Hale (Kathleen, 1898-2000). Dinghy park at Hamble, 1958, watercolour and pencil on paper, signed lower right, mount aperture 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8ins), framed and glazed (39.9 x 50.8 cm), verso with red ink numbers '66' (crossed-out) and '86' relating to the Kathleen Hale Memorial Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 2001, together with: Spain, pen & black ink and watercolour on paper, titled and signed lower right, mount aperture 23 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/4ins), framed and glazed (44.5 x 53.1 cm), plus: Amalfi, 1926, watercolour, pen & black ink over pencil on heavy paper, signed and titled 'Amalfi' lower right, verso with an unfinished sketch in pen & black ink, titled Amalfi and dated 1926, also annotated 'F47' & '257', and '7' in a circle, sheet size 22.8 x 30.3cm (8 7/8 x 12ins), window mounted, framed and glazed (44 x 50.5cm), verso with red ink number '38', relating to the Kathleen Hale Memorial Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 2001, and three others: Abstract with geometry instruments, 1974; Mincer, 1974; Abstract with monkey wrench, 1975, all pencil on paper, the first with watercolour, the 2nd with wash, each signed and dated, window mounted, framed and glazed (48.9 x 39 cm and smaller)Qty: (6)
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MIQUEL BARCELÓ ARTIGUES (Felanitx, Mallorca, 1957)."Giorgione à Felanitx", 1984.Mixed media on paper.Titled and signed with initials in the lower margin.With Bischofberger gallery label on the back.Size: 24 x 31,5 cm; 44,5 x 54 cm (frame).The 1980s was one of the most important decades in Miquel Barceló's plastic art, as it meant his international recognition. He began with his establishment in Barcelona in 1980, and exhibited in several European cities. He took part in the São Paulo Biennial (1981) and the Documenta in Kassel (1982). In 1986, he showed his work for the first time in the United States (specifically, at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York). Two years earlier he had already exhibited his work for the first time with Bruno Bischofberger, and met and married Cécile Franken. In 1987 he settled in Paris, and the following year he travelled for the first time to Africa, another important geographical reference point in his career. The present work is a sketch for the imposing painting "Giorgione a Felanitx", a large-format canvas (300 x 200 cm) also painted in 1984, which alludes to Giorgione, one of the Mallorcan's most admired painters.A painter and sculptor, Barceló began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts in Palma de Mallorca, where he studied between 1972 and 1973. In 1974 he made his individual debut, at the age of just seventeen, at the Galería Picarol in Mallorca. That same year he moved to Barcelona, where he enrolled at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts, and made his first trip to Paris. In the French capital he discovered the work of Paul Klee, Fautrier, Wols and Dubuffet, as well as "art brut", a style that was to exert an important influence on his first paintings. During these years he reads extensively, and is enriched by works as diverse as the writings of Breton and the surrealists, Lucio Fontana's "White Manifesto" and Arnold Hauser's "Social History of Literature and Art". In 1976 he held his first solo exhibition in a museum: "Cadaverina 15" at the Museum of Mallorca, consisting of a montage of 225 wooden boxes with glass lids, with decomposing organic materials inside. That same year, back in Mallorca, he joined the Taller Lunàtic group and took part in its social, political and cultural protest actions. In 1977 he made a second trip to Paris, and also visited London and Amsterdam. That same year he exhibits for the first time in Barcelona, and meets Javier Mariscal, who becomes one of his best friends in the city. It was also in 1977 that he received his first large-scale painting commission: a mural for the dining room of a hotel in Cala Millor, Mallorca. The following year, at the age of twenty-one, he sold his first works to some collectors and galleries, and finally moved to Barcelona. His international recognition began in the early 1980s. In 1986 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas, and since then his work has been recognised by the most distinguished awards, such as the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts (2003) and the Sorolla Prize of the Hispanic Society of America in New York (2007). Barceló is currently represented in the most important contemporary art museums in the world, such as the MoMA in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Marugami Hirai in Japan, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the CAPC in Bordeaux, the Carré d'Art in Nimes, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.
19th Century English School Sketch of a female bather,charcoal and watercolourinitialled H.B,35 x 39cmWatercolour and charcoal on paper which looks rather flat and may well be laid down, one or two small scattered dirt spots but overall fair to good condition, initialled lower right, housed in a later silvered mount and carved wood frame, comes from the collection of Sir John (Mrs Darlington).PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 35 x 39cmEnglish School, 19th Century
Ellis Silas (1885-1972) Liner entering harbour with remarque sketch of a coat of arms initialled JREgouache and watercoloursigned23 x 49cmOverall looks to be in good honest condition, possibly slight margins covered by the mount, housed in a later gilt frame.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 23 x 49cmSilas (1885-1972), Ellis
Roger Fry (1866-1934) Three men in a cafe, Aix-En-Provencepencil on paperwith Bill of Sale from The Bloomsbury Workshop dated 200411 x 16.5cmVery good condition, looks to have been taken from a sketch book, plain frame, original receipt states Provenance Richard Shoan to whom given by Pamela Diamond, Roger Fry's daughterPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 11 x 16.5cmFry (1866-1934), Roger
FOUR BOXES OF CERAMICS, GLASS AND PICTURES ETC, to include seven Booths kidney shaped dishes, Shelley Stocks 13522 pattern tea wares comprising three teacups (one cracked), five saucers, five side plates and one sandwich plate, Wedgwood ginger jar and trinket box with lid, hand painted coffee cups and saucers depicting Brickeen bridge (spelt Brickean), Masons Ironstons saucers depicting Waddesdon Manor, Bassetts Jelly Babies mugs, Silstone pottery cat and vase, assorted teawares, modern Chinese bowls, pictures include a pencil sketch of bell ringers in Leamington church by R Clements 1858, watercolour of Bambrough Gate, landscape prints etc
A mixed collection of antiquarian and later books to include Thackeray’s works, Macaulay’s England, Dicken’s works, Edmund Dulac ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, Quiller-Couch, Dulac’s illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, ‘My Huntung Sketch Book’, written and illustrated by Lionel Edwards, etc.
Circular view representing a project for ceiling decoration "Angels in clouds" and a pencil sketch on the back, monogram "E" of Nikolai Ludwigowitch Ellert on January 13th, 1873. The famous composer Tchaikovsky created in Moscow (supervisor Nicolas Rubinstein) symphony no. 2 "Little Russia" on January 26th, 1873, based on Ukrainian folk tales. Ellert was stage draftsman in charge of decorations of Imperial Opera in Moscow and likely produced this preparatory watercolor for this occasion. Sheet in good condition, dimensions 44.5x41.5 cm.
Circular view representing a "Town, canal and characters" and a pencil sketch with characters on the back, subject of a popular tale, monogram "E" of Nikolai Ludwigovich Ellert in January 13th, 1873. The famous composer Tchaikovsky created in Moscow (supervisor Nicolas Rubinstein) symphony no. 2 "Little Russia" on January 26th, 1873, based on Ukrainian folk tales. Ellert was stage draftsman in charge of decorations of Imperial Opera in Moscow and likely produced this preparatory watercolor for this occasion. Sheet in good condition, dimensions 44.5x41.5 cm.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 - (2014 - MARVEL) - GRADED 9.8 by CGC - Kevin Maguire Variant Sketch cover & interior art by Humberto Ramos, Olazaba, Rodriguez, Lopez, Sliney, Perez, Camuncoli, Eliopoulos, Baldeon with a stories by Slott, Gage, David, Yost - Flat/Unfolded - CGC 9.8 White Pages - Presented Slabbed & Sealed
A collection of pencil and pen and ink sketches with a number signed and in the style of L S Lowry (Laurence Stephen Lowry 1887-1976), another signed and in the style of Pablo Picasso with the inscription "Pour Pablo Cassalls 1959" in addition a sketch of a young woman signed and in the style of Harold Riley.
Myles Birket Foster, 'The Shrine at the entrance to the Courtyard of The Ducal Palace, Venice', inscribed on old label verso, pencil and watercolour, 16 x 10cm. This is a preliminary sketch for a one of a number of works commissioned by Charles Seely, MP for Lincoln, of Venetian subjects that the artist worked on from 1871-77. The substantial part of the collection was sold by Christie's in 1966.
Forever Amber concept storyboard painting. (TCF, 1947) Original concept sketch for Forever Amber accomplished in gouache on 12.5 x 10 in. artists' board. Depicting a dramatic period urban scene with foreground blonde observing bustling London street life as a group scrambles to put out a building fire. With pencil notation on the verso reading, "Ext. "Plume of Feathers" - night smoke Scene 269- "Forever Amber".Provenance: Previously sold at Profiles In History29/09/2015.
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Hungarian-American Magician & Escapologist. Vintage hand signed photo 'Best Wishes Houdini', signed clearly in black pen, the photo was likely used by the artist Richard Ogle as it has been sketched over, overall, 20 x 25 cm, with an original hand drawn sketch of Harry Houdini in paint and pencil, signed 'R. Ogle 20/5/20 Bedford Theatre of Varieties Camden Town, on board, overall 27 x 37 cm and a Houdini booklet from 1920 (3). Provenance: The vendor was a family friend of the Ogle family in Dorset. Richard Bertram Ogle painted Harry Houdini in 1920 and they had various correspondence. Richard Bertram Ogle (British, 1889 - 1976) was known for his landscapes and his work as an illustrator, Richard Ogle studied at the Royal Academy Schools where his tutors included John Singer Sargent and Solomon J. Solomon.
Embossed silver covered wooden lectern. Colonial School. Mexico. 18th century.31 x 33 x 27,5 cm.Made from sheets of embossed silver which totally cover the wooden structure. The piece is outstanding due to the precision of its ornamentation, as despite its profusion, each motif stands out by itself, and the end result is elegant, balanced and finely executed.The back is four-sided and divided into four spaces, in each one of which we find an angel’s head on a background of fallen leaves and scrolls, and a central button which displays the anagram of the Virgin Mary. The platform is straight and on an inclined plane. On the lower part it is decorated with a frieze ornamented with spirals and two angels holding an elliptical cartouche in which the name of the Virgin of Guadalupe is engraved.It rests on four claw and ball feet. It is worth pointing out that this lectern is dedicated to a Virgin Mary, in this case, Our Lady of Guadalupe. As well as the aforementioned anagram of the Virgin Mary, it also depicts two of the symbols of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mirror and the fountain, which two angels hold in their hands at either side of the lectern. The decoration on the back continues with the four angels motif, and with a central medallion which, in this case, and as a final reference to the Virgin Mary, displays a beautiful embossed scene depicting Saint Luke the Evangelist as a painter. According to the tradition of the devout, he painted Mary’s portrait, which is present in this composition as we can see the easel in the background with a sketch of Our Lady of Guadalupe on it.
Natural History, Geology - Miller (Hugh): Sketch-Book of Popular Geology, seventh edition, London: William P. Nimmo, 1874, (1); The Testimony of the Rocks [...], Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1869, (1); Footprints of the Creator [...], twentieth edition, London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1879, (1); further non-geological works by Miller, including, Bayne (Peter, editor), The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller, two-volume set, first edition, London: Strahan & Co., 1871, (2), others (2), all in original red cloth, mixed size 8vo, [7]
Scotland - Forth Bridge Special, offprint from Industries', second edition, London: 1890, printed in triple-columns, full-page and in-text engineering and technical illustrations, contemporary maroon morocco gilt by C. Chappell, London, his ticket, Ex Libris G.C. Lee, folio (35cm x 29cm), (1); Storer (James) & Greig (John), Views in North Britain, Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, Accompanied with Descriptions, and a Sketch of the Poet's Life, London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1811, full-page engraved plates, original publisher's boards, 4to, (1), [2]
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Travel ? Anon, A Comparative Sketch of England and Italy [?], two-volume set, first edition, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, [n.d., 1793], ex-lib cloth and neat stamps, Eric Stanley?s bookplates, 8vo, (2); Bishops Burnet?s Travels [?], Edinburgh: Sands, Murray, Cochran, 1752, contemporary calf (disbound), 8vo, (1); Mant (The Rev. F.W., Late Royal Navy), The Midshipman: or, Twelve Years at Sea, first edition, London: G. Routledge & Co., 1854, contemporary green quarter-calf over marbled boards, contemporaneous book label: Honble. B.N.O. de Grey, 8vo, (1); further contemporaneous sea voyage and shipwreck interest, (2); Hebert (Lady), Impressions of Spain in 1866, with Fifteen Illustrations, first edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1867, well-rebacked original publisher?s cloth, gilt pictorial 8vo, (1); Carlisle (The Earl of), Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters, fourth edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, original publisher?s cloth, Plain Armorial bookplate and ink MS ownership inscription of: Francis Markham, 8vo, (1); Doughty?s Travels in Arabia Deserta [?], two-volume set, London: Jonathan Cape, 1943, d/j over cloth boards, 4to, (2); Prichard?s Through the Heart of Patagonia, London: Heinemann, 1902, ex-lib, 4to, (1); St Kilda, 1858, cloth, 4to, (1); Baedeker?s Switzerland, 1897, original red cloth, 8vo, (1); Montague?s Modern and Universal Gazetteer [?], London: Printed for J. Wallis [?], 1800, illustrated with fold-out engraved maps, contemporary 8vo, (1); another contemporary geographical gazetteer, Modern Geography, defective, fold-out and full-page maps and plates, 20th century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); 18th century and leather and part-leather bound travel narratives, including harlequin volumes of Heber, Lady Mary Worley Montagu, etc; later 19th and 20th century travel journeys, including Rebecca West, America, Tibet; etc., [approx. 50]
A late 19th century morocco drawing-room album, compiled from 1880 into the first-half of the 20th century by various individuals, some leaves hand-scrivened and illuminated, inscribed with verse and illustrated with 18th century and later pictures and prints, including botanical, architectural, topographical, travel, fashion, Arthur Rackham, and other subjects, some of which have been later hand-coloured, contemporary green morocco, outlined and panelled in gilt, all-edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, decorative endpapers, folio (34cm x 26.5cm), (1); a Regency artist's sketchbook, illustrated in pencil with 29 scenes, titled and dated 1817 in ink MS, disbound, oblong 4to, (1); Modern British, an early 20th century art student's anatomical sketchbook, executed in pencil by Petherick, Slade, University College, and enclosing drawings and preparatory studies of the male and female form, some nudes, cloth over board sketchbook, supplied by Newman of Soho Square, 8vo, (1); Leaves from T.L. Rowbotham's Sketch Book, Part 1, London: Printed and Published by George Rowney & Com:py, [n.d., c. 1870], original printed title-label and chromolithographs laid onto later leaves, institutional quarter-morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered and blocked in blind, folio (39cm x 29cm), [4]
World War One, Kaiserliche Marine, Zeppelin LZ 74 - three canvas fragments salvaged from the airship's wreckage, following Second Lieutenant Frederick Sowrey, of 39 Home Defence Squadron, in a Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2C, shooting it down over Great Burstead, Essex, on 24th September, 1916, (3); a 10pp ALS from the Herbert, the salvager, to his sweetheart, signed and dated Thorndon [Essex], 25 Sept. 1916, where he seems to have been stationed with the army at a camp, having returned late from London that evening he heard the "Zepp", he and the camp went out to see it, with 20 search-lights on her "[s]he looked like a silver cigar staling along through the sky. I had my Zeiss glasses on her & could see very plainly." After having been shot, she burst into flames: "In a few seconds the whole [...] was blazing & of course we knew she was doomed. She tipped up & began to descend [...] Finally she fell in a field exactly 4 miles east of us. [...] It was a marvellous, sight, & through glasses one could see the frame workf after the envelope was burned away. The glow remained in the sky [...] half an hour after the Zepp [hit] the ground." The regiment were soon called to the site. "(They want 500 troops to guard a Zepp), & fatigue parties were soon at work cleaning up the mess. The Zepp was 13,000 feet up when hit, so when she fell 2½ miles you may imagine things got a bit crumpled up. All the crew were lying about, some amongst the debris, others a hundred or two yds away. Some were terribly burned, others were not much damaged. [...] That was the really unpleasant part of it all & I need not dwell on it. One man had fallen 50 yards from the Zepp in a grass field flat on his back & had made a very interesting impression in the ground about 6 inches deep. [...] When one falls 2½ miles one must hit the ground fairly hard, the only wonder is that there was anything left to pick up [...]", (1); copies of The Daily Mirror and Daily Sketch newspapers viz. the airship crash, (2), [collection]
WEATHERLEY (CAPTAIN CECIL POULETT)Manuscript notebook of Captain Cecil Poulett Weatherley (1860-1932), of the Vigilant, describing his circumnavigation of Lake Bangweolo, 1896-1899, comprising detailed notes of compass bearings, longitude and latitude and notes on the geographical features, interspersed with later additional commentary on the land and its people, and illustrated with some thirty-five fine pencil and watercolour maps and drawings, including two portraits ('...from a sketch made in the Vigilant 23-9-98...'), describing his route from the Isthmus of Fungé ('...a stretch of extremely white sand...'), via Kawendé Country ('...beautifully wooded with tall Mipundu trees...'), Kirui Island ('...out and away, the best wooded of the islands...'), N'Kanga and Kasanga Marshes ('...High papyrus with water ways for canoes...'), Bemba Chifunawuli ('...discovered by me in 1896...'), Luapula ('...a delightful little river...'), Mumbotuta Falls ('...the sight of the Luapula), Mwyangashé River ('...most disappointing in every way...'), Wengé Hills ('...High walls of red sandstone...'), and Mweru, ending by apologising for gaps in the account as he had mislaid the piece of paper on which he wrote his calculations, with extensive notes on the names of African families and the correct pronunciation of the same, c.315 pages, in ink, dust-staining and marks with some water staining, original ruled vellum boards, faded notes in ink and pencil on front board, worn, binding loose, small 4to (200 x 135mm.), [c.1899]Footnotes:'A THUNDERING CHAOS OF GREAT WAVES, HEAPED UP MASSES OF FOAM AND CLOUDS OF SPRAY': POULETT WEATHERLEY'S NOTES ON THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF LAKE BANWEOLO.A distinguished and highly respected traveller, Captain Weatherley presented his paper on the 'Circumnavigation of Lake Banweolo' to the Royal Geographical Society in 1898, and an account of the evening was published in the Geographical Journal (vol. XII), that same year. References in the present notebook to his return to the area in 1899 and an apology for losing his notes, would indicate that it was therefore completed in the early years of the twentieth century. Interspersed between the technical data, Weatherley's commentary adds much local colour and reveals a great understanding of and sympathy for the local people, something for which he was renowned. '...The natives in this part... have a love for names - no puddle, no scrap of mud, no tiny collection of reeds of papyrus is too insignificant... This plethora of names gave me much trouble...', he writes - '...The Wéna Kawendé are undoubtedly the best lot of natives on the coast... Their rightful Chief Kawongo is an extremely nice man in many ways but is unfortunately greatly addicted to the undue consumption of Wengura... or native beer...'. There is much on the practice of tattooing by various tribes - '...The Wéna Kawendé file both upper and lower front teeth into sharp points – they tattoo... a line of dots from below each ear to the shoulder and one down the nape of the neck... dots made by a needle (native, which is about twice as thick as a big darning needle... and charcoal rubbed in...' – with other observations such as the consumption of hemp '...the natives are all nerves and fit for nothing...', and evocative descriptions of the landscape - '...As the Vigilant was pushed through it, myriads of tiny bubbles rose up through the mud and exploded on reaching the surface with a hissing sound, emitting a vile stench...'. His sympathy for the locals does not, however, extend to his European predecessors with critical mention here of fellow-explorers Victor Giraud and Alfred Sharpe (whose findings he found '...perfectly inexplicable...').In 1896 Weatherley visited the site of David Livingstone's memorial at Chitambo and it was as a result of his report on the decayed state of the tree marking the spot that forced the R.G.S. to remove the inscribed portion and erect an obelisk as a more lasting memorial (Desmond Clark, J. David Livingstone Memorial at Chitambo's, online article). After his circumnavigation he spent much time in Africa and was noted hunting lions in the Serengeti with Prince Ladislas Radizwill in 1911. In 1914 he was said to be in German East Africa mapping for the British Government. His illustrated diaries of these journeys, Volume 1 (October 1889 to January 1899) and Volume 2 (June to July 1898 and January to March 1899) are held by the R.G.S. (ref. PWE), probably donated by his friend Leslie Sweet, who provided the steel boat, the Vigilant, which enabled Weatherley to undertake his own journey, and who was present at the R.G.S. presentation in 1898. The present notebook derives from the remains of the private library of Ferdinand Stephen Joelson (1893-1979), the bulk of whose collection was sold in these rooms, 19 January 1995. Joelson was a respected writer, broadcaster and publisher on African affairs, and was founder and, for 42 years, editor of the weekly newspaper East Africa & Rhodesia. His papers are held at the Beinecke Library, Yale University (Gen. Mss 634), Rhodes House Library, Oxford and the Bodleian. Provenance: Cecil Poulett Wetherley (1860-1932); Ferdinand Stephen Joelson (1893-1979) of Chetton Grange, Shropshire; and thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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[SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)]WORSLEY (FRANK A.) The final portion of his archive relating to his polar explorations with Shackleton (Endurance and Quest), and career, including signed copies of his books, corrected typescripts, manuscript notes for lectures and articles, and photographs, including:BOOKS, ALL PRESENTATION COPIES FROM WORSLEY: Under Sail in the Frozen North, inscribed 'To my Jean with love from Wuzzles 1.2.27', ORIGINAL PEN AND INK MAP by Worsley for illustration used opposite p.123 in book loosely inserted, Stanley Paul, [1927]; Endurance. An Epic of Polar Adventure, inscribed 'To my Jean from Wuzzles, 18th March 1931', dust-jacket (defective), Philip Allan, 1931; First Voyage in a Rigged Ship, inscribed 'To my sweetheart Jean from her Wuzzles, 29th Aug. 1938', dust-jacket (some small losses), Geoffrey Bles, [1938]; Shackleton's Boat Journey, inscribed 'Pat Bamford from F.A. Worsley, Hodder & Stoughton, [1940], all publisher's cloth, 8vo; Shackleton's Last Expedition. Southward on the Quest, inscribed 'Jean from Wuzzles: Xmas 1923' on the upper wrapper, 8 photogravure plates, publisher's wrappers (some losses at margins and spine, old tear on upper cover), oblong folio, [?1923]MANUSCRIPTS: Heavily annotated typescript manuscript of Worsley's book 'First Voyage in a Rigged Ship', approximately 400pp., printed verso only, with numerous corrections throughout, disbound, 4to, [c.1938]; 'Adventure' [autobiographical essay recalling Shackleton, etc.], manuscript, 9pp., purple pencil on lined paper, 4to (230 x 18omm.) [c.1940]; 'The Lure of the Poles', manuscript, 5pp., black ink on lined paper, folio (330 x 200mm.); Two incomplete manuscript essays, approximately 20pp.; Three typescript manuscripts ('Sunset to Sunset in the Artic', 'Bear Steaks', 'Polar Asunder'), together 20pp., address and a few corrections, the second with proofing corrections in an another hand, various sizes.EPHEMERA AND OTHER: Ink sketch by Worsley (signed 'F.A.W.' of the rigging and sails of an unidentified ship, 230 x 65mm.; [QUEST] Manuscript receipt, 'Recieved from Commander F.A. Worsley the sum of eight pounds to be expended on behalf of the Tristan da Cunha people in stores... Cape Town', 1 page, 8vo, 29 June 1922; Watercolour of a large unidentified ship with three masts, 180 x 265mm., signed 'Th. Gaede, 1921'; Documents relating the 'Frozen North' expeditions and ship 'Iceland', one signed by the expedition leader Grettir Algarsson; Official documents relating to Worsley's enlistment for action in both the First and Second World Wars; Chief Officer's Log Book for a voyage undertaken by the Steam Yacht 'Calamara', under the command of Worsley, 24 pages, printed with manuscript entries (and a few marginal sketches), most pages signed off by Worsley and the chief officer, loose, frayed at edges, folio (390 x 330mm.), [1937]; 'Ode to Eric' by Worsley, typescript poem addressed to his friend Eric Bamford signed 'Wuzzles. Poet 14th Oct. 1941'; correspondence and papers relating to Worsley's book contracts, and involvement in the the film 'Endurance', including invitations to luncheons to celebrate the film launch; small group of personal papers, including marriage certificate; Worsley's copy of 'How to Make Knots, Bends and Splices, As Used at Sea'PHOTOGRAPHS: A collection of approximately 23 photographs of Worsley at various stages of life, in uniform, on ships, with his wife, etc., with a few others, one a postcard photo of 'The Endurance' in the pack ice, mostly vintage gelatin silver, 45 x 95mm., and smaller, [various dates] (quantity)Footnotes:'THE GREATEST ADVENTURES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY NUMBERS OF MEN WORKING TOGETHER AIDED BY TEAMWORK, LOYALTY AND FRIENDSHIP AS EVEN SHACKLETON ALONE COULD NOT HAVE CARRIED OUT THE HISTORIC BOAT JOURNEY FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND TO SOUTH GEORGIA...' - The remaining archive of Frank A. Worsley (1872-1943), a key figure in the 'Heroic age of Polar exploration', who accompanied Shackleton as his Commander on the Endurance, and helping navigate the James Caird during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expdition 1914-1916. He was also on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1922, noting in the manuscript essay 'Adventure' (included in this lot) 'I was with him when he died in the Quest. I lost a true friend and England lost a great adventorous man'. The archive includes manuscript, printed, and photographic materials relating to his Polar adventures, but also actions in both wars, the North Russian seas, the Carribean where he led a hunt for treasure alongside his wife in the 1930s, and his involvement with promoting the film of Endurance, 1919. After Jean's death the Bamford family donated Worsley's diaries, medals and other materials to the Scott Polar Institute, and the Akaroa Museum in New Zealand, but these poignant materials have remained with the Bamford family.Provenance: Bequeathed by Worsley to his wife Jean (née Cuming, 1900-1978). Having met in 1919 they married in 1926; Pat Bamford, in whose house in Claygate, Surrey both Frank and Jean lived until their respective deaths; by family descent to current vendor.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
1857 MUTINY OR UPRISING - PHOTOGRAPHY AND SKETCHESAn album of 18 photographic portraits (including 6 by Felice Beato), and 6 original pencil drawings relating to the 'Indian Mutiny', albumen prints (255 x 210mm., and smaller), 7 pencil sketches (some heightened in white, captioned in ink, 255 x 355mm.), early twentieth century half morocco, gilt lettered 'India Mutiny Celebrities' on spine, worn folio, [1857, and later]Footnotes:Photographs comprise: Gen. Colin Campbell; Gen. James Hope Grant; Gen. Robert Napier; Lt-Gen. Henry Norman; Sir Robert Montgomery; Lieutenant-Colonel Braysyer, 14th Sikhs, all by Felice Beato; The Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864, by Bourne & Shepherd; Gen. Archdale Wilson; Gen. James Brind; Sir Donald Stewart; William Montagu Hay; Large portrait of six 'officers and men of the Royal Engineers', all identified (255 x 210mm.); group portrait of the 31st Bengal Light Infantry (captioned 'this regiment remained loyal throughout the Mutiny'); Officers of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders; Officer of the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry; Officers of the Army Head Quarters, Simla, ?1864, 3 groups.Sketches comprise: 'Sketched from Hodson's Tent. The unroofed house on left is where Leut. Nicholson died...'; 'Flag Staff Toer, Aug. 22d. 1857'; 'View of the ridge showing the right battery, Hinddo Rao and Observatory looking across the Valley of Death. Sketched from the mound, July 20/57'; 'Delhi face of Hinddo Rao House from the Centre Battery [with Sikh soldiers in foreground], Aug. 4/57'; 'The Mosque Piquet... Sketched while Gen. Wilson was working on one of the guns'; 'Gen. Batson in the dress in which he escaped Delhi. Sketched at Camp Alipore, June 7/57' with a further sketch of a cannon (dated 11 July 1857) pasted on blank area of sheet; 'Large iron gun at Selim Bagh... English wheels, native carriage'. The drawings are pasted in, and have further annotations, including note 'See plan of Cantonment and City of Delhi' in ink on mounting card of all. They have pencil note 'For R.[oyal] U.[nited] S.[ervices] I.[nstitute] Library'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Priestley (J.B.). Britain at War, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942, inscribed by the author to title, photographic frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations after photographs, stamp to front free endpaper, sketch to front blank, lightly spotted to preliminaries, original paper wrappers, lightly toned and marked, rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with:The Good Companions, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1929, inscribed by the author to title, endpapers lightly toned, original publisher's blue cloth, boards faintly marked, extremities rubbed, 8vo, withFour-in-Hand, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1934, signed by author to final text leaf, lightly spotted, original publisher's cloth, endpapers toned, original publisher's blue cloth, boards marked, spine stained, 8vo, with 17 others signed by PriestleyQty: (20)
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