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Lot 100
Pessoa (Fernando) 35 Sonnets, first edition, some light fraying along fore-edge, loose in original stitched printed wrappers, 8vo, Lisbon, 1918.⁂ An important early self-published work by Pessoa, rare. Pessoa was a committed anglophile with the majority of his early influence coming more from the likes of Donne and (especially here) Shakespeare than any Portuguese authors.
Lot 162
Wheatley (Dennis) The Forbidden Territory, early reprint with 40pp. publisher's catalogue for Spring 1933 at rear, signed presentation inscription from the author 'The first book which was ever to me by an old friend to sign' on title, map endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, fraying to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [1933]; The Forbidden Territory, first American edition, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, New York, 1933; and an early English reprint of the same in a dust-jacket, 8vo (3)⁂ The author's first published book, rare.
Lot 164
Wheatley (Dennis) Black August, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 'Xmas 1933' to title, 3pp. advertisements of books by Wheatley, 56pp and 8pp. publisher's catalogues, all at rear, map endpapers (lightly browned), original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, abrasion to foot of upper joint, creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, [1934].⁂ The first book in the Gregory Sallust series, rare in the jacket and with a contemporary inscription from the author.
Lot 166
Wheatley (Dennis) Black August, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Alfred Hitchcock 'To my good friend Hitch with every good wish' to title, map endpapers (browning), original cloth, neatly rebacked retaining original backstrip, preserved in custom drop-backed box, 8vo,,[1934].⁂ A lovely association copy of this rare first edition. Wheatley had known Hitchcock for a few years by this point and had gifted him a copy of The Forbidden Territory the previous year. Both men had been hopeful of a film adaptation of The Forbidden Territory with Hitchcock at the helm, however the production was beset by problems and was eventually directed by Phil Rosen. This copy could indicate that Wheatley was hoping to reignite the great director's interest with his latest publication, if so however this was sadly to no avail.
Lot 175
Wheatley (Dennis) Three Inquisitive People, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, lower joint broken, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some damp-staining to lower panel, extremities rubbed, 8vo, [1940].⁂ Wheatley's first novel, written in the winter of 1931-2 but not published until years later, rare.
Lot 74
Lewis (Ted) Jack Returns Home, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short tear to head of upper joint, corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1970.⁂ Rare, the basis for the classic 1971 film Get Carter.
Lot 215
SANDFORD RICHARD: (1891-1918) British Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Zeebrugge Raid on 22nd - 23rd April 1918. Extremely rare dark fountain pen ink signature ('R D Sandford') on a small oblong 8vo piece. Very slightly irregularly trimmed and neatly mounted to a card above a newspaper article removed from The Weekly Dispatch of 28th August 1927 relating to the unveiling of a tablet in memory of Sandford. Autographs of Sandford are extremely rare in any form as a result of his death from typhoid fever at the age of 27, just twelve days after the signing of the Armistice. About VG
Lot 217
CHAMBERLAIN NEVILLE: (1869-1940) British Prime Minister 1937-40. A very fine vintage signed and inscribed 13 x 12 photograph, the image depicting Chamberlain seated in a three quarter length pose with his young son, Francis, seated on his knee. Chamberlain's wife, Anne, appears at their side. Photograph by H. J. Whitlock & Sons Ltd. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To Monty Barlow from Neville Chamberlain' and dated 1938 in his hand. Professionally matted in black and framed and glazed in a silver coloured frame to an overall size of 18 x 17. Signed photographs of Chamberlain of this size and quality are rare and desirable. EX
Lot 300
GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. An important Autograph Manuscript Signed, M K Gandhi, three pages, 8vo, N[ew] D[elhi], 21st December 1947. The manuscript is entitled Laws of Health and is written in response to a letter by Brijlal Nehru which had been published on 17th December. Gandhi writes, in part, 'Shri Brijlal Nehru, himself a faddist like me, has written to the Press belauding the statement of the Minister of Health that “a very great deal of our ill health is due to our own fault” and saying that there is to his knowledge no governmental agency responsible for removing this fault. He adds…(at this point, and two others later, Gandhi indicates which part of Nehru's published text he wishes to quote, in part, 'The attention of our Health Ministers has so far been confined to the establishment of hospitals, sanitaria, clinics, dispensaries….no institutions have been founded for the prevention of disease by bringing home to the people the need of correct living and the methods of doing so')….He then goes on to suggest…..(Gandhi again indicates the text of Nehru to quote, in part, 'that a “separate branch be established to attend to the promotion of health as distinguished from treatment of disease…..')……Why does this fellow faddist want a separate branch for this very necessary purpose. This was the irresponsible [later altered to 'fashion' in the published version of this manuscript] under the old regime which went on piling expenditure on expenditure and deluded itself & the gullible public that the greater the expense the greater the utility. I would have the Minister of Health require the the doctors under her & the other staff understand that their first care must be attainment & preservation of the health of the public whom they are paid to serve. As a preliminary step the writer…..(Gandhi indicates the text to be quoted, and instructs '(for the omitted portion put stars)')….,Indeed, the teaching of the laws of Health should be obligatory in all schools & colleges. If the treatise recommended by Shri Brijlal Nehru is brought out I hope the authors would be instructed not to avoid the introduction of disease under the guise of preserving health such as the craze for various inoculations'. Signed and dated by Gandhi at the conclusion in the left margin of the final page. Accompanied by Gandhi's original printed newspaper copy of Brijlal Nehru's letter as published in the press, bearing several ink deletions and the numerals 1, 2, 3 in the margin in Gandhi's hand, referring to the insertions he wished to make in his manuscript. As was Gandhi's custom, the present manuscript is written on the verso of three separate letters written to him, and these are also of interest and significance, the first page written to the verso of the upper half of an autograph letter to Gandhi ('My dear Gandhiji') from M. K. Bhaskar and stating, in part, 'We want a great and glorious India. For this two fundamental evils should be eradicated. (i) Poverty (ii) Religious fanaticism and distinctions based on caste and creed…..', the second page written to the verso of an A.L.S. by R. C. Sethi to Gandhi ('Respected Mahatmaji') dated 13th November 1947, stating, in part, 'Will you please remove my doubt as follows - Is God the creator of this world and a single power governing this universe or a soul like Rama, Lord Krishna…..who had existed physically and that the world is from infinite time…..' and the third is written to the verso of an unsigned typed note of compliments from the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, forwarding an enclosure to Gandhi in New Delhi and dated 6th December 1947, with blind embossed insignia of the Government of India to the upper left corner. An extremely rare manuscript of fine content regarding the health of India's public, a subject which was of importance to Gandhi. Some light age wear and small pinholes to the upper left corner of each page, a light band of uniform age toning to the left half of the first page, and ink show through from the verso to the second page. The newspaper article with a small area of paper loss to the upper left corner. G, 2 Brijlal Nehru (1884-1964) Indian Civil Servant and a notable member of the Nehru family. Cousin of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and an eminent leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Gandhi. The present manuscript was originally published, with a few minor alterations, in Gandhi's weekly journal Harijan on 28th December 1947. India's first Health Minister was Amrit Kaur (1889-1964) and she was appointed to the post in Jawaharlal Nehru's first cabinet on 16th August 1947. An eminent Gandhian, freedom fighter and social activist, Kaur would serve as Minister of Health for ten years. Gandhi was assassinated on 30th January 1948, a little over a month after writing the present manuscript. The fact that Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a right-wing advocate of Hindu Nationalism and religious fanatic, makes the comments on the first sheet of the present manuscript that, for a 'great and glorious' India to exist religious fanaticism should be eradicated, even more poignant. Autograph Manuscripts by Gandhi rarely appear at auction. American Book Prices Current record only ten examples as having been sold in the last thirty-five years, the most recent by Sotheby's in 2007.
Lot 36
ROSSELLINI ROBERTO: (1906-1977) Italian Film Director, husband of Ingrid Bergman from 1950-57. A good, rare A.L.S., Roberto, two pages, 4to, New Delhi, 9th January n.y. (1957), to Ercolino, on the printed stationery of the Hotel Imperial, in Italian. Rossellini thanks his correspondent for their telegram and postcard, which has increased his nostalgia, and continues ‘I started and restarted to write you the letter to explain my position about Ingrid’s journey. It is hard to talk about your most intimate feelings. I’m all upside down. I think it’s better if I work off my anguish first. You know, dear Ercolino, the…..contract had one meaning only for me: to lighten the atmosphere to facilitate Ingrid’s rapprochement with her daughter. I don’t need to tell you more, at least for the moment, I think’, further stating ‘This morning I had a long conversation with Nehru and tomorrow I leave with him for a three-day trip. I hope to be able to film highly interesting things. I’m not morally and physically okay, but…..everything will be over. In three days I hope to be able to write a less inconclusive letter’. An emotional and heartfelt letter, not least in its references to Ingrid Bergman. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and some light uniform age toning to the edges of the first page, about VG Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Swedish Actress, Academy Award winner. In 1952 she gave birth to the twin daughters Isotta Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini. In 1957 the Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, invited Roberto Rossellini to make the documentary India and inject some life into the floundering Indian Films Division. Despite being married to Bergman, the director entered into an affair with the screenwriter Sonali Das Gupta, herself married to a local filmmaker. The affair led to a huge scandal in India, as well as Hollywood, and Nehru asked Rossellini to leave the country. Shortly afterwards Rossellini and Bergman separated.
Lot 47
KEYSTONE KOPS: A wonderful vintage multiple signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph by four members of Mack Sennett’s silent film slapstick comedy team the Keystone Kops individually, comprising Chester Conklin (1886-1971, ‘To Lovely “Lillian” from one policeman to another, Chester Conklin’), Snub Pollard (1889-1962, ‘To Lillian, Sincerely, Snub Pollard’), Hank Mann (1888-1971, originator of the idea for the Keystone Kops; ‘Kind wishes to Lillian, Hank Mann’) and Al St. John (1892-1963, ‘Yours for fun, Al St. John’ and additionally signed by him to the lower border ‘We will split in two for you, Al’). Also signed and inscribed by an unidentified show girl dancer (?) Gloria Randall (‘To Lillian from Gloria Randall’). The image depicts the four comic actors standing together in a row in full length poses, each wearing their policeman’s uniform costumes and holding Randall by her legs as she lifts her large frilled dress to reveal her black stockings and underwear. Signed by each in fountain pen inks to clear areas of the image. Some very slight, extremely minor smudging to the last few letters of Mann’s signature. Signed photographs of the Keystone Kops are extremely rare. Some very slight surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG
Lot 59
HARLOW JEAN: (1911-1937) American Actress and Sex Symbol. An excellent vintage signed 10 x 13 photograph of Harlow seated in a full length pose wearing a plain black dress. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull and bearing his blindstamp to the lower white border and his Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer credit stamp to the verso. A typed caption lightly affixed to the verso indicates that the photograph dates from the time of The Secret Six (1931), an early gangster movie in which the actress starred as Anne Courtland. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background and dated 4th June 1936 in her hand. Harlow has further added a brief sentiment in her hand, 'May yoeur (sic) life be happy always!' to a light area at the base of the image. Authentic signed photographs of Harlow are extremely rare - as the greeting on this photograph illustrates Harlow was only semi-literate and the vast majority of autographs were signed by her mother. A few light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG Provenance: The present photograph was originally in the collection of Jimmy Starr (1904-1990, American Screenwriter of the 1930s and later a Hollywood columnist) and bears his stamp to the verso, and was later included in the Alan Robinson collection of cinema autographs (IAA Ltd., lot 884, 29th September 2007).
Lot 62
WOOD NATALIE: (1938-1981) American Actress. A good, early vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of the teenage Wood in an attractive head and shoulders pose. The original Warner Bros. publicity portrait was issued for the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955) in which Wood starred in the role of Judy alongside James Dean as Jim Stark. Signed in bold turquoise fountain pen ink across a light area of the background, ‘To dear Charles! Wishing you success and happiness always! Sincerely, Natalie Wood’. Signed photographs of Wood associated with this cult film, at an early stage in her career, are extremely rare and desirable. Slightly irregularly trimmed to the white borders and with one very minor crease to the lower left corner, only very minimally affecting one letter of the signature, G Natalie Wood was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause.
Lot 98
TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH: (1840-1893) Russian Composer. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph by Tchaikovsky, the image depicting the composer seated in a half length pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and with a three line inscription in Cyrillic to Margarita Aleksandrovna Eikhenvald, dated 11th November 1891, in his hand. With a small blind embossed coat of arms to the lower photographer's mount. Traces of former mounting to the verso and with a few vertical and horizontal cracks to the image and mount (professionally repaired and only especially visible when viewed at an angle). A rare signed portrait with a good association, G Margarita Aleksandrovna Eikhenvald (1866- ) Russian Vocalist. Eikhenvald was born in Moscow, the daughter of the noted harpist Ida Eikhenvald. The singer worked with the Bolshoi Theatre (1899-1901) and the Tiflis Opera in Georgia (1901-17). Following the Russian Revolution in 1917 she emigrated to France and was living there in the 1940s.
Lot 11
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A good white leather 'New Excella' football individually signed by fourteen players and officials of the England World Cup winning team of 1966 comprising Alf Ramsey, Bobby Moore, Nobby Stiles, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, George Cohen, Ray Wilson, Alan Ball, Gordon Banks, Roger Hunt, Jimmy Greaves and Peter Bonetti. Also bearing the signature of an unidentified lady. All have signed in blue or black inks with their names alone to various panels. Rare in this form. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG
Lot 111
CHAGALL MARC: (1887-1985) Russian-born French Artist. An excellent original blue pen and ink self-portrait drawn and signed by Chagall, one page, oblong 8vo, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1972. Chagall has penned an attractive head and shoulders self-portrait, with one hand outstretched and his hair heightened in light green watercolour. Signed (‘Marc Chagall’) and dated in blue ink with a large signature across the centre of the page. Professionally matted in white cloth with a gold coloured border and framed and glazed in a handsome gilt wooden frame to an overall size of 20.5 x 17. Original drawings signed by Chagall of this quality are rare and desirable. EX
Lot 114
HERGE: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian Cartoonist, creator of The Adventures of Tintin. An excellent original black pen and ink drawing signed and inscribed by Herge, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. To the blank verso of what is most likely a page neatly removed from a book (a series of printed images are just visible to the recto) Herge has drawn charming images of the heads of his most famous characters, Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy (who holds a bone in his mouth). Signed (‘Herge’) in bold black ink and with a brief inscription in French. A rare and desirable signed drawing. Matted in ivory and framed and glazed in a plain silver coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 13 x 11. EX
Lot 144
WAUGH EVELYN: (1903-1966) English Writer and Novelist. A.L.S., Evelyn Waugh, one page, 8vo, Combe Florey, near Taunton, 6th August n.y. (1963), to Maro [Stathatos]. Waugh states that they have just had the great pleasure of a short visit from his correspondent's son, John, remarking 'I fear it was rather dull for him as we have no musical instruments or even gramophone in the house and our cosy green countryside has little to attract one brought up among the eagle haunted mountains and springs of Hellas. But for us the visit was a rare pleasure' and further adding 'His knowledge of our language is remarkable and his enterprise in getting about during the holiday traffic (when I should not dare leave home) more remarkable still. I am sure you will be very proud of him when he grows up'. EX Maro Stathatos (née Vatimbella) (1919-1989) Egyptian-born Greek Artist, mother of John Stathatos (1947- ) Greek Photographer & Writer.
Lot 147
MANSFIELD KATHERINE: (1888-1923) New Zealand Writer & Poet. A rare A.L.S., Tiger, one page, 8vo, Runcton, near Chichester, n.d. (annotated in pencil in an unidentified hand at the head of the page as being written on 12th October 1912), to Eddie Marsh. Mansfield invites her correspondent to lunch and further adds 'War has been proclaimed & Tiger & I are going into action against the High Courts of Justice', concluding 'We badly want the counsel of our friends'. Autographs of Mansfield are rare in any form as a result of her tragically early death at the age of 34. With a light strip of former mounting to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Edward Marsh (1872-1953) British Polymath, Arts Patron & Civil Servant. The present letter is signed by Mansfield using her hypocorism, which was also shared by her future second husband, John Middleton Murry, whom she refers to in the text. They had begun a relationship in 1911 which culminated in their marriage in 1918. Presuming that the date of October 1912 is accurate on the present letter then the content most likely refers to Charles Granville, the publisher of the avant-garde magazine Rhythm, which John Middleton Murry was editor of and to which Mansfield made literary contributions. Granville absconded to Europe in October 1912 and left Murry responsible for the debts the magazine had accumulated. Provenance: The present letter was formerly part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Manuscripts and a portion of it is illustrated within his book The Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977). Two brief pencil annotations appear in his hand to the verso of the letter.
Lot 150
TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian Writer of the masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. A rare, large vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 15 photograph of Tolstoy seated in a three quarter length pose wearing his familiar dark peasant's tunic. Photograph published by Joseph Daziaro of Moscow and with his small printed label neatly affixed to the base of the verso. Signed by Tolstoy in Cyrillic across the lower part of the image and dated Yalta, 26th December 1901 in his hand. Signed photographs of Tolstoy of this size are particularly rare and desirable. The signature and inscription partially run across a darker area of the image and the text is a little light although legible. Some light overall age wear and minor scuffing to the image, G The present photograph is inscribed to Pavel Alexandrovich Boulanger (1865-1925) Russian Railway official, a friend of Tolstoy and Tolstoyan Disciple. Boulanger was employed by the Moscow-Kursk Railway company and helped to arrange transport to the Crimea in the summer of 1901, where Tolstoy had been ordered to convalesce by his doctor following an illness. Tolstoy signed this photograph in 1901, the year that he was selected to receive the first Nobel Prize for Literature. In October he had turned down the honour believing that the prize money would bring unwanted complications to his life.
Lot 16
CRICKET: A good and unusual set of twelve vintage signatures by a ‘country house’ XI and official on an attractive red and blue thin bordered oblong 8vo sheet of feint ruled paper, comprising W. G. Grace (1848-1915, England & Gloucestershire etc.), Charles Robson (1859-1943, England, Middlesex & Hampshire), Cyril T. A. Wilkinson (1884-1970, Gentlemen of England & Surrey, also an Olympic Gold medal winner, 1920), Robert Hedderwick (1886-1941, Marylebone CC), Ernest C. Kirk (1884-1932, Surrey), H. D. G. Leveson Gower (1873-1954, England, Oxford University & Surrey), Arthur Jones (1872-1914, England, Cambridge University & Nottinghamshire), Harry Bush (1871-1942, Surrey), Jack Hobbs (1882-1963, England & Surrey), Joe Hardstaff Sr. (1882-1947, England & Nottinghamshire), John Gunn (1876-1963, England & Nottinghamshire) and the female scorer Ethel M. Lowndes. All have signed with their names alone in bold, dark fountain pen inks. A rare grouping of signatures including several England Captains. VG Whilst not exhaustive, our research would seem to indicate that the present team, presumably captained by Grace, did not participate in a first class match but were instead chosen to play in a country house game in around 1908 (Wilkinson had made his debut for the Gentlemen of England in the same year). Provenance: The original collector noted that the present signatures were acquired from the personal collection of Cyril Wells (1871-1963) English Cricketer & Rugby Footballer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey and Middlesex and was also a housemaster and cricket coach at Eton College.
Lot 163
MARX KARL: (1818-1883) German Philosopher, Economist, Historian and Socialist Revolutionary. An extremely rare, brief A.L.S. with his initials K. M., one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), 18th March 1872, to [Maurice La Chatre] 'Cher Monsieur', in French. Marx states that he had forgotten to enclose La Chatre's response with his letter. A few light creases to the edges and corners and a couple of small holes to the lower right corner, none of which affect the text or signature. About VG Maurice La Chatre (1814-1900) French Publisher of Socialist works and the first to publish a French edition of Karl Marx's work Das Kapital.
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Lot 171
[RMS TITANIC]: Herbert Haddock (1861-1946) English Naval Reserve officer, Captain of the RMS Olympic at the time of the sinking of the Titanic, and also the first person to Captain the RMS Titanic, overseeing the ship at Belfast while her delivery-trip crew was assembled there at the end of March 1912. Rare fountain pen ink signature ('Herb. Jas. Haddock, Commdr. R. N. R.') within an oblong panel on an attractive gilt floral printed oblong 8vo page removed from an autograph album. Annotated and dated in another hand beneath the signature '[RMS] Cedric - April 14/04 N. York'. The page is also signed by Thomas F. Gates in his capacity as Commander of the SS Minneapolis and dated 27th May 1904 in his hand. About EX
Lot 190
THOMSON JOSEPH: (1858-1895) Scottish Geologist & Explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. One of the best known gazelles, Thomson's gazelle, is named after him. A rare A.L.S., Joseph Thomson, one page, 8vo, Edinburgh, 27th January n.y., to John Conborough (?). Thomson states that he has just received his correspondent's second letter and explains that he never received the first, remarking 'I shall be impartial till I hear of its contents'. Autographs of Thomson are rare in any form as a result of his early death at the age of 37. Some very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
Lot 196
TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION: An extremely rare printed 8vo menu for a Complimentary Dinner to Captain Scott and Officers of the Terra Nova held at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, 13th June 1910, and hosted by Members of the Commercial Community of Cardiff, individually signed in pencil to the verso by Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912, Leader of the Terra Nova expedition 1910-13), Edward R. G. R. Evans (1880-1957, Scott’s second in command), Harry Pennell (1882-1916, Navigator, responsible for the first sighting of Oates Coast in February 1911), Edward Atkinson (1881-1929, Surgeon & member of Scott’s scientific staff who was in command of the expedition’s base at Cape Evans during 1912 and led the party which found the tent containing the bodies of Scott, Bowers & Wilson), Henry Bowers (1883-1912, Storekeeper who was also responsible for landing, stores, navigation and the arrangement of sledging rations), George Simpson (1878-1965, Meteorologist), Edgar Riley (Chief Engineer) and Edward Nelson (1883-1923, Marine Biologist). All have signed with their names alone. The signature of Atkinson is a little light although legible. Together with Tryggve Gran (1888-1980) Norwegian Aviator & Explorer, skiing expert on the Terra Nova expedition and part of the search party who discovered the bodies of Scott, Bowers & Wilson. Signed 3.5 x 3.5 newspaper photograph by Gran, the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Mounted to a slim oblong 8vo card (some slight glue stains to the image) and signed by Gran in dark fountain pen ink partially across the image and card and dated 8th February 1973 in his hand. Also including Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) British Geologist and Antarctic Explorer, a member of the Terra Nova expedition. Bold black ink signature (‘Raymond Priestley’) on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery, further adding details of his expeditions in his hand beneath his signature, including Shackleton and Scott Antarctic Expeditions 1907-13, and also with an A.N.S., Raymond Priestley, to the lower half of the page, dated 1st May 1972 and stating, in part, ‘I gained the Military Cross….in France in 1918 when the 46th Division of whose Signal Company I was second-in-command broke the Hindenburg Line at its strongest point…..’. Some light staining and minor age wear to the menu, and with a small, neat split at the head of the inner central fold, G to VG, 3 The Terra Nova sailed from Cardiff on 15th June 1910, just two days after the present menu was signed. Two of the signatories, Scott and Bowers, would not return from the ill-fated expedition.
Lot 199
NORGAY TENZING: (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. A good vintage signed colour postcard photograph of Norgay standing in a full length pose on snow covered rocks and holding a pick axe in one hand. Signed ('Tenzing') in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 24th February 1960 in his hand. Colour signed photographs of Norgay of this quality are rare. Some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed First Day Cover issued to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Sokol Physical Fitness in America, postmarked at Washington D.C., 15th February 1965. Signed ('E. P. Hillary') by Hillary in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area. VG, 2
Lot 214
HARRISON JOHN 'JACK': (1890-1917) British Rugby League Footballer who later became a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions near Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, on 3rd May 1917 during World War I. An extremely rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia postcard photograph of Harrison stood in a full length pose wearing his military uniform. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background 'To Allen from Jack' and dated 1916 in his hand. A later ink annotation in an unidentified hand to the image records Harrison being the recipient of a Military Cross ('M.M.') and Victoria Cross ('V.C.') in 1917. Autographs of Harrison are extremely rare in any form as a result of his early death at the age of 26 during World War I. A few minor corner creases and some light age wear and staining, G
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Lot 483
Chapbook. The Dangers of the Deep; or, Interesting Narratives of Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea [cover-title]: Narrative of the Loss of The Ramilies, of Seventy-Four Guns, In the Atlantic Ocean, Sep. 21, 1782, Orlando Hodgson, [between 1836 and 1844], hand-coloured folding frontispiece, 16 pages, unopened, sewn as issued, original blue printed wrappers, front cover with minor mark, rear cover with short edge tear, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)Orlando Hodgson published a large series of these 'Dangers of the Deep' chapbooks, of which this title (no. 26) appears to be one of the more rare, with no copies on COPAC and only one copy found on WorldCat.
![Chapbooks. Butterfly's Ball [cover-title], Otley: Walker and Son, circa 1835, Panorama Series no. 7, two strips joined into o](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8a0f48ba-c89b-4765-8442-aa6500a61ff8/70e593bd-e306-44fa-9722-aa6501294e3c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 486
Chapbooks. Butterfly's Ball [cover-title], Otley: Walker and Son, circa 1835, Panorama Series no. 7, two strips joined into one continuous strip, folded to form 17 sections, all but the first 2 numbered (then starting at number 2), each with an engraving above lines of verse, the engravings with contemporary stencil colouring, occasional light offsetting, 19.5 x 12.6cm unfolded, original printed yellow wrappers, slightly edge frayed (mainly to rear cover fore-edge), partly split spine lightly marked in places with some chips, together with Little Tom, and His Friend John, or, Stories in Verse, T. Goode, [1854?], three strips joined into one continuous strip, folded to form 12 unnumbered sections, the first being a vignette title, the remainder each having an engraving (with contemporary stencil colouring) above lines of verse, the final strips of 6 sections being 12mm shorter than the rest, slightly close-trimmed at tail, clipping final line of verse in one section, 19.2 x 12cm unfolded, original printed pink wrappers, front cover (with title attached) nearly detached, some loss at spine (Qty: 2)First item: Osborne page 76. Two rare examples of the unusual panorama chapbook format.
Lot 488
Cock Robin. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; as Taken from the Original Manuscript, in the Possession of Master Meanwell, Lichfield: printed and sold by M. Morgan, and A. Morgan, [cover-title], circa 1800, 16 pages, fifteen woodcut illustrations, generally spotted and toned, untrimmed, sewn as issued, 16mo (Qty: 1)This rare edition not listed in Gumuchian or Osborne.
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