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Lot 247
Ephemera – Airship Mail – The last flight of the Hindenburg scarce envelope postmarked May 1st 1937 bearing the stamp of the Hindenburg with the typed instruction that the envelope was to be flown on the Hindenburg and with further rubber stamp cancellation explaining that the letter was to be sent via the Hindenburg because of bad weather. A scarce postal history item. This is only the second such envelope we have seen in seven years. How this envelope came to be carried on the last flight of the Hindenburg is a story of fate. The envelope was addressed to a recipient in Stuttgart and at that time the German postal service was using airships extensively for domestic mail. It therefore should have been delivered via one of the domestic airships but bad weather prevented the flight. As a result a sack of mail was loaded onto the Transatlantic bound Hindenburg and then dropped by rope when the airship reached the German coast. The mail in that sack including the present lot was then distributed internally while the Hindenburg continued its flight to America. A few days later it spectacularly crashed on arrival in New York – one of the world’s most famous transport disasters.
Lot 359
Grant of Arms fine and decorative document on a single leaf of parchment dated 1893 being the Grant of Arms to George Ambrose de Lisle Lee featuring a depiction of the Coat of Arms with the Coats of Arms of the Clarenceaux and Garter Knights at Arms seals in original ormalu skippets one detached (easily restored in our view) housed in original blue morocco covered casket bearing the blind stamp devices of Queen Victoria
Lot 11
Book auction catalogues. A collection of French na 16 in one vol. contemporary half leather rubbed a few priced several with the stamp of Albert Foulard 7 Quai Malaquais Paris who presumably collected them the binding suggests an origin in the reference library of Herman of Paris much sold by Pierre Beres in the 1970s (in tea chests in Hodgson`s rooms) 8vo Paris 1879-88. ***Includes some very rare and perhaps unique catalogues; two of them (Beclard Grasset) are not in Bridson & Jackson Naturalists` libraries. The following short title list excludes 4 anonymous sales (one of Coleoptera) and is by collector. Durieu de Maisonneuve dircteur du Jardin botanique de Bordeaux 1879; M.G. Delafosse professeur au Museum d`histoire naturelle 1879; [Alexandre ?] Leymerie 1883; [Francois] Gervais professeur au Museum 1883; R.Tournouer president de la Societe geologique de France 1883; Adolphe Boucard [pt. 1 apparently all published] 1883; Dr. P*** 1887; Maurice Girard 1887; J. Beclard professeur de physiologie 1887; D*** & L*** professeur d`histoire naturelle 1888; Alexandre Perard 1888; Arthur Grasset voyageur-naturaliste 1888.
Lot 15
Bruch (Philipp) and others. Bryologia Europaea 6 vol. 640 lithograph plates contemporary German binding of half roan bit worn marbled paper sides inscription on first pastedown by V.V. M.C. who records the cost of the book and the binding in code (first cmh; 2nd a) later a Linnean Society duplicate with discrete stamp on one title and duplicate notes in pencil their sale at Christie`s 28.1.74 lot 160 £350 W&W for MW [Stafleu 844] Stuttgart 1836-55 § Schimper (W.P.) Musci Europaei novi vel Bryologiae europeae supplementum 4 fascicules in 2 vol. 40 lithograph plates original printed wrappers rebacked [Stafleu 10.688] Stuttgart 1860 4to(8) ***”Das Fundamentalbuch fur die Kenntnis der Europaeischen Laubermoose” (Junk Rara 132-3 but “quarum 112 tabulae photographicae”); “a master piece” (Margadant p. 70); “probably the most outstanding bryological publication of the 19th Century” (Stafleu Taxon May 1972). A number of sets have early photographic copies of some plates as the publisher tried to make up his overs; this set has original lithographs throughout.
Lot 20
C. M. A collection of botanical drawings. MC del[ 68 watercolour drawings in an attractive style perhaps based on the Botanical Magazine though these are larger and more spacious manuscript title and each plate with leaf of manuscript description one plate once removed and stuck back with stamp paper 3 others removed contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt frame sides with star and floral swags gilt spine g.e. a bit worn and loose 4to [c. 1800-20].
Lot 37
Dumont d`Urville. Corvette l`Astrolabe. Atlas bound in 5 vol. vignette title (7 copies) printed list of plates (omits the entomology) double engraved “Tableau synoptique” portrait 580 lithographed plates and maps 173 coloured or partly coloured the total including 3 plates in two states faint blind-stamp (signed with the publisher`s initials) which guarantees the paper in most lower margins (found in several of the great French voyages about this date) a trifle of foxing but a very nice copy in contemporary full French scarlet leather spine gilt with contents and small tool of the Astrolabe minor wear to joints the J.W. Six copy with his booklabel in the hydrography bought from Lawson in 1973 for £1300 with invoice inserted folio Paris 1833. ***Lacking the 8vo text but a complete set of the magnificent folio plates ; conforming to the BM (NH) cat. II 603. As well as the bis plates called for in the table des planches this copy has three plates (176 177 & 189) in the Histoire du Voyage in two states lithographed by Lermercier or (probably the cancels) one by A. Belin & two by Richebois aine. J.W. Six van Vromade had a library of natural history distinguished by its fine condition; it was sold in two sales The Hague 1932 & Amsterdam 1936.
Lot 55
hedwig Theoria 1784 first edition 37 uncoloured engraved plates by J.S. Capieux title backed and motto on verso penned onto backing sheet original boards uncut spine very worn inscribed to [Richard] Pulteney by [Charles] Hatchett (1765-1847 chemist) on Feb. 22 1792 and with considerable annotation by Pulteney (his books sold by Sotheby`s in 1802) later in the Sion College collection sold in 1938 with release stamp [Stafleu 2526] 4to St. Petersburg 1784. ***The book was probably given to Pulteney during the West Country tour undertaken by Hatchett Thomas Rackett and Tiberio Cavallo in 1792; see R.H. Jeffers Richard Pulteney and his correspondence Proc. Linn Soc. 1960 p. 25.
Lot 67
Host (N.T.) Icones et descriptiones graminum Austr 4 vol. 400 hand-coloured plates after drawings by Johann Ibmayer a clean copy small repair to blank portion of first three titles (probably removal of a small stamp) contemporary English straight-grain red morocco sparingly gilt g.e. by Henry Walther with his ticket in the first vol. (rubbed joints repaired) bought from Junk in 1979 with invoice and cat. cutting inserted folio Vienna 1801-09. ***”While it was still in course of publication...praised for the `elegance and correctness` of its plates. Both adjectives are justified; the botanical details in particular are beautifully done and often - to those of us who think of grass as being simply green - surprisingly colourful...Host the namesake of the Hosta was personal physician to the Austrian Emperor Francis II. He established a botanic garden for the cultivation of Austrian plants in the grounds of the Belvedere in Vienna...” - Coats 92.
Lot 85
Lestiboudois (Francois-Joseph) Botanographie belgi 23 folding engraved tables (several badly folded but complete) contemporary half green vellum base of spine defective contemporary inscription “Le chev[al]ier Le Vavasseur officier d`artillerie” a Geneva duplicate with 1922 sale stamp the Kenneth Mackenzie-Hort. Soc. of New York-Quaritch copy with the donative bookplate [Stafleu 4429] 8vo Lille 1781.
Lot 108
Nees von Esenbeck Bryologia Germanica 2 vol. in 3 43 hand-coloured plates 3 folding tables with the interesting leaves of advertisements at the end of vol.2 & 3 contemporary half sheep worn 2 backstrips missing old stamp erased from titles inscription Lejeune ?D[octor] M[edicus] veuv[e] 1832 on pastedowns (headed with 1927 probably a classmark) stamp Ex Libris Prevost on titles [Margadant 188-89; Stafleu 6682] Nuremberg 1823-31 § Nemnich (P.A.) Worterbuch der Naturgeschichte in der Deutschen [& 8 other languages] minor stains later cloth Hamburg & Leipzig [1796-98] 8vo and 4to(4)
Lot 133
Spieghel (Adriaan van den) Isagoges in rem herbari 2 parts in 1 vol. engraved title second edition of the first text first edition of the second few minor water-stains old vellum red edges bit soiled old inscription “ex libris Bernardini Ben..(?)” later stamp and signature on title verso Mario Pedro Arata is probably the Argentine painter and printmaker (1891-1946) bought from Hunersdorff in 1976 (invoice inserted) 12mo Leiden Elzevier 1633. ***The Isagoges is “the first book to give detailed instructions for the forming of a collection of dried plants” (Hunt 184 first edition 1606). The Catalogus by Adolphus Vorstius (1597-1663) is the first edition of the second printed catalogue of the famous Leiden botanic garden founded in 1587; there were 4 succeeding editions all separate publications the last in1658 (see Dryander III 102). The list of Leiden plants (Anon in Dryander III 140 but Vorstius must surely be likely) seems to be the second Dutch local flora preceded by Pilleterius on the island of Walcheren 1610.
Lot 139
Stephenson (John) Medical botany 4 vol. in 2 185 hand-coloured plates of which 7 (22 45 104 109 132 154 & 160 are double) some plates just trimmed some minor soiling (the double plates tend to be the worst) 19th century stamp of the Medical Society of Edinburgh on plate versos recent half blue leather [by Mr. Coleman of Red Lion Square] bound for Quaritch with their faint pencil code at the end [Stafleu 13.011] 8vo 1831. ***One (only) of the auction records mentions a frontispiece but there is no sign of it elsewhere and it is almost certainly a ghost.
Lot 205
Faber (Friedrich) Prodromus der islandischen Ornit first edition half calf bound for Aalborg Skole with his stamp on title and initials at base of spine (spine slightly wormed text not affected) 8vo Copenhagen 1822. ***The first book on the ornithology of Iceland; includes 2 pages on the Great Auk. (“Dieser so seltene Vogel...”).
Lot 291
White (Gilbert) natural history of Selborne first edition 2 engraved vignette titles 7 engraved plates several folding Halifax Circulating Library label dated 1816 on front pastedown and their stamp on plates later label of the Halifax Lit. & Phil. the book soiled in places and the plates rubbed and with slight loss at the folds half calf worn rebacked and furbished 4to 1789.
Lot 298
Bird Stamps. Christine Jackson`s own collection of 21 York & Byron stamp albums the stamps arranged in systematic order (vol.1 Struthioniformes to Pelecanifromes; vol. 21 Fringillidae to Ploceidae) upwards of 5800 mint stamps mounted in Howid strips together with some ancilliary material c.1970-2003.(box) ***Could justly be called the definitive collection since Christine Jackson wrote the first book on the subject; Collecting Bird Stamps Witherby 1977 and all the illustrations in the book are from the present collection. Also included are the manuscript and proofs of her book (and correspondence with the publisher) the bronze medal and certificate awarded by the British Philatelic Society several other books on the subject including those by Eliasson and Lanspeary packets of commemorative stamps issued by the GPO and the US postal authorities (US BIrds; WIldlife America) and some used bird stamps. A more detailed description is available on request.
Lot 307
Greene (W.T.) Parrots in Captivity 3 vol. first editions 81 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand tissue guards small ink stamp on reverse of plates some gatherings slightly sprung with occasional tape reinforcement to gutters later ownership inscription on preliminary blank ff. original blind-tooled cloth with gilt illustration to upper covers worn at corner-tips otherwise externally very good large 8vo 1884-87.
Lot 356
Thomson (James) Retreats: A Series of Designs second edition 41 engraved plates 31 hand-coloured aquatints offsetting library stamp and ink signature to title light soiling to recto of 1 plate and verso of 2 plates (charcoal powder??) else plates in very good bright condition a few marginal marks contemporary half morocco spine gilt rubbed [cf.Abbey Life 76 1827 edition] 4to 1840.
Lot 514
Ellis (Henry) Journal..Embassy to China first edition engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 maps (1 large and folding) 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates errata leaf at end maps foxed some very light offsetting to plates text a little foxed and soiled ex-library copy with stamp on verso of portrait and folding map contemporary half calf rubbed corners worn rebacked in morocco spine a little faded [Abbey Travel 536; Tooley 208] 4to 1817.
Lot 593
Bible French. manuscript 15th cent illuminated manuscript on vellum in French 104 ff. collation: i-v8 vi6 vii 8 viii10 ix-xiii8 including blank (except for ruling) final ff. in vi and viii original foliation on most of first 18 ff. 23 lines written in brown ink in a handsome lettre bâtarde 30 2- or 3-line initials in gold on blue and white backgrounds many 1-line initials in gold on red or blue and white and a few on brown and gold 3 large miniatures (c.130 x 120mm.) with 4 lines of text beneath ruled in red staining heavy in places seriously affecting the last miniature and a number of other ff. wrinkling throughout small hole in lower border of the second miniature signature `Larochefoucauld` at foot of first p. armorial bookplate on first fly-leaf of H.C.Embleton sixteenth-century brown morocco covers with double blind-stamped roll paste-downs made up of fragments of an early liturgical book printed in red and black rubbed rebacked covers repaired 4to c.240 x 160mm. Northern France late 15th century. ***A fine manuscript though sadly affected by water-damage of three of the `sapiental` books of the Bible associated with King Solomon: Proverbs Ecclesiastes and Wisdom in the bible historiale version by Guyart des Moulins based on Peter Comestor`s Latin Historica Scholastica. The miniatures depict (f. 1r) Solomon enthroned with a group of courtiers beside him insructing his son Rehoboam in an architectural setting with a glimpse of a hilly landscape visible through an open door; (f. 47r) Solomon enthroned between two groups of courtiers (or students?). behind them a wall and behind that glimpses of landscape; (f. 64r) Solomon seated at a large desk writing on a scroll in an architectural setting with shelves of books high up on either side with lansdcape visible through a window above. The three miniatures are in similar architectural borders predominantly in gold with coloured pillars on either side and a tasseled cord on the right on which a small golden manikin is climbing at the foot a gilt pedestal on which is a panel or scroll with 4 lines of text. Provenance: from the La Rochefoucauld family library with signature at foot of first page very similar to that found in books in the Bibliothèque du Château de la Roche-Guyon sold by Sotheby`s in Monaco 9th Dec 1987 (cf lot 753) though unlike the books in that sale this manuscript has neither the library stamp on title nor the family arms on the covers.
Lot 618
Morris (William) The Decorative Arts. An Address Delivered before the Trades` Guild of Learning first issue T.J. [Cobden-]Sanderson`s copy with ink signature to upper cover Ellis & White [1878]; Chants for Socialists original pink sewn wrappers Socialist League 1885; Art and Socialism large paper edition of the Leek Bijou reprint advertisements original pictorial wrappers 1884; A Summary of the Principles of Socialism written for Democratic Federation issue without adverts and in white decorative wrappers ink stamp on last p. and title 1884; Socialists at Play original pink sewn wrappers South Place Institute 1885; How I Became a Socialist portrait edition in printed green wrappers 1896; and 16 others Morris pamphlets all from the collection of Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett 3rd Viscount Esher all housed in his later uniform brown buckram chemise with bookplate v.s. (22)
Lot 664
Cranmer (Thomas Archbishop) Catechismus for the synguler commoditie and profite of children and yong people title within pictorial border large illustration of Edward VI on verso 26 illustrations in text one signed in full by Hans Holbein another with initials two repeated one in text the other above colophon the third and fourth leaf supplied in facsimile contemporary inscription on previous page noting their omission other annotations in Latin and presentation inscription on endleaf a later note on the author around margin of title repeated passage on L1 deleted in red a few other contemporary markings small library stamp on four leaves erased contemporary panelled calf tooled in gilt and blind rebacked lacking ties various pieces of bibliographical information and translation of the Latin inscriptions inserted [STC 5994] small 8vo [N. Hill for] Gwalter Lynne 1548. ***This is the third issue listed in STC all printed in the same year. The work is a translation of Justus Jones` Latin version of the Kinderpredigt and one of the earliest illustrated books for children.
Lot 703
Bonomi (Joseph) Ceiling Design Fisherwick Park pen and watercolour 490 x 685mm. 19¼ x 27in. scale at foot repaired tears and small losses at sheet edges verso with the small ink stamp of the RIBA (where the drawing was on deposit) endorsed in pencil “Returned to owner”. ***Provenance: By descent from Joseph Bonomi to the present owner. A group of drawings by Bonomi from this collection was sold in these rooms 1 June 2000 lots 80-87. Arthur Chichester Baron Fisherwick later 1st Marquess of Donegal (1739-1799) bought the Tudor manor house of Fisherwick and rebuilt it as a grand Palladian mansion. Bonomi was engaged in 1787 and designed a summer house for the Park as well as furniture and this ceiling for the principal drawing room of the house. The design provides alternatives for the cornice frieze and borders surrounding the three painted panels. The project was a collaboration between Bonomi and his friend J.F.Rigaud whose paintings with its centrepiece of Apollo in his Chariot completed the ceiling. The stucco work was by Joseph Rose and the colouring and gilding by Pastorini and Borgnis. The house was demolished 1814-1816. The present drawing is illustrated in Peter Meadows Joseph Bonomi Architect 1739-1808 An Exhibition of Drawings from Private Collections London RIBA 1988 Fig.19.
Lot 731
Germany.- Propaganda postcards documenting the establishment of the Third Reich 1933-1939 and the course of the war 1939-1945 including a small group of First World War cards c.130 portraits of Hitler some by his official photographer Heinrich Hoffmann others from paintings by Willy Exner Bruno Jacobs Otto Hoyer and others a series of 23 for Nuremberg Reichsparteitage portraits of combatants and Aryan women by Wolfgang Willrich 2 series illustrating flags and standards by Gottfried Klein and Werner von Axster-Heudtlass special issue cards for exhibitions including “Der ewige Jude” and other covers for stamp collectors views of the Reichskanzlei Berlin and other buildings in Munich Nuremberg etc. photographic portraits of officers by Hoffmann and many other subjects by or after Graf Janesch Hohlwein Engelhardt-Kyffhäuser Lorenz Schweitzer and others over 800 cards each c.14.5 x 10cm. 5¾ x 4in. the majority in colour many postally used and with special cancellations a few with minor defects but generally in excellent condition each preserved in a clear plastic folder and mounted in modern ring binders c.1914-1945; with a secondary collection of German postcards including First World War “Gruss Aus” series scenic subjects ships and c.350 views of Nuremberg over 700 cards some in albums remainder loose 1890s-1950s; sold with F.Castella Propaganda Postkarten 3 vols 1988-93 and another price guide(over 1500) ***Provenance: Raymond Bartlett (1931-1999) by descent to the present owner. This is the remaining portion of his extensive collection of the stamps and postal history of Germany.
Lot 739
Meares (John) Voyages de la Chine. 4 vol. (including Atlas) vol.1-3 half-titles engraved portrait of Meares and 27 plates and maps some folding or double-page occasional spotting a few marginal water-stains ink stamp on titles and a few text leaves vol.3 T6 marginal repair later half calf new endpapers 8vo & 4to Paris F.Buisson [1794].
Lot 859
JAMES FISHER (ed): A JOURNAL OF BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY, 1948, The New Naturalist, orig cl worn + JAMES FISHER (ed): A JOURNAL OF BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY, [nd], The New Naturalist, orig pict paper wraps + T T MACAN AND E B WORTHINGTON: LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS, New Naturalists Series No 15, orig cl gt + S W WOOLDRIDGE AND FREDERICK GOLDRING: THE WEALD, 1960, New Naturalists Series No 26, orig cl gt, d/w + GORDON MANLEY: CLIMATE AND THE BRITISH SCENE, 1962, 4th impress, New Naturalists Series No 22, orig cl gt, d/w + COLIN G BUTLER: THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE, 1962, New Naturalists Series No 29, orig cl gt, d/w + J A STEERS: THE SEA COAST, 1962, 3rd edn, New Naturalists Series No 25, orig cl gt + K C EDWARDS ET AL: THE PEAK DISTRICT, 1962, 2nd impress, New Naturalists Series No 44, orig cl gt + W G HOSKINS AND L DUDLEY STAMP: THE COMMON LANDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1963, New Naturalists Series No 45, orig cl gt, d/w + W H PEARSALL: MOUNTAINS AND MOORLANDS, 1965, New Naturalists Series No 11, orig cl gt, d/w +EDWARD A ELLIS: THE BROADS, 1965, New Naturalists Series No 46, orig cl gt + W M CONDRY: THE SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK, 1966, New Naturalists Series No 47, orig cl gt, d/w + H L EDLIN: TREES WOODS AND MAN, 1970, 3rd edn, New Naturalists Series No 32, orig cl gt, d/w + JOHN RAVEN AND MAX WALTERS: MOUNTAIN FLOWERS, 1971, New Naturalists Series No 33, orig cl gt, d/w + F FRASER DARLING AND J MORTON BOYD: THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS, 1973, New Naturalists Series No 6, orig cl gt, d/w (15)
Lot 899
W B TURRILL: BRITISH PLANT LIFE, 1948, 1st edn, New Naturalists Series No 10, orig cl gt, d/w + V S SUMMERHAYES: WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN, 1951, New Naturalists Series No 19, orig cl, d/w + MALCOLM SMITH: THE BRITISH AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 1954, New Naturalists Series No 20, orig cl gt, d/w + L DUDLEY STAMP: MAN AND THE LANDS, 1955, New Naturalists Series No 31, orig cl gt, d/w + L DUDLEY STAMP AND W G HOSKINS: THE COMMON LANDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1963, orig cl gt, d/w + K C EDWARDS: THE PEAK DISTRICT, 1964, 3rd impress, New Naturalists Series No 44, orig cl gt, d/w + R K MURTON: THE WOOD-PIGEON, 1965, New Naturalists Monograph Series No 20, orig cl gt, d/w, inner jnts slightly split, ex-lib + L A HARVEY AND B ST LEGER-GORDON: DARTMOOR, 1970, New Naturalists Series No 27, orig cl gt, d/w, ex-lib + J A STEERS: THE SEA COAST, 1972, New Naturalists Series No 25, orig cl gt, d/w + STEPHEN POTTER AND LAURENS SARGENT: PEDIGREE, 1973, 1st edn, New Naturalists Series No 56, orig cl gt, d/w, ex-lib + KENNETH MELLANBY: THE MOLE, 1974, New Naturalists Monograph Series No 22, orig cl gt, d/w + H L EDLIN: TREES WOODS AND MAN, 1978, New Naturalists Series No 32, orig cl gt, d/w + LESLIE BROWN: BRITISH BIRDS OF PREY, 1978, New Naturalists Series No 60, orig cl gt, d/w + C M PERRINS: BRITISH TITS, 1980, New Naturalists Series No 62, orig cl gt, d/w + W G HALE: WADERS, 1982, New Naturalists Series No 65, orig cl gt, d/w + ERIC SIMMS: BRITISH WARBLERS, 1985, New Naturalists Series No 71, orig pict card wraps + R J BERRY: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY, 1985, New Naturalists Series No 70, orig pict card wraps + DAVID CABOT: IRELAND, 1999, orig pict card wraps (19)
Lot 900
SIR DUDLEY STAMP: NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN, 1970, 2nd edn, New Naturalist Series No 49, orig cl gt, d/w + KENNETH MELLANBY: PESTICIDES AND POLLUTION, 1971, New Naturalist Series No 50, orig cl gt, d/w + R K MURTON: MAN AND BIRDS, 1971, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 51, orig cl gt, d/w slightly worn + ERIC SIMMS: WOODLAND BIRDS, 1971, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 52, orig cl gt, d/w slightly worn (4)
Lot 250
Scott`s Expedition to the South Pole 1910-13 An important Collection of Documents and artefacts relating to the Terra Nova and Robert Falcon Scott`s Final Expedition to Conquer the South Pole. The British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 led by Robert Falcon Scott aimed to be the first group to reach the South Pole. The party travelled on board the supply ship Terra Nova. The items offered here were obtained by direct descent from Leading Stoker R.N. Edward Archibald McKenzie and include items given to him when he lectured after returning from the Expedition. The Expedition comprised seven officers, including the Captain of the Terra Nova, Edward R. G. R. Evans, twelve scientists and fourteen men; with an additional ship`s complement of thirty two including McKenzie, making sixty five in total. After returning from the Antarctic McKenzie was a Policeman for 25 years. In the Great War he served briefly in the Grenadier Guards before transferring to the Navy. He qualified for the Antarctic Medal and the British War Medal. He was interested in Amateur Dramatics and was a good musician. He was a very competent model maker producing the scale model of the Terra Nova which has been on display at the Science Museum. The 1/42nd scale model was used by the makers of the film `Scott of the Antarctic` in 1948. One of the most poignant items is the diary or log written by McKenzie which includes an entry for February 4th 1911 when they encountered the Norwegian ship Fram in McMurdo Sound and berthed three yards to the south…. A later entry relates the return of the Terra Nova to McMurdo sound to receive the news of the death of the final party led by Scott. Scott`s heroic failure has passed into legend as he reached the Pole only to discover that the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded him by 33 days. Among items sold are McKenzie`s personal log; a cruet set and milk jug from the Terra Nova; letters and a loose postage stamp used by the expedition; signed and dedicated photographs by Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (1870-1935); Terra Nova Naval hat bands; a postcard signed by the Captain of the Terra Nova to McKenzie; a dedicated copy of Ponting`s seminal work; two naïve but remarkable water colours of the scene at McMurdo sound painted on the voyage; an autograph album started at the founding of the Antarctic Club in 1929 containing the names of many Antarctic Explorers including some twenty members of the fatal expedition. The Terra Nova sailed from Cardiff on the 15th July 1910 with Scott joining the ship in South Africa. On reaching Melbourne Scott left the ship to raise funds. Waiting for Scott was a telegram informing him that he was in a race with the Norwegians. Arriving off Ross Island on 4 January 1911, the Terra Nova proceeded to McMurdo Sound, where both Discovery and Nimrod had previously landed. The rest of the story has passed into folklore. The South Pole, Scott`s Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, The Terra Nova, Edward A. McKenzie Collection, an attractive hand carved hard wood picture of the Terra Nova with to left the hand carved device of the British Antarctic Expedition 22"x13", with written to back E.A.McKenzie British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, carved by McKenzie, minor faults
Lot 276
The South Pole, Scott`s Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, The Terra Nova, Edward A. McKenzie Collection, Philately, New Zealand, Edward VII green halfpenny stamp over printed VICTORIA LAND and has been torn from the corner of an envelope; entire addressed Christchurch, England with New Zealand Ship penny stamp over printed VICTORIA LAND post marked BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD 1.30PM JA 18 13; cover addressed McKenzie Cape Evans, South Victoria Land p/m March 26 1913 with a second p/m CHRISTCHURCH 6 May 13 and re-addressed CARDIFF with at least seven p/m to back; folded autograph letter from the Terra Nova addressed "Dear Loll" and dated January 19th 1913 and signed Ted McKenzie "The South Pole", in the letter McKenzie says "I also send you the terrible news of Capt Scott + four of his men perishing on their return from the Pole"; with small G.H.Ponting photograph of `Ted in Antarctic`
Lot 49
Militaria, World War Two, Germany, Third Reich, Propaganda letter postmarked the week before war broke out; remarkable four page octavo printed letter explaining why Germany didn`t want war and ending `yours truly, a Friend of Anglo-German cooperation and unterstanding (sic)`, with envelope addressed Mr. Claringburn, 16+18 Sneinton Rd, Nottingham, England, with Hindenburg 25pf stamp, postmarked Hamburg 23.8.39, and presumably delivered the week war broke out; Frank Claringburn and John Evelyn Codd traded as "Claringburn and Codd" motor engineers and agents of Sneinton Road, Nottingham, worthy of further research
Lot 241
Law & Crime -- Cowel, Dr. The law dictionary. Savoy: J. Walthoe, 1727. Folio, contemporary calf; Spottiswoode, John Practicks of the laws of Scotland. Edinburgh: J. Vallange, 1706. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, upper hinge splitting, head and tail of spine rubbed; Nelson, W. The reports and entries of Sir Edward Lutwyche, Kt. Savoy: E. Nutt &c., 1718. Folio, contemporary calf, head and tail of spine rubbed; Craig, Sir Thomas The right of succession to the Kingdom of England. London: D. Brown, 1703. Folio, contemporary calf, "Birmingham Law Society" stamp on sides, worn, upper cover loose; Pitcairn, Robert Criminal trials in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1833. 3 volumes in 4, 4to, engraved plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked, a few leaves in volume 3 dampstained, bookplates of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; Hume, David Commentaries on the law of Scotland, respecting crimes. Edinburgh, 1844. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, hinges slightly weak (10)
Lot 317
Young, Thomas A syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. London: Press of the Royal Institution, 1802. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 162, 32, 4 parts in one volume, diagrams, nineteenth century half calf with cloth sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spineNote: Scarce. `Young was the last of the natural philosophers who could know all that was to be known. He was the perfector of the wave theory of light, he expounded the mechanism of vision, stated the laws of blood circulation, introduced the modern conceptions of `energy` and `work done`` evolved a sound theory of tides, and helped decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosette Stone` (PMM 259 note).Provenance:
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Lot 344
Lebedev, Vladimir Original drawing for the upper cover of Bagazh [Luggage], 19 x 14.5cm., ink and watercolour, heightened with gouache, publisher`s initialled stamp on verso, tipped-on to sheet of card, folder and fitted case by Julie NadotNote: A copy of the 1935 edition of this famous children`s book by Samuil Marshak is included in the lot, preserved in matching folder. The first edition was published by Raduga in 1926. The collaboration between Marshak and Lebedev was emblematic of the intense creative relationships between author and artist during this period. Marshak was a poet, satirist and translator of English literature, becoming the hugely influential editor of the Leningrad board of OGIZ, the State Publishing House. Marshak and Lebedev collaborated on over 50 titles, many for children, of which Bagazh is one of the best-known.
Lot 365
Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures. London: printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1704. First edition, 4to (231 x 179mm.), [4], 144, 211, [1], 19 engraved plates, 2 folding, title printed in red and black, late19th century or early twentieth century calf gilt, black label, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine, some light spotting, 10 plates trimmed touching image or plate numeral, very slightly rubbed at foot of spineNote: Babson 132; BMC; Ptg & the Mind of Man, 172; Gray 174 First edition of Newton`s fundamental experiments on the color spectrum. This classic work also explains such optical phenomena as the rainbow, "Newton`s rings", and the double refraction of the Icelandic spar. Newton opens his study with the sentence: "My design in this book is not to explain properties of light by hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by reason and experiments." Because of Newton`s reliance on scientific method, Opticks remained for over a century a work of great authority. The two Treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures included at the end of the text-Newton`s first printed mathematical papers-were intended to assert his priority over Leibniz in the discovery of the calculus.
Lot 372
Smyth, C. Piazzi Teneriffe, an astronomer`s experiment. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition, 8vo, map and 20 mounted photo-stereographs by A.J. Melhuish, half-title, 2+24+17pp. advertisements at end, original purple pictorial cloth gilt, some rubbing to gilt stamp on upper board, later endpapers, some light foxing
Lot 375
Young, Thomas A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts. London: William Savage for Joseph Johnson, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxiv, [ii], 796; xii, [ii], 738, 58 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spinesNote: Young, a prodigy as an infant, and a doctor by profession, was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution from 1801 to 1803. This work contains revised versions of the lectures he delivered during that time, including his demonstration of the fact of the interference of light, his lecture, "On Collision", which first suggested that the word "energy" be used in place of "living force" and his lecture on "Passive strength and friction", defining the ration between a stressing force and the resultant strain. Norman 2277.Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
Lot 382
Africa - Dugmore, A. Radclyffe Camera adventures in the African wilds. London, 1905. 4to, frontispiece, plates, original red cloth gilt, inner hinge weak, bookplate; Schweitzer, George The life and work of Emin Pasha. London, 1898. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, Royal Institution blind stamp to title; Huxley, Julian Africa view. London, 1931. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, folding map, original blue cloth gilt, some sunning to backstrip; Fitzpatrick, J.P. The Transvaal from within. London, 1899. Second impression, 8vo, original cloth gilt, bookplate from Carberry Tower; Hall, R.N. Great Zimbabwe. London, 1907. Second impression, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original red cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, ink stain on backstrip; Hobley, C.W. Kenya, from chartered company to crown colony. London, 1929. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Price, G. Ward In Morocco with the legion. London, 1934. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth; Torday, E. Camp and tramp in African wilds. London, 1913. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth; Campbell, Dugald Wanderings in widest Africa. London, 1931. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; Hole, Hugh Marshall The making of Rhodesia. London, 1926. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; and 6 others (17)
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