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Click here to subscribeLOCAL INTEREST ANTIQUARIAN BOOK. ROBERTS, George, 'History and Antiquities of the Borough of Lyme Regis and Charmouth', London, Bagster (etc.), 1834. Front board detached and spine weak but present, Map/lithograph present and attached to front board. Rear board becoming detached. Litho. of 'Ichthyosaurus' present. Text block looks to be complete. A rare book.
Society of Upholsterers. The IId. Edition of Genteel Houshold Furniture, In the Present Taste with an addition of several Articles never before Executed, by a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-Makers, &c. Containing Upwards of 350 Designs on 120 Copper Plates ... printed for Robt. Sayer, [1765], engraved title-page (dusty) and 120 copper engraved plates, contemporary blue wrappers, crude brown paper reback, some soiling and wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:There appear to be several issues of this rare 18th-century pattern book, which was first published in 1760 with 60 plates. Little appears to be known about the Society, but it is thought to have been a group of the most fashionable furniture makers and designers in London. Robert Manwaring probably contributed most of the chair designs (the first 28 plates were reprinted in his Chair-Makers Guide in 1766). Other designs have been attributed to Thomas Johnson, William Ince and John Mayhew, Thomas Chippendale, Matthias Lock and Matthias Darley.
[Japanese Lilies]. Picture[s] of the various kinds of Japanese Lilies by N. Uchiyama [so titled on upper cover], manuscript, [?Tokyo], late 19th century, 25 full-page ink and watercolour drawings on laid rice paper, entirely uncaptioned and without text, some blank interleaving, original stitched blue wrappers with manuscript paper label to upper cover, slightly rubbed and faded, folio (385 x 275 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. A typed list of all the specimens is included with the lot, identified in a letter sent by Moto’o Shimizu on headed paper of Aichi Prefecture Horticultural Experiment Station, 19 April 1954. The letter to an unidentified recipient begins by stating that ‘It is regrettable that is quite unknown when this book was published’ but speculating late 19th or early 20th century.‘The English title suggests that this catalogue was targeted at nurseries overseas. The manuscript, made on very large paper, was distributed by Uchiyama Nursery, a successful establishment in Sugamo, Tokyo. Uchiyama Cyotaro, the nursery owner in the mid-1800s, introduced many flowers which remain familiar to us today. Among them is ‘Chotaro yuri’, a compact form of Lilium longiflorum with white striped leaves.’ (Flower Obsession. Plant Collecting in East Asia 1600s-1900s. Botanical Art Gallery, 23 April – 23 October 2022, Curated by Michele Rodda, Edited by Yeo Wei Wei, Singapore Botanic Gardens, (2022), copy in a Private Collection, p. 103.
Murray (Richard William). The Diamond-Field Keepsake for 1873, 1st edition, Cape Town: R. W. Murray, Sen., [1873], 36 pp., red-ruled throughout, mounted oval vignette albumen print portrait of the dedicatee, His Excellency Sir H. Barkly, to title, 7 mounted albumen print photographs [?by Frank M. Beresford], all somewhat faded and one panorama possibly incomplete, a little spotting and browning and a few minor marks, old ownership inscription of Lorna Watson, hinges cracked, original dark blue cloth with gilt-titled and decorated upper cover, some fraying to extremities with loss at head and foot of spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The photographic plates are captioned: Colesberg Kopje, Staging South Side (2-part panorama, 100 x 265 mm); The Market (87 x 193 mm); Klipdrift, from Pniel (95 x 165 mm, centre section of a larger panorama); Bultfontein, from Du Toit’s Pan Kopje (122 x 190 mm); Du Toit’s Pan (130 x 195 mm); Old De Beer’s (125 x 190 mm); Types of Labour (125 x 190 mm).This rare book, by a South African newspaperman, contains some of the first photographs of the South African diamond fields. The text recounts the early days of Kimberley and includes an account of O'Reilly’s visit to the Van Niekerks' farm where the first diamond was spotted. Not in Mendelssohn.
Very rare and loads of fun for any age, this set of four coloring books from legends of comics, film, and TV will delight you with hours of enjoyment. Included are jim Henson's Muppets Jumbo Coloring Book, The Peanuts Starring Snoopy and the extremely rare Dukes of Hazzard and Big Top Pee Wee color and activities books. Largest book is 11"L x 8.5"WIssued: 1968 - 1988Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear. Unused.
Celebrate (Poor Little Rich Boy) in this fantastic collection of rare 1970s paperbacks. Included are nine issues from the series Best of the Years, Digest Stories, and including first issues of Vacation Digest and Digest Winners. A true find for any Richie Rich fan. Each book measures 6.75"L x 5"W. Issued: c. 1970Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.
Dive in to Archie Andrew's Gag Bag in this collection of Archie Comics Annual Joke Book. Included are the rare first ever volume 1, number 3, and 30. In 1976, the mega-popular Archies comics illustration team branched out to start Mad House Comics Digest, here we have volumes 2-5. Also included is the ultra rare first ever volume of Little Archie. Each book measures 7"L x 5"W. Issued: 1977 - 1980Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.
Riverdale High's favorite son Archie Andrews and his gang of misfits were all the rage in the 1970s. Celebrate all of their antics in this collection of Archie Comics Digest and Archie Andrews Where Are You? Included are Archies volume number 24, 27, and 63. Also included is the very rare Double Digest with 256 full color pages. Archie Andrews Where are you number 2 and 6 are here too. Each book measures 7"L x 5"W. Issued: 1977 - 1978Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear. As is. Slight damage to spine.
MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN RA (B.1941) ⊕ UNTITLED (GUN)signed, titled, dated and dedicated for Karsten / Michael Craig Martin / Untitled (Gun) / 1997 on the reverseacrylic on canvas 41 x 25.5cm; 16 x 10inunframedProperty from the Estate of Karsten SchubertMichael Craig-Martin depicts everyday items with a nuanced simplicity that exposes the tensions between objects and their representation. His work is distinguished by exceptional draftsmanship, vibrant colour, and uninflected line; intensely visual, it is rooted in an exploration of the relationships between perception, language, and meaning. In the mid-1990s Craig-Martin explored a range of quotidienne objects such as a pair of shoes, a coat hanger or an electric fan, but certain of his selected items from this period are emphatically more loaded such as handcuffs, or the present work (GUN). Born in Dublin, Craig-Martin spent his formative years in the United States, where his family moved in 1946. During the 1960s, he earned a BA and MFA from Yale University School of Art and Architecture, studying alongside Jennifer Bartlett, Brice Marden and Richard Serra (see lot 57). Returning to the United Kingdom in 1966, in 1972 he participated in The New Art, a landmark exhibition of Conceptual art at the Hayward Gallery, London. At Goldsmiths, University of London, where he taught from 1974 to 1988 and from 1994 to 2000, he profoundly influenced a generation of students, including Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas. Craig-Martin was awarded a CBE in 2000 and Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2016.Property from the Estate of Karsten Schubert (lots 53 & 54)IntroductionBorn in Berlin, Karsten Schubert (1961-2019) was a pioneer on the 1980’s London Art scene, opening doors of opportunity to many artists who were associated with the Young British Artist movement (YBAs). He began his career at the Lisson Gallery which, in the early 80’s, was one of the very few London galleries offering space to young undiscovered artistic talent. Inspired to create his own forum for a new generation of art, Karsten sought investment from dealer Richard Salmon, and at the age of 25 established a gallery on Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia.His first exhibition featured the work of Alison Wilding and, following on from Damien Hirst’s Freeze show of 1988, he began representing Goldsmith graduates Gary Hume, Michael Landy and Ian Davenport. Karsten typically gave his artists free reign to create as they pleased. In 1992 the exhibition Closing Down saw artist Michael Landy fill shopping trolleys with cheap tat emblazoned with banners: ‘Cor What a Bargain’ and ‘Everything Must Go.’ Equally as outlandish was Anya Gallacio’s project in which she covered the gallery interior with chocolate. Although groundbreaking and inspiring these exhibitions were ultimately uncommercial, Karsten was obliged to relocate to smaller premises on Foley Street and a number of his protégés left him for other representation in London’s popular West End.In 1995, Karsten turned his attention to publishing. Teaming up with Thomas Dane and Charles Asprey, he established Ridinghouse Editions focusing on prints. Later in his career, his literary focus shifted to more academic endeavours and Ridinghouse became a publisher of art history and theory including a number of artist monographs. Karsten's artistic focus also shifted and he concentrated on the works of the likes of Bridget Riley and Tess Jaray from his Lexington Street Gallery in Soho.Loved and admired in the London art world and beyond, in 2015, Schubert was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer. While recovering from surgery in a suite at Claridge’s, London (his hotel bill was met by two friends) he wrote a semi-autobiographical book, Room 225-6: A Novel. The book was published by Ridinghouse, with the proceeds going towards research into robotic surgery.
ANN-MARIE JAMES (B.1981) ⊕ (i) AS THOUGH SHE WERE STONE OR STRUCK BY THUNDER (ii) THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF PAINTING, PLATE 50 (i) signed and dated Annmarie James 2012 lower right; numbered 1/25 lower left screenprint in colours on Fabriano paper 34.5 x 26.5cm; 13 1/2 x 10 1/2in 39.5 x 31.5cm; 15 1/2 x 12 1/2in (framed) (ii) signed, titled and dated The Observer's Book of Painting, Pl. 50 / 2015, Annmarie James on the endpaper The fourth reprint edition of The Observer's Book of Painting and Graphic Art by William Gaunt, 1976, with hand-colouring in gouache and biro on plate 50, contained in the artist's cloth-covered presentation box with printed title 14.6 x 9.4 x 1.5cm; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2in (book) 20.4 x 25.9 x 3.4cm; 8 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/2in (box) Property from the Estate of Karsten Schubert Ann-Marie James works with classical source materials, appropriating and mutating culturally-defined art historical masterpieces to create an image that is both recognisable and distorted. As Though She Were Stone or Struck by Thunder recalls Bernini's Rape of Proserpine, yet the repetition of figurative elements blended with complex abstract configurations results in a wholly new image that marries baroque iconography with the visual genius of a contemporary mind. In The Observer's Book of Painting James repetitively layers ink and gouache on top of plate 50, an illustration of Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks in the National Gallery, to give way to an abstract composition that, whilst still retaining a memory of Da Vinci's work, negotiates a new visual language. Property from the Estate of Karsten Schubert (lots 53 & 54) Introduction Born in Berlin, Karsten Schubert (1961-2019) was a pioneer on the 1980’s London Art scene, opening doors of opportunity to many artists who were associated with the Young British Artist movement (YBAs). He began his career at the Lisson Gallery which, in the early 80’s, was one of the very few London galleries offering space to young undiscovered artistic talent. Inspired to create his own forum for a new generation of art, Karsten sought investment from dealer Richard Salmon, and at the age of 25 established a gallery on Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia. His first exhibition featured the work of Alison Wilding and, following on from Damien Hirst’s Freeze show of 1988, he began representing Goldsmith graduates Gary Hume, Michael Landy and Ian Davenport. Karsten typically gave his artists free reign to create as they pleased. In 1992 the exhibition Closing Down saw artist Michael Landy fill shopping trolleys with cheap tat emblazoned with banners: ‘Cor What a Bargain’ and ‘Everything Must Go.’ Equally as outlandish was Anya Gallacio’s project in which she covered the gallery interior with chocolate. Although groundbreaking and inspiring these exhibitions were ultimately uncommercial, Karsten was obliged to relocate to smaller premises on Foley Street and a number of his protégés left him for other representation in London’s popular West End. In 1995, Karsten turned his attention to publishing. Teaming up with Thomas Dane and Charles Asprey, he established Ridinghouse Editions focusing on prints. Later in his career, his literary focus shifted to more academic endeavours and Ridinghouse became a publisher of art history and theory including a number of artist monographs. Karsten's artistic focus also shifted and he concentrated on the works of the likes of Bridget Riley and Tess Jaray from his Lexington Street Gallery in Soho. Loved and admired in the London art world and beyond, in 2015, Schubert was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer. While recovering from surgery in a suite at Claridge’s, London (his hotel bill was met by two friends) he wrote a semi-autobiographical book, Room 225-6: A Novel. The book was published by Ridinghouse, with the proceeds going towards research into robotic surgery.
Beckford (William).- [Sale Catalogue] The Valuable Library of Books in Fonthill Abbey (The). A Catalogue of the Magnificent, Rare, and Valuable Library (of 20,000 Volumes)..., [including] The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill Abbey [&] The Pictures and Miniatures at Fonthill Abbey...Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr.Phillips, together all bound in 1 vol., presentation copy inscribed "with Mr.Phillips' complts to Mr Andrews" in ink at head of first title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), pencil markings and occasional note to book catalogues, the rest ruled in red with prices to the first 143 lots of pictures supplied in manuscript, modern half blue calf, cloth boards a little faded, Phillips, 1823 § Hamilton Palace Libraries (The). [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the First [- Fourth] Portion of the Beckford Library, 4 parts in 1 vol., with printed lists of prices and buyers' names bound at end of each part, contemporary half morocco, by J.Leighton, t.e.g., original upper wrappers bound in, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1882-83 § Clements (H.J.B.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of a Selected Portion of the Well Known Library from Killadoon, Co.Kildare...[including Collection of Books from the Library of William Beckford, of Fonthill], 2 parts in 1 vol., plates, modern half blue calf, original wrappers bound in, Sotheby & Co., 1966, all a little rubbed, 8vo (3) *** The Beckford sale was one of the most famous of the nineteenth century. Beckford's financial resources had diminished and he was forced to sell Fonthill and much of his collection. The sale was entrusted to Christie's and catalogued but before it took place John Farquhar, a Scottish gunpowder-manufacturer, bought the whole estate together with its contents. He then put the contents up for sale at auction with Phillips the following year. Choice items from Beckford's library and art collection had already been removed to his new residence in Lansdowne Terrace, Bath, and were inherited by his son-in-law the 10th Duke of Hamilton, later sold as part of the Hamilton Palace sales from 1882-83 for £86,000. The first item comprises the entire contents of Fonthill offered at auction over thirty-seven days from 23rd September to 29th October, comprising the library, furniture, pictures and prints, with the catalogues bound in order of subject matter rather than chronological order.
Woman author.- Juvenile.- [Hofland (Barbara)] The History of an Officer's Widow and her young family, first edition, final f. blank, lacking half-title, F8 short tear within text without loss, I1 paper flaw within text, just touching a couple of letters recto and with loss of 3 words verso, I2 small paper flaw, just touching 4 letters, without loss of sense, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, covers rubbed and scratched, large 12mo, Printed for J. Harris, (successor to E. Newberry), 1809. *** Rare first edition, with only two copies recorded between Library Hub and WorldCat (BL & Trinity, Dublin). Provenance: John Reid, Enfield (19th century prize bookplate and his book label).
Rare Youghal Printing Hayman (Rev. Sam.) Notes and Records of the Ancient Religious Foundations at Youghal, Co. Cork and its Vicinity, 8vo Youghal (John Lindsay) 1854. First Edn., red & bl. title, frontis, & wd. cut illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth with gilt tooled mor. label. Very Scarce; also The Hand-Book for Youghal, 8vo Youghal (W.G. Field) 1896, wrappers. (2)
Rare Collection of Irish Travel Interest Co. Limerick: Adare (Viscount) The Shamrock Coach, and The Thomond Coach, Two rare travel advertising Posters (mounted on card), for the above, listing pick-up stops, times of departure and arrival, and fare table, between Rathkeale, Croagh, Adare, Patrickswell & Limerick (Cruise's Hotel). Together with books of original tickets 1/-, 1/6, 2/-1, 2/6, 3/- & 5/-, and an original Shamrock Coach Parcel Book, unused. All printed by Geo. McKern & Sons, Limerick. As a coll. Ex. Rare. (1) * A delightful collection of rare social record.
2000 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompressor. Registration number: V968 ROC. MIleage: 88,140. Finished in rare metallic Linarite blue. Spec includes: Full heated black leather interior. Leather steering wheel, Carbon fibre inserts, Alloy wheels, Climate control with air conditioning, Cruise control, Original Mercedes CD stereo system. Electric windows and mirrors, Remote central locking, Airbags, Standard alarm and immobiliser system, Electric hard top convertible roof. The car comes with 2 x remote keys, Owners book pack manuals and a stamped service history. Old previous MOT's and service history receipts dating back to 2001. Long MOT until 10th of May 2025 with no advisory information on the last MOT. This is not your usual rusty SLK. It is very clean condition inside and out and drives superbly being a low mileage example. Mercedes SLK R170 models are now becoming increasingly popular as a usable classic Mercedes convertible. Quinten Wilson recently published an article saying what a good buy they are and only going to increase in value. Please note that buyers premium is 10% plus VAT (total 12% inc VAT) on all cars and motorbikes, subject to a minimum of £150 plus VAT. Please be aware that all lots are sold as seen and without any warranty implied or given. You must satisfy your knowledge as to a vehicles description and condition before you decide to bid. We recommend that you inspect the lot in person during the general viewing days held prior to the auction day on the 10th of December. If you are unable to attend one of the viewing days, Ewbanks can arrange for an individual telephone/walk round video call appointment with a car expert. Please refer to the terms and conditions. Viewing days: Saturday 30th of November: 10am - 2pm, Monday 2nd of December: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 3rd of December: 9am-7pm. Wednesday 4th of December: 9am-5pm, Thursday 5th of December: 9am-5pm, Friday 6th of December: 9am-5pm, Monday 9th of December: 9am - 5pm and Morning of the Auction on Tuesday 10th of December.
A true gentleman’s carriage, superbly appointed throughout and classically presented in Beluga Black. The Arnage was the last of a long line of hand-built Bentleys, exhibiting craftsmanship skills for which Bentley had long been famedThe re-engineered 6.75-litre R-R V8 in the Arnage 'T' generates a substantial 450bhp and an amazing 645lbs/ft of torque, in no small part accredited to the twin-Garratt T3 turbochargers, an improved cylinder head gasket design and Bosch Motronic management systemDating from 2003, this Arnage T is stylishly presented in Beluga Black with matching diamond-quilted leather upholstery adorned with silver 'Winged-B' motifs, dark wood veneers and engine-turned aluminium inserts to the dashboard and door capsIt's running and driving well, superbly appointed throughout and accompanied by its original book packWith a new list price of some £160,000, this car today represents incredible value for money and is a rare opportunity to buy one of the last 'proper' BentleysLittle can compare to a Bentley when it comes to fit and finish and we strongly advise and welcome your early inspection to fully appreciate the opportunity on offer Specification Make: BENTLEY Model: ARNAGE T Year: 2003 Chassis Number: SCBLF34F53CH09429 Registration Number: Y28 AET Transmission: Automatic Engine Number: TT104590 Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 98500 Miles Make: RHD Interior Colour: Beluga Black HideClick here for more details and images
A rare, Year 2000, Cooper Sport with just over 20,000 miles from new. The penultimate limited-edition of the classic Mini Cooper was the 'Rover Mini Cooper Sport' with around 2,200 built between March and October 2000Externally they could be distinguished by their muscular stance with flared wheel arches and 13" sports alloy wheels, four spot lamps and platinum-coloured roof and bonnet stripesThe Sport also featured an updated interior with stylish nickel-silver and black leather trim, drilled and polished alloy door and window handles, and a Sport dash in turned alloy silver and black finishFinished in BRG, this example has been with our vendor since 2019 and was enjoyed by four previous keepers, covering just 20,153 miles from newNew inner and outer sills were fitted in 2017 and it was fully Waxoyled underneath at the same timeThe most recent service was on 24/03/2022 @19,852 miles and the current MOT is valid until May 2025 (No Advisories)Original stamped service book present with MOT Certificates dating back to 2005, handbooks and both sets of keys Specification Make: ROVER Model: MINI COOPER SPORT Year: 2000 Chassis Number: SAXXNPAZE1D187922 Registration Number: X587 UDN Transmission: Manual Engine Number: 12A2LK70399480 Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 20153 Miles Make: RHDClick here for more details and images
Registration: CW03EFR VIN: WDB2153752A036359 Mileage Showing: 66,000 Transmission: Automatic MOT: 23/07/20255 litre V8 engineRare colourLow mileageFirst registered March 2003 this 5 litre V8 model finished in rare Chromaflare paintwork a colour rarely seen on a CL model and taken from the Mercedes/Mayback colour palette. Showing just 66,000 miles and MOT till July next year. Sold with 2 keys as well as original book pack including service book containing 10 stamps as well as invoices for servicing and maintenance. Please see our walk around video for more information and engine start upGUIDE PRICE £5,000 - £6,000
Adams (Douglas) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, first edition, signed by the author on title, marginal toning, original printed wrappers, light fading to spine, rubbing to spine tips, 8vo, Pan Books, 1980.*** The true first edition of the second book in the Hitch-Hiker's series, rare signed.
McCoy (Horace) No Pockets in a Shroud, first edition, endpapers browned, original cloth lettered in red, top edge stained red, some fore-edge spotting, otherwise a fine example of the cloth, 1937 § Flynt (Josiah) The Rise of Ruderick Clowd, first edition, original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed, 1904; and 8 others, mysterious fiction, 8vo (10) *** The first is the author's rare second book following his debut novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
Chandler (Raymond) Playback, dedication proof copy belonging to Chandler's agent/lover Helga Greene, Helga Greene Literary Agency stamp on half-title, annotations presumably in Helga's hand for printer directions and the odd correction, spine rubbed and splitting along joints, 1958; and a proof of Raymond Chandler Speaking, also with the agency stamp on title and signed by one of the editors, 1962, proof copies, original wrappers, covers spotted and discoloured, 8vo (2) *** A rare proof/dedication/agent's copy of Chandler's last novel.After Chandler's wife Cissy died in 1954, Chandler took to alcohol and fell into a deep depression. His personal life was both helped and complicated after a few years when he and his literary agent Helga Greene became lovers, and rumours suggested at least attraction to other women in his life, namely Sonia Orwell (George Orwell's widow), and Natasha Spender (Stephen Spender's wife) and his secretary Jean Fracasse.The printed dedication is to both Helga and Jean - a parting gift before he died in March the following year, foreshadowing the fallout between the two women over his estate. Greene inherited his $60,000 estate, after prevailing in the 1960 lawsuit filed by Jean who contested Chandler's holographic codicil to his will, written four weeks before he died. Following Greene's success in the courts, Helga hired Kathrine Sorley Walker and Dorothy Gardiner to compile Chandler's letters, essays and unfinished novel into a book, Raymond Chandler Speaking. Walker worked for Greene's literary agency for 25 years, until Greene's death. All together a duo of fascinating publication history from the celebrated, if often romantically provocative Raymond Chandler.
Papus, 'The Tarot of the Bohemians, the most Ancient Book in the World, for the use of Initiates' - translated from the French by A. P. Morton, illustrated with plates and woodcuts, a rare early translated edition published by George Redway, London, 1896, illustrated with plates and woodcuts, bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt decoration (1 book)
Four: Sergeant James Addis, 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers, who was wounded in the left arm at the assault of Delhi Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (J. Addis, 2nd Eur. Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Corpl. Jas. Addis, 2nd European Bengal Fusrs.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt. J. Addis, 2nd Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, anchor reverse (Sergt. James Addis 2d Eurn. Bengal Fusrs. 16th Octr. 1860) suspension repaired on second which no longer swivels, edge bruising and contact marks, toned, generally good fine or better and a rare group (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- James Addis was born at Clanes, Worcestershire, and attested for the Honourable Company’s Service (Infantry) at London on 30 April 1841, aged 18 years 4 months, a baker by trade. He served 23 years 185 days, including 20 years 9 months in the East Indies, was promoted to Corporal on 25 October 1852 and to Sergeant on 23 June 1854. He Volunteered for General Service in H.M. 104th Regiment Bengal Fusiliers on 17 February 1861, and was discharged in consequence of having been admitted to pension by G.G.O. No. 768 of 7 August 1862. ‘His character is good, he was in receipt of 2d per diem G.C. Pay previous to his promotion to Sergeant, his name has never been entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book, he is in possession of a Silver Medal for Good Conduct and Long Service. He has never been tried by Court Martial. Was wounded thro left arm by musket shot on 14 September 1857 at the assault of Delhi.’ Sold with original 1971 bill of sale from Spink & Son, together with copied medal roll extracts for the first three and copied discharge papers.
Percier, Charles, 1764-1838, and Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853, Palais, maisons, et autres édifices modernes, dessinés à Rome, folio, with bookplate monogrammed P H-J for Philip Hewat-Jaboor and paper label for A.E. CHAMBELLAN Papetier. Rue du Bouloi No. 1., Paris: Chez les auteurs, au Louvre et P. Didot l'ainé, imprimeur-librairie, 1798Provenance: Property from the Private Estate of Philip Hewat-Jaboor. Footnotes: Note: This was the first book to introduce the Empire Style with its mixture of Roman, Greek, Italian, and Egyptian elements. Percier and Fontaine were Napoleon and Josephine's primary architects, and their work was inspired during a stay in Rome just after Percier had won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1786. The plates are of interior views, details, and exterior elevations to gardens. This is the second edition, published in the same year as the first, with only a slightly different title-page, and complete with the rare subscribers’ list. Millard I, 133; cf. Berlin Ornamentstichsammlung 2733 ; Cicognara 3822 (eds. 1798).
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands, London, 1896, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some light spotting to a few leaves), original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo (205 x 132mm). Advertisement for "Almayer's Folly" on the verso of the first blank, half title with publisher's advertisement on the verso, title printed in red and black (some light spotting to a few leaves). Original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very light staining, corners a little bumped). Provenance: The Property of a Collector; Arthur T. Cummings (later pencil signature to the front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL, FIRST ISSUE, with "this" for "their" in line 31 of p.26, "absolution" for "ablution" in line 12 of p.110, p.129 mispaginated, and with "hate" for "fate" in line 26 of p.356. Cagle A2a; Ehrsam p.293; Keating 4; Smith 2; Wise 2: "In a copy of the First Edition of An Outcast of the Islands Mr. Conrad has written: 'Before beginning this book I hesitated whether I should go on writing or not. Edward Garnett's remark "you have the temperament, you have the style - why not write?" tipped the scale.'" RARE.
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (1882-1970). Boutiques, Paris, 1925, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine plates by L. Boucher, FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 169 OF 520 COPIES. With another BOUND BY LEROUX. RARE. (2)"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (pseudonym of Pierre DUMARCHEY, 1882-1970, writer), Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971, illustrator) & Georges LEROUX (1922-99, binder). Boutiques. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1925. 4to (226 x 190mm). Half title, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine coloured lithographed plates of Parisian shopfronts by Lucien Boucher (plates lightly offset onto the text). FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX in full polished fuschia morocco, 2 motifs of 4 and 6 circles of onlaid brown marbled calf on each cover, onlaid title to spines, gilt edges, felt-lined chemise, original wrappers bound in, stamped "Leroux ... 1990". FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 169 OF 520 COPIES "SUR ARCHES". "Boutiques paired the jewel-like illustrations of Lucien Boucher with the surreal text of Pierre Mac Orlan. Snapped up by collectors, Boutiques sold out on publication and is a classic of the art deco period. The book was also coveted by artists, including Eric Ravilious, whose High Street (1938) owes a great debt to Boucher's style" (from the introduction to Mainstone Press's 2023 facsimile reprint of the present first edition). With the same author's, artist's and binder's Boutiques de la Foire (Paris, 1926, 4to, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine coloured lithographed plates of Parisian fairground rides and stalls by Lucien Boucher, FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX in full polished blue morocco, with an identical design to the first named work, stamped "Leroux ... 1990" (both chemise spines lightly rubbed and scuffed). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 373 OF 545 COPIES. These companion works, contained in a double slipcase, bring together the varied talents of the French novelist, surrealist and song-writer "Pierre Mac Orlan" (one of many pseudonyms of Pierre Dumarchey); French artist, cartoonist and writer Lucien Boucher; and Georges Leroux, one of the most accomplished and original French bookbinders of the 20th-century. BOTH WORKS ARE RARE. Talvart & Place Bibliographie des Auteurs Modernes de Langue Française (1801-1975) XII, p.363. (2)
MOVABLE BOOK. – Clifton BINGHAM. Playtime Surprises for the Children. London: Ernest Nister, [circa 1899.] 4to (225 x 214mm.) 6 spherical chromolithographed movable (‘dissolving’) plates with ribbons, illustrations in the text. (Browning, slight chipping to leave edges.) Original cloth-backed paper-covered pictorial boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Note: rare. All parts in original working order. Provenance: ‘Bryan’ (ink name to front pastedown).
HERMÈS; a 100% silk cream, light blue and gold La Comtesse de Ségur scarf, designed by Philippe Dumas (grandson of the founder and owner of Hermès in 1982), the scarf is thought to be rare and depicts several vignettes capturing scenes from the beloved children's book by Sophie Rostopchine, 90 x 90cm.Condition Report: The scarf is in a fair condition, with some small stains to the edging in places.
The Cliff Scenery of South-Western Donegal. detailed notices of St. John's Point, Killybegs, Sliabh-Laig and Glen Head County Donegal with a rare variety of local legends and historical annotations by Kinnfaela. [T.C. McGinley] Four Masters Press. 2000 limited edition reprint of the 1867 first edition, reset, eight colour plates. quarter leather, marbled boards and marbled endpapers, in matching slipcase. Lovely book
(Strübi,H.: Arithmetica, ein neu künstlich Rechenbuoch mit der Zipher, darinn die Anfänge und Gründ der Rechenkunst im Gantzen und Gebrochnen auffs klärlichest unnd verständtlichest dargethon sind. Zürich, Wolff 1599). Kl.8°. 7 (von 8) nn., 127 (von 128) num. Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. (Berieb. u. best.). VD 16, S 9750. Vischer N 100. - Seltenes Rechenbüchlein, in einer Bearbeitung von Caspar Reutlinger (Rütlinger). - Es fehlen der Titel u. das le. Bl. Starke Gebrauchsspuren, durchgehend wasserrandig, gekauft wie besichtigt. - Rare arithmetic book, in an arrangement by Caspar Reutlinger. Contemporary leather (rubbed and bumped). Lacking title and the last sheet. Severly worn, bought as seen.
Savoy Hours, Die.: The Savoy Hours. Les Heures de Savoy. New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 390. Faksimile Luzern, Quaternio Verlag (2017). 8° (Faksimile) Orig.-Maroquinlederband mit reicher Rücken- u. Deckelvergoldung in Leinenkassette. Eines von 680 num. Exemplaren. - "Die Savoy Hours bzw. der Teil, der nach fast 600 Jahren von ihnen übriggeblieben ist, begeistert den Betrachter mit herrlichster Buchmalerei. Wunderbare Farben, funkelndes Gold, elegante Proportionen. In den 50 Miniaturen agieren feingliedrige Figuren vor abwechslungsreichen Hintergründen, die durch goldene Gitter, Linien, Rauten, Ranken und Quadrate verziert sind. Vom Werkstattnachfolger des berühmten Pariser Buchmalers Jean Pucelle wurden sie geschaffen. Buchkunst, die bis heute fasziniert und Begehrlichkeiten weckt! Als bibliophiles Buchobjekt kommen die Savoy Hours in einem goldgeprägten Gewand daher das prächtigste Fragment eines verlorenen Meisterwerks" (Roger S. Wieck, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York). - Hint. Innendeckel mit aufgeklebt. Zettel: Gift Yale University Library.
A FINE, RARE ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL, OPAL AND DIAMOND RING, CIRCA 1900Designed as two opposing dragonflies, wings set with plique-à-jour green enamel and eyes applied with brilliant-cut diamonds, joining at the centre by two collet-set marquise-shaped opal cabochons, mounted in 18K gold, with maker’s mark ‘Sté F (or E) L’ with a scale as a symbol between letters within horizontal lozenge, French assay mark, with case, ring size LFor a photo of the ring please see plate 121 in the ‘Art Nouveau Jewelry’ book by Vivienne Becker, published in 1985.Condition Report:Opals with red, green and blue play-of-colourDiamonds bright and livelyEnamel in good conditionStamped with French assay marks of the eagle head for 18K goldWith maker’s mark ‘Sté F (or E) L’ with a scale as a symbol between letters within horizontal lozengeNormal signs of wear, overall in good conditionTotal gross weight approx. 7.5gAccompanied by case
‘Happy’ a very rare Steiff brown-tipped mohair Teddy Bear, circa 1926, with unusually large glass eyes, with white curly mohair with brown tipping, large clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced muzzle, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, hump, large growler and FF underscored button ear —24in. (61cm.) high (some fading to brown topping, minimal thinning and a few tiny spots to felt); with string of pearls, crochet collar and self-published book by Rosemary and Paul Volpp ‘The Happy-est Bear - A Biography’, signed and dedicated to Ian Pout - starring on the cover and page 45 of The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book - Happy made headline news when she sold for a world record sum of £55,000 at Sotheby’s 1989; she became so famous, her buyers Rosemary and Paul Volpp then travelled the world with her raising money for charity, until Ian Pout bought the Volpp's remaining collection in 2020
A rare Strunz Teddy Bear muff with photo of original owner Janie Simpson, circa 1908, with golden mohair, black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and claws, swivel head, broad flat body with jointed arms, hand hole either side of body with striped blue and white cloth lining and two brass hooks for hanging cord —13in. (33cm.) high; a studio photograph by J. Jolly, Carnoustie, Scotland of the owner and her mother with this bears and letter of provenance (bald spots, general wear and thinning, mouth stitched in pink repaired pads and back restuffed) - this bear features on page 19 of The Ultimate Teddy Bear book by Pauline Cockerill - see Some of our Favourite Bears by Ian Pout, page 20
A rare British Jazzer gramophone dancing Teddy Bear, circa 1920, with golden mohair head, hands and feet, black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose and mouth, wooden square body with wire limbs with circular hands and feet with cotton pads, original blue cotton suit and metal attachment on back to hook onto wire arm from gramophone, so as the record plays the bear dances on the disc — (some wear and fading); and a Brunswick 78rpm of the Teddy Bear’s Picnic (cracked) - lot 191 from Bonhams The Cotswold Teddy Bear Museum Wednesday 1st March 1995 and the original tag is included - there is a known similar Dean’s Rag Book Mickey Mouse toy, so could this possibly be Dean’s? - see Some of our Favourite Bears by Ian Pout, page 21
‘Fuchsia’, a rare Dean’s Rag Book Co bright pink mohair Teddy Bear, 1920s, with blue and black glass eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and five claws, large ears, swivel head, jointed limbs with velvet pads, card lined feet, hump and inoperative growler —22in. (56cm.) high (bald spot on right arm, other small thinning areas, slight fading and general wear) - see Some of our Favourite Bears by Ian Pout, page 32
A rare Marie Robischon first-ever leather artist Teddy Bear, circa 1994, of beige leather, black boot button eyes, black stitched mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with light brown leather pads, lace up front, hump, leather lederhosen, floral printed scarf and leather label on back of head —13 ½in. (34.5cm.) high; and Robin the Bear, Marie’s book where this bear is included, page 50 and 51, printed by Verlag Marianne Cieslik
GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Soviet cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space, travelling on Vostok 1, 12th April 1961. A rare book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Doroga v Kosmos - Zapiski letika-kosmonavta SSSR (´Road to Space - Notes of a USSR´s pilot-cosmonaut´), First Edition published in Russian text by Izdatel stvo ´Pravda´, Moscow, 1961. The volume features numerous images and illustrations as well as a foreword by Nikolai Kamanin, manager of the Soviet space programme with the responsibility of selecting Gagarin for the flight on Vostok 1, and recounts the story of the modest young man from humble beginnings, and his path from a war-torn Russia, through his work as a mechanic and later an aviator, to his epoch making journey into space. Signed by Gagarin in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper with an inscription in Russian to Vladimir Petrovich Konobeev and dated at London, 14th July 1961 in Gagarin´s hand. Bound in the publisher´s original cloth and accompanied by the dust jacket. A rare signed presentation copy of Gagarin´s memoir, dated just a few months after his historic spaceflight, and with an interesting association. Some light age wear, largely to the edges of the dust jacket, ond one bump to the upper right corner of the front board. About VGYuri Gagarin visited the United Kingdom three months after his Vostok 1 mission as part of a world tour. On 14th July 1961 (the same day that the present book was signed) Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip hosted Gagarin and a Soviet delegation to breakfast at Buckingham Palace. A total of sixteen people attended the reception, including Nikolai Kaminin, the Soviet ambassador to London Alexander Soldatov, and his deputy, Soviet assistant air attache Vladimir Petrovich Konobeev, to whom Gagarin inscribed the present book.
MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS: (1756-1791) Composer from the Electorate of Salzburg, a child prodigy, widely considered the greatest classical music composer of all time. Mozart died at the early age of 35 years, leaving his legacy for posterity, including masterpieces in all musical genre. An exceptionally rare and important A.L.S., Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, one page (with a postscript occupying the upper half of the second page of the bifolium), 4to, Vienna, 26th April 1783, to [Jean-Georges] Sieber (´Monsieur!´), in German. Mozart writes to the music publisher Sieber to offer him some compositions, and also confirms that he is currently at work on six quartets, ´Es sind nun bereits 2 Jahre daß ich in Wien bin; - Sie werden vermuthlich wissen von meinen Sonaten auf Piano forte mit Begleitung einer Violin, welche ich hier bey Artaria und Compagnie habe Stechen lassen; - da ich aber mit dem hiesigen Stiche nicht allzusehr zufrieden bin, und wenn ich es auch wäre, Meinem LandsManne in Paris auch einmal wieder möchte etwas zukommen lassen ´ (Translation: ´ It has now been two years since I came to Vienna; you probably know about my sonatas for pianoforte with the accompaniment of a violin, which I had published here by Artaria and Company; however, since I am not very satisfied with the local engraving, and even if I were, I would also like to send something to my compatriot in Paris again´), continuing ´ wieder möchte etwas zukommen lassen, so mache ihnen hiemit zu wissen daß ich 3 Clavier-Concerte fertig habe, welche mit ganzem orchester als mit oboen und Horn – wie auch nur à quatro, können producirt werden´ (Translation: ´so I hereby inform you that I have three piano concertos that can be performed with a full orchestra, with oboes and horns, or just à quatro;´), explaining that Artaria would again like to engrave them, but instead offering Sieber the privilege, ´ ich will ihnen also, um alle weitläufigkeit zu vermeiden, den geringsten Preis sagen; - die geben mir 30 Lousid’or dafür, und damit ist unser Handel gemacht´ (Translation: ´so, to avoid any further discussion, I will give them to you for the lowest price; – you give me 30 Louis d'or for them, and that is the end of our business´). Mozart then proceeds to inform Sieber that he is presently engaged on another musical project, which the composer evidently regards as being highly important, and would become the famous ´Haydn´ Quartets, which he also offers to the publisher, ´schreibe ich nun a 6 quartetten auf 2 violin, viola und Baßo – wenn sie Diese auch Stechen wollen so gieb ich sie ihnen auch. – mit diesen bin ich aber nicht so wohlfeil – diese 6 quarten kann ich unter 50 Louis d‘or nicht geben´ (Translation: ´ I am now writing a set of 6 quartets for two violins, viola and bass – if you also want to engrave these, I will give them to you as well – However, I cannot let these go as cheaply – I cannot let you have these 6 quartets for under 50 Louis d'or´). The composer asks Sieber to send a reply if he is prepared to accept the offer and undertake the printing, adding that he will be able to provide an address in Paris where the music could be collected in exchange for Sieber´s payment. In his postscript Mozart requests that Sieber, ´belieben sie nur über ihren Brief eine Adresse Couvert zu machen mit folgender Adresse: A: Monsieur Monsieur Le Baron Raymund de Wetzlar a Vienne auf der hohen Brücke im kleinen Harbonsteinschen Haue´ (Translation: ´ Please put your letter in an envelope with the following address: A: Monsieur Monsieur Le Baron Raymund de Wetzlar a Vienne on the high bridge in the small Harbonstein house´). With integral address leaf (´Monsieur Sieber, Editeur de Musique, rue St: honoré, à l´hotel d´Aliger, Paris´) bearing two postal cancellations and lacking the original seal (circular area of paper loss and a lengthy, neat split to the central horizontal fold). A letter of salient content in which Mozart not only makes reference to his sonatas for violin and piano, and his pianoforte concertos, but also writes of having commenced composing what would become to be known as the ´Haydn´ quartets. Some very light, minor staining to the centre right area of the letter and with a few small, minor tears and light creasing to the edges, none of which majorly detract from the overall appearance of the letter, the text of which remains bold. About VGJean-Georges Sieber (1738-1822) German-born French musician and music publisher. Following his marriage in 1770 to Marie-Julie Regnault, who was trained in music engraving, Sieber began his publishing activities, initially publishing works by composers of German origin. These included over fifty symphonies and numerous chamber works by Joseph Haydn, as well as Mozart´s Symphony No. 31 in D major (K.297/300a), better known as the ´Paris Symphony´. It may have been the first of Mozart´s symphonies to be published when Sieber released their edition in 1779.Baron Raimund Wetzlar von Plankenstern (1752-1810) provided Mozart with free accommodation in Vienna from December 1782 to February 1783 and also became the composer´s patron, providing financial assistance including the removal costs and rent for Mozart´s next residence. Wetzlar von Plankenstern was Godfather to Mozart´s first son, Raimund Leopold. It was in the home of Wetzlar von Plankenstern in Spring 1783, at the time of the present letter, that Mozart first met the opera librettist Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) who wrote the libretti for three of Mozart´s most celebrated operas: The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787) and Cosi fan tutte (1790). Artaria & Co. was founded in Vienna in 1770 and became one of the most important music publishing firms of the late 18th and 19th century, associated with many leading names of the classical era. During his lifetime Artaria was Mozart´s principal publisher (despite the disparaging remarks Mozart makes in the present letter).The sonatas which Mozart first refers to in his letter represent the initial work of his ´mature sonatas´, in particular Violin Sonata No. 17 in C Major (K.296) which had been composed in March 1778 and was first published in 1781 as part of the composer´s Opus 2 collection.The three piano concertos Mozart next makes reference to are Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major (K.413), Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major (K.414), and Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major (K.415). The content of the present letter has been published in numerous books, one of the earliest occasions being in July 1921 when it appeared in the Bulletin Français de la Société internationale de musique. At the time the letter was only known by a facsimile copy, the original assumed to have been lost, and is now being offered at auction for the first time, having been located in the archives of a distinguished French family. One of the most important autograph letters of Mozart to have appeared at auction in recent years.Only twenty-five autograph letters by Mozart (several of them incomplete, and most written to his father or other relatives) are recorded in the Auction and Book Sales Archive (ABSA), which incorporates the records of American Book Prices Current (ABPC), as having been sold at auction since 1978.OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ALEXANDER III: (c.1100/05-1181) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States 1159-81. An extraordinary and exceptionally rare D.S. by Pope Alexander III, and countersigned by eleven cardinals including two future Popes, Lucius III (c.1100-1185) Pope of the Catholic Church 1181-85, Gregory VIII (c.1100/05-1187) Pope of the Catholic Church from October - December 1187, and Celestine III (c-1105-1198) Pope of the Catholic Church 1191-98, one page (vellum), large folio (approximately 59 x 70 cm), dated 25th May 1163, in Latin. The manuscript document, a Great Bulla, is written in a neat Caroline miniscule hand, retaining some forms of curialis script (with exagerrated ascenders and descenders), and opens with tightly compressed, elongated calligrahic letterforms, beginning with the Pope´s name, Alexander, and continuing with the formal preamble. The Bulla represents a Privilegium (Solemn Privilege), the most solemn form of papal bull, for Godescal, Abbot of Saint Bertin, near Saint-Omer, in northern France, and confirms the independence of the Abbey from the Abbey of Cluny and all its other privileges. At the conclusion of the body of text (ending with the declartion of affirmation Amen) appears the circular sign manual, or rota, of Pope Alexander III, with a cross in his hand to the upper edge, the centre of the two concentric circles with the names of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, as well as the Pope (´Alexander pp III´), and also featuring his device, or motto, ´Demonstra mihi vias tuas Domine´ (´Oh Lord, show me your ways´) written within the outer circle. This is followed by the Pope´s name, Ego Alexander Catholice Eccle[sie] Ep[iscopu]s, and abbreviated subscripsi, (´I, Alexander, bishop of the Catholic Church, have subscribed´), the initial letter E inked in the hand of the Pope (a practice begun by Alexander III). To the right of the Pope´s name appears the elaborate Bene Valete (´Fare well´) monogram. Immediately beneath appear the countersignatures of eleven cardinals including the future Lucius III (´Ego Hubaldus....´, as Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia), the future Gregory VIII (´Ego Albertus....´, as Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina), and the future Celestine III (´Ego Jacintud....´, as Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin). Each of the names of the cardinals, in a number of different hands, are preceded by crosses and conclude with abbreviated subscripsi. The final line of text, just above the plica, identifies the scribe as the sub-deacon and notary Cardinal Hermannus. The original leaden seal is no longer present, although two central holes to the plica remain, indicating where the bulla would have originally been affixed by silk cords. Documents bearing the signatures of four Popes of the medieval period are of the utmost rarity and very seldom appear at auction. Some light age wear, particularly to the folds, and minor staining as is to be expected, although overall in a fine state of preservation considering the age of the Great Bulla. About VGGodescal was the Abbot of Saint Bertin from 1163-76. The Benedictine monastic abbey was founded in the 7th century and soon became one of the most influential monasteries in northern Europe. The abbey ceased to flourish after the 13th century, although it survived until its closure during the French Revolution. Today the abbey stands in ruins, owing to a partial demolition ordered in 1830 and later damage sustained in shelling during World War II.Alexander III became Pope of the Catholic Church in 1159 following a contested election, with several rivals instead claiming the papacy. He was thus forced to spend much of his pontificate away from Rome, enjoying the favour and protection of King Louis VII by taking refuge and living at Sens, in north-central France, between 1163 and 1165.During Alexander´s reign the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, who had been crowned King of Italy, and proclaimed Emperor (by Alexander´s predecessor, Pope Adrian IV) in 1155, gave his support to the antipope Victor IV. On 13th February 1160 Victor IV excommunicated Alexander III and, upon receiving the news the following month, the Pope retaliated by excommunicating both Victor IV and Frederick I Barbarossa. In 1161 King Geza II of Hungary recognised Alexander III as the rightful Pope and his legitimacy began to gather strength, the Kings of France and England also recognising his authority. In 1163 Alexander III summoned clergy and prelates from England, France, Italy, and Spain to the Council of Tours to address, among other matters, the unlawful division of ecclesiastical benefices, clerical usury, and lay possession of tithes.Alexander III´s pontificate is particularly noted for his papal bull Non parum animus noster, issued in 1171 or 1172 in which he gave papal sanction to the crusades against pagans in Northern Europe, promising remission of sin for those who fought there, and thereby legitimising the widespread use of forced conversion. The Pope also humbled King Henry II of England for the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170, to whom he was unusually close, later canonizing Becket in 1173. This was the second English saint canonized by Alexander, the first being Edward the Confessor in 1161. Through the papal bull Manifestis Probatum of 23rd May 1179, Alexander recognised the right of Count Afonso Henriques to declare himself King of Portugal, which represented a significant step in the process of Portugal becoming a recognised independent Kingdom.Alexander III died in August 1181, just one week short of twenty-two years since his election, the longest papacy since Adrian I in the 8th century.Lucius III had enjoyed a long career as a papal diplomat before being elected as Pope in 1181. His pontificate, like that of Alexander III´s, was marked by conflicts with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, and his subsequent exile from Rome. In 1185 Lucius III began preparations for the Third Crusade in answer to the appeals of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. Before they could be completed, Lucius III passed away in Verona in November 1185. Gregory VIII served as Pope for just two months, from October to December 1187, after having had a long diplomatic career as Apostolic Chancellor. He was notable in his brief reign for reconciling the Papacy with the estranged Holy Roman Empire, and for issuing the papal bull Audita tremendi, calling for the Third Crusade following the Battle of Hattin.Celestine III had a strained relationship with several monarchs including Emperor Henry VI, whom he threatened to excommunicate for keeping King Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) imprisoned, King Tancred of Sicily and King Alfonso IX of Leon. The Pope condemned the latter for their marriage to Theresa of Portugal and, in 1196, excommunicated Alfonso IX for allying with the Almohad Caliphate while making war on Castile. In December 1196 Celestine III issued a papal bull acknowledging the possessions of the Teutonic Knights. An exceedingly rare and especially early document; the Auction and Book Sales Archive (ABSA), which incorporates the records of American Book Prices Current (ABPC), lists only one other papal bull signed by Alexander III (dated 1181) as having appeared at auction in almost thirty years.
BROSSOLETTE PIERRE: (1903-1944) French journalist, politician, and a major hero of the French Resistance during World War II. A rare A.L.S., Pierre Brossolette, one page (folding letter card stationery), 8vo, Royan, 27th August 1930, to Monsieur G. Pelletier (´Mon bon maitre´), in French. Brossolette states ´Ce n´est pas la flem, mais un tas de travail idiot accumule tout ce mois d´aout qui m´a empeche de vous ecrire´ (Translation: ´It's not laziness, but a heap of silly work accumulated throughout August that has prevented me from writing to you´) and explains ´J´ai fait beaucoup de copie pour une foule de revues, acheve un bouquin pour Pomaret, assure le permanence rue Oudinot. L´amitie a souffert de tout cela et je m´en excuse´ (Translation: ´I've done a lot of copying for a host of magazines, finished a book for Pomaret, been on duty at the rue Oudinot. Friendship has suffered from all this and I apologise´), further remarking ´L´activite "ministerielle" demeure toujours aussi vague et incoordonnee. Il "tient" plus que jamais aux projets qui nous sont chers. Nous savons tout cela. Et ca devient plutot exasperant´ (Translation: ´The ‘ministerial’ activity remains as vague and incoordinated as ever. He is more ‘keen’ than ever on the projects that are dear to us. We know all that. And it's getting rather exasperating´) and asking if Pelletier will be in Paris in early September. Hand addressed by Brossolette to the verso. Autograph letters of Brossolette are rare as a result of his death by suicide at the age of 40 during World War II, an action he decided to take fearing that, having been taken into custody by the security service of the SS, he would reveal the lengths of the French Resistance networks under torture. VG
ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. Very rare Autograph instructions and corrections in the hand of Rousseau, relating to the edition of "Letters Written from the Mountain" (1762-65). A cleanly written A.L., one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [22nd November 1764], in French. An excellent autograph letter by Rousseau, referring to the last works he wrote for publication during his lifetime, including four paragraphs, the first entitled `Fautes nécessaires à corriger´ ("Mistakes which need to be corrected"), stating in part `L´Auteur n´ayant pu suivre l´impression de ses feuilles, des fautes de copie dans le manuscrit, des quiproquo de l´imprimeur dans les renvois, ont rendu plusieurs endroits inintelligibles, surtout dans la quatrieme lettre...´ (Translation: "The author was unable to follow the printing of his sheets, copying errors in the manuscript, and the printer's misunderstandings in the references, which made several places unintelligible, especially in the fourth letter....") To the second paragraph entitled by Rousseau `Premiere Partie´ ("First Part"), the author lists five corrections stating in part `P.202. La ligne 10 et les deux suivantes ne doivent point former un alinea ni être en italique, mais s´écrire à la suite de celles qui précèdent et du même caractère. P.208. L[igne] 9. Ce mot dit-on doit être en italique comme le reste de la ligne.´ (Translation: "P.202. Line 10 and the two following lines should not form a paragraph or be in italics, but should be written after those preceding them and in the same character. P.208. L[ine] 9. This word, it is said, should be in italics like the rest of the line...") To the second paragraph entitled by Rousseau `Seconde Partie´ ("Second Part"), the author lists three corrections stating in part `P.22 - L[igne] 11. Avant d´avoir assez affermi leur puissance ils voulurent usurper le droit de mettre des impôts. Effacez cette phrase, et substituez-y ce qui suit. Ils avaient doucement usurpé le droit de mettre les impôts: avant d´avoir assez affermi leur puissance ils voulurent abuser de ce droit...´ (Translation: "P.22 - L[ine] 11. Before they had sufficiently established their power, they wanted to usurp the right to impose taxes. Delete this sentence, and substitute by the following: They had quietly usurped the right to impose taxes: before they had sufficiently established their power, they wanted to abuse of this right...") Before concluding and to the fourth paragraph entitled `Avis au Relieur´ (Translation: "Notice to the Bookbinder") Rousseau states `Il y a quatre cartons imprimés avec la feuille marquée d´une étoile. Le relieur aura soin de les mettre exactement à leur place.´ (Translation: "There are four printed cartons with the sheet marked with a star. The bookbinder will take care to put them exactly in their place.") Very small age wear and toning, otherwise G to VGRousseau published in May 1762 his work Emile, ou de l´Education ("Emile, or On Education"). Rousseau considered this work the "Best and most important" of all his writings. Due to a section of the book referring to "Faith", it was banned in Paris and Geneva and publicly burned in 1762. On Letters Written from the Mountain (1762-1765). Rousseau responds to the censorship and burning of , Emile, or On Education, and airs his views on censorship, religion, and the relation between theory and practice in politics. Rousseau’s response concerns the general theme of the relation between reason and revelation and contains his most explicit and boldest discussions of the Christian doctrines of creation, miracles, and original sin.
HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. An extremely rare, early D.S., Adolf Hitler, one page, oblong 8vo, Vienna, 22nd August 1909, in German. The partially printed document, the main body of which is completed in Hitler´s hand, is an official Austrian Meldzettel (Registration Form) in which Hitler lists his occupation as that of a schriftsteller (writer), provides various personal details including his place and date of birth, Braunau am Inn, Austria, on 20th April 1889, as well as the address of the rooms he was moving from, Felberstrasse 22, and the address of his new lodging, number 27, on the second floor at Sechshauserstrasse 56. With a few ink annotations in the hand of an official to the right of the document, indicating that Hitler moved out of the building on 16th September 1909. Autographs of Hitler in any form from this early part of his life are exceptionally rare. A few small areas of paper loss to the corners, none of which affect Hitler´s text or signature. About VGThe eighteen-year old Hitler had left Linz, close to the town of his birth, in February 1908 following the death of his mother in the December of the previous year, 1907. Financed by a small inheritance and his orphan´s pension, Hitler planned to study fine art in Vienna and had expected to be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts. His application was rejected twice, the second time without an interview, and it was suggested that Hitler apply to the School of Architecture. However, he lacked the necessary academic credentials for this as a result of not finishing secondary school. Thus Hitler entered into a life of unemployment, indolence and growing anti-Semetism. At the time of completing the present document (a requirement of the Austrian police, essentially to keep track of men of military age) Hitler was moving into a smaller and even more impoverished apartment than the one he had vacated. Less than a month later, Hitler left Sechshauerstrasse, the rent unpaid, his money run out, and descended into a bohemian life of living on the streets. He spent the autumn of 1909 relying on charity hand-outs, selling his clothes, and not working, lost within the multitudes of Vienna’s poor, in the anonymity of the homeless and indigent, until winter forced him into homeless shelters and a men´s dormitory, supported by a Jewish philanthropist. As English historian Sir Ian Kershaw states in his book Hitler 1889-1936 (1998) ´The social decline of the petty-bourgeois so fearful of joining the proletariat was complete. The twenty-year old would-be artistic genius had joined the tramps, winos and down-and-outs in society´s basement´.
ORWELL GEORGE: (1903-1950) Eric Arthur Blair. British novelist, essayist, journalist and literary critic. A rare A.L.S., George, four pages, 8vo, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, 25th January 1948, to Anthony Powell (´Dear Tony´). Orwell thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks ´It doesn´t matter about the saddle. We´re supposed to have one coming but if you do chance to run across another I´ll always buy it because it wouldn´t hurt to have two. The petrol situation is so calamitous that one has to use horses for certain purposes´, adding that he doesn´t think that a side saddle could be considered, although confessing ´I must say in the days when I used to ride I sometimes secretly thought I´d like to try a side saddle, because I believe it´s almost impossible to fall off´. Orwell continues to write of his health, ´I´ve been here 5 or 6 weeks & I think I´m getting better. I don´t feel nearly so death like & they say the X rays are beginning to show progress, though very slight´, and also of the impact it is had on his work, ´I´d done about half my novel & shan´t touch it again till I´m well, but I´m starting to do a v[er]y little light work, i.e. book reviews. I´ve just done one & feel I´ve broken a spell, as I hadn´t even contemplated working for 3 months. My handwriting is so bad because my right arm is half crippled. I´ve had trouble in it for some time & it´s probably of a tuberculosis nature, which it seems doesn´t matter much but is hellish painful for the time being. I´d like to do something for the TLS, but if I do it´ll have to be handwritten, because even if I had a typewriter here I can´t at present get my hand into that position. Did I tell you I was starting a uniform edition, as everyone seems to be doing, a sign of approcahing senility I think. I am starting off with one called "Coming Up for Air" which was published in 1939`. Orwell returns to his present health issues, explaining that the hospital is very nice and everyone is very good to him, reflecting ´I imagine I´ll be in bed for months yet, & even when I get out will have to go on being an out-patient, as the treatment lasts about 6 months. In that case I´ll have to stay in Glasgow & get down to London or up to Jura for a few days when I can´, and also writes of his adopted son, ´Of course I can´t see Richard till I´m non-infectious. He´s growing into a real tough. I´m going to have him examined for TB when my sister goes up to London shortly, but I can´t believe there is anything wrong with him´. A letter of good content and association. Some scattered light-brown drink stains, only very slightly affecting a few words of text (which remain perfectly legible) and not the signature. GAnthony Powell (1905-2000) English novelist, best known for his 12-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time (1951-75). Powell, along with Malcolm Muggeridge, took reposnibility for organising Orwell´s funeral in 1950.George Orwell had moved to a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura in May 1946 at which time he began intermittent work on his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novelist returned to London towards the end of the year, picking up his literary journalism again, before venturing again to Jura in April 1947, when he resumed work on Nineteen Eighty-Four. During this time he was visited by his sister´s family and Orwell led a disastrous boating expedition which nearly led to loss of life and proved detrimental to the writer´s health. In December 1947 a chest specialist was summoned from Glasgow who pronounced that Orwell was seriously ill and a week before Christmas 1947 he was admitted to Hairmyres Hospital having been diagnosed with tuberculosis. By the end of July 1948 Orwell was able to return to Jura and by December he had finished the manuscript of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The critically acclaimed cautionary tale, Orwell´s ninth novel, was published in June 1949 and would be the final book completed in his lifetime.
MADAME ROLAND: (1754-1793) Born Marie-Jeanne Philipon, also known as Manon Roland de la Platiere. French Revolutionary salonniere and Writer. She was the first Girondin to be arrested during the reign of terror and guillotined. Very rare Autograph Letter Signed, with a small flourish, by Madame Roland, three pages, 4to, [Villefranche-sur-Saône], 29th October 1787, to Monsieur de Landine, in French. Manon sends a letter full of spicy comments, stating in part `En vérité, Monsieur, j´ai bien honte d´avoir tant tardé à vous témoigner ma reconnaissance du joli cadeau que vous m´avez fait, et ma sensibilité aux choses obligeantes dont vous l´avez accompagné. Je ne sais de motyen de réparer mes torts que d´en faire l´aveu, et je le fais avec une contrition bien sincère...´ (Translation: "The truth, Sir, is that I am very ashamed to have delayed so long in expressing my gratitude for the pretty gift you gave me, and my appreciation for the kind things you accompanied it with. I know no way of repairing my wrongs other than to confess them, and I do so with very sincere contrition...") Further Madame Roland refers to the work authored by her correspondent Le Conservateur, ou Bibliotheque choisie de Litérature, de morale et d´histoire (1787) by Delandine, statingin part `...c´est la faute de votre livre, Monsieur, qui m´a paris les moments que je voulais vous donner...´ (Translation: "...It is the fault of your book, sir, which has taken away from me the moments I wanted to give you...") Further again, Madame Roland refers to a trip to Switzerland, saying `Pour que vous soyez dans le même cas à l´égard du voyage de Suisse, il n´en faut rien voir; j´ai visité en courant. j´ai fait mes notes de même, je n´ai lu les voyageurs que depuis mon retour et si j´allais rédiger dans l´idée d´être lue, je ferais certainement de bien mauvaise besogne. Dieu me garde de ressembler jamais à une femme Auteur! La peur que j´aurais qu´on se môquat de moi comme je vois faire des autres, me donnerait une contrainte grinçante qui me rendrait insupportable à moi-même autant qu´à autrui...´ (Translation: "For you to be in the same case with regard to the trip to Switzerland, you have to see nothing of it; I visited in a hurry. I made my notes in the same way, I have only read the travelers since my return and if I were going to write with the idea of being read, I would certainly do a very bad job. God forbid that I should ever resemble a woman Author! The fear that I would have that people would make fun of me as I see others do, would give me a grating constraint that would make me unbearable to myself as much as to others...") Paper with watermark. With address leaf bearing a red wax seal divided in two as a result of the opening of the letter. VGAntoine François Delandine (1756-1820) French Lawyer and Writer who had a brief politician role during the French Revolution.
SHELLEY MARY: (1797-1851) English novelist of the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) and the editor and promoter of the works of her husband, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. A fine, extremely rare A.L.S., Mary Shelley, three pages, 8vo, Somerset Street, Portman Square (London), n.d. (17th June 1829), to [Cyrus Redding]. Shelley commences her letter stating ´I am sorry to have it only in my power to reply that the portrait of Mr. Shelley to which you allude is by no means a good one´, and explains ´it is the size of life, in oils - but unfortunately very unfinished. There are however several very striking points of resemblance, and I indulge a hope that when I can afford it, a first rate engraver might succeed in making a good print from it´, further remarking ´I do not know anything so disagreeable or unjust as the too frequent custom of prefixing prints unworthy of the person meant to be represented - and in this case, there would be great danger, that even Mr. Heath could not succeed´ and also adding ´I should be averse therefore to having it done unless by him, & unless it were in my power to cancel it altogether if I did not approve of it. If it had been otherwise, if the picture had been one which would only have needed fidelity and care, I should have been very happy to have furnished you with the opportunity of making an engraving´. Shelley concludes by stating that it was not necessary for Redding to have apologised for his application on the subject, and briefly refers to two mutual acquaintances, including Leigh Hunt. A letter of fine content in which Mary Shelley serves to protect the image of her husband, who had not achieved fame in his lifetime, but whose recognition steadily grew following his death in 1822. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear and with one small, neat split at the base of the vertical fold in the bifolium, VGCyrus Redding (1785-1870) British journalist who effectively edited The New Monthly Magazine from 1821-30 and published Shipwrecks and disasters at sea (1833) amongst other titles, including a history of wine.Charles Heath (1785-1848) British engraver, book publisher and illustrator.Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) English critic, essayist and poet, a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
WEDGWOOD JOSIAH: (1730-1795) English potter, entrepreneur and prominent slavery abolitionist. A rare L.S., Josiah Wedgwood, Chairman (of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain), one page, folio, Great George Street (London), 6th June 1785, to James Hebden. Wedgwood writes, in full, ´I take the liberty of inclosing a copy of the Reolutions printed so as to shew what is omitted of the original ten Resolutions, and what has been added to them, & how they now stand in the House of Lords. From the first days debate in the house of Lords upon these Resolutions we may, according to appearances, promise ourselves a more impartial hearing than we have hitherto met with; and that their L[ordshi]ps will if applied to, modify some of the resolutions, which certainly bear too hard at present upon the British manufacturer. Indeed it is too evident, that whatever may be the object wished for by government in this treaty, the manufacturing interest is to be the sacrifice and price for that object. The committee will be glad to know if you wish them to continue their communications to you upon any future occasions. They will be glad to receive your instructions in this respect, as they would avoid being either troublesome or expensive where their correspondence may not be acceptable´. Accompanied by the (now detached) address leaf, incorporating a postscript to the verso by Wedgwood, and signed by him in the third person, ´Be so good to present this to Mr. Clapham with Mr. Wedgwood´s compliments´, and also dated at Great George Street, 6th June 1785, in his hand. The address panel to the recto appears to be in the hand of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and signed (´Free, Wm. Eden´) by him to the lower left corner of the panel. Some light age wear and minor staining, most evident to the address leaf which also has a small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal. About VGIn January 1785 Thomas Walker, a cotton merchant and political radical, and one of his associates were brought before the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations and questioned concerning Irish relations, in an effort to secure from them, without their knowledge of the object of the questioning, statements which would commit them to the policy later presented to the public in the form of the Irish Resolutions. Walker and his associate were later repeatedly confronted with quotations from their statements, and cross-examined, and treated in a manner which was characterised by a member of parliament as ´most scandalous´. By such methods the government defeated its own ends with respect to the Irish Resolutions as well as the cotton tax. Manchester manufacturers were needlessly embittered, and were forced to associate the government´s fiscal policy at home with its commercial policy toward Ireland. The Irish question, ever a thorn in the side, was rendered acutely piercing in the case of William Pitt´s government (1783-85). Pitt, recognising Ireland´s newly acquired legislative independence, was at once confronted with the problem of economic reorganisation. His policy, formulated in the so-called Irish Resolutions or Propositions, came from the Irish parliament for consideration in the English House of Commons in February 1785. According to Pitt´s own interpretation, his policy embraced two ´capital points´, namely, the admission of Ireland to participation in England´s colonial and foreign trade (with certain restrictions) and the mutual reduction of tariffs on manufactured goods to the rate in that kingdom where existing duties were the lower. The Irish Resolutions, like the cotton tax, encountered the fierce hostility of the newer manufacturers. Pitt himself, in his private letter of 6th January 1785, to the Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, quite frankly admitted the probability of the shifting to Ireland of certain English industries in consequence of the Resolutions. The most important of the various arguments urged against the Irish Resolutions by the manufacturers was the contrast in the tax policies of the two kingdoms. Pitt himself admitted the force of the argument, first in private, and at length in consenting to the modification of the cotton tax. The vital connection between the Irish Resolutions and the question of taxation, particularly the excise laws, was set forth in the resolutions of Manchester manufacturers on 11th April 1785. Out of this situation, which gave to the manufacturers a feeling of common interest, arose the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain. This organisation was not limited to the new capitalistic manufacturers, but the initiative and the moving force were with them. The new capitalistic industries consisted in the main of three groups: Wedgwood´s Staffordshire potteries; the iron foundries and plants about Birmingham; and the manufacturing and printing of cotton centering at Manchester. The part played by Josiah Wedgwood seems to have been the result of his hostility to the Irish Resolutions. On 21st February 1785, he wrote to Matthew Boulton, saying that he intended to recommend the organisation of ´a Committee of Delegates from all the manufacturing places of England and Scotland to meet and sit in London all the time the Irish commercial affairs are pending´ and he was not without hope that such a body would be useful ´upon others as well as the present occasion´. Results were soon manifest. On 12th March, it was reported that ´manufacturers are assembling´ at London from various parts of the kingdom. A meeting had already been held in London, at the London Tavern, on 7th March. During the succeeding week, a committee was appointed, with Wedgwood as chairman. On 12th March this committee met and issued a call for another general meeting for 14th March. At the meeting convened on the 14th, there was organised a definite body to be called the Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain, and to consist of ´each member of a commercial committee, being a manufacturer´. It was resolved unanimously that the society ´do not cease with the present business´. At the various meetings of the Chamber, the chairmanship was held by different men. The chairman of the meeting of 14th March was Wedgwood, who, though not a member of the aristocracy, was nevertheless invested with a respectability denied to the more ´vulgar´ and less artistic textile manufacturers. The committee recommended that the Chamber promote, by means of circular letters and in other ways, the organisation of local bodies of manufacturers, whose common interests should find expression in the central body. To distinguish the local chambers from the national organisation, it was recommended that the word ´general´ be prefixed to the title of the Chamber (extracts from The Rise of the Great Manufacturers in England 1760-1790 by Witt Bowden, 1919).Provenance: Formerly part of the collection of Ray Rawlins, author of The Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977) and bearing his small circular Collection label neatly affixed to the lower corner of the address leaf. Indeed, the signature on the present letter was used as a facsimile in The Guinness Book of World Autographs. The letter was also offered by Sotheby´s in their sale of the Rawlins Collection on 2nd, 3rd & 4th June 1980 (lot 873).OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
PENIAKOFF VLADIMIR ´POPSKI´: (1897-1951) Belgian Lieutenant-Colonel, the founder and commanding officer of No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA (´Popski´s Private Army´) during World War II. A fine and extremely rare book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Private Army by Peniakoff, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1950. The book, an account of the Lieutenant-Colonel´s daring exploits with his highly successful special forces unit during World War II, is complete with four fold-out maps and numerous black and white photographs. Signed (´Popski´) by Peniakoff to the front free endpaper with a remarkable presentation inscription, ´For Menina, who has done much more work on this book than I have, very gratefully, Popski´, and dated London, 13th February 1950, in his hand. Bound in the publisher´s original brown cloth with gilt title to the spine and gilt emblem (featuring an astrolabe) of the No. 1 Demolition Squadron to the front board. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some very light, minor age wear and a little faded to the spine). A unique presentation copy. VGMenina Mesquita - secretary to the British publisher Jonathan Cape who was tasked with the responsibility of typing the manuscript of Popski´s Private Army.The present copy is probably the only surviving presentation copy in existence. We are aware of only one other signed copy (without a presentation inscription, and dated May 1950) and the Auction and Book Sales Archive (ABSA), which incorporates the records of American Book Prices Current (ABPC), do not record any other signed copies of Private Army by Popski as ever having appeared at auction.
LAWRENCE D.H.: (1885-1930) English writer. An excellent A.L.S., D. H. Lawrence, two pages, 8vo, Hotel Beau Rivage, Bandol, France, 29th December 1928, to G. R. G. Conway. Lawrence commences his letter stating ´I am most distressed to learn that your copies of Lady Chatterley´s Lover have not turned up´, explaining that they were sent by registered post a longtime ago (´and surely the Mexican govt. would not confiscate them, as the U.S.A. customs do!) and adding that Conway must obtain others, if any remain, ´Orioli has very few, I know - they may all be ordered. But one at least I´ll rescue for you. But we must find out what became of the others. The book is selling at $50 in U.S.A. - and anything over £5 here in Europe - so you see it is quite a loss´. Lawrence continues his letter by thanking Conway for their Christmas card (´how pretty it is!´) and a book, and also writes of future travel plans and his health, ´We have given up the Villa Miranda, and are at a bit of a loose end, wondering where to go & where to live next. I think in about a fortnight we shall go to Spain, and try that. But we might go to New Mexico for the summer, so if ever you are passing, make sure first if we are there and do stop & see us if we are- I was ill last year but am much better now & getting to be myself again´. Lawrence returns to the subject of his book, ´Some people were much scandalised by Lady C, but many took it in the right spirit, and remain staunch to me. I do hope you´ll get your copies, & will read it & not be shocked. Mrs. Conway too. We have lived too long to be shocked by words any more´. Lawrence concludes by asking how Conway and his wife are, remarking ´I think of you often, and quake sometimes for you, seeing the Mexican news. But you´ll go on for ever, I feel, running those trams & deciphering Spanis MS´. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Lawrence. Autograph letters by Lawrence referring to one of his most famous, and controversial, works, Lady Chatterley's Lover, are rare and desirable. One extremely minor, light paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner, VGGiuseppe 'Pino' Orioli (1884-1942) Florentine bookseller, best known for privately publishing the unexpurgated first edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover, of which around 1000 copies were released in July 1928.George Robert Graham Conway and his wife, Anne Elizabeth, were among D.H. Lawrence's English friends. They met the writer in New Mexico in 1925. Conway, an engineer specialising in the rail transport industry, was a great collector of documents relating to Spanish colonisation in America.
Ephemera & Children's Books. Americana: Gleason (Leverett S, publisher), Biro (Charles, director), Wood (Bob, editor), & Kofoed (Bill, editor), Tops: The Adult Magazine of Dramatic Picture Stories, [No. 1], [1949], over-sized comic book, colour printed, 64pp, the text typically browned, but very good condition, lower-margin with minor crease, original publisher's pictorial wrappers as issued, both covers split, of which the upper-cover is just holding, each cover with paper scuffs, the upper-cover with further points of condition, its fore-edge with one repaired chip, its inner margin with two traces of yellow paint, but not affecting legibility of contents, folio (33.6 x 26cm); with [Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872)], Alfred Crowquill's Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to the Present Time. London: Reed & Co., n.d. [1856], 36 hand-coloured lithographed caricatures over 18 sheets, later reinforced verso folds, blue papered boards with original pictorial paper onset, later rebacked in green cloth, marbled endpapers, the 'timeline' 12.3 x 243cm open, (2) The first issue (of two) of this incredibly rare American 'pulp fiction' published for adults in 1949. The large format of the copies meant they were often found with Life magazine rather than comics at the newsstands, which, coupled with the 25 cents purchase price, limited its audience and longevity.
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF (DUTCH-CANADIAN 1815-1872): A RARE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ON PAPER DEPICTING A TRAPPER CARRYING A CANOE UP A WATERFALL17cm x 13cmSigned to the right 'C Krieghoff'.Removed from the scrap book belonging to a relatively of Captain James Muddle.The corners stuck down on paper.James Muddle was born at Gillingham in Kent on 31 January 1785. James probably went to sea at a fairly young age and worked his way up to become a master mariner. The first record of him at sea, at the age of 25, is as the master of the small single mast sloop Boston sailing in coastal waters. In 1814, James then became master of the 356-ton ship ‘Leng’, armed with six 6-pounder guns, bound for the West Indies. The Lloyd's Register for 1820 also recorded that during that year James took over from as master of the 410 ton convict ship Lord Sidmouth. By the age of 35, James had progressed from being master of ships sailing in coastal waters to sailing to the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic, and now to the other side of the World. In 1820 it was reported that the Lord Sidmouth captain Muddle had sailed from Portsmouth on for New South Wales. After a voyage of 107 days, they arrived at Sydney in Australia on 19 February 1821, where 160 male prisoners were disembarked. James and the Lord Sidmouth also sailed to Jakarta, Calcutta, Mauritius. Upon arriving back to England in 1821, James became captain of the prison ship the ‘Andromeda’, which sailed from Leith to to Van Diemans Land and New South Wales. During the following two decades of travels in and around Australia, James will have collected many of the items in the collection. James is also known to have been captain of the ship ‘Lang’, as well as the “Mandarin’, ‘Glenbervie’ and the ‘Roseanne’. He sailed on prison ships to New Zealand and even China. James died in 1865 at the age of 80, and his collection has been passed by descent down the generations to the present owners.For more information please see the link below:https://www.muddlefamilies.info/harrietsham/22eaa.htm
A RARE 19TH CENTURY DRAWING DEPICTING THE SQUAW OF THE MIC-MAC TRIBEMounted on brown paper, inscribed 'Mrs Jane Tyson. Halifax n.s 48 (Nova Scotia).Along with a brown ink drawing of Halifax, Nova Scotia by Miss Kirby.Both drawings removed from a scrap book belonging to a relative of Captain James Muddle.James Muddle was born at Gillingham in Kent on 31 January 1785. James probably went to sea at a fairly young age and worked his way up to become a master mariner. The first record of him at sea, at the age of 25, is as the master of the small single mast sloop Boston sailing in coastal waters. In 1814, James then became master of the 356-ton ship ‘Leng’, armed with six 6-pounder guns, bound for the West Indies. The Lloyd's Register for 1820 also recorded that during that year James took over from as master of the 410 ton convict ship Lord Sidmouth. By the age of 35, James had progressed from being master of ships sailing in coastal waters to sailing to the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic, and now to the other side of the World. In 1820 it was reported that the Lord Sidmouth captain Muddle had sailed from Portsmouth on for New South Wales. After a voyage of 107 days, they arrived at Sydney in Australia on 19 February 1821, where 160 male prisoners were disembarked. James and the Lord Sidmouth also sailed to Jakarta, Calcutta, Mauritius. Upon arriving back to England in 1821, James became captain of the prison ship the ‘Andromeda’, which sailed from Leith to to Van Diemans Land and New South Wales. During the following two decades of travels in and around Australia, James will have collected many of the items in the collection. James is also known to have been captain of the ship ‘Lang’, as well as the “Mandarin’, ‘Glenbervie’ and the ‘Roseanne’. He sailed on prison ships to New Zealand and even China. James died in 1865 at the age of 80, and his collection has been passed by descent down the generations to the present owners.For more information please see the link below:https://www.muddlefamilies.info/harrietsham/22eaa.htm
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