GANDHI MOHANDAS: (1869-1948) Also known as Mahatma (''Venerable'') Gandhi, Indian Lawyer, anti-colonialist, and Political Ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the campaign for India´s independence from British rule. Assassinated. Gandhi became since an iconic inspiration for civil rights and freedom claims all over the world. Gandhi´s birthday is known worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. A rare A.L., one page, lined paper, oblong 12mo, 8 x 3, n.p., [London], n.d., [September-December 1931], in pencil, in English. Gandhi states in full `I had a letter from Humayan who expected to see me Saturday last but I left London very early on Saturday. I am looking forward to meeting him on Saturday next at Oxford.´. The present note was written by Gandhi when him and Mirza Ismail were present at the Round Table Conference hosted by the British Government in London. Overall age wear, with few heavy creases- F to G Provenance, the present note is accompanied by a pencil note signed `Paul´, being Sir Paul Reilly (1912-1990) British journalist and designer, written to a News Chronicle notepaper, stating `Looking through some papers this evening I found this for your collection. It is a note passed at a dinner by Gandhi to Sir Ismail Mirza (corrected to Mirza Ismail). Humayun (referred to in Gandhi´s note) was son of Ismail and his friend.´
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MONTAND YVES: (1921-1991) French-Italian Actor and Singer. Rare vintage signed and inscribed large 9.5 x 11.5 (24cm x 29.5cm) photograph, the Harcourt Paris attractive image depicting a young Montand in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink `..tres sympathiquement, Yves Montand´, to a clear area to the left border of the image, also dated beneath his signature, 1946, in his hand. Small overall age wear and toning, otherwise G to VG
COUBERTIN PIERRE DE: (1863-1937) Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. French Educator, Founder of the International Olympic Committee. Widely known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. An excellent and rare A.L.S. `P.C´, signed to the front page, two pages, 4to, Lausanne, 25th April 1928, to Hector Barbe, in French. Coubertin first refers to his recent problems stating in part `Despite the fact that for the last four months I have lived the most painful weeks of my life, I have often been thinking in you, and I read your January publication..´, Coubertin further refers to the many difficult years he had to go through, saying in part `During seven years I have been writing myself and in full the monthly Revue Olympique and the Chronique de France…. Before the war the possibility of success was doubtful; after the war, I consider it impossible… I would have liked to support your project pecuniarily if was able to do so. Alas! I am one of those who the war has greatly impoverish...´ A letter of interesting content. With two binder holes to the left border. VG Hector Barbe, French Educator. Barbe was a passionate Hebertist. Editor of the popular education magazine ''La Synthèse Pédagogique''.
HERRMANN BERNARD: (1911-1975) American Film Composer, Academy Award winner. Herrmann is remembered for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock on many films including Psycho, North by Northwest and Vertigo. Herrmann's other film scores include Citizen Kane and Taxi Driver. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A List of Books About Music in the English Language, compiled by Percy A. Scholes as an appendix to The Oxford Companion to Music, First Edition published by the Oxford University Press, 1940. With Herrmann's ownership signature ('Bernard Herrmann') in bold black fountain pen ink to the head of the front free endpaper. Also bearing numerous ink and pencil annotations and marks throughout indicating which books the composer owned or wished to acquire as well as a few brief details of additional titles. Bound in the original publisher's blue cloth and with a gilt title to the spine. No dust jacket. Rare. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VG
WAXMAN FRANZ: (1906-1967) German-born Film Composer, Academy Award winner. Waxman's scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard and Rear Window amongst others. An extremely rare T.L.S., Franz Waxman, one page, 4to, Los Angeles, California, 28th January 1952, to Dr. Edgar Magnin, on the printed stationery of the Los Angeles Orchestral Society sponsoring The Los Angeles Music Festival. Waxman encloses a copy of a letter (no longer present) that he has addressed to Mr. S. Tilden Norton and remarks 'I believe this expresses the content of our conference this morning', further thanking Magnin for his time and attention and concluding 'I hope you and your family will give us the pleasure of having you as our honored guests at the concert'. A few small staple holes and one small, minor stain to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature, VG
KREUTZER CONRADIN: (1780-1849) German Composer and Conductor. A prolific Composer best remembered for his opera Das Nachtlager in Granada (1834). Rare A.L.S., `Conradin Kreutzer kk Capellmeister´, one page, 4to, Vienna, 10th November 1825, to Mr. Peters, in German. An interesting letter with musical content. Kreutzer seems to be in a desperate financial situation and tries to sell some of his works to his correspondent, stating in part `Although you did not respond to most of the letters I have sent you over the last three years, and although I did not pay to you the small debt of 54 guilders yet, I wish to do business with you again and ask you if there is nothing you really like among my new musical compositions. I want to make the prices as cheap as possible.´, further listing his new works `I have the following works ready - a big piano concert in E dur - for a fee of 100 guilder, a Grande Duo Concertante for piano and harp or two pianos for 80 guilders; Rondo brillante for 4 hands for 60 guilders; 6 exquisite romances and songs - of Goethe, Uhland…each single for 20 guilders - all together 90 guilders. Mazurka for pianoforte and clarinet for 50 guilders; Fantasy Melancholic for pianoforte and cello for 50 guilders.´ Kreutzer further again insists and explains that he is ready to make any kind of work custom made, stating `Or, if you wish another genre of compositions you just have to tell me, although I think that some of the listed ones could work for you - Have you made such bad venture with my earlier works that you don't want to ask for something new from me? Schott in Mainz makes good ventures with my works - also after my opera Libussa my name became more famous..´ With address leaf to the verso. Overall age wear and toning. Small area of paper loss to the right edge, with lose small piece present and repairable, not affecting the signature and only affecting few words of the lengthy letter. About G
LUMIERE LOUIS: (1864-1948) French Pioneer Filmmaker, along with his brother Auguste. Rare D.S., `L. Lumiere´, one page, Lyon, Monplaisir, 22nd July 1892, on his "Antoine Lumiere & ses Fils" ("Antoine Lumiere & Sons") printed stationery, to Monsieur Maurice Lhuillier, in French. An extremely attractive document, with colour printed heading, "Grand Prix Paris 1889 - Fabrique de Plaques Seches au Gélatino Bromure d´Argent", also with the printed list of medals obtained since 1872. The partially printed document is a cleanly written invoice, listing what the shipment contains, with a 25% discount. Also bearing two red ink stamps of the Lumiere & Sons company, signed at the base by Louis Lumiere in his capacity as Director-Administrator. Small binder holes to the left border not affecting the text or signature. Very small overall minor age wear, with very small tear to the upper left corner and very slightly clipped lower right corner, otherwise G to VG
ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. Rare A.M.Q.S., Gioachino Rossini, one page, oblong folio manuscript paper, Florence, 3rd June 1853. In bold dark fountain pen ink, Rossini has neatly penned a quotation for piano forte comprising ten bars of music across two staves, with small annotations, which he identifies as A[ndanti]no. Signed and dated by the composer immediately beneath the quotation. The document bears a watermark. Some light creasing and minor overall age wear, VG
PONCHIELLI AMILCARE: (1834-1886) Italian Composer. Best remembered for his opera La Gioconda (1876) based on a play by Victor Hugo. An exceptional and rare M.S., `Ponchielli´, seven pages, oblong folio (12 x 9) stave paper, n.p., n.d. Signed by Ponchielli to the heading of the front page. The full autograph working manuscript is in the hand of Ponchielli and corresponds to the complete score of his work Dio Amore as he entitles to the heading. He also annotates to the front page heading `Parole di Silvio Pellico´ (“Words by Silvio Pellico”). Ponchielli has penned over 90 bars of music, on three staves, adding tempos alongside and the Romanza voice text beneath the musical notes, bearing also multiple annotations, crossed words and amendments. Attractively bound within modern decorative boards featuring sea horses and with a gilt stamped leather title to the front. Small overall minor age wear and staining otherwise VG Dio Amore! is a work for choir and pianoforte by Ponchielli, opus 277. Musical critics have widely commented about this Romanza that it highlights the innate sense of Ponchielli's theatre as well as his uncommon lyrical vein.Silvio Pellico (1789-1854) Italian Writer, Poet and Patriot active in the Italian unification.
EISENSTEIN SERGEI: (1898-1948) Soviet film Director and film Theorist. Best-known for his film Battleship Potemkin (1925). Rare A.L.S., to a postcard, Alburquerque, 13th June [1930-31], to Monsieur Renaud de Jouvenel, Paris, in French. Eisenstein states `At the foot of this altar, I pray for you my dear little Renaud.´ To the colour front the postcard shows the interior of a well preserved church in the Indian Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico, only thirteen miles from Alburquerque. Postmarked and post-stamped. G to VG Renaud de Jouvenel (1907-1982) French Writer, Polemicist and Journalist. Eisenstein travelled to US in 1930 after accepting a contract of Paramount Pictures, but after six months of disagreements, both parties declared the contract null and void. Eisenstein then, and before returning to Russia, accepted a private investors proposal and travelled to Mexico for the filming. It is during this period that Eisenstein sent the present postcard.
CONDUCTORS: A small and excellent selection of signed photographs by various renowned conductors, comprising BRUNO WALTER (1876-1962) German-born Conductor, Pianist and Composer. Widely considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Signed postcard photograph. EUGENE ORMANDY (1899-1985) Hungarian-American Conductor and Violinist. Signed 5 x 7 photograph `With best wishes - Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia 1974´, a close-up portrait pose. With very small repair to the verso. Together with WAGNER WIELAND: (1917-1966) Grandson of Richard Wagner and great grandson of Franz Liszt. Wieland Wagner was the opera Director of the Bayreuth Festival after World War II, and is known for his innovative staging and scenery. Wagner was involved in the development of the V-2 rocket during wartime. Rare signed postcard photograph `Wieland Wagner´, the Liselotte Strelow image for the Bayreuth Festival showing Wagner in a close-up profile portrait pose. All are signed to clear areas of the images. VG, 3
MILSTEIN NATHAN: (1904-1992) Russian-born American virtuoso Violinist. Regarded as one of the finest violinists of the 20th century. Rare early signed 4 x 6 photograph by Milstein, the image depicting Milstein in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold dark ink to a clear area of the image, also dated July 1959 in his hand. VG
FLETA MIGUEL: (1897-1938) Spanish Tenor, created the role of Calaf in Giacomo Puccini's posthumously-premiered final opera Turandot. Fountain pen ink signature and date, 1934, in his hand on an oblong 12mo card. Autographs of Fleta are rare as a result of his untimely death at the age of 40. One slight crease, otherwise VGProvenance: From the Collection of an English Gentleman.
A rare set of six graduated amber glass elephant figures, designed by Ray Annenberg for Whitefriars Glass in 1980 but not for general release, they were given to certain employee's only, in this case, Mr Roland Chambers, relative of the current vendor. Largest 12.5cm x 18.5cm, smallest 5cm x 7cm
1975 Ford Escort RS2000 MK I Registration number JBY 956N Diamond white Understood to be from the last month of Mk I production Low ownership Garage stored for nearly 25 years Bumpers removed and in car Very rare opportunity to restore what is possibly one of the last original Mk I RS2000's Seven old MOT's (from 1988) Diff understood to be later Bought by owner with a view to restoring but other interests has resulted in a lack of time
1971 Davrian Mk VRegistration number GPK 238KBeing sold without reservePurchased two years ago as a projectDismantled after purchaseImp engined kit carSpare Imp partsNeeding full restorationFrom a deceased estateA great opportuning to buy a rare car with characterPrevious owner Mr A Rodwell was heavily involved in the Davrian RegisterImage of car all together was taken before being dismantled
1968 MG C GT Registration number UYN 543F Red with black leather piped in red MOT expires January 2022 Engineer owned with many subtle upgrades including power steering A rare MG with just 4,457 C GT's produced Started easily and drove very well when inspected Only for sale so the owner can buy a Caterham 7 Originally supplied to University Motors, 11 April Fully equipped and set up for classic touring Fully re-built 2013 Fully working overdrive Lumenition Electronic Ignition Inertia Seat belts Retrosound radio with USB and electrical aerial 12 V Accessory socket Battery condition gauge Fire Extinguisher Batter master cut out switch Oil cooler with stainless hoses Electric windscreen washer Hazard flashers Spot and Fog lamps wired via relays Rear fog light Maniflow twin pipe exhaust and manifold Green stuff front brake pads Electronic W/S wiper delay 2 x 12 Volt batteries, recent replaced RH Front wheel arch shields Spax adjustable elescopic shock absorbers front and rear Parabolic rear springs Leather front seats Engine rebuild and balanced by Sigma Engineering , Gillingham. April 2017 at 85368 Miles Uprated alternator Electric power steering (Easysteer) Uprated 3/4" Front Anti Roll bar, Owners Club Handling Kit Recent replaced front hubs Wired and speedo cable sensor fitted for Brantz Trip Meter, Brantz not inlcluded Heritage Certificate Full history file Mileage at May 2021: 92365 MOT to January 2022
Mercedes-Benz 380 SLC Registration number BWP 946M Being sold without reserve DVLA says first registered on 1995, clearly incorrect, we suspect a clerical error when transfering a private number plate, in the paper work there is also reference (in 1990) to E71 SEL, possibly the original registration number - please see images added Low ownership Leather interior, alloy wheels, automatic Rare survivor Will need re-commissioning/repairs tyres perished, reg previously HSE 75 (on an old MOT certificate), not been used in some time V5C
Pasteur (Louis) Examen du rôle attribué au gaz oxygène atmosphérique dans la destruction des matières et végétales aprés la mort, offprint from Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences, tome LVI, séance du 20 avril 1863 (journal pagination 734-40), light toning, original green printed wrappers, housed in custom-made box with red morocco spine label, gilt, (box lightly marked), 4to, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1863.⁂ Extremely rare separately-paginated offprint of the magnum opus of Pasteur's work on spontaneous generation, and his proof that putrefaction was, like fermentation, caused by living organisms; this paper directly influenced Joseph Lister's research on antisepsis. Many scientists of the vitalist school, including Liebig, believed that putrefaction was due to a spontaneous breakdown of animal tissues once the chemical forces of affinity were no longer held in check by a vital force. It was also widely believed - and seemingly supported by observation - that infusoria and other organisms associated with decay were spontaneously generated in dead tissues. In this way, Pasteur was drawn into the acrimonious debate about the spontaneous generation of life and regarded the experiments described in this work as the most decisive. OCLC lists just one copy of this offprint (University of Colorado).
Andrews (Henry) The Botanist's Repository, for New, and Rare Plants, vol.1-6 only (of 10), engraved titles, 432 fine engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, some heightened with gum arabic, a few folding, all with tissue guards, foxing mostly restricted to tissue guards, modern calf-backed marbled boardswith vellum corners, uncut, [Nissen BBI 2382; Dunthorne 8; Great Flower Books p.155], 4to, 1797.
Sweet (Robert) The British Flower Garden, 7 vol., (i.e. 1st series 3 vol. & 2nd series 4 vol.), 712 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few folding, by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others, without the rare 16pp. 'A Monograph on the Subordo V. of Amaryllideae, containing the Narcissineae' by Adrian Hardy Haworth (as usual), very occasional light spotting, but generally plates clean and bright, uniform contemporary green half morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, [Nissen BBI 1923], 8vo, 1823-25.
Velley (Thomas) Coloured Figures of Marine Plants, found on the Southern Coast of England, first edition, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern green morocco-backed cloth, gilt, [Nissen BBI 2045; Henrey 1448], folio, Bath, S. Hazard, 1795.⁂ An attractive copy of the rare first work devoted to marine plants.
Bible leaf from 1462.- Bible, Latin, Single leaf, from Genesis chapters 34 to 36, double column, 48 lines, Gothic type, 2 initials supplied in red and blue with large marginal flourishes, chapter numbers and head-lines in red and blue, ruled, light staining to head and foot, small patch of worming to margins, [BMC I 22; Goff B529; GW 4204], folio, (400 x 300mm.), [Mainz, Johannes Fust and Peter Schoeffer], [1462].⁂ A leaf from the first dated bible (and the fourth edition of the Vulgate); preceeded only by the Gutenberg Bible at Mainz, the Pfister Bible at Bamberg and the Mentelen Bible at Strasbourg. The text is from Genesis 34 - 36 and concerns the aftermath of the rape of Jacob's daughter Dinah and the moving of his family to Bethel in Canaan. 1462 Bible leaves from the Book of Genesis are very rare in commerce.
Type Specimen.- Thieme (Carl Albert) Letterproef der Boekdukkery, only edition, 43 plates of specimens of type, scripts, music, ornaments, numbers, symbols, coats-of-arms, vignettes, and masonic decorations, contemporary ink signature "L.H.Eberson" to title, original printed boards with decorative border, title on upper cover, printing press on lower, spine lettered in manuscript, rubbed, joints a little worn, [Not in Bigmore & Wyman], folio, Arnhem, 1830.⁂ Rare printer's type specimen showing the range of types and ornaments in a Dutch printing house in the early nineteenth century. The firm was founded by Herman Carel Anton Thieme of Wesel in Germany in 1792, and was continued by his four sons in Arnhem and Zutphen. Carl Albert was his grandson and operated as a bookseller, printer and publisher. WorldCat records only 5 copies, all in the Netherlands.
Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Holy Bible (The)..., 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait of George II and additional architectural title with vignettes in roundels, 5 folding engraved maps and 47 plates, most with 4 images, one large and folding of Solomon's Temple, [Herbert 1130], Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Downame (John, editor) A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible..., C.Ware, 1757, together 3 works in 1 vol., all maps and a few plates torn and frayed at edges (all silked, also frontispiece), some spotting or browning, light water-staining to inner margins, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, bound in contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt border and onlaid central lozenge of black morocco tooled in gilt within gilt starburst, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners repaired, 4to⁂ A handsome binding on a scarce 18th century Bible. ESTC lists only 3 copies of this edition of the Book of Common Prayer (National Library of Scotland, Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex, and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia), and 2 copies of the Bible (BL, and the American Bible Society in New York).
16th century Almanac.- Erra Pater (pseudonym) The Prognosticacion for ever of Erra Pater, manuscript in Tudor English, in a cursive hand, on paper, 56pp., wormholes in text with some loss of words particularly affecting 15ff. along inner margins, last three ff. with holes and some loss of text, very small fragment of an early medieval manuscript "[do]minus cum potenti[a]" laid down on inner wooden board, bound with 5 vellum ff. at beginning and 7 vellum ff. at end (some with 19th century juvenile scribbling), bound in a 14th century medieval blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, extensively worn but still durable, upper cover wooden board split in two, later circular ink stamp on lower cover of a library at Ulm, remains of brass clasps, 110 x 83mm., [England], [c. 1580s].⁂ An extremely rare survival. No other 16 century manuscript of this work has been traced. First printed as "The pronostycacyon for euer of Errer Pater: A Jewe borne in Jewery, a Doctour in Astronomye and Physicke. Profytable to kepe the bodye in helth...", Robert Wyer, [?1540]. Text starting: "As I find in Astronomie ther bee four manner of cholours in mans boddie complections", and ending with the section, "The saying of [Erra Pate]r to the Husband[man]", and without the last two sections published in other versions, "Heerafter followeth the Reignes of the Kings of England...", and, "A rule to know when the Termes begin and end, with their Returnes... " Perhaps the above manuscript is copied from the "after 1582" edition. The Prognostication is a compilation of astrological medical advice "that hath dominion of the bodie of man" and a predictor of the weather during the various seasons. This fictional author was extremely popular during the Tudor period and continued to be published, with additions, into the 18th century."Here hee sheweth of all the dismall or perilous daies that cometh in the yeare... Masters of Astronomie and visick that this crafte first found telleth the most perilous and most dangerous daies in the yeare - In which if ann mann or woman bee let bloud of wounde or vein they shall die wthin xvi daies following... ."Provenance: Found by the present vendor in the walls of an old house.
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[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Workes...], black letter, double column, lacking a1-6, b1, 3 & 4, c4, G2, 3T1 & 6 and 3V7 & 8 (including title with woodcut border, divisional title with woodcut coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf at end), woodcut illustration to head of Knights Tale and head- & tail-pieces and initials, with missing G2 leaf supplied in near contemporary ink manuscript on 5pp., 2Y signature supplied from another copy (cropped, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), 3K2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of a few letters on verso), several old ink signatures and inscriptions in various hands (Edward ?Bird at beginning and other leaves, Chessborough Le Poer-Kennedy to Knight's Tale, Richard Blagrave 1659 at end), slight worming to first few leaves, some light soiling and occasional water-staining, final leaf a little frayed, old bookseller's ticket of Attwood's of Dublin loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 5080 or 5081], [printed by Adam Islip or George Bishop], [1602]; with a rather damp-stained but complete copy (bar initial blank) of the Adam Islip 1602 edition, containing all the missing leaves from the mentioned copy (including woodcut title, coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf), folio (2); sold not subject to return⁂ The second Speight edition, additionally edited by Francis Thynne; including Lydgate's The Storie of Thebes and much erroneously attributed to Chaucer.A note at end of the leaves supplied in manuscript reads, "This copy of Chaucer is of a very rare edition. The order of the tales differs from that adopted in the ordinary editions. I purchased this book at a sale in Dublin (Lewis auctioneer Anglesea St.). Le Poer-Kennedy MA. Harbertonford, Totnes Devon 1863...".
James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) Apologie povr le serment de fidelite' que le serenissime Roy de la grand' Bretagne requiert de tous ses sujets, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, tel que tout autre prince souuerain le peut & doit legitimement requerir des siens, [translated by J. Loiseau de Tourval], 2 parts in 1, titles with small woodcut ornament, errata at end of part 1, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, creased, detaching, [cf. STC 14408], 8vo, London [?but Paris], "John Norton", 1609-1608.⁂ Rare at auction. The internationally controversial 1606 Oath of Allegiance required Catholics to swear allegiance to James I over the Pope. 'The imprint is false; in fact printed abroad (in Paris?)' (ESTC). Our copy interestingly set differently to that recorded by ESTC, including the title and the omission of the portrait found on Aii in the recorded issue. Our collation: A-I8 K4; A-Q4, and pagination: 152; 132. The second title is dated 1608.
Music.- Ashworth (Caleb) A collection of tunes, suited to the several metres commonly used in publick worship, set in four parts, and on the most easy keys; with An introduction to the art of singing and plain composition, first edition, letterpress introduction, engraved music and accompanying text, staining and spotting, affecting part of 1 letter on title, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, scuffed and stained, oblong 8vo, Printed and sold for J. Buckland, at the Buck, in Pater-Noster-Row, [?1760].⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only three copies (two at BL and one Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT).
Gothic novel.- Radcliffe (Ann) A Sicilian romance, first American edition, final advertisement f., worm trace to lower inner gutters of first sig., G1&2 tear at head within text, with minor loss, Q1 torn and stained at foot, with loss of text, Q2 stained and chipped, with obscuring of a few letters, but with no loss of sense, U1 long tear just within text, minor loss, stained (heavier to sigs. P&Q), spotted, lightly browned throughout (little heavier in a few instances), contemporary calf, spine gilt and with chipped red morocco label, upper corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Evans 29381], large 12mo, [Philadelphia], Printed for Henry and Patrick Rice, and James Rice and Co. Baltimore, 1795.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording four copies, of which two at the American Antiquarian Society (others NYPL and Yale). Provenance: 'M. Stokes to his beloved wife R. Stokes' (contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper and her name to title).
Gothic novel.- Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Wyvern Mystery, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional minor foxing and soiling, later dark-blue morocco-backed blind-stamped pebbled cloth, spines gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1869.⁂ Rare. "The Wyvern Mystery combines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story." (Waterstones' online synopsis)
Wellington.- Orme (Edward) The Battles of the British Army in Portugal...Duke of Wellington, rare set of 13 hand-coloured aquatint roundels, printed text on verso, folded in concertina fashion, preserved in a gilt metal medallion case with a portrait of Wellington on one side and winged Victory on the other in relief, preserved beneath medallion in case, rubbed, preserved inside a faux book, 8vo, 1815.
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Nelson.- Orme (Edward) [Records of British Naval Valour...Nelson], rare set of 12 hand-coloured aquatint roundels and engraved compass, printed text on verso, folded in concertina fashion, preserved in a bronze medallion case with a portrait of Nelson on one side and winged Victory on the other in relief, preserved inside a faux book, 8vo, 1817.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed.Africa.- Haywood (Capt. C. Wightwick) To the Mysterious Lorian Swamp, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, 12pp. advertisements, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short repaired tears to head and foot with some light creasing, a very good example overall, 1927.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. Sporting adventure in Jubaland, now Somalia, in which the author killed a rhino with an automatic pistol when it charged at him as he was taking a photograph. "[I]t is not the sort of effort I care to repeat...".
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, first printing, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original cloth, light sunning to spine and to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, fore-edges neatly strengthened and repaired on verso, spine with neat repairs to foot, some light rubbing to extremities but a very good example overall of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1958.⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books in which he created his much beloved marmalade-adoring eponymous bear. Increasingly rare in the jacket.
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[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Death of a Sadist, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A rare horror title of a man who loves art so much he loses he soul. Little is known of Ryan, whose work initially vanished into obscurity before being rediscovered in the 1980s.
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[Bradley (Evelyn)], "R.R. Ryan". The Subjugated Beast, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some minor fraying, some light soiling and marking, rubbed, 8vo 1938.⁂ A rare macabre horror classic, including tales of cannibals and a husband feeding raw meat to his wife.
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Chitty (Lady [Helen Mary]) The Black Buddha, first edition, 6pp. advertisements with this title listed, original cloth, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, some minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a few short tears with light creasing to head and foot, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1926.⁂ An excellent example of this rare adventure title set in India, we can trace no other copies online or at auction. Helen Mary Chitty (1859-1932) was wife of Sir Charles William Chitty, a High Court Judge in Calcutta. The price on the spine has possibly either been transferred from another jacket or previously been covered with another price sticker since removed.
Greene (Graham), H. E. Bates, T. F. Powys, Sean O'Faolin and others. No Want of Meat, Sir!, edited by John Hackney, first edition, light browning to endpapers, light damp-staining to covers, rubbing to head and foot, dust-jacket, price-clipped with 3/6 price sticker to upper flap, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, surface soiling to panels, light damp-stain to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Grayson, [1935].⁂ A rare piece of Greeniana, the trade edition of the collected stories by 18 writers that were published the same year as a set of limited editions. We can trace no other examples of this volume in a dust-jacket either at auction or online.
Hitler (Adolf) Mein Kampf, first edition in Japanese, translated by Yasuo Okubo, portrait frontispiece, original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket and original red wrap-around, tiny nick to edge of lower panel of jacket, otherwise an exceptionally fine and intact example, 8vo, Tokyo, Mikasa Shobo, 1937.⁂ This translation leaves out certain derogatory sections on the Japanese, Japanese culture and extremist racist views in general, attempting to make Hitler and his Nazi regime more appealing to the Japanese readership. Extremely rare in such original condition.
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, double signed by the author "John Le Carré aka David Cornwell" on title, slight cockling to endpapers, original boards, faint sunning to head of spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, upper panel with small hole towards foot and small chip to head, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Rare, we can trace no other examples at auction either signed or double-signed. Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Le Carré (John) A Small Town in Germany, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, very slight bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket priced at 30s., some slight creasing to head, but a near-fine, bright example overall, 8vo, 1968.⁂ Le Carré's fifth novel, rare signed and in such superb condition.
Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first issue uncorrected proof copy, signed presentation inscription from the author "This is not the true, corrected text, this is a pirate proof of a discarded version. John le Carré 26.ii.99" to title with a cross through the box providing the limitation number, original wrappers, crease to foot of spine, else fine, 1999; and a signed copy of the second issue proof, 8vo (2)⁂ The Single & Single proof was first issued mistakenly using an earlier draft of the book some six pages longer than the final work. This issue is exceptionally rare inscribed, let along with such an excellent explanatory inscription.
Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, first issue dust-jacket with the juggling hands, a fine copy, 1999; with the original promotional set of three juggling balls with explanatory booklet in original "Season's Greetings from Single & Single" presentation box, v.s. (2) ⁂ Single & Single was originally issued in the present jacket as part of the publisher's promotion, seemingly with some copies accompanied by the present set of juggling balls. Signed copies of the first issue are rare and we can trace no other examples of the juggling balls, either at auction or online.
Nesbit (E.) These Little Ones, first edition, 2pp advertisements, 10 plates by Spenser Pryse, prize bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, some light marking to panels, extremities a little rubbed, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1909.⁂ A collection of short stories for children, rare in the jacket.
O'Donnell (Elliott) The Sorcery Club, first edition, 4 plates by Phillys Vere Campbell, 18pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original decorative cloth lettered in gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, but a bright and near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1912.⁂ A superb example of this rare work of supernatural fiction involving occult powers and the lost city of Atlantis.
Orwell (George) Coming Up for Air, first edition, one of 2000 copies, very light dust-soiling to endpapers and half-title, original blue cloth, very lightly faded, dust-jacket, faded, spine browned with head a little frayed, still overall a crisp copy, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Very scarce first edition from a printing of 2000 copies, rare to find in dust-jacket.
Ransome (Arthur) Swallows and Amazons, first edition, illustrations and map endpapers by Stephen Spurrier, publisher's Arthur Ransom book list loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, neat repair to foot of front pastedown, original cloth, very light sunning to spine, small patch of discolouration to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d., very light toning to spine, small chip to head of upper joint, small nick for foot of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities but a bright, near-fine example overall, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Ransom's children's classic, the first instalment in the Swallows and Amazons series and rare in such superb condition.
Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), first edition, signed and inscribed "To John Campbell's Duck Soup Andy Warhol Oct 1975" with large soup can drawing in black felt tip pen to half-title, original red cloth-backed yellow boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbing to edges and slight creasing to foot of upper panel, 8vo, New York & London, 1975.⁂ Two American icons in one go; excellent Soup Can drawing and inscription with amusing reference to the Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup and its star Groucho Marx. Warhol executed a print of the Marx brothers as one of his Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century series in 1980. Although he inscribed several copies with a soup can drawing it is rare to find one including a flavour and this one with the pun is exceptional.
Wells (H.G.) The Autocracy of Mr. Parham, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, some chipping and creasing to extremities, edges very lightly toned, spine browned, 8vo, 1930.⁂ Wells' classic satire on dictators and dictatorships, rare signed.
Woolf (Virginia) On Being Ill, number 104 of 250 copies signed by the author, woodcut illustration on final f., light browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut and unopened, dust-jacket, some light rubbing and faint creasing to tips of spine a corners, but a sharp, fine copy overall, [Kirkpatrick A14; Woolmer 245], 8vo, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.⁂ A superb example of Woolf's essay on illness, rare in such remarkable condition.
Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, number 119 of 525 copies signed by the artist, illustrations, mounted colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, light foxing to endpapers, neatly repaired tears to pastedowns, original pictorial vellum, gilt, original silk ties, usual slight bowing to covers, some creasing to spine ends, but a bright, near-fine example overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1915.⁂ Rare with the original ties and in such bright condition.
China.- Chinese Methodism.- Sing Mi (Rev. Hu, translator) Easy questions for beginners in English and Chinese, text in Chinese and English, occasional spotting, ?original stitched plain wrappers, felt pen lettering to upper wrapper, 200 x 118mm., Fuzhou, M.E.M Press, 1873.⁂ A very good copy of this rare Methodist catechism, translated by one of the first indigenous leaders of the Methodist Church in China. Sing Mi, who was one of three brothers to be converted from Confucianism, became one of seven preachers known as 'The seven golden candlesticks'.
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