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3 versilberte Tabletts mit PerlrandFirmenstempel J & C mit Adler. Ende 19. Jh. Metall versilbert. L 57/62,5 cm, Ø 26 cm. 3-teiliges Set: 2 große ovale und 1 kleines rundes Tablett. Alle mit Blüten- und Mäanderband-Dekor Starke Gebrauchsspuren, Versilberung berieben. 3 silver plated trays with beaded rimCompany stamp J & C with eagle. Late 19th c. Metal silver plated. L 57/62.5 cm, Ø 26 cm. 3-piece set: 2 large oval and 1 small round tray. All with floral and meander band decor Strong signs of use, silvering rubbed. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Kleine silberne Tafeldekoration800/österreichischer Importstempel (1891-1901) gepunzt. Um 1900. Wohl Hanau. 11 x 20 x 8 cm. 257 g. Reich reliefierter Nautiluswagen mit Amor und Psyche als Putten Muschelrand unter Psyche angebrochen. Small silver table decoration800/Austrian import stamp (1891-1901) hallmarked. Circa 1900. probably Hanau. 11 x 20 x 8 cm. 257 g. Richly relieved nautilus carriage with Cupid and Psyche as putti Shell rim broken under Psyche. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Silberne Tafeldekoration als LöweFirmenstempel "Bara?". Wohl 19. Jh. Silber geprüft. 11 x 12,5 x 10 cm. 168 g. Gewürzmenage mit 2 Eimerchen, die ein bekrönter Löwe im Maul hält. Auf rechteckigem Sockel mit Palmettenfries und 4 Rädern Unterseitig Lötstellen, Verschraubung locker. Silver table decoration as a lionCompany stamp "Bara?". Probably 19th century Silver checked. 11 x 12,5 x 10 cm. 168 g. Spice menage with 2 small buckets held in the mouth by a crowned lion. On rectangular base with palmette frieze and 4 wheels Underneath soldered joints, screw connection loose. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Elegante SilberschatulleSterling/Firmenstempel E gepunzt. 20. Jh. Wohl USA. Sterlingsilber. 10,5 x 17 x 12,5 cm. 454 g. Bauchige Form mit reliefiertem Scharnierdeckel. Auf kleinen Relieffüßchen Kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Elegant silver casketSterling/company stamp E punched. 20th c. Probably USA. Sterling silver. 10,5 x 17 x 12,5 cm. 454 g. Bellied form with hinged lid in relief. On small relief feet Scarcely signs of use. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Silberne MokkakanneGebrüder Deyhle, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Halbmond/Krone/830/Firmenzeichen gepunzt, mit Juwelierstempel Hessenberg. Um 1920/30.H 18,5 cm. 350 g. Kleine, godronierte Kanne mit Scharnierdeckel und Blütenknauf Kaum Gebrauchsspuren.Silver mocha potDeyhle Brothers, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Crescent/crown/830/company mark hallmarked, with jeweler's stamp Hessenberg. Circa 1920/30.H 18.5 cm. 350 g.Small, godron jug with hinged lid and flower knob Scarcely any signs of use.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Silberne SauciereJuwelierstempel Fricke/800/Halbmond/Krone gepunzt. Um 1900-20. Silber, innen vergoldet. 12 x 25,5 x 17,5 cm. 395 g. Godronierte Form mit fester Unterschale Gebrauchsspuren. Silver gravy boatJeweler's stamp Fricke/800/crescent/crown hallmarked. Circa 1900-20. Silver, gilt interior. 12 x 25.5 x 17.5 cm. 395 g. Godroned form with fixed lower bowl Signs of use. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Silberne SauciereJuwelierstempel Fricke/800/Halbmond/Krone gepunzt. Um 1900-20. Silber, innen vergoldet. 12 x 25,5 x 17,5 cm. 392 g. Godronierte Form mit fester Unterschale Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Silver gravy boatJeweler's stamp Fricke/800/crescent/crown hallmarked. Circa 1900-20. Silver, gilt interior. 12 x 25.5 x 17.5 cm. 392 g. Godroned form with fixed lower bowl Slight signs of use. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

2 Glaskannen mit SilbermontierungenJuwelierstempel Gebr. Sommé/800/Halbmond/Krone/Firmenzeichen gepunzt. Inventarnummer: SM 1576/1 und 1576/2.Klarglas, Silber. H 22 cm. Schrägoptisch geschliffener Korpus, Silberhenkel und flacher Scharnierdeckel. Auf dem Deckel jeweils 2 gravierte Wappen der Familie von der Gabelentz und Familie von Helldorff Kleine Bestoßungen.Provenienz : Aus Thüringer Adelsbesitz, Restitutionsgut mit Inventarnummer des Residenzschlosses Altenburg, vormals Bestand Schloss Poschwitz.2 glass jugs with silver mountsJewelers stamp Gebr. Sommé/800/crescent/crown/company mark punched. Inventory number: SM 1576/1 and 1576/2.Clear glass, silver. H 22 cm.Sloped body, silver handle and flat hinged lid. On the lid in each case 2 engraved coats of arms of the family von der Gabelentz and family von Helldorff Small bumps.Provenance : From Thuringian nobility, restitution property with inventory number of the Residenzschloss Altenburg, formerly stock Poschwitz Castle.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Ovales Silbertablett750 gepunzt, mit Juwelierstempel Bückmann.L 39 cm. 743 g. Geschweifte Form mit historistischem Bandelwerk, Blattranken und Maskaronen, im Spiegel graviert „Zum Andenken an E. Wedekind“ Leichte Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.Oval silver tray750 hallmarked, with jeweler's stamp Bückmann.L 39 cm. 743 g.Curved form with historicist strapwork, foliate vines and mascarons, engraved in the mirror "In memory of E. Wedekind" Slight signs of age and wear.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Bierkrug mit SilberdeckelKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. Firmenzeichen/800 gepunzt, mit Juwelierstempel J.C. Wich. Um 1880. Modellnr. 4632.Klarglas, Silber. H 20 cm. Reich reliefierter Scharnierdeckel mit Blütenknauf und Widmungsgravur "C. Hausser s./l. Julius König zum 11. Mai 1879". Auf vertikal verziertem Glaskorpus Beer stein with silver lidKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. Company mark/800 hallmarked, with jeweler's stamp J.C. Wich. Circa 1880. model no. 4632.Clear glass, silver. H 20 cm.Richly relieved hinged lid with flower knob and dedication engraving "C. Hausser s./l. Julius König on May 11, 1879." On vertically decorated glass body .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

15 silberne SuppenlöffelKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. 800/Halbmond/Krone/Firmenzeichen gepunzt, überwiegend Juwelierstempel J. Härtig. Um 1900.L 22 cm. 894 g. Klassische Form mit Augsburger Faden, meist mit rückseitigen Monogrammgravuren und Datierung Leichte Altersspuren.15 silver soup spoonsKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. 800/crescent/crown/company mark hallmarked, mostly jeweler's stamp J. Härtig. Circa 1900.L 22 cm. 894 g.Classic form with Augsburg thread, mostly with reverse monogram engravings and dating Slight signs of age.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

3-teiliges Silberbesteck im EtuiKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. Firmenzeichen/800/Halbmond/Krone, 2x Juwelierstempel C. R. Fricke, Messer gestempelt J. A. Haenckels Solingen.L ca. 20,5 bis 25 cm. 115 g (ohne Messer). Messer, Gabel und Speiselöffel mit floralen Gravuren und ligiertem Monogramm. Messer mit Stahlklinge und gefülltem Griff Minimale Altersspuren.In schwarzem Etui.3-piece silver cutlery in caseKoch & Bergfeld, Bremen. Company mark/800/crescent/crown, 2x jeweler's stamp C. R. Fricke, knife stamped J. A. Haenckels Solingen.L approx. 20,5 to 25 cm. 115 g (without knife). Knife, fork and spoon with floral engravings and ligatured monogram. Knife with steel blade and filled handle Minimal signs of age.In black case.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Silberne Art-déco-ZuckerdoseWilhelm Binder, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Halbmond/Krone/835/Firmenzeichen gepunzt, mit Juwelierstempel Kindermann, Hameln. Um 1920/30. Modellnr. E 3. Silber, innen vergoldet. 10 x 14 x 12 cm. 274 g. Leicht gebauchte Dose auf Kugelfüßen. Deckel mit elfenbeinfarbenem Kunststoffknauf Silver Art Deco sugar bowlWilhelm Binder, Schwäbisch Gmünd. Crescent/crown/835/company mark hallmarked, with jeweler's stamp Kindermann, Hameln. Circa 1920/30. model no. E 3. Silver, gilt interior. 10 x 14 x 12 cm. 274 g. Slightly bulbous box on ball feet. Lid with ivory plastic knob .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Kleine PuderdoseTiffany & Co, New York. Firmenstempel/Sterling gepunzt. USA. Patentnr. 672.417. Sterlingsilber, Transluzidemaille. H 1 cm, Ø 6 cm. 62 g. Runde, blau emaillierte Dose mit Monogrammgravur "EE" Small compactTiffany & Co, New York. Company stamp/sterling hallmarked. USA. Patent no. 672,417. Sterling silver, translucent enamel. H 1 cm, Ø 6 cm. 62 g. Round, blue enameled box with monogram engraving "EE" .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Kleiner runder SilberrahmenFirmenstempel Musy Torino/900 gepunzt. 20. Jh. Italien. H 7 cm, Ø 6 cm. Verglastes Rähmchen mit blauem Email und Schleifenzier Small round silver frameCompany stamp Musy Torino/900 punched. 20th c. Italy. H 7 cm, Ø 6 cm. Glazed frame with blue enamel and loop decoration .*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

SilberleuchterTopazio, Portugal. Beschauzeichen 833/Firmenstempel gepunzt. Anfang 20. Jh.H 32 cm. 418 g. 1-flammiger Leuchter mit Balusterschaft und kleinen reliefierten Muschelmotiven Gebrauchsspuren.Silver chandelierTopazio, Portugal. Show mark 833/company stamp punched. Early 20th c.H 32 cm. 418 g. 1-flame chandelier with baluster stem and small shell motifs in relief Signs of use.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Schwere Silberkanne auf RechaudWatson Company. Firmenstempel/Sterling gepunzt. Um 1900. USA.Sterlingsilber. H 36 cm, Inhalt: 3 pints. 1666 g. Elegante Kanne mit floralen Reliefbändern und Monogrammgravur "S". Auf Rechaud mit Tatzenfüßen, Brenner mit Patentverschluss Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, 1 Halterungsstift an Kette fehlt.Heavy silver pot on rechaudWatson Company. Company stamp/sterling hallmarked. Circa 1900. USA.Sterling silver. H 36 cm, capacity: 3 pints. 1666 g.Elegant pot with floral relief bands and monogram engraving "S". On rechaud with paw feet, burner with patent closure Slight signs of use, 1 retaining pin on chain missing.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Englischer Flanierstock mit SilbergriffVollständige Punzierung, mit königlichem Steuerstempel. 1935. London. Holz und Sterlingsilber. L 92,5 cm. Ebonisierter Stock mit silbernem Knauf Gebrauchsspuren, Silberknauf gedellt. English flanier cane with silver handleFull hallmark, with royal tax stamp. 1935. London. Wood and sterling silver. L 92.5 cm. Ebonized cane with silver pommel Signs of use, silver pommel dented. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

5 silberne SuppenlöffelJuwelierstempel R. Hüttel/800/Halbmond/Krone gepunzt. Anfang 20. Jh.L 22 cm. 279 g. Klassische Form mit Augsburger Faden und Monogrammgravur RW Leichte Gebrauchsspuren an den Laffen.5 silver soup spoonsJeweler's stamp R. Hüttel/800/crescent/crown punched. Early 20th c.L 22 cm. 279 g.Classic form with Augsburg thread and monogram engraving RW Slight signs of use on the finials.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

2 SilberleuchterDuchin Creation. Firmenstempel/Sterling gepunzt. 20. Jh. USA.Sterlingsilber. H je 10 cm. Beschwert. Glatte, 1-flammige Tischleuchter auf Rundfuß Gebrauchsspuren, kleine Dellen.2 silver candlesticksDuchin Creation. Company stamp/sterling hallmarked. 20th c. USA.Sterling silver. H 10 cm each. Weighted.Smooth, 1-flame table candlesticks on round base Signs of use, small dents.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Konvolut 2 versilberte FischbesteckeAlle 20/Firmenstempel Henniger gestempelt.L 19/20,5 cm. 2 verschiedene Fischbestecke, jeweils bestehend aus Messer und Gabel: 18-teilig mit Augsburger Faden mit ligiertem Monogramm "MG". / 6-teilig mit Jugendstil-Blütenmuster Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.Convolute 2 silver-plated fish cutleryAll 20/company stamp Henniger stamped.L 19/20.5 cm. 2 different fish cutlery, each consisting of knife and fork: 18-piece with Augsburg thread with ligatured monogram "MG". / 6-piece with Art Nouveau floral pattern Slight signs of use.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Porzellankopfpuppe mit weißem KleidJ. D. Kestner. H. made in Germany 12 129 gemarkt. Ab 1897.Biskuitporzellan, Masse. L 48 cm. Kurbelkopf, blaue Schlafaugen mit Wimpern, blonde Mohairperücke. 15-teiliger Gliederkörper mit rotem "Excelsior"-Stempel. Jünger ergänztes Kleid, Perlenkette Kopf durchleuchtet: kleiner Chip an der Halskurbel, Augen jünger ergänzt.Porcelain head doll with white dressJ. D. Kestner. H. made in Germany 12 129 marked. From 1897.Biscuit porcelain, Mass. L 48 cm.Crank head, blue sleeping eyes with eyelashes, blond mohair wig. 15-piece limb body with red "Excelsior" stamp. Younger supplemented dress, pearl necklace Head shone through: small chip on the neck crank, eyes younger supplemented.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

2 Porzellankopfpuppen mit KugelgelenkkörpernJ. D. Kestner. Beide gemarkt: 1x 167, 1x 168 und roter Stempel "made in Germany" am Körper. Um 1898.Biskuitporzellan, Masse. L 46 cm/ 62 cm. Beide mit Kurbelkopf, blauen Augen, Echthaarperücke und 15-teiligem Gliederkörper. 1x braunes Kleid, 1x weißes Kleid 1x mit Haarriss-Spinne an der Stirn, 1x mit übermaltem Körper. 2 porcelain head dolls with ball joint bodiesJ. D. Kestner. Both marked: 1x 167, 1x 168 and red stamp "made in Germany" on the body. Circa 1898.Biscuit porcelain, Mass. L 46 cm/ 62 cm.Both with crank head, blue eyes, real hair wig and 15-piece limb body. 1x brown dress, 1x white dress 1x with hairline crack spider on forehead, 1x with body painted over.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

CharakterjungeSimon & Halbig. 1294/45 gemarkt. Um 1912.Biskuitporzellan, Masse. L 48 cm. Kurbelkopf, blaue Schlafaugen, mittelblonde Echthaarperücke. 17-teiliger Toddlerkörper mit undeutlichem roten Stempel. Heller Leinenanzug, braune Schuhe Kurzer, kaum sichtbarer Haarriss am Kopffalz.Provenienz : Sammlungsnachlass aus Nordrhein-Westfalen.Character boySimon & Halbig. 1294/45 marked. Circa 1912.Biscuit porcelain, mass. L 48 cm.Crank head, blue sleeping eyes, medium blond human hair wig. 17-piece toddler body with indistinct red stamp. Light linen suit, brown shoes Short, barely visible hairline crack at the head fold.Provenance : Collection estate from North Rhine-Westphalia.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGEThe Atlas of India; Revised by J. Walker... Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources, Including All the Recent Geographical Discoveries, 26 hand-coloured engraved maps, edges of index leaf frayed, contemporary half calf over cloth, gilt lettered 'Indian Atlas' and with SDUK gilt stamp on upper cover, rebacked in morocco, folio (360 x 210mm.), Edward Stanford, [1856]Footnotes:Scarce atlas of India, revised by J. Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Maps include India (13, comprising an index map and 12 regional), China (3, including one showing Canton and Macao with an inset of Hong Kong), Japan, islands of the Pacific, and the World on Mercator's Projection (on 2 sheets).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

STEPHENSON (GEORGE)Series of six autograph letters signed ('Geo. Stephenson') to Henry Belcher (first) and Thomas Clark at the Railway Office, Whitby, Yorkshire reporting from Stone (3 Jan. 1824) that 'Before I set off for Whitby I considered it necessary to spend time looking after the manufacture of the Rails' by visiting the Caponfield Works 'and those of Mr. Foster', and his discovery that the former 'have got nothing done except the rollers...'; from North Hotel, Birmingham (7 April 1834) asking the recipient to offer his apologies to the Chairman of Directors for not being able to journey to London, and offering his opinion on various matters relating to preparations for the Whitby railway ('With respect to the weighing machines the tender from Mr. Kitchin of Warrington appears to be the most eligible...'), providing specifications and costings, and advising 'With respect to the Rails &c Mr. Longridge's offer appears to be a very fair one, provided it is for iron of the quality mentioned in the specification...'; on 30 April 1834, further confirming that 'of the tenders recv. from Longridge and Mr. Foster Mr. Longridge's tender appears to be decidedly the more eligible', and advising he is the in the process of testing the Rails 'which are being prepared by the Capon Field Iron Iron Co.', and that he will shortly go the works to 'make a personal inspection of the Rails, and their progress in completing the order...'; on 28 May 1834 promising he will again visit Capon Field, and stating 'I am extremely anxious to visit Whitby but I am afraid I cannot be there at this time...', a sentiment echoed on 4 October 1835, whilst confirming he has had 'a good deal conversation with Mr. Swanwick about the incline plane, and I am not... satisfied with either the stationery engine or the water wheel. The stationery engine will be expensive to keep on account of the cost of coal. The water wheel will be too costly to put up unless there be more traffic on the line than I can at present forsee...', and that he is working on another plan which 'I shall have... prepared when I go down to Whitby. The machinery will not cost much in erecting and no time will be lost in turning to this arrangement....'; and in September 1835 thanking Clark for sending 'the minutes of the Directors', promising to visit shortly, and assuring him that 'it is my wish to have that great work set forward is possible, and you will please to inform my Whitby friends that no exertion of mine shall be wanting to give them a taste of the benefits of it...', each 4 pages (including integral address, with red postal stamp, 4 pages blank), old folds, age-dusted, small hole at head (touching a couple of letters to each), 4to Stone, 3 January 1834, North Hotel, Birmingham 7 April 1834, London, 30 April 1834, and Alton Grange, 28 May 1834, 4 October 1835 and 6 September 1835, loosely inserted into an album, with other letters and cut signatures - see footnote (quantity)Footnotes:'BEFORE I SET OF FOR WHITBY I CONSIDERED IT NECESSARY TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AFTER THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RAILS' - Series of six letters written by George Stephenson to the Railway Office at Whitby, Yorkshire in which he reports to the Directors of the Whitby and Pickering Railway for which he had been employed as engineer. Since his engine Rocket triumphed at the Rainhill trials in 1829 'Stephenson's life was a history of the railway progress of the country... there was hardly a railway scheme in which Stephenson was not consulted, or an important line built without his help and advice' (ODNB). Other material includes: autograph letters signed by Robert Stephenson (2 pages, relating to 'charges for the Leeds Extension', undated), Daniel Gooch (2 pages, offering his help to Mr. Crier, on G.W.R. headed paper, Nov. 6 1866), Sir Joseph Paxton (3 pages, noting '... my firm opinion is we are on the eve of great prosperity in Trade and Commerce all this must benefit Railways, the only drawback is the agricultural interest being in so depressed a state', Chatsworth, 1 Dec. 1849), Samuel Smiles (3 pages, to Mr. Crier, discussing matters relating to the South Eastern Railway for which he had recently been appointed Secretary, 20 Nov. 1854), George Parker Bidder (2 pages, 30 Dec. 1850); Benjamin Disraeli ('B. Disraeli, Downing St.', signed bank warrant, March 1852); cut signatures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles W. Dilke, Lord Aberdare, and others; Mr. Crier's ticket to 'Great Western Railway. Queen's Jubilee, 1887'.Provenance: John Crier (1824-1897), clerk and registrar for the Great Western Railway, Paddington (see web illustration of Crier in his office); by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MURCHISON (RODERICK IMPEY) The Silurian System, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE WITH ENGRAVED HAND-COLOURED MAP, 3 engraved maps, 14 lithographed plates (2 folding, 3 hand-coloured), 9 folding hand-coloured geological sections by Murchison, 31 engraved plates of fossils, one large hand-coloured engraved geological map on 3 sheets (laid down on linen, institutional blind-stamp to margins), light spotting and some damp-staining, occasional marginal pencil annotations, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving the original spine, rubbed, the geological map sheets housed separately in an slightly later half morocco solander box, 4to, John Murray, 1839 (2) Footnotes: FIRST EDITION OF A SEMINAL WORK ON FOSSIL CLASSIFICATION, COMPLETE WITH THE RARE LARGE GEOLOGICAL MAP, often missing. Murchinson established the Silurian system following research he carried out in 1831 along the border between England and Wales. He grouped for the first time a remarkable series of formations, which were very different from those of the other rocks of England. Provenance: Wigan Public Library, stamp on map and box. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MOLL (HERMAN)A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales, letterpress title (with list of contents), 50 hand-coloured double-page or folding engraved maps, 4 shaved touching imprint/image at one margin, H. Moll, T. and J. Bowles, 1724; A Set of Thirty-six New and Correct Maps of Scotland, letterpress title (with list of contents), one leaf of text, 36 hand-coloured double-page or folding engraved maps, H. Moll, T. and J. Bowles, [1725]; A Set of Twenty New and Correct Maps of Ireland, letterpress title (with list of contents), 19 hand-coloured double-page or folding engraved maps, on double-page engraved table, H. Moll, 1728, 3 works bound in 1 vol., several maps shaved at one margin, neat ink pagination numeral on verso of all maps, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine with red gilt morocco spine labels, white shelf mark on spine, worn [Chubb CLXI, XIV, VII], 4to (220 x 180mm.)Footnotes:Provenance: Belfast Library, bookplate and gilt stamp on spine.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NOVARA EXPEDITION - CIRCUMNAVIGATION, 1857-1859 Reise der oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, 16 vol (lacks the Beschreibender Theil), half-titles, 10 mounted albumen prints, numerous lithographed plates (mostly zoological and botanical subjects), maps and charts, illustrations and diagrams in the text, spotting and occasional browning, some marginal tears neatly repaired, uniform buckram-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed [Hill 1537], 4to, Vienna, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei K. Gerold's Sohn, 1861-1875 Footnotes: The account of the first Austrian circumnavigation of the globe (1857 to 1859), 'the most ambitious enterprise ever undertaken by the Austrian navy' [Hill 1537]. The frigate Novara, under the command of Kommodore Bernhard von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, had aboard 345 officers and crew plus 7 scientists. The scientists were led by Karl Ritter von Scherzer, who was in charge of the fields of ethnography, linguistics and anthropology and statistics. The other sections were devoted to scientific discoveries - Alexander von Humboldt contributed an appendix titled 'Physikalische und geognostischiste Erinnerungen'. The collections of botanical, zoological, and cultural material brought back enriched Austrian museums and the oceanographic research, in particular in the South Pacific, revolutionized oceanography and hydrography at the time. The first coca plant investigations, in particular on St. Paul Island, made it possible to isolate cocaine in its pure form for the first time in 1860. During the circumnavigation the Novara visited, amongst other places, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, Tahiti, Valparaiso, Hong Kong, Singapore, Java, Manila, and Shanghai. Amongst the many lithographed plates and maps there are also 10 albumen photographic prints depicting details from Hindu temples, including an idol of Vishnu, and views of Java. Provenance: Royal Asiatic Society, stamp to title of Linguistischer Theil; private Swedish collection. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS)De natura deorum, De divinatione, De legibus, Academica, De finibus bonorum et malorum, De fato, Timaeus, Somnium Scipionis, Quintus Tullius Cicero: Commentariolum petitionis..., 140 leaves, 45 lines, roman letter, manuscript annotations on title and on margins, marginal damp-staining, right margin shaved, modern calf [ISTC ic00572000; GW 6905], folio (305 x 210mm.), Venice, Simon Bevilaqua [and Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis], 18 September 1496Footnotes:Provenance: Bradford Free Library, stamp on title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

AMERICA - BLACK HISTORY DU BOIS (WILLIAM EDGAR BURGHARDT) The Philadelphia Negro. A Social Study... Together with a Special Report on Domestic Service by Isabel Eaton, 2 folding maps, of which one colour-printed of 'The Seventh Ward of Philadelphia. The Distribution of Negro Inhabitants throughout the Ward, and their Social Condition', later cloth, the original upper printed wrapper (with title) bound in (soiled, some losses repaired to lower margin), large 8vo, Philadelphia, for the University, 1899 Footnotes: Pioneering sociological study of an African-American community, based on the author's year-long residence amongst the forty thousand inhabitants of Philadelphia's 7th Ward, including house to house visits. Provenance: Library stamp removed from the title-page. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[PAU (JERONI) or HIERONYMUS PAULUS]Provi[n]ciale omnium ecclesiarum cathedraliu[m] universi orbis, large woodcut device on title, pagination rubricated in alternate red and blue, title re-margined at gutter margin and old stamp partially erased from lower corner, contemporary blind-stamped calf by Jan Ryckhaert of Gent [cf. Goldschmidt 145], sides decorated in a diaper pattern with alternating tools of a pilgrim and a stylised floral arrangement, 4 fleur-de-lys tools at upper and lower border, small bee tool repeated 4 times on each vertical border, old vellum endpapers, annotations in 2 sixteenth century hands, mostly to opening 10 leaves and final leaf and blank, rebacked with corners neatly repaired, small 4to (195 x 130mm.), Paris, Jean Petit, 7 May 1518Footnotes:An early edition of list of dioceses and archdioceses of the Church based on records kept by the Papal administration, compiled by the Catalan Hieronymus Paulus.Provenance: Sixteenth century marginalia and notes in two hands, including a comment on the organisation of the Church in Sardinia, and a full-page listing of exchange rates of 32 European countries; Library of the Brigittine monastery, Cologne, seventeenth century inscription on title; Christie's South Kensington, 29 November 2006, lot 214.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

FLEMING (IAN)Live and Let Die, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, occasional light spotting (heavier to edges of text block), publisher's black cloth gilt, second state dust-jacket with credit to Kenneth Clark (with price 10d 6s on both flaps, age toning, lower corner darker with some small stains, fold corners worn), [Gilbert A2a (1.2), 'first issue, second state'], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1954Footnotes:Provenance: M.R.B. Helm, of Plumstead, address stamp inside upper cover beneath name in green ink.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BELIZE AND MEXICOTratado de limites entre los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos y Honduras Britanica. Edicion Oficial, FIRST EDITION, vignette on title, one folding map of 'British Honduras' printed in colours, contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettered on spine, dulled, small 4to, Mexico, 'La Europea' de J. Aguilar Vera, 1897Footnotes:Scarce work detailing the establishment of the fixed Belize-Mexico border.Provenance: Dr. Eduard Seller, Berlin, small blue stamp on title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Laborde, M.Leon de 'Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai and The Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the Prophecies', 2nd edition, John Murray London 1838 with sixty five plates, in text engravings, folding map, 12pp of publishers ads at end, original blind stamped blue cloth 8vo (220 x 140mm) plus Andrew, William P 'Memoir of the Euphrates Valley Route to India', Allen London 1857, author's inscription, no maps, 8vo. blind stamp green cloth. Both in much used condition, stains, bumps etc bindings loose (2)

A mixed collection to include The Lord Roberts Memorial Fund stamp album, a pair of lamps, a Kodak six-20 camera miniature Cannon and other itemsLocation:

France, Kingdom, Medal of Honour for Saving Life, Ministry of the Marine, large silver medal, 4th issue, by Montagny, 42mm, Louis Philippe on obverse, 5th model reverse inscribed ‘A Vincent (William). Garde-Côte. Pour avoir Courageusement Secoure des Marins Français Naufragés. 1841’ on cartouche flanked by supporters, unmounted but pierced at 12 o’clock, silver stamp to edge, housed in fitted case of issue, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Sold together with an unrelated bronze Life Saving Medal, the reverse engraved ‘B. Barmentlo, Haarlem, 17 April 1942’.

North Staffordshire Regiment Presentation Stamp Box. A fine presentation Stamp Box, HM Silver 1889 by George Randle, the lid engraved ‘1889 Western District Rifle Meeting 600 Yards Captain Watkins North Staffordshire Regiment’, still retaining original gilt interior to the box, very good condition £220-£260

Indian lithographic printing Collection of works in Persian 8vo or large 8vo, lithographed throughout and with decorative title-pages, titles comprising:1) Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri (d.1615/16). Mina Bazar. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1274 AH [1867/8 CE]. [Bound with:] Aurangzeb (1618-1707), Mughal Emperor. Ruqa'at-i Alamgiri ['Letters of Alamgir']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1281 AH [1864/5 AH]. [And:] Mian Jan. Dustur al-Arqam. [Calcutta?]: Government Press, 1859. In Urdu, containing specimens of petitions and official documents, one of 2,000 copies. 3 works in 1 volume, contemporary red sheep with marbled paper sides, 44, 46 and 47 pp., a few small worm-tracks;2) Ni'mat Khan 'Ali (d.1709-10). Waqa'i' ['Events']. [Lucknow]: Nawal Kishore, 1884, contemporary half cloth, 1-2 154 3-4 pp., light largely marginal worming to outer leaves, repair to lower fore corners of last two leaves;3) Sa'di Shirazi (1210-1291/2). Bustan. Delhi: Matba' Mujtaba, 1329 AH [i.e. 1911]. Large 8vo, contemporary half sheep, 288 pp., separately published fragment ('Farhang-i Bustan') bound in at rear, ink-stamp (Haji Sayed Abdur Rahim Khanga) and Urdu ownership inscription to initial blank, light marginal worming;4) Idem. Tayyibat. Lucknow: Nawal Kishore, 1902. Large 8vo, contemporary red leather, rebacked and relined, 258 [2] pp., covers flecked with white marks, stain to last few leaves;5) Idem. Gulistan. Mumbai: Matba' Safadri, 1888. Contemporary half calf, 252 pp., text-block detached from bindingNote: Note: Nur al-Din Muhammad Zuhuri, of Persian origin, was a poet at the court of the Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II, ruler of Bijapur in modern-day Karnataka; Mina Bazar is a description of the bazaar which his patron built there. Ni'mat Khan 'Ali's work (Waqa'i') is a satirical account of Aurangzeb's siege of Hyderabad in 1687.

Pornographic novel - circle of Oscar Wilde Teleny, or the Reverse of the Medal A Physiological Romance for Today. Cosmopoli [probably Paris: Renaudie], 1906. 2 volumes in one, square 8vo (17.2 x 13cm), contemporary half japon, [4] 148, [4] 178 pp., title-pages printed in red and black, half-titles with limitation statements verso, endpapers renewed, wear to extremities, contents toned, title-pages and early leaves of each volume browned, volume 1 with repaired closed tears to margins of title-page and p. 20/21 and 21/22, pp. 129/30 with repaired tear through text, volume 2 title-page with ink-stamp 'London 1922' verso, pp. 31/2 with slight marginal loss, pp. 65 with repaired tear through text [Peter Mendes, Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1800-1930, 87-B]Note: Note: Second edition, one of 200 copies, extremely rare, with no other copy traced in auction records, and one copy traced in institutions, at the British Library.First published in 1893 by Leonard Smithers, Teleny was the first novel in English 'in which the main story was concerned with homosexuality at its fullest extent [that is, in sexually explicit terms] ... The author, or authors, of Teleny were alone in their day in England in attempting to record the special atmosphere of homosexual intrigue and the emotions of men involved in … a liaison' (Reade, Sexual Heretics: Male Homosexuality in English Literature from 1850 to 1900, 1970, pp. 49-50).Charles Hirsch, owner of the Librairie Parisienne in London, recalled in his introduction to a French translation published in the 1930s that the manuscript was originally deposited at his shop by Oscar Wilde sometime in 1890. Wilde left instructions that the sealed parcel be held until requested by one of his friends, presenting his calling card. The process was repeated several times, with the parcel being retrieved and returned by different callers before finally being returned to Wilde. The extent of Wilde's personal contribution to the text has been debated, but the work is now thought to be the work of a number of authors in his circle, composing the text in the round-robin tradition (see Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson, 2000 pp. 34-6).

Australian binding The Holy Bible ... with Illustrations by Gustave Doré London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c.1880. 2 volumes, large 4to (36 x 27.5cm), contemporary purple morocco gilt over thick bevelled boards by William Detmold of Melbourne (his stamp gilt to rear boards), cruciform red morocco onlays to spine compartments, onlaid red morocco strapwork frames to boards, guilloche roll gilt to turn-ins, all edges gilt, numerous wood-engraved plates, scuffs to joints and extremities. Together with 2 other items (Thomas Scott, Commentary on the Bible, edited by Professor Symington, Glasgow: William Mackenzie, c.1860, 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary purple calf gilt, numerous steel-engraved plates, a little surface wear to spine; and a miniature glass-fronted wooden bookcase containing a set of Religious Tract Society and related books, c.1850, 30 in total, 12mo, the RTS books in uniform contemporary quarter roan and numbered 1-25 on spines (number 10 duplicated; without numbers 19 and 21-23), titles including The Careful Nursemaid: Hints on the Management of Children, Annals of the Poor by the Rev. Leigh Richmond (with engraved frontispiece and additional title-page) biographies of Hannah Meek, John Newton, and John Howard, and similarNote: Note: William Detmold (1827-1884) was born in Hesse, Germany, and emigrated to Australia in the 1850s, establishing himself in Melbourne as a highly successful bookbinder.

Golf Collection of rare biographies, manuals and club histories Tulloch, W. W. The Life of Tom Morris, with Glimpses of St Andrews and its Golfing Celebrities. London: T. Werner Laurie, c.1908. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, 25 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece (listed as 27, with 2 plates each containing 2 images), spine rolled, binding slightly rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription to initial blank, occasional spotting to text-block;Idem. The Life of Tom Morris. London: Ellesborough Press, 1982. Facsimile edition, one of 100 copies signed by J. H. Neill, captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1981-2, 8vo, original green morocco, all edges gilt, slipcase, spine sunned, section of discolouration to upper inner corner of front board;Forgan, Robert. The Golfer's Manual, including History and Rules of the Game, with Hints to Beginners. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. (Limited), c.1907. Presumed seventh edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 8 halftone photographic plates (including a portrait of 'Old Tom Morris' as frontispiece), 4 pp. advertisements to rear, with the 'Rules of Golf' section dated 1904, and notice of James Anderson's record round on St Andrew's Links in 1906 to verso of contents page;Dow, James Gordon. The Crail Golfing Society 1786-1936. Being the History of an Eighteenth-Century Golf Club in the East Neuk of Fife. Edinburgh: published at the office of Golf Monthly, 1936. First edition, one of 250 copies only, 8vo, original two-tone cloth, 7 halftone photographic plates, pale mottling to covers, blind stamp (Broadleys, Crail, Fife) to title-page;[Knight, William Angus, editor]. On the Links. Being Golfing Stories by Various Hands. With Shakespeare on Golf. By a Novice. Also, Two Rhymes on Golf by Andrew Lang. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8 pp. advertisements, custom case;Flint, Violet. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil on the Links of St Andrews. St Andrews: W. C. Henderson & Co, 1897. Third edition, 4to, later cloth, 8 plates, text spotted;and 12 others, including: J. B. Salmond, The Story of the R. & A., 1956 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, torn dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the title-page, signed by various R & A members on the front free endpaper including Ferguson Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, Charles MacAndrew, Baron Macandrew, and similar); The Book of St Andrews Links, Ellesborough Press, 1984 (facsimile edition, one of 200 copies signed by golfer J. Stewart Lawson, 8vo, original green morocco, spine sunned, slipcase); Robert Forgan, The Golfer's Manual, c.1980 (facsimile edition of the 1897 edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andra Kirkaldy, Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories, 1921 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth); Andrew Lang & others, A Batch of Golfing Papers, c.1892 (original cloth, ex library); Violet Flint, A Golfing Idyll, 1978 (facsimile edition, of 150 copies); 2 others editions of Lang's work; and similar

Simpson, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (1896-1986) & Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972) Royal memorabilia Coins and medals: Edward VIII coronation medal; British West Africa one penny dated 1936; a cameograph 'coin' bearing Edward's profile; a few other old British coins;Stamps: Stamp book with EviiiR monogram containing three red 1d stamps bearing the portrait of Edward VIII and six green halfpenny stamps bearing the portrait of Edward VIII with inverted watermarks; 20th century world stamp album;Sitwell, Osbert. Rat Week, typed poem on 2 leaves, each 20 x 25cm, the uncensored version mentioning the 'rats' by name;Edward VIII Prince of Wales Aluminium Ashtray: produced by R.W. Coan with a relief image of Edward smoking in military uniform and the text: "Our Prince of Sports", presented at a dinner in 1922 attended by The Prince of Wales by the President of the aluminium foundry, Robert W. Coan;Royal train post bag: Stencilled with "No 6 ROYAL TRAIN"; Passenger plan for the Royal train and Pilot train, 50 x 19.5cm, with possible date of 13/2/34 on the reverse in pencil, passenger allocation marked in ink on printed planH.M. King Edward VIII: Printed glass coronation beaker, with the text "12th May Coronation 1937" and a portrait of the King, 11cm tall; accompanied by two metal beakers commemorating the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, a printed glass beaker with the portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (also with the 12th May coronation date) and a small coffee cup commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Provenance:Provenance: From the collection of David Storrier, Close Protection Officer to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Kay, John A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1838, 2 volumes, 4to, 329 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, red and green morocco lettering pieces, one board detached, head of volume 2 slightly rubbed, small stamp on titles and free endpapers and bookplates of The Glasgow Art ClubProvenance:From the Library of the Glasgow Art Club

[East Indies Sailing Directory] A New Directory for the East-Indies containing I. The First Discoveries made in the East Indies by European Voyages and Travellers. II. The Origin, Construction and Application of Nautical and Hydrographical Charts. III. The Natural Causes ... of the Constant and Variable Winds ... throughout the East-India Oceans and Seas. IV. A Description of the Sea Coasts, Islands Rocks ... etc. in the Oriental Navigation. V. Directions for navigating in the East-India Seas ... VI. Directions for sailing to and from the East-Indies ... The whole being a Work originally begun upon the Plan of the Oriental Neptune, augmented and improved by Mr. William Herbert, Mr. Willm Nichelson, and Others; and now methodised, corrected, and further enlarged, by Samuel Dunn. London: Henry Gregory, 1780. Fifth edition, 4to (28.7 x 20.8cm), contemporary sailcloth stitched over boards, xxxvi 544 pp., engraved plate facing p. 341, engraved headpiece, without frontispiece noted in other copies, with detailed contemporary annotations to pp. 377, 378, 379, 381, 394, 397, 409, 520, 521 (in chapters 'Directions for Sailing toward the China Seas' and 'Directions for Returning from the China Seas'), in at least two different hands (signed J. Rossiter and S. Cooper), old ink-stamp ('S. E. Howell') to head of title-page, ownership inscription to front free endpaper and initial blank, toning, spotting to title-page, plate and adjacent text-leaves, scattered light spotting and soiling elsewhere [ESTC T146275]Note: Note: An engrossing artefact of late 18th-century trade and maritime exploration in the East Indies, containing annotations demonstrating first-hand knowledge of the waters around Java and Sumatra, and retaining an early makeshift covering of crudely stitched sailcloth, in a good state of preservation. Le Neptune orientale, the basis of the work, was first published in 1745; Herbert's New Directory for the East Indies first appeared in 1758. This fifth edition is considerably expanded from all preceding iterations, which all had 144 pages, suggesting that only limited changes if any had been made previously. All editions are rare in libraries and in commerce.

Indian National Congress Volume of pamphlets 8vo, later cloth, variable browning, contents comprise:1) Audi Alteram Partem, being Two Letters on Certain Aspects of the Indian National Congress Movement [by Sir Auckland Colvin and Allan Octavian Hume]. [Calcutta]: Calcutta Central Press Co., Ld., 1888. [2] 66 pp., decorative title-page, closely trimmed in fore margins, text occasionally just shaved, title-page with ink-stamp of Baldev Ram Dave, pleader, Allahahad, and coloured pencil markings;2) The Indian National Congress. An Open Letter to the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava and Earl of Ava, by Eardley Norton, Madras. [No place], 1888. 24 pp., a few small worm-holes;3) Indian National Congress: Ninth Annual Session. Presidential Address by Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, M. P. Delivered at Lahore on the 27th December, 1893. London: British Committee of the Indian National Congress, [1894]. 43 pp.;4) The People's Cause: A Speech. By Allan Hume. Ayr: [no printer], September 11th, 1890. 16 pp.,5) The Mutiny and the Congress. By an Old Bengalee. A Friend to the Great National Cause. Serampore: Serampore Printing House, 1891. 10 pp., original red paper wrappers bound in (title on front wrapper), front wrapper with loss to upper fore corner;6) Home Rule Series No. 1. Congress Speeches on Self-Government. Madras: for the Editorial Board of the All-India Self-Government Propaganda Fund by Annie Besant at the Vasanta Press, 1916. [2] 22 pp.;7) Indian National Congress. Speeches delivered at a Luncheon given in honour of Sir W. Wedderburn, Bart. ... at the National Liberal Club, London. London: Indian Political Agency, 1889. 45 pp., worming, closely trimmed in fore margins;8) An Open Letter to the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava and Earl of Ava on the Indian National Congress. By Eardley Norton, Madras. London: Indian Political Agency, 1889. [2] iv 37 pp.;9) The Indian National Congress: Session at Allahabad, December, 1888. Impressions of Two English Visitors. London: Indian Political Agency, 1889. 34 pp., tear in pp. 3/4, final leaf closely trimmed with text shaved;10) Open Letters to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, K.C.S.I., by the Son of an Old Follower of His [Lala Lajpat Rai]. Reprinted from the Tribu[n]e. Lahore: Tribune Press, Anarkali, 1888. 23 pp., retaining original front wrapper containing titleNote: Note: Hume's speech, The People's Cause, is referenced in secondary literature but no copy located in library catalogues; we find no record of The Mutiny and the Congress (item 5); Lala Lajpat Rai's Open Letters to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan appears to be represented in one copy in UK libraries, at the British Library.

Moorcroft, William and George Trebeck Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab in Ladakh and Kashmir; in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara. Prepared for the Press, from Original Journals and Correspondence, by Horace Hayman Wilson. London: John Murray, 1841. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (20.3 x 12.5cm), near-contemporary black half sheep, lithographic frontispieces, folding map, 12 pp. advertisements, contemporary ownership inscription to title-pages, volume 1 lacking leaf a8 (preface pp. xv/xvi), marginal repair to foot of p. liii, folding map with splits and repairs;Little, Archibald. Across Yunnan: a Journey of Surprises including an Account of the Remarkable French Railway Line now completed to Yunnan-fu. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1910. First edition in book form, 8vo, original red cloth, 12 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, folding map, ex-Manchester Public Free Libraries with call number gilt to spine, plate to front pastedown, ink-stamp to verso of title-page, and blind stamps to plates and text;Seebohm, Henry. The Birds of the Japanese Empire. London: R. H. Porter, 1890. Large 8vo, original brown cloth, map frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations in text, Bolton Libraries ink-stamps and withdrawal stamps to initial blank, title-page and final page of text

Pratap Narayan Singh, Maharaja of Ayodhya (1855-1906) Raskusumakar, or a Book on Rhetoric Allahabad: printed at the "Indian Press", 1894. First edition, 4to, original red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, [2] 10 6 23 [1] 191 [1] 40 6 2 5 9 pp., text in Hindi within decorative pictorial border, title-page in Hindi and English with decorative floral border, 41 halftone plates from photographic portraits or Indian miniature paintings including portrait frontispiece, presentation plate from the author to Norwich Public Library to front pastedown, shelfmark in white ink to spine, spine faded, corners of boards bumped, withdrawal stamp to front free endpaper, title-page wit closed tear to head extending into border, and small section at lower inner corner detached but presentNote: Note: Rare in commerce. Library records call for 38 or 40 plates; the latter count may exclude the frontispiece.

Bryans, William Antiquities of Cheshire, in Photograph With Short Descriptive Notes: to which are added Views of Several Ancient Buildings in Shropshire and North Wales. Chesters: Hugh Roberts, 1858. First edition, 4to (37 x 27cm), original half morocco, rebacked, purple cloth sides, [9] 55 pp., 25 mounted albumen print photographs, some stripping and wear to backstrip and corners, variable spotting to mounts and text-leaves, silvering along edges of 'Birth-place of Bishop Wilson' (plate no. 8), very short closed tear to mount of 'Waberton Church' (no. 9), 'Tarvin Church' (no. 17) with a few spots within photograph, hint of silvering to 'South Doorway, Edstaston Church' (no. 25), withdrawn from Chester Reference Library with their plate to front pastedown, withdrawal stamp to initial blank, ink-stamp to title-page, and further small ink-stamps to pp. 3 and 55 [Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature, 83]. Together with: Charles Leigh, The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire. with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in those Parts, Oxford: for the Author, 1700, first edition, folio, 20th-century half morocco, 24 engraved plates, folding map hand-coloured in outline, lacking portrait frontispiece, ex-Chester Reference Library with associated markings, damp-staining towards rear, text not collated

Classical authors 16 volumes Polydor Vergil. De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle: per Thomas Guarinum [publisher from Colophon], 1570. 16mo, woodcut device on title, and leaf with Guérin's device following colophon, contemporary embossed calf, title with small excision at top corner, title slightly dust-soiled, some light dampstaining, binding worn;Aristotle. De Mundo Aristotelis Lib. I, Philonis Lib II, Gulielmo Budaeo interprete. Paris [Widow of C. Neobar or J. Bogardus], 1541. 16mo, 54 leaves, [ii - blank], edited by Guillaume Budé, printer's device on title-page, [Adams A1800], early inscription at head of title 'Fa dono Ill. & erud. divi d.d. Gaillardi genuensis 1646'; bound with Aristotle. Aristotelous kai Philonos per kosmou [Greek]. Paris: Conrad Néobar, 1540 [the date on the title page is wrongly printed M.D.L.X (altered by hand in present copy). 16mo, 60 leaves, 18th century calf, slightly rubbed;Virgil. P. Virgilius Maro Iam emendatior. Amsterdam: Apud Ioannem Iansonium, 1650. 16mo, engraved title page, bound in a piece of old liturgical vellum;Hippocrates. Aphorismi Hippocratis accurante Theodoro Janssonio ab Almeloveen. Amsterdam: apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1685. 16mo, additional title with engraved portrait vignette, contemporary calf, rubbed;Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiarum libri de vita et expeditione Alexandri Magni. Utrecht: ex officina Gisbert Zylii, 1666. 12mo, engraved title laid down, woodcut(s) in text, contemporary vellum, early inscription on endpaper 'ex libris Caroli Nisbet 13th Januarii 1753' and later inscriptions of Lorimers,Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiarum libri accuratissime editi. Amsterdam: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1670. 16mo, engraved title, contemporary sheep, a little light dust-soiling, rubbed;Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Justinus ex Marci Zverii Boxhornii, nova recensione. Amsterdam: apud Ioan. Ianssonium, 1660. 12mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum, a few light marginal stains, inscription by members of Lorimer family to endpaper;Herodotus. He Tou Herodotus Halikarnasseos Historia: Herodoti Halicarnassensis Historia, ex editione Jacobi Gronovii. Glasgow: R. and A. Foulis, 1761. 9 volumes, 12mo, Greek text, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco lettering pieces, early inscription '? Rose Price' to free endpapers, small stamp 'E. Maltby' to free endpapers

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent Boxed slice of wedding cake From the wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina of Kent, 29th November 1934, in its original white presentation box with the initials 'MG' 'Buckingham Palace 29th November 1934', wrapped in packaging addressed to Miss Storrier of Kirriemuir, Angus with the stamp of the Lord Steward M.H. Buckingham PalaceProvenance:Provenance: From the collection of David Storrier, Close Protection Officer to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, this slice of cake would either have belonged to Storrier or been given to him as a gift by the Duke, for him to send onto his familyNote: Note: With its silver pillars, the wedding cake of the Duke and Duchess of Kent in November 1934 was one of the most extravagant royal wedding cakes, standing nine feet high.

India Group of rare Indian imprints 1) Report on the Territories Conquered from the Paishwa. Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India, by the Hon'ble Mountstuart Elphinstone, Commissioner. Bombay: Bombay Government Press, 1838. Second edition, 8vo, later red cloth, [2] 82 li pp., colour pencil marks to title-page, ink-stamp of the government library, Agra, to p. 1, moderate browning, scattered dark spots;2) England and India: being Impressions of Persons and Things, English and Indian and Brief Notes of Visits to France, Switzerland, Italy, and Ceylon. By Lala Baijnath of the N.-W. P. Judicial Service. Bombay: Jehangir B. Karani & Co., Ltd., 1893. First edition, one of 1,000 copies, 8vo, contemporary yellow cloth, [2] 4 234 pp., errata leaf and advertisement leaf at rear, worming, stitching split between pp. 152 and 153, closed marginal tears in pp. 69/70 and 163/4;3) A Memoir of the Late Raja Partab Singh of Tajpur, in the District of Bijnor, North-West Provinces. Calcutta: Erasmus Jones, "Cambrian" Press, 1879. First edition, 12mo, original cloth-covered card wrappers with skiver label to front cover, [4] 20 pp., mounted albumen portrait photograph as frontispiece;4) A Revised and Enlarged Account of the Bobbili Zemindari, compiled by ... Sir Venkata Swetachalapati Ranga Row Bahadur ... Maha-Rajah of Bobbili. Madras: Addison & Co., 1900. 8vo, original cloth, [4] 185 pp., folding table, inscribed to 'Sir Henry Bliss K.C.I.E. with the compliments of the Maharajah of Bobbili 18/6/1902 London' on the initial blank, spine and edges of covers sunned, loss to spine-ends;Together with 2 others (The Jeypore Guide by Thomas Holbein Hendley, Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service, Jeypore [Jaipur]: "Raj" Press, 1876, first edition 12mo, lacking frontispiece and map, with 17 other lithographic plates, 3 copies on Library Hub, worming; and The Panjab as a Sovereign State (1799-1839), Thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of London, by Gulshan Lall Chopra. Lahore: Uttar Chand Kapur & Sons, 1928, lacking maps)Note: Note: Two copies of the Report on Territories Conquered from the Paishwa traced in UK libraries (BL and Oxford); the work was first published at Calcutta in 1821. A Memoir of the Late Raja Partab Singh of Tajpur is otherwise untraced. Library Hub cites three copies of the Bobbili Zemindari (BL, Oxford, SOAS).

India - North-Western Province Set of Agra imprints, 19th century 1) Report on Indigenous Education and Vernacular Schools, in Agra, Aligarh, Bareli, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, for 1850-51. By Henry Steward Reid, Visitor General of Schools, N. W. P. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1852-3-4. First editions, 3 works in one volume, 8vo, contemporary yellow cloth, [4] 220, [2] 122, [2] 176 pp, blind stamp of the Schlagintweit library to title-page;2) Report on Ajmeer and Mairwara, illustrating the Settlement of the Land Revenue and the Revenue Administration of those Districts, up to ... 1853. By Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Dixon, Commissioner, Ajmeer and Mairwara. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1853. First edition, 4to, later cloth, [2] 199 pp., uniform moderate browning, colour pencil markings to title-page, closed tear in Q4, worming to endpapers now affecting text-block;3) Translation of a Proceeding regarding the Settlement of a Village, according to the System pursued in the North Western Provinces of the Presidency of Bengal. Compiled and published under the Orders of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor, N. W. P. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1847. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half leather (worn), [2] iii 244 pp., 3 hand-coloured lithographic plans, 4 lithographic genealogical tables, 4 letterpress tables, all folding, shelfmark label of Pandut Sundar Lal, High Court, Allahabad to front pastedown, governmental ink-stamp to title-page and final page, a few old repairs to plates, one genealogical table with 10cm closed tear, moderate browning, a few small worm-tracks towards rear, rear inner hinge partly cracked;4) Selections from the Records of Government, North Western Provinces [volume 1]. Agra: Secundra Orphan Press, 1855. Second edition, 8vo, later cloth, vii 1-76 107-222 [1] pp., hand-coloured double-page lithographic plate ('Half elevation, half section and plan of Burdashtkhaneh in the Cawnpoor District'), 3 further lithographic plates (collation not established), cloth mottled, title-page browned and tipped in, variable damp-staining to pp. 107-130;5) The New Code of Civil Procedure. Act No. 10 of 1877. Agra: Elahi Press, c.1877. 8vo, recent red cloth, text in Urdu, lithographed throughout, in 8 parts (separately paginated), browned throughout, contents leaf and title-page chipped, final leaf tape-repaired in gutter, part 2 possibly lacking section-title (but collation not established as no other copy traced)Note: Note: Among the invaluable information provided by Henry Steward Reid's educational reports are lists of the textbooks printed each year by the government of the North-West Province, including details of their authors, content and print runs. Library Hub cites three locations only: LSE (1852-3), Oxford (1852), and SOAS (year not stated). Library cataloguing notes a map for Dixon's work, but none is present in the copy held by the University of Oxford and we have not been able to inspect another copy; it is possible that the map is from C. G. Dixon's Sketch of Mairwara (1850), with which the British Library (India Office Records) copy is bound, and that the description for this particular copy has been generally applied. One institutional copy traced for the Translation of a Proceeding regarding the Settlement of a Village, at the British Library, catalogued as having nine plates (it is unclear whether these include the folding tables).

Huxley, Aldous Brave New World London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, shelf-lean, hinges split, erased ownership stamp to paste-down endpaper and first page of text;Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition, 8vo, slight chipping to dust-jacket spine, some occasional light internal marks, previous ownership stamp

Housman, Catherine Three Letters to a Friend London: A. J. Valpy, 1833. First edition, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 155 2 pp., 8 plates (7 engraved of which 2 hand-coloured; one aquatint), slips tipped to plates facing pp. 78 and 80 and to p. 90, rubbing to joints and extremities;Rhind, William Graeme. The Creation, illustrated by Six Engravings on Steel. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1844. Second edition (same year as the first), small 4to, original cloth, xviii 399 pp., engraved frontispiece, 6 mezzotint plates depicting the stages of creation, tissue-guards, front free endpaper removed, damp-staining to binding, frontispiece and plates 5-6, old library stamp (Rake Lane Lending Library) to title-page;Anderson, J. W. The Manner pointed out in which the Common Prayer was read in Private by the late Mr. Garrick, for the Instruction of a Young Clergyman: from whose Manuscript Notes this Pamphlet is composed. London: J. Plymsell, 1797. First edition, 8vo, contemporary diced tan calf, short crack to head of front joint, spotting, half-title discarded [ESTC T171474: 9 copies in UK libraries];[Derbyshire Dissenters]. Forms of Prayer, for the Use of a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters in Belper. Belper: S. Mason, 1823. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled sheep, 106 pp., wear to head of spine, crack to foot of rear joint;[Hawks, Francis]. A Narrative of Events Connected with the Rise and Progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. First edition, 8vo, near-contemporary tan half calf gilt, 286 [2] 332 pp., gift inscription to T. G. B. Estcourt (1775-1853), member of parliament for the University of Oxford, to binder's blank, Estcourt family bookplate, half-title discarded, part 1 leaf G4 repaired;Charke, Charlotte. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, (Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq;). Containing ... Her Adventures in Mens Cloaths ... Her turning Pastry Cook, etc. in Wales. London: W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook, 1755. Second edition, 12mo, contemporary half sheep, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, covers and frontispiece detached [ESTC T68298: 2 copies in UK libraries];and 3 others (not collated, including Thomas Newton, Dissertations on the Prophecies, 1804, 2 volumes contemporary Brasenose College Oxford prize-bindings; and Lockwood, The Western Pioneers, 1881, original cloth)Note: Note: Library Hub traces four copies only for Mrs Housman's work, a defence of the Biblical account of creation in the form of a response to two works by Scottish churchman Alexander Keith which adopted an accommodating view of Newtonian physics and recent advances in geology. Two copies traced for the Belper Forms of Prayer (Oxford and Manchester).

Government of India Alqabnamah [Title at head:] List showing the Names, Titles and Modes of Address of the More Important Sovereigns, Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, etc., having Relations with the Indian Government. Corrected up to the 5th October 1935. New Delhi: printed by the manager, Government of India Press, 1935. Folio, original printed blue paper boards, rebacked and recornered, [4] iii [2] 2-118 pp., updated throughout in manuscript (red and black inks) and with tipped-in printed slips, printed insert tipped to p. 108, covers marked, title-page, pp. 21/2 and 117/18 heavily washed and reinserted, uniform browning to other text-leaves, small abrasion to first page of index from adhesion to facing page, pencilled shelfmark to verso of title-page, Government of India ink-stamp to verso of final blankNote: Note: Marked 'confidential', this is the only edition of the work we have traced, and in institutional terms is present in one other copy, at the British Library (shelfmark IOR/R/15/1/734), with no copies traced in auction records.The work covers the protocols of addressing the ruling princes and chiefs of India, in addition to the rulers of independent states, including Tibet, Nepal and Siam, 'miscellaneous states', including Zanzibar, Muhammerah (modern Iran), Indore, Arcot and Bombay, and protectorate rulers. This last group includes the sultan of Muscat and Oman, the rulers of various sultanates in modern-day Yemen, and the shaykhs of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and of each the Trucial States, that is, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain.Each ruler is listed under seven headings: Name of state or place of residences; Name and address in English; Commencement and conclusion of letter in English and colour of crest; Highest British authority by whom hitherto addressed; Name and address in Persian or Arabic; No. of Guns [for salutes]; Remarks. The profuse additions to this copy (in the form of printed slips and manuscript annotations) both record rulers' deaths and the identities of the successors, and illustrate changes in the status of rulers while still living: the shaykhs of Bahrain and Kuwait are both noted as being promoted from the title of Excellency to Highness, while the raja of even a minor Indian state, Talcher, is recorded as receiving the new title of Raja Bahadur 'as a personal distinction'.

Fergusson, James Tree and Serpent Worship or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ. From the Sculptures of the Buddhist Topes at Sanchi and Amravati ... Second Edition, revised, corrected, and in great part re-written. London: India Museum, 1873. 4to (33 x 24cm), original red half morocco gilt, xvi 274 pp., lithographic frontispiece, 101 plates numbered 1-100 (including 10A), albumen print photographs or lithographs, photographs mounted as issued (often one on each side of a single leaf, numbered in all cases as separate plates), publisher's postscript slip, joints cracked with front board remaining attached only via new endpapers, frontispiece, title-page and first leaf of text strengthened in gutter, dust-soiling and a few spots to top edges of mounts, numerical ink-stamp to margin of p. 33, mount for photographic plates 95 and 96 creased across upper fore corner [Gernsheim 419];Malcolm, John. Malcolm's History of Persia (Modern) edited and adapted to the Persian Translation of Mirza Hairat, with Notes and Dissertations by Lieut.-Colonel M. H. Court, 15th Bengal Cavalry. Lahore: printed at the "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, Lahore, 1888. Folio (32.5 x 20cm), modern half leather, [2] ix [3] 290, title-page slightly nicked and marked and with small annotation to upper inner corner, light marginal soiling elsewhere, last 2 leaves slightly nicked and with damp-staining to corners;Kaye, G. R (editor). The Bakhshali Manuscript. A Study in Medieval Mathematics. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch [volume 2, Delhi: Manager of Publications], 1927-33. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, original blue quarter morocco, photogravure plate (spotted), 47 ?collotype plates, volume 2 spine rubbedNote: Note: James Fergusson travelled to India after leaving school, and within ten years as an indigo planter in Bengal had made a sufficient fortune to dedicate himself to the study of art and architecture. Sanchi, near Bhopal in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, is the oldest Buddhist sanctuary in existence, dating from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The stupa at Amaravati, in what is now Andhra Pradesh, was founded around 200 BC. Fergusson's account was first published in 1868. The photographs are by W. H. Griggs and James S. Waterhouse; Waterhouse eventually became surveyor-general to the Monumental Photographic Survey of India. The Civil and Military Gazette, publishers of this edition of Malcolm's Persia, was where Rudyard Kipling began his professional life in India, joining as a sub-editor in 1882.

Erasmus, Desiderius In Evangelium Lucae paraphrasis Basel: Froben, 1540. 8vo (15 x 10.5cm), 17th or 18th-century speckled sheep ruled in blind, edges sprinkled red, printer's woodcut device to title-page and verso of final leaf, binding rubbed in places, short crack to foot of front joint, early ink inscription to head of title, a few early ink underlinings and marginalia [Adams E761]Note: Note: Erasmus's paraphrase of the Gospel of Luke was first printed in 1523, also by Froben. The dedication is to Henry VIII.Provenance: From the library of the earls of Macclesfield at Shirburn Castle, with bookplate to front pastedown and blind stamp to title-page and following leaf as usual.

Middle East Collection of works Eleftériadès, Eleuthère. Les chemins de fer en Syrie et au Liban. Beirut: Imprimerie catholique, 1944. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to 'A son Excellence Monsieur Béchara El-Khoury, Président de la République Libanaise, hommage respectueux de l'auteur, Beyrouth, le 17 juin 1944, Eletfériadès' on the initial blank, 4to (23.5 x 16cm), contemporary half morocco, 7 halftone photographic plates (printed on both sides and numbered 1-14), folding table, 2 maps on one folding plate at rear, 9 graphs in text, original paper covers and spine bound in, plates spotted;Marchebeus, Jean-Baptiste. Voyage de Paris à Constantinople par bateau à vapeur. Paris: Artus Bertrand, Amiot, l'auteur, 1839. First edition, tall 8vo (25 x 15.5cm), contemporary quarter morocco, half-title, 24 engraved plates, engraved folding map, bookplate of Archives et temps modernes, their ink-stamp to title-page, spotting [Blackmer 1075];Ruete, Emily (née Salimah bint Sa'id), Princess of Oman and Zanzibar. Mémoires d'une princesse Arabe. Traduit de l'allemand par L. Lindsay. Paris: Dujarric, 1905. First edition in French, 8vo (18.2 x 11cm), contemporary blue quarter morocco, [6] 330 pp., original wrappers bound in, spine rubbed, contents browned, half-title and title-page loose and slightly chipped;Laurier, Jean-Philippe. Observations sur les Pyramides. Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1960. First edition, inscribed on the half-title 'A Monsieur Guy Abela, en souvenir de son passage à ma maison de Sakkarah, le 5-3-67 et en cordial hommage, J. P. Laurier', 4to (28 x 19.8cm), contemporary quarter morocco, 13 plates, original wrappers bound in, spine rubbed, staining to half-title;Guyard, Stanislas. Un grand maître des assassins au temps de Saladin. Extrait du Journal asiatique. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877. 8vo (22 x 13.4cm), contemporary blue half morocco by the bindery of the Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut, text in French and Arabic, spotting;'Arfa al-Dawlah Mirza Riza Khan Danesh (1846-1937). Perles d'Orient. Paris: Dujarric et Cie, 1905. Second edition, tall 8vo (24 x 15cm), original cloth, rebacked in morocco, endpapers renewed, 129 [3] pp., half-title, 4 halftone photographic plates, text-leaves browned;Musil, Alois. The Manners and Customs of the Rwala Bedouins. New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. First edition, large 8vo (24.5 x 16.5cm), contemporary orange full morocco gilt, photographic portrait frontispiece, photographic illustrations in the text, joints and extremities rubbed, spotting to rear board and edges, pp. 450-600 with occasional abrasions and repairs (pp. 532-3 marginally abraded, marginal repairs to pp. 557/8 and 559/60, 580/1 abraded with partial loss of text, similar abrasions and staining to pp. 588-600, pp. 589/90 repaired, etc.)Note: Note: Bechara El Khoury (1890-1964) was the first president of the newly independent Republic of Lebanon, serving from 1943 until his resignation in 1952; Library Hub traces two copies of Les chemins de fer en Syrie et au Liban in UK libraries (British Library and Oxford). Marchebeus's work is an account of 'the first organised steamer cruise in the Mediterranean ... [which] visited Sicily, Malta, the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor and the Archipelago' (Blackmer). Emily Ruete's work was first published in German in 1888; it has been described as the first published autobiography by an Arab or African woman. 'Arfah al-Dawlah, known as 'Danesh', was a Persian diplomatist of the late Qajar period. Perles d'Orient is a collection of poems and memoirs. Library Hub traces one copy only in UK libraries (Cambridge), and two of the first edition, printed at Constantinople the previous year.Provenance: Guy Abela (1929-2015), Lebanese poet and bibliophile, with his gilt stamp to foot of spines and ownership inscriptions to various preliminary leaves.

A good Victorian Gothic revival brass-mounted walnut lap deskThe neo-gothic mounts incised with scrolling foliage, the sides with bracket-shaped carrying handles, the slope front opening to form a writing surface with tooled and gilt red leather skiver, the barrel-topped pen box opening to a fitted interior with inkwell, vesta case, gilt brass paper knife, agate-handled pencil and pen, two covered stamp compartments with stationary slots behind, the lock plate marked S.Mordan & Co.35.5cm wideCondition:No key. Exterior has minor signs of age including some small veneer chips along the front edge and areas of light cracklure to the vernish. Interior skiver shows some wear particularly at the hinge. Some minor abrasions around the lock bracket. Loss to section of leather covering to vesta case.