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Lot 33
Marcel Dyf, French (1899 - 1985) Oil on canvas " Girl Reading At Table With Vase Of Flowers" Signed lower right. Indistinct French ink stamp on stretcher. Light craquelure or in good condition. Measures 23-1/2" x 28-3/4", frame measures 33" x 38-3/4". Shipping: Third party. (estimate $4000-$6000)
Lot 377
Christopher Lee signed Unusual cover produced to commemorate the Desert Air Force of World War Two. 60th Anniversary hand-stamp End of the War 1945 - 2005. Served as a Pilot Officer, No.260 Sqn., Desert Air Force in WWII. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Lot 379
Joanna Lumley signed Official First Day Miss World cover issued by Trinidad & Tobago featuring Miss Giselle LaRonde Trinidad & Tobago Miss World 1986. First Day of Issue Hand-stamp 10 Aug.1987 over a set of four stamps featuring Miss World. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Lot 387
Sir Norman Wisdom signed Millennium Classics No.21. Film Cover Laughter in Paradise. Special pictorial hand-stamp, Elstree, Borehamwood, Herts, 2 Nov. 1999. Signed Norman Wisdom Comedy legend. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Lot 460
Wiegleb (Johann Christian). Die Natürliche Magie aus allerhand belustigenden und nützlichen Kunststücken bestehend, 20 volumes including index bound in 19, 1st editions (volume 1 3rd edition), Berlin & Stettin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1786-1805, 241 folding engraved plates on 238 leaves, additional series title-pages to volumes 6-20, small ink library stamp to lower right corner of title-pages, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary half calf gilt, heavily rubbed, some joints cracked, two spines missing and several with leather lifting and chips to extremities, 8vo A rare complete set of this encyclopaedic work on natural magic, which covers card tricks, illusions by electrical, optical, and pneumatic means, and contemporary wonders including Wolfgang von Kempelen's chess-playing automaton 'The Turk'. (19)
Lot 462
Yearsley (Ann, 1753-1806). Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley, A Milkwoman of Clifton, near Bristol; being her second work, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1787, subscribers list present, includes five leaves of typescript notes relating to Ann Yearsley stapled together and attached to front blank (staples rusted and with consequent rust marks to title and following two leaves), includes two tipped-in one page autograph letters signed by Ann Yearsley to her publisher Joseph Cottle, both dated 15th December 1797, which mention her children and money matters, plus two additional engraved portrait plates of Yearsley (one stained), front pastedown with signature ink stamp of Macleod Yearsley & date 2 Mar 1935 beneath (possibly Percival Macleod Yearsley, 1867-1951), contemporary half calf, joints slightly cracked, spine a little rubbed, 4to The poet and writer Ann Yearsley, née Cromartie (1753-1806) was born in Bristol and married John Yearsley, a yeoman, in 1774. She bore six children in only seven years. A decade later the family were rescued from destitution by the charity of Hannah More and others. Hannah More organized subscriptions for Yearsley to publish Poems, on Several Occasions (1785). The success of the volume led to a quarrel between More and Yearsley over access to the trust in which profits from the undertaking were held. Yearsley was later supported by Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, Yearsley published Poems, on Various Subjects in 1787. Yearsley was one of many Bristol women who campaigned against the Bristol slave trade and published A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave-Trade in 1788. She died in 1806 at Melksham, Wiltshire and her grave is in Birdcage Walk, Bristol. (1)
Lot 475
Folkes (Martin). Tables of English Silver and Gold Coins..., now Re-printed, with PLates and Explanations, London: Society of Antiquaries, 1763, 67 engraved plates, armorial ink stamp and bookplate of Jonathan Peckover to pastedowns, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf gilt, spine lacking title label, joints cracked and some wear, 4to, together with [Leake, Stephen Martin], Nummi Britannici Historia: Or an Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Uniting of the two Kingdoms by James I. and of Great Britain to the Present Time, 1st edition, 1626 [but 1726], nine engraved plates (including one additional), title torn at head and repaired, some dampstaining, front endpaper replaced, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, later title label to spine, 8vo, with Ede (James), A View of the Gold and Silver Coins of all Nations Exhibited, [1808], engraved title, two part titles and 34 plates, edges untrimmed, publisher's boards (dampstained), later torn spine strip, 12mo, with Ruding (Rogers), Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its Dependencies..., 6 volumes (including plate volume), 2nd edition, 1819, folding map and numerous engraved plates, contemporary diced calf (text volumes) and contemporary half calf (plates volume), gilt decorated spines, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, 8vo & 4to, plus Leake (Stephen Martin), An Historical Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Present Time..., 3rd edition, 1793, 13 engraved plates, front endpaper adhered together at gutter, contemporary calf, joints cracked an spine torn with loss, 8vo (10)
Lot 480
Pistolesi (Erasmo). Il Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato, 8 volumes, Rome, Tipografia della Societa editrice, 1829-38, engraved titles, numerous line-engraved plates (few folding), occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, presentation inscription to volume I, bookplate removal residue, contemporary half vellum, some soiling, wear to a few labels, folio, together with La Patriarcale Basilica Lateranense, by Agostino Valentini, 2 volumes in one, Rome, 1836-37, engraved titles, line-engraved plates, some light spotting, library stamp at foot of first title, all edges gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, a little rubbed with some soiling, folio (9)
Lot 492
Freud (Sigmund). The Interpretation of Dreams. Authorised Translation of Third Edition with Introduction by A.A. Brill, 1st London edition, George Allen, 1913, occasional pencil marks, scattered spotting or soiling, small tear with loss to lower blank margin of Q1, seven circular purple ink library stamps to front pastedown, title-page, Introductory Remarks, Contents pages, plus at head of chapters 1, 6 and on final page of Index, further library labels and marks to half-title, title-page verso and final page, withdrawn stamp to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, soiling and wear, spine rubbed and faded, 8vo This is the scarce first English edition, the majority of the first edition sheets were bound with a Macmillan cancel title-page for issue in America. No longer present is the publisher's tipped-in label directing that the sale of the book is 'limited to Members of the Medical, Scholastic, Legal, and Clerical professions'. (1)
Lot 512
Boccalini (Traiano). Iragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus... with the Politick Touchstone, written originally in Italian... put into English by Henry Earl of Monmouth, 3rd edition, corrected, 1674, early signature to title, lacking portrait frontispiece, some marginal dampstaining and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, small folio, together with Smith (Richard, Bishop of Chalcedon), Florum Historiae Ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum, libri septem, ex quibus dulcissimum mel Catholcae Religionis..., Paris: Federicum Leonard, 1654, title in red & black, occasional light dampstaining and few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, folio, with [Pope, Alexander], The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, 1729, engraved illustration to title, with early signature to upper blank margin and removed ink stamp to lower outer corner (with abrasion & thinning of paper), some dust-soiling and marks, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and disbound pamphlets etc., including a disbound & incomplete General Index to the First Twenty Volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine..., [by Samuel Johnson], [1753] (a carton)
Lot 54
Sarmiento de Gamboa (Pedro). Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa en los anos de 1579 y 1580. Y Noticia de la Expedicion que despues hizo para poblarle, 1st edition, Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768, three folding engraved plates at rear (first plate a little marked), erased and washed out ink stamp to verso of title with consequent small hole, occasional light spotting mostly to margins, marbled endpapers with crude cloth hinge repairs, contemporary marbled sheep, cloth reback with remains of spine relaid, area of leather loss to lower board and infilled with marbled paper, 4to Sabin 77094; Borba de Moraes, page II:777; Hill 1526; Palau 302364. The first edition of an important narrative of early naval adventure and exploration, published from a manuscript found at the University of Madrid after almost two centuries. Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish naval commander who set off from Peru in pursuit of Sir Francis Drake in 1579. He never caught Drake, but did undertake an early passage through the Straits of Magellan, then made visits to the Azores and the African coast. Appended is Tomé Hernandez's account of Sarmiento's later disastrous Patagonia colony at 'Port Famine' (Puerto Hambre). (1)
Lot 565
Hill (Rowland & George Birbeck). The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the HIstory of Penny Postage, 2 volumes, 1880, black and white portraits, ex library copy with associated marks, some minor spotting, uniform original green cloth, boards and spines lightly marked, 8vo, together with Earée (R.B.), Album Weeds; Or, How to Detect Forged Stamps, 2 volumes, circa 1905, bookplates to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, and Lazzaro (Claudia), The Italian Renaissance Garden..., 1990, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Folio Society, Bestiary..., 1992, colour illustrations, original cloth spine to boards in slipcase, 8vo, and other stamp, natural history and gardening reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (5 shelves + a carton)
Lot 81
Hamilton (James). Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings around the Birth-Place of the Prophet, and across the Aethiopian Desert, from Sawakin to Chartum, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1857, half title, 2 folding maps ('Map of Part of Nubia' and 'From Djidda to Tayf, shewing Mr Hamilton's Route, 1854'), bookseller's ink-stamp to half title verso, contemporary inked marginalia to pages x-xi relating to Speke and Burton's Nile expedition, very faint occasional spotting, original purple cloth, spine rolled and faded, with a closed tear to the cloth, fraying to joints and spine-ends (head of spine repaired), a few marks to sides, extremities bumped, 8vo Macro 1117. 'In the early 1850s, James Hamilton traveled to Cairo, via Sinai to Suez, down the Red Sea to Yanbu and Jidda, around the Hijaz, across the Red Sea to Suakin, then to Khartoum, and back up the Nile to Cairo' (Slight, The British Empire and the Hajj: 1865-1956, ch. 2). (1)
Lot 82
Horneman (Frederick). The Journal of Frederick Horneman's Travels from Cairo to Mourzouk, the Capital of the Kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa in the Years 1797-8, 1st English edition, 1802, two folding engraved maps, small sketch map, American Museum pf Natural History library ink stamp at foot of page 85, some spotting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, light edge wear, 4to (1)
Lot 87
Laing (Alexander Gordon). Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries, in Western Africa, 1st edition, John Murray, 1825, folding map frontispiece, 7 aquatint plates, spotted and offset, institutional ink-stamps, plate facing page 371 shaved along fore edge, modern half calf, 8vo, together with Park (Mungo), Travels in the Interior of Africa, in the Years 1795, 1796, & 1797, abridged from the Original Work, printed by J. W. Myers, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down, possibly supplied), dedication leaf, lacking half title and advertisements, title repaired, contemporary gift inscription to head, contemporary inscription 'Mr Mungo Park' to final page, soiling, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, at an early date, extremities worn, 8vo, plus Butler (Sir William Francis), The Campaign of the Cataracts, being a Personal Narrative of the Great Nile Expedition of 1884-5, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887, frontispiece, 6 plates, folding maps, perforation stamp, light spotting and closed tear to title page, splits to map folds, edges untrimmed, modern red quarter morocco, spine rolled, 8vo, and Denham (Dixon), Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1823 by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton and the Late Doctor Oudney, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, John Murray, 1828, 12 engraved plates including frontispieces, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, frontispieces offset, short closed tear to folding map to rear of volume 1, early-20th-century tan calf by Riviere for Henry Sotheran, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, and 5 others (11)
Lot 9
Cooley (William Desborough). Inner Africa Laid Open, in an Attempt to Trace the Chief Lines of Communication across that Continent South of the Equator: With the Routes to the Muropue and the Cazembe, Moenemoezi and Lake Nyassa; the Journeys of the Rev. Dr. Krapf and the Rev. J. Rebmann on the Eastern Coast, and the Discoveries of messrs. Oswell and Livingstone in the Heart of the Continent, 1st edition, 1852, half title, folding map, advertisements at rear, stitching weak, some leaves detaching, offsetting from map to title, light marginal toning, previous owner ink stamp at head of title and at front, original cloth, rebacked, some edge wear and stains, 8vo, together with The New Africa. A Journey up the Chobe and down the Okovanga Rivers. A Record of Exploration and Sport, by Aurel Schulz, M.D. and August Hammer, C.E., 1st edition, 1897, portrait frontispiece, folding map (repaired), illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, presentation inscription, original cloth, a little rubbed with some fading, 8vo, plus The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, by Rev. Edwin W. Smith & Captain Andrew Murray Dale, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1920, folding map, illustrations, some light spotting, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, spines darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with other Africa related including Sir Charles Eliot's The East Africa Protectorate, 1905 and Cullen Gouldsbury & Hubert Sheane's The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, 1911 (22)
Lot 102
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, trade issue, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1890, frontispieces (wood-engraved and photogravure), 36 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps, 1 colour profile, damp-staining in volume 1, mild spotting in volume 2, tape-repairs to folding maps (that in volume 1 with two unrepaired splits), contemporary ownership inscription to volume 1 title page and ink-stamp to initial blank, original red pictorial cloth cloth, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, volume 1 cloth mottled, spine rolled, 8vo, together with a copy of the 1st US edition, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891, 2 volumes, steel-engraved frontispieces, 43 wood-engraved plates, colour profile, 3 folding maps in end-pockets, the 2 larger maps with marginal damp-staining and small holes at intersections of folds, hand-painted floral decoration to front free endpapers, contemporary gift inscriptions versos, original pictorial green cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1893, frontispiece and 5 plates after Frederic Remington, one repaired, original white cloth decorated in black, slightly rubbed and marked, 16mo, and 25 others, all by or relating to Henry M. Stanley, original cloth, various formats (32)
Lot 104
Tuckey (Captain J.K.). Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, 1st edition, 1818, folding engraved chart (repair to verso), 13 engraved plates, title and following two leaves with marginal repairs, ink 'withdrawn' stamp to title verso, some spotting, browning and offsetting, modern half calf, 4to (1)
Lot 116
Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniæae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postremò recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title with slight loss to upper outer corner and lower edge, woodcut Royal arms to letterpress title, two double-page engraved maps (both detached, a little frayed to edges, first map with small burn hole to blank margin at head touching neat line), eight full-page engraved illustrations, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final blank 3N4, upper outer corners of initial leaves frayed with loss to blank margins, ink name stamp W. Burdet to A8, short tear to fore-edge margin of B7 & B8, worm trail to lower margins of 2R7-2V1, some dampstaining, dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers, early 18th century panelled calf, neatly rebacked, with new morocco title label, corners repaired, 4to STC 4507. (1)
Lot 123
Leland (John). The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary..., The Second Edition: Collated and Improved from the Original MS. With the Addition Also of a General Index, 9 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, for James Fletcher & Joseph Pote, 1745, engraved vignette to general title of volume 1, each volume with its own title page dated 1744, some volumes with dampstaining, bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox to upper pastedowns of each, recent ownership ink stamp to front free endpaper of volume 1, some joints cracked and upper board of volume 1 near detached, some title labels lacking, slim 8vo Upcott xxxv, ESTC T135478. Leland's notes found their way into the Bodleian and, recognising their importance, sub-librarian Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) arranged for their printing in 1710-12. Only 120 copies of the first edition were printed and only 350 copies of this second edition were printed after Hearne's death. (9)
Lot 140
Daniel (William Barker). Rural Sports, 3 volumes, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807, engraved title to each volume, and 71 engraved plates, including many folding, marginal spotting, bookplate of James Eckersley to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated red full morocco, with oval crest with motto 'Stemmata quid faciunt' to covers of each volume, rubbed to joints and edges, and spines somewhat faded (generally an attractive set), 8vo, together with Radcliffe (F.P. Delmé), The Noble Science: A few general ideas on fox-hunting, for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen, and more especially those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club, 1st edition, Rudolph Ackermann, 1839, additional wood engraved title, 2 steel-engraved and 7 wood-engraved plates, illustrations to text, some light marks to preliminary leaves, contemporary green half calf gilt, rubbed, large 8vo, plus Hawker (Peter), Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 11th edition, edited by his son, Major P.W.L. Hawker, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859, engraved plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, later good-quality brown half calf (by Sotherans, although binder's stamp is indistinct), spine elaborately gilt-decorated, 8vo (5)
Lot 161
Watkins-Pitchford (D.J., "BB"). 'BB''s Fairy Book Meeting Hill, 1st. edition, published Hollis & Carter, 1948, decorative title and additional half title, fifteen colour illustrations, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket with slight spotting and price clipped, retaining publisher's glassine wrapper, 4to, together with Brendon Chase, 1st edition, published Hollis & Carter Ltd, 1944, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket with very slight dust soiling, 'Times Book Club' stamp to rear paste down, 8vo, with, The Badgers of Bearshanks, 1st. edition, published Ernest Benn Ltd., 1961, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo (3)
Lot 21
Hedin (Sven). Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1909, black & white plates, maps, etc., top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, spines a little faded and short split at head of upper joint of volume 2, together with Fortune (Robert), A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; including Sung-lo and the Bohea Hills..., 1st edition, 1852, additional engraved title-page printed in red and black, 16 lithographed and engraved plates and map, correct as listed, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate, contemporary half vellum, dust-soiled, plus Hooker (Joseph Dalton & Ball, John), Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas, 1st edition, 1878, eight engraved plates including folding maps and plans, large folding map at rear crudely repaired to verso along folds, occasional heavy spotting, ink library stamp to title and front flyleaf, printed label to front pastedown, inner hinges cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, heavily rubbed, all 8vo, plus three further travel and topography titles (8)
Lot 222
Northern England. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte reduite des Isles Britanniques, Seconde Feuille, partie septentrionale de L'Angleterre..., published Paris, circa 1750, uncoloured sea chart stamp of the 'Depot de la Marine' to lower right, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight dust soiling, 565 x 875 mm, together with Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia etr Norfolcia, [1628], hand coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, slight spotting, slight text showthrough, slight creasing, 360 x 425 mm, French text on verso, with Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria), Partie septentrionale del regno D'Inghilterra..., circa 1690, uncoloured engraved map of the northern half of England & Wales, inset map of the British Isles set in a 'curtain' border, large strapwork cartouche, 465 x 625 mm, plus Von Reilly (Franz Johann Joseph), Postkarte von Nord England, circa 1790, engraved map of northern England with contemporary hand colouring, 345 x 510 mm, and Marmocchi (Francesco), Parte settentrionale dell' Inghilterra, published Florence, 1839, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, decorated with a vignette of a 'blue ensign', 230 x 315 mm (5)
Lot 365
Wilhelm II (Kaiser). Collection of books inscribed to Brigadier Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, 18 works in 19 volumes, published 1921-39, all inscribed by Wilhelm to Waters in black ink or purple pencil on front free endpapers, variously signed 'Emperor William', 'Kaiser William II', or 'William F. R.', and dated 1928-39, several works with Waters's significant annotations to endpapers and text(details below), original cloth, boards or wrappers, some soiling and wear, 8vo (one 4to), notable items include: presentation copies of 4 of Wilhelm's own books, i.e. 1) Vergleichende Geschichtstabellen von 1878 bis zum Kriegsausbruch 1914, 1st edition, Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1921, front inner hinge cracked, 2) Ereignisse und Gestalten 1878-1918, 1st edition, Leipzig: K. F. Koehler, 1922, 3) Meine Vorfahren, 1st edition, Berlin: Verlag für Kulturpolitik, 1929; 4) Das Wesen der Kultur, Leipzig: Offizin Haag-Drugulin, 1931, folding map in end-pocket; 5) Friedeburg (Friedrich von), Geschichte des Königlich Preussischen Ersten Garde-Regiments zu Fuss, 1871 bis 1914, 1st edition, [Potsdam], 1933, lengthily inscribed by Wilhelm 'To Major General Waters, a record of the Prussian atmosphere in which I grew up in my youth & where I learnt to work for my chief, my grandfather & my country, William, F. R., Doorn, March 16th 1935', with the ink-stamp of Kaiserin Hermine; 3 works annotated at length by Waters, i.e. 6) Chamberlain (Houston Stewart), Briefe 1882-1924 und Briefwechsel mit Kaiser Wilhelm II, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1928, annotated by Waters on front free endpaper of volume 2, recording Wilhelm's gift of the book and admiration for Chamberlain, 7) Müller-Brandenburg (Hermann), Die Schuld der Anderen und der Betrug von Versailles, 1st edition, Berlin: Schlieffen, 1931, Wilhelm's inscription and Waters's annotation both on front wrapper, and 8) Wölfel (Dominik Josef), So ist Spanien, Geheimgeschichte eines Bürgerkrieges, 1st edition, Leipzig: Karl Kühne, 1937, Waters's annotations include 'Overwhelming Jewish power in Spain (pp. 360 et seq.!) ... The Inquisition originally anti-Semitic only'; the 10 other inscribed items all in German and on similar subjects (interwar geopolitics, royal households, etc.); together with 12 similar books ex libris Waters, not inscribed by Wilhelm Collection of books providing a fascinating insight into Wilhelm II's intellectual life and one of his most significant friendships during his long exile. Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters (1855-1945) was British military attaché in Berlin from 1900 to 1903. He 'ingratiated himself [with Wilhelm II] by writing a letter of condolence when the Kaiserin died in 1921 and thereafter was frequently invited to be a guest at Doorn for extended periods of time. At the encouragement of his friend [American journalist Poultney] Bigelow, Waters wrote several volumes of memoirs, which were favourable to the Kaiser. To Wilhelm, this was very welcome' (Cecil, Wilhelm II: Volume 2, Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941, p. 322). (31)
Lot 37
Mann (David Dickenson). The Present Picture of New South Wales..., 1st edition, 1811, folding hand-coloured engraved plan (light browning, a few marginal splits, one fold repaired to verso with a little damage to imprint lettering at foot), small oval institutional ink stamp to title and at end of text, some light dust-soiling, uncut, disbound without covers, 4to Without the porfolio containing the four rare aquatint views. 'The first substantial historical work published by a convict'. Ferguson 518. (1)
Lot 372
Benedict XIV (Pope). De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione, editio secudna locupletior, Padua: Manfrè, 1743, engraved portrait after Pierre Subleyras, title pages printed in red and black with engraved vignettes after Francesco Zucchi, engraved headpiece and initial to each volume also after Zucchi, woodcut initials throughout, occasional mild soiling to upper margins, pale intermittent damp-staining to lower outer corners in volume 4, edges sprinkled blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, together with Scalaboni (Lorenzo), Marianum decus, sive epithetorum, laudum, et encomiorum, quibus Sancti Patres, ecclesiaeque Catholice Doctores Deiparam Virginem Mariam honestarunt, enarratio, et explicatio, 1st edition, Ravenna, 1640, half title (with faint ink-stamp), woodcut title vignette, spotting and browning, edges dyed blue, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, folio, plus Elzevier (Isaac, printer), Acta synodi nationalis ... Dd. ordinum generalium foederati Belgii provinciarum Dordrechti habitae anno 1618 et 1619, 1st edition, Leiden: Isaac Elzevier, 1620, 2 parts in 1 volume (bound without part 3, 'Iucidica theologorum provincialium'), ink-stamp and contemporary ownership inscription to title page, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, ties gone, folio, and Cerda (Jose de la), Maria effigies, revelatioque Trinitatis, et attributorum Dei ... nunc secundum in Galliis prodit, Lyon: Laurent Anisson, 1662, half title, title page printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, spotting and browning, damp-stain to first gathering, contemporary vellum, slightly marked, front joint partially split, folio Bibliotheca Augustinia p. 808 for Scalabonio's text, which appears to be very rare, with no copies otherwise traced in libraries; Willems 167 for the Acta synodi nationalis, which relates to the Synod of Dort. (7)
Lot 401
Fehr (Johann Michael). Anchora Sacra, vel Schorzonera, ad normam & formam Academiae Naturae-Curiosorum elaborata, 2 parts in one volumes, 1st edition, Jena: Bauhofer, 1666, title printed in red and black, second part-title (De Unicornu Fossili, J.L. Bausch), lacks engraved frontispiece and the five plates, browning throughout, ink library stamp to main title, old quarter vellum, soiled and some wear, small 8vo, together with Nieupoort (G.H.), Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt..., editio sexta, Utrecht, 1774, additional engraved title-page, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, ten folding engraved plates, errata leaf at rear, a little spotting, contemporary vellum, remains of library label marks near foot of spine, soiled, 8vo, plus Bonnefille (Charles), L'Homme Irreprochable en sa Conversation, Leiden: Jean Elsevier, 1661, a little spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Joshua Van Neck, contemporary vellum, a little soiled and rear board spotted, 12mo, plus other 17th and 18th-century Latin and German antiquarian interest including seven dissertations (18)
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Lot 409
Haren (Willem van). Verzameling van Gedichten, van, voor en tegen, [Utrecht, 1742], 2], 364pp, bound without plates (number varies), title-page torn with some text loss, plain paper repair to verso, some light old dampstaining, mostly confined to upper margins, old quarter vellum over boards with vellum tips, rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Harrison (Edward), An Address Delivered to the Lincolnshire Benevolent Medical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in 1809: Containing an Account of the Proceedings Lately Adopted to Improve Medical Science, and an Exposition of the Intended Act for Regulating Medical Education and Practice, to which is added an Appendix, 1810, appendix separately paginated, advert leaf at rear, some spotting, three ink library stamps to title-page and following leaf, untrimmed, modern half sheep, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Pückler-Muskau (Hermann von), Vorletzter Weltgang von Semilasso. Traum und Wachen. Aus den Papieren des Verstorbenen. Erster Theil. In Europa, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Stuttgart, 1835, half-titles, some spotting to volumes 1 & 2, heavy spotting and browning to volume 3, ownership name to titles and small library tickets and ink marks to pastedowns, contemporary half roan over marbled boards with leather labels to spines, rubbed and some corner wear, 8vo, plus Fichte (Johann Gottlieb), Die Anweisung zum seeligen Leben, oder auch die Religionslehre, 1st edition, Berlin, 1806, ink library stamp at end, disbound, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous mostly antiquarian including German literature, philosophy, science, etc. (3 shelves)
![[Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich]. Ueber Gesezgebung und Kindermord. Wahrheiten und Träume, Nachforschungen und Bilder, vom Verfa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1580937d-4450-45cf-b668-a8d500d52e36/9b78e735-8997-4358-f95c-f65f59d08e5b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 425
[Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich]. Ueber Gesezgebung und Kindermord. Wahrheiten und Träume, Nachforschungen und Bilder, vom Verfasser Lienhardts und Gertrud, 1st edition, Frankfurt & Leipzig: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, [1783], final blank present, some browning to first and last leaves including title, circular German ink library stamp and withdrawn stamp and manuscript shelf numbers to title-page, contemporary half calf gilt, gilt stamp to upper cover with monogram 'U', rubbed, some corner wear, upper joint cracked, 8vo in this influential treatise Pestalozzi considers how young women who commit infanticide should be dealt with. In his analysis Pestalozzi questioned the unjust laws that fostered infanticide, called for the abolition of the law that prohibited the very poor from marrying, demanded the criminal prosecution of deserting fathers, and the help of the state for unmarried women who gave birth. (1)
Lot 436
Savary (Claude Etienne). Grammaire de la langue arabe, vulgaire et littérale; ouvrage posthume, augmenté de quelques contes arabes par l'éditeur, 1st edition, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1813, 2 title pages, in French and Latin, each with engraved vignette, Arabic types, occasional light spotting, small intermittent tide-mark in lower margins, a few gatherings slightly browned, some pencilled marginalia, ownership ink-stamp 'Hubert R. Morse' to front free endpaper and initial blank (see note), top edge gilt, later half morocco, sunned, rubbed and marked, extremities worn, 4to (26 x 20.5 cm) The owner of this copy was Hubert Roylance Morse (1890-1953), Special Branch detective and linguist, noted for infiltrating the Nazi Party's London 'Ortsgruppe' during the 1930s. The Arabic specimen texts include a parallel Arabic and French printing of the tale of Sindbad (pages 471-523). (1)
Lot 1260
Two Chinese silver scent bottles and stoppers,c.1900, one mounted with silver decorated with dragons. stamp marked 'STERLING SILVER', 'MADE IN HONG KONG' and a Chinese character,the other decorated with prunus,10.5cm high, anda silver pepperette,decorated with Chinese characters Jixiang Ruyi, stamped mark,5.8cm high (5)清约1900年 银制香水瓶 及 胡椒粉瓶 一组三件
Lot 1389
A pair of Japanese cloisonné vases,c.1920, by Ando Cloisonné Company, each with a landscape of mountain and trees against cream ground, one with a rising sun, the other with Mount Fuji, the silver mount stamp marked jungin, 24cm, two wood stands with writing indicating that these vases were a wedding present to Mr Kawase, dated January, Twelfth year of Taisho (1923) (4)
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