1 - Nature A Weekly Journal of Science, Volume 209, January 1 1966 to March 26 1966, London, Macmillan (Journals, Ltd, New York: St Martins Press INC, complete bound journals, green faux leather black text to spine text in cleen good order, library stamp for ‘Technical Library U. S. Naval Propellant Plant Indian Head, Maryland’ to title page, with first edition, first impression of Dr. Stephen Hawking and Dr. R. J Taylor’s paper: Helium Production in an Isotropic Big-Bank Cosmology [p.1278 – p.1279] and an early document on CERN titled CERN: An Opportunity in High-Energy Physics [p.839 – p.840] 2 - Nature , Vol. 234 No. 5327 December 3 1971, Macmillan journals Limited, reply to an article by A. H. Batten & R. P. Olowin on Hawking's article on Black Holes and Binary Stars by S. W Hawking & G. W. Gibbons [p.341 - p.342] This issue of the journal, Nature, contains one of Stephen Hawking’s first pieces of published research, “Helium Production in an Anisotropic Big-Bang Cosmology”, dated March 1966. This is regarded as being where Hawking’s work began, while he was considering the helium content of the universe. Physics has a reputation for being difficult to understand for those of us not in the field, but even at this early stage, Hawking’s writing is surprisingly accessible. He manages to express the implications of his theorising in such a way that non-physicists can comprehend their magnitude. In this paper, Hawking proposes that the universe might not have always been isotropic (i.e., homogenous), as previously claimed. Rather, that “the universe was anisotropic when created but that the anisotropy rapidly disappeared in the expansion” (p.1278). Essentially, Hawking is arguing that not enough of the mass of the universe is taken up by helium for the big-bang to have been truly isotropic. Stephen Hawking CH CBE (1942-2018), a cosmologist who had difficulty reading until the age of eight and was told he would not live past the age of 23, grew up to become one of the greatest minds of our time. As a student at University College Oxford he was intellectually head and shoulders above his peers, and was known to correct the very text books his cohort were learning from. Hawking maintained an incredibly high output of work throughout his life, despite living almost his entire adult life with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
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The Physical Review, Volume 75, Second Series, Number 1, January 1, 1949, published for the American Physical Society, black cloth spine with gold text, black marbled boards, stamp to title page, first edition, first impression of Freeman John Dyson's paper, Radiation Theories of Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman [p.486 - p.502], the first paper to demonstrate the equivalence between Richard Feynman's diagram-based approach to quantum electrodynamics and Julius Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga's operator method approach, first edition, first impression of Norman M. Kroll and Willis E Lamb's, paper, On the Self-Energy of a Bound Electron [p.388-p.398] representing a major step in the research, which 6 years later, would result in Lamb being awarded the Nobel prize in Physics in 1955 for research related to his discovery of the Lamb Shift. Norman M. Kroll was an American theoretical physicist best known for his work in Quantum Electrodynamics
The Physical Review, Volume 94, Second Series Number 1, April 1 1954, published for the American Physical Society, by the Institute of Physics, Library stamp to title-page , faux half calf, spine with small split , boards with blue marbling, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, containing First Editions of R. P. Feynman paper, Atomic theory of the two-fluid model of liquid helium [p.262 - p.277], the paper which document Feynman's solution of the problem of superfluidity in liquid helium-4, H. Y. Carr, and E. M. Purcel's paper Effects on diffusion on free precession in nuclear magnetic resonance experiments [p.630 - p.638], a pioneering paper in magnetic resonance imaging , R. H. Dalitz's ' paper, Decay of mesons of known charge[p.1046 - p.1051], a major breakthrough in 20th-century particle physics.
the catalogue titled 'An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical Mathematical, Philosophical, Photographic and Standard Meteorological Instruments, Manufactured and Sold by NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA, Opticians to Her Majesty The Queen, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; The Admiralty; Honourable Board of Ordnance; Board of Trade; the British Meteorological Society; the Observatories, Kew, Toronto, Washington, Victoria; the East Indian Government; Photographers to the crystal Palace, Sydenham, No.1 Hatton Garden, E.C. Holborn Hill, 59 Cornhill, 122 Regent Street, & 153 Fleet Street, London' dated 1864 in pen to the separate price list, 306 pages, 2822 illustrations, library stamp to front cover for 'Carl Zeiss Jena Archiv. and numbered 40991, Condition: front board lose, no backboard, string spine perished, text block split in two at page 160, pages good and clean, only minor foxing to edges of some pages, pages clean, needs re-binding
First edition of this volume published between 1782 and 1832 first by Panckouche (1782-1792) then by Agasse (1792-1832), originally comprising of 166 and a half volumes of text and 51 volumes of plates, this is the part of the encyclopedia devoted to "Surgery", plates are numbered I to CXIII, however, as usual plates 13 and 52 are absent as in all the copies, having been withdrawn before the publication of the work, quarto 4to, original marbled boards, later spine, single library stamp to front page, plates very clean
Comprising of; The International Psycho-Analytical Library Edited By Ernst Jones, No. 15 The Future of An Illusion, Sigmund Freud, Second Impression, Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London, 1934, in original dust jacket (with repairs); The International Psycho-Analytical Library, No.17, Civilisation and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930; Moses and Monotheism, Sigmund Freud, published by the Hogarth Press and Institute of Psycho-Analysis 1939, with card from Sidney L Bernstein inscribed ‘if you read this you will know who you are, as ever Sidney’; On Aphasia, a Critical Study by Dr. Sigm. Freud Imago Publishing, 1953, ex-library copy heavily stamped, title page perforated, bords impressed with library stamp; The Freud/Jung Letters, William McGuire, 1974, original dust jacket; Sigmund Freud, His Life in Pictures and Words, Ernst Freud & Lucie Freud, 1978, original dust jacket (6) The Future of An Illusion (1934): Originally written in 1927 as Die Zukunft einer Illusion, Freud explores the origins of religion, how it developed over time, and what the future holds for spiritual belief systems. Civilisation and its Discontents (1930): This work of Freud’s explores the duality of the human psyche between a want for individuality while being part of a community. This was first published in German as Unbehagen in der Kultur. Moses and Monotheism (1939): Titled in German as Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion. This book was Freud’s last publication, which he reportedly wrote from his death-bed. In this book, Freud puts forward that Moses was, infact, a priest of Akhenaten who left Egypt when the Pharoah died. Following his self-imposed exile, Moses spread his monotheistic ideals. Baron Sidney Lewis Bernstein (1899-1993), who penned the inscription on this copy, was a successful television executive and founder of Granada Television. Baron Bernstein left school at the age of 15, choosing instead to develop the portfolio that he inherited from his father. Although born in Essex, Baron Bernstein felt adopted by the North of England and based Granada Television in Manchester. On Aphasia (1953): Aphasia is a disorder that affects your ability to communicate with others, whether through speech, reading or writing. This particular book predates Freud’s development of psychoanalytical theory, and is considered his earliest work in psychology. The German version of the book was first published in 1891. The Freud/Jung Letters (1974): This collection of 360 letters covers the time between 1906 until 1914. Jung started as a student of Freud’s, and they worked closely together until their split in 1914. These letters provide invaluable insight into the theoretical development of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud, His Life in Pictures and Words (1978): This biography of Sigmund Freud was pieced together by his son, Ernst Freud, and Ernst’s wife Lucie. The book makes use of illustrations, manuscripts, and letters, in an effort to humanise the father of psychoanalysis. Freud, Sigmund, (1856-1939) is most famous for founding psychoanalysis. Freud’s theories and therapeutic techniques led to much of the psychology we see today. Indeed, several branches of psychology are directly attributable to Freud’s work, including dream interpretation, talking therapies, and false memory creation, among others. Although the psychosexual emphasis of his work is discredited in the modern day, Freud identified many of the relationships between the different facets of the human psyche and the world around us.
Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, by D. H. Lawrence, London Martin Secker, 1923, with stamp on title page for BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SEX PSYCHOLOGY, red cloth boards with paper label to spine and gilt text for B.S.S.S.P LIBRARY Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious - Lawrence intended this book to be a retort to the Freudian theory of the day, although he admits the work to be “pseudo-philosophy”. Six topics are covered: psychoanalysis vs morality; the incest motive and idealism; the birth of consciousness; the child and his mother; the lover and the beloved; and human relations and the unconscious. This copy is from the library of the British Society for the study of Sex Psychology (BSSSP), a now-defunct society. The BSSSP was founded in 1913 with the intention to pursue societal and political reforms towards sex and sexuality, with a particular focus on improving the understanding and acceptance of homosexuality. D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was an incredibly diverse and prolific writer, his body of work including poems, plays, short stories and novels, non-fiction essays, travel writing, critique, translations and even paintings. During his time, Lawrence faced censorship, misrepresentation and ridicule. The poor understanding of his work is likely due to his artistic emphasis on how modernity and industrialisation has dehumanised us. Lawrence sought to undo Victorian-era norms towards sexuality, society and culture.
LATE VICTORIAN SILVER CIGARETTE BOX,maker Miller Brothers, Birmingham 1900, of slightly bombe oblong form, the hinged cover with dachsund finial and inscription 'PRESENTED TO PETER JACK FERGUSON (INDISTINCT) ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNGH OF THE CLYDE SHIPPING CO. TUG "FLYING CONDOR" FERGUSSON BROTHERS (PORT GLASGOW) LTD., PORT GLASGOW 21-7-11', the cover underside with ridged match striker, the base with retailer's stamp for Edward of Glasgow, 9.9cm wide, approx. 305gCover with dings and ware so does not sit flush.
Indian sterling silver comport or footed dish, of circular form engraved with crest and presentation inscription 'With thanks for your help in our War effort, Maharaja of Jodhpur', 'Sterling Silver' stamp and marks for Hamilton & Co, 1946, 22.5cm diameter x 8cm high, 510g approxUmaid [Umed] Singh GCSI GCIE KCVO, (1903–1947), Maharaja of Jodhpur 1918-1947. Amongst his military achievements: Prince of Wales Visit Medal (1922, serving as aide-de-camp)Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), (1922)Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) (1930)King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (1935)Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) (1936)King George VI Coronation Medal (1937)Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon of Annam (1940)Second World War:1939-1945 StarAfrica Star-1945War Medal 1939-1945India Service MedalKnight of the Order of St John (KStJ) (1946)
19th Century French red tortoiseshell and ebonised portico clock, Samuel Marti & Cie, with 3.75-inch white Roman dial, the two-train movement outside countwheel-striking on a bell, with Exposition stamp and number 1437, the case with red tortoiseshell-fronted pediment and frieze over vine-wrapped spiral columns, 52cm high, sold with adjustable cast flowerhead pendulum, together with winder
Mid 19th Century French Sevres-style porcelain mounted mantel clock, the main panel 14cm x 11.5cm, with cellular Roman chapter ring framing landscape-painted centre, over a panel of Watteauesque lovers within jewelled borders, the two-train movement with Japy Freres exposition stamp, the canted architectural case with urn surmount, jewel-bordered roof and side panels, and further frieze panel to front, 36.5cm high
* Quinet (Achille, 1831-1900). Four views of Paris, c. 1875, albumen prints, including a view of the Arc de Triomphe, the Corps Legislatif and 2 views on the Seine with bridges, 18.5 x 24.5 cm, original mounts with photographer's red ink stamp to lower mount right and pencil numbers 12, 15, 20 & 52, framed and glazedQTY: (4)
* Second Boer War. A series of 23 photographs from the Simonstown area, 1899-1900, gelatin silver prints, images 15.5 x 21.5 cm, window-mounted in decorative card mounts with manuscript captions at footQTY: (23)NOTE:Images include: Boer prisoners from the battle of Elandslaagte on HMS Penelope (with an ink cross denoting Col. Schiel); Lord Roberts reading the proclamation in Pretoria, 5 June 1900; Simons Bay with HMS Monarch one of the ships on view (credit stamp of L. Jenks, photographer, Simonstown to rear); Adderly Street, Cape Town; Parliament House, Cape Town; Grant's Brigade returning to the ships from the Front (L. Jenks stamp to verso); Boer prisoners first brought down from Transvaal, passing Simonstown West naval dockyard; Boer prisoners from Prinsloos commando going to Bel-Vue camp passing through Simonstown Jubilee Square; Boer prisoners camp & Warwickshire Regiment, Simons Bay; Warships at Simons Bay (8 ships numbered in ink and identified below); Lord Roberts arriving at Simonstown on a visit to Admiral Harris; Wounded brought down from Graspan; Marines of Doris & Monarch, etc. One photograph is of a printed address and one photograph of Marines going to the front is no longer present.
* South America. A group of 19 ethnographic studio portraits of indigenous people of (?)Guyana, c. 1870, each photograph depicting between 1 and 5 men and women, red ruled borders, rounded corners, red ink stamp of 'Wellcome & Anderson, Photographers' to versos and 4 with printed label for 'J.R. Anderson, Photographer' overlaid, together with 3 other similar portraits of indigenous family groups, one seemingly an outdoor setting, all with plain mounts and straight corners, all 3 inscribed in a contemporary hand to versos, 'Bucks or Red-Indians, BC'QTY: (22)NOTE:Very little is known about the firm of Wellcome & Anderson, but they seem to have been based at Georgetown, Demerara [Guyana] in the 1860s. B. Wellcome died in Barbados on 1 January 1875. The three with manuscript inscriptions to versos may suggest these were taken in British Columbia. Canada, but the very scanty clothing attire on most of the people in these photographs is similar to the 'Guyanan' ones and not the buckskins and so forth that one would usually associate with indigenous people of western Canada.
Danvers (Henry). Murther will out: or, A clear and full discovery that the Earl of Essex did not felloniously murther himself, but was barbarously murthered by others: both by undenyable circumstances, and positive proofs. By Coll. Danvers, [Edinburgh?: s.n., 1689?], 8p., caption title with ink stamp, some margins strengthened, bound with: Braddon (Laurence), Essex’s innocency and honour vindicated: or, Murther, subornation, perjury, and oppression, justly charg’d on the murtherers of that noble lord and true patriot, Arthur (late) Earl of Essex. As proved before the Right Honourable (late) committee of Lords, or ready to be deposed. In a letter to a friend..., London: Printed for the Author, 1690, [8],62p., ink stamp to title, lower margins of some leaves strengthened, bound with, Essex (Arthur Capel, Earl of), An Account of the Pretended Prince of Wales, and other grievanses, that occasioned the nobilities inviting, and the Prince of Orange’s coming into England. To which is added, a short account of the murther of the Earl of Essex, clearing his Lordship from the malicious slander of murthering himself, [London]: Printed in the Year, 1688, [2],37,[1]p., ink stamp to title, inner margins strengthened and final leaf of fore-margin strengthened, some browning, dust-soiling and spotting, 20th century brown half morocco, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R27284; Wing D225. In this edition, line 3 of title ends: felloniously.ESTC R19636; Wing B4101.ESTC R1655; Wing A340.
* Watson-Wentworth (Charles, 1730-1782). 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Whig statesman, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1765-66 & 1782. Autograph Letter Signed in the third person, Grosvenor Square, [London], 3PM, Wednesday 28 February 1770, to Lord Chatham, ‘Lord Rockingham presents his compliments to Lord Chatham & hopes to hear that his Lordship is better, & that his health will enable him to be present in the House of Lords on Friday', a little dusty, a few short splits at foot of vertical fold lines away from text, a few modern, light marginal pencil notes, one page with integral blank, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:One of the rarest of British Prime Minister autographs.William Pitt the Elder, 1st earl of Chatham (1708-1778), dominated British politics and served as Prime Minister, 1766-1768. Under his leadership, mercantile trade boomed, the Seven Years War with France was won and Canada acquired, and Britain became a world empire. In 1766, Pitt, though retaining public office, accepted the title earl of Chatham and went to the House of Lords. Illness cut short his career in 1768 though he continued from time to time to attend Parliament. There he urged accommodation with the American colonies and after the outbreak of the American Revolution favoured a peace settlement. Lord Rockingham was a keen supporter of constitutional rights for the American colonists before the Revolution, and in his first term as prime minister repealed the Stamp Act. He opposed the American War and was again prime minister after the fall of Lord North. At that time, he backed the claim for American independence and initiated negotiations with the fledgling United States to bring the war to a conclusion. The Townsend Acts had been passed in 1767 to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. These led to widespread resistance and protests in the colonies. Both Rockingham and Chatham were in favour of conciliating the Americans and the measure to be debated in Parliament the week of 1st March 1770 was repeal of those acts. Rockingham hoped that Chatham would be able to attend and lend the weight of his name and eloquence to the debate. On 5th March Parliament decided to repeal all of the acts except one, the tax on tea.
* Petty (William, 1737-1805). 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British Prime Minister, 1782-1783. Autograph Cover Signed, ‘Lansdown’, London, 23 November 1792, addressed in his hand to the Hble. MP Fox, Castle, Warwick, vertical closed tear through ‘d’ in signature with no loss, circular red franking stamp, 64 x 110 mm, single staple to card at head, red wax seal on paper tag stapled below, together with a variant signature, ‘Shelburne’, cut from a vellum document, 33 x 88 mm, window-mounted beneath a reproduction colour portrait of Petty, overall 35.5 x 28 cm, plus North (Frederick, 1732-1792), 2nd Earl of Guilford, Lord North, British Prime Minister, 1770-1782. Autograph Signature, ‘North’, signed at the foot of paper document fragment, 155 x 45 mm, window-mounted to right of a reproduction black and white portrait of North, overall 28 x 35.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Lord North led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence, being succeeded by the Earl of Shelburne who was prime minister from 1782 to 1783 during the final months of the war. Lord North is one of the longest-serving prime ministers (12 years 58 days), the Earl of Shelburne one of the shortest-serving (266 days).
* George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1760-1820. Document Signed, 'George R', St James's, 22 January 1801, pre-printed commission on vellum with paper seal and duty stamp, completed in manuscript and appointing J.B. Hart Lieutenant in the 52nd/or Oxfordshire/Regiment of Foot, signed by the King upper left and countersigned by 3rd Duke of Portland lower right, some overall spotting and a few printed letters shaved at right margin, 23.5 x 34.5 cm, together with:William IV (1765-1837). King of the United Kingdom, 1830-1837. Document Signed, 'William R', St James's, 30 January 1832, pre-printed commission on vellum with paper seal and duty stamp, completed in manuscript and appointing John Richardson to be a Captain in the 40th or 2nd Somersetshire Regiment of Foot, signed in a large bold hand by the King to top margin and countersigned by 1st Viscount Goderich lower right, a little soiling, 30 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:These two documents also include autographs of two British prime ministers: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), prime minister, 1783 & 1807-1809; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782-1859), 'the Viscount Goderich', prime minister, 1827-1828. Viscount Goderich is currently the third shortest-serving with a tenure of 144 days, only George Canning (119 days) and Liz Truss (49 days) being shorter.
* British Prime Ministers. A group of 10 autographs of British prime ministers, 1820s/1860s, including Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1801-1804), free front, 1839 with 'To Pay Only' stamp, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812-1827), free front dated 1822, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1828-1830 & 1834), free front, 16 September 1819, to Mrs Arbuthnot, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1846-1852 & 1865-1866), ink signature, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1852, 1858-1859 & 1866-1868), 2 signed unfranked covers, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1852-1855), Autograph Letter Signed, 1851, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1855-1858 & 1859-1865), Autograph Letter Signed & a clipped signature, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1868 & 1874-1880), free front, 1868, to the Earl of AbergavennyQTY: (10)
* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 & 1951-1955. Document Signed by King George V, 'George RI' (1865-1936) and Winston Churchill, 'W.S. Churchill', St James's, 11 March 1911, a pre-printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, being a remission document for John Thirkell at Wakefield prison, 'who was at the Borough Sessions, Scarborough, on 28th October 1910, convicted of stealing and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour', embossed seal and duty stamp, a couple of light water spots not affecting signatures, signed at head by the King and at foot of page 2 by Churchill, as Home Secretary, 2 pages with integral blank, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare document double-signed by King George V, in the first year of his reign, and by Winston Churchill, during his brief tenure has home secretary, and just two months' after his involvement in the siege of Sidney Street.
* British Prime Ministers. A group of 11 autographs of British Labour prime ministers, 20th century, including a Typed Letter Signed from Clement Attlee, a collector's autograph request for including a voucher for a return stamp, John Ramsay MacDonald, clipped from a letter, Harold Wilson x 3 (signed postcard-size photo and signature as Lord Wilson of Rievaulx on House of Lords letterhead and unused sticker), signed postcard-size photo of James Callaghan, plus signed photograph of Tony Blair, and a signed Christmas card, plus 3 signed photographs of Gordon Brown, the 2 smaller ones with accompanying letters and envelopes from 10 Downing StreetQTY: (11)NOTE:A collection of all 6 Labour prime ministers who have served since its creation in 1900.
* Elizabeth (1900-2002). Queen Consort to King George VI, 1936-1952 & Queen Mother, 1952-2002. Christmas and New Year card signed, 'Elizabeth R', 1972, folded white card with gilt embossed crown to upper cover, printed message and signature in blue ballpoint pen inside with a vintage photograph of the Queen Mother seated in an armchair on facing page, 23 x 18.5 cm, together with: Mountbatten (Louis, 1900-1979). 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Document Signed, 'Mountbatten of Burma', 7 November 1951, a pre-printed commission on thin card, completed in manuscript and appointing William Bearn Willder a Surgeon Lieutenant, countersigned in ink by A. Madden at foot with the King's stamped signature upper left, minor soiling and short split to left margin touching embossed Admiralty stamp, 31 x 36.5 cmQTY: (2)
Waterloo. The London Gazette Extraordinary, Thursday, June 22, 1815, original issue giving a printed account of the Battle of Waterloo in the form of a dispatch from the Duke of Wellington, list of officers killed and wounded at end, red ink duty stamp to lower corner of first page, a little age wear and dust soiling, 4pp, slim folio, together with 4 other printed commemorative: A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God... for the late signal and important victory obtained by his Majesty's ships of war, under the command of the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, over the combined fleets of France and Spain, 1805; A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God; for the repeated successes obtained over the French army in Spain by the allied forces under the command of the most Honourable Arthur Marquess of Wellington; and especially for the signal victory obtained on the twenty-first day of June, in the neighborhood of Vittoria, 1813; A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God; for the glorious victory obtained over the French on Sunday eighteenth day of June, at Waterloo..., 1815; Service and Anthems to be used upon Thursday the 18th day of November 1852, being the day appointed for the public funeral of his Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington..., 1852, all folded or stitched as issued, slim 4toQTY: (5)
* Berg (Alban, 1885-1935). Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Berg’, Vienna, 5 October 1912, to his pupil Paul Königer, Berg informs his pupil when he will be available to meet him and comments on their mutual friend and teacher Arnold Schoenberg, reporting on the latter’s successes and the performance of Pelleas and Melisande in various European cities, giving news of Schoenberg and his planned performances of ‘Die Melodramen’ [Pierrot Lunaire] and further mentioning Gustav Mahler, ‘…Ich bekomme heute lange Brief von Schoenberg; er Scheint Sehr Zufrieden …(Pelleas In Haag Amsterdam, Petersburg, Wien [Specht!]…auch der Mahler vertrag halt (Akad. Verband) dirigiert auch In Lemburg Dresden, Stettin, Breslau, Wien (2/Xi) Die Melodramen… ’, with Berg’s personal stamp [Alban Berg Wien xiii/i Trauttmansdorffgasse 27] neatly applied to the top of the second page, both sides of a postcardQTY: (1)NOTE:This letter which mentions both Schoenberg and Mahler by name, was written 2 days after Schoenberg had written to Berg from Berlin, informing the latter of the rehearsals of Pierrot Lunaire, performances of Pelleas und Melisande and a lecture he was to give about Gustav Mahler around the same time as the Berlin premiere of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, the performance of which took place on 18 October, (see The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence, Macmillan, pp. 117/118). Berg effectively repeats a lot of this letter’s practical contents to Königer but significantly mentions Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande as well as Gustav Mahler.Paul Königer (1882-1943) was a student of Schoenberg during 1911 and then a student of Berg at the time the present letter was written. Of his student Königer, Berg wrote in a letter to Schoenberg (the day after this letter was written): ‘Above all Königer, who plans to resign from the office in two months and wants to devote himself entirely to music [which he did not]. Since his most recent things, especially the songs he did over the summer, are quite good and definitely show great progress, I’m very pleased with his decision and now we’ll be able to do a lot of work together on counterpoint and composition.’The works by Schoenberg mentioned here are the Symphonic Poem Pelleas and Melisande Op.5 and Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21 which had its premiere on the 16th October 1912. The reference to Gustav Mahler relates to the planned lecture Schoenberg gave about the great composer and a related contract (‘vertrag’). This lecture took place on 13 October in Berlin’s Harmonium Hall and was organised by the impresario Emil Gutmann (1877-1920).
* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). English Writer and Social Critic. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Charles Dickens', Tavistock House, Thursday 18 September 1856, to Mrs Brown, offering her some times to visit, 'any time tomorrow between 10 and 4, or anytime on Monday between 10-4; or Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday', three old clear hinge tape remains to left and right margins away from signature and text, one page with integral blank leaf, remains of mounting hinges to final blank, 8vo, together with the original mailing envelope addressed and signed by Dickens, to Mrs Brown, and then Miss Burdett Coutts, Prospect Hill, Reading, postmarked penny red stamp, some spotting, recipient's docketing note at head, mounting hinges to versoQTY: (2)NOTE:Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) was a philanthropist and close friend of Dickens. In 1837 Miss Burdett-Coutts moved house and took as her companion Hannah Meredith, a former Governess. Miss Meredith married William Brown, a medical practitioner, in 1844. Following his death, Mrs Brown remained the inseparable friend and chief companion of Miss Burdett-Coutts until her death in 1878.
* Lindbergh (Charles Augustus, 1902-1974). American aviator, military officer, inventor and activist. Photograph Signed, 'C.A. Lindbergh', 1930s, vintage press photograph showing Lindbergh arriving to testify at the Hauptmann Inquiry, accompanied by Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, signed vertically in black ink across Lindbergh's lighter colour jacket, press stamp and markings to verso, original press credit slip dated 26 September 1934 tipped on at foot, image size 12 x 16.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Lindbergh is shown arriving at the Bronx County building to testify at the Bronx County grand jury's investigation into the case of (Bruno) Richard Hauptmann (1899-1936), the Lindbergh kidnap suspect. Hauptmann was a German-born carpenter and was convicted for the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Hauptmann was convicted and sentenced to death, being executed in 1936 by electric chair.
* Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). German composer. Autograph Postcard Signed, ‘Richard Strauss’, Charlottenburg, Knesebeckstrasse 30, 22 October 1902, to Alfred Kalisch, in German, telling him that the [Berlin] premiere of Feuersnot will take place on Tuesday 28 October, hoping that he can come and saying that he will get him tickets if he knows in good time, a little dust-soiling, vertical centre crease and small creases to right-hand corners, address side with significant paper adhesion remains partially affecting postmarked stamp and final address line, 9 x 14 cm, together with a printed letterpress broadside for an early performance of Elektra at Fankfurter Openhaus, 6 February 1909, 49 x 25.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Alfred Kalisch (1863-1933), English music critic and librettist best remembered for his support of Strauss and for his translations of Strauss's operas.Feuersnot, Op. 50, is a one-act opera with a libretto by Ernst von Wolzogen. It was Strauss’s second opera and one which gained notoriety for its bawdiness and innuendo. After its highly successful premiere at the Königliches Opernhaus, Dresden, on 21 November 1901, at which Gustav and Alma Mahler attended, it was staged in many theatres across Germany (and unsuccessfully in Vienna). This postcard relates to the Berlin premiere where it was well received and went on to have seven performances. However, the Kaiserin saw it and took a dislike to the bawdiness so Kaiser Wilhelm had the opera banned.Strauss's one-act opera, Elektra, Op. 58, was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 25 January 1909.
* Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). German composer. Photograph Signed, 'Doctor Richard Strauss', c. 1903, carbon print cabinet photograph by Gebrüder Lützel of Münich, showing the composer in three-quarter profile, signed in blue ink diagonally upwards in clear part of the image upper left, date stamp '1903' to lower right corner, photographer's studio credit printed on original mount beneath photograph, image 148 x 102 mm, a few surface marks, album hinge mount remains to versoQTY: (1)
![* RMS Titanic. An Autograph Postcard Initialled, '(?)C.H.N.', Fairford Lodge, Milbrook Road, Southampton, 5 pm, [Tuesday], 16](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/232ef99e-da70-4638-9ab5-af42011b5f2d/7cb5af64-e961-4971-bfc1-af430113bc19/468x382.jpg)
* RMS Titanic. An Autograph Postcard Initialled, '(?)C.H.N.', Fairford Lodge, Milbrook Road, Southampton, 5 pm, [Tuesday], 16 April 1912, to H.R. Nias, Goldington Grange, Bedford, giving news of the Titanic disaster the day before, 'I did not hear of Titanic disaster until after posting letter yesterday. Up to now the news is very meagre - the only thing certain is that she has gone to the bottom. The White Star Office at 12 could only give information which had appeared in the 'Mail'. It seems so strange that so little comes through by wireless from the ships in the vicinity. Too much confusion perhaps. People here are almost dumbfounded. It is thought that the fore compartments filled, stern rose, ship became unstable and rolled over. It is indeed appalling', printed address at head of message side of postcard, address side with George V 1/2d green with straight line cancel, '7. PM / APL1612A', recipient received and answered date stamp showing 17 & 19 April upper left, 87 x 114 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Following the sinking of the Titanic on Monday 15 April 1912 the news media reporting was rapid. However, it was often inaccurate and led to numerous incorrect headlines and stories. This very early postcard sent the day after the sinking gives an insight into news of the disaster as understood by a Southampton resident, presumably a relation of the recipient.
* Delius (Peggy, active 1935-1945). A group of 22 photographs of ballet at Sadler's Wells & Covent Garden, c. 1937-45, images 25 x 34 cm and similar, contemporary exhibition card mounts with photographer's signature lower right beneath image, some boards with typed caption and some with markings and labels to versos, plus 1 theatre piece similar and 4 larger-format unsigned gelatin silver prints on board of ballet and theatre performances, 38 x 50 cm, 1 with ink stamp of Peggy Delius to verso, plus an exhibition print by Delius entitled 'Christobel's Day: Her Morning Bath', 1938, 37 x 30 cm, and a group of 12 dance studies of a female figure mounted on to rectos of 2 album leaves, images 16.5 x 12 cm, together with:an assorted collection of approximately 30 mostly large-format exhibition print photographs, 1940s/1960s, mostly gelatin silver prints but including 2 Gevaluxe Velour prints, various genre subjects, many with details of Mrs Lucie M. Jones and G.F. Ryall, all larger format sizes, plus 2 carbon prints of crystallising tanks and vacuum pans (pharmaceutical laboratory) published by the British Drug Houses Ltd., London, images 26 x 46 cm, original mounts with printed legends beneathQTY: (approx. 70)
* Architectural Photography. An album containing 64 mounted albumen print photographs, c. 1880s, mostly architectural interest including buildings and interiors identified as the work of architects William Flockhart and Ernest George & Pelo, these buildings identified as Hartford Street, Mayfair, Buchan Hill, Sussex, Collingham Gardens and Harrington Gardens, one image with embossed stamp of Bedford Lemere & Co., possibly some others by Bedford Lemere also including 4 photographs of Victoria Assize Courts, Birmingham, images 19 x 27 cm and slightly larger, the remainder of the album with smaller-format photographs of British buildings and churches, some by Frith series, James Valentine and George Washington Wilson, various sizes, many images identified in ink on the mounts, contemporary half morocco, worn, covers detached and backstrip deficient, large 4to (43 x 38 cm)QTY: (1)
Tempor Watch Company, Genève - A Sterling silver open faced Masonic pocket watch, circa 1925, the unsigned triangular shaped mother of pearl dial, 36mm long to each side, marked LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN AND GIVE HIM A HELPING HAND, with Masonic symbols as hour markers, blued hands, and chemin de fer chapter ring, signed 15 jewel mechanical crown wind movement with flat topped winder under a triangular pendant bow, triangular shaped case, 53mm long to each side, front bezel with chain link embellishment and blue triangular cabochon stone at 12 o'clock, sides decorated with Masonic imagery, verso hinged to the top and decorated with Masonic imagery, interior stamped 895, interior of case stamped 895 with Edinburgh import marks for Sterling silver, additionally stamped USA PATENT 66542 ENGLISCH PATENT 713821 SWISS PATENT 36889, verso of movement 30mm diameter, snap on, plain and polished, interior numbered 1895 with Edinburgh import marks for Sterling silver, untraced sponsor's mark (DS within a rectangular stamp) and casemaker's mark of Huguenin Frères, additionally marked 0.925, 55.4g gross
Certina - An 18ct gold wristwatch, circa 1970, model number 1910 076, serial number 770845, the circular champagne dial, 23mm diameter, with black batons and hands and date window at 3 o'clock, signed but unnumbered 32 jewel mechanical automatic movement calibre 17-211, case, 25mm diameter, verso snap on, plain and polished, numbered 1910 076 770845, interior liveried with Swiss mark for 18ct gold, Geneva and Poinçon de Maître: Hammer Head number 121 for Guillod Gunther SA together with 3 /10 case thickness stamp, to an aftermarket black leather strap with gilt pin buckle
Patek Phiilippe - An 18ct gold and diamond set 'Gondolo' wristwatch, circa 2011, reference number 4868R-001, the signed square silver/grey dial 14mm wide, with rose coloured quatre Roman numerals and hands, signed and liveried 6 jewel quartz movement number 3309587, calibre E15, the crown with facetted diamond endstone, case, 28mm wide, front bezel pavé set with 56 round brilliant cut diamonds, corner edges each pavé set with 6 round brilliant cut diamonds, total diamond weight given as 0.83ct, verso with four screws, plain and polished, with convention and Swiss mark for 18ct gold, Chaux-de-Fonds, additionally marked PPCo within an oval stamp, and 750, interior signed and liveried, numbered 4364898 4868 together with Poinçon de Maître: Hammer Head number 357 for Calame & Cie SA, to the original black strap with quick release lug bars, the pin buckle with convention and Swiss mark for 18ct gold, Geneva, additionally marked PPCo within an oval stamp, and 750, presented with an additional white alligator strap, original receipt dated 12/03/2011 for £12,330, original case with liveried material cover, brown leather liveried wallet containing instructions and other information booklets and certificate of origin The Gondolo collection was named after the famous retailer in Rio de Janeiro, Gondolo & Labouriau, with whom Patek Philippe enjoyed a strong and successful business relationship between 1872 and 1927. This bond resulted in the creation of timepieces - designed exclusively for the Brazilian retailer - named the “Chronometro Gondolo”. The collection initially consisted only of pocket watches, before the first wristwatches appeared in the 1920s.At a time when Europe struggled with lean years and faced a World War, it was Gondolo & Labouriau alone who retailed close to a third of the entire production of Patek Philippe watches. Sales were so spectacular that in Brazil, 'Patek' even became a substitute for the noun 'watch'; instead of buying a watch, you bought a Patek - even if it wasn’t a Patek Philippe at all.Dear Mr CanertYour registration was declined due to a block from Paul Beighton Auctioneers ltd in Dec 2019. Please can you advise why this block was put in place?With kind regardsCheffins Fine Art
Child & Child - A diamond set heart brooch, the colourless heart surrounded by rose cut diamonds, mounted to a curved branch with diamond set leaves, dimensions 3 x 1.3cm, pin and hook fitting, verso with distinctive sunflower stamp, unhallmarked, tested as 9ct gold with silver settings, weight 1.9g
Moorcroft Pottery 2001 year plate designed by Nicola Slaney, limited edition no.313 of 750, with factory stamps and script initials to the underside, 8.75" diameter; together with a 1999 year plate designed by Nicola Slaney, limited edition no.450/750, with factory stamp and script initials to the underside, 9" diameter
19th century Sevres 'Bleu Celeste' coffee can and saucer, decorated with winged cherubs around the gilt royal cypher for King Louis Phillippe, both with Chateau des Tuileries & Sevres stamp dated 1846, saucer 5" diameter; together with an early 20th century miniature Dresden floral encrusted tea cup and saucer, SP Dresden mark to the underside with impressed mark 998M, saucer 4" diameter (2)
Walter Richard Sickert (British 1860-1942) - a scene from a stage play (possibly after Kenny Meadows) limited edition lithograph in colours. Signed in pencil by the artist to lower right margin. Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp to lower left. Published by W J Stacey, London, circa 1930. Image size 19'' x 15'' (48 cm x 38 cm) excluding margins. Framed size 30'' x 23'' (75 cm x 58 cm) approx. In period wooden frame, with old gallery label verso for R Jackson & Sons - Printsellers, 18a Slater Street, Liverpool. Condition: strong colour, some age toning to mount.
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