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Rob Michiels Auctions
Lot 729

Full title: A rare Dutch Delft blue and white reticulated basket, 18th C.Description: Dim.: 24 x 20,5 x 14 cmInformation concerning condition reports:The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

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Lot 774

Full title: A rare Brussels faience spice box and cover on stand with 'a la haie fleurie' design, 18th C.Description: Dia.: 19,5 cm - H.: 9 cmInformation concerning condition reports:The absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is in perfect condition. Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested reports for you.Once complete, they will be published on our website.High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.rm-auctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@rm-auctions.com

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 127

dating: about 1930 provenance: Kingdom of Italy, Made of red felt, with silver-plated starlets and rare ornament embroidered with gilded threads, small abrasions at the rear. height 13 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 157

dating: 19th Century provenance: Indonesia, Hemispherical skull surmounted by a cusp on a base shaped as a truncated cone, sliding metal nosepiece between two plume-holders, the whole surface painted in polychrome with figures, animals and floral motifs. Fringed mail neck-defense formed by rings with simple closure. The bazu band decorated en-suite and with remnants of the hand guard. Small missing parts and defects. Rare decoration. height 67 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 303

dating: late 18th Century provenance: North Italy, Fine, smooth, two-stage, 18 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, then of sixteen faces and featuring rings and acanthus leaves, provided with foresight; miquelet lock transformed to percussion, flat lock-plate, with recessed tang; wooden half stock (small missing parts and defects) with grooved butt, wooden trigger guard, sculpted with a bust (rare, chiselled wood decoration) and leaves on the front, scraped off at the back. Smooth, brass mounts. Horn-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor. length 149 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 386

dating: about 1810 provenance: England, Straight, single-and-false-edged blade, a big crown on a side, at the base; blackened, iron hilt with convex knuckle-guard at the center of the guard. Checkered iron grip. Leather scabbard with brass hilts and mark on the cap. Very rare. length 84.5 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 397

dating: circa 1800 provenance: Malta, Thin, straight blade of exagonal section, engraved and gilded on a blue background at the first part and decorated with floral motifs and trophies, areas damaged by rust towards the weak. Beautiful, gilded bronze hilt, the shell-guard with three-fluke, silver anchor, the border raised with leaves, a lion's head on the right side. Leaf-shaped quillon, loop-guard decorated with floral motifs, a winged lion's head on the upper part, pommel shaped as an eagle's head. Wooden grip with gilded brass hilts decorated with bay leaves in bas-relief, pearl grip scales with silver Maltese cross at the front. Leather scabbard with gilded bronze hilts and decorated with floral motifs in bas-relief. Complete with a rare, gilded cloth sword knot, the cross is of silver and the pompon of wire. See 'Storia dell'Arma Bianca Italiana' by Cesare Calamandrei pag. 390. Another model of this beautiful sword can be found in the Spada Collection illustrated in 'Agenda Beretta', 1989. length 99.5 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 413

dating: Second quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Piedmont, Straight, double-edged blade, ribbed at the center, with some signs of use and dents; remains of a mark at the base. Brass hilt and grip, in a single piece; various numbers. Spring with working button. Leather scabbard with brass hilts marked 'BC', iron mouthpiece. Rare. length 58,4 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 429

dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Liege, Smooth, two-stage, 17 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with mark of the test bench, mark 'F' under crown and 'AF' (Francotte) under crown, then round with clutch for the bayonet; tang with rear sight. Forward spring lock with rare conversion, mark 'AF' under crown. Wooden full stock marked '34' with brass mounts marked 'AF', 'SD' or 'F'. Iron ramrod. length 120 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 431

dating: 1860 provenance: England, Smooth, round, 15 mm cal. barrel, with short rib at the base marked 'FONDO GARIBALDI 532', adjustable and folding rear sight, foresight; forward spring lock marked 'TOWER 1860' and with crown. Full wooden stock with brass and iron mounts and iron ramrod. the butt marked 'TURNER MAKER BIRM.M'. Due to a lack of information or to establish a historical interest, many weapons are passed down as 'Garibaldine'. Few are those that can definitely be attributed. Those bought with voluntary subscription and marked 'Fondo Garibaldi' are very rare. Over the years, only very few have been offered at auction. length 141 cm.

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Lot 434

dating: 1846 provenance: Torino, Round, rifled, 17 mm cal. barrel, with octagonal breech, foresight and trigger guard, featuring different marks and dated 1846; forward spring lock with flat lock plate, slightly round at the rear, marked 'FABB.A R.LE IN TORINO'; wooden half stock, iron mounts, belt hook with mark 'BI'. With its very rare iron/brass/wooden ramrod. length 69.5 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 507

dating: about 1870 provenance: Rome, Rifled, round, 9 mm cal. barrel, foresight; smooth six-shot cylinder; iron frame, with marks and marked 'F.LLI MAZZOCCHI ROMA', loading gate on the left side; grip with checkered wooden grips and ring for the strap with turn-off extractor. Nickel-plated. Serial number '1291'. This rare revolver was made in Rome, for the Pontifical Gendarmerie, by the Mazzocchi company, based on the Belgian 'Chamelot et Delvigne' patent. length 20.5 cm.

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Lot 603

dating: about 1855 provenance: France, Rifled, octagonal, 8 mm cal. barrel, with foresight and engraved with floral motifs; six-shot cylinder engraved en suite like the frame, marked '834 DAVIDH BREVETE', rare type of blued (refreshed) loading lever and rammer. Checkered wooden butt, grooved ivory butt-plate shaped as a shell. length 31 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 641

dating: Second half of the 18th Century provenance: Tuscany, Smooth, two-stage, 9 mm cal. (a rare caliber for such a pistol) barrel, octagonal at the first part with stamp probably depicting a horse, then round after rings. Slightly carved, snaphaunce flintlock. Wooden stock, slightly sculpted with breaks and small missing parts (easily restorable). Elengant, brass mounts, partially decorated with floral motifs. Wooden ramrod with cartridge extractor. It is worth a proper restoration. length 37.5 cm.

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Czerny International Auction House Ltd.
Lot 66

dating: Second half of the 19th Century provenance: USA, Composite set with belt in thick, black leather (98 x 5 cm) provided with a brass buckle with two elements, shaped as bull's head inside a circle, with remains of not clearly readable marking, maybe 'DEPONIRT'. Holster for a revolver of very big dimensions (e.g. Colt Dragoon). Leather with signs of long use, but still pliable. Together with a knife with single-edged blade, brass quillon and grip covered with leather bands; the relative scabbard obtained from a bayonet scabbard. The buckle is a rare example, see a similar one pictured on page 51 of the volume “TEXAS CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS” by R. M. Ahlstrom. height holster 39 cm.

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Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 19

A rare Moorcroft Ovoid Trial vase, by Vicky Lovatt, Hidden Kings pattern, design with inspiration from Born Free patrons, the vase is tube lined in low relief with piercing tiger's eyes concealed amongst leafy jungle flora, printed and impressed marks, inscribed and dated 18-12-12, 13.5 cm high If you require more information in regard to this item please contact Joanne Bartholomew at joanne@bornfree.org.uk

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Hermann Historica
Lot 10015

Stahlhelm Mk I mit Kettenvisier, Großbritannien, um 1917 Stahl mit khakifarbener Raulackierung, im Augenbereich ein Nasal und darüber ein mit vier Zugfedern gespanntes eisernes Kettengeflecht. Gut erhaltene Innenausstattung mit schwarzem Wachstuch, Leinen und Filz. Leder-Kinnriemen. Unterseite im Nacken gestempelt "HS 61". Partiell leicht beschädigt, Trage- und Altersspuren.Imposanter Helm, sehr selten und gut erhalten.Zustand: IISteel with khaki-coloured, textured finish, a central nasal bar between the wearer's eyes, on which an iron chain mail visor is held in place by springs. The interior liner of black oilcloth, linen and felt in good condition. Leather chinstrap. Stamped "HS 61" on the inside at the nape. Slightly damaged in places, signs of age and wear.Extremely rare, imposing helmet, in fine condition.Condition: II

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Hermann Historica
Lot 10315

Deutscher Stahlhelm M 27 in SS-RZM-Fertigung Im Vergleich zu den Weltkriegshelmen leichtere und einfachere Fertigung mit abgeändertem Übergang zum Vorderschirm, erhöhten Bohrungen zur Futterbefestigung usw. Innenseitige Schlagstempelung "SS" und "RZM" im Kreis. Das Dreilaschenfutter mit Hohlnieten befestigt (davon eine ausgerissen), späterer Kinnriemen. Vermutlich wurde der Helm weiterverwendet. Teils flugrostig bzw. mit groben Reinigungsspuren. Sehr seltener Helm. Zustand: II - IIIA lighter, simpler version of the World War helmets, with a modified join extending down to the front visor, elevated drill holes to attach the liner etc. Stamped "SS" and "RZM" in a circle on the interior. The three-band liner attached with hollow rivets (one of which has been torn out), the chinstrap of later date. The helmet has probably been re-purposed. Filmed with rust in places and with rough cleaning marks. Extremely rare helmet. Condition: II - III

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Forum Auctions
Lot 116

Optics.- Smith (Archibald) Investigation of the equation to Fresnel's wave surface, off-print from the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. VI. Part I., single sheet folded into 4, folds, a little splitting to folds, a few spots and light stains, lightly browned, rare, Cambridge, Pitt Press, 1835; and another, on refraction of rock salt by Nanny Lagerborg, 4to & 8vo, (2).

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Lot 117

Radio.- Marconi (Guglielmo) American Line. U.S.M.S. "Philadelphia" Marconi Bulletin. An up-to-date ocean newspaper. Containing all the latest Marconigrams from passing ships and from the Lizards' [sic] Wireless Telegraphy Station, [East bound edition; No. 1.], bifolium, double column, vignette of the Philadelphia to first page, horizontal fold, causing splitting (repaired), some staining and spotting, 8vo, Printed and published on board, 1903.⁂ Rare inaugural issue of The Marconi Bulletin, published in celebration of the establishment of the first ship to shore radio communication. In February, 1902, Marconi sailed from Britain on the SS Philadelphia in order to carry out tests on wireless transmission. The results showed coherer-tape reception up to 1550 miles; audio reception up to 2100 miles; and that transmissions travelled further at night than during the day. In December, 1902 a transmission from Nova Scotia became the first radio message to cross the Atlantic.

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Lot 12

Phillips (G.F.) Principles of Effect and Colour as applicable to Landscape Painting, first edition, hand-coloured plate of colour wheel and 8 aquatint plates, 6 hand-coloured, paper guards, title lightly spotted but plates clean and bright, original cloth, label to upper cover, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed and faded, spine a little worn, oblong folio, [cf.Abbey, Llife 167, third edition of 1840], F.G.Harding, 1833.⁂ Rare first edition of this artist's manual, with attractive plates. Library Hub records only one copy, in the British Library, and the National Art Library at the V & A contains only a later edition. The last copy sold at auction appears to have been in 1961.

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Lot 120

Law.- Printing block.- Le stille de Chastellet pour monstre a ung chacun qlle ordre est en court laye...en la ville & viconte de Paris...Et comment aucun pourra estre procureur et après advocat, ?electrotype printing block of title, 124 x 82mm., mounted on wood, with a printing of the plate on paper mounted verso, [Paris], [Guillaume Nyverd], [c.1508-1519, but 20th century]; and another, similar (2)⁂ The original edition of this work is rare, with USTC recording only two copies.

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Lot 130

NO RESERVE Occitan poetry.- Theron (Vital) Reliquiae poeticae R. P. Vitalis Theroni, Soc. Iesu presbyteri, ad eminentissimum cardinalem Mazarinum, first Boude edition, woodcut device to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, foot of title frayed, affecting date, trimmed, just within some text to preliminaries, and occasionally elsewhere, without loss of sense, occasional spotting and light browning, disbound, Toulouse, Jean Boude, 1645; and 3 others, 19th & early 20th century Occitan, small 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ Rare first Boude edition of the collected poems of Vital Theron (1572-1657), assembled by his nephew Bernard Theron, a senator of Toulouse, and dedicated to Cardinal Mazarin.

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Lot 132

Duelling.- Law.- Voet (Paul) De duellis, licitis & illicitis, liber singularis, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and contemporary ink ownership inscription, (cross)4 and final f. blank, some staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, blind-stamp of Bernard Popland, 12mo, contemporary vellum, Utrecht, Gisbert van Zyll, 1646.⁂ Rare first edition of this little treatise on duelling by the Dutch jurist and philopsopher.

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Lot 141

Finger book.- Ambigu magique ou tableaux changeans a l'usage de ceux qui n'ont pas la Berlue, fragment of 27 ff. only, containing a total of 47 (of 168) engraved hand-coloured full-page illustrations, first 2 ff. torn at upper corner with loss of part of 1 image, a few tears, water-stained, some soiling, spotting and fraying, disbound, 8vo (162 x 88mm.), Paris, Jacques Chereau, 1776. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare in any condition. Small notches were cut into the fore-margins so that when the viewer's hand is placed on the first in a series and fans the book, the pages 'magically' flip to the next in that series. The book may be turned upside down to see different series. Includes playing cards, womens' costume, flowers, priests, military uniforms and harlequins. The last rare complete copy we can trace was in the Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, sold Christie's 27/6/2006 for $18,000.

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Lot 181

NO RESERVE Mining.- An Act to prevent disputes and controversies concerning Royal Mines, black letter, title with royal arms, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, with final blank, final 2 ff. browned, disbound, Printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1693 § Hopton (William) A conversation on mines &c. between a father and son: to which are added questions and answers to assist candidates to obtain certificates for the management of collieries - A lecture on the atmosphere, its changes and explosive gases, eighth edition, full-page plans, portrait of the author at p.308, wood-engraved illustrations in text, 5pp. advertisements at end, occasional pencil diagrams and marginalia, front free endpapers removed, occasional spotting and staining, hinges split, original cloth, gilt title to upper cover, spine faded, very short split to lower joint, lightly stained, a rare edition, Manchester, Abel Heywood & Son, 1886; and a 20th century work on the mines of Cardiganshire, folio et infra (3)

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Lot 182

Broadside.- Scottish fasting.- By the Queen, a proclamation. Anne R. We having received an humble application from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, that a day of fasting and humiliation may observed throughout that part of our kingdom, woodcut royal arms at head and a large decorative initial, folds, tape mount remains to upper corners verso, some fraying, lightly spotted, lightly browned, Printed by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1710.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording three copies (BL, NLS and Edinburgh University).

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Lot 183

Religion.- The spiritual week; consisting of rules for the conduct of life, and meditations for every day. Together with prayers, and other holy exercises, 2 parts in 1, foxing, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, lower cover detached, rather worn, 12mo, Jonah Bowyer, 1717.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only one copy (Birmingham University), and WorldCat adding a copy at York University. Provenance: Margaret Beardsley; James Harvey (18th century ink inscriptions to endpapers and title).

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Lot 190

Slavery.- Scrap album, c.280pp., including Plan of an African ships lower deck with Negroes in the proportion of only one to a ton, engraving (c.120 x 320mm.) and letterpress explanation, trimmed, Bristol, T. Deeble, c.1790; Pedigree of the dogs, broadside announcing performing dogs of various breeds, c.470 x 155mm., section of c.160mm. split away from foot, [c.1791]; Broadside.- The Will of Louis the Sixteenth, late King of France, written by himself, double column, trimmed, rare with ESTC recording only one copy (Bodleian), no printer, [1793]; and a quantity of others, most cuttings from periodicals, all items mounted, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, worn, folio, [c.1770-1800].⁂ A fascinating album containing a snapshot of life in the late 18th century, with references to leading questions and events of the day, including Slavery and the French Revolution. With cuttings from the Bath and St. James Chronicles on such diverse subjects as hermits, alchemists, rats, crime, suicides, trade and poverty, as well as a few engravings of well-known characters of the time, including 'Old Scaleits, the celebrated Sexton of Peterborough' and the obese Edward Bright of Essex. Other pieces of note are 'The Eccentric Will of the late Henry Trigg, of Stevenage' and 'Orme's New Puzzle of Portraits'.

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Lot 191

NO RESERVE Economics.- Pinto (Isaac de) An essay on circulation and credit, in four parts; and a letter on the jealousy of commerce...Translated, with annotations, by the Rev. S. Baggs, M.A, first edition in English, lacking half-title, K1 tear within text without loss, marginal worming, water-stained, with some damp-spotting, original boards, crude tape repairs, worn, [Goldsmiths' 11184; Higgs 6069; Kress 7042], 4to, Printed for J. Ridley, in St. James's Street, 1774. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare at auction. On stock exchange transactions, speculation and national debt. 'The translation and notes are not in fact by Baggs, but by Sir Philip Francis.' (ESTC).

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Lot 193

Artisan trades.- Wool.- Memorie coronate dalla società patria delle arti e manifatture, title with engraved medallion device, contemporary green silk boards, silk worn, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 14194.17], small 4to, Genoa, Heirs of Adamo Scionico, 1790. ⁂ Rare in commerce. With a section on the wool trade in England.

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Lot 197

Scotland.- [Brown (Robert D.C.)] Mary's bower, or, the castle on the glen; a pastoral drama, of five acts: founded on a real event in Scotland, about the end of the fifteenth century, first edition, occasional spotting, lightly browned, disbound, small 4to, Edinburgh, John Moir, 1811.⁂ Rare, with Library Hub recording four copies.

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Lot 206

Broadside.- Poor.- The Wonderous Works of God, shewn to the Widow and Fatherless. Showing how Mary Blake, of Strutton in the county of Kent, was left with four children, and being reduced to great poverty, applied to the parish, but obtained no relief, triple column, wood-engraved vignette, folds, trimmed, just touching text at head, very small hole at centre with loss of a couple of letters, a few very small wormholes, some staining, lightly browned, rare, York, Carrall, [c.1830].

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Lot 207

Broadside.- Murder & Execution.- Caroline Lowe who suffered on the New Drop at the City of Lincoln, on Monday July 27th, 1835, for the wilful murder of John West, 220 x 188mm., torn at head with loss, a few small stains, creased, lightly browned, rare, Lincoln, Smith, 1835.

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Lot 215

NO RESERVE Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, The Fawn, 60 mounted photographic plates, portrait frontispiece working loose, some plates cockled, original half-vellum, lightly rubbed, Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860 § Glyn (Elinor) The Visits of Elizabeth, first edition, small prize label bound in to endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, joints rubbed, 1906 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) Memories and Portraits, contemporary half calf, spine ends very lightly scuffed, 1904 § Tegner (Esias) The Tale of Frithiof, translated by Captain H. Spalding, original cloth, spine ends bumped, joints lightly rubbed, 1872; and c.60 others, antiquarian literature, v.s. (c.65)⁂ The first mentioned is rare, and is the first edition of 2 volumes bound in 1. The number and images varies from copy to copy, this one being profusely illustrated with views of Roman architecture, cityscapes, scenery, statues, etc. It is known to have served as a guide book for tourists in Italy.

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Lot 217

Music.- Wagner (Richard) "The Music of the Future," a Letter to M. Frédéric Villot ... Translated from the original German by E. Dannreuther, first edition in English, half-title, some light foxing, disbound, 8vo, Schott & Co., 1873.⁂ Rare in commerce.

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Lot 219

NO RESERVE Tichborne Claimant's Defence Counsel.- A thunderbolt for Kenealy! : Juggler, mountebank, and patriot!!! With a report of his trial for torturing his illegitimate child, his sentence, &c., the amount of his fees for his defence of Orton; his treatment of Mrs. Orton, 8pp., some spotting, lightly browned, folded, as issued, 8vo, [E. Morris], 1875.⁂ Rare. The eccentric and erratic Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy came to public prominence in 1873 when he became counsel for Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant.

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Lot 220

Knitting.- [?Green (Agnes)] How to knit and wash a Shetland Shawl. Also, new patterns for knitted curtains. Arranged by the authoress of the "Knitted Curtain Book", second edition, advertisement f. at end for a clothes and bric-a-brac dealer, advertisements to inner wrappers for silks and wools, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions of an Ann Parratt, some spotting and staining, loose in original printed wrappers, lower wrapper with advertisement for Anchor cottons, spine splitting at foot, soiled, 8vo, Barnsley, Joseph Walker, 1878.⁂ Unrecorded. An Agnes Green authored The Knitted Curtain receipt book, Leeds, 1847, itself rare.

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Lot 223

Iona-printed.- Gaelic.- Muir (William) and John McCormick, publishers. The Blessing of the Ship, text in English and Gaelic, lithographed title, letterpress preface f., 15 hand-coloured lithographed ff. with illustrations by J.C. Nicol, corners of title dust-soiled, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, repeating design of title, torn and repaired with tape, with loss to blank areas, small 4to, Iona, 1887.⁂ Rare. 'A form of prayer formerly used by many of the sailors of Iona and the Isles'.

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Lot 276

Drinking.- Rippingille (Edward Villiers) Progress of Intemperance...with Poetical Illustrations, by J. Dix, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates after Rippingille, plate 2 small piece torn from lower blank margin, water-staining to lower right-hand corners, lightly soiled, original printed wrappers, lacking backstrip, some water-staining and soiling, oblong 4to, London & Bristol, Houlston and Stoneman, [c.1840].⁂ Rare work on drinking and its negative effects on life, including hangovers, poverty and participation in crime to feed the habit.

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Lot 284

Architecture.- Langley (Batty and Thomas) The Builder's jewel: or, the youth's instructor, and workman's remembrances, first edition, 99 engraved plates, lacking engraved frontispiece, plate 69 trimmed at outer edge just within border, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, upper cover detaching, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 16mo, printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner, 1741.⁂ Rare first edition of this title.

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Bonhams
Lot 101

T[AYLOR] (SILVANUS)Common-good: or, the Improvement of Commons, Forrests, and Chases, by Inclosure. Wherein the Advantage of the Poor, the Common Plenty of All, and the Increase and Preservation of Timber... Are Considered, FIRST EDITION, title within one-line rule border, light dampstain to final 2 leaves, modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt morocco spine label [ESTC R203768; Goldsmiths 1248; Kress 860], small 4to (182 x 134mm.), Francis Tyton, 1652Footnotes:RARE, only this copy traced at auction in the past fifty years. A plea to reduce the impact of rapid deforestation in England, in which Taylor argues for a programme of planting on the 30,000 acres of Dean, Windsor and the New Forests. The author 'acknowledged that as it stood it was actually cheaper to get timber from New England than transport it 10-15 miles in England, but suggested this supply would soon be logged out' (P. Warde, The Invention of Sustainability: Nature and Destiny, c.1500-1900, 2018).Provenance: Donald McDonald, author of Agricultural writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800 (1908), bookplate; Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp on endpapers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 107

YOUNG (Miss S.A.)Studies of Trees, With and Without Foliage, FIRST EDITION, drop-head title above list of subscribers, 12 lithographed plates of trees printed by Hullmandel after S.A. Young, 11 of which proofs on India Paper, plate 12 hand-coloured not on India, publisher's printed wrappers with title and publisher's details on upper cover, some soiling, neatly re-backed with new spine to match, preserved in purpose-made morocco-backed solander box by J. & S. Brockman, folio (555 x 400mm.), Edinburgh, Abraham Thomson, [and others], 1834Footnotes:Rare series of views of magnificent trees. 'The Sketches contained in this Work were drawn from Nature during a short residence near Clifton, chiefly to beguile the tediousness of a lingering indisposition'. Most of the trees were in the park of Kings Weston, a John Vanburgh designed house near Bristol, with others at nearby Shirehampton. Little is known of the artist, but the list of subscribers (and lead publisher) suggest she was probably from Scotland, but with connections to the Channel Islands, with many members of the de Saumerez, Dobree and other Guernsey families listed. Other subscribers are local to Bristol, but also included is Darwin Galton, the brother of Francis Galton, and grandson of Erasmus Darwin.Copies with proofs on India paper cost £2.2s, while 'common' copies were priced at £1.6s.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 108

ZOPPINO (NICCOLO, publisher)Operetta nova de cose stupende in agricultura vere, 8pp., large woodcut illustration of two men prunning a tree on title-page, fore-edge shaved touching one letter of title and border of vignette, nineteenth century boards, rebacked in morocco, rubbed [EDIT 16; CNCE 66505; not in Adams], 8vo (138 x 95mm.), [Venice, Niccolò Zoppino, c.1520]Footnotes:Very rare handbook on agriculture, with EDIT 16 only recording one copy. Advice is given on a most varied number of topics ranging from keeping roses fresh to fertilising fruit plants with goat's milk, and methods of ripening figs.Provenance: J. Charles Barnel, bookplate; Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp with acquisition date (1921) inside upper cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 116

SMITH (PHILIP)PHILLIPS (TOM, translator and illustrator) The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Inferno. A Verse Translation by Tom Phillips with Images & Commentary, bound in 3 vol., NUMBER 3 OF THE 'SPECIAL COPIES FOR FINE BINDING HC 1-17', SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE COLOPHON, from an overall edition of 185 copies, 140 plates comprising etchings, lithographs, screenprints and mixed media, each initialled by the artist, binder's notes tipped-in at rear of each volume, bound by Philip Smith in full black, black and red, and 2 shades of red goatskin respectively, the covers and spines with overall designs of impasto modelling in various colours using emulsified maril layers and leather onlays with the application of acrylic paint, coloured rough-trimmed edges and press stud leather clasps to match the binding, the three volumes joining to make a large book wall when mounted vertically, the front covers forming an image of a tall grotesque male figure with inset figures and scenes, the rear covers forming a last judgement vertical tryptich, housed in a three-part UV perspex case, folio (each volume 425 x 325mm., overall dimensions when assembled in perspex case 1345 x 380mm.), Talfourd Press, 1983; together with a large wooden cabinet base, with compartments for storing the volumes and/or the packaging (the back of the cabinet door with printed instructions for storage and assembly), and a stained oak trellised tower made by Adrian Jones to Philip Smith's design for an alternative method of displayFootnotes:'A RARE SYNTHESIS OF TWO WORKING, LIVING GENIUSES': PHILIP SMITH'S SPECTACULAR TRIPTYCH DESIGN ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTIST'S BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Philip Smith first developed the concept of the 'book wall' in the late 1960s, with images on each volume flowing on to the covers of the adjacent books, but at the same time forming integral individual images. His versions of Lord of the Rings are the best known examples: in 1973, he and Tolkien were invited at the Craftsman's Art Exhibition to present a set to the Duke of Edinburgh, and in 2003 a monumental wall of 21 volumes was sold at auction for £130,000. The design for the Dante tower structure was drawn up in 1984, but work on the first volume was only begun properly in 1991. Three years later it was completed and exhibited at the British Library. The remaining two volumes were designed in 1999 and completed a year later. The work can be displayed in three separate volumes, or erected vertically to form a contiguous tower using an elaborate three-part perspex case (all parts and instructions supplied).'It is to my mind a rare synthesis of two working, living geniuses giving visual form to a remarkable poem... This extraordinary work is unique in vision and skill... I believe their like will never be equalled' (Timothy C. Ely, in 'Designer Bookbinders newsletter', no. 185, Spring 2019). For his illustration and for providing a new translation of the Inferno, Phillips received the Frances Williams Memorial Prize in 1983, the LA Times writing 'there is no doubt that Tom Phillips has captured Dante for our time'. Exhibited: British Library 1994; Designer Bookbinding 2000-2001.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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FABRI (ALESSANDRO)Diversarum nationum ornatus [-Diversarum nationum habitus], vol. 1 and 2 (of 3) bound in 1 vol., engraved decorative title-page to each volume, 8pp. letterpress dedication to Battista Dotto (cropped touching first line of text on each page), 193 engraved plates only, including 189 of costumes (misbound, some unnumbered or numbered erratically), without the engraved dedication to Dotto or any overlays, most with additional ink numeral either in blank border or over original printed numeral, one with crude pencil drawing of a man in the margin, one with small ink annotation, approximately 14 with some light dampstains or toning, one cropped at outer margin not touching image, occasional spot or mark, full page of eighteenth century ink notes written in Spanish on the blank verso of first title and 2 non-costume plates, nineteenth century calf, gilt morocco spine labels, lacks upper cover, lower cover near detached with tape repairs [USTC 828580; Brunet II, 1151; Cicognara 1643, 'rara e copiosa collezione'; Colas I, 1021; Lipperheide Aa39; Vinet 2094, 'recueil fort intéressant, mais très difficile à trouver'], 8vo, [Padua, 1593], sold not subject to returnFootnotes:RARE AND CHARMING SIXTEENTH CENTURY COSTUME BOOK PRESENTED BY EDWARD BURNE-JONES, with only one other copy traced on Rare Book Hub. The majority of the plates depict single figures in costumes from Europe (Moscow, England, Finland, Greece, etc), Turkey, Arabia and the Americas (4, including inhabitants of Virginia), with a series of Venetian carnival costumes, a series of officials of the Holy Roman Empire, a few portraits of Paduans, and 4 views (bull fight, gondola, bird shoot on a lake, and the procession of the Doge). The engravings are based on those in Pietro Bertelli's more common Diversarum nationum habitus (Padua, 1589-96). The plate count called for these parts is variable in the standard bibliographies.Provenance: Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), presented by him to Sir Edward Aurelian Ridsdale (1864-1923), with inscription 'Ridsdale, Rottingdean 1896. From Sir E. Burne-Jones - my friend and neighbour'. Ridsdale, from 1906-1910 Liberal Member of Parliament for Brighton, lived at Rottingdean, Sussex where from 1880 until his death Burne-Jones also lived for part of the year. In 1893 he painted a portrait of Ridsdale; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 166

CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.)The People's Rights, FIRST EDITION, FIRST DAILY NEWS ISSUE, with page 71 misnumbered '1', one appendix and index at end, toned throughout (as usual), upper fore-corner of first and last few leaves turned (some with loss), short marginal tears with some loss to blank lower margin of final leaf, publisher's yellow wrappers with photographic portrait of Churchill on the front, spine worn with some slight losses, lacks rear wrapper, piece of old envelope partially obscuring text on inner front wrapper [Cohen A31.4.a; Woods A16], 8vo, Hodder & Stoughton, London and Manchester, The Daily News, [1910]Footnotes:THE RARE 'DAILY NEWS ISSUE', with the revised Manchester imprint on the front wrapper, one of several published by Hodder and Stoughton in conjunction with regional newspapers. The Daily News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, the newspaper's first editor before he handed the reigns over to John Forster. It was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle, and in 1901, Quaker chocolate manufacturer George Cadbury bought the newspaper in order to campaign for old age pensions and against sweatshop labour. From 1906, it also became prominent in its support for women's suffrage.Provenance: National League of Young Liberals, stamped in ink across front wrapper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 168

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Shall We Commit Suicide?, first separate edition, second issue, 12pp., title within double rule border and with small device in centre, stapled as issued in self-wrappers, with a loosely inserted compliments slip printed on blue paper, FINE COPY [Cohen A74.2; Woods A33], 205 x 90mm., Reprinted from Nash's Pall Mall Magazine of September 24, 1924 [1924]Footnotes:'The following article on what may be expected in the event of a new war comes with authority from an Englishman who for may years has been actively identified with the war machinery of the British Empire' (Introduction). This ominously prophetic article first appeared in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine before being published in the U.S. as this stand-alone pamphlet. In it Churchill envisages a future world at risk from chemical and bacteriological warfare, and warns of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ('Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings nay, to blast a township at a stroke?').The compliments slip included here is presumably a rare survival. It is signed in print by Raymond B. Fosdick of the Rockefeller Foundation ('Your opinion on this leaflet would be appreciated.... If you would like some extra copies for distribution among your friends, I should be glad to supply them').This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 169

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Liberals' Part in Rebuilding Britain. Mr. Churchill Speaks at the N.L.C., 4pp., drop-head title, 2 photographic illustrations, marked 'A3.' in ink top right, a couple of passages/ words emphasized or underlined in blue crayon or black ink, slight creasing at edges, pin-holes in upper margins, preserved in crushed brown morocco-backed case with folding flaps and gilt lettered spine [Cohen A184/1; Woods A96(a)], Liberal Publication Department, [1943]; [Yalta Conference] Mr. Churchill's Speech in the House of Commons 27th February 1945 and Crimean Conference Debate.. (Reproduced from the Times), Swedish (English language) printing, 32pp. including blanks, stapled in self-wrappers [Cohen A199.3], Stockholm, I. Haeggström, 1945; [CHURCHILL (WINSTON) and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT]. The Atlantic Charter. The Full Text of the Joint Declaration.., New Zealand edition, 16pp. including blanks, stapled in publisher's wrappers, title printed in red and black, slight soiling [Cohen A151.2], Christchurch [etc.], Whitcombe & Tombs, [1941], 8vo (3)Footnotes:Three scarce pamphlets, including the particularly rare one containing Churchill's speech of 22 July 1943 at the National Liberal Club, given at the unveiling of a recently restored portrait which had been damaged by a German bomb. Cohen did not locate a copy, and no others have been traced by us, or by the late Mark Weber, through whose hands this copy has passed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 174

CHURCHILL (WINSTON) AND FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAtlantic Charter [August 12th 1941], NUMBER 3 OF 100 COPIES, printed on Simili Japon paper in grey and blue with initial flourish and rubrications, sewn with silk thread in publisher's wrappers [not in Cohen or Woods], 16mo, [Utrecht], The Busy Bee, [1944]Footnotes:A very good copy of this rare and finely printed edition, not seen by Cohen or Woods, and only one copy appearing in auction records (1989).'The Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration of the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, first published August 12th 1941, has been printed in secret in the office of the Busy Bee, somewhere in occupied Holland, this being the third volume of the series Documents Humains. The edition has been limited to 100 copies on Simili Japon paper. 3 [in ink]' (colophon).The Busy Bee, or De Bezige Bij, began life during the Second World War and quickly became a remarkably successful clandestine publishing house, issuing broadsides and helping to raise funds to aid Jewish children to escape from the Nazis. The Atlantic Charter was its first official publication, and despite the circumstances, the printing would have been worthy of any fine private press.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 197

PULP FICTION - CRIMEGLINTO (DARCY), Pseud. of HAROLD ERNEST KELLY. Snow Vogue, FIRST EDITION, loss at head of dust-jacket spine affecting the word 'Snow', Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., [1941]; Road Floozie, 1950; '... One More Nice White Body', rodent damage to lower part of spine (similar to dust-jacket), jacket price-clipped, 1952; 'You Took Me... Keep Me', library labels, and perforated stamp on 2 pages, small tears to jacket with label on spine, 1941 [but 1952]; Curtains for Carrie, 1953, publisher's cloth, pictorial dust-jackets, 8vo, all but the first mentioned Robin Hood Press; and 3 others by Darcy Glinto, dust-jacketed hardbacks (8)Footnotes:The rare first edition hardback with dust-jacket of Glinto's classic of drug peddling, glossed as 'Opium! Cocaine!! Dope!!!. Fiendish Drug-Orgies Shock America' on a later paperback edition.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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ARMS AND ARMOURMEYRICK (WILLIAM) An Illustrated Catalogue of Weapons and Detached Specimens of Armour, from the Collection of William Meyrick, Esq., FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 120 ALBUMEN PRINTS (numbered 1-118, with 2 each for nos. 98 and 117, all numbered in ink on mount above image), accompanying printed leaf of text to plates 1-92 (with additions in ink to 9), the remainder with a leaf of descriptive text in manuscript, mounted one per page, cutting from Connoisseur Magazine relating pasted on front endpaper, contemporary red morocco gilt, original gilt lettering label on upper cover, g.e, rebacked preserving original spine (with modern gilt morocco lettering label), rubbed [not in Gernsheim], folio (360 x 265mm.), Joseph Clayton, 1861Footnotes:RARE CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAM MEYRICK COLLECTION OF WEAPONS AND ARMOUR, ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL ALBUMEN PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE. No copies traced as selling on Rare Book Hub, and only one copy listed on Worldcat. Presumably published in a limited number of copies, the author notes that he is 'indebted to a friend for having most kindly taken these photographs from specimens of weapons... I have obtained in the last fifteen or twenty years. In making this small collection, my object has been to procure such specimens only, as are really of good form, or of good workmanship...' (Introduction).Provenance: Leonard Brassey (1870-1958), 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, armorial bookplate. Leonard's father Henry Arthur Brassey, M.P. purchased the Meyrick collection en bloc in about 1880, bequeathing it to his son on his death in 1891. Leonard subsequently consigned the collection for auction at Christie's, offered as Meyrick Arms and Armour being the Collection Formed about the Middle of the 19th Century by the late Dr. William Meyrick, February 21, 1922. Many of the items were purchased by Dr. Bashford Dean for the Metropolitan Museum, New York.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 217

WOOLF (VIRGINIA)Roger Fry, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, WITH PENCIL CORRECTIONS in an unidentified hand on approximately 24 pages including the title-page, plain brown wrappers, lettered in ink on the spine, frayed at extremities, 8vo, The Hogarth Press, 1940Footnotes:Rare proof copy of the last book Virginia Woolf saw into print before her death. The pencil corrections mostly relate to punctuation, spelling misprints (such as the addition of the accent to 'Cézanne', the artist Fry championed and introduced to England in his celebrated Post-Impressionist exhibition of 1910), but also the important introduction of the words 'A Biography' on the title-page.Provenance: Julian Fry (Roger Fry's son), and thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 248

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESSCOPPARD (A.E.) Clorinda Walks in Heaven, NUMBER 19 OF 20 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, from an edition limited to 690, INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper 'For J.R.T. Morris/ With best wishes/ A.E. Coppard', and with a quatrain by Thomas Hardy in Coppard's hand below, untrimmed in original linen-backed boards with paper spine label, some browning to spine ends, 1922; Adam & Eve & Pinch Me, FIRST EDITION, one of 340 copies in orange boards from an edition limited to 550, first gathering slightly loose, stain to upper cover, spine faded, slipcase, 1921, 8vo, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press (2)Footnotes:The rare first and fourth books produced by the fledgling Golden Cockerel Press, and the first two books of stories published by Coppard.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 275

GREGYNOG PRESS - BINDINGVAUGHAN (HENRY) Poems, number 166 of 500 copies, initials in red, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, specially bound in crushed blue morocco by Carl Hanson at the National Library of Wales (signed in gilt at rear), sides with ornamental gilt borders, gilt panelled spine with similar tools and raised bands, blue morocco turn-ins, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1924Footnotes:BOUND BY THE FIRST HEAD OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES BINDERY. Carl August Hanson (1872-1961) was born in Oslo and came to London in 1898 to seek work as a bookbinder. He found a post at Zaehnsdorf in Shaftsbury Avenue, and three years later he moved to Riviere and Sons in Regent Street, where he stayed for 10 years. The move to the recently opened National Library of Wales came in 1911, when they urgently needed an experienced craftsman to repair and rebind many of the rare manuscripts and books in the collections donated by Sir John Williams.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 33

ISLAMThe Rise of Islam and the Caliphate. The Pan-Islamic Movement, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'Confidential' printed in upper right corner of title and front wrapper, very light old dampstain at top edges, publisher's grey printed wrappers, numeral '1' stamped in top corner of front wrapper above header and 'Confidential', 8vo, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, January 1919Footnotes:RARE. Marked 'Confidential', this handbook was prepared for the use of delegates of the Allied Nations who gathered at the Paris Peace Conference of January 1919. It outlines the historical scope of Islam and the Caliphate, contextualising it with current events, the final chapter entitled 'Pan-Islamism and the Young Turks'. The handbook was reprinted the following year with the wording 'confidential' removed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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LEAR (EDWARD)Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol. [First-Second series], FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 2 hand-coloured maps, 55 tinted lithographed plates, and illustrations in the text by Lear, tissue guards, albumen print photograph of Lear's grave loosely inserted, some spotting, early half morocco, gilt lettered on spine, rubbed, joints repaired [Abbey Travel 172], folio (370 x 260mm.), Thomas M'Lean, 1846; with a printed prospectus for Edward Lear's Landscape Illustrations of Poems by Lord Tennyson. Dedicated to Lady Tennyson (1885), and a 2-page printed list of the 200 illustrations to be included in the work loosely inserted (4)Footnotes:Edward Lear lived in Rome from 1837 to 1848, apart from two visits to England during one of which he organised the publishing of Illustrated Excursions, based upon journeys he had made into the area around Rome and Naples. Lear notes in the preface 'I have executed the whole of the Lithographic drawings from my own sketches, and have endeavoured to preserve a close fidelity to the Originals'. 'Queen Victoria, one of the subscribers, was so impressed with the work that she invited Lear to give her a series of twelve drawing lessons' (ODNB). The first series is devoted to the Abruzzi provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, the second to the Papal States. Included with the lot is the rare prospectus for Lear's proposed Landscape Illustrations of Poems by Lord Tennyson and a printed list of the 200 illustrations for inclusion. The work was never published.Provenance: Richard William Church (1815-1890, Dean of St. Paul's), bookplate. Included with the lot is an autograph letter from Lear's biographer Vivian Noakes, mentioning that a member of the Church family was reported to own a manuscript journal of Lear's Greek tour.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 36

PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIAPersian Gulf, large colour-printed map of 'Persian Gulf and Adjacent Countries... Additions Feby. 1919' loosely inserted as issued in pocket at end, June, 1919; Persia, June 1919; Arabia, large colour-printed 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf & Arabia' loosely inserted as issued in pocket at end, April 1919, FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUES, all with 'Confidential' printed upper right of title and front wrapper, publisher's grey printed wrappers, each with the numeral '1' upper right of front wrapper (in blue ink for Persian volumes, stamped for Arabia), some toning, light old dampstain to spine and lower part of front wrapper of first mentioned, 8vo, Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, 1919 (3)Footnotes:RARE. Marked 'confidential', these handbooks were prepared by the British Foreign Office, for the use by the delegates of Allied Nations who gathered at the Paris Peace conference of 1919-1920, which lead to the formation of the League of Nations. They provide details of the 'geography, physical and political' and 'political history' of the regions. Persian Gulf includes 'the Persian Gulf proper together with the Gulf of Oman and the adjacent coastal regions', with a history of these states to 1914.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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ARMS AND ARMOUR - NAPOLEON IIIPENGUILLY L'HARIDON (OCTAVE) Catalogue des collections du cabinet d'armes des sa Majesté l'Empereur, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt lettered on spine, joints rubbed, small 4to (270 x 180mm.), Paris, Librairie Centrale, 1865--Chateau Impérial de Pierrefonds. Album du cabinet d'armes de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon III pour faire suite au catalogue dressé par M.A. Penguilly l'Haridon. Photographies par A[uguste]. Chevallier, half-title, 61 ALBUMEN PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS (comprising 6 views of the castle exterior and interior, one ground plan and 54 views of the arms as arranged within the castle), mounted one per sheet on stiff paper, each of the plates of arms with accompanying with sheet of letterpress description, a few sheets working loose, contemporary green morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., rubbed, 4to (270 x 192mm.), Paris, J. Claye, 1867, FIRST EDITIONS (2)Footnotes:RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE CABINET D'ARMES OF NAPOLEON III. The collection was housed in the grand 'Salle de Preuses' at Chateau Pierrefonds, a twelfth century castle reconstructed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc at the Emperor's orders. Napoleon's collection was founded on his purchase of arms from the collection of the Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-1859), the great Russian collector whose Oriental arms were purchased by Tsar Alexander II. The photographs of the arms were taken by A. Chevallier.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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[BARLOW (WILLIAM)]The Navigator's Supply. Conteining many things of Principall Importance Belonging to Navigation, with the Description and Use of Diverse Instruments Framed Chiefly for that Purpose; but Serving also for Sundry other of Cosmography in Generall: the Particular Instruments are Specified on the next Page, FIRST EDITION, early issue with a blank space left for the vignette below title and without the 7 plates, woodcut initials and ornaments, page numbers added in an early ink hand, some dampstaining mainly to the first few leaves, a few others soiled, first line of title supplied in old printed facsimile, several scattered leaves with single or small wormholes towards foot of page, clean tear to H2 without loss, late eighteenth century russia, gilt rule and blind-roll border on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, small paper label at foot of spine with Scott reference number '47', extremities slightly rubbed, upper joint a little weak [ESTC S100864], 4to (190 x 123mm.), G. Bishop, R. Newbery, and R. Barker, 1597Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION OF BARLOW'S IMPORTANT WORK ON NAVIGATION. According to the 1974 Scott Library catalogue (see below), the present copy is an early issue before the addition of the title vignette and the folding plates. It is the only such copy we have traced in auction records, although ESTC and other some institutional listings make no mention of the plates.To William Barlow (died 1625, correspondent of William Gilbert) is owed the discovery of the difference between iron and steel for magnetic purposes, improvements in the hanging of compasses at sea, and finding the proper way of touching magnetic needles. His first book, The Navigator's Supply gives descriptions of several new navigational instruments and compasses. 'William Barlow uses the 'nonnius' devised by Pedro Nunez more than fifty years previously and gives a graphical method for drawing a Mercator network... He describes a number of new navigating and surveying instruments and summarizes his own contribution to the study of magnetism' (Taylor, Mathematical Practitioners, pp.334-5).Provenance: John Scott (Scottish engineer and shipbuilder, 1830-1903); Scott Library Collection, presented by his son to the Institution of Naval Architects in 1930, printed donation label; 'A Selection from the Scott Library', Christies, 4 December 1974, lot 36.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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