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Lot 104
SMEATON (JOHN)A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, engraved vignette on title, 23 engraved plates and plans (one folding, with short tear and small loss to one corner), occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine and gilt lettering label, one corner repaired, worn, folio (563 x 375mm.), Longman, Hurst, 1813Footnotes:Completed in 1759 the Eddystone lighthouse was John Smeaton's first major project, immediately establishing his reputation as one of the most important civil engineers of the eighteenth century.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
Lot 159
INDIA - PHOTOGRAPHYBEATO (FELICE) Twenty-four photographs of Lucknow, together with 2 parts of a panorama, lightly albumenized prints, numbered in negatives, the 2 parts of the panorama joined, approximately 240 x 300mm., 1858Footnotes:Beato arrived in the city in March of 1858, just days after the British had finally routed the rebel sepoys who had previously lain siege to the Residency. 'Large sectors of a once radiant and sparkling city were reduced to rubble' during the conflict (Llewellyn-Jones, Lucknow: City of Illusion, p.7).Includes: execution of rebels (L1); ornate gateway at Kaiser Bagh (L21); bridge of boats (L5); Moti Mahal (L19); Secundra Bagh (L12); road by which Henry Havelock entered (L31); Clock Tower Gate (L33); Munchee Bagh or Old Citadel (L41); Stone Bridge and the New Fortifications (L44); overhead view of the Hussainabad Imambara (L52); two parts of his 8-part panorama taken from the Great Imambara (A4, A5).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 244
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To David & Jenny, J.K. Rowling' on half-title, light toning, publisher's wrappers, worn, complete loss of lamination, covers heavily creased, some losses to printed surface near lower joint, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:INSCRIBED FIRST IMPRESSION of the paperback Philosopher's Stone - seemingly rarer than inscribed hardback copies of the first impression.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
Lot 245
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, eighth impression, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Gillian (or, as I prefer to think of her, Ginny) with thanks for all her excellent questions! J.K. Rowling', ownership inscription on verso of upper wrapper and traces of adhesion, publisher's wrappers, rubbed, lamination lifting, spine faded, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:Ginevra Molly Weasley, or 'Ginny', is the youngest sibling in the Weasley family and eventually becomes Harry Potter's wife. Rowling inscribed this copy of the paperback Philosopher's Stone to a curious fan, Gillian, who attended a book signing at Waterstone's in Glasgow in July 1998.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
Lot 39
MANUSCRIPT - CULINARY AND MEDICINAL RECEIPTSEighteenth century recipe book bearing the ownership inscriptions 'Joanna Ellison/ Her book 1745' and latterly those of 'Edw. Atherton' of Market Drayton, (who exorts 'Stail not this Book for fear of shame/ for hear you see the owners name') and 'M. Cooper', including culinary, medicinal and household recipes written in several hands, 'To make Wiggs' ('when you have dryed two pounds of flower, mix in half a pound of sugar...'), 'To make a Tansey', 'To make Catch-up' ('This is exceeding good in fish sauce... you may put in two, or three spoonfulls, according to the bigness of your dish, more, or less'), 'To make Everton Toffey', 'To make strong broth when in hast', 'To pot larks or any other fowls', 'To make a pudding in a hares belly', at the end of the book some pages devoted to medicinal recipes 'Powder for the teeth to fasten them and make them white', 'The bitter draught', 'A most excellent drink' ('...good against the common plague, but also against the sweating sickness, the small pox, meazells and surfites... it is better than the beaser-stone...this hath been proved...') and some household tips ('To Dye a French Yellow', 'To wash Black Silks', 'To clean Pictures', 'To print Callicoe or Linin'), accounts ('Thos Vaugan to John Walker... 1 peck superfine Early peas...') and 'A Cattalogue of my Books in October ye 11 1726' in a childish hand, mostly written on recto only, beginning with an index and with miscellaneous jottings interspersed throughout, 68 numbered leaves, modern quarter calf, most of original calf sides laid down on covers, 8vo (180 x 110mm.), , mid-eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryFootnotes:'BETTER THAN THE BEASER-STONE': Traditionally, the beaser-stone, a concretion found in the entrails of an animal, usually a goat, was believed to be a failsafe antidote for various ailments. Our recipe for an 'excellent drink', a concoction of herbs and spices, mithridate, treacle and aquavita, has proven even more efficacious; '...take morning and evening, one spoonful at a time Lukewarm... in any plague time next under God, trust in this for a certain cure, for there was never man or woman, or child, that ever this drink deceived... assure yourself it is better than the beaser-stone... he must lie down to sweat two or three hours, and after let him be well dryed and keep warm... it never failld but did good'.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
Lot 47
MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK – DURHAMHousehold recipe book, bearing the ownership inscriptions of 'Henrietta Wharton' with 'Old Park' written in another hand on inside front board, and that of her husband 'Richd Wharton Old Park/ Neigh Bpp Auckland' on inside leaf, comprising culinary and medicinal receipts in several hands, including 'Raspberry Wine equal to Burgundy', ' Yorkshire Cakes', 'Poor Squires', 'Worcestershire Rolls', 'Charcoal Soup', 'Lady Delaware's Orange Puddings', 'White Catchup Old Park', the 'Receipt for Sally Lunns Mrs Needs' Bakers at Bath' is illustrated with a diagram ('...The mode of buttering her is extremely material. She must be cut horizontally into three, buttered, & then divided into quarters... after which Sally must be put into the oven again for a few minutes... Her form is so regular that perhaps she is baked in a tin...'), 'To keep butter two years', 'Brain Sauce', 'To cure frozen Limbs', 'To prevent colours running in Washing', 'Cure for the bite of a Cobra di Capello', 'Opening Pills', 'Method of destroying the Putrid smell which meat acquires during hot weather', 'Stone color – Auckland Castle', 'For making Leather Water proof', some later recipes attributed with names or initials ('Mrs Rt Wharton', 'O.P.', 'Mrs Ingilby'); household notes including instructions for weaving ('...Kitchen table cloths sheet 9d Pound spun to 20 cuts N.B. Mrs Hutchinson wheel is 5 quarters long...'), the names of tradesmen ('Wallis & Vasey... Flax-dresser/ John Kidd Newcastle'), and a 'receipt for boiling yarn' ('...let the yarn be well covered and boil it slowly... let it be well rubbed between the hands, ant beat upon a table to make it smooth...'), index at end, last two leaves inverted, 149 leaves, 65 blanks, browning, spotting and usual wear, contemporary quarter calf, defective, c.1792 onwardsFootnotes:Richard Wharton (c.1764-1828) of Old Park, Durham, was the second son of Thomas Wharton (d.1794), physician and close friend of the poet Thomas Gray (indeed it was from Old Park that Gray embarked on his tour of the Lakes in 1769). He married Henrietta, daughter of James Farrer of Clapham, Yorkshire, in June 1792. That she signs her ownership inscription with her married name would therefore suggest that date as a terminus post quem for this volume. Richard Wharton was a barrister and served as MP for Durham from 1802-4 and 1806-20, was sometime chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, joint Secretary of the Treasury and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Samuel Egerton Brydges described him as a man of 'quick talents, much literature, and most pleasing manners, hospitable and open; a man of the world, of a handsome person and benevolent expression'. It would appear he lived at Old Park as the tenant of his elder brother, Robert.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
Lot 456
Contemporary Art Society for Wales, a suite of 12 prints in an edition of 35, (this edition number 13/35) to celebrate the year of the artist 2000/2001 including Brendan Stuart Burns "January" signed in pencil to the margin, Charles Burton "February" signed in pencil to the margin, Glenys Cour "March" signed in pencil to the margin, Ivor Davies "April" signed in pencil to the margin, Glynn Williams "May (Flowers of Stone" signed in pencil to the margin, Kevin Sinnott "Ascention Days" June, Signed in pencil to the margin, Edward Povey "August", signed in pencil to the margin, Peter Prendergast "September" signed in pencil to the margin, Mary LLoyd Jones "Hydref" October, signed in pencil to the margin, James Donovan "Guy's Night Out" November signed in pencil to the margin, Clive Hicks-Jenkins "December" signed in pencil to the margin, with original paperwork and box file***Artists Resale Rights may apply to this lot*** CONDITION REPORT: Please note the print by Eleri Mills "July" is missing from the set
Lot 144
A collection of 25 semi-precious stone specimen models of eggs, to include examples in quartz, aventurine, jasper, opaline and others, presented in a fitted card collecting case with typed index to cover, the case 14.5 x 11.5cm overall; and another, similar collection of 16 specimen models of eggs, the fitted card case 10.5 x 14cm overall
Lot 190
A Russian malachite veneered and gilt metal mounted casket, second half 19th century, of rounded rectangular form, the hinged cover and body with engine milled borders, mounted with lions' masks, the escutcheon with a floral wreath, 6 x 11 x 8cm; a Continental gilt metal and malachite mounted model of a hound, late 19th century, on a stepped rectangular plinth, 11cm high overall, the base 22 x 15cm; and a malachite veneered desk weight, inset with a gilt medallion of Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, after George Gamon Adams (1821-98), 10.5 x 16cmCondition Report: The items bear the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use.The interior of the casket is white marble. There is some minor adhesive residue visible to the underside, where the felt cover has been reattached. The veneer has some very minor chips and losses to the edges, and the body shows other small irregularities naturally occurring within the stone. The mounts are a little bent and have some dirt/polish in the recesses.The base of the dog sculpture has chips to the corners and areas of filling/adhesive between panels of the veneer. The desk weight has a chip to the side of the veneer.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 261
A collection of silver plated items etc., to include an oriental cigarette case, decorated with female figures, engraved with name Nakai, a cheroot holder, a French engraved cigarette box with personal inscription to the interior dated 1927, a silver plated cigarette case with red coloured stone embellishment and a cigarette lighter (4).
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