Amundsen (Roald). "The North West Passage", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1908, frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), illustrations throughout, one folding map loose, tape residue to free endpapers, top edges gilt, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, short split to head of volume 1 front joint, 8vo, together with: Nordenskiöld (Adolf Erik). The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, with a Historical Review of Previous Journeys along the North Coast of the Old World. Translated by Alexander Leslie, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Macmillan and Co., 1881, half-titles, 5 steel-engraved portrait plates including frontispieces, 10 lithographic folding maps, one map (no. 10) with closed handling tear, numerous wood-engravings (many full-page), bookplate of Kenn Back, original green decorative cloth, 8vo, Mikkelsen (Ejnar). Conquering the Arctic Ice, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, half-title, frontispiece, folding map, 2 maps and numerous further illustrations in text, Signet Library plate and inscription to front pastedown, manuscript call number to title-page verso, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, tape residue to free endpapers, top edge gilt, original grey cloth, titles gilt to spine, polar bear vignette to front board, 8vo, Sverdrup (Otto). New Land. Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, half-titles, frontispieces, numerous illustrations (mainly photographic, including many full-page 'plates' counted in pagination), 40 pp. advertisements, 3 folding maps (2 in end-pocket), text-blocks toned, browning to half-title and final text-leaf of each volume from endpapers, volume 1 inner hinges cracked, volume 2 inner hinges neatly repaired, original blue cloth, vignette of the Fram to front boards in silver, library markings effaced from spines, headcaps refurbished, 8vo, and 4 others, all in original cloth (not collated): Nansen, In Northern Mists, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1911, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, London, 1897, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York, 1897; and Mikkelsen, Lost in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, London, 1913Qty: (14)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Arctic Bibliography 12443 (Nordenskiöld, misdating the translation 1882), 11421 (Mikkelsen, Conquering the Arctic Ice), 17322 (Sverdrup); cf. Arctic Bibliography 402 (Amundsen, first UK edition, Constable, 1908).
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Mawson (Douglas). The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1915], photogravure frontispieces, all colour and halftone plates as called for (several folding), 3 folding maps, bookplates of Kenn Back, a few leaves unopened, endpapers renewed (the 3 folding maps, originally in end-pocket, now loose), original blue cloth lettered in silver, dent to fore edge of volume 1 front board, with the rare dust jackets (chipped and soiled, prices on spines obliterated), 4toQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Rare in the dust jackets.
Murdoch (W. G. Burn). From Edinburgh to the Antarctic. An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. With a Chapter by W. S. Bruce, Naturalist of the Barque 'Balaena', 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894, ix [3] 364 pp., half-title, 2 maps (one folding), 24 pp. advertisements, very occasional faint spotting, advertisements browned, pink endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, original blue-green cloth, titles to spine in silver, title and vignette to front board in silver touched with red, spine slightly dulled, short split to head of front joint, corners slightly bumped, one showing through, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
Priestley (Raymond E.). Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914, all photographic plates as called for, 3 folding maps, Signet Library plate to front pastedown, manuscript call number to dedication page, bookplate of Kenn Back, top edge gilt, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, recased, rubbed, spine toned, corners showing through, 8vo, together with another copy (complete, top edge not gilt, original cloth, recased, spine toned, gilt stamp of King William's College, Isle of Man to rear board)Qty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
* Dine, (Jim, 1935-). American Pop Artist. Signed colour photograph, no date, showing a smiling Dine standing flanked on either side by framed pieces of art, signed in black indelible pencil to a clear area of the image, Kodak Royal digital paper, 20 x 25cm, together with: Schulz (Charles M., 1922-2000). American Cartoonist. Signed photograph, 'Charles Schulz', no date, gelatin silver print photograph of Schulz seated in a half-length pose at his desk with two Peanuts cartoon strips on the desk in front of him, boldly signed in black marker pen across lighter area of the image lower right, verso blank, 25 x 20 cmQty: (2)
* Fleming (Alexander, 1881-1955). A signed half-length portrait vintage gelatin silver print photograph, circa 1950, Fleming seated and smoking a cigarette while signing a book on his knee, signed 'Alexander Fleming' in dark fountain pen ink across a white area of the image between his hands, 20 x 16 cm, corner-mounted, framed and glazed with metal plaque caption for the 1945 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine mounted beneath the photographQty: (1)NOTESAn ink annotation to the verso in an unidentified hand indicates that the autograph was obtained at the Fifth International Congress of Microbiologists at Quitandinha in Brazil, 23 August 1950.
Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, portrait frontispieces, 3 folding maps and folding panorama now loose (originally contained in volume 2 rear pocket), colour and half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting, endpapers renewed (lacking volume 2 rear pocket) original cloth, front covers with illustration blocked in silver, some fading to volume I spine, spines repaired and rubbed at ends, 4to, together with: Mawson (Douglas). The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1915, 3 folding maps contained in renewed volume 2 rear pocket, colour and half-tone illustrations, one or two marginal repairs, endpapers renewed (volume 1 original front endpaper with contemporary gift inscription retained), bookplate of Kenn Back, original cloth, front covers with vignettes (rubbed), spines repaired, 4toQty: (4)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK.
* McCartney (Paul, 1942-). Signed photograph, 1960s, printed later, gelatin silver print on Fujifilm paper, head and shoulders portrait with folded arms visible in lower part of image, signed in black permanent marker to left lighter area of image (Paul McCartney), the end flourish falling across McCartney's chin and jacket, 25 x 20 cm, VG, together with a signed photograph of Ringo Starr, signed 'Ringo' in black permanent marker to right lighter area of image, a few minor marks, 30 x 21 cm, plus an autograph signature of Bob Dylan in blue felt tip on thin white card, 7.5 x 12.5 cm, fineQty: (3)
* Rouault (Georges, 1871-1958). French Painter. Signed postcard, 'Georges Rouault', no date, a vintage gelatin silver print photograph of Rouault by Yvonne Chevalier, head and shoulders pose in semi-profile, signed by the photographer lower left, and signed by the artist in blue ballpoint pen to plain back verso, 9 x 13.5 cm, together with: Delvaux (Paul, 1897-1994). Belgian Surrealist Painter. Signed and Inscribed Postcard, 'P. Delvaux', no date, a colour postcard with a reproduction of his work entitled 'La Ville Rouge', signed and inscribed by Delvaux in black ink to blank area of verso, light smudge slightly affecting final two letters of surname, 10.5 x 14.5 cm, plus: Hockney (David, 1937-). English Artist. First Day Cover, 1999, the postcard and stamp featuring Hockney's painting Salts Mill, Saltaire, (limited edition, 452/2000), artist's signed presentation inscription for James and Sally below limitation details, 10 x 21cm, Stella (Frank, 1936-). American painter. Signed postcard, circa 2000, showing a colour reproduction of Stella's painting Hyena Stomp, 1962, signed 'F. Stella' in blank ink to wide white margin beneath image, postally unused, 15 x 10.5cm, Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). British Newspaper Cartoonist. Self-caricature, 1980, drawn in the centre of the paper in black marker pen and signed by Cummings, with a brief autograph note signed by Cummings in blue ballpoint pen to upper left corner, sending the cartoon and autograph, some overall light spotting, Daler Artboard, 36 x 47cm, plus 3 modern books signed by the British cartoonists Gerald Scarfe, Peter Brookes and Ralph Steadman, all VGQty: (8)
Shackleton (Ernest H.). South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: William Heinemann, 1919, colour frontispiece, all halftone photographic plates as called for including double-page panorama, folding map, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth, spine letttered in silver, large pictorial block of the Endurance in silver to front board, upper fore corner of front board bumped, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK The first impression of the previous month was printed on inferior paper which is invariably browned.
* Wilton (Ernest Colville Collins, 1870-1952). British Diplomat. A group of 5 appointments signed by King Edward VII, Saint James, 1904/1909, being appointments for Wilton to be Consul for Chungking (5 May 1904), Assistant Commissioner to Stuart Mitford Fraser for the purpose of aiding the negotiations with the Chinese authorities (17 January 1905), Our undoubted Commissioner, Procurator and Plenipotentiary: Giving him all manner of power and authority to treat, adjust, and conclude, with such Representatives of Hi Majesty the Emperor of China and the High Authorities of Tibet as may be vested with similar Power and Authority, any Treaty Convention, or Agreement that may tend to the attainment of the above-mentioned end (17 March 1908), Consul of Shantung (1 September 1908) and Consul of Changsha (1 January 1909), all signed ‘Edward R & I’ at head, all countersigned by the Foreign Secretaries Lord Lansdowne (2) and Edward Grey (2), mostly vellum, various sizes, second document with two pendant red silk and silver tassels suspended at foot by red and silver threadsQty: (5)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952).
* Lu Yongxiang (1867-1933). Anhui clique warlord, military governor of Zhejiang, Zhili and Jiangsu. Head and shoulders portrait in military dress with 3 military orders, circa 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print photograph, 25 x 15.5cm, loosely mounted in original oval studio mat with ink presentation inscription in Chinese characters to left and right margins, presented to the British diplomat Ernest Wilton, overall 35 x 20.5cm, together with a bilingual visiting card, the English side reading 'General Lu Yuang Chiang / Director of Rehabilitation for Chekiang [Zhejiang] Military Affairs / Hangchow' [Hangzhou], 7 x 11.5cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952). Lu Yongxiang, from Shandong Province, was a graduate of the Beiyang Military Academy who worked his way up through the ranks to become a commander of the Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai. He was appointed military governor of Zhejiang in August 1919. His refusal to hand over Shanghai caused the Second Zhili-Fengtian War of 1924.
* Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935). Also known as the 'Nanking Warlord' or leader of the 'League of Five Provinces'. Three-quarter length portrait in military dress with military order and sword, circa 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print photograph, 25 x 19cm, original studio mount with imprint at foot, ink presentation inscription in Chinese characters to left and right margins, presented to the British diplomat Ernest Wilton, overall 40.5 x 28cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952). Sun Chuanfang, from Shandong Province, became an officer of the Beiyang Army and later joined the Zhili clique following the Xinhai Revolution. Sun became the military governor of Fujian in 1923 and in 1924 at the beginning of the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War he commanded the 4th Army in Fujian Province. One of his first acts was to support his ally Qi Xieyuan, moving up from the south in a move that was responsible for the defeat of rival warlord Lu Yongxiang and the capture of Shanghai. He was subsequently rewarded with the military governorship of Zhejiang. The Northern Expedition ended his rule in 1926 and in 1935 he was assassinated in Tianjin by Shi Jiangqiao, the daughter of Shi Congbin, who ten years earlier had been commander of units in Shandong.
* WWI & Battle of Arras. First Army panorama no. P.111, B.20.b.00.45, sheet 51B, including a field of view of 83° from about 39° – 122° (approximate scale of degrees (1° = 1 inch), made from Vimy Ridge, 22 April 1917, panoramic gelatin silver print photograph on 4 joined sheets, place and building identification details clearly marked in the negative, printed labels to left margin, No. 2 Advanced Section Army Printing Stationery Services and 50th (S.A.) Brigade R.G.A. ink stamps to verso, some age soiling and creasing, overall 16 x 210 cm. together with a few miscellaneous military photographs including Hampshire Regiment interest, one captioned ‘Minden Day’, 1922, studio photographs of General Archibald Hunter by Bassano, weapon training staff, officers training school Mhow 1945, no. 22 class (T.C.) SME, Chatham, 19 July 1915, a group of 13 vintage RFC aerial black and white photographs, 1915, including Farnborough (3), Thames Ditton, Long Ditton, Oxford Aerodrome, etc, images 9 x 10.5 cm, 3 military cabinet cards, 3 small albums of Ogden’s photographic miniature cigarette cards including some military interest, 3 unconnected partially completed photo albums, each including some mostly WWI military interest, plus family snapshots, etc, plus a small quantity of printed and manuscript military ephemera relating to various families, 4 small boxes of lantern slides showing drawings of postal history interestQty: (a carton)NOTESFrom the Library of Lt. Col. R.J. 'Bob' Wyatt MBE TD (1931-2019).
Taylor (Griffith). With Scott: The Silver Lining, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916, all plates as called for, 2 folding maps, half-title and title-page, spotted, library markings to a few pp. and to folding map verso, a few leaves clumsily opened, folding map with closed handling tear, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Kenn Back, original green pictorial cloth, library label removed from spine, partial loss of lettering on front cover, a few marks, 8vo, together with: Borchgrevink (C. E.). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 32 pp. advertisements, pp. xv-16 loose, pp. 41/2 and 121/2 each with crudely repaired tear in gutter and contemporary annotations to margins, occasional pencil markings elsewhere, top edge gilt, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gold and silver, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1929, numerous plates and maps, spotting, bookplates of Kenn Back, original blue cloth, spines refurbished, 8vo, and 13 others, Antarctic exploration, original cloth (not collated), including Scott, Scott's Last Expedition, 1st edition, 1913 (covers badly water-damaged, staining to outer leaves, endpapers renewed), Joyce, The South Polar Trail, 1st edition, 1929, Hurley, Argonauts of the South, 1st US edition, 1925, Mill, The Siege of the South Pole, 1st edition, 1905, and similarQty: (18)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1930, colour illustrations throughout by Gilbert Rumbold, pencilled recipes added to blank pages 284-5, without errata slip, original silver pictorial boards, cloth backstrip, rubbed, 8vo, and one other (Phillips & Cane, The Sporting Spaniel, 1st edition, Manchester, 1906)Qty: (2)
[India]. [Commemorative photograph album of the 22nd (Residency) Field Battery, Royal Artillery], Lucknow: I. P. Press, [1931], 5 linen-hinged stiff card leaves, introductory text in gold to first leaf, leaves 2-5 with 23 gelatin silver print photographs mounted rectos and versos with captions printed in gold, laid-in tissue-guards, original two-tone cloth binding, oblong 4to, related group photographic portrait (mounted on card) laid in, together with: Brooke (Philip Acton). History of the 22nd (The Residency) Field Battery Royal Artillery, 1st edition, Allahabad: The Pioneer Press, 1931, [10] 47 pp., halftone photographic plate, 3 folding maps, original blue cloth, 8vo, and Callwell and Headlam, History of the Royal Artillery, 3 volumes, Woolwich, [1931]-1940 (not collated)Qty: (6)NOTESThis photograph album was issued to celebrate the awarding of the 22nd Field Battalion with the 'Residency' battle-honour in commemoration of their role in the India Mutiny. No other copy is traced. Library Hub traces one copy only of Brooke's work, at the British Library.
A group of three silver hallmarked fob medals to include a Herbert Bushell fob medal with a gold plated cartouche (hallmarked Birmingham 1904), another similar example (Chester 1902, maker marks rubbed) and a 1925 Midland Cross country Association medal (Birmingham 1924). Total weight 50.1g Largest measures 4.8cm.
A 20th Century wooden and silver box having raised Chinese dragons motifs to the lid and sides containing a quantity of silver and costume jewellery to include a Paris souvenir bracelet, a good selection of coloured stone rings, a pair of rose quartz stud earrings, charms and pendants, simulation pearl etc.
A 1930s oak case grandmother clock having eight day movement. Marked HALLER A.G. brass movement with silver dial, Arabic numerals to the chapter ring, glass front and finished with a a brass plaque to the inside reading Maples, August 25th 1934.Measures, 130 cm H x 27 cm W x 17 cm D
A rare early 20th Century silver and gold fountain pen in the form of a bullet having an inscription reading ' presented by the athletics volunteer force Blackburn to their president Lawrence Cotton Esq J P who opened the Harley St Rifle range Dec 9th 1914. Marked 9ct to the centre. Makers marks for E Baker & Sons. Measures 9.1cm. Lid opens with screw mechanism. Weight 17.8g.
A 20th Century ladies silver fob pocket watch having a white enamelled face with roman numerals to the chapter ring with gilt details, the case having engraved floral decoration with a central unmarked armorial cartouche complete with key. Measures 3.8cm diameter including case. Interior of the case marked 935.
A group of silver earrings to include two pairs of amber stud earrings ,a pair of turquoise stone drop earrings, a pair of green hardstone drop earrings, a pair of filigree drop earrings, pierced decoration drop earrings, a silver fairy pin, a silver butterfly wing set brooch etc. Total weight 40.5g.
Three antique silver spoons to include two matching lily pattern teaspoons with engraved initials to the terminals (hallmarked Birmingham 1906) together with a William Marshall Scottish shell pattern spoon (hallmarked Edinburgh 1846). Weight 36g. Together with a selection of antique silver plated items including a cantle sniffer, serving spoon, flatware etc.
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