ... To which is added Solo Whist and its Rules by Abraham S. Wilks, the whole edited by "Portland", 1st edition, London: John Hogg, [1894], half-title, 3 photographic portraits, including frontispiece, 1 plate, 1 full-page illustration, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, upper hinge split, original bevel-edged maroon cloth, lavishly blocked in gilt, red and black, spine faded, 8vo, [Pettes, George William]. American or Standard Whist. By G. W. P., 1st edition, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880, half-title, blank preceding half-title torn out, toned throughout, ink ownership stamp on final leaf of text and verso of rear free endpaper, upper hinge split, bookplate of James Constantine Webster, original grey-blue pictorial cloth, blocked in red and black, darkened spine frayed at ends with loss, covers lightly spotted and marked, lower corner of upper cover bumped, 8vo, and a quantity of 68 other late 19th and early 20th century books relatedQty: (71)Footnote: Jessel 982; 752; 1321.
Lot 586
Le Petit (Alfred, illustrator). Douze Histoires de Bêtes, de Pierre Mille, Paris: René Kieffer, 1931, 14 pochoir plates by Alfred Le Petit, some offsetting and light spotting, original wrappers bound in contemporary half cloth over boards, spine with label remnants, a little rubbed, 4to, limited edition 163/458, from a total edition of 500, with a prospectus for Andre Malraux's Oeuvre Romanesque, 1960-62 containing a colour lithograph by Walter Spitzer loosely inserted, together with Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Barry Moser. Preface and notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selwyn H. Goodacre, University of California Press, 1982, printed in red, black and blue, illustrations by Barry Moser, bookplate of Denis Anthony Collins at end, top edge gilt, original red morocco, slipcase, folio, presentation copy, inscribed to title: "For Denis Collins with best wishes Barry Moser", plus four small format Arthur Rackham illustrated publications in envelopes including The Night Before Christmas, 1939, and The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1939Qty: (6)
Lot 697
* Stacey (William Sydney, 1846-1929). The White Kaid of the Atlas, by J. McLaren Cobban, illustrated by W. S. Stacey, London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1895, complete set of six original pen, ink and monochrome wash illustrations on card, several heightened with white bodycolour, each signed or initialled, with pencil title caption to lower margin of each, card size 27 x 19 cm, together with the book in which they appear in original pictorial cloth, plus 6 other original pen, ink and wash illustrations from other books, four signed in initials by 'W.B.', two signed by 'J.F.'Qty: (13)
Lot 720
Henty (G.A.) Chamber's Supplementary Readers. Gallant Deeds. Being stories told by G.A. Henty, 1st edition, London & Edinburgh: W & R. Chambers, 1905, 3 monochrome illustrations by Arthur Rackham and W. Boucher, a few minor spots, publisher's ink stamp 'Specimen with the publisher's compliments' to title, endpapers toned, previous owner signature, original grey-blue cloth, some fading to spine, a little rubbed at ends, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Newbolt 110.1: "This scarce publication is sought after by collectors of Arthur Rackham's work as well as by collectors of G.A. Henty. The only Henty work in Chambers's Supplementary Readers, a series not to be confused with Chambers's 'Continuous' Readers, in which three of his stories appeared in condensed form".
Lot 747
Boothby (Guy). The Lust of Hate, 1st edition, London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1898, illustrations by Stanley L. Wood, 12 pp. advertisements at end, some light spotting, endpapers toned, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, together with Wallace (Edgar). Private Selby, 1st edition, London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1912, monochrome frontispiece (loosening), advertisements at end, some toning to endpapers, presentation inscription dated 1915 at front, original decorative cloth, a few small light stains to rear cover, 8vo, plus Marsh (Richard). An Aristocratic Detective, 1st edition, London: Digby, Long & Co., 1900, monochrome frontispiece, advertisements front and rear, a few library stamps, some light finger-soiling, light toning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, with other detective fiction, thrillers etc in generally bright condition including Louis Tracy's The Final War, 1896, Dick Donovan's The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service, 1897, R. Norman Silver's The Golden Dwarf, 1903, Albert Dorrington's The Radium Terrors, 1912 and Edmund Snell's The Crimson Butterfly, 1924, and others by Guy Boothby, William Le Queux et alQty: (35)
Lot 766
Dickinson (Emily). Poems, 1st UK edition, 1st issue binding, London: James R Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1891, front hinge weak, spotting to preliminaries & final leaves, front endpaper stuck down to pastedown, near-contemporary gift inscription to half-title, original publisher's cloth, portion of joints split, backstrip stained & toned, front board with faint waterspotting, both boards slightly worn, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 767
Dix (Maurice B.) The Dartmoor Mystery, 1st edition, London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1935, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends and folds reinforced to verso, some toning and spotting, 8vo, together with Freeman (R. Austin). Felo De Se?, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937, advertisements at end, some minor spotting, original cloth (spine faded), dust jacket, head of spine reinforced to verso, a little toned with small chips, 8vo, plus Wentworth (Patricia). The Key, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, small previous owner ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, slightly bowed, price-clipped dust jacket, a few small nicks, 8vo, together with other detective fiction etc by Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie and othersQty: (19)
Lot 879
Smith (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, "L.T. Meade"). Three Girls from School, 1907; A Wild Irish Girl, 1910; The Chesterton Girl Graduates, 1913, 1st editions, colour and monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary presentation inscriptions, top edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Saunders (Marshall). 'Tilda Jane. An Orphan in search of a Home, 1st edition, London: Jarrold and Sons, 1901, illustrations by Clifford Carleton, light toning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, plus Squires (Grace). Merle and May. A Story of Girlhood Days, 1st edition, London: W & R Chambers, 1908, monochrome illustrations, light spotting, prize label, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, with others similar by L.T. Meade, M.H. Cornwall Legh, Rosa Mulholland, Florence Bone et alQty: (34)
Lot 907
* Anne (1665-1714). Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1702-1707, and Great Britain and Ireland, 1707-1714. A fine autograph signature, ‘Anne R’, no date, neatly cut from the top of an official document, with part of the first two lines of the usual text in a scribal hand written beneath, ‘Our Will and Pleasure is… / Letters of Privy Seal bearing date…’, a few minor spots not affecting signature, 63 x 110mmQty: (1)
Lot 909
* Apollo Mission Programme Autographs. A collection of 30 items with 28 NASA space programme autographs, including autographs of all 12 Moonwalkers, 1968/1972, comprising signed official colour photographs of astronauts in spacesuits including from Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first man on the Moon, signed in blue fibre pen and inscribed in block capitals for R. Newcombe’ [please note that we now believe that this might be an autopen signature, conforming to 'pattern 6']; Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (born 1930), the second man on the Moon, signed in blue fibre pen across white area of spacesuit; photograph of all three crew members of Apollo 11, signed by Michael Collins (1930-2021) in blue ink across white area of his spacesuit, all three photographs showing a large picture of the Moon behind them; Apollo 12: autographs of the third and fourth men on the Moon, Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. (1930-1999) and Alan L. Bean (1932-2018), each inscribed in blue fibre pen on card, some toning, each 7.5 x 12.5cm; Apollo 14: photographs of the fifth and sixth men to walk on the Moon, Alan Shepard (1923-1998) and Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016); plus a group of all three crew member signatures (with Stuart Roose, 1933-1994) in pencil on light grey card, 100 x 110mm; Apollo 15: photographs of the seventh and eighth men to walk on the Moon, Commander David Scott (born 1932) and James Irwin (1930-1991), the first additionally inscribed, ‘Apollo 15 CDR’; Apollo 16: autographs of the ninth and tenth men to walk on the Moon, crew members Commander John Young (1930-2018) and Charles Duke (born 1935), blue ballpoint signatures on card, both partly toned, each 7.5 x 12.5cm; photograph of Duke walking on the Moon, signed and inscribed beneath his signature, ‘Apollo 16’; Apollo 17: signed photograph of Gene Cernan (1934-2017), the 11th man to walk on the moon; autograph signature of Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), the 12th and last man to date to walk on the Moon to date, in blue fibre pen on card, some toning, 7.5 x 12.5cm; plus Apollo 7: black and white photograph of Commander Walter Schirra Jr. (1923-2007), signed in blue fibre pen with ‘Apollo 7’ inscribed by him beneath his signature; Apollo 8: a series of 8 first day covers, Cape Canaveral/Port Washington, 21-27 December 1968, the first signed in blue ink by all three crew members, Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, plus a British first day cover, Yatton, Bristol, 24 December 1968, with message and address to front, signed to verso in black fibre pen by all three crew members; Apollo 9: signed photograph of Commander James McDivitt (born 1929); Apollo 13: First day cover, Kawishiwi, 17 April 1970, signed in black fibre pen by Commander James Lovell (born 1928); signed photograph of lunar module pilot Fred Halse (born 1933), and inscribed ‘Apollo 13 LMP’ beneath his signature; plus an autograph signature on card of German-American aerospace engineer Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (1912-1977) and a signed photograph of test pilot and astronaut Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), all photographs 25 x 20cm or the reverseQty: (30)
Lot 915
* Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). English composer. An important series of 8 Autograph Letters Signed, ‘Ben’, undated except one dated 24 January 1969, all to Ken [The Reverend Kenneth Sherlock], the one dated letter on Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, headed paper, a somewhat philosophical letter about Russia, the Russian people and the human spirit generally and further mentioning a forthcoming tour of Germany and Austria. 2 pages, slightly split along lower fold, oblong 8vo, the others on personalised correspondence cards, two concerning Curlew River, ‘…It was wonderful being able to do Curlew River in your wonderful church… I’m just off to Holland, after having whizzed up north with Rostropovich…’; ‘…It is lovely that Curlew River can be back when(?) it belongs in 1965!’, the next card mentioning The Prodigal Son, ‘… All goes well here now – only a lot of patience is needed! Don’t worry – somehow there will be a Prodigal Son in Orford Church in time!…’; thanking Sherlock for his support, ’…It is always a real joy for us to come and work in Orford Church – not least because of your own unfailing kindness and deep understanding of what we are trying to do…’; ‘Peter and I are just off to USSR via London for a month or so… but Stephen R can in the meantime give you all our proposals for next year’s Festival at Orford…’; ‘… I am here for a week or so (before going off to Helsinki, + to USSR again)…’; ‘What a wonderful lot of flowers – how cheering to be reminded that spring and health will not be far away! I was very touched by them…’, all oblong 8voQty: (8)Footnote: This interesting correspondence details Britten’s collaboration with The Reverend Kenneth Sherlock (1901-1990), who was rector of St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford in Woodbridge, Suffolk, where all three Parables for Church Performance, Curlew River, The Prodigal Son and The Burning Fiery Furnace were performed. Britten is very warm in tone to Sherlock and, in a number of letters, Britten alludes to his declining health, which continued to deteriorate until his death in 1976. This archive is not included in the Collected Letters, Volume 6 (1966-1976), edited by Philip Reed & Mervyn Cooke) and is therefore apparently unpublished.
Lot 926
Elgar (Edward & others). The Music Of Poets: A Musicians’ Birthday Book, by Eleonore D’Esterre-Keeling, 2nd revised edition, Walter Scott Ltd, 1897, signed by a large number of musicians in the spaces printed for their birthdays, occasional spotting, original red cloth with stamped Art Nouveau design of a musician with a lyre, some wear and spine attached at lower joints only, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: The notable signatories are: Composers: Sir Edward Elgar, Edgar Bainton, Percy Kahn, William G James. Singers: Dame Nellie Melba, Ben Davies, John Coates, R Kennerley Rumford, Dame Clara Butt, Luisa Tetrazzini, Florence Austral, Elsa Stralia, Frank Mullings, Rosina Buckman, Dorothy Silk, Graziella Pareto, Phyllis Lett, Florence Taylor, Edna Thornton, Agnes Nicholls Harty. Pianists: Vladimir De Pachmann, Fanny Davies, Claudio Arrau (extremely rare early example signed when only 17), Adela Verne, Victor Marmont, Ivor Newton, Irene Scharrar. Violinists: Marie Hall, Jan Kubelik, Vivien Chartres, Henri Verbrugghen, Milan Yovanovitch Bratza, Daniel Melsa, Hortense Paulsen, C Rawden Briggs, Jenny Cullen. Violist: Simon Speelman. Cellists: Carl Fuchs, Joseph Hollman, James Messeas. Conductor: Landon Ronald.
Lot 954
* Mount Everest, 1953. A scarce printed dinner menu for an event given by Smiths English Clocks Ltd, in honour of members of the British Mount Everest Expedition 1953, at the Savoy Hotel, [London], Tuesday, 20 October 1953, menu centrefold signed by 28 people in various pens or pencil, signers including 10 of the Everest participants: John Hunt, Mike Westmacott (slightly faded), Michael Ward, Edmund Hillary, Tom Bourdillon, Wilfred Noyce, Charles Wylie (faded), Tom Stobart (slightly faded), George Band and George Lowe, plus autographs of test pilot and fighter ace Neville Duke, test pilot Mike Lithgow, cricketers Trevor Bailey and Len Hutton (pencil), other signers, including various members of the watch and jewellery trade, are R. Gordon Smith (pencil), (?)A. John Downham, J.W. Isaac, Edward Hindle, Ron Smith, C.W. Proctor (slightly faded), H. Spencer Jones, W. Valentine Ball (pencil), H.B. Buckland and Ivan Tarratt, plus four others unidentified (two very faded), printed in blue on folded off-white card, some spotting to outer folds, 19 x 23cm (unfolded), together with a press print photograph of the occasion by Paul Wilson, showing 17 guests chatting and laughing at the dinner table, 15 x 20cmQty: (2)Footnote: Provenance: The family of the jeweller Ivan Tarratt whose autograph appears at the bottom of the right page. Both Smiths and Rolex gave watches to the Expedition members hoping that their watches would make it to the summit and gain massive publicity and sales as a result. Both companies claimed that their watches had reached the summit but it is now held that Hillary had a Smiths watch when they planted the flag and that no Rolex was at the top that day.
Lot 975
* Vaughan Williams (Ralph, 1872-1958). English composer. Vocal score of Sancta Civitas, circa 1929, 55 pages, signed with an unusually legible signature to the front cover, ‘R Vaughan Williams’, and in another hand ‘for Stuart Chapell 1929’, some marks and several pages with annotations in another hand, original wrappers, slightly rubbed and soiled and slight damage to lower spine, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Vaughan Williams’ oratorio Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) was written in 1925. This score most likely relates to a performance at the Worcester Three Choirs Festival in 1929, which was conducted by the composer.
Lot 1040
Film Memorabilia - The Godfather, a framed and glazed line drawing for Disc Music Poll Awards Top Film 1973, signed R Sumner 73, approx. 23cm x 30.5cm, together with a programme for the British Gala Charity Premier 23rd August 1972, further souvenir booklet & promotion booklet for The Godfather Part III (4). From the estate of Leslie Pound, who was the Senior Vice President for International Marketing at Paramount Pictures
Lot 295
Vinyl - Nine Paul McCartney / Wings LPs to include London Town (stamped to cover 'Property of EMI R Demonstration Only Not For Sale'), Wings Over America, Wings Greatest, II, Tug of War, Pipes of Peace, Broad Street, All The Best and Press To Play plus My Brave Face 12" single condition varies (10)
Lot 308A
CD's - Collection of approx 200 CDs spanning genres including Rock, Pop, Blues, Folk, Punk, Hip Hop, R&B, Soul and much more. Artists include Massive Attack, Tom Waits, Public Enemy, The Beatles, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Stone Roses, The Cure, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Clash and many more.
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