Cricket Australian sporting personalities FDC PM Orange Nsw 18th Feb1981 signatures include Bobby Simpson, Trevor Chappell, John Dyson and three other. Robert Baddeley Simpson AO (born 3 February 1936) is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963-64 until 1967-68, and again in 1977-78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team. He is also known as Bobby or Simmo. Trevor Martin Chappell (born 12 October 1952, Glenelg, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer, a member of the South Australian Chappell family which excelled at cricket. He played 3 tests and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. He won the Sheffield Shield with New South Wales twice and scored a century for Australia against India in the 1983 World Cup. His career was overshadowed, however, by an incident in 1981 in which he bowled an underarm delivery to New Zealand cricketer Brian McKechnie to stop the batsman from hitting a six. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
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Tennis Jean Borotra 5x3 signed b/w photo. Jean Laurent Robert Borotra 13 August 1898 - 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the famous Four Musketeers from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Tennis Ham Richardson 10x8 signed b/w photo. Hamilton Farrar Richardson (August 24, 1933 - November 5, 2006) was an American tennis player, who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Tennis Herbert Flam 10x8 signed b/w photo. Herbert Flam (November 7, 1928 - November 25, 1980) was an American tennis player who in 1957 was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur (and World No. 5 by Adrian Quist). He was inducted into the International Tennis Association Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and inducted into the University of California at Los Angeles Hall of Fame in 2006. Flam reached his first Grand Slam final at the U. S. championships in 1950, beating Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy before losing to Arthur Larsen. At Wimbledon 1951 Flam beat Frank Sedgman before losing to Dick Savitt in the semi-finals. In 1952 Flam beat Mulloy and Vic Seixas before losing in the semis to Jaroslav Drobny. In the 1956 Australian Championships, Flam beat Ashley Cooper before losing in the semi-finals to Ken Rosewall. At the 1957 French championships Flam beat Mervyn Rose in a five set semi-final before losing easily to Sven Davidson in the final. At the U. S. championships, Flam beat Seixas before losing to Cooper in the semi-finals. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Darts Jelle Klaasen 12x10 mounted colour photo pictured with the BDO world championship trophy at Lakeside. Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is the youngest darts player to win the World Darts Championship. His nickname is The Cobra. He lives in Goor, Netherlands. He has Indonesian origins. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Snooker Willie Thorne 8x6 signed colour photo. William Joseph Willie Thorne (born 4 March 1954) is an English former professional snooker player who is now a sports commentator. He is most famous for winning the 1985 Classic. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Golf Sam Snead 6x4 signed album page. Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 - May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including seven majors. He never won the U. S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Snead's nickname was Slammin' Sammy, and he was admired by many for having the so-called perfect swing, which generated many imitators. Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, and making such statements as Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Golf Paul McGinley 12x8 signed colour photo. Paul Noel McGinley (born 16 December 1966) is an Irish professional golfer who has won four events on the European Tour. At the 2002 Ryder Cup, he famously holed a ten-foot putt on the 18th hole in his match against Jim Furyk at The Belfry which won the Ryder Cup for Europe. He was the winning captain of Europe in the 2014 Ryder Cup and the first Irishman to captain Europe's Ryder Cup side. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Golf Seve Ballesteros 10x9 signed framed phq card Swedish postmark 2000. 10. 07. Severiano Seve Ballesteros 9 April 1957 - 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won more than 90 international tournaments in his career, including five major championships between 1979 and 1988: The Open Championship three times, and the Masters Tournament twice. He gained attention in the golfing world in 1976, when at the age of 19 he finished second at The Open. He played a leading role in the re-emergence of European golf, helping the European Ryder Cup team to five wins both as a player and captain. He won the World Match Play Championship a record-tying five times. He is generally regarded as the greatest Continental European golfer of all time. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Boxing Herol Bomber Graham boxing colour photo. High quality 16x12 colour photo. Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. He held many regional championships, including the European, British, and Commonwealth light-middleweight titles, as well as the European and British middleweight titles, yet is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxers of the post-war era to have never won a world title. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
TERRY ELLEN. Four Lectures On Shakespeare. Port. frontis. Orig. marbled cloth, some rubbing to back. Tipped in manuscript letter to Brigid Brophy from a man who, as a child, had seen Terry on stage. 1st ed. 1932; also Thomas Wright, The Life of Walter Pater, 2 vols., 1907, these Michael Levey's copies (husband of Brigid Brophy) with his signature, one frontis det. but present, incl. related material incl. two negatives of Pater's homes & a letter from the Keeper of Archives at Queen's College, Oxford.
Ben Nicholson, O.M. (British, 1894-1982):Banks Head, Cumberland, 1926, pencil drawing, inscribed verso 'Bankshead, Ben Nicholson 1926' & later 'given to David, Sept 1961, from W. Nicholson, Boothby, Brampton, Cumberland', H 34 x W 49 cm. Provenance: With Winnifred Nicholson, the artist's former wife, until 1961 when gifted to David, probably her grandchild, who is known to have stayed with Nicholson to paint during this period; 20th Century British Art, Christie's, London, 16th October 2003, Lot 662, as per lot labels recto & verso. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.
Bejamin Creme (Scottish, 1922-2016):Portrait of a lady, coloured chalks, signed upper right & dated '45, H 41.5 x W 30.5 cm. Note: An artist, author & esotericist, Creme began painting at an early age & held his first exhibition in Glasgow, his birthplace, in 1940. It was here that Josef Herman saw Creme's work , returning with the artist Jankel Adler, who likewise introduced Creme to the renowned Scottish Colourist J.D. Ferguson. In 1945, the date of the present picture, Creme moved to London with his first wife Peggy, the possible subject of the portrait, & set up his studio in Battersea. Through his association with Adler, Creme continued to be a part of the emerging artistic scene. His circle of friends & associates in London included the artists Robert Colquhoun, Prunella Clough, Francis Bacon, Keith Vaughan & John Minton. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.
A collection of JFK related memorabilia including Mrs John F Kennedy headed envelope and three photographic prints signed by Dr Robert McClelland (the surgeon who operated on both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald), James Leavelle (the Dallas CHief of Police who interrogated Oswald) and former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill who jumped on the back of the presidential car to protect Jackie Kennedy
IMPORTANT BIDDING NOTICE - Due to the high value of this item, Live Internet Bidding through the-saleroom.com is only available to clients who have obtained further approval of their possible intention to bid by contacting Gardiner Houlgate direct, prior to the auction. Failure to do so may result in any live bids on the sale day being rejected by the auctioneer. auctions@gardinerhoulgate.co.uk Telephone (+44) 0 1225 812912 Rare Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with the 3-6-9 Explorer dial and pointed crown guard case, ref. 5513/5512, circa 1962, serial no. 765xxx, black Swiss dial with exclamation mark, hour baton markers, quarter 3-6-9 Arabic numerals and outer minute track, gilt dial printing 'Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner 200-660ft', Mercedes hands with sweep centre seconds, Oyster case with black calibrated bezel insert, pointed crown guards with screw-down crown, calibre 1530 26 jewel movement, No. 766xx, the case back stamped '5512' and dated 'I.62', later Oyster bracelet, ref. 93150, with date code 'VB' (1977), end links stamped '580'', case, dial and movement signed, bezel diameter 40mm (bracelet at fault) - These rare Rolex Submariners with Explorer dials were believed to have been produced in very small numbers during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Following the success of Gardiner Houlgate selling various other fine examples in 2016, 2017 and 2018, this early example is the next to be offered for sale - Condition Report: Movement - requires a service as not running consistently.Dial - gloss dial with typical oxidised wear and makers of a nice patination, there are two areas of the dial towards the rim at the 12/1 and very minor area to the 2 baton position where white dust marks are present, this appears to be possibly from damp/mould residue or possibly a reaction from the radium, when very lightly brushed this appears to flake away, however we have not attempted to clean or remove further, from inspection the black surface beneath appears in tact as far as we can view. Very small chip mark at the 6/7 position, small mark next to the '200' and beneath the 'S', some oxidised surface marks beneath the Oyster and an area between the 10/11 position where there is some surface oxidised wear to the lacquer - images are provided for guidance with the dial out of the case, the flaws mentioned are more highlighted in the images than is apparent to the naked eye. Glass - visible scratch marks and requires replacement. Hands - colour matching the baton markers, visible surface marks. Case - the bezel is seized and requires attention with some enamel loss and surface marks, the head lugs have some wear and marks as expected and it has been well worn, the pointed crown guards remain quite pointed, the screw back with similar surface marks and wear, bearing numerous service inscriptions. Crown - adjusting correctly. Bracelet - later as mentioned, surface marks and missing a link currently. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Leone Leoni, Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor, 1519-1556), bronze medal (1549), laureate bust right, rev., Jupiter repelling the Giants who attempt to climb Mount Olympus, 73mm (Attwood 24; Arm. I, 162, 1; Pollard 492 = Kress 426; Bernhart 163.2), old cast, about extremely fine with brown patina. The cast is extremely close to the example in the Lanna collection (1911), no. 626.
Alfonso Ruspagiari (1521-1576), Unidentified Woman and Her Admirer, uniface lead medal, sculptural female bust right, her hair elaborately dressed and coiled, wearing earring and pendant necklace, her breasts exposed and with drapery tied around her midriff and on her left shoulder; her portrait set within oval frame from the right edge of which a male head looks towards her; signed on the truncated right arm, A R, 69mm (Attwood 646; Arm. I, 216,5; Pollard 519 = Kress 450; Scher, Currency of Fame, 73 and p. 146), pierced, a very fine contemporary cast, very rare. The medal has been much discussed, in particular by Mary Levkoff in Currency of Fame (pp. 187-7), who described it as “one of the most compellingly romantic images in medallic art from the Renaissance”. The principal subject represents a sculptural image of womanhood admired by a male head emerging from the scrollwork of the oval frame, perhaps an allusion to Ovid’s story of Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Alternatively, if in fact the second head is female then the medal portrays youth and old age and becomes an illustration of Vanitas.
Antonio Selvi, Richard Molesworth (1680-1758, 3rd Viscount Molesworth), bronze medal (1712), bust right in armour and ornate helmet, rev., Bellona grasping the arm of Fortune, 89mm (Vannel & Toderi 133; MI II, 391/245; Eimer 453), extremely fine and very rare, brown patina Of Anglo-Irish descent, both he and his elder brother John Molesworth commissioned medals by Selvi when the latter was British ambassador in Tuscany. He succeeded as the third viscount on the death of his brother in 1726. He was a military man and aide-de-camp to Marlborough. At the Battle of Ramillies he is said to have rescued Marlborough at a critical moment by giving up his own horse to the Duke who had been momentarily unseated. He rose to become commander-in-chief, Ireland in 1751 and was promoted to field marshall in 1757, the year before his death.
Peter Paul Borner, Innocent XII (Pope, 1691-1700), large bronze medal (1694), bust left in cope and wearing Papal tiara, rev., view of the Dogana (customs house) built at the Ripa Grande, 95mm (Bortolotti p. 106; BDM I, 218 erroneously attributed to J.B. Borner), extremely fine with dark patina, very rare The medal is discussed in an essay by Augusto Donini in Medaglia 10, Milan 1975, pp. 131-135. The reverse is taken from a print by Alessandro Specchi showing the building designed by the architect Mattia de’ Rossi. Borner was a Swiss medallist and die engraver who worked at the mint in Rome and a number of Papal coins bear his signature.
A 1959 NSU Prima 150cc Scooter for restoration, blue & white, in unrestored but very original condition. This scooter has been owned locally for nearly 60 years and is a 'Reluctant' sale by the 93-year old vendor who has been only the second owner since 1963. £500 recently spent locally, with receipt for parts and labour, including new battery, New Delorto Carb (old carb retained), the scooter is being sold as a non-runner but is NOT seized, turns over with good compression and has good front and rear brakes. The scooter is sold with duplicate buff folded vehicle registration document (see image provided) 1x ignition key and original Vehicle Tax Registration Document,mileage 10099
Star Trek Enterprise - Episode, Unexpected, a costume Xyrillian Captain, for wear by Randy OglesbyTrena L was the Xyrillian captain whose stealth ship was detected by the Enterprise NX-01 leading to first contact.Randy Oglesby is also the actor who portrayed the Xindi super weapon developer , Degra , throughout the legendary third series of Star Trek Enterprise.
A goncalo alves, brass marquetry and gilt metal mounted centre table, second quarter 19th century, the circular top with engaged ropetwist edge inlaid banding and central marquetry rose, above a triform tapering column each facet with further inlaid motif, on a conforming triform base with each angle terminating in a gilt brass scroll foot and castor, the top of the columnar support bearing the retailers stamp EDWARDS & ROBERTS, 74cm high, 132cm diameter This table can possibly be attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845), who traded as a 'Furniture Broker and Appraiser' and 'Foreign China and Furniture Warehouseman'. Baldock numbered among his clients King George IV, the Duke of Northumberland, William Beckford and the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, and sponsored a range of London cabinet-making firms and specialists in marquetry to fulfill his orders for fashionable Louis XIV and Louis XV-style furniture. Baldock is known to have turned to the leading maker George Trollope of Parliament Street, London, who listed himself as 'Upholder, carver, gilder... to His Majesty' in 1830. It is however conceivable that the present table was made by another London maker.Please refer to this lot on our website for the complete footnote regarding this lot.
A William III walnut eight-day longcase clock William Grimes, London, circa 1695-1700 The eight-day five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and outside strike locking detent, the 11.25 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding holes and scroll border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to narrow outer track and signed W’m Grimes. Londini fecit to lower edge, with fine pierced blued steel hands and angles applied with winged cherub mask and foliate scroll cast spandrels with scroll engraved infill between, the case with ogee moulded cornice and floral trail pierced fret to frieze above glazed fixed dial surround applied with Solomonic three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns applied next to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex throat moulding over 42 inch rectangular door centred with an oval lenticle and veneered with three pairs of book-matched panels within a herringbone banded surround, the sides veneered with twin herringbone bordered panels, the base with stepped ogee top moulding and conforming book-matched panel within further crossbanded surround over bun feet, 204cm (80.25ins) high. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (ref. C16); purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 19th December 1991 (lot 167) for £6,800 hammer. William Grimes is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as born in Shilton, Leicestershire in 1737 and is thought to have trained under his uncle, Thomas Grimes, before moving to London by 1682 when he was made a Free Brother of the Clockmakers’ Company. William Grimes worked from Hatton Garden, London and amongst his apprentices was John Topping (1691) who subsequently became well known for his complex longcase clocks with astronomical functions. William Grimes is thought to have died in around 1705.
SARAWAK 1945 BMA overprints, a selection of ten philatelic covers, each bearing two or more values, all values are present with some light duplication including two $10 black and yellow, all are used/tied by two line VICTORIA/LABUAN two line cancel for 17.1.1946, also eleven similar covers bearing various 1945 North Borneo BMA opts to $5 (a couple with stamps removed) and a newspaper wrapper (Straits Times) f/w Malaya BMA 2c used within Singapore, all are addressed to F/o Roy Frederick Carnon who later became an artist involved with film production, a brief biography is included in the front of the album, each cover is lightly affixed to page by adhesive but appears to be removable without damage (not tested!)
King Edward VIII: 1928 die proof of "Prince of Wales" head, in black on thin glazed card, 65x78mm, endorsed 'Steel die/31.7.28' and numbered '252' on reverse, from the personal archive of C.G. Lewis who was a staff engraver for the Royal Mint, fine and an interesting addition to any King Edward VIII collection, with 2008 BPA cert
Jersey - Nazi Occupation essays: 1937-39 set of 13 KGVI dark colour definitives and the set of five 1940 Stamp Centenary issues all overprinted with a Swastika and inscribed 'JERSEY 1940' (SG JW1/18), superb unused with original gum, a magnificent rarity of historically interest of which only four complete sets exist, offered with Channel Islands Specialist Society (1974) and Michael Wieneke (2001) certs; EX Newport and Chartwell. Soon after the commencement of the occupation of Jersey by German forces on July 1st 1940 orders were given by the German Commandant to the Islands Postmaster for stocks of the currently available stamps to be forwarded to the Jersey printers J.T. Bigwood for overprinting, during this process the Bailiff of Jersey protested to the German Commandant who referred the mater to Berlin which resulted in the destruction of all but four complete sets.
BRITISH GUIANA 1834 (November) entire letter from Berbice to Ireland, the contents being a monthly report on the finances of the 'Hope & Experiment' sugar plantation with details of sugar stocks, rum & molasses, cane cultivation, negro labourers (shortly after the abolition of slavery in British possessions), live stock account, distribution of the gang (detailing the number and task of workers), with extensive additional notes (in the General Remarks section and elsewhere) by Campbell Faloon, who was attorney to Hugh McAlmont, the plantation's owner, rated 2/6 in m/s , this cancelled and rated 5/3, with fine BELFAST s/l at upper left, then re-addressed to London, reverse bears Liverpool transit cds for JA 24 1835, Belfast arrival for following day and London arrival ds for 29 JAN, a fine and fascinating historical document
British WWII RAF Hospital Chamber Pot, made by Minton's Est. 1703 England" with crown laurel wreaths and globe split with longitude and latitude lines. RAF with King's crown in centre with 7 in gold. Likely late WWI to the interwar period for convalescing Pilots who had been injured but still in service. In fantastic condition
John H Sanderson RAF & RCAF killed on active service 1944 in a training exercise, pair of WWII medals, two flight log books, photo album, jacket, five silk maps, various correspondents addressed to Margaret, buttons and badges. Provenance - Magaret was the mother of the current vendor, some of the letters mention the current vendors father 'Ricky' also RAF during WWII who was shot down, went missing and presumed dead however, later rescued by French resistance. Margaret, Ricky and John were all students at Balshaw's Leyland. John is also named on Penwortham War Memorial.
A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN M1904 (IRISH) MANNLICHER KNIFE BAYONET WHICH MATCHED THE STEYR RIFLES MANUFACTURED BY THE AUSTRIAN STEYR ARMS COMPANY PRIOR TO WW1. IT'S IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY SLIGHT SURFACE RUST ON THE HILT METAL. THE SERIAL NUMBER 774 IS SEEN ON THE HILT. THE WOOD IS SOUND AND HAS A GOOD PATINA. THE BLADE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO RUST OR NICKS ON THE EDGE. ITS BLADE PICASSO MARK OEWG IS CLEAR TO SEE AND IDENTIFIES IT AS A CLYDE VALLEY BAYONET. THE SCABBARD IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO DINTS ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT HAS BEEN COVERED IN A GREY UNDERCOAT MANY YEARS BACK. THIS BAYONET IS PART OF THE CONSIGNMENT BROUGHT TO IRELAND IN 1914 ON THE CLYDE VALLEY TO ARM THE UVF. THIS BAYONET HAS BEEN IN THE VENDORS FAMILY FOR 3 GENERATIONS AND WAS OWNED BY THE VENDORS GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE OLD UVF OF THE TIME AND DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE 1914 LANDING OF WEAPONS IN DONAGHADEE. AFTER THE MOUNTJOY II, THE NAME ADOPTED AFTER CLYDE VALLEY DOCKED IN LARNE AND DISCHARGED ITS CARGO OF WEAPONS, BAYONETS AND AMMUNITION THE CARGO WAS SPLIT INTO 2 SMALL BOATS WHO SHIPPED A CONSIGNMENT TO DONAGHADEE. AT THIS POINT THE VENDORS GRANFATHER WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTING THE CARGO TO ARMS DUMPS THROUGHOUT COUNTY DOWN AND BEYOND.
LEHAR FRANZ: (1870-1948) Austrian Composer. A good signed original pencil close-up portrait depicting the Austrian composer, also signed by the author of the portrait, who has dated it 18th February 1835. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink `Lehar Franz´, to the left clear bottom corner of the drawing. The drawing paper has been affixed to a slightly larger card. VG £150-200
LIND JENNY: (1820-1887) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the Swedish Nightingale. A.L.S., Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt, three pages, 8vo, n.p., 23rd June 1874, to an unidentified correspondent, in German. Lind states `A friend, who I don't want to leave alone, came to us this afternoon. Because my son John will accompany his sister and I can accommodate only three persons..... I beg your pardon for sending my children alone and please take care of my daughter´. The letter has been neatly affixed to a slightly larger card to the fourth page. Together with Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) Polish Soprano. Sembrich created sensation in her role as Lucia in Donizetti´s Lucia di Lammermoor, both at Covent Garden in London and at The Met in New York in the company premiere. Bold black ink signature `Marcella Sembrich´ to a 3.5 x 2.5 card. Dated in Rochester, February 1901, in her hand. Very small overall, minor age, otherwise, G, 2 £80-100
NO RESERVE Incunaboli. Lacepiera Petrus. Libro de l'Occhio morale et spirituale vulgare. (Al colophon:) Venezia: [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 21 maggio 1496 (Legato con:) Climacus Johannes. Scala Paradisi. (Al colophon:) Venezia: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 12 ottobre 1492. Due opere in un volume in-4° (mm 202x139). I: Segnatura: a-h8. Carte [64]. Carattere romano e gotico. Al frontespizio grande legno (mm 76x75), apparso già nell'edizione latina dello stesso anno, raffigurante un monaco (probabilmente l'autore) in cattedra in atto di parlare, indicandosi un occhio, ad un uditorio, in cui curiosamente appaiono tre figure femminili. Numerosi capilettera xilografici ornati. II: Segnatura: a-l8, m10. Carte [98]. Al frontespizio grande legno (mm 55x75) raffigurante un abate tra due gruppi di monaci nel chiostro di un monastero. Alla carta a2v incisione xilografica (mm 40x50) raffigurante la Pietas: Cristo deposto dalla Croce sul grembo di Maria circondato da sette personaggi. Numerosi capilettera xilografici ornati. Esemplare accuratamente rinfrescato, aloni alle ultime carte. Legatura moderna ad imitazione antica in pelle, fregi a secco e in oro ai piatti e al dorso. Timbro 'bibliothek schloss schonborn' al verso dell'ultima carta.I: Prima edizione in italiano di quello che è considerato il secondo libro sull'occhio: "the second earliest printed work on the eye, Grassus's De oculis (1474) being the first" (Becker). L'opera apparve per la prima volta in latino nel 1476; controversa è la paternità del testo essendo variamente attribuito a Petrus de Lacepiera, il cui nome appare nel colophon, a Johannes de Peckham o, molto probabilmente, a Petrus Lemovicensis (Pierre de Limoges). La traduzione in italiano venne curata da Fra Teophilo Romano. Si tratta principalmente di un trattato morale ma con interessanti osservazioni scientifiche: nei primi quattro capitoli è infatti contenuta una descrizione dell'occhio. "The purpose of the De oculo morali is purely ethical but it contains a description of the eye, together with a brief account of eye diseases and their treatment" (Sarton II, 1029). L'analisi della fisiologia della visione e delle proprietà della luce sono quindi funzionali all'autore per descrivere i gradi della morale.II: Terza edizione della traduzione in italiano - curiosamente data alla luce lo stesso giorno della scoperta dell'America - di questa famosa guida spirituale, Klimax tou Paradeisou o Scala del Paradiso, composta in greco nel VII secolo da San Giovanni soprannominato Climaco, ovvero «quello della scala», dal nome appunto del suo componimento. La presente edizione segue la prima edizione del 1478 (Torrebelvicino, Giovanni Leonardo Longo) e la stampa del 1491 (Venezia, Matteo Capcasa).Vera e propria sintesi della tradizione monastica antica, illustra, attraverso trenta gradini, altrettante tappe della vita monastica. La Scala del paradiso venne tradotta in molte lingue, tra cui latino, siriaco, armeno, arabo e slavo. Sulla base della traduzione latina di Angelo Clareno da Cingoli, nel XIV secolo l'agostiniano Gentile da Foligno la traspose in italiano. I BMC V 419. IGI 7384. Essling 892. Sander 3757. Klebs 243. Becker catalogue 222. Wellcome I, 5029. Source book of ophthalmology, p. 187. Dyson Perrins It. 108. II: Essling 566. Sander 2019. Proctor 5228. BMC V 468. IGI 5216. Incunables. Lacepiera Petrus. Libro de l'Occhio morale et spirituale vulgare. (Colophon:) Venezia: [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 21 maggio 1496 (Bound with:) Climacus Johannes. Scala Paradisi. (Colophon:) Venezia: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 12 ottobre 1492.Two works in one volume, 4° (202x139 mm). I: Collation: a-h8. [64] leaves. Gothic and roman type. Large woodcut (76x75 mm) on the title-page, first used in the Latin edition of the work, likewise printed in 1496, and showing a monk, possibly the author himself, giving lecture to an audience curiously including three women. Numerous woodcut decorated initials. II: Collation: a-l8, m10. [98] leaves. Large woodcut on the title-page (55x75 mm), depicting an abbot in a cloister, surrounded by monks. Woodcut on fol. a2v (40x50 mm), showing the Pietas. Numerous woodcut decorated initials. Copy carefully washed, a few spots to the last leaves. Modern binding, blind and gilt tooled in antique style. Stamp 'bibliothek schloss schonborn' on the verso of the last leaf. I: First edition into Italian of "the second earliest printed work on the eye, Grassus's De oculis (1474) being the first" (Becker). The work appeared first in Latin in 1476, and is variously attributed to Petrus de Lacepiera, whose name is mentioned at the colophon, Johannes de Peckham or Petrus Lemovicensis (Pierre de Limoges). The version into Italian was edited by Fra Teophilo Romano. "The purpose of the De oculo morali is purely ethical but it contains a description of the eye, together with a brief account of eye diseases and their treatment" (Sarton II, 1029). II: Third edition of the translation into Italian vernacular, printed on 12 october 1492, day of discovering of America, of this famous spiritual treatise on monastic life entitled Klimax tou Paradeisou or The Ladder of Divine Ascent, composed in the 7th century by St. John Climacus. This edition follows the first edition of 1478 (Torrebelvicino, Giovanni Leonardo Longo) and the second one of 1491 (Venezia, Matteo Capcasa). The translation into Italian was made by the fifteenth-century Augustinian monk Gentile from Foligno, who relied his work on the Latin translation by Angelo Clareno from Cingoli. I: BMC V 419. IGI 7384. Essling 892. Sander 3757. Klebs 243. Becker catalogue 222. Wellcome I, 5029. Source book of ophthalmology, p. 187. Dyson Perrins It. 108. II: Essling 566. Sander 2019. Proctor 5228. BMC V 468. IGI 5216.
NO RESERVE Incunabolo. Palladius Domenicus Soranus. Epigrammata, elegiae et genethliacum urbis Romae. Venezia: [Bernardino Vitali], per Giovanni Battista Sessa, 16 maggio 1498 (LEGATO CON:) Spagnoli Giovanni Battista. Baptiste Mantuani Buccolica seu Adolescentia in decem æglogas diuisa. Ab Iodoco Badio Ascensio familiariter exposita; cum indice dictionum. Carmen eiusdem de sancto Johanne baptista. In Aeglogas Mantuani Decatosticon omnium earum argumenta complectens Joannis Gallinarij Budorini ... (Al colophon:) [Strasburgo]: impressit Johannes Prüss Civis Argentinus in aedibus zum Thiergarten, 1506.Due opere in un volume in-4° (mm 258x143) I: Segnatura: a-e⁴, f-g⁶, h-i⁴. Carte [40]. Testo su una colonna, 30 linee. Carattere 111R. Le due differenti marche tipografiche del Sessa impresse rispettivamente al frontespizio e al verso della carta i4. Quattro capilettera xilografici ornati su sei linee, quelli impressi alle carte a2r e g1r miniati in azzurro e in giallo. Numerose iniziali xilografiche lombarde più piccole. Foro di tarlo alle prime quattro carte, con conseguente perdita di alcune lettere, evidenti macchie di muffa ai primi tre fascicoli, lieve gora al margine interno del volume. II: Segnatura: A⁶ B⁴ C⁸ D-E⁴ F⁸ G-H⁴ I⁸ K-L⁴ M⁸ N-O⁴ P⁸ Q⁶. carte [6], LXXX, [2]. Capilettera xilografici. Gore, evidenti macchie di muffa. Legatura cinquecentesca in mezza pelle su assicelle di legno, tracce dell'originale laccio in pelle e del fermaglio. Tracce di titolo manoscritto al piatto anteriore. Mancanze al dorso, abrasioni al piatto posteriore. Annotazioni manoscritte in inchiostro bruno di antica mano.I: Seconda edizione, la prima ottenibile, dell'opera del poeta originario di Sora Domenico Farina (1460-1528) e dedicata all'amico e protettore Marcantonio Sabellico. Domenico Farina venne accolto nel 1478 nell'Accademia Romana di Pomponio Leto, dove scelse il nome di Domenico Palladio Sorano, e qui si laureò nel 1484. L'eleganza poetica dei suoi epigrammi, che gli consacrarono la fama, erano tanto apprezzati nell'ambiente dell'Accademia Romana che fu proprio Palladio Sorano a dettare l'epitaffio che venne posto sulla pietra tombale di Pomponio Leto nel 1497.La princeps dell'opera venne stampata a Venezia il 4 settembre 1495, edizione a noi pervenuta in un unico esemplare, oggi preservato a Parigi, presso la Bibliothèque Mazarine (GW M29128). I capilettera - ornati e lombardi - confermano che l'edizione venne stampata da Bernardino Vitali per il Sessa. Edizione di grande rarità, solo tre esemplari sono censiti nelle biblioteche istituzionali americane e solo un'altra copia è stata venduta in asta nell'ultimo secolo.II: Rara edizione delle dieci Ecloghe redatte dal carmelitano mantovano Battista Spagnoli (1447-1516), che le compose tra gli anni giovanili di studio a Padova e l'ingresso nell'ordine del Carmelo. L'editio princeps venne stampata a Mantova nel 1498 con il titolo Adolescentia. L'opera venne letta e assai apprezzata da Erasmo, che definì lo Spagnoli Virgilio cristiano. "Il maggior titolo di gloria e d'immortalità, che possegga il Mantovano, sono le dieci Egloghe, uno dei monumenti più notevoli della poesia umanistica d'Italia e d'Europa" (V. Zabughin. Un beato poeta (Battista Spagnoli, il Mantovano), in «L'Arcadia» 1 (1918), p. 79). La straordinaria fortuna delle Egloghe è da attribuire, oltre al loro valore stilistico, all'utilizzo del genere antico quale veicolo delle istanze riformatrici, che resero la presente opera "un testo curriculare in molte scuole inglesi, sancito dai programmi [...] Lo stesso Shakespeare, in Love's Labour's Lost (atto IC, scena II), cita il «good old Mantuan», facendo pronunciare ad Oloferne l'incipit della sua prima ecloga". (A. Manganaro. Un incunabolo "ritrovato"di Battista Spagnoli, il Mantovano: l'Oratio in funere Ferrandi regis (1496) in «Le Forme e la Storia» II (2009), p. 260).I: HC 12278; GW M29126; BMC V 480, 547; IGI 7147; Goff P12.Incunable. Palladius Domenicus Soranus. Epigrammata, elegiae et genethliacum urbis Romae. Venezia: [Bernardino Vitali], per Giovanni Battista Sessa, 16 maggio 1498 (Bound with:) Spagnoli Giovanni Battista. Baptiste Mantuani Buccolica seu Adolescentia in decem æglogas diuisa. Ab Iodoco Badio Ascensio familiariter exposita; cum indice dictionum. Carmen eiusdem de sancto Johanne baptista. In Aeglogas Mantuani Decatosticon omnium earum argumenta complectens Joannis Gallinarij Budorini... (Colophon:) [Strasburgo]: impressit Johannes Prüss Ciuis Argentinus in aedibus zum Thiergarten, 1506.Two works in one volume, 4° (258x143 mm) I: Collation: a-e⁴, f-g⁶, h-i⁴. [40] leaves. Text in one column, 30 lines. Type 111R. Two different Sessa printer's devices, on the title-page and the verso of fol. i4 respectively. Four woodcut decorated six-line initials, the ones on fols. a2r and g1r illuminated in light blue and yellow. Numerous smaller Lombard initials. Wormhole to the first four leaves, affecting a few letters; traces of mould to the first three quires, pale waterstain to the gutter. II: Collation: A⁶ B⁴ C⁸ D-E⁴ F⁸ G-H⁴ I⁸ K-L⁴ M⁸ N-O⁴ P⁸ Q⁶. [6], LXXX, [2] leaves. Woodcut decorated initials. Waterstains, traces of mould. 16th-century leather over wooden boards; remains of the original clasp. Traces of inked title on the upper cover. Losses to the spine, the lower cover rather abraded. An early hand added a few manuscript notes in brown ink. I: Second edition, the first available, of the poetical work by Domenico Farina from Sora (1460-1528), and dedicated to his friend and patron Marcantonio Sabellico. Farina entered in 1478 the Roman Academy (Accademia Romana) founded by Pomponio Leto, adopting the nickname of Domenico Palladio Sorano. Owing to their elegance, his epigrams were highly praised in the Roman milieu, and Farina was also responsible for the epitaph inscribed on Leto's grave. The first edition of the Epigrammata appeared in Venice on 4 September, recorded in only one copy preserved in the Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris (GW M29128). The style of the woodcut initials embellishing the volume confirms the attribution of printing to Bernardino Vitali. The edition offerred here is of the greatest rarity, only three copies are recorded in US institutional libraries, and only a copy was seen at auction in the 20th-century.II: Rare edition of the ten Ecloghe by the Mantuan Battista Spagnoli (1447-1516), who composed them before he entered the Carmelite order. The first edition was printed in Mantua in 1498, under the title Adolescentia. Erasmus of Rotterdam was among its readers, and called Farina 'the Christian Virgil'. The work enjoyed a wide popularity, and was especially praised by Shakespeare, who included the first verses from one ecloga by the "good old Mantuan" in his Love's Labour's Lost. I: HC 12278; GW M29126; BMC V 480, 547; IGI 7147; Goff P12.
δ Chagall Marc. Chagall lithographe III 1962-1968; IV 1969-1973; V 1974-1979; VI 1980-1985. Monte-Carlo: Andrè Sauret, 1969-1986. Quattro volumi (di 6) in-folio (mm 315x240). III: Pagine 179, [3]; IV: Pagine 180, [4]; V: Pagine 250, [2]; VI: Pagine 223, [3]. Legatura editoriale in tela con titoli stampati in nero al piatto anteriore e al dorso, sovraccoperta editoriale originale illustrata, cofanetto cartonato. Minimi strappi ai bordi dei cofanetti.Il catalogo ragionato sull'opera grafica di Chagall è a cura e con contributi di Julien Cain, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert Marteau, Roger Passeron.Four volumes (of 6), (mm 315x240). III: 179, [3] pages; IV: 180, [4] pages; V: 250, [2]; VI: 223, [3] pages. Original publisher's cloth, with titles stamped in black on the upper covers and spines. Publisher's illustrated dust jackets. In slipcases (minor wears to the edges).The critical catalogue of the lithographs of Chagall, an artist who had been strongly interested in this medium of printmaking. The volumes are edited by Julien Cain, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert Marteau, Roger Passeron.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
NO RESERVE Eurographica. Lotto di 61 volumi, a tiratura limitata e firmati dagli autori. Helsinki: 1985-1992.Il lotto comprende 61 volumi, appartenenti alle quattro serie dell'editore finlandese Eurographica: Mistery and Spy Authors in Signed Limited Editions (serie marrone), Contemporary Poets in Signed Limited Editions e Suomalaisia nykyrunoilijoita (2 serie grigie), Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions (serie blu).(mm 210x150). Brossura muta in cartoncino con sovraccoperta colorata e stampata in nero. Esemplari numerati (su una tiratura di 350 esemplari per ogni titolo) e firmati dagli autori, ognuno nella sua lingua originale. Impressi presso la Tipografia Nobili di Pesaro su carta speciale Michelangelo prodotta nella cartiera Magnani di Pescia.The lot contains 61 volumes, belonging to the four series of the Finnish publisher Eurographica: Mistery and Spy Authors in Signed Limited Editions (brown series), Contemporary Poets in Signed Limited Editions e Suomalaisia nykyrunoilijoita (two grey series), Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions (blue series).(210x150 mm). Publisher's soft cardboards, with coloured dust jacket, stamped in black. Numbered copies (each title printed in 350 copies) and signed by the authors. Printed by the Tipografia Nobili at Pesaro, on special paper Michelangelo, produced in the papermill Magnani, Pescia.Mistery and Spy Authors in Signed Limited Editions: Symons Julian. The modern crime story; Forsyth Frederick. No comebacks and other stories; Highsmith Patricia. The man who wrote books in his head and other stories; Ambler Eric. The army of the shadows and other stories; Rendell Ruth. Matters of suspense; MacDonald John D. The Annex and other stories; Fowles John. The Enigma; Lovesey Peter. The staring man and other stories; Highsmith Patricia. Where the action is and other stories; Ferrars Elizabeth. Sequence of events and other stories; Gilbert Michael. The Road To Damascus And Other Stories; Symons Julian. Somebody else and other stories; Hoch Edward D. The Spy who Read Latin and other stories; Keating H.R. F. Inspector Gothe and some others; Rendell Ruth. Three cases for Chief Inspector Wexford; Freeling Nicolas. Crime and Metaphysics; Hill Reginald. Brother's keeper and other stories. Contemporary Poets in Signed Limited Editions: Milosz Czelaw. Selected poems; Warren Robert Penn. New and Selected Poems 1960 - 1985; Spender Stephen. Twenty-five Pomes; Enzensberger Hans Magnus. Ausgewählte Gedichte 1957 - 1983; Kinsella Thomas. Selected Poems 1962 - 1989; Andrè Frenaud. Poèmes choisis; Updike John. Recent Poems 1986 - 1990; Ashbery John. Selected poems. Suomalaisia nykyrunoilijoita: Eeva-Liisa Manner. Runoja 1956-1977; Eeva Kilpi. Runoja 1972-1982; Bo Carpelan. Valda Dikter 1946-1983; Lassi Nummi. Runoja 1949-1988; Paavo Haaviko. Runoja 1951-1988. Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions: Caldwell Erskine. Hamrick's polar bear; Paton Alan. Debbie go home and other stories; Norman Mailer. A Fragment from Vietnam; Rinser Luise. Ein Bündel weisser Narzissen und andere Erzählungen; Boll Enrich. Damals in Odessa; Vidal Gore. The Ladies in the Library and other stories; Laxness Halldór. Förvillelse i Västfjordarna och Andra Berättelser Översättning av Peter Hallberg; Fry Christopher. A Phoenix too frequent. A comedy; Chiara Piero. Dal fondo della mia timidezza e altri racconti; Ionesco Eugene. La photo du colonel et autres recits; Tournier Michel. La jeune fille et la mort; Lenz Siegfried. Ein Kriegsende; Gordimer Nadine. A correspondence course and other stories; Fuentes Carlos. The Old Morality and Other Stories; Laxness Halldor. A place of safety and other stories; Atwood Margaret. Hurricane Hazel and Other Stories; Fowles John. Poor Koko; Fry Christopher. The lady's not for burning; Lessing Doris. Three Stories; Updike John. Going abroad; Sarraute Nathalie. Pour un oui ou pour un non; Osborne John. A Place calling itself Rome; Tournier Michel. Gilles & Jeanne; Mario Vargas Llosa. The cubs; Joyce Carol Oates. Small avalanches and other stories; Alain Robbe-Grillet. Instantanés; Muriel Spark. The Portobello Road and other Stories; Arnold Wesker. Six Sundays in January and other Stories; James Purdy. 63: Dream palace; Wiliam Styron. A Tidewater Morning; John Updike. Love factories three stories with a foreword.
NO RESERVE Manifesti originali Unità d'Italia. Nubioli Danilo. Lotto di 2 manifesti ufficiali delle Celebrazioni del Centenario dell'Unità d'Italia 1861-1961. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C, 1961. Il lotto comprende:Nubioli Danilo. Italia '61. [Manifesto ufficiale delle Celebrazioni del Centenario dell'Unità d'Italia. 1961]. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C. Manifesto pubblicitario in cromolitografia (mm 1400x1000). Minimi strappi ai bordi. Bellissimo esemplare dell'affiche disegnata da Nubioli per il Centenario dell'Unità d'Italia: per la realizzazione venne indetto nel 1960 un concorso pubblico e l'illustratore ne risultò vincitore. Già collaboratore di personaggi come Ettore Sottsass e Armando Testa, entrò - durante l'avventura di Italia '61 - in contatto con Giò Ponti, Luigi Nervi, Giacomo Manù e Fausto Melotti. Sottsass lo definì "uno dei personaggi più significativi della grafica italiana contemporanea".Nubioli Danilo. Mostra Moda Stile Costume. Torino giugno-settembre 1961. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C. Manifesto pubblicitario in cromolitografia (mm 1400x1000 circa). Minimi strappi sui bordi. Manifesto di Nubioli, già autore dell'affiche ufficiale di Italia '61, disegnata per la Mostra della Moda Stile e Costume che si svolse al Palazzo delle Mostre - oggi Palavela - di Torino, all'interno del programma per il Centenario dell'Unità d'Italia. L'esposizione torinese fu curata dal cavalier Pinin Farina e mostrava, attraverso 500 oggetti, la trasformazione del design made in Italy.Manifesti originali Unità d'Italia. Nubioli Danilo. Lots of 2 official posters for the Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Italian Unification 1861-1961. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C, 1961. The lot includes. Nubioli Danilo. Italia '61. [official poster for the Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Italian Unification 1861-1961]. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C. Chromolithographic poster (1400x1000 mm). Minor marginal tears.Fine copy of the affiche drawn by Nubioli for the 100th anniversary of Italian Unification, and made on the occasion of the competition to illustrate the event. The first prize was awarded to Nubioli, an artist who worked with Ettore Sottsass and Armando Testa.Nubioli Danilo. Mostra Moda Stile Costume. Torino giugno-settembre 1961. Torino: Ind. Grafiche Mario Gros & C. Chromolithographic poster ( 1400x1000 mm). Minor marginal tears.Poster drawn by Nubioli, made for the Mostra della Moda Stile e Costume, which was organised by Pinin Farina at the Palavela in Turin - formerly known as Palazzo delle Mostre - celebrating the 100th anniversary of Italian Unification.
![NO RESERVE Noventa Giacomo [pseud. di Cà Zorzi Giacomo]. Versi e poesie. Milano: Edizioni di Comunità, 1956.228x158 mm. Pagin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3f3b43b9-6d01-4515-8009-a90000d0409e/5180ba42-e95b-4c36-e8fd-e0d7c5bfcd85/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Noventa Giacomo [pseud. di Cà Zorzi Giacomo]. Versi e poesie. Milano: Edizioni di Comunità, 1956.228x158 mm. Pagine XVI, [2], 203, [2]. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Brossura editoriale. Custodito in scatola, con mancanze.Prima edizione della raccolta che valse a Noventa il Premio Viareggio facendo conoscere al grande pubblico il poeta dialettale, fino a quel momento ingiustamente trascurato. Il poeta veneto aveva fondato a Firenze nel 1936 «La Riforma Letteraria», rivista fortemente polemica nei confronti della cultura ufficiale del tempo, che finì per farlo considerare un personaggio scomodo, fama che lo accompagnò per tutta la vita.Gambetti-Vezzosi, 597-98SI AGGIUNGE: Uccello Antonino. Triale. Milano: All'insegna del pesce d'oro, 1957.(mm 241x172). Pagine 12, con 12 litografie di Gian Luigi Giovanola in fogli sciolti con numerazione romana I-XII. Cartella editoriale in cartoncino; custodia in cartoncino ocra. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, leggere fioriture alla cartella. Copia 158/500.Prima edizione della prima vera raccolta in cui è possibile cogliere lo stile di Antonino Uccello, principalmente ermetico, ma già proiettato al neorealismo. Con quest'opera Uccello è ormai in grado di definire i temi e i motivi fondamentali della sua poetica, tra i quali viene consapevolmente fatta emergere la dura condizione di siciliano della diaspora, di intellettuale emigrato. L'edizione, stampata a tiratura limitata, è arricchita dalle silografie del professore ed artista Giovanola, amico dell'editore Vanni Scheiwiller.Noventa Giacomo [pen name of Cà Zorzi Giacomo]. Versi e poesie. Milano: Edizioni di Comunità, 1956.228x158 mm. XVI, [2], 203, [2] pages. In excellent condition. Publisher's wrappers. Preserved in case, slightly worn.First edition of this verse collection in Venetian dialect by Noventa, who was awarded the Premio Viareggio for poetry in 1956. The poet founded in 1936 the review La Riforma letteraria, the content of which was often alternative to the official culture of the age.ADDING: Uccello Antonino. Triale. Milano: All'insegna del pesce d'oro, 1957.(241x172 mm). 12 pages, with 12 loose lithographs by Gian Luigi Giovanola, numbered I-XII. In publisher's portfolio, in cardboard slipcase. In excellent condition, the portfolio slightly foxed. The first collection of Uccello's works to appear in print, in a limited edition finely llustrated with the fine lithographs by Giovanola, one of the closest friends of the famous publisher Vanni Scheiwiller.
![NO RESERVE Zavattini Cesare - [con disegni originali a penna di Civerchia Luigi]. Al macero 1927-1940. Torino: Einaudi, 1976.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3f3b43b9-6d01-4515-8009-a90000d0409e/b620ef2f-27fb-425b-af1a-4cd091765e68/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Zavattini Cesare - [con disegni originali a penna di Civerchia Luigi]. Al macero 1927-1940. Torino: Einaudi, 1976. (mm 220x140). Pagine XI, 301, [1]. Brossura editoriale illustrata a colori. Lievi segni d'uso. Timbro di possesso a secco 'Luigi Civerchia Roma'. Prima edizione in volume di questa serie di prose già apparse a stampa tra il 1927 e il 1940 e che l'autore emiliano considerava scarti da destinare appunto al macero. Esemplare proveniente dalla biblioteca personale del pittore romano Luigi Civerchia cui si devono gli schizzi - tre ritratti a penna di Zavattini siglati 'Civ' - alle sguardie anteriore e posteriore e al piatto posteriore.Zavattini Cesare - [with original pen-drawings by Civerchia Luigi]. Al macero 1927-1940. Torino: Einaudi, 1976. (220x140 mm). XI, 301, [1] pages. Publisher's colour-illustrated wrappers. Light traces of use. Embossing stamp 'Luigi Civerchia Roma'. First edition in volume form of a series of Zavattini's prose writings, which had first appeared in print between 1927 and 1940. The copy was once owned by the Roman Luigi Civerchia, who sketched three portraits of Zavattini on its front and rear flyleaves, and the rear pastedown (signed 'Civ').
MOORE, JOHN. The Fleet Air Arm', 1st Edition. Published by Chapman and Hall, blue cloth and D/J; Nelsons Aeroscience Manuals, 'The Men Who Fly' and 'Chemistry and the Aeroplane', 'Glossary of Flying' circa 1944 and Meteorology from the Airman. Published 1943 and the Observers Book of Aircraft 1959 edition (6)
A Chinese famille rose square food warming vessel, liner and cover, Tongzhi mark and of the period (1862-74), painted with the figures of immortals in a garden to the cover and sides, with metal mounted animal mask handles, width 5.5cmFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
A set of three Chinese famille rose boxes, liners and covers, 19th century, each finely painted with boys in a garden holding lanterns and other objects, the interior liner with inscriptions and a single hole, four character iron red seal mark to the base, diameter 9cm, one cover crackedFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
A large bronze sculpture 'Icarus' designed by Donald Brooke who created it for Christopher House on London's South Bank. This work is located in the grounds of a private house near Rochester Castle, viewing is by appointment, the purchaser is responsible for removal of the work from the property H. 2.8m W.5m approx.
ALLOM, Thomas. China: in a series of views displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire.London, Fisher, Son, & Co., [ca.1843]. Thomas Allom (1804-1872) the noted topographical artist, at a time of increased interest in China, presented the Western world with the most complete portrait of China and Chinese culture up to the middle of the nineteenth century. The engravings show architecture and scenic views, mainly of the South-East (Hong Kong, Canto, Macao, Nanjing, and Shanghai) but also include several images of Peking and Yehol. As well as his own observations, Allom includes some images based on the work of earlier artists such as Lieutenant Frederick White, R.M., Captain Stoddart, R.N. and R. Vaughan. The text was by George Wright, a protestant missionary who had spent a considerable time in China. 4 volumes bound in 2, 4to., engraved title-page to each volume, 124 finely engraved steel-plates after Allom. Contemporary black half-morocco gilt, gilt centrepiece to upper cover, all edges gilt, occasional light spotting, overall a clean, fresh copy. Cordier 80-81; Lust 363; Lowendahl 986.
HANCARVILLE, Pierre d'. Recherches sur l'origine, l'esprit et les progrès des arts de la Grèce; sur leur connexion avec les arts et la religion de plus anciens peuples connus; sur les monumens antiques de l'Inde, de la Perse, du reste de l'Asie, de l'Europe et de l'Égypte ... London, Appleyard, 1785 D'Hancarville's chef-d'oeuvre. 'D'Hancarville, who had close connections with the Dilettanti Society, worked with Winckelmann and acted as Sir William Hamilton's agent, assisting him in amassing his collection. In this controversial work he "attempted to systematise an enormous amount of mythological and ritualistic material - Greek, Persia, Indian - and to draw relationships based on comparative mythology and the vaguest historical evidence. The plates are extremely interesting and illustrate elements from the various mysteries, mithraic, eleusinian, etc." (Blackmer). The work was never finished as the author took offence at the criticisms of his first two volumes. The third volume is a supplement responding to the censures. First edition. 3 vol. 4to. 90 engraved plates (12 folding); slight foxing and browning to vol. 3. Contemporary russia, covers decorated in gilt and blind, sometime rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; corners worn else a fine set. Blackmer 846; Brunet IV, 1135.
HOWARD, Luke. Essay on the Modification of Clouds.London, John Churchill and Sons, 1865 The 'student of clouds' or 'father of meteorology' Luke Howard (1772-1864) was by profession an industrial chemist, but his great interest in meteorology led to his studies on clouds, and his devising of the system of Latin cloud names which was adopted internationally and is still in use. He introduced the three basic cloud names: cirus, cumulus and stratus. As a young man Luke Howard was one of a circle who in March, 1796, formed themselves into an Association called the Askesian Society, for the discussion of scientific questions. Among the Members were William Allen, William Phillips, Alexander Tilloch, and H. Pepys. The Society was merged into the Geological Society in 1806. He possessed a registering clock by which the variations of the barometer were recorded on the outer portion of the dial, which made one revolution in the twelve months. These diagrams were afterwards published, at great expense, under the name of Barometrographia. In Barometrographia, he noted down the atmospheric pressure readings from 1815 to 1834 at his homes in Tottenham, London, and Ackworth, Yorkshire, alongside accounts of the weather. "Howard's contributions to meteorology over half a century were profound. He had not limited himself to clouds but had looked at radiation, urban heat islands and wind flow. Fifty years before, at a lecture in Tottenham, he had even suggested that the rotation of the earth might deflect winds off course. He had explained to an audience that as the air travels north or south the earth is forever 'slipping away under it'." Peter Moore, The Weather Experiment, Chatto and Windus, 2015. Alfred Waterhouse was an English architect, famous in particular for designing the Natural History Museum of London. Only five copies are known in public libraries, and none are of have been on the market. Third edition, folio (28.5 x 22.5 cm), xvi, 37 pp., 6 plates. Green cloth gilt. Provenance: Alfred Waterhouse (ex-libris)
VOIGT, J.O. Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis. A catalogue of the plants which have been cultivated in the Hon. East India Company's Botanical Garden, Calcutta, and in the Serampore Botanical Garden, generally known as Dr. Carey's Garden, from the beginning of both establishments (1786 and 1800) to the end of August 1841 ...Calcutta, Bishop's College Press, 1845 A substantial catalogue of the plants cultivated in two Anglo-Indian gardens: the East India Company Botanical garden in Calcutta and the Serampore Botanical Garden. The author J.O.Voigt was a Danish government surgeon at Serampore. He based the work on Roxburgh's Hortus Bengalensis, which had been prepared for publication by the orientalist and missionary William Carey, who himself had a strong interest in botany and founded the second of the gardens which this work catalogues. Voigt was careful to note down the native Bengal names of the plants so that specimens might be more easily procured from local Indian gardeners. A good copy of an uncommon work. First edition. 8vo (15.5 x 23.5cm) xxv, [1], 747, [1], lxviii pp., modern pebble grain boards in period style, endpapers renewed, a very good, clean copy. Copac lists copies at British Library, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.
BARROW, John. Travels in China, containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton. In which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations. London, Cadell, 1804. Barrow accompanied Macartney's mission to the court of China in 1792 as his private secretary, and the present account of the country is one of the best illustrated English travels on China. The eight plates are from drawings by William Alexander who accompanied the embassy and later published his own work. The strict exclusion of Europeans by the Chinese Emperors had left China very much terra incognita to the western world well into the nineteenth century. Barrow was an excellent observer, and the text contains a number of descriptions of Chinese artefacts and novelties. Among these a plate of musical instruments, extensive renditions of Chinese melodies into western notation, and a long description, with illustration of the abacus. Second edition. 4to., illustrated with 8 engraved plates (1 folding), of which 5 are hand-coloured aquatints after William Alexander, nineteenth century calf gilt, some rubbing to covers and spine, red morocco label. Abbey Travel 531; Cordier 2388-9; Tooley 84; Hill I, 15.
Original vintage travel poster for Switzerland. Photograph depicts man mountain climbing a cliff edge, Kingspitz Berner Oberland, below 'Schweiz' is written with a quote from Guido Rey. Kingspitz (Berner Oberland) Everyone who hikes into the Ochsental is impressed by high and steep walls on the left and the right. The steepest and most dominant wall is the northeast face of the Kingspitz, which firstly has been climbed in the year 1938. In 1970, Walter Pause named this route in the book„Im extremen Fels“. Since then, the route is qualified as one of the greatest classic climbing routes in the Alps. Although in the last years better equipped, the route is still strenuous and a tough climbing adventure. The long down walk goes through steep and pathless aerea. Daniel Anker and Michael Piola equipped another route, called Trumpfkönig 6b+. In all of the routes you need additional equipment. Engelhornhütte is the place to spend the night before climbing one of the routes going through the northeast face of the Kingspitz.Very good condition, minor staining in margin, small tear in margin, creasing in margin. Country: Switzerland, Year:1930s, Designer:Jean Gaberell, Size(cm) 102x64
Original vintage film poster for The Birds, a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Rod Taylor Jessica Tandy , Suzanne Pleshette and Tippi Hedren. Rare advance promotional poster. The film follows a wealthy San Francisco socialite who pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town. Things slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Good condition, fold marks, tears o margin and minor staining on margin. Country: UK, Year:1963, Size (cm):56x48
Original vintage movie poster for the futuristic sci-fi cult classic film Star Trek: The Motion Picture directed by Robert Wise and starring William Shatner (as Captain James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (as Mr. Spock), DeForest Kelley (as Dr. "Bones" McCoy), James Doohan (as Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott), George Takei (as Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu), Walter Koenig (as Chekov), Nichelle Nichols (as Lieutenant Commander Uhura), Majel Barrett, Persis Khambatta and Stephen Collins (as Lt. Willard Decker). Colourful science fiction illustration featuring rainbow colours beaming down to the stylised title text with the main characters in the background above the starship Enterprise against a starry space sky and text on the side in white: The human adventure is just beginning. Artwork by the American illustrator Bob Peak (1927-1992), who became known as the "father of the modern movie poster". Excellent condition. Country: France, Year:1979, Designer:Bob Peak, Size (cm):52.5x39
Original vintage film poster for Serpico, a 1973 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Al Pacino. Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler wrote the screenplay, adapting Peter Maas's biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose corruption in the police force. Design Features a stencil style illustration of Al Pacino as Serpico. Good condition, folds as issued, tears. Country: USA Year:1973 Size: 104x68.5cm
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