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Lot 64
A fine and rare set of 5 Regency Theatrical Tinsel Pictures dated 1831 to include `Mrs. Magenon as Lady Editha Plantaganet`, ` Mr. Gomersal as the Prophet Khan Mazeppa or the Wild Horse`, `Mr. C.Kemble as King Henry the Fifth`, `Mrs. Fanny Kemble as Euphrasia in the Grecian Daughter` and `Miss Foote as Mary Copp in Charles 2 the Merry Monarch` all hand coloured etc. £6-800
Lot 1553
RARE EARLY JUMEAU DOLL circa 1880-1890, with fixed brown paperweight eyes, faintly open/closed mouth, and pierced ears. Ball jointed and fixed wrists, early body with black mark (Medal). Size 1 on head and in original condition. Some contemporary clothes (not original shoes). Needs restringing. 17ins (43cms) high *This doll known as `Victoria` was won by the present owner at a raffle some 60 years ago.
![Chernyshev, Nikolai Mikhailovich 12 litografii [12 lithographs]. [Moscow?, 1920-21]. 8vo, number 19 of 25 copies, 12 lithogra](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2836134/10-2011418121819_468x382.jpg)
Lot 10
Chernyshev, Nikolai Mikhailovich 12 litografii [12 lithographs]. [Moscow?, 1920-21]. 8vo, number 19 of 25 copies, 12 lithographs (various sizes), letterpress title, all loose in original printed paper portfolio, some chipping to edges Note: Rare. Chernyshev was a member of the artists` and poets` group Makovets.
Lot 71
Burton, Sir Richard Francis Terminal essay to "The thousand and one nights". London: For private circulation only, 1901. Unpublished, 4to, number 48 of 50 copies only, mimeographed typescript in purple ink, green cloth, original printed blue wrappers bound in Note: A rare issue of Burton`s famous scholarly essay on pederasty, which was originally published as part of A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights` Entertainments (1885). This separate printing is not recorded in Penzer, but is briefly referred to (see p.195).
![Oxford -- Rundt, Carl Ludwig A walk round Oxford. [Berlin: Edward Haenel, printer, 1851]. Oblong folio, 4pp. German and 4pp.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2836134/174-2011418122234_468x382.jpg)
Lot 174
Oxford -- Rundt, Carl Ludwig A walk round Oxford. [Berlin: Edward Haenel, printer, 1851]. Oblong folio, 4pp. German and 4pp. English leaves of text, no printed title [? not called for],16 tinted lithographed plates, original roan-backed boards, spotting to some text, light spotting to a few plates, slight discolouration at extreme margin of plates, slightly rubbed at extremities Note: Very rare. A very similar work by Rundt appeared with the title: Views of the most Picturesque Colleges in the University of Oxford. [Berlin, ?1852].
Lot 319
Coyttar, Johannes De febre purpura epidemiali & contagiosa libri duo. Paris: Martin Juvenis, 1578. 4to, *4 **4 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4, blank Zz4, printer`s device on title, library stamps, heavy waterstains, title loose, contemporary vellum, inner hinge broken Note: Adams C2865, Wellcome I 1639. A rare copy of a study differentiating epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis from typhoid.
Lot 87
A rare Chinese clair de lune gilt metal mounted porcelain baluster vase, Kangxi (1662-1722) covered in a pale lavender glaze, with enamelled gilt metal neck from the shoulder upwards, above a porcelain body with two applied ruyi head handles, underglaze blue six character Kangxi mark and Brodie Lodge collection label No. M42, neck replaced, lower rim ground, fritting, 21.5cm high
Lot 811
Christ`s Hospital School, London, a Georgian oval bronze tally or tag, CH over shield of arms, rev., oSoTo / Christs Hospital / 1729, pierced at top for suspension, 32 x 23mm. Very fine and very rare. A similar piece was sold in the Noble Collection, Melbourne [Australia], 3-4 August, 1999 (lot 976)
Lot 427
WWII –Poster THE ATLANTIC CHARTER rare American issue poster quoting the joint declaration of President Roosevelt and Churchill dated August 14th 1941 on America’s entry into WWII. Text poster on a large sheet of paper approx 30 x 20 ins original folds and a few holes slightly affecting a few words as little fraying at the top but in generally good condition
Lot 547
WWII – Hitler – Mein Kampf First Edition 1925 special presentation copy signed and dedicated by Hitler to Hermann Esser one of the founding members of the Nazi Party and a fellow inmate with Hitler in Landsberg Prison – limited edition copy this being no 19 with further signature of Hitler to limitation page. Vellum covered boards slight spotting to covers but otherwise in near mint condition. This is probably the rarest copy of Hitler’s book which will ever appear at auction. Hitler’s autograph dedication signed to Esser appears on the inside cover and is written in similar style to the two dedicated copies we have sold in these rooms in the past two years. The previous two copies we have sold were presentation versions of the final version of Mein Kampf which comprised two parts bound in one volume. This was published in 1926. The present volume is however a special limited edition copy of the excessively rare first edition of the book which contained only the first part of the finished work. This was published in 1925 shortly after Hitler emerged from Landsberg Prison where he wrote the work. This was only produced in a total edition of 500 copies – making it an excessively rare book in its own right. However the first few copies were also produced as here, in a special limited edition with cream vellum boards and gilt embossed title to spine. These copies were only given to the closest possible people to Hitler in the emerging Nazi party who had furthermore been with Hitler in prison following the failed Bierkeller Putsch. This copy was given to Esser as a Christmas present on Christmas Eve 1925 with a dedication which reads in part [trans.] ‘...Hermann Esser the good old comrade on the occasion of Christmas 1925...’ Esser (1900-1981) joined the Nazi party with Hitler in 1920 and became the editor of the party’s newspaper ‘Volkischer Beobachter’ and a Nazi member of the Reichstag. In the early history of the party he was Hitler’s de facto deputy. He took part in the Bierkeller Putsch and was excluded from the party for a short period when the party was lead by the Strassers. But he was reinstated by Hitler and became influential in the reorganisation of the party from 1929 until its rise to power in 1933. It is unlikely that another copy of the first edition of Mein Kampf similarly dedicated to a founding member of the Nazi party will appear in the market.
Lot 553
Photographs – ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ a superb series of approx 48 black and white photographs each approx 14x11 ins taken by a professional photographer – probably the legendary Freddie Young – on the set of the film ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ 1962. The photographs each stamped by the film makers Sam Spiegle’s Horizon Pictures and most with cyclostyled captions to verso are housed in a purpose made leather portfolio with the gilt stamped title to front cover. It is unclear what the portfolio was produced for – it seems too ostentatious for a press pack – and therefore it is mostly likely to have been a special pack produced for VIPs presumably at the premier of the film. Shots show the main actors in the film – Peter O’Toole took the lead role with Omar Sharif Anthony Quinn and Anthony Quayle in support roles. There are also several shots showing the production of the film with Director David Lean involved both with actors and production staff. A particularly fine and doubtless extremely rare series of excellent quality photographs marking a film which has become legendary in the history of the cinema.
Lot 10
Wales – Holywell fine broadside being a Historical Description of St Winefred’s Well at Holywell Flintshire ‘which spring produces every minute one hundred tons of water !’ No date but c1830. Printed on one side of a leaf of paper approx 18x12ins with woodcut vignette showing the Saint at prayer with the well in the background. Accompanying text. Slight spotting and small portions removed form right hand edge but otherwise good and a very rare survivor. The well has been a place of pilgrimage from Medieval times to the present day. This was produced by a local printer D Davey presumably as a souvenir for pilgrims
Lot 83
Russia – autograph – Grand Duke Nicholas Commander in Chief of the Tsar’s Army rare photograph of him in later age signed and inscribed in lighter portion of image mounted on card some staining to mount but not affecting the image. Nicholas a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I was Commander in Chief of the Russian forces in WWI and thus a spectacular failure. He was replaced in 1915 on the advice of Rasputin. After the Revolution he was briefly proclaimed Emperor of All Russia by the remaining monarchists but eventually escaped to exile in France where he died in 1929
Lot 103
Suffragettes – Emily Davison rare original press still showing the death of Emily Davison when she threw herself under the King’s horse at the 1913 Derby. Clearly printed from a broken glass negative (presumably taken from a bystander’s personal snapshot) and issued by Sport & General Press Agency. To verso there is an idiomatic pencilled caption from the time : ‘The race at Tattenham Corner showing the Suffragette outrage ...picture shows the horse jockey & the woman lying on the ground...’
![WWII Paris Deutsch Gesehen [The German guide to Paris] issued after the invasion of France by Hitler – a soldier’](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/3114/2835950/153-20114111139_468x382.jpg)
Lot 268
India – Punjab – General Jean Francois Allard – autograph fine autograph letter signed to Monsieur Delbose Daugan dated April 21st 1836 mentioning the health of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and also stating that ‘le Roi’ was aged 57. Letters of Allard discussing Ranjit Singh are rare. 3pp 4to.
Lot 269
India – Battle of Goojerat Important Royal Sikh order captured at the battle of Goojerat 1849 with the Royal Sikh seal possibly military instructions for the Sikh Camp written on a single leaf of paper with endorsement in English ‘From the Seikh [sic] Camp at Goojrat [sic] captured on the 21st Feb 1849. The seal is probably that of Maharajah Duleep Singh. A rare document. The Battle of Goojerat on February 21st 1849 was the final and most decisive action of the Second Sikh War in which a strong British force of 24000 men under General Gough systematically destroyed the Sikh Army of 60000 under Shere Singh. The eventual outcome of the battle and indeed the entire war was the annexation of the Punjab by Britain.
Lot 271
India an extensive library of official British Government ‘Blue Books’ all devoted to India early 20th c covering a comprehensive range of matters in all fields. A rare opportunity to acquire a comprehensive library of primary source information on the relationship between Britain and India during the crucial period of the last decades of the British Indian Empire and into the forgoing years before independence. The library comprises 100+ individual volumes and includes important books covering such matters as the famine relief in the Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1907/8 (with maps) the Administration report on the Railways of India for 1907 (with maps) and the Government of India Bill from 1919. Note: miscellaneous lot not subject to return
Lot 325A
Maritime – Naval – HMS Victory naval commission issued in the name of the Lord High Admiral appointing William Cuming to be Captain of HMS Victory – Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar – dated October 13th 1797 partially printed document with ms insertions on a single leaf of vellum a little faded but clearly legible throughout bearing the signature of Earl Spenser and two others to base. William Cuming who rose to be Rear Admiral of the Blue had a long and distinguished career. He was appointed personally to the command of the Victory by Earl St Vincent but he only remained in command of that vessel for a short time. He commanded HMS Russell at the Battle of Copenhagen. A rare link with one of the most famous ships of all time.
Lot 336
WWII – Operation Bernhard an excessively rare group of fake British banknotes in denominations of £5 £10 £20 & £50 produced by the Germans as part of the notorious ‘Operation Bernhard’ – the attempt by the Nazis to flood the British economy with fake money in order to bring the country to its knees. The money was made under force labour conditions by Jews in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The Nazis had 100 agents who attempted to put the fake money into circulation. The total produced amounted to more than £134million. The operation proved a failure as British intelligence got to hear of the idea as early as 1939 and steps were taken to identify and stop the circulation of the money. Remarkably of the almost 9 million notes actually produced the Bank of England only records one as having been paid out. Ironically for the Germans the possession of this money became a major factor in identifying German agents – leading to many successful arrests. Examples of these banknotes are now considered excessively rare. The operation was halted by the German High Command in early 1945 – with the majority of them believed to have been consigned to the bottom of Lake Toplitz in Austria. Divers rescued some examples from the lake and they continued to turn up in circulation – with the result that the Bank of England withdrew all notes with a value of larger than £5 from circulation and it was not until the 1970s that notes with the denomination of £20 started appearing again !
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