Brandt, Christian Friedrich -- German-Danish War: Düppler Schanzen. 1864. 2 albumen prints joined at center with linen tape as a panorama. 17,5 x 41,5 cm. Mounted to original board (some foxing on verso), with printed title and photographer's name on the mount.This rare and well-preserved photograph was taken after the Prussian attack around the village Düppel (Düppler Schanzen). Like Roger Fenton and Matthew Brady, the photographer C.F. Brandt was confronted with a similar situation when photographing war; photographs could only be taken after the fighting had ended because exposure times were still long. Brandt was an experienced photographer and he participated in the International Photography Exhibition in Berlin in 1865 and was awarded a medal for his exceptional landscapes. – A few light spots/ surface scuff marks, otherwise strong prints in very good condition.
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Naval History -- Two souvenir albums of Corvetten Capitain Adolph Wilhelm Berger (1829-1898). 1866/1880s. First album (1866) with circa 173 mounted albumen prints. Various sizes, including 161 cdv size, 5 cabinet card size and 7 circa 20 x 27 cm albumen prints (each annotated with full name, military rank and date), mounted to album pages (buckled, slightly soiled/time-stained in edges), bound in modern half leather album with gilt-stamped title Corvetten Capitain Berger 1866, front fly leaf signed and dated by Adolph Berger in ink. Second album (1880s) with circa 92 albumen prints, most cdv, including 7 cabinet portraits, inserted in gilt-edged window album mats, most annotated in pencil below image on the mount, hand-painted dedication title page, full leather album with silver maritime ornaments on front cover, with clasp.These comprehensive albums are comprised of many portraits of Naval officers and large group portraits of ship crews on deck of SMS Niobe and the ironclad warship Hansa. These photographs from the 1860s-1880s are extremely rare documents of German naval history. German photos of this kind were rare even then and only a few have survived. The albums offered here include nearly every officer and official who held rank in the Prussian and Imperial Navy. They are all connected in some way with Adolph Berger's career as an officer. Of particular interest is a portrait photograph of James Madison Adams (1826-1870). Adams was a Chief Engineer in the US Navy and came to Kiel in 1866 on the USS "Augusta." The USS "Augusta" was one of two escort ships of the monitor USS "Miantonomoh" built for the United States Navy while the American Civil War was still in progress. After the end of the Civil War, US President Andrew Johnson sent the ship on a voyage across the North Atlantic in May 1866 to conduct a "showing the flag mission" in Europe. The spectacular armored ship was a great sensation wherever it appeared. Coming from St. Petersburg, the USS "Augusta" and the USS "Miantonomoh" entered the harbor of Kiel on 29.09.1866, where among others the photo of James M. Adams was taken. The portraits of English officers of the S.M.S. "Black Prince" in one of the albums are also rare and interesting. A very extensive documentation and list of names is included with the albums.For a more detailed biography of Adolph Berger, see previous lot 4049. – Some photos faded, some photos cut out, a few with light spots, otherwise most in good condition.
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[*] Peru -- Photographer: Charles Kroehle (1867-1902) and unknown. Charles Kroehle and George Huebner, Peru. 1888. 2 albumen prints. Each circa 14,5 x 21 cm. Each annotated in pencil on the verso.The two Germans Charles Kroehle and George Huebner are considered the pioneering photographers of the Amazon in Peru. From 1888-1891 they travelled the Amazon, Ecuador and Bolivia. One rare image in this group is the famous image showing both of them together with Piro-Indios from Rio Ucayali and a hunted crocodile. – Some handling marks/creases, slight fading in edges, otherwise in very good condition.Lit.: Antoine Lefébure. L´Amazonie disparu. Indiens et explorateurs 1825-1930. La Découverture, Paris, 2005, ill. pp. 96-97 (Kroehle and Huebner).
Blossfeldt, Karl -- Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder. Edited and with an introduction by Karl Nierendorf. XVII, 1 l. (Text page) and 120 loose plates in rotogravure after photographs. 31,5 x 24 cm. Green Orig.-canvas portfolio with gilt-stamped spine and cover title. Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1929.Rare portfolio second edition of this legendary work. – Some plates with minimal edge wear and creases, a few with light toning/soiling in margins.Lit.: Heidtmann 14471 and 7293.
Dada Berlin -- Photographer unknown. Johannes Baader next to his object "The Great Plasto-Dio-Dada-Drama: Germany's Greatness and Decline" at the opening of the "Erste Internationale Dada-Messe" (First International Dada Fair) held at the Otto Burchard Gallery, Berlin. 1920. Vintage gelatin silver print. 16,5 x 11,5 cm. Photothek agency stamp and typed French press text label: Exposition d'art des "Dadaistes" à Berlin, "la grandeur et la décadance de l'Allemagne" architecture monumentale dadaiste de Johannes Baader on the verso.This photo document is a particularly rare specimen. Only very few prints exist. The creator of this unusual installation was the eccentric Johannes Baader, who later also organized Dada exhibition tours with Richard Hülsenbeck. Some press photos, like this and the previous photo were sent to Paris at the time to promote the Berlin event there as well. Despite the French inscription on the verso of each photo, it is not known whether these photos were published in France at the time. – Faded, some buckling from glue on verso, some mirroring in edges/corners, otherwise in good condition.
Film Photography -- Stills from the film "Die Drei von der Tankstelle", directed by Wilhelm Thiele. 1930. 60 vintage matte gelatin silver prints. Each circa 21,5 x 27,5 cm. Most with Ufa logo in the negative in lower right corner, mounted to album pages (isolated foxing more at beginning and end of album), bound together in contemporary color silk album, signed and dedicated by Erich Pommer in ink to Werner Richard Heymann, Christmas 1930 on front flypaper, gilt-stamped title page.A comprehensive album with a wide selection of film stills and publicity portraits of the main stars Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Heinz Rühmann and Oskar Karlweis. The German musical film was a large success and even outgrossed "The Blue Angel". Some of the songs were performed by the Comedian Harmonists and remain popular today. The album is dedicated by the producer Erich Pommer to the composer of the film music Werner Richard Heymann. In this very good condition, it is an exquisite and rare piece of German film history. – Some photos slightly faded, especially at beginning of album, some photos with mirroring in edges, otherwise most in very good condition.Provenance: From the estate of Werner Richard Heymann.
Riefenstahl, Leni -- Film set photos taken during the filming of "Tiefland". Circa 1944. 53 vintage gelatin silver prints. Various sizes, between 18 x 10 cm, 10 x 14 cm and 9 x 6 cm. Mounted to album pages, bound in contemporary canvas album with cord binding (slight traces of use)."Tiefland" was shot, directed, acted in and edited by Leni Riefenstahl. The film was produced by Leni Riefenstahl and Josef Plesner. It was based on the opera "Tiefland" and the play "Terra baixa" by Àngel Guimerà. Shooting took place in 1940-44, but was not completed until after the end of World War II, and the film was finally released on February 11, 1954. After the war, Leni Riefenstahl was accused of recruiting 48 extras from the Maxglan "gypsy camp" who, after they were no longer needed, were deported to Auschwitz, where more than 20 of them were murdered. The filmmaker Nina Gladitz produced an extensive television documentary on this subject in 1982, which L. Riefenstahl tried to prevent unsuccessfuly by legal means. The album offered here is an enormously important and rare document, since very few portraits of the "Gypsy extras" are known. – Many photos buckled from glue mounting, otherwise most in good to very good condition.Lit.: Nina Gladitz. Leni Riefenstahl, Karriere einer Täterin, Zurich, 2020.
NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT ASHINAGA ET TENAGAFin du XVIIIe siècle A WOOD NETSUKE OF ASHINAGA AND TENAGALate 18th centuryAshinaga supporting Tenaga on his back, Tenaga, reaching down to grab a struggling octopus with his left hand; signed So[...]. 9.1cm (3 9/16in) high.Footnotes:木彫根付 足長手長 銘「藻[...]」 18世紀後期Provenance:Sold at Aguttes & Laurent, Clermont-Ferrand, 13 May 1982, lot 75.Purchased from Josette Schulmann, January 1985.A rare and intriguingly signed netsuke whose signature has provoked endless speculation and debate, it has previously been attributed to Mataemon. Very few examples allegedly signed by Mataemon are however known, one formerly with Max Rutherston (catalogued as signed with a cipher, rutherston.com/stock-portfolio/wood-hero-netsuke-mr1923/). Another two illustrated by Sydney L. Moss, OHYB, pp.274-279, nos.36-37. The two characters for the two Sydney Moss examples were read as 'Matain', which does not match the signature on this present lot, although the carving style is remarkably similar and of comparable quality.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT FUTENPar Unjudo-in Shidemaru, fin du XVIIIe siècleA WOOD NETSUKE OF FUTENBy Unjudoin Shidemaru, late 18th centuryFuten the God of Wind emerging from a long conical cloud of vapour, baring his teeth in an open grin, revealing a loose ball within, the eyes inlaid; signed Shidemaru. 9.6cm (3¾in) high.Footnotes:木彫根付 風天 銘「幣丸」 18世紀後期Provenance:Purchased from Bernard Fournier, December 1985.Exhibited and Published:NS19, p.61, no.94.Only a handful of very similar (but not identical) versions of this very rare netsuke are known. Over the years, the readings of their signatures have ranged from (Shu)memaru to Hidemaru, Heimaru, and Heigan, but we prefer to attribute the carving to Shidemaru, a more plausible interpretation since shide and maru are kun-yomi (Japanese readings) of the characters in the name as listed in Soken Kisho, vol.7, p.13. Our reading is consistent with the opinion of Nori Watanabe, former president of the Nihon Netsuke Kenkyukai (Japan Netsuke Society), who concluded that Shumemaru, as given in Soken Kisho, was most likely a corrupted form of Shidemaru.The aforementioned variants including a similar example signed Heihi, are recorded by G. Lazarnick, NIA, pp.454-455 and F. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.132. Another example, catalogued as by Unjudo Shumemaru, is published by Mikhail V. Uspensky, Netsuke in the Collection of the State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, Slavia Art Books, 1994, p.199. For another identified as by Shumemaru accompanied by an in-depth discussion of the signature reading and artist, see Sydney L. Moss, MRMT, no.10 (also illustrated on the front cover). For one last example, see R. Bushell, NFU, p.225, no.750.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANIMAL FANTASTIQUE DU PACIFIQUE EN BOIS ADAPTÉ EN NETSUKEXVIIIe siècleA WOOD FIGURE OF A MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE FROM THE PACIFIC CONVERTED INTO A NETSUKE18th centuryThe figure seated upright, drawing its knees close to its body in a compact position, its long curly hair tumbling down its back, traces of green pigment throughout its body; unsigned. 6.4cm (2½in) high.Footnotes:木彫根付 神獣 無銘 18世紀Provenance:Sold at Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1963, lot 88.Carlo Monzino Collection.Sold at Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1995, lot 6.A European private collection.Exhibited and Published:Petra Holmberg, Netsuke, Stockholm, Östasiatiska Museet, 16 October 1999-9 January 2000, p.51.An example of a rare subject matter, the design was likely adapted from Javanese kris knife handles. Three illustrations of similar pieces attributed to Hogen (Yoshimura) Shuzan are illustrated in Soken Kisho, vol.7, p.10. An example from the Musée d'Ennery, Paris, is illustrated by V. F. Weber, KH, p.321, fig.898. Another somewhat similar carving from the Behrens collection, possibly an actual kris knife handle subsequently adapted into a netsuke, is illustrated by H. Joly, WLB, pl.XLVI, no.23.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON ARA (BRITISH 1889-1946) PUSSYWILLOWsigned and dated C.R.W. NEVINSON / 1936 lower rightoil on canvas 46 x 35cm; 18 x 13 3/4in57 x 46.5cm; 22 1/2 x 18 1/4in (framed)Property from Deceased EstateExhibited: London, Barbizon House, Flower Paintings by C.R.W Nevinson, 1936Rare amongst Nevinson’s oeuvre, flower studies such as this began to appear in the artist’s exhibitions from 1926 onwards. The present painting appeared among 20 other such works in a 1936 solo exhibition at Barbizon House, London titled Flower Paintings by C. R. W. Nevinson. According to notes from a previous owner, the exhibition featured in a write-up in The Times, which highlighted two works Catkins and Pussywillows (the present work) as of 'exceptional quality.' Much of Nevinson’s inspiration was from his wife, Kathleen, who was a professional gardener and Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. In fact, she was the author of the preface to the 1936 exhibition catalogue and stated that 'many of the arrangements in nature were designed with my co-operation.'
* German playing cards. Non-standard pack, Leipzig: Industrie Comptoir, circa 1810, 16 (of 52) stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), comprising 12 court cards and 4 aces only, single-figured courts with French Paris-pattern type names, each court except queen of diamonds with maker's details, soiled with some edge wear, versos blue diamonds and dots, each card 88 x 58 mm, together with: Non-standard pack, Dresden: F.A. Böhme, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended colourful medieval courts, jack of spades with maker's details, ace of hearts with tax stamp, dusty, pip cards with faint trace of pencilled number to one corner, ace of clubs with crease, versos red dotted lines, each card 95 x 60 mm, plus: XP1/XP7 type pattern, Dresden: Sommer & Seupke, circa 1860, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), jack of spades with maker's details, ace of hearts with tax stamp, 10 of hearts lightly spotted, few pip cards somewhat dusty, versos blue dots and wiggly dotted lines, each card 90 x 59 mm, with two other complete 52 card decks by unknown manufacturers, both French suits: non-standard design circa 1855, double-ended courts, no indices, spotted with few marks, versos red dotted hexagons; XP1 pattern circa 1860, no indices, versos blue dotted flowers and wiggly dotted lines, 16 cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto 5 display boards, encaspulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, the boards 55 x 40 cm and similarQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Schreiber, German 235. Rare: The British Museum pack is the only other example we have found. It has been suggested that these were produced after the French revolution as a possible design for a new 'official' Paris pattern.
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[Johns, W. E.]. Mossyface, A Romance of the Air, 1st edition, London: The Weekly Telegraph Novels, no. 121, [1922], advertisement leaf at rear, leaves lightly toned, text block loose from wrappers (with staples removed), original pictorial paper wrappers, priced with 6D sticker to upper cover, 1 small closed tear to upper cover outer margin, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The extremely rare first work by W. E. Johns. Published 10 years before its first appearance in book form, its rarity can partly be attributed to the fragile paper wrappers and the fact it was published under a pseudonym.The only auction record we are able to trace seems to be this very copy. (Bloomsbury, 2005)
Literature. A large collection of literature, works & biography, including The Vox Edition of the Works of Jane Austen, illustrated by Maximilien Vox, 7 volumes, mixed editions, by Jane Austen, Dent, 1933-38, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jackets, coves slightly rubbed & marked, 8voThe Eccentric traveller in Four Volumes, with 44 engravings,1st edition, London: Longmans, Rees, et al, 1826, bookplates to the front pastedown contemporary blue cloth boards, lightly rubbed, bookplates, very rare, 8voLetters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to the rev. William Cole and others, from the year 1745 to the year 1782, by Horace Walpole, Henry Colburn, 1818, new endpapers, modern gilt decorated quarter calf, some minor rubbing, 8vo, & further mostly English lives, letters, literature,& biography, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG,8voApproximately 150 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)Please note that lots 375-430 are off-site in Bourton-on-the-Water and can only be viewed online and any purchases collected from there by prior arrangement.
James (P.D). Cover Her Face, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1962, ownership inscription of Rosemary Goad to head of front free endpaper, original green cloth gilt, spine extremities lightly dust-soiled, dust jacket, spine extremities a little frayed with small portions of loss, small green ink stain to jacket verso, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: from the library of Rosemary Goad, the first female director of Faber and Faber.James wrote to Goad 'I owe you more than I can say for all these decades of advice, encouragement and shred enthusiasm, which made every editing session pure pleasure' (Rose Goad, A Rare Edition, celebrating six decades in publishing, p.14).
* British Isles. Visscher (Claes Janzoon), Tabula Magnae Britanniae Continens Angliam Scotiam et Hiberniam nuperimè edita per Niccolaum Johannis Visscher, Amsterdam [1623], hand-coloured engraved carte-a-figure map with 12 oval vignettes of principal cities along the horizontal margins and 10 pairs of costumed figures to the vertical margins, inset map of the Orkney Islands, vertical margins skillfully extended, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 460 x 555 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 384. A highly decorative and rare map by Claes Visscher (under his Latinised name of Nicolaus Joannis Visscher) and separately published. An example of the first state, engraved by Abraham Goos. It appears in a rare 1623 Mercator atlas, but Shirley suggests that the map may have been issued separately prior to the 1623 atlas.
Rengifo (Juan Diaz). Arte Poetica Espanola, con una fertilissima sylva de consonantes comunes, proprios, esdruxulos, y reflexos, y vn diuino Eestimulo del Amor de Dios, 1st edition, Salamanca: Miguel Serrano de Vargas, 1592, [12], 324, 40 pp. (pi4, *2, A-2R4, 2S2, a-e4), old ownership inscription to foot of title (probably late 17th or early 18th century), folding letterpress table, some manuscript additions to the lists of vocabulary, a few marks and crease to title, small light waterstain to foot of first few leaves, contemporary limp vellum, yapp fore-edges, lightly rubbed and marked, lacks ties, 4to (198 x 144 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Jesuit College of Vergara (inscription to foot of title-page).Palau 72824.Rare. Only one copy in the UK (Bodleian). Juan Diaz Rengifo was the pseudonym (using his brother's name) of the Jesuit father Diego Garcia (1553/4-1615) who was born in Avila, and studied theology at the University of Salamanca. His Arte Poetica Espanola became the standard manual of poetic metre during the Spanish Golden Age in the 17th and 18th centuries. As a poetry manual, the first section explains various poetic forms and meters, giving brief examples of each. The Divino Estimulo del Amor de Dios (Divine Stimulus of God’s Love) is then offered as a more extensive example of the application of rhyme and meter. The final part of the book has a glossary of rhyming words to be used in writing poetry with the silva meter.
England & Wales. Greene (Robert & Morden Robert), A New Map of England Containing the Adjacent parts of Scotland, Ireland, France, Flanders and Holland. Shewing the true Situation and Distance of London from Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Mastrick, Antwarp (sic), Amsterdam &c..., circa 1690, map engraved by F. Lamb with contemporary outline colouring. old folds, trimmed to the neatline, some creasing and staining, slight marginal fraying and short closed tears, slight fraying and a short split at the foot of the central fold, laid on near-contemporary paper, 445 x 545 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, Morden 1 state 3. A rare map which carries Greene's imprint only. The earlier states (first published in 1673 and again in 1675) have the imprint of Morden and Greene. This last state was probably published after Greene's death (1688) by his daughter Elizabeth. COPAC list only two institutional holdings in the National Library of Wales and the British Library.
* German playing cards. XP6 pattern with Runge jack of hearts, Hamburg: G.A. Forsmann, 1809, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10, and 3 double-ended court cards, apparently unused, versos circles of red dots, each card 89 x 59 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (not examined out of board), the remainder contained in a plastic bag, the board 55 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.IPCS pattern sheet 64; The Playing-Card (vol.XXVIII, no.1, July-August 1999), pp.50-56.Rare: this pack is that illustrated on the IPCS pattern sheet 64 as the variant of XP6 with the jack of hearts designed by Philipp Otto Runge. Apparently Forsmann commissioned Runge to design a new jack of hearts for a pack Forsmann had already engraved. This pack is identical to one held by the Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires, whose intact wrapper identifies the maker as G.A. Forsmann of Hamburg.
* English fortune telling pack. Love fortune cards, 1784, 23 (of 48) playing cards numbered sequentially, each with miniature woodcut playing card (hearts and diamonds printed in red), with printed verse below, the text divided into two answers, one for 'The Lady', the other for 'The Gentleman', plus an accompanying instruction card 'The Table of Fortune', giving directions for using the pack, with the maker's pseudonym 'Cornelius Agrippa, Conjuror' and pseudo-address 'From my residence in the Satalites [sic] of Jupiter, 1784', dusty, some finger-soiling, light stains and creases, few cards rubbed in places, card 10 (8 of hearts) with closed edge tear and with loss to upper left corner, instruction card soiled and rubbed, probably plain versos, each card 95 x 65 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 54.5 x 40 cm and smallerQTY: (1)NOTE:This rare fortune telling pack has been well-used, judging by the number of pin-pricks in the Table of Fortune. This example comprises cards 1-2, 6, 8, 10, 12-13, 21, 25, 27, 32-34, 36, 38-44, 46, & 48, in addition to the instruction card.
Deighton (Len). Horse Under Water, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, 1967, 1st editions, Horse Under Water without loose crossword competition and crossword endpapers, Expensive Place to Die with documents wallet, original cloth, dust jackets, Horse Under Water price-clipped, some fading or toning to spines, Funeral in Berlin with the rare red and white wraparound band advertising the 1966 film (slightly toned to spine), 8vo QTY: (4)
* English playing cards. Counties of England & Wales card game, Paisley, Scotland: Mrs. R. Laird, 1st December 1818, 48 (of 52, without N9, S2, M4 & WQ) engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 printed in one colour for each suit, the suits being North (black), South (red), Midlands (blue) and West (dark brown-black), each with numbered cards 1-10 and 3 full-length court cards, each card with panel at top containing value (unless court card), suit, county, and town (or city) names, plus the industry or product associated with that town/city and the distance from London (in miles), the illustrations below representing the relevant industry/product, court cards with slightly differing figures of King George III, Queen Charlotte, or an unidentified courtly man standing in the foreground, every card with maker's details and date, M4 and WQ present in facsimile, dusty, some spotting, toning, and minor marks, Hereford emended in early ink manuscript to Hertford, N5 with small brown stains, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping image, once clipping county name, WK somewhat worn to left edge, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card 92 x 64 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 42 x 59.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare example of this early Counties card game, which seems to be a predecessor of Jacques' Counties of England (first published 1866). The only other mention we have found is at https://dondorf.co.uk/card-games, although apparently there is an example in the London Guildhall collection and also in an unknown Welsh museum.
* English playing cards. Reign of James II pack, London, circa 1688-1689, the complete deck of 52 engraved playing cards, illustrationg the events leading to the Revolution of 1688, each card captioned at foot, with suit sign and rank or value in top panel, lightly dusty, some brown marks or spotting, rubbed in places, king of diamonds with previously repaired 15 mm tear to top edge of surface layer (the first 2mm full depth) with associated pale adhesive stain, figures depicted on king of clubs with eyes inked in black, with 4 of clubs with early ink manuscript word 'and' in top panel, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card approximately 90 x 58 mm, all cards mounted with clear photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (most not examined out of boards), each board 40.5 x 53.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.British Museum 1982,U.4641.1-47; Schreiber, English 63; WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 466; Willshire, English 190.This pack is an extremely rare example with the complete caption present on the two of hearts - all other packs seen have the top line partially erased. The complete top line reads: 'The King and Earle of Feversham'. It appears that the card was incorrectly captioned, with the writer confusing the Earl of Feversham (who whilst involved with James II was not present at the king's attempted escape to France) with the town of Faversham in Kent, where James was held after his escape was thwarted by local fishermen. This pack is therefore possibly unique in retaining the original wording on this card, where most other examples have been 'corrected' (a photocopy of a typical 'corrected' 2 of hearts is included for comparison).
Johns (W.E). Biggles in Africa, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1936, colour frontispiece, 7 black and white illustrations (including map of Africa), scattered spotting, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown lower margin, top edge red, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket, priced 3/6 to front flap, closed tear to front panel lower margin, spine extremities rubbed (with small loss), discreet tape repairs to lower fold versos, rear panel lightly marked, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:An excellent copy in the rare dust jacket, without any major restoration.
* Cotta (Johann Georg, publisher). Karten-Almanach für 1805: 'Jeanne d'Arc', Germany: Tübingen, 1804, the complete deck of 52 stipple-engraved transformation playing cards, designed by Gräfin Charlotte von Jennison-Walworth, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10 (the red suit-signs stencil coloured), and 3 hand-coloured full-length court cards, each court named at foot and with rank to upper corner (both in French), ace of clubs with maker's details, lightly dusty, some finger-soiling to edges, few cards with minor marks or spots, king of diamonds close-trimmed at foot (clipping text), versos plain, each card approximately 97 x 68 mm, the cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), each board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary collection, Ger 501 & 502; Die Cotta'schen Spielkarten-Almanache, pp.8-26; Field 7; Fournier, Germanic 54; Ortiz-Patiño 57; Schreiber catalogue, German 245 (British Museum no.1896,0501.476); Verame p29; WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 552.Rare first complete set of transformation playing cards published as a deck with a known date; this famous pack of cards is the first of Cotta's six celebrated transformation decks. The court cards depict characters from Friedrich von Schiller’s tragedy Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans), although the transformed pip cards are unrelated. The deck was published as an almanac, in which each of the cards corresponded to one of the 52 weeks of the year, and it would originally have been accompanied by a tiny 16-page almanac.
![[Edgeworth, Maria]. A Voice From Ruthin, North Wales, to Maria Edgeworth, on her Birth-Day, First January, 1840. (An Acrostic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/9f565d72-0491-4e29-8942-b01501090557/468x382.jpg)
[Edgeworth, Maria]. A Voice From Ruthin, North Wales, to Maria Edgeworth, on her Birth-Day, First January, 1840. (An Acrostic.), [1840], single leaf printed on recto only, with an acrostic poem, pencilled name lower right 'W. Cole', remnants of blue paper adhered to verso, 3 folds, 16.7 x 8.6 cm, together with:An Acrostic to Lovell Edgeworth, Esquire, on His Departure From Ruthin, 24th December, 1839, circa 1839., single leaf printed on recto only, with an acrostic poem, pencilled name lower right 'W. Cole', remnants of blue paper adhered to verso, 3 folds, 13.6 x 11.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Both rare; we have been unable to find any other examples. The second item is presumably addressed to Maria Edgeworth's half-brother, Lovell Edgeworth (1775-1842).
Morris (John). Section of the Earth's Crust showing the Arrangement of the Strata and the Relations of the Various Rocks to each other, with the Principal Geological Phenomena connected therewith..., James Reynolds, circa 1850, four pages of notes and explanation, long folding lithographic cross-section with contemporary colouring, old folds, publisher's green paper wrappers with printed title, the plan 285 x 1650 mm, binding size 290 x 230 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare geological panorama in very good condition.
![Rosimov (Georgij). Neoby?ajnoe putešestvìe Petruški na Lunu [Petrushka’s unusual journey to the moon], Berlin: I. Ladyžnikov,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/2141bd57-0a67-4412-a674-b0150109b7ce/468x382.jpg)
Rosimov (Georgij). Neoby?ajnoe putešestvìe Petruški na Lunu [Petrushka’s unusual journey to the moon], Berlin: I. Ladyžnikov, [1922?], Cyrillic text throughout, 8 full-page colour lithographic illustrations [by Alfred Zangerl], minor spotting and light browning, staples rusted and text-block now loose in original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, a little edge and corner wear, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare and unusual Russian children’s book by the Russian emigré Georgij Rosimov (1894-1967), who wrote a series of books for the Berlin publishing house. The illustrator is identified by the monogram ‘AZ’ on the third plate. Only one copy found at auction (Ketterer Kunst, 2009) and two copies noted on Worldcat: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
1st Sikh Infantry. History of the 1st Sikh Infantry, 1846-1886, 1887-1901 & 1902-1920, 3 volumes, Madras: Printed at the Diocesan Press, Vepery, 1929, title page to each volume, 101 pp., and 225 pp. respectively, 10 folding monochrome sketch maps (one in second volume, and nine in volume three), a few minor spots, modern dark brown half calf over marbled boards, with red morocco gilt label to upper cover of each volume, 8vo, together with 1st Sikh War: 1845-46, no place or printers name [1911], 18 pp., with four folding plans in pocket at rear, including one with coloring, contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed and some discolouration, slim square 4to QTY: (4)NOTE:Rare. One copy only in the UK (British Library).
![Moveable. Moveable Shadows, by W. Newman (of "Punch"), London: Dean & Son, [1857], pictorial title-page, 8 tinted lithogr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/6345f073-4d72-4f56-b477-b015010964df/468x382.jpg)
Moveable. Moveable Shadows, by W. Newman (of "Punch"), London: Dean & Son, [1857], pictorial title-page, 8 tinted lithograph plates, each with a moveable character operated by a tab (all working), when the figure is moved a comical shadow is revealed, tissue guards, some tabs fully or partly replaced, original pictorial boards, rear board with advertisements, somewhat worn and marked, spine rebacked and then re-covered in buff paper with title on paper laid onto spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gumuchian 6178; Osborne p.419.A rare moveable. Each figure is designed so that its shadow illustrates the character of the person portrayed: for example 'A Conceited Ass' portraying a pompous man reveals his shadow as a donkey standing on its hind legs.
Sydney. Robinson (H. E. C.), Robinson's Aeroplane Map of Sydney, published Sydney, circa 1910, colour lithographic map, old folds, some splits along old folds, repaired on verso, 770 x 540 mm, bound in publisher's printed boards, some staining to the coversQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. Only three institutional copies were found. Library of Congress, State Library New South Wales & State Library Victoria.
* German Tarot. Napoleon Tarock, Leipzig: Johann Gottfried Herbert, circa 1808, the rare complete deck of 78 stencil coloured engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 14 (French suits), each with decorative ace, pip cards 2-10, and 4 single-figured court cards, ace of hearts with maker's details, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trumps depicting important events from the life of Napoleon I (bearing double-ended Arabic numerals within a circle) and Fool card (with 'Hat sich skifirt'), generally in good condition, with occasional pale brown marks (mainly to pip cards), 5 trumps with wear to lower right corners, 2 with small chip to lower right corner (one with associated minor edge abrasion), versos red crescents with central dots and dotted lines, each card 111 x 60 mm, 45 cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, each display board 53.5 x 41 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Kaplan I, 298. Not in Reisinger, Tarocke.In 2006, Christie's sold an incomplete (44 cards only of 78) example of this pack, from the Kaplan collection (see above, and Christie's live auction Minchiate-1680, 21 June 2006, lot 97). The pack offered here is a possibly unique complete deck of an already rare pack of tarock cards. The court cards and aces of each suit represent: the Holy Roman Empire (hearts), France (clubs), Turkey (diamonds), and Russia (spades). The scenes depicted on the trump cards include: trump 4, Napoleon receiving surrender of a blindfolded Austrian officer at Lodi in 1796; 10, defeat of the Turkish army by Napoleon before Cairo in 1799; 17, Napoleon crowning Josephine in 1804 at the time of his own "coronation" by Pope Pius VII. See the Christie's auction entry (www.christies.com/lot/lot-4740268?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intobjectid=4740268&from=salessummary&lid=1) for a complete list of the trump scenes.
![Chapbook. Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill, London: Sold by T. Evans, [cover-title], circa 1800, 16 pp. (including self wrappe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/b78ec41f-df07-4ba8-a6c9-b01501095cb3/468x382.jpg)
Chapbook. Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill, London: Sold by T. Evans, [cover-title], circa 1800, 16 pp. (including self wrappers), 16 woodcuts, including one of Jack and Jill holding a pail of water on front cover, toned and some spotting, untrimmed, edges frayed, 10.6 x 5.5 cm, resewn into protective wrappers, together with:Cock Robin. A Pretty Gilded Toy for either Girl or Boy suited to Children of all ages, London: John Evans, [cover-title], circa 1805, 16 pp. (including self wrappers), 15 woodcuts, uncut to top edge (i.e. single sheet intact), toned, several leaves chipped to edges, 9 x 5.6 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Both rare.First item: Osborne p.97, listing a slight variation, 'Pd by T. Evans' to front wrapper.
Kerr (Judith). The Tiger Who Came to Tea, first edition, 1968, colour illustrations (by the author) throughout, some minor surface abrasions to lower margin (A4), original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, price clipped, light toning to panels and spine, a near-fine example otherwise, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:This book is rare, especially in the dust jacket.
![Quevedo y Villegas (Francisco Gómez de). El Parnasso Español [edited by Jose Antonio Gonzalez de Salas], Madrid: Diego Diaz d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/c34b8596-fc1b-4b2c-9d0e-b0150108f644/468x382.jpg)
Quevedo y Villegas (Francisco Gómez de). El Parnasso Español [edited by Jose Antonio Gonzalez de Salas], Madrid: Diego Diaz de la Carrera for Pedro Coello, 1648, 7 full-page engraved plates by Juan de Noort and Herman Panneels after Alonso Cano: the crowning of Quevedo by Apollo and the nine Castilian muses, and six individual muses corresponding to the six parts of the book (Clio, Polymnia, Melpomene, Erato, Terpsichore, and Thalia), title with late 18th or early 19th century ink ownership annotation 'De la libreria de San Antonio Abad, Madrid' (some marks and repairs, with upper portion of the leaf replaced in careful facsimile), a few minor ink annotations, some browning and marks throughout, small archival repairs to extreme lower margin of final two leaves, modern antique-style brown full calf, spine lettered in gilt, small 4to (196 x 140 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Libreria di San Antonio Abad, Madrid (inscription to title-page).Palau 244329.Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645) is regarded as one of the great poets of the Spanish Golden Age, and master of the baroque style known as 'conceptismo', a complex form of expression containing elaborate conceits and wordplay and addressing ethical and philosophical concerns, in addition to traditional poetic subjects such as love, desire, and death, similar to the metaphysical poetry of his English near-contemporary John Donne. Quevedo's poems were unpublished durung his own lifetime, but were assembled posthumously by his friend Jusepe Antonio Gonzalez de Salas and first published in 1648 in this edition. All 17th-century editions are rare.
Disney. The 'Disneyland Omnibus', London and Glasgow: Collins, circa 1940, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, marginal toning, pictorial endpapers, previous ownership marks to verso of front free endpaper erased, upper hinge split, cloth-backed pictorial boards, some soiling, rubbed to extremities with corners of front cover showing, 4to, together with 2 others related: Mickey Mouse, The Mail Pilot, 1933, black and white illustrations, original pictorial card wrappers, front cover near-detached, rear cover with vertical crease; and Donald Duck Lays Down the Law, 1948, black and white illustrations, original pictorial boards, 16moQTY: (3)NOTE:First item a rare piece of Disneyana, believed to be the first published reference to Disneyland.
* Belgian playing cards. Provincial variant of the Paris pattern, Belgium?, unknown maker, circa 1810, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, kings and queens named, jack of clubs with letter 'B' centrally, king of diamonds with turban and crescent moons, most courts with fleur de lis, dusty and lightly browned, some light spotting, few pip cards more browned and spotted with some minor stains, one pip cards with corner crease, versos blue floral & foliate pattern, each card 89 x 57 mm, together with: Family of the Paris pattern, Brussels: Kessman-Servaes, circa 1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, king of clubs with Brussel, queen of hearts with maker's name, jack of diamonds with J.P. on halberd, somewhat browned and dusty, few minor marks, versos red dots and dotted flowers, each card 88 x 57 mm, plus: Family of the Paris pattern, Liege: J.J. Dubois, circa 1820, 49 (of 52, without queen and 7 of hearts, and ace of clubs) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, king of spades with maker's name, jack of clubs with A Liege, soiled and worn, 10 of hearts with small loss to one corner, ace of spades corner chipped, versos red stars and wavy dotted lines, each card 84 x 56 mm, 16 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder contained in 3 plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Mann, All Cards on the Table, #133, and World of Playing Cards for similar decks, but lacking the fleur de lis. The WoPC copy also lacks the turban and crescent moons on the king of diamonds (this card not illustrated or described in Mann). This pack is likely to be a type of Provincial Variant F-1.32, a rare example of an intermediate stage between PV1 & PV2.Second item: Cartorama 62 #18 (later example from an unknown maker); Cremers, Cartiers en Wallonie, #50.
A rare large inscribed brass-mounted leather flask, North India, 19th century, of typical crescent shape with slightly scrolled terminals and long slightly flared neck rising to an engraved fitted brass rim, with domed cap, paired attachment rings towards the base and top of the cap, a stippled floral motif either side and leafy vine to edges, 38.7cm. highThe shape of this flask follows the better known metalwork version of the pilgrim flask of the 17th and 18th century. Condition Report: Good overall
An illustrated folio from a Jain manuscript, Mewar, India, 17th century, opaque pigments on paper, with 14ll. of text to the right, the illustration depicting Krisha and cowherders with another figure possibly a merchant on a red ground, mounted, glazed and framed, painting visible, 22.7 x 11cm. Footnotes: The style of these paintings is similar to the Gem Palace Ragamala in the National Museum in Delhi and the Sursagar in the Kanoria Collection in Calcuta, both of which were probably painted by the artist of the Chitor Ramayana executed in 1651. Although the format is clearly drawn from Hindu and Jain traditions, the dress of the merchant and the prince are influenced by Mughal portraiture.No other copy of this text is known and Jain manuscripts produced in Mewar are very rare. Two other leaves of this manuscripts are in the Los Angeles County Museum and in the San Diego Museum of Art (Pal, The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles, 1995, no 94; Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, Archer and Binney, 1968, no 4).Condition Report: Unexamined out of frame, with some paint loss
A rare Victorian patinated bronze gas wall mounted lighter, with a figure, probably Mr Punch, standing with his hands in his pockets smoking a cigar (from which the gas lit flame comes), an ashtray (liner missing) by his feet, the wall mount with acanthus leaf decoration and tap to bottom, 23cms high.
KISS - 2 X MEGA RARE MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL ! 1977 AND 1978 Printed in real KISS blood !1. Original usa $1.50 Marvel Comic KISS - Printed in Real Kiss Blood ! In excellent condition 1977 .2. Kiss Marvel Super Special 1978 Comic original with original fold out poster all in excellent condition.
Jubilee (1978) British Quad ( 30 x 40 ) Poster for the rare early Derek Jarman production Film. The film starring Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Jenny Runacre, Toyah Wilcox and Little Nell and music from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Suzi Pinns, Wayne County`s and more.. - one of the first films to come out of the UK Punk movement. This is in fair condition is has been folded it has some staining on the bottom of the poster and a small tear at the bottom - please see pictures.
SEX PISTOLS POSTER - A Rare survivor from the Roadie who was at the Gig and a friend of Martin who was the band member of the support act on the night, Albert Dock.This Sex Pistols Poster is an original 1976 Handbill / Poster and an extremely rare piece of original early Sex Pistols Promotional Material. It was for the show at Eric’s in Liverpool, England on October 15, 1976.The poster is in good condition for its age. It has a small piece missing on the top right of the poster and a small side tear and a little light creasing. Its quite a deep yellow paper with crisp black print.The two figures standing on the rock are John Campbell and Henry Priestman, both member’s of Yachts, and later, It’s Immaterial, and Henry Priestman from The Christians. Martin a member of Albert Dock took the photograph on an art college trip to the Lake District and passed the negative on for the poster production. `The item measures just short of A4 at 295mm x 208mm and it served as both poster and handbill for the gig promotion, the Sex Pistols’ first outing to Liverpool. At that time at Erics, the main act performed upstairs early on in the evening and the support act played downstairs in what would later become the main club area.`This performance came at a pivotal time for the Pistols. Less than a month before, they’d signed a five year management contract with Malcolm McLaren’s Glitterbest Ltd. Three weeks prior to this show, Nick Mobbs of EMI saw the band for the first time, and on October 8, just a week before the Eric’s show, the group officially signed to the label.On October 10 the band recorded an early version of “Anarchy in the UK” with their sound man, Dave Goodman, and beginning on the 12th, they played shows in Dundee, Wolverhampton, and Birkenhead before the Liverpool show on October 15. The Liverpool Echo noted “This gig certainly didn’t have the same impact as the Pistol’s Free Trade Hall gigs in Manchester – in fact it almost went unnoticed as there were only about 50 people there…Eric’s had only just opened on 1 October, and among the first bands to play were the Runaways and the Stranglers. But on 15 October, the infamous Sex Pistols pogo’ed their way into town…Holly Johnston, Paul Rutherford [both later of Frankie Goes to Hollywood], and Pete Burns [Dead or Alive] were all in attendance that night.”Just two days after the Eric’s show, the Pistols recorded the version of “Anarchy in the UK” that EMI released. Five days later, on October 22, Stiff records released The Damned’s “New Rose”, the first-ever UK punk record, beating the Pistols debut single by about a month.Provenance from Richard, a college friend of Martin Watson, Guitarist and Vocals for Albert Dock and later Yachts and who was the roadie for the night. As he states to ensure admission to the gig I was the roadie for Albert Dock ! The other poster is a rare Albert Dock - Return of the Magnificent 7 Poster in fair condition. It has a little staining has been folded once and has pin holes in the corner. It measures 44 cm by 33 cm.
The Atomage Album, John Sutcliffe - Rare vintage specialist catalogue showcasing a selection of custom made leather & vinyl outfits for specialist customers and TV to include The Avengers. With colour and black & white photographs throughout. Text written in English & German. Not dated but models in photographs are styled from the 1960's.
OF NAPOLEONIC INTEREST - a creamware mug, probably Leeds c.1810, printed in black with John Bull punching Napoleon, a hangman's noose in the background "The End of Boney", 4 3/4" high, together with a creamware jug, probably Liverpool, printed with "Good Old Ale", 7" high, both unmarked (2) (Illustrated) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Mug is an honourable wreck with cracks through print, repair and old bad restoration to inner rim, but rare print. Jug is restored all around the base and parts of rim
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