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Click here to subscribeMONTAIGNE (MICHEL EYQUEM DE)The Essayes or Morall, Politike and Militarie Discourses, 3 parts in one vol., third edition of John Florio's translation, additional engraved title, with letterpress leaf of explanation, library stamp on verso of engraved title, a few leaves resized, library bookplate, modern quarter roan, rubbed [ESTC S114977], folio (280 x 170mm.), M. Flesher for R. Royston, 1632This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
GIACOMETTI (ALBERTO)Paris sans fin, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 157 OF 250 COPIES, with the artist's signature stamp, 'sur velin d'Arches' paper, 150 lithographs by Giacometti, loose as issued in publisher's printed wrappers, glassine wrappers, cloth chemise and slipcase, folio (422 x 320mm.), Paris, Tériade, 1969This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ARDIZZONE (EDWARD)The complete original artwork for 'Diana and Her Rhinoceros', on 18 sheets (of which some 2 parts joined), comprising: 14 original watercolours on 9 sheets (including front and back cover design, and 2 large double-page images); 16 original pen and ink illustrations on 9 sheets, most with printed text pasted in margins, occasional proof correction notes in pencil or pen relating to text and layout, 'Bodley Head' pictorial stamp on verso of most sheets, overall double-page sheet dimensions approximately 257 x 570mm., [c.1964]This lot is subject to Artist's Resale Right.
DARWIN (CHARLES)CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) Portrait photograph of Charles Darwin, near half-length, facing left, albumen print, signed by the photographer under image 'From Life Registered Photograph (Copy Right)/ Julia Margaret Cameron', mounted on card (with embossed stamp of Colnaghi), framed and glazed [Cox & Ford 644], image 340 x 280mm., mount size 510 x 407mm., [Freshwater, I.O.W., copyright 23 July 1868]
FUCHS (LEONHARD)Primi de stirpium historia commentatiorum tomi vivae imagines, woodcut printer's device on title, 516 full-page woodcut illustrations with names at head in roman and gothic, 2 with early hand-colouring, B4 and last two leaves blank, opening gatherings slightly shaken, neat ink annotations in an early hand on several pages (usually a few words, more substantial on opening 3 cuts), contemporary blindstamped pigskin over boards, covers with roll-tool stamp of Lucretia, Justice and Prudence and date '1539', with larger date '1546' on upper cover, remnants of ink lettering on spine, fragment of old illuminated manuscript binding waste visible at opening hinge, slightly rubbed [Adams F1127; Nissen BBI 661], (170 x 110mm.), Basle, [Michael Isingrinius], 1545This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
ITALY - PHOTOGRAPHYMACPHERSON (ROBERT TURNBULL) A collection of eight large views of Rome comprising: Arch of Titus; Horse of Marcus Aurelius; Temple of Antonius and Faustina; 'Fresco on the Roof of a Church'; Church, and Museum of St. John Lateran; Column & Forum of Trajan; Cloaca Maxima; Stone Pines in the Garden of the Villa Pamphili, blindstamped signature (pencil number, and caption) on mount, approximately 300 x 400mm. or similar, [c.1860]--ALINARI (LEOPOLDO) Giotto's Bell Tower at Florence, Fratelli Alinari, blindstamp on the mount, image 432 x 322mm., [c.1860]--Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the leaning Tower at Pisa (attribution by Camfield Wills), image 262 x 340mm., [c.1860], all mounted on original card--LOMBARDI PAOLO) A good group of 28 views of Siena (street scenes and churches with several fine interiors), together with architectural details, each with the blindstamp of Paolo Lombardi (1827-1890), images ranging from 340 x 258mm. to 248 x 198mm., 1860s and later--LUNGHI (P.) Seven views of churches, and two larger images of the Giotto fresco at Assisi, most with the stamp of Lunghi of Assisi on versos, images mostly 260 x 200mm., [c.1880], albumen prints; and approximately 83 other albumen prints, including views in Venice (21), Verona (30), Rome, Naples, Florence, Pavia, Milan, Monza, and others, most loose (a few on mounts), varying tones, various sizes (large group)
ITALY, EUROPE AND GREAT BRITAIN - PHOTOGRAPHYA collection of approximately 24 views in Italy including Rome, Venice, Naples and nearby coast by Carlo Ponti, and Robert Rive, albumen prints, various sizes, [1880s]--Album of views in Derbyshire (including Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Alfreton, Wingfield Manor, Hardwick Hall, dated August 1877), and some neighbouring counties (Newstead Abbey, Chester), 59 albumen prints, a few by Frith Series, ownership stamp of H.C.J. Bunbury on upper cover, [c.1877]; Album of views in Great Britain (19), United States and Canada (24, photographers including J.S. Johnston, N.Y., and W. Notman, Montreal), and Northern Europe (20), albumen and gelatin silver prints, [late nineteenth century]--Album of views in Rome, Italy, approximately 70 albumen prints (of which 25 of paintings and artworks), mounted one per page, original white and red boards gilt, [1880s]--Album of views in Great Britain, upwards of 150 albumen prints, some professional (J. Valentine, and others), some amateur (including Blackheath, Lee and areas of outer parts of South London), [1880s/90s], unless otherwise mentioned contemporary half morocco, spines defective, folio; and 8 other albums of photography, mostly European/British views and artworks, with other loose photographs, including Switzerland (3 by Charnaux frères), Egypt and elsewhere (quantity)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
SHEFIK (AHMED)Notes on a Visit to Sinai Monastery and a Motor Car Tour in Sinai Peninsula, in January 1926, first edition in English, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Kaimakam L.H.C. Hatton Bey, [with mauve stamp] Lewa Director General, Frontier Administration' on the title, photographic portrait frontispiece of Fouad I, King of Egypt, 123 photographic illustrations on 85 plates, very short tear in fore-margin of a few plates, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, light soiling, 4to, Cairo, Government Press, 1926; with 3 other items, including articles relating to the Nubian and Western Deserts extracted from Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte, and a typescript article (with pencil annotations) entitled 'Kufu's Treasure' (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Catholic Liturgy Breviarium Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridenti restitutum. Venice: Apud Cieras, 1674. 4to (in 8s), full early tree calf, sometime sympathetically rebacked retaining original spine, spine decorated in gilt, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, two metal clasps (one detached but present), a.e.g.; printed in red and black, 11 full page eng. illus; provenance: Nashdom Abbey, Burnham (blind stamp to ffep). Occasional signs of restoration with slight affect to text. Bound with Officium de Septem Doloribus B. Mariae Virginis and Officium S. Caietani Confessoris (both same imprint) and with Officia Propria Sanctorum (seemingly from an unknown smaller work, mounted on larger paper to fit the binding). Horae Diurnae Breviarii Romani ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridenti restituti...Venice: Sumptibus Pauli Balleonii, 1707. 8vo, full black leather,sometime rebacked, boards ruled in gilt with two metal clasps, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; printed in red and black, eng. vignette to title, 4 eng. plates. Bound with a 54-page MSS Festa Sanctorum, dated 1709 at head of p.1. Missale Romanum Ex Decreto Sacro-Sancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum. Lugduni: Petrus Valfray, 1730. 4to, full later leather, later fabric place holders to margins; printed in red and black, vignette to title, 3 full-page engravings, decorative woodcut tailpieces in red, plainsong to text. Bound with Supplementum Speciale ad Missale Romanum. J. Booker, 1811 and Missae Propriae Sanctorum Ordinis S. Benedicti. James Marmaduke, 1758. Some signs of restoration throughout. The Liturgy of the Hours New York: Catholic Book Publishing Corporation, 1975. 8vo (4 vols). Full limp leather (different colour for each vol), upper boards with central cross in blind, spines lettered directly in gilt, coloured markers, with loosely inserted bookmarks in each, also with Supplement in org. wrappers, all in black slipcase decorated with gilt cross as boards. Ordinis Fratrum Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis Proprium Missarum. Curia Generalis O.S.M., 1965. 4to, red cloth, place markers to page edges, three coloured markers; printed in red and black. [5]
'The Stamps of Royalty' a complete collection, issued by Hallmark Replicas, of 25 x sterling silver replicas of rare & famous stamps & comprising 5 x Victoria (including 1d red 1854, 4d carmine 1855 & £5 'Telegraph' stamp 1882), 3 x Edward VII (including £1 'Long Green' 1902), 4 x George V (including £1 'Sea Horses' 1913), 1 x Edward VIII 1d red definitive 1936, 6 x George VI (including 5 shillings 'Coat of Arms' 1939, £1 brown 1939 & 10 shillings 'St George & the Dragon' 1951) & 6 x Elizabeth II (including penny blue definitive 1953 & 10 shillings Ultramarine Definitive 1969); total sterling silver weight 480g, with certificate of authenticity & detailed information on the philatelic significance of each stamp (except the 1d red Definitive 1912); in an attractive fitted display cabinet, satinwood & afrormosia inlaid with rosewood; FDC
FILM POSTER: 'STAR WARS: EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE' (1977) Paramount Pictures, Style A, One Sheet, International poster, Litho in USA. next to Union logo, NSS no. 77 / 21 - 0, three line NSS paragraph, without PG ratings box lower left, purple stamp lower centre 'Kenya Film Censorship Board, Nairobi, Approved', artwork Tom Jung, 103cm x 67.5cm within mount, framed and glazed. 1890
'PINOCCHIO' ANIMATION CEL AND 'SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS' POSTER: an original hand-painted, production animation cell, from the 1987 fantasy adventure film 'Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night', created by Filmation Associates Productions, California, the Filmation stamp l.h., 19.5cm x 28cm within mount, with the animator's original pencil sketch beneath, 19.5cm x 28cm, framed and glazed: sold with 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', a 1983 re-release film poster, marked Bueno Vista Distribution Co. Inc, 1937, Technicolor, 53cm x 66cm, framed and glazed. (2) 4986
ALFRED HITCHCOCK / PATRICIA HITCHCOCK EPHEMERA: a collection of publicity photographs and personal letters written to British actor Peter Halliday from Patricia Hitchcock, 1950s - 1983, and an Order of Service for Alfred Hitchcock's Memorial Service, June 1980; the small collection includes a group of eight publicity photographs, depicting Alfred Hitchcock with his wife (film editor) Alma Reville, daughter Patricia, son-in-law Joseph E. Connell Junr, and grandaughters, CBS photo. by Gabor Rona red stamps on versos, and images of the director on various film sets with Joseph Cotton, Farley Granger, Ingrid Bergman, a sepia toned portrait of Patricia Hitchcock, Bill Doll & Company, Anita Playhouse, New York blue stamp on verso, mostly 25.5cm x 20cm, a group of six letters written by Patricia Hitchcock, from 1950 - 1983, to her close friend, British actor Peter Halliday, five handwritten, and one typed and signed, a few undated in their original California postmarked envelopes, approx. 360 lines on 20pp, two on printed headed notepaper from 1097 Belagio Road, Bel Air and 5227 Avenida Hacienda Tarzan, California, the contents are full of newsy Hollywood snippets, writing of her amusement Peter had seen 'Stage Fright' in German, the shock at the sudden death of Al Jolson, . . . 'I'd seen him the night before at a restaurant', . . . and Alan and Sue Ladd's accounts of 'terribly young soldiers returning from the front (Korea) battered and exhausted', a few casual references to her father, . . . 'Hitch has bought another car. A Chevrolet, we've left it in New York . . . , . . . 'still no work but I hope to be doing something in one of Daddy's shows in February', . . . together with a 10pp. Order of Service, and invitation card for Alfred Hitchcock's Memorial Service, Westminster Cathedral, Tuesday 3 June, 1980, with the LA Times newspaper obituary cutting loosely inserted.provenance: from the collection of British actor Peter Halliday by descent to the vendor.
ALEC GUINNESS: AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT FOR HIS PLAY 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS', ca.1939: approx. 34pp.of mimeographed typescript, later annotated in pencil throughout, believed by actress Sheila Roy, bound in buff coloured card covers with typescript title, and actress May Hallatt's name handwritten in pen above, first title page reads, 'Great Expectations, A Play By Alec Guinness, Constructed on the novel by Charles Dickens, Alec Guinness, Waddington, Lodsworth, Sussex', with embossed stamp of Mrs Marshall's Typewriting Office on The Strand.. * Alec Guinness adapted Charles Dickens's novel in 1939 for the stage, also playing the character 'Herbert Pocket', the play was a success, a young British film editor David Lean was one of the viewers, later casting Alec Guinness in his film adaptation of the play.Provenance: the script inherited by the vendor's wife, niece of film director Richard (Dick) McNaughton and actress Sheila Roy
CECIL B.DEMILLE PRODUCTIONS: a pre-production colour costume design for a gladiator, ca. 1950s, production ink stamp C.B. Demille Productions Art Dept., pencil annotations on verso 1. arm must move, 2. sew material to leather, 3. add thongs, 4. add felt at bottom or fix to sandal, 55.7cm x 36cm, framed and glazed. 2037
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980) FILM PRODUCTION SHOOTING SCRIPT: 116pp. a production shooting script, 116pp. of mimeographed typescript, including the pink, blue and green script revision pages made throughout July - August 1979, annotated throughout, bound in yellow card covers, front cover numbered 4 top l.h., cut out window showing the film title on first page, title page reads 'The Long Good Friday by Barrie Keefe, A Calendar Production for Black Lion Films Ltd., 5 - 7 Carnaby Street, London W1V 1PG, marked in pencil 'A/P Chris Griffin', final page with the black stamp 'Printed by Scripts Ltd. 8 Gerrard Street, London W1', the British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, 30cm x 22cm.Provenance: the personal working script, as used on the film production by Associate Producer Chris Griffin.
A modern 9ct gold sapphire and diamond cluster ring, with central oval cut sapphire, measuring 6.4mm x 4.6mm x 2.6mm, totalling approx 0.57cts, in a rub over platinum setting, surrounded by twelve round brilliant cut diamonds, of two sizes the largest approx 0.06cts each, the smaller approx 0.04cts each, totalling approx 0.60cts, in platinum claw setting, with rubbed border, and side splayed shoulders, makers stamp V & Co, London 1997, ring size O½, 3g all in.
An late 20thC 18ct gold emerald and diamond ring, with central square cut emerald measuring 6mm x 5.8mm x 3.4mm, approx 0.74cts, in four claw setting, flanked by two round brilliant cut diamonds, each approx 0.30cts, in six claw platinum setting, of raised design, with pierced shoulders, with rubbed makers stamp, London 1970, ring size L½, 3.1g all in.
A modern emerald and diamond half hoop eternity ring, set with four round cut emeralds and three square cut diamonds, all in rub over setting, the emeralds measuring 2.8mm dia, 2mm deep, approx 0.07cts each, the diamonds measuring 2.4mm x 2.4,mm x 1.8mm, approx 0.10cts each, on plain band, hallmarked with 2000 memorial stamp, maker JDT, Birmingham, ring size M½, 3.3g all in.
An 18ct gold emerald and diamond set heart shaped pendant and chain, the heart set with thirteen round cut emeralds and sixteen illusion set diamonds, with openwork pierced back, the pendant drop set with four tiny diamonds, makers stamp TP, with 750 import marks, the pendant 2cm high x 1.4cm wide, on a modern 18ct gold chain, 42cm long overall, 7.2g all in.
Various books on nature, etc. Stamp (Sir Dudley) Nature Conservation In Britain, first edition with dust wrapper, various other similar, varying editions to include Dragonflies, Flowers of The Coast, Insect Natural History, Ramsbottom (John) Mushrooms and Toadstools, Yonge (CM) The Seashore, revised edition 1966, Moths, Axel (Herbert) and Husking (Eric) Minsmere Portrait of A Bird Reserve, signed by both authors, various other natural history books, David Attenborough, Skinner (Bernard) Moths of The British Isles, other books on beetles, land and water bugs, etc. (a quantity)
After Hans Wenger (1914-2000) a Danish teak 'The Chair':, with single section toprail and elbow supports over seat , raised on turned legs, Danish Quality control stamp to sub frame, together with original Heal's retail label. *Notes- Hans Wenger is considered to be one of the most influential Danish furniture designers having designed over 500 chairs and gaining worldwide recognition for his designs including 'The Peacock Chair', 'The Round Chair' and 'The Wing Chair'
Cicero, De Finibus bonorum et malorum, in Latin, a leaf from a fine humanist manuscript on parchment [Italy (variously ascribed to Ferrara, Florence or the Veneto), c. 1460 (variously dated 1456, 1463 and 1466)]single leaf, with single column of 28 lines in a fine humanist hand, capitals starting significant section set off in margin, slight darkening at edges, 2 wormholes and a small brown mark in margins, some modern pencil marks (including fol. nos. ‘6r’ and ‘6v’ and “MS 701”, ie. the Schøyen collection number) and small strip of paper attached to inner edge, else outstanding condition on fine cream-coloured parchment, 253 by 175mm. (written space 156 by 97mm.)Provenance: From a parent manuscript probably once in the Florentine library of Cardinal Archbishop Angelo Niccolini of Pisa (d. 1567; see S. Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts, 2013, Handlist no 143): other leaves with his ex libris and stamp. The parent manuscript was offered on three occasions by Payne and Foss in London, the last February 1830, no. 1111, where it was acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps; sold in his sale at Sotheby’s, 17 May 1897, lot 198, returning in 25 July 1900, lot 1132. There it passed to Preston A. Perry, and was subsequently auctioned in New York on 21 April 1908 (lot 269), where acquired by Coella Lindsay Ricketts (d. 1941) and thence to Otto F. Ege, the Cleveland bookseller and biblioclast, who dated it 1463. Ege dispersed it from 1944 onwards, and this leaf was sold by his daughter at Sotheby’s, 26 November 1985, lot 79, thereafter Schøyen collection, sold Christie’s, 10 July 2019, lot 455. Other individual leaves can now be found in Rutgers University in New Brunswick (their MC 1220:04), the Beinecke Library, Yale (their MS. 682) and Phoenix Public Library (their MS. Fragment 40). Another was sold in our rooms, 6 July 2016, lot 38.Text: From a stately humanist manuscript of Cicero’s explanation of the Greek philosophical schools of Epicureanism, Stoicism and the Platonism of Antiochus of Ascalon (d. 68 BC.). It is dedicated to Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, and was written in the summer of 45 BC. It is the least well studied of Cicero’s works. There is no extant ancient or Carolingian exemplar, and the earliest witnesses are those of the eleventh or twelfth century. All Italian copies, including the present fragment, appear to descend from ‘a small book of Cicero’ given to Petrarch by his friend Barbato da Sulmona in Naples, and which circulated among Petrarch’s close associates.
Grant of arms in the name of Emperor Rudolf II to Hieronymus Radler, doctor, and previously ‘fürstlicher secretarius’, in German, very large illuminated document on parchment [Germany (Munich), dated July 1587]vast single sheet document, opening with a line of calligraphic fraktur letters encased within geometric-interlace and foliate penwork heightened in places with liquid gold, these extensions flowing throughout the entire margins to form a penwork border, 38 further lines in 2 sizes of professional script, sentences opening with capitals with long flowing penstrokes and important letters touched in liquid gold, some long gold stroked cadels to lowermost line, coat-of-arms at centre of document (unicorn rampant on gules) on gilt-edged shield with helm surmounted by another unicorn, within gilt frame with cherubs at corners, early twentieth-century pencil notes in German and apparent price “75” (perhaps in Marks) on turn up, frame and grounds of the arms rubbed in places, piercings at foot for seal and seal tag (both wanting), folds and some staining and small holes at extremities when folded, overall fair and presentable condition, 570+122 by 795mm.Once in the collection of Erik Börje Israelson (1888-1931), Swedish autograph and book collector: his small circular stamp in purple ink twice on reverse.
OASIS MICHAEL SPENCER JONES STAMPED CONTACT SHEET. An 8x10 black and white contact sheet containing 35 images depicting Oasis during the recording sessions for Monnow Valley Studios, Monmouth, Wales. Taken by Michael Spencer Jones, the image bears the photographer's stamp to verso and a handwritten annotation.
ELVIS CONTACT SHEET AND PHOTOGRAPH. An original 8x10" black and white photo depicting Elvis Presley arriving at the Hilton NYC 1975 with stamp to verso from Tom Wargacki and 'National Star' sticker, also a similarly sized Newspix' stamped contact sheet with 32 images of Elvis onstage at Johnson City 1976.
Irish Republican Interest: a silver beaker, by William Egan & Sons of Cork 1930, Dublin 1930-31, with two bands of Celtic knot decoration and engraved 'To Sean From Seven Irish Rebels, 1931-1932, SPIKE', the reverse with engraved signatures, please note rare hallmark , 10.5cm high During a brief period of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922), Cork silversmith, William Egan & Sons, were unable to send their works to Dublin to be assayed. Barry Egan, the company's managing director, devised his own mark of a masted ship between two castle turrets next to his sponsor's mark 'WE' that was used during this time. A derivation of this mark is found in the form of a maker's stamp on the base of this beaker. It is possible that the inscription 'To Sean' refers to Sean Moylan who was elected the Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North at the 1932 General Election. It is also possible that 'Spike' refers to Spike island, the former fort and prison in Cork harbour known as 'Hell on Earth' that was used to hold IRA prisoners during the Irish War of Independence. The signatures read: Michael O'Driscoll, James Crosbie, Seumas Collins, Arthur Duff, Alexander M. Healy, D M O'Connor and William A Mower.
Five stamp albums including early Greenland, Iceland, mint St. Pierre et Miquelon, Senegal various denominations, mint Togo and Togo blocks, Wallis and Futana printed, Somalis strip with gum, mint Martinique/Mauritania/New Caledonia/Niger/Oceanie/Reunion, early France, Lempire France, Cameron mint animal/blocks, Djibouti block with gum, Afrique Equatoriale Francaise (RF missing).
Six stamp albums including Indonesia, Korea Olympics, Korea presidential inauguration, Korea block sheet mint, Lao, Mongolia, Philippines Peso/Derechos De Firma Zoomill, early Philippines, early Siam, Cuba 1878 - Isla de Cuba 3c de Peso/½ Mila de Peso, Cuba Olympics and Coat of Arms, Chile Telegrafos del Estado, Chile Correo Aereo eagle printed.
Six stamp albums including Iraq printed 'On State Service', Iraq Field Post Office postmark, Lebanon, Liberia blue star, Saudi Arabia, Syria O.M.F. revenue printed, Tunisia, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, twelve pages of China depicting red and white character mark 10c / Emperors / sailing boats / planes / postmarks, Ruanda-Urundi, Qiwain block stamp sheets.
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