Early to mid 18th Century green glass seal bottle, probably East Midlands circa 1720-40, initialled TH within scalloped border, 22cm high For bottles displaying a similar seal, see Burton, David, Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900, Vol. 3, ACC 2015 p.1159, where stated 'this style of engraving with its distinctive triangular border was known in the Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire area… one bottle was excavated near Chesterfield, Derbyshire on farmland close to Wingerworth Hall. The initials on the bottle may have connection with the Hunloke family who were the owners of the Hall.' Small flaw (perhaps a burst bubble) to the irregular shape rim plus further old losses to same. There is a crease line to the neck but this is in manufacturing process. Some general lustre and 'nature's gilding' plus some opacity to lustre particularly beneath seal. **General condition consistent with age
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19th Century English School - Pair of oils on canvas - Portraits of a lady and gentleman - Jane Brown and Thomas Brown, he seated wearing a dark blue coat with gold buttons and holding a letter and quill, she seated and wearing a decorative cap, lace collar and dark blue dress, holding a book, each verso with label 'Thomas Brown of Greenhill, Greenheys, Manchester who died 18th August 1849 aged 67 years and buried at All Saints Churchyard, Oxford Road, Manchester', and 'Jane Brown wife of Thomas Brown of Greenhill, Greenheys, Manchester who died June 18th 1849 aged 68 years and buried at All Saints Churchyard, Oxford Road, Manchester', 92cm x 74cm Condition: On the male - Uniform craquelure across the surface with some bitumen issues to the black of the coat in areas, re-lined - On the female - some craquelure and paint losses along the lower edge, appears to be a small tear approximately 4cm in length restored just above the bottom edge of the image within the dress, some overpainting possibly to the face, re-lined, both frames with minor losses - **General condition consistent with age
Isokon bent ply 'Long Chair', circa 1940, designed by Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), 130cm long, together with original foam seat cushion. Provenance - Purchased by the vendor's uncle, David Goldhill (architect) who qualified circa 1939. This chair his first purchase after qualifying. Based in London during his career, work included the design of Camden Mews as well as projects on the London Underground. The recliner had pride of place in his home, by descent Condition: There is a filled split on the top surface that extends nearly halfway across the leg support - see images, the rear foot on one side has a diagonal split - see images, would strongly recommend viewing this lot in person
THREE RMS Titanic Mooring Rope Presentation, We have just acquired a piece of mooring rope used at Harland and Wolff by a Carpenter Shipwright who worked on the RMS Titanic, It was owned by one of our customers Grandfathers and he was told that it was a piece of mooring rope actually used to moor the Titanic in Belfast during construction, We have cut the original section of mooring rope into 3cm strips and produced a lovely 10 x 8 inch black and white montage photo of the great liner, The photograph features images of Titanic in Belfast during construction, and afterwards at sea, Attached in the centre of the photograph is your 3cm strand of the actual Titanic mooring rope, enclosed in a plastic grip bag, Your presentation will consist of the 8x10 photo, a 3cm strand of Titanic mooring rope, enclosed in a grip lock bag attached to the photo, We will also include a sticker on the reverse with a photo of the man who worked on Titanic in Belfast and a photo of the original section of mooring rope from which your strand was cut, We believe there will be no more than 700 presentations completed, This auction is for THREE PRESENTATIONS. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Fritz Feld signed 10x8 black and white photo, October 15, 1900 - November 18, 1993) was a German-American film character actor who appeared in over 140 films in 72 years, both silent and sound, His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a pop sound, Dedicated. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Blowout Sale! Caroline Munro sexy 007 hand signed 10x8 photo, This beautiful hand-signed photo depicts Caroline Munro who is best known for her role as Naomi in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me, Caroline also starred in Starcrash, At The Earths Core and numerous other movies, This signed photo is guaranteed authentic, and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Blowout Sale! Tom Baker Dr, Who hand signed 10x8 photo, This beautiful hand-signed photo depicts Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor in the classic scifi tv show Dr, Who, This signed photo is guaranteed authentic, and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Michael Kilgarriff signed 10x8 colour photo from Doctor Who and the Cybermen. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Harry H Corbett signature piece, Scruffy piece but would not show once mounted with a picture, 28 February 1925 - 21 March 1982) was an English actor and comedian, who co-starred in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son alongside Wilfrid Brambell, which was broadcast from 1962-65 and 1970-74. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Michael Kilgarriff signed 10x8 colour photo from Doctor Who and the Cybermen. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Tara Wood signed colour 10x8 photo from Doctor Who - warriors of the deep. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Jimmy Carr comedian signed 10x8 relaxed full body shot colour photo, James Anthony Patrick Carr, born 15 September 1972 is an English stand-up comedian, presenter, writer, and actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship, He is known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and heckler interaction, Carr moved to a career in comedy in 2000, After becoming established as a stand-up comedian, Carr began to appear in a number of Channel 4 television shows, becoming the host of the panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and also The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, a comedy panel show that airs each December to review the past year. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Movies Christopher Mintz-Plasse 10x8 signed Kick Ass colour photo, Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse is an American actor, comedian and musician who has performed roles such as McLovin in Superbad, Augie Farcques in Role Models, Fishlegs Ingerman in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise and as Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass and its sequel Kick-Ass 2. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
WW2 Luftwaffe Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel signed 6 x 4 inch b/w portrait biography photo in uniform, Einsiedel served as a German fighter pilot, initially with Jagdgeschwader 2 over the Western Front, flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109, He took part in escort operations over the cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen as they made their 'Channel dash' from Brest to Germany in February 1942, von Einsiedel claimed two of the six Fairey Swordfish of No, 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, who made an unsuccessful low-level torpedo attack, On one occasion he was shot down and crash-landed near Rotterdam and was also shot down into the Channel and rescued, In June 1942 von Einsiedel was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 3 on the Russian Front for the forthcoming offensive against Stalingrad, Over the next six weeks, he claimed 33 Russian aircraft downed, including four Petlyakov Pe-2 bombers in the space of six minutes on 20 August, He was awarded the German Cross in Gold. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
A Good Collection of 45 used Concert Tickets from the 70s/80 primarily. Including Fairport Convention / Sandy Denny / Santana / Bob Dylan / Traffic / Commander Cody / Steeleye Span / Rod Stewart / Bruce Springsteen / Derek and the Dominoes / The Who / Little Feat etc all in excellent condition.
A collection of Rock / Prog and Folk VINYL LP RECORDS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 2 X Vintage Record cases containing 60 lps including Black Sabbath, Ozzy , Dire Straits, Van Halen, The Who, Vega, Williams, Eta James, Moody Blues, John Mayall, Tangerine Dream, Rolling Stones, BIg Brother Holidng Co., Pink FLoyd, Wishbone Ash, Family, Led Zeppelin, Moby Grape, Iron Butterfly, Jethro Tull, Vanilla Fudge, Velvet Opera etc.
Ivor Novello Award. Karma Chameleon (Culture Club), Best Pop Song 1983. Bronze statuette, a representation of the Greek Muse of lyric poetry, Euterpe, on wooden plinth with engraved brass plaque, 'Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. "Karma Chameleon" Best Pop Song 1983'. The song, which was co-written by Phil Pickett, Boy George and Culture Club, is one of the biggest-selling singles of all time worldwide. According to Sir Richard Branson (in his autobiography, Losing My Virginity), the song 'became Number 1 in every country in the world that had a chart.'Provenance: Vendor worked for Virgin Music Publishers and has provided the following quote about the award: 'It was a sad day for those of us who worked at Virgin when Richard Branson sold the Virgin Music empire to EMI in 1992. Virgin Music Publishers were the first to have to pack up their things and leave. As part of the creative team we were allowed to take mementos, Karma Chameleon was my favourite track of the decade, it was a kind of karma-justice losing my job but being able to take the Ivor as a keepsake'
A large box of LP records, ex new shop stock, damage to covers vinyl new and three box sets US colour vinyl deluxe x 2 and Roxy Music CD/DVD box collection, LP's Metallica, U2, The Who, Tom Petty, Pete Yorn, Mick Jagger, Blondie, Star Wars, Eminem, The Cure, Snow Patrol, the Blossoms, Ben Howard, The Shires, Calum Scott, Gladiators, James Bay Colours, etc 40 x LP's and 3 x box sets
DAVID GAULD RSA (SCOTTISH 1865 - 1936), AYRSHIRE COWS RESTING BY THE SEA, oil on canvas, signed 61cm x 84cm Framed. Note: David Gauld (7 November 1865 - 18 June 1936) was an important Scottish artist who worked in both oils and stained glass and was regarded as being one of the innovators within the Glasgow Boys group. Some of his works, such as St Agnes and Music are seen as precursors of the Art Nouveau movement. His works were seen as having both a Japanese and Pre-Raphaelite influence upon them. Gauld was born in Glasgow and served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1882 to 1885. He came to public notice in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the Glasgow Weekly Citizen. Gauld shared the Castlemains Studio in Kirkcudbright with William Stewart MacGeorge and then in later life shared a studio with Harrington Mann at 31 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from 1891 to 1894. During this time he designed stained glass windows for Guthrie and Wells. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George Street in Glasgow. He also lived at various locations in Kirkcudbright , Glasgow and North Berwick. In 1889 he returned to the Glasgow School of Art and also studied in Paris for a period that year. Like other artists from Glasgow, Gauld spent time at the artists colony at Grez-sur-Loing in France Forty three examples of David Gauld 's work are held in the collections of various UK public galleries including Glasgow Museums, The Hunterian , The Scottish National Gallery, Kelvingrove , Gracefield , Paisley, Kirkcaldy and The Fleming Collection.
DAVID GAULD RSA (SCOTTISH 1865 - 1936), THREE CALVES RESTING oil on canvas, signed 46cm x 76cm Framed. Note: David Gauld (7 November 1865 - 18 June 1936) was an important Scottish artist who worked in both oils and stained glass and was regarded as being one of the innovators within the Glasgow Boys group. Some of his works, such as St Agnes and Music are seen as precursors of the Art Nouveau movement. His works were seen as having both a Japanese and Pre-Raphaelite influence upon them. Gauld was born in Glasgow and served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and then attended Glasgow School of Art from 1882 to 1885. He came to public notice in the 1880s when he supplied a series of Japanese-influenced pen and ink drawings for the Glasgow Weekly Citizen. Gauld shared the Castlemains Studio in Kirkcudbright with William Stewart MacGeorge and then in later life shared a studio with Harrington Mann at 31 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from 1891 to 1894. During this time he designed stained glass windows for Guthrie and Wells. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George Street in Glasgow. He also lived at various locations in Kirkcudbright, Glasgow and North Berwick. In 1889 he returned to the Glasgow School of Art and also studied in Paris for a period that year. Like other artists from Glasgow, Gauld spent time at the artists colony at Grez-sur-Loing in France Forty three examples of David Gauld's work are held in the collections of various UK public galleries including Glasgow Museums, The Hunterian, The Scottish National Gallery, Kelvingrove, Gracefield, Paisley, Kirkcaldy and The Fleming Collection.
DARWIN (CHARLES)The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 'tenth thousand', 7 photographic plates, without advertisements [Freeman 1144], 1873; Insectivorous Plants, 'second thousand', without half-title and errata slip [Freeman 1218], 1875; The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, 'second edition, revised' [Freeman 836], 1875; Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle', second edition, 5 folding plates (one hand-coloured), 2 folding maps [Freeman 276], Smith, Elder, 1876; The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, without half-title [Freeman 1249], 1876; The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects, 'second edition, revised', without half-title [Freeman 801], 1877; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, FIRST EDITION, [Freeman 1277], 1877; The Power of Movement in Plants... Assisted by Francis Darwin, 'second thousand', without advertisements [Freeman 1326], 1880; The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 'second edition (fourteenth thousand), revised and augmented', without half-title [Freeman 953], 1881; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, 'sixth thousand (corrected)' [Freeman 1362], 1882; A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round the World, 'fifteenth thousand' [Freeman 38], 1882; The Variation and Plants Under Domestication, 2 vol., 'second edition, revised, fifth thousand' [Freeman 883], 1882--KRAUSE (ERNST) Erasmus Darwin... with a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED by the publishers 'From C. Darwin' on the front free endpaper, and in another hand 'Francis Darwin from Charles Darwin 1879' on the front paste-down, frontispiece portrait, 1879, uniform calf by The Yorkshire Post Bookbinding Works, Leeds (with green binder's ticket inside upper cover of each volume), spines gilt with red morocco title label, the Krause a slightly lighter calf, rubbed, 8vo, all but the fourth mentioned John Murray (14)Footnotes:Provenance: Formerly at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, the Darwin family home from 1680 until just after the Second World War. The Francis Darwin to whom the copy of Krause's Erasmus Darwin was presented by Charles Darwin, was most presumably Francis Rhodes Darwin (1825-1920), who inherited Elston Hall in 1850. The house, where Erasmus was born, is illustrated in Krause's biography; by descent to a member of the Darwin family.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)Goldfinger, ownership signature on front free endpaper, remains of label at rear, 1959; The Spy Who Loved Me, second impression, 1962; You Only Live Twice, 1964; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966, dust-jackets (the first repaired with tape on reverse); From Russia With Love, fourth impression, 1958; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, seventh impression, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965; idem, second impression, 1965, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, 8vo (8)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
GARCIA LORCA (FEDERICO)Impresiones y Paisajes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, untrimmed and unopened in publisher's wrappers, the upper cover illustrated with a design by Ismael [Gonzàlez de la Serna] printed in green, foot of spine slightly chipped, 8vo, Granada, P.V. Traveset, [1918]Footnotes:A FINE UNOPENED COPY OF LORCA'S RARE FIRST BOOK, SOLD ON BEHALF OF A DESCENDANT OF THE POET.Impresiones y paisajes is a collection of lyrical prose pieces published in April 1918 at the expense of Lorca's father. They were written by the 20-year old aspiring writer during a series of four trips he made through Castile, Léon and Galicia in 1916 and 1917, accompanied by some fellow students and a professor from the university, Martín Domínguez Berrueta, who encouraged him to publish his account. 1917 proved to be a turning point in Lorca's life: he met Antonio Machado in Baeza, and on his return to Granada (despite dedicating the book to his former music teacher and befriending the composer Manuel de Falla), he abandoned his music studies and turned his hand to writing poetry.The first edition is extremely scarce. According to Carlos Morla Linch (in En España con Federico García Lorca, 1957), so few copies were sold that the disillusioned writer gathered together all those he could lay his hands on and set them on fire. Only three copies appear in auction records (all sold in the last few years, two of them in these rooms), and we have traced just five copies in institutions (two in the USA, two in Madrid and a presentation copy in Granada).A publisher's advertisement at the end of the book announces as 'en prensa' a work entitled Elogios y canciones, but this, and the other works listed as being in preparation, never saw the light of day.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
JAQUES (FAITH)A large archive of original artwork for books illustrated, and sometimes written, by Faith Jaques, with other artwork for magazines (Radio Times, Cricket, etc.), upwards of 600 original illustrations (approximately 200 fully realised watercolours or gouache, the others black ink), on paper or artist's boards, many with overslips, marginal annotations, several dummy mock-ups, various sizes, [1960s-1990s] (large quantity)Footnotes:'Faith Jaques was one of the outstanding illustrators responsible for the renaissance of British picture books during the last three decades... Her brilliance found many outlets, including Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (obituary in The Independent, 1997).An exceptional archive including upwards of six hundred original pieces of artwork, including those for many of Jaques' best-loved books from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is rich in cover designs, dummy mock-ups, final page-lay outs as well as numerous striking individual images.Colour works include: 'Johnnie Golightly and his Crocodile. By Ursula Moray Williams' (14 including front/back cover, together with full pen and ink mock-up of the book); 'The Magic Fish-bone. By Charles Dickens (17, most double-page, including front/back cover, together with full pen and ink mock-up of the book, with variant colour cover design); 'The Giant Who Swallowed the Wind' and 'The Giant that Stole the World' (both by John Cunliffe, 27, mostly colour); 'The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes' (42); 'Little Grey Rabbit's House' (12), 'Our Village Shop' (15), 'Goldilocks in the House of the Three Bears' (12); 'Kidnap in Willowbank Wood' (3, with a full pencil mock-up of the book); 'The Return of the Antelope' (21, including cover illustration which is 300 x 460mm., and copy of the book inscribed by the author); 'The Hugh Evelyn History of Costumes' and 'A First Look at Costume' (approximately 90 costume plates, some with 2 images on sheet); 'Tilly's Rescue' (3 variant versions of colour plates including the upper cover, together with half-size pencil dummy of the book; archive of textual charges, correspondence, etc.); Other colour material includes full-colour cover artwork for 'The Little Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes' (unused, front and back), Margary Fisher's 'Journeys' (front), Andre Norton's 'Octagon Magic' (front), Leon Garfield's 'Moss and Blister'; Full-page illustration of a magician from Eric Houghton's 'The House and the Magician'; 'The Sleeping Princess... Text by Brothers Grimm', 32-page full colour manuscript mock-up with printed text pasted-in; Phillipa Pearce's 'What the Neighbours Did' (front and back).The black and white artwork includes: illustrations for 'Carrie's War.... by Nina Bawden' (6); 'A Picnic With the Aunts. By Ursula Moray Williams' (8, with a copy of the book inscribed by the author to Jaques 'for making this book what it is'); 'The War of Bird's and Beasts... by Arthur Ransome' (30, with 2 full-colour cover designs); 'Apprentices' series by Leon Garfield (approximately 110 black and white, according to Jaques' obituary 'among her finest work'); and others such as 'The Faber Book of Greek Legends'.Provenance: Faith Jaques (1923-1997); by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - KATE EADIEElegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 20 pages, frontispiece with a full-page miniature of woodcutters felling trees with an elaborate border of hawthorn foliage and berries in gold, brown and blue, title-page with raised gold lettering, second frontispiece incorporating large round miniature of the Church at Stoke Poges and smaller one of the Gray memorial, within a border of oak leaves and branches with acorns, subtitle-page lettered in blue and turquoise, the poem mostly written in black ink on 16 pages (including the Epitaph), each with a different decorative border in gold and colours of foliage reflecting the text of the poem, capital letters in various colours on a gold ground throughout, the first page with elaborate heading and historiated letter T incorporating figure of the ploughman, the following 14 pages each with one historiated and one decorative initial, original limp vellum, titled in gilt on upper cover, remnants of green silk ties, preserved in green cloth solander box, 4to (317 x 240mm.), [c.1900-1910]Footnotes:A fine and very rare example of an illuminated manuscript by the Birmingham enameller, jeweller, illuminator and Arts & Crafts designer Kate Eadie. Kate Muriel Mason Eadie (1880-1945) trained at the Birmingham school of Art, where she is believed to have been taught by Arthur Joseph Gaskin. In 1902 she won the national Owen Jones prize, awarded to 'Students at the Schools of Art who, in annual competition, produce the best designs for Household Furniture, Carpets, Wall-papers and Hangings, Damask, Chintzes etc.' In 1915, she became the first woman to be elected Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, exhibiting jewellery, metalware, stained glass design, illuminated manuscripts and Limoges enamels - her gouache on vellum The Defence of Guenevere won the Harry Lucas Award for the finest example of decorative artwork in the RBSA's Spring Exhibition of 1916. At Birmingham she had also met the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sidney Harold Meteyard. She posed as a model in many of his most famous paintings, and having worked together for twenty years, they eventually married in 1940. Provenance: Kate Eadie; thence by descent to her great nephew in Cookshill nr. Alcester (where Kate Eadie and Sydney Metyard lived), from whom it was acquired.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
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'to Bryony - who is the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue & the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter. With huge [underlined 4 times] thanks. J.K. Rowling' on the dedication leaf, publisher's imprint page with the number sequence from 10 to 1, and author cited as 'Joanne Rowling', p.53 with the duplication of '1 wand' on the equipment list, misspelling 'Philospher's' on lower cover, publisher's pictorial boards, spine and corners slightly bumped, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER NOVEL, WITH A REMARKABLE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR TO 'THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO SEE MERIT IN HARRY POTTER'.In 1995 J.K. Rowling, unknown and unpublished, 'walked into a library in Edinburgh and looked up a list of literary agents. She alighted on the name Christopher Little, and, deciding that he sounded like a character from a children's book, she sent him her own manuscript, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (Sunday Telegraph, 15 June 2003). In fact she sent just the opening three chapters, and on arrival at Little's small office the book was destined for the slush pile and rejection, as Little's agency had not previously handled children's literature. But office manager Bryony Evens, intrigued by the distinctive black folder in which the manuscript was enclosed, picked it from the pile, read it, was instantly smitten and suggested to Little they request that Rowling send the whole manuscript. She did, and from that moment the Harry Potter phenomenon was launched. The book, after having been rejected by twelve publishers, was sold to Bloomsbury for £2,500 in 1996, and in 1997 was published in an edition of five hundred hardback copies, going onto be the most successful book and subsequent franchise, in publishing history. Evens had left the agency prior to publication of the book, but received a copy on publication. In 1998 she attended a reading by Rowling to promote her second book at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. She joined the short queue to have her copy of Philosopher's Stone signed. Whilst the two had corresponded previously they had never met, and on hearing to whom the book should be inscribed, Rowling stood to give her a hug of gratitude, signing her copy to 'the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue, and the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter'.Provenance: Bryony Evens.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
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'to Bryony - who really did discover Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling' on the title-page, publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust-jacket (edges slightly frayed), 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2000Footnotes:INSCRIBED TO THE WOMAN 'WHO REALLY DID DISCOVER HARRY POTTER' - This copy of Goblet of Fire was signed for Bryony Evens, the first person to read Harry Potter on 8 July 2000, the day of publication, when she attended a 'golden ticket' event on the Hogwarts Express at Didcot Railway Centre (see previous lots).Provenance: Bryony Evens.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
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Susie and Emily (a female Fred & George) with best wishes J.K. Rowling' on the dedication page, publisher's pictorial boards, dust-jacket (spine sunned), 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:INSCRIBED TO 'A FEMALE FRED & GEORGE' BY THE AUTHOR, a reference of course to Ron Weasley's elder twin brothers (who feature prominently in The Chamber of Secrets, helping Harry escape from the Dursleys). This copy was inscribed to thirteen year old, ginger-haired twin girls (Susie and Emily), who had accompanied family friend Bryony Evens (see previous lots) to see J.K. Rowling give a talk at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in 1998, the year of publication.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
INDIA - EAST INDIA COMPANY AND AURANGZEBDocument headed 'The Manner of His Excellency Sir William Norris... Publicque Entry at His Audience of the great Mogull at His Court before Panulla in the East Indies on the 28th day of Aprill 1701', written in ink on Indian speckled paper, listing the order of the procession at the ambassador's audience with the great Mughal Aurangzeb, at the head of which procession rode 'Mr Henry Crisloe Commander of His Excellenceys Artillery on horseback', followed by 'Twelve carts whereon were carried twelve brass cannon for presents... glassware and looking glasses for presents... two very fine Arabian horses Richly Capparrizoned... Four English Soldiers on horseback guarding the presents... The union flag... the red white and blew flags... English furniture... The musick in Rich Liveryes on Horseback... The Kings and my Lords Armes... Twelve Troopers every way armed and accoutred after the English manner... Mr Josiah Hale Master of the Horse Richly dress carrying a Sword of State pointed up... Edward Norris Esq in a Rich pallenkeen carrying His Majesties letter to the Emperour on each side Mr Wingate and Mr Shuttleworth in Rich laced coates on Horseback...', 1 page, address panel on reverse ('To my very loveing Friend Mr Daniell Turner'), dust staining to address panel, a few small holes at folds, folio (477 x 224mm.), Panulla, 28 April 1701; with accompanying autograph letter from Josiah Hale, Norris's interpreter and master of the horse, signed ('Jos. Hale'), to Daniell Turner ('Dear Sir'), enclosing this account of 'the Manner of His Excellencys Publique Entry at his Audience of the Mogull', 1 page, on Indian speckled paper, address panel on reverse ('To my very loveing Friend Mr Daniell Turner'), dust-staining and some separation and small holes at folds, folio (483 x 225mm.), 'Camp at the Court of the great Mogul... in the East Indies', 10 September 1701 (2)Footnotes:'WILLIAM NORRIS ESQ IN A RICH PALLENKEEN CARRYING HIS MAJESTIES LETTER TO THE EMPEROUR' In 1699, the newly-ennobled Sir William Norris, the King's commissioner, undertook a mission to obtain a trade deal with the mighty Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, hoping to win the protection and privileges of the Mughal authorities in favour of the new General Society or 'English' Company, in opposition to the old or 'London' East India Company. After a long and expensive preamble chasing the Emperor's Court with a huge entourage through the Indian countryside, Norris was finally granted an audience in Panalla on 28 April 1701. As our document attests, King William's letter was presented in an elaborate and opulent ceremony with gifts of cannon, glassware and English furniture to the sound of trumpets, drums and bagpipes. The Emperor accorded Sir William the rare privilege of riding into his private apartment but kept the company waiting and, when Norris left without permission, forced him to pay a fine. Indeed, it was another seven months before they were dismissed from the camp. Despite all this (at the cost it is said of some £80,000) the hoped-for deal failed to materialise. This failure has been blamed on the rivalry between officials of the two companies, the failure to guarantee protection from piracy demanded by Aurangzeb and, indeed, according the Annals of the East India Company, Norris's own inexperience in diplomacy and insistence on these European ceremonials 'in a court in which they were not understood' (John Bruce, Annals of the East India Company, Vol. III, 1810, p.473). The interpreter's lack of Persian may also have hampered Norris' efforts. Josiah Hale's predecessor was a Mr Thorowgood who 'as Norris remarked, 'with too close application to the Persian language has disordered his brains so far that he has made himself incapable of business, and unfit for conversation...'. He attempted to commit suicide by leaping into a tank, and was ultimately sent home in the De Grave, his place being taken by [the author of our letter] Mr Josiah Hale' (Harihar Das, The Norris Embassy to Aurangzib (1699-1702), 1959, p.172). As well as taking on the role of interpreter, Hale had a significant role in the procession 'richly dressed carrying a sword of state pointed upwards' and accompanied Norris with a small retinue of officials into the Hall of Private Audience. Typical of many young men seeking a fortune and career in India at this time, he finds the conditions far from ideal, writing in the covering letter to his friend 'I return for our Factory... it is a very unhealthy place for nearly two thirds of us are dead that came over first but I am now obliged once more to try my fortune there if it please God to spare my life...' and complains that he has had only one letter since arriving in India due to the ship Degrave being, in February, 'all lost together with all the private letters, soe that wee are all in the darke as to newes frome England'. Hale writes on a distinctive Indian speckled paper. An account of an official staying at the English Factory at Surat in 1689 describes 'long scrolls of paper ten feet in length and a foot wide that 'by its slickness and smoothness appears shining' for common use' (Sita Ramaseshan, The History of Paper in India up to 1948, 1987, p.112), which would account for the uneven edges of our documents where cut from a larger piece. Hale's list would appear to be a version of a list held in the Factory Records of the East India Company (Misc., Vol 20, India Office).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Series of over 450 autograph and typed letters, many closely-written and of great length, postcards and other forms of missive (generally signing himself as "Bill"), to his close friend and fellow author John Heygate, largely devoted to his novel sequence, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, especially Lucifer before Sunrise, with many long explications of Williamson's evolving plans for the sequence and its hero Phillip Maddison; the series interlarded with vivid descriptions of Williamson's day-to-day life in Devon and of his emotional, romantic and marital entanglements, in which Heygate appears to have played the part of father confessor and counsellor (as with the books); original material pertaining to both being contained in the archive, in the case of books, nine pages of heavily-worked drafts for The Phoenix Generation and eleven for Lucifer before Sunrise and, regarding his marriage, drafts of letters to his absconding wife and copies of letters by her to him; a nine-page revised typescript of a "Tale of a Two Litre" [Aston Martin, as featured in Lucifer]; many letters and notes written on the reverse of recycled letters addressed by agents and others to Williamson (such as Brand & Brand of New York writing: "Thank you very much for sending us a copy of the new edition of The Gold Falcon. We are sending it out to our West Coast office who will see whether interest can be aroused in it for pictures..."), 800 pages or more, some with envelopes, many creased but generally in sound and attractive condition, 4to, 8vo and other formats, Georgeham, Devon (the bulk of letters), the Savage Club, London, and elsewhere, bundled into parcels by Heygate, 1950-1973
JERUSALEM – THE MOABITE STONEAutograph letter signed ('Charles Warren'), to the literary hostess Mrs Cunliffe, giving an account of his dealings with regard to the Moabite Stone to date ('...I am glad to hear you are interested in the stone from Moab: it was discovered first by a French protestant minister, in Anglican orders and pay, and with a German name and Prussian sympathies. He gave his information to the Prussian Consul, who tried to get a grant from The Turkish Government, the reply I think he got was that he could have it if he could get it... In coming back to Jerusalem from Lebanon I heard that the stone was broken, having been abandoned by the Prussians, and a broken piece was sent to me. I then thought it time to interfere and sent down and got squeezes of what remained... And even now though they say the stone is of high interest I have no instructions about getting it, and yrt Grove writes to know why I have neglected it so long &c in his queer way...'); together with letters by George Grove and E.O. Deutsch of the British Museum, the Warren letter 3 pages, mounted with the other letters onto an album leaf, Jerusalem, 2 March 1870Footnotes:'GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE STONE FROM MOAB' – the celebrated Moabite Stone, or Mesha Stele, dating from about 840 BC, is widely regarded as constituting a cornerstone of Semitic epigraphy, giving qualified confirmation of the some of the events described in the Book of Kings, while continuing to this day to arouse controversy. Discovered in 1868 by F.A. Klein, its discovery was announced by Sir George Grove in a letter to the Times of 8 February 1870, where he erroneously attributes its discovery to Warren, who in our letter is at pains to set the record straight. Warren had worked for the Palestine Exploration Fund from 1867 and was to publish an account of his findings in The Recovery of Jerusalem in 1871. The stele is at present in the Louvre, although its return has been demanded by Jordan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
STAFFORDSHIRE – CHETWYND FAMILY AND INGESTRECalligraphic richly illustrated volume on vellum tracing the deeds and architectural accomplishments of the Chetwynd family of Ingestre Hall, compiled for the antiquary and friend of Sir Christopher Wren, Walter Chetwynd, by his protege Gregory King (later map-engraver to John Ogilby and pioneering economist), with title-page: 'Chetwyndorum Stemma./ sive/ Chetwyndianæ Familiæ/ de Ingestre in Agro Staffordiensi/ Ac olim de Chetwynd in com. Salop./ Successio./ Ex ipsis Autographis/ penes Walter Chetwynd Arm./ deducta./ Et/ Insignis, Sigillis, aliisq., ejusdem Familiae Monumentis/ illustrata./ Ao. Dni. M.DC.LXXXX.', transcribing each deed, including petitions and wills (including, for example, that of Sir Thomas Littleton, 1481: 'Item I will that my wife have a Bason of Silver, in the middest whereof is her Armes and mine, and an Ewer of Silver; two great Salt sellers with a kever, a standinge playn gilt peece, vj bolls of Silver, a standinge peece with a Cover, a flatt low gilt peece with a cover, ij peeces of Silver, one coveringe another, a Powder Box of Silver, a Paxborde, ij Cruets and a Sacring bell of Silver. Item that William Littleton my sonne and heire shall have a deepe washing Bason of Silver...'), illustrated in the margins with nineteen watercolour drawings of seal impressions, and within the text four pen-and-ink studies of monumental effigies, tombs and the like (on pp.22, 64, 66 and 84); two leaves unpaginated, one of which has been left incomplete (between pp.36 and 37 and 82 and 83), a further four leaves unpaginated followed by three blank leaves following p.92 and before the beginning of the second section at p.93; the second half of the volume containing pen, ink and wash drawings of Ingestre and the family property at Grendon (Warwickshire), beginning at p.93 with 'A Prospect of the Front of the Manour house at Ingestre'; followed by 'A Prospect of the South Side of the Parish Church of Ingestre Erected Anno 1677' and 'A Prospect of the West end of the said Church' (p.95); followed by the mural monument 'On the North side of the Chancell of the Parish Church of Ingestre' (p.96), 'On the South side of the said Chancell' (p.97), the wording of the 'Memoriae sacrum Walteri Chetwynd' [then still living] left blank; the inscription repeated on p.98; eight armorial windows 'of the Chancell of the Parish Church of Ingestre', with a key to the families represented (p.99); the mural monument 'In the South Ile of the Parish Church of Grendon' (p.100); and another 'In the same South Ile' (p.101) and 'In the foresaid South Ile' (p.102) [these three erected by Sir Walter Chetwynd, see VCH Warwickshire, Grendon Parish], followed by two blank vellum sheets; bound at the end, on paper, are figures of forty-three seals in pen-and-ink (pp.105-6), with four paper leaves at the end left blank, 114 vellum leaves (102 paginated plus 12 unnumbered or with duplicate pagination), bookplate of Ingestre Hall (with the Talbot crest surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by an earl's coronet, for Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot, 1777-1849, created KG in 1844), later endpapers, fine late seventeenth century morocco, elaborately gilt with floral and foliate devices and drawer-handle borders, with the arms of Sir Walter Chetwynd at centre, lightly rubbed, folio (360 x 275mm.), 1690Footnotes:A CONTEMPORARY RECORD OF THE ONLY WREN CHURCH OUTSIDE LONDON, the present volume having been compiled at the behest of Sir Walter Chetwynd FRS, who is thought to have commissioned the church from his friend Sir Christopher Wren; the volume itself compiled for Chetwynd by his protégé Gregory King, later renowned as map-engraver to John Ogilby and pioneer economist. (It will be noted that Chetwynd's own monument, on the south side of Ingestre chancel, has been left blank under the heading 'Memoriae sacrum Walteri Chetwynd': he was to die two years later, on 21 March 1692.)In the words of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner: 'For churches the locus classicus [in Staffordshire] is of course Ingestre, which can with full confidence be ascribed to Wren. It is dated 1676, and in it one breathes an air of harmony and calm not attained by any church in the county for well over a century after' ( The Buildings of England, Staffordshire, 1974, p.28). While the church and its monuments have happily survived, the hall itself was severely damaged by fire in 1882 and largely rebuilt.Although this book was compiled under the aegis of Chetwynd, the actual work was begun, and probably carried through, by Gregory King (1648-1712), who was later to become well-known as a herald, antiquary and map-engraver to John Ogilby. He is now chiefly remembered, however, for his work as the 'first great economic statistician' (Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences 1650-1900, 1997, p.xxii ): 'King's political arithmetic was highly original and he had no peer until the flowering of the nineteenth-century statistical movement. In the first place he was distinguished by tying his calculations closely to detailed available evidence, often by imaginative use of tax records, though his earlier work as a herald and cartographer was also vital. If King's political arithmetic was more ambitious than that of any other contemporary it was also more securely based' (Julian Hoppit, 'Gregory King', ODNB).The present volume appears to have been, to a large degree at any rate, assembled by King at the start of his career: 'A manuscript compendium of Chetwynd deeds entitled 'Chetwyndorum stemma' and written on vellum is dated 1690. It also contains tricks of seals and drawings of Ingestre Hall, the new church and monuments there and in Grendon church. The first part, which concludes with the Chetwynd pedigree to 1671, is evidently the work for which Gregory King was brought to Ingestre in 1670. Its continuation, which includes further medieval deeds and documents relating to public offices held by Chetwynd from 1662 to 1689, is also probably by Gregory King. Finally in September 1692 the chaplain Charles King stated that Chetwynd had done all that he intended on the antiquities of Staffordshire' (M. W. Greenslade, 'Walter Chetwynd', ODNB). The quality of the work suggests also that Gregory King could well have been responsible for its execution; although his near namesake, Charles, the chaplain, did early antiquarian work for Chetwynd and was also, to boot, a fine botanical illustrator (see Greenslade, op.cit.). Quite how the volume was assembled is not clear. Not only are there several pages bearing duplicate pagination, and others bearing none at all, but one of the final unnumbered leaves bears the pencilled heading, in what appears to be a late seventeenth century hand, 'Before page 93'. While the binding is clearly contemporary, the marbled endpapers are more characteristic of the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This impressive volume has remained in the family to this day.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
ALBUM – POLITICS AND ARTSAlbum containing a collection of over 140 autograph letters, the majority to Thomas Baring, eminent banker and politician, others to John Beresford, Irish politician, landowner, privy councillor and friend of William Pitt the Younger, and to the Lord Fitzgerald and others, including a group of autograph letters to Beresford from Portland, Temple (thanking him for his support, 1783), Dundas (presenting a case for Provost Colquhoun of Glasgow), Auckland (letter of support docketed by Beresford 'on my dismissal', 21 January 1795), Lord Fitzgibbon (on the repeal of the Convention Act 'the business goes on apparently smooth in the House of Commons but it is impossible that this should long continue... The only Acts which now affect Irish Papists are the Acts of Supremacy... the King cannot give his ascent to a repeal of any others without a direct breach of his Coronation Oath...', 1795), Rose (assuring him of Mr Pitt's support, May 1804), Castlereagh (commenting on a new cure for his sister 'she lives in a room with a cow'), John Bright, G.J. Beauregard (from the office of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Rail Road Company), Robert Peel, Disraeli (two letters with envelope making arrangements), Granville, Russell (regarding a loan to the Sultan of Morocco), Grey, Landsdowne, Derby, Cobden (8 page letter dated 1864 regarding trade with America during the civil war with respect to the Treaty of Paris and privateering), Joseph Paxton, Michel Chevalier, William Thackeray ('your opponent at Huntingdon'), Michael Faraday (thanking him for the card to the Crystal Palace, 1862); artists including Edward Lear (excusing himself from social occasions and sending a drawing of a castle instead [not included], 1866), Clarkson Stanfield, Maclise (regarding his design of the medal for the International Exhibition, 1862, including a sketch of Brittania), David Roberts, Landseer (three, one with sketch of a crowd holding umbrellas), Mulready, Astronomer Royal George Airey (enclosing a report), Stafford Northcote, George Goschen, and various European royalty; letters to the Lord FitzGerald of the India Board including two from Hume, an essay on Dwarkanauth Tagore and two copy letters docketed 'from Sir C.[laude] Wade' dated March and August 1843, describing his retreat from Jellalebad to Peshawar and the state of Kabul, the second describing an affray between his own sepoys and the 26th Light Infantry, and an 8-page report 'as to the state of things in Afghanistan', and others; interspersed with photographs and press cuttings including a copy of The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette from 1843, pasted onto 36 leaves, bookplate of Thomas Baring, red morocco gilt for P. & D. Colnaghi, arms of the Hibbert family on upper cover, upper joint cracking, rubbed, folio (550 x 405mm.), 1780s to 1860sFootnotes:This collection was formed by Thomas Baring (1799-1873), grandson of the founder of Barings Bank. As 'Head of the House' he oversaw considerable growth of the business, 'making it once more London's leading trade finance and merchanting house... There is 'only one man [in London] to look to and consult, and to guide action in important financial matters', reckoned an American railway manager in 1853. 'Ask about anything and the reply is 'What does Mr Thomas Baring say or think?'' (John Orbell, ODNB). The album itself bears the arms of the Hibbert family, most likely George Hibbert, merchant, politician, botanist and book collector, who was a close friend of Thomas's grandfather Francis Baring. The album has remained in the Baring family.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
![BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, BISHOPS' VERSION[The Holie Bible], 4 parts (of 5, lacking all New Testament) bound in 2 vol., black lette](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2972e28e-fe0a-4dc9-af06-ab5800d0acdb/45eeb21d-f4e8-46dc-84db-ab6700b75aa5/468x382.jpg)
BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, BISHOPS' VERSION[The Holie Bible], 4 parts (of 5, lacking all New Testament) bound in 2 vol., black letter, title to part 4 only, several large woodcut illustrations, numerous large initials, lacks all 25 preliminary leaves, folding map, 16 leaves of parts 1 and 2, and 3 leaves of part 3, a few leaves shaved touching text, small hole affecting 2 illustrations, a few small stains but generally clean on heavy paper, nineteenth century half calf, upper covers detached, worn [ESTC S121300; Herbert 132], folio (390 x 267mm.), [Richard Jugge, 1572]Footnotes:The second folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, a revision of the Great Bible version, undertaken by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, being a close reprint. Several of the large decorative initials represent classical subjects, and were re-used from an edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Provenance: 'This book appertyneth to Suffield Church. Joshua who the Hebrews called Jehovah', sixteenth century ownership inscription at end of Joshua; Charles James Tabor (born 1864), bookplate.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
CHARLES IIWarrant signed ('Carolus R') at foot, with engraved initial letter portrait of Charles II, historiated first line and foliate decoration incorporating the royal arms, ruled in red, in Latin, addressed to Frederick William Marquis of Brandenburg, Archduke of the Holy Roman Empire and First Elector ('our most dear friend'), appointing Robert Southwell ambassador designate to the Elector of Brandenburg 'for the purpose of promoting our friendship and diplomatic relations in accordance with our mutual wishes', offering him protection and total freedom as the King's agent and ordering he 'shall not be dealt with in any way violently or unkindly', on one sheet of vellum, some surface abrasions and slight waterstaining, 472 x 800mm., Whitehall, 27 February 1679/80Footnotes:'OUR FAITHFUL AND DILIGENT SERVANT ROBERT SOUTHWELL': At the time of this appointment as ambassador to the Elector of Brandenburg Southwell had already enjoyed a distinguished and lucrative career and had been described by Arlington as 'an ingenious young gentleman and very well qualified' (Toby Barnard, ODNB). An accomplished and respected diplomat, he held significant posts in both Lisbon and Brussels and in 1679 had managed to survive a controversy when he was reputed to have suppressed information about the conspiracy behind the Popish Plot. Despite this 'his choice in the spring of 1680 for an embassy to the elector of Brandenburg showed that he was still highly regarded. The mission was connected with a scheme to construct an alliance against France, and it took Southwell to the prince of Orange and the court of Brunswick–Lüneburg. But such diplomacy was not to the taste of Charles II, moving in the orbit of France' (ODNB). Southwell's attempt at negotiating a political and commercial alliance was made particularly difficult by Elector Frederick who was renowned for his shifting allegiances, and he was recalled the following November. For a detailed account of the role of Southwell in the intricate negotiations see 'The Relations Between England and Germany 1660-1688', C. Brinkmann, English History Review, Vol. 24, No. 95, July 1909, pp.448-469. Southwell was returned as MP for Lostwithiel in 1685 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1690 to 1695.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COLLINS (WILLIAM WILKIE)Autograph letter signed ('Wilkie Collins'), to Mrs Cunliffe, complaining that 'I am (most unfortunately for myself) obliged to occupy my mornings at my desk – beginning a new novel in this frightfully hot weather' and arranging to meet ('...I am entirely at your service. Your will is law...'), 4 pages, engraved heading, 8vo, 90 Gloucester Place, 10 July 1874Footnotes:'BEGINNING A NEW NOVEL IN THIS FRIGHTFULLY HOT WEATHER' – Wilkie Collins at work on The Law and the Lady, generally believed to be the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, as well as being an early example of the genre where an amateur triumphs over the professional, with echoes of real-life cases: 'Developing many of the techniques at work in The Moonstone in bizarre and unexpected ways, and employing both Gothic and fantastic elements, The Law and the Lady adds a significant dimension to the history of the detective novel' (introduction to the Oxford World's Classics edition, edited by Jenny Bourne Taylor, 2008). The novel was to begin serialisation in The Graphic on 26 September 1874, running until 13 March the following year, being published in book form by Chatto & Windus on 15 May 1875. The recipient appears to be Mary Cunliffe, a friend of Collins and many distinguished figures of the day, who has left a series of reminiscences, Notes by the Way (typescript at the Armstrong Baylor Library).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE)Autograph letter signed ('Florence Nightingale'), to 'Sir', making enquiries as to Private Stanley, of the regiment under the addressee's command, who wishes to remain 'at his own request, as my Orderly at the General Hospital, Scutari' and as to Private James Farran of the 44th, who died at Scutari and whose relatives are keen to have his Indian medal to add to his Crimean one, 3 pages, the signature and subscription apparently cut out but then re-attached to the body of the letter, guard, 4to, General Hospital Scutari, Balaclava, June 1/ 56Footnotes:'MY ORDERLY AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SCUTARI' – Florence Nightingale writes from the Crimea on behalf of soldiers under her care; she was to return home the following month.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WESLEY AND THE CITY OF YORKAlbum Amicorum kept by Richard Burdekin, bookseller and Wesleyan of York, containing some 200 autograph entries from eminent Wesleyan ministers, missionaries and authors, many collected on the occasion of district meetings and conferences, with much other material, including: John Wesley (printed Methodist ticket endorsed 'Nov 1755/ Ann Lepitre' depicting an angel carrying the text 'Now is the Accepted Time'), verses written by Arctic explorer and clergyman William Scoresby Jnr ('Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when athink not'), Elihu Burritt ('God is love: love to our human brethren is the earthward reflection of the heart filled with the light and life of the love of God...'), Robert Southey (autograph address panel and signature, 1834), Jabez Bunting and his son William, William Martin, self-styled Natural Philosopher and poet (several poems and a ticket to one of his lectures in 1850 illustrated with a pen and ink sketch of a lion), Titus Close, Theophilus Lessey, Robert Goodacre, Robert Spence, Gideon Ouseley, William Naylor, James Everett, Richard Stoner, George Marsden, Samuel Dunn, exortations on the evils of alcohol by popular preacher and early agent of temperance William Pollard, the painter Henry Purlee Parker and George Hudson ('the Railway King'); with several contributors from overseas such as Kahkewaquonaby ('Peter Jones') Missionary and chief of the Chippeway Indians of Upper Canada ('While I was lost in the woods, Jesus found me...'), William Fisk of Connecticut and Edward Fraser, freed slave and missionary from the West Indies; other items include a printed broadsheet 'A Negro Woman's Lamentation' sold by Joseph Phillips with manuscript verses entitled 'Negro Slavery' pleading 'the injured Negro's cause' written on the reverse by Phillips 'late of Antiqua', and two manuscript lists of subscribers and subscriptions received by the York Methodist Society as at 3 October 1775, raising money to build side galleries on the Peaseholme Green chapel (the first Wesleyan Chapel in York where Wesley himself preached in 1759) and list of works undertaken; with various printed ephemera of religious and local interest ('An Evangelical Dialogue', 'An Address from the first 'High' Sherriff of York to his 'Low' Sherriff', minutes of meetings, uplifting texts, tickets etc.), and newspaper cuttings, with loose index book, 459 numbered pages (including blanks), contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards, old leather dust-jacket, spine lettered in gilt detached, worn with losses, 280 x 225mm., index book with marbelled paper cover, 270 x 120mm., York, May 1825 to November 1882Footnotes:'I WAS THE GUEST OF MR BURDEKIN – FROM WHOM AND THE WHOLE FAMILY I HAVE RECEIVED MUCH KINDNESS'; a remarkable collection spanning nearly sixty years and bringing together luminaries of the Wesleyan movement. In addition to worthies of the church, Burdekin seems particularly interested in one Jonathan Martin, a former lapsed Wesleyan preacher and arsonist, who famously set the fire that destroyed large parts of York Minster in February 1829. Burdekin must have visited him in the York County Gaol as the album contains three pages of religious ramblings written directly into the book and dated 15 March 1829, shortly before his transfer to Bethlem Hospital where he died in 1838; '...may the Lord grant that these fue simpler remarks may have a Blessing to all that need them the Lord will not despise the Day of small things your sincere Friend and Brother in the Lord...'. Martin was also known prior to his arson attack for attaching strongly-worded notices denouncing the clergy on various ecclesiastical buildings and one of these, written at Lincoln in October 1827 is included in the collection - 'O clergyman', he writes, 'I right to warn you to repent... Father's right Hand luks down upon you with Dridful Gillisey and he like a clap of Thunder and as quick as lighting... and you go down & live into the Dridful pit of Hell to be turmenteed with the firey Tigers and Lions of Hell...'.Richard Burdekin was a highly respected bookseller and stationer in the city of York. He began his long career in bookselling as a travelling salesman and became famous for riding his favourite horse 30,000 miles in search of orders. He went into business with fellow Wesleyan Robert Spence under the name Spence and Burdekin and was to write Spence's biography in 1837. One of his two shops was destroyed by fire in 1855 but he continued to trade in Parliament Street until his death in 1860. In the words of his obituary published in The Bookseller, 'Mr Burdekin joined the Wesleyan Methodist Society early in life. He became a zealous local preacher and class-leader in that body... As he lived, so he died, a happy Christian, at a good old age'. The album was added to by family members after his death and has remained in the family.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
RUSSIA - ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTIONKONDAKOV (NIKODIM PAVLOVICH) Histoire et monuments des emaux byzantins [Collection de Mr. A. W. Zwenigorodskoi], FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 34 OF 200 COPIES printed in French, introduction by A. Zvenigorodskoi, chromolithographed dedication to Tsar Alexander III printed on an embossed silver foil ground, engraved portrait frontispiece on india-proof paper, additional chromolithographed pictorial title, title printed in red and black within a decorative chromolithographed border, 31 chromolithographed plates, chromolithographed divisional titles, decorative initials and ornaments throughout, limitation leaf printed in gilt and black, decorative endpapers, very light spotting to a few plates, original white morocco, sides and spine with elaborate embossed design blocked in gilt and black, edges printed in various colours, page edges gauffered and richly ornamented in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, original bookmark of multi-coloured and gilt threads attached by thread, very small scuffmark to extreme edge, contemporary cloth-backed silk-lined solander box, red morocco gilt lettering label on spine (some wear at extremities) [Fekula 6705, 'magnificent'; Vengerov, Old Russian Books, 77], folio (358 x 265mm.), Frankfurt, [A. Osterrieth], 1892Footnotes:A VERY FINE COPY OF A LAVISHLY PRESENTED CELEBRATION OF THE ZVENIGORODSKOI COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE ENAMELS, subsequently purchased by J.P. Morgan who donated them to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. The catalogue is 'undoubtedly a masterpiece of the Russian printing industry. It has no equals either in terms of workmanship or in terms of the funds involved (it cost 120,000 roubles [approximately $200,000] in gold by the exchange rate for 1892' (Vengerov), the Dumbarton Oaks website noting that the 'Zwenigorodskoi collection is almost as famous for its catalog as it was for its ancient enamels'.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
The Seventh Labour of Hercules - The Cretan Bull bears a possibly later inscription "Ste Cécil 1882 / Le peintre au musicien [?] / Thys á Devey" oil on canvas 25 x 31cmFootnote: As one of his twelve labours in the service of King Eurystheus, Hercules was asked to capture the Cretan Bull, father of the famous Minotaur who guarded the Labyrinth of Crete. Hercules sailed to Crete, where the bull was wreaking havoc. Hercules sneaked up behind the beast and forced it to the ground. Having successfully captured it, he shipped it to the King. The bull was later released and was allowed to rampage through the countryside near Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian bull.Condition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined. The canvas has minor undulations and the paint layer has age cracks which are stable. There are a few small abrasions to the surface. The varnish is thin and applied in a brushy manner, it is possibly the original varnish. The frame has a few scattered losses, but overall it is in a good condition.
Landscape with a herdsman driving cattle through a ruined arch watercolour 12.5 x 16cmFootnote: Provenance: The Rev Canon W R Beach and thence by descent The Reverend W R Beach, a missionary in China in the 1850s and a Canon of St John's Cathedral in Hong Kong, was a friend of Dr Thomas Boswell Watson (1815-1860). Watson was a keen amateur painter who was George Chinnery's physician in Macau between 1845-1852 and was often paid for his services with Chinnery's pictures. The Reverend Mr Beach married Dr Watson's daughter, Sophia J Watson, and hence a number of Chinnery's works have been passed into the current collection.Condition report: Discoloured, with a narrow lighter strip showing the original colours along the top edge. Examined out of frame.
A View across Southampton Water with Lord Lansdowne's Castle on the left, with the spire of St Michael's Church to the right oil on canvas 116 x 147cmFootnote: Sebastian Pether was born in 1790, the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Pether. He moved with his family to Southampton in 1805 and followed in the family tradition of landscape painting. He exhibited a painting at the Royal Academy in 1819 entitled, "A View of Southampton as seen from the Itchen Ferry". The present painting depicts Lord Lansdowne’s Castle - a Gothic style mansion built on the site of Southampton’s medieval castle in the early 19th century. The original castle was constructed in the 11th century, sometimes after the Norman Conquest, but by the 18th century it was a neglected ruin. In 1804, the site was purchased by John Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765-1809), who started building a folly castle on the Norman motte. He lived there until his death in 1809. Since the castle proved unsuited as a residence, it was abandoned and demolished in 1818.Condition report: Oil on canvas which appears to be lined. There are undulations at the corners of the canvas. The paint layer is stable overall. It has been thinly applied and there are areas of wear. There is extensive retouching across the surface which is slightly dark and matte compared to the original but acceptable. The varnish is even and glossy. The frame is in a good condition,
John Mills in a scene from "Above us the waves", being a submariner standing on the deck of a midget submarine, signed, watercolour, 38 x 27cm; together with a model of a midget submarine, modern, 30cm, mounted on a stand; a pen and ink drawing of a submariner on deck, signed 'GT 45', 17.5 x 25.5cm, a cartoon drawing of Jimmy Benson with a mermaid, 16 x 20.5cm, and a cast iron 'Gozo' plaque (5)Footnote: JAMES ‘JIMMY’ BENSON OBE [1925 – 2018] Jimmy Benson had two completely different distinguished careers: the first during World War II as a ‘charioteer’ and midget submariner; and the second from the 1960s in advertising, becoming Vice Chairman of Oglivy & Mather International. Whilst studying modern Languages at Cambridge in 1943, Jimmy was called up as a mid-shipman RNVR before volunteering in February 1944 for ‘special services’ without fully understanding its implications. A strong swimmer, he was sent to join 12 th Submariner Squadron which operated midget submarines from ‘Harbour HHZ’, actually Loch Cairnbawn in northern Scotland, and where he learnt underwater photography and diving. Aged 20 years, he was second-in-command of midget submarine X23 , later commanding the improved XE8 . Although he was 6’ 3”, he avoided the height problems suffered by his co-submariners because he never tried to stand upright! He then transferred to the East Indies Fleet, ending up as First Lieutenant on the minesweeper, ‘Gozo‘ , which assisted with the retaking of Malaya and Singapore from the Japanese. Demobbed in January 1947, Benson took his degree in economics at Cambridge before joining the Kemsley Group on such newspapers as the Sunday Times. In 1950, he married Honaria (Ria) Hurley, who had nursed him during his recuperation from a knee injury, and in order to support his family, in 1953 he co-wrote with his fellow submariner, C E T Warren, ‘Above Us the Waves’ , which chronicled the attacks undertaken by the chariots (two-man human torpedoes) and midget submarines on the German battle ship, ‘Tirpitz’, in the fjords of Norway. The book proved to be highly successful, as was the eponymous 1955 film starring John Mills and Donald Sinden. Jimmy subsequently co-wrote other books with Warren based on their war time experiences.
'Summer Holidays' signed lower left "Gunning King 1885" and titled to the reverse oil on canvas 73 x 50cmFootnote: Provenance: Cadogan Gallery, London, where purchased by the vendor William Gunning King was a painter and illustrator specialising in somewhat idealised depictions of rural life. He studied at South Kensington and at the Royal Academy Schools. Among his notable patrons was the Liverpool firm, J Bibby & Sons, who supplied animal feed to farmers during the Edwardian era. Over a period of thirty years, Gunning King painted approximately 300 pictures for Bibby's. He frequently exhibited in London at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and New English Art Club, among many others. He spent his final years in the West Sussex village of South Harting, where he painted up until his death at the age of 81.Condition report: With artist's address on the reverse "South Harting, Petersfield, Hants" Oil on canvas which has been lined. The thick paint layer has a network of deep age cracks. Overall the paint layer is stable. There is some wrinkling to the surface. The varnish is clear and even. The frame is slightly worn but in a good condition.
The Property of a Deceased Estate, Sold by Order of the Executors A pair of gentleman’s shoes, by repute worn by King Charles I on the day of his execution, Tuesday 30th January 1649 The shoes, supposedly 17th century with low heels and slightly rounded toe, the linen ground now exposed but with remnants of the original black silk overlay, cross over latchets, silk ribbon trim, leather soles, 25.5 cm. Sold with letters and other documentation relating to the shoes’ supposed history and their provenance. The Leathes family who came into possession of the shoes, probably in the 18th century, purchased Dale Head (now Dale Head) near Keswick in 1577, which included Lake Thirlmere (formerly Leatheswater) and they sold the entire property to Manchester Corporation in 1879 so that Thirlmere could become a reservoir to supply water to the city. The majority of the landed classes in Cumberland were Royalists in the Civil War and this would explain why the Leathes would have wanted to acquire alleged memorabilia of ‘Charles the Martyr’. The circumstances and date of the shoes being given to the Stanger-Leathes by one of Charles I’s Pages, as well as the latter’s identity, are unknown. When the later owners of these shoes, The Earls of Lonsdale, sold the contents of Lowther Castle in 1947, they did not appear in the sale catalogue as they apparently were in a locked drawer of a cabinet containing coins and medals. Provenance: By tradition given by one of the late King’s Pages to Thomas Stanger- Leathes of Dale Head Hall, near Keswick, Cumberland, Presented by him to Crosthwaite’s Museum, Keswick (founded 1784), Sold at Rydal Hall, Grasmere when the museum closed in 1870, to the Lowther Family of Lowther Castle; Lowther Castle sale – on the premises – April, May & June 1947; Thereafter with Copper & Adams, By whom sold at Sotheby’s sometime before 1949 where Acquired by Bryan Hall of Barton Turf, Norfolk, His sale at The Old Rectory, Banningham, 22-24th March 2004, Lot 1495 When acquired by the late owner. Exhibited: London, Antique Dealers Fair, 1947 by Copper & Adams Literature: Catalogue of Crosthwaite’s Museum, Printed by Thomas Bailey,1826, p.44; George Bott, interview with Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, 'George Bott recalls Keswick museum Giant’s shoes among the odd and bizarre', Saturday 3rd October, 1998; Eastern Daily Press, 4th June 2004, Collectors Corner, page 5.
each with removable drip-pan above a vase-shaped nozzle supported by three Classical female caryatid heads, above a tapering circular stem supported on three pairs of human feet, above a spreading circular base cast with a stiff leaf border, 28cm high (2)Footnote: These candlesticks with Classical female herms are of a type often associated with the work of the leading bronzier, Claude Galle (1759-1815), who supplied variants of this model to Château de Fontainebleau in 1804 (illustrated in Jean-Pierre Samoyault, "Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire; Catalogue des Collections de Mobilier, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau", 1989, p. 175, no. 155). It is also probable that they were made after a design by the leading Empire designer, Charles Percier (1764-1838), since a comparison can be drawn with another pair with Egyptian female caryatids and fluted stems designed by Percier for Château de la Malmaison, illustrated in "Château de la Malmaison Texte Historique et Descriptif Dessinés Spécialement pour le Famille Impériale par Percier et Fontaine".
Atlas inscribed lower right "Atlas, Cot by Babraham who was / Son of ye Godolphin Arabian"; and Starling, inscribed lower right "Martindale's Starling was got by Old Starling / His Dam by Partner / His Grand-dam Mr Croft's Grey Barb" oils on canvas (a pair) 45 x 50cmFootnote: Provenance: From a Norfolk country house These two famous horses of the mid-18th century won numerous races and eventually became stallions. Atlas was foaled in 1752 and belonged to the Duke of Devonshire. For a long time he remained unbeaten, but eventually Scrub (painted life-sized by Stubbs) got revenge for an earlier defeat and Atlas retired to stud. Starling was foaled in 1738 and was bred by Mr Croft. He raced with great success between 1743 and 1746 for the important owner, Mr Martindale, but was then sold to the Duke of Ancaster. After a few further races he retired to the Ducal stud and died at Croyden aged 26 in 1764. As the rider is in the blue often used by Martindale, the present painting most plausibly depicts him in 1746 or before. We are grateful to David Oldrey for his assistance with the catalogue entry.Condition report: Both paintings are in oil on canvas which are unlined. The painting of 'Alias' has areas of raised and flaking paint along the lower edge which is vulnerable. In both works the paint is thinly applied with areas of wear and abrasion. There are areas of retouching under the varnish. The varnish is yellowed and dull.
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