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Rembrandt van Rijn; Edme Francois Gersaint: 'Catalogue raisonné de toutes les pieces qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt...avec les augmentations nécessaires, par les sieurs Helle & Glomy.', Paris, Chez Hochereau, 1751, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontis of Rembrandt-Van-Rhein by Jean-Baptiste Glomy as called for, second part with separate printed title page 'Supplement au catalogue raisonné de ... Rembrandt.', by Pierre Yver, Amsterdam, Pierre Yver, 1756, first part xxxii,326pp., second part viii,187,[11]pp. + errata leaf, the copy of George Fairholme of Greenknowe (1789-1846), Geologist, land owner, banker, traveller and naturalist, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown, and copious manuscript pen & ink notes to text and margins throughout, stating sizes and various remarks about the works "Mr B. has an impression of this , great part of which is unfinished, the figures at bottom of angels being only traced out" (No.43 L'Annonciation aux Bergers) "another landscape, on the right are houses, particularly a large one with a turret, surrounded by trees, a river runs through in the foreground on the left...and in the background a view of Amsterdam with windmills...in the middle are two small figures on horseback, one of which seems pointing at the prospect. It has neither name nor date, and is one of those that he washed in Indian Ink - it is extremely scarce, as I never saw another - J.B.", 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, morocco gilt label to spine, together with John Evelyn: 'culptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving...To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and others authors. With copper-plates.', L, J. Marks, 1770, 4th edition, 10 engraved plates as called for, xi,264pp., contemporary calf, morocco gilt label to spine, armorial book plate of George Fairholme of Greenknowe. His father, William Fairholme (mother Elizabeth) made his living from banking and was a serious art collector. Nothing is known of George's childhood years and there is no record of his attending any university. But he was probably tutored at home and self-taught in keeping with his family’s wealthy financial situation. In 1800 an uncle bequeathed to him the Greenknowe estate (5000 plus acres) near Gordon, Berwickshire. Like many in his day he used his wealth to pursue his study of geology both in Britain and in Europe. On 15 November 1818 he married Caroline Forbes, who was the eldest daughter of the eighteenth Lord Forbes and granddaughter of the sixth Duke of Atholl. They lived in Perth; Greenknowe; Berne, Switzerland; Brussels; Ramsgate, Kent; and many other locations in Europe. They had five children, William, James (a naval officer lost on the Franklin Expedition), George, Charles and Elizabeth Marjory. George died in November 1846 in Royal Leamington Spa, willing homes, paintings and nearly 3000 pounds to each child. From the estate of George Fairholme, provenance by descent (2)

(Interior Design, Georgina Fairholme, John Fowler.) Five books on interior design, art etc. from the estate of the interior designer Georgina Fairholme (1921-2019,) protégé of decorator John Beresford Fowler (1906-1977), founder of the esteemed London firm of Colefax & Fowler, some with autograph letters signed from John Fowler to Georgona Fairholme loosely inserted, others signed & inscribed by Fowler to Fairholme or by the author to Fairholme. Items include Richard Hampton Jenrette: 'Adventures With Old Houses', foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales, Charleston, Wyrick & Company, 2005, 1st edition, content includes 1 Sutton Place North (p.33-41), New York town house purchased by Richard H. Jenrette in 1972. Jenrette decided that he wanted a distinctly British look for the interiors, so he called New York designers Harrison Cultra (1941-1983) and Georgina Fairholme (1927-2019) for a “quick fix on this grand English-style Georgian house.” (p.37.) With 25 mainly black & white photographs of the interior of the property loosely inserted, Cultra-Fairholme inkstamps verso, together with 2 Autograph Letters Signed from John Fowler to Georgina Fairholme 1974, "...My Dear Georgina. It was so nice to hear from you and to hear that you are doing well & enjoying it. I am so glad...I am better thank you but feel weak & very tired but i'm getting better I am sure. I probably work too hard both for the N.T. & now that P.[rince] Charles has decided to make Chevening his home there is a great deal to do & organise. I saw him there last week & he's so thrilled with the possibilities of the house it's very fine & we must make it really nice; he's such a dear fellow...I shall much look forward to seeing you when you are over & I do hope you will come for a weekend here. No more now as i've got to go up to London this morning. I hate it! Lots of Love J.", 39 lines, 2 leaves, The Hunting Lodge, Odiham, Hampshire headed paper, original hand written addressed postally used envelope, with another 23 line ALS from Fowler to Fairholme similar period, plus original Typed Letter Signed from the firm Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler Ltd., 10th September 1964, to Georgina Fairholme offering her the job as advertised, signed D.J. Nuttman, secretary, all loosely inserted in the book, original pictorial wraps; plus John Fowler and John cornforth: 'English Decoration in the 18th Century', L, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974, 1st UK edition, 20 page ALS from John Fowler to Georgina Fairholme c.1970's loosely inserted, together with some other associated cuttings and ephemera incl. John Fowler in memoriam Order of Service 24th November 1977 etc., orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper (d/w worn); plus Stalker & Parker: 'A Treatise of Japanning Varnishing and Guilding 1688', L, Alec Tiranti, 1960, John Fowler's copy with his ownership signature dated Jan. 1961 at head of FFEP, subsequently signed & inscribed by Fowler to Georgina Fairholme beneath and dated October 1970, orig. boards gilt, Stella Margetson: 'Leisure and Pleasure in the Eighteenth Century', L, Cassell, 1970, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP from Fowler to Fairholme Christmas 1970, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, plus Erica Brown: 'Interior Views - Design at Its Best', NY, Viking Press, 1980, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author to Georgina Fairholme on FFEP "For Georgina With love - & admiration Erica Brown", orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Interior designer John Beresford Fowler CBE (1906–1977) joined the decorating and antiques firm Thornton Smith, where he painted Chinese-style wallpaper (sold as 18th century originals), and learned other paint decoration techniques, such as marbling and graining, and subsequently decorated furniture for Peter Jones. He established his own business on the Kings Road in Chelsea in 1934, and then went into business with Sybil Colefax, founding Colefax & Fowler. Nancy Lancaster employed him to help with the decoration of her own rooms but became fascinated with decoration herself. At the end of World War II she bought the firm that became Colefax and Fowler from the retiring Colefax. He leased the Hunting Lodge at Odiham in Hampshire from the National Trust in 1947, and his simple but elegant decorative scheme made a great impact. Fowler was involved in the redecoration of dozens of substantial country houses and town houses, including Radbourne Hall, Daylesford House, Tyninghame House and Grimsthorpe Castle. He also worked on decorative schemes for Buckingham Palace, Holyroodhouse, Chequers, Chevening, Christ Church, Oxford, and the Bank of England. In the 1960s and '70s Fowler was still engaged in major commercial projects but increasingly preferred to work with the National Trust. By the time of his death in 1977, at the age of 71, John Fowler was recognized as the éminence grise of English decoration.Georgine Fairholme was born in London, 18 August 1927, and attended St Martin’s School of Art in London. She subsequently worked at interior designer Joy King’s Elizabeth Eaton shop in Belgravia before joining the esteemed London firm Colefax & Fowler in 1964, where she became a protégé of decorator John Fowler, founder of the firm. She re-located to New York to work in the firm’s Manhattan office and later joined Rose Cumming, in whose studio she presumably met the designer Harrison Cultra (1941-1983.) Together they formed the Cultra-Fairholme partnership, clients included Richard H. Jenrette and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis amongst others. Following the dissolution of the partnership, in 1978 she opened her own firm in New York City in a fiercely competitive sector but ran a book with many famous and notable clients including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon as well as Mr. and Mrs. John Hay “Jock” Whitney. In 1986, Architectural Digest called Fairholme the “doyenne of English Country Style.” In addition to designing interiors, she designed furniture, china, fabrics and wall coverings. On retirement she moved to Italy thence for the last 17 years of her life to Lavenham, Suffolk. She died in Bury St Edmunds 27 August 2019 – soon after her 92nd birthday. Provenance by descent

Noel Langley: 'The Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Barker, 1947, 2nd edition, black & white illustrations throughout by the author as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (part loss at lower edge front panel.) Scarce second edition of Langley's book for children originally published in 1937, that tells the story of Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. It was largely on the basis of this work that Langley was selected as a screenwriter for The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Nine Ian Fleming/James Bond and related titles, comprising Ian Fleming: 'The Diamond Smugglers', London, Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1st edition, original black cloth blocked in white to the spine (1st state binding), dust wrapper (by Denis Piper, price clipped), 'You Only Live Twice', London, Jonathan Cape, 1964, 1st edition, original black cloth gilt and silver, facsimile dust wrapper, 'The Man with the Golden Gun', L, Cape, May 1965, 2nd impression, original black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, facsimile dust wrapper, Lt.-Col. William ('Bill') Tanner [i.e. Kingsley Amis]: 'The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007', L, Cape, 1965, 1st edition, original black cloth, Raymond Hawkey-designed 'reversible' book-jacket for work in the field, the pictorial dust-wrapper can be rapidly disguised as a bible (12s 6d price intact), Robert Markham [i.e. Kingsley Amis]: 'Colonel Sun - A James Bond Adventure', L, Cape, 1968, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Kingsley Amis: 'The James Bond Dossier', L, Cape, 1965, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, John Gardner: 'For Special Services', L, Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Iain Campbell: 'Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection', 1978, 71,[1]pp, original wraps, Jeffery Deaver: 'Carte Blanche', L, H & S, 2011, 1st edition, signed on limitation page/page preceding title, original boards, dust wrapper (9)

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier, 1929-1994.) A collection of correspondence including autograph letters signed, autograph Christmas cards signed, signed & inscribed book, autograph note signed etc., c.1973-1978, to the interior designer Georgina Fairholme (1921-2019.) Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a client of hers in the 1970's when she was operating in the Cultra-Fairholme partnership, and after the dissolution of the partnership when Georgine Fairholme subsequently opened her own firm in New York City. Items include 25 line Autograph Letter Signed, [nd], circa 1973, content re decoration of Onassis’s Manhattan apartment as photographed by Horst P. Horst and featured in the June 1973 issue of Vogue. "Miss Fairholme- When you arrange the library-I'm sure you'll want to make the books a bit neater-all the things I haven't gotten around to yet- In the closet by the bar-underneath- there are some Tanagra figures- They used to look nice among the books- but now I don't think they will...- + the weird little fertility figure was the first thing excavated at Sumer- The bottle encrusted with shells - which now blazes forth from the middle of the bookcase - John made for me- + next to it I put a mushroom I brought back from the jungle around Angkor Wat - so please don't throw it out- And the festering pomander ball that Caroline made- you can hide it - but please don't throw it out either- And under the bar is a piece of black coral I dove very deep for in Yucatan- I guess we'll have to do another room to get all my Collier brother treasures in it- Anyway have fun and move all the furniture you want...thanks so much J. Onassis", on a sheet of lined paper 28 x 21.5cm, loosely inserted in the corresponding issue of Vogue magazine, September 1 1973, Number 11, with the double page colour illustrated feature on her redecorated New York apartment library by Cultra-Fairholme; Autograph Letter Signed, 25 lines plus additional sketch of a room lay out on separate sheet and colour photograph of an Indian bedspread "Dear Miss Fairholm [sic]- I should be back by March 4 - so perhaps we can see each other that week - i'll call you then. I took this polaroid of an Indian bedspread like 2 that are in the living room in Greece...I don't suppose one could find the same - at Azuma - or Sorva the Golden One - If not - at least it gives you an idea of whats there now...I enclose a sketch of the room -not that you need it! + the picture + label from the spread - I can't wait to see the house - it will soon be so pretty...thank you so much sincerely Jacqueline Onassis...", with photograph, sketch, label and original hand written addressed envelope by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; plus similar 11 line ALS, two Autograph Christmas cards signed in red ink "for Dear Georgina with much love at Christmas Jackie", Autograph note Signed "good luck and congratulations dear Georgina! much love Jackie" on blue personal printed card and matching printed envelope "1040 Fifth Avenue New York 10028", together with 'In the Russian Style', edited Jacqueline Onassis, New York, The Viking Press, 1976, 1st softcover edition, signed & inscribed on half title in green ink "For Georgina who does wonders In the Fairholme Style affectionately Jacqueline Onassis December 1976", illustrated throughout, original colour pictorial wraps, with four packets of souvenir views of St. Petersburg, Peterhof Palace, Catherine Palace etc. circa 1960's, plus two A.S. Onassis printed stationery card/envelope sets by Tiffany & Co New York, and two other envelopes. Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier, 1929–1994) was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared the American public with her devotion to her family, dedication to the historic preservation of the White House, the campaigns she led to preserve and restore historic landmarks and architecture along with her interest in American history, culture and arts. During her lifetime, she was regarded as an international icon for her unique fashion choices, and her work as a cultural ambassador of the United States made her very popular globally. After the assassination and funeral of her husband in 1963, Kennedy and her children largely withdrew from public view. In 1968, she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, which caused controversy. Following Onassis's death in 1975, she had a career as a book editor in New York City, first at Viking Press and then at Doubleday, and worked to restore her public image. Even after her death, she ranks as one of the most popular and recognizable first ladies in American history, and in 1999, she was listed as one of Gallup's Most-Admired Men and Women of the 20th century. She died in 1994 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery alongside John F. Kennedy and the two children who had predeceased them. Georgine Fairholme was born in London, 18 August 1927, and attended St Martin’s School of Art in London. She subsequently worked at interior designer Joy King’s Elizabeth Eaton shop in Belgravia before joining the esteemed London firm Colefax & Fowler in 1964, where she became a protégé of decorator John Fowler, founder of the firm. She re-located to New York to work in the firm’s Manhattan office and later joined Rose Cumming, in whose studio she presumably met the designer Harrison Cultra (1941-1983.) Together they formed the Cultra-Fairholme partnership, clients included Richard H. Jenrette and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis amongst others. Following the dissolution of the partnership, in 1978 she opened her own firm in New York City in a fiercely competitive sector but ran a book with many famous and notable clients including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon as well as Mr. and Mrs. John Hay “Jock” Whitney. In 1986, Architectural Digest called Fairholme the “doyenne of English Country Style.” In addition to designing interiors, she designed furniture, china, fabrics and wall coverings. On retirement she moved to Italy thence for the last 17 years of her life to Lavenham, Suffolk. She died in Bury St Edmunds 27 August 2019 – soon after her 92nd birthday. Provenance by descent

A scarce 1936 Berlin Olympics commemorative book produced by the Icelandic company O. Johnson & Kaaber, 'Hinir XI. Olympisku Leikar I Berlin 1936', containing 138 tipped in colour illustrations from photographs of athletes competing in the games, various elements of the ceromonies and stadia, various dignitaries, many of them Third Reich, etc., athletes pictured include Jesse Owens, Archie Williams, Gunnar Hockert, Harald Whitlock, Forest Towns, Glen Hardin, Naoto Tajima, Lutz Long, Tilly Fleischer, Helen Stephens, Franco Riccardi, Louis Hostin etc etc, oblong 4to (27 x 33cm), original quarter cloth. The Reykjavik wholesale company O. Johnson & Kaaber was formed in 1906 and predominantly imported and produced coffee and ersatz coffee in the 1930's, as well as exporting a few items such as wool, lamb hides and cod liver oil. During the 1930's the British government was alarmed by Germany's growing interest in Iceland. When WWII began, the Kingdom of Iceland declared itself to be neutral, however it did not closely enforce limitations within its territorial waters and even slashed funding for the Icelandic Coast Guard, and many Axis merchant vessels sought shelter within the neutral waters around Iceland. The German diplomatic presence in Iceland, along with the island's strategic importance, alarmed the British, and after a few failed diplomatic attempts to persuade the Icelandic government to join the Allies, the British invaded Iceland on 10 May 1940, one month after the German invasion of Denmark.

Graham Greene, 8 titles: 'The Ministry of Fear', London, William Heinemann, 1943, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, 'The End of the Affair', L, Heinemann, 1951, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper, 'Loser Takes All', L, Heinemann, 1955, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'The SPy's Bedside Book', L, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957, 1st edition, orig. cloth silvered, d/w, 'The Quiet American', L, Heinemann, 1955, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'The Lost Childhood and Other Essays', L, E & S, 1951, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, 'The Labyrinthine Ways', NY, Viking Press, March 1940, 1st US edition, original cloth (published in UK as 'The Power and the Glory'), 'The Heart of the Matter', L, Heinemann & THe Book Society, May 1948, orig. cloth silvered, d/w (8)

Alexander Trocchi: 'Cain's Book', London, John Calder, 1963, 1st UK edition, signed and inscribed on FFEP, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (25s price intact). Controversial novel about heroin addiction by the Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi. A roman à clef, it details the life of Joe Necchi, a heroin addict and writer, who is living and working on a scow (cargo boat) on the Hudson River in New York. The book alternates between Necchi/Trocchi's attempts to score and flashbacks to his experiences as a child in Glasgow, and later as a young man in London and Paris. It is also an account of what it means to be a junky and an outsider from society. It describes with an eye for detail the rituals of heroin, the cooking up and the search for a suitable vein, in a visceral way that surpasses even William Burroughs. In April 1964 the UK edition went to trial for obscenity, with six defense witnesses testifying to its literary value. The case is notable in that the court's judgement was the first in the UK to condemn a book for obscenity not for sexual content but for "the lifestyle it advocated." In response to the unfavorable verdict Trocchi held a public burning of his book, with fireworks. In the 1950's Trocchi was a prominent member of the avant garde Paris literary scene, establishing the influential and now highly collectible Merlin magazine, which ran for five years and 11 issues, publishing many of the last great names of Modernism. 'Cain's Book' was his last great work, after which Trocchi lost his powers of productivity and lived the life of a refractory addict. John Calder, the publisher of Cain's Book wrote, "he is … a lost writer … lost because of heroin. I've known many drug addicts, [and] I've known nobody who was able to cope with it as well as Trocchi, but it killed his talent..."

Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren: An 'Anarchist Punk Gang' Seditionaries Muslin Shirtc.1979/80,in white muslin, front with black, green and red printed design, Malcolm McLaren Vivienne Westwood Seditionaries Personal Collection label stitched within the fabric lower right (now moved due to stitching coming away), with D-ring to each shoulder, and D-ring and dog-clip to each long sleeve, accompanied by a letter of provenanceFootnotes:ProvenanceOffered by the vendor who purchased it at the time of creation.'Anarchist Punk Gang', or as it is also known 'The One Per Centers', is one of the final, and darkest, designs by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood to be introduced at Seditionaries. In 1979 McLaren regularly spent time away from London in Paris and later said that while he approved the design, Westwood was principally responsible for the genesis and realisation. The bleakness of the artwork not only reflects the beleaguered state of affairs experienced by the pair and their coterie but also acts as a memoriam for Sex Pistols bass-player Sid Vicious, who had died in February 1979 from a heroin overdose. The Pistols, around whom McLaren and Westwood's design work revolved from 1976, split up at the beginning of 1978 and in October that year, Vicious had been arrested in New York for the murder of his partner Nancy Spungen. His death four months later coincided with the commencement of an extremely acrimonious court case brought against Pistols manager McLaren by the surviving members of the group with the backing of Richard Branson's record company Virgin Records. Since Punk had gone overground, Seditionaries was by this time regularly closed as a result of it being vandalised and graffiti-ed by passing punks and football hooligans, while members of the staff pilfered stock to fund their drug habits. The appropriately death-cult design takes its text and imagery from Hell's Angels biker gangs, and features a skull at the centre surrounded by the phrase 'As You Were I Was As I Am You Will Be.' This derives from a graffiti scrawl attributed to Heinrich Himmler the gonzo writer Hunter S. Thompson included as a chapter heading in his 1966 book Hell's Angels. The skull is positioned between two banners, with all text in so-called 'blackmail' lettering as if cut out of newspaper headlines, just as in the Sex Pistols band logo, 3 and both feature the encircled capital 'A' anarchy sign which first appeared as a radical political symbol in the 1860s as a protest design of the International Workingmen's' Association of Spain. One flagpole is emblazoned '1%' above the statement 'Anarchist Punk Gang'; in contrast, the other carries a quote from a recording of Vicious in an interview circulated after his death: '99% is shit.' This appears above the slogan: 'Create hell and get away with it.' Underneath the red, green and black vector bearing the skull is the statement: 'The barrier between friend and foe is thin 'At certain times of day there are only us.' This is from a quote by a biker in Raymond C. Morgan's book Angels Do Not Forget, which was published in the summer of 1979. The final statement in the design announces: 'We're the 1% who don't fit and don't care.' As well as looping back to Vicious's original statement, this quotes from the chorus of the Pistols' anthem Pretty Vacant, which ends with Johnny Rotten declaring: 'And we don't care.' Note: the opposing texts '1%' and '99% is shit' are absent from this shirt due to the shoulder insets of the muslin design.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Music/The Beatles: A Collection of Books,comprising; 'It Was Twenty Years Ago Today' by Derek Taylor signed and inscribed to Hilary and dated 1987; 'The Warlock Of Love' by Marc Bolan; Derek Taylor's 'As Time Goes By' signed and inscribed by Taylor to a distinctive brainiac from another, 1987; two copies of 'A Spaniard In The Works' by John Lennon; 'In His Own Write' by John Lennon; 'A Cellarfull Of Noise' by Brian Epstein; 'Superstar' a novel by Viva; 'The Beatles The Authorised Biography' by Hunter Davies; 'A Dose Of Rock 'n' Roll by Nancy Lee Andrews' signed and dedicated to Hilary; a tour itinerary for Bruce Springsteen's USA tour 1992-1993; 'The Longest Cocktail Party' by Richard DiLello signed by the author; an Apple Records catalogue; a booklet for 'Concert For George'; a booklet for 'John Lennon 1940-80' Beatles unlimited no.34 & 35; 'Hell's Angels' by Hunter S. Thompson; 'Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas' by Hunter S. Thompson; Derek Taylor's 'As Time Goes By' signed and inscribed by Taylor For Hilary, a dear not-so-old friend, dated 1991; together with a novelty book that is blank inside and titled 'Everything I know About Rock N'Roll by Hilary Gerrard; and Madonna, a sealed copy of SEX in original protective bag (unopened), (22)Footnotes:Provenance:From the Estate of the late Hilary Gerrard (1933-2023), formerly Business Manager to Ringo Starr from the 1970s onwards.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Ephemera, Victorian Scrap Album, a large format scrap book containing 25+ pages of scraps and greetings cards laid down double sided. Subjects include puzzle, anthropomorphic, Father Christmas, farm animals, children, bicycle, advertising ( Bovril, Lux, Lifebuoy, Masons, St. Jacobs Oil, Co-op, Birds, Monkey Brand etc.). Many scraps are laid down to cover all the page and therefore the scraps overlap (album poor, scraps fair/gd)

Speedway, a selection of items 1940's onwards including various postcards, noted Wimbledon 1930 & 1948, Stamford Bridge 1929, (trimmed), New Cross 1934, & 1946, Harringay 1936, West Ham 1937, plus numerous portraits and riders on bikes and including some 1970's Reading Speedway photos, a ticket for the 1949 World Championship Final at Wembley, card mounted photo showing the Wembley Lions League Champions of 1949, Stenner's Speedway Annuals for 1947, 48 & 49, The People Speedway Guide for 1947, 48 & 49, Daily Mail Speedway Book late 1940's, World Championship Final Programme from Wembley 1951 etc (mixed condition, fair/vg) (one large box)

Football autographs a selection of Football signatures 1950/90's on magazine pictures, photo's, cards, exercise book pages etc noted Jimmy Greaves, George Graham, Bryan Robson, Bob Wilson, Wyn Davies, Ron Atkinson, Archie Gemmill, Trevor Brooking, etc also 50's team signatures for Leyton Orient, Bedford, Wycombe Wanderers etc (mixed condition, fair/gd) (one packet)

Deans Rag Book- A 1930's fabric and felt Mickey Mouse A/F having a black velveteen head and body, with cream face and hands, red shorts and yellow felt shoes. Reg number indistinct to neck, approx 18cm from tip of ear to sole of foot. Condition: See photos for condition report.

Deans Rag Book- A 1930's fabric and velvet Mickey Mouse A/F having a black velvet body, cream face with printed features, boot button eyes, white felt hands, yellow felt shoes with leather soles, red velvet shorts and registration number 230021 printed to neck, approx. 17cm tall.Condition: See photos for condition report.

WW2 Far East Campaign Three vintage history books comprising The Marauders by Charlton Ogburn Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1960 First Edition. Officially named 5307th Composite Unit or Unit Galahad became popularly known as Merrill's Marauders after their commanding officer Brig. Gen. Frank D Merrill. The 5307th Composite Unit was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit who fought against the Japanese in the South East Asia theatre of war during WW2. Hard back with dust jacket, 319 pages, shows some light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs), Not Ordinary Men The Story of the Battle of Kohima by John Colvin Published by Leo Cooper London 1995 (reprint of 1994 First Edition). The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944. Hard back with dust jacket, 248 pages, shows some light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs) and Bloody Burma The Campaign that halted the Japanese invasion of Australia by Lida Mayo Maps drawn by Arthur S Hardyman Published by Purnell Book Services No Date. Hard back, no dust jacket, 222 pages, shows light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

Four interesting vintage hard back books comprising Esquire's Jazz Book Edited by Paul Eduard Miller and Ralph Venables Published by Peter Davies London 1947 First Edition (UK) hard back, We're Still All In It by W A Sillince Published by Collins 1942 First Edition hardback which contains 1941 wartime cartoons pictures from Punch magazine, Some Experiences of an Irish RM by E Sommerville and Martin Ross Published by The R S Surtees Society 1983 hard back. This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1899 telling of the experiences of a RM (Resident Magistrate) in the West of Ireland during the late Victorian period and Thy Servant a Dog told by Boots Edited by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by G L Stampa Published by MacMillan London 1931 hard back. All four books show just light signs of age and are in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

WW1 Rare Battlefields of France and Belgium. My Tour Of The Battlefields, 1921 by John Hall Published by Roberts & Newton Ltd Crouch End London 1921 First (and probably only) Edition signed by the author on the title page and inscribed To J. Butler Esq. with the writer's best wishes Sincerely Yours John Hall 6, 8, 23. This is a very interesting and unusual book. John Hall undertook a tour of The First World War battlefields in October 1921 accompanied by his son in law, Mr S G Wood. This book is his account of his travels and makes very interesting reading (unusually this auction cataloguer made the effort to find the time and read most of this book!). Mr Hall meets all sorts of characters and hires a car (called Henry) to transport him to various battlefield sites in France and Belgium. Mr Hall has a camera with him and takes photographs of the numerous places, people and sites that he visits including the British tank cemetery at Menin Road Ypres, Hell Fire Corner, Arras, Cafe St Pierre, a mine crater at Messines, Hooge Wood, Kemmel cemetery, Hop Store cemetery, Nieuport, Paris etc. Inside the book was a vintage presentation card with a Lest We Forget poem, a JH monogram and the address of Dunelm, 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, E11. An internet search could not find this book mentioned anywhere but an Estate claim notice in the East London Observer for Friday 28th July 1944 was found that notes John Hall died 3rd July 1944 late of 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead. This is a fascinating and rare (possibly unique) book and measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 50 pages, hard back, nicely printed pages containing text and numerous interesting black and white photographs that have not been published elsewhere, no dust jacket, the book shows some light signs of age , wear and has some marks on the front and back covers otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

The Yangtze River Incident 1949 Escape Of The Amethyst by C E Lucas Philips with the cooperation of Commander J S Kerans DSO RN Published by Heinemann London 1957 First Edition. This is a naval classic. In April 1949, while patrolling the River Yangtze, HMS Amethyst of the 3rd Frigate Flotilla was fired upon by members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and subsequently was trapped in China until the ship escaped to Shanghai during the night of 31 July 1949. This well written book tells the story of this famous incident. The book measures approx 14.5cm x 21.5cm, 274 pages, hard back, no dust jacket and shows just some light signs of age, spine a little faded, otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

Fine Edwardian and later Naval Gallantry medal group - comprising George V Sea Gallantry medal, named to Harry Payne 'Volturno 9th October 1913', First World War 1914 - 1915 Star, War, Mercantile Marine and Victory medals, named to H. G. Payne S.T.D. M.F.A., Second World War 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star and War medals (in box of issue, to H.G. Payne), together with Liverpool Shipwreck and Human Society Marine medal (bronze issue), C.Q.D. medal (silver issue). N.B. Awarded for those who went to the aid of the stricken 'White Star' Steamship Republic, 1909, the Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York medal by Tiffany & Co. October 10th, 1913 and gold plated presentation watch. According to family legend, Londoner Harry fled to Liverpool after the horse he had borrowed was fatally wounded and he was too afraid to confront its owner! In Liverpool he joined the merchant navy, and so began his life at sea. On 23rd January 1909 the 32 year old Payne was serving as a steward aboard the White Star Line ship the SS Baltic, when a C.Q.D. (come quick danger) distress message was received from another White Star Line ship, the RMS Republic. The Republic had just been rammed in thick fog by an Italian ship the SS Florida. Upon receiving the distress signal at 6am, the Baltic steamed the 64 miles to the site of the collision to rescue the passengers from the stricken ship. The 64 mile trip turned into a 200 mile epic, as the Baltic zigzagged the area unable to find the stricken ships, finally located the crash site at 7pm that evening. Whilst the Baltic searched for the ships, the passengers onboard the Republic were transferred from to the less damaged Florida, with the Baltic finally rescuing the 1700 passengers and crew of the Republic. Miraculously only four sailors and two passengers were killed during the accident. The accident also marked the first time that wireless telegraphy played a role in saving lives at sea. The SS Republic finally succumbed to the damage it sustained in the collision, sinking on 24th January 1909. Its rumoured cargo included gold destined for the Tsar of Russia, a five tonne shipment of American gold coins and funds destined for victims of the Messina earthquake. A considerable haul valued at $100 million dollars in todays money. For his part in the rescue Harry Payne was awarded the C.Q.D. Gallantry medal. Four years after the Republic crash, Payne was one again serving as a steward, this time on the Cunard Liner the SS Carmania. It was at this time he was thrust into danger once more, with his acts of bravery on the 10th October 1913 earning him multiple awards for his gallantry. The SS Volturno was sailing in the North Atlantic in October 1913, when its cargo of flammable chemicals ignited during a gale. The subsequent fire caused an explosion, with the inferno spreading further to the ships coal bunkers, eventually cutting power to the fire pumps. The situation was desperate, and the SOS distress call was given. Harry Payne’s ship the SS Carmania was the first to arrive at the scene. In the meantime the striken Volturno launched several lifeboats, which were either capsized or smashed by the Voltuno’s own hull, leaving no survivors. It was into this scene of desperation that Harry Payne found himself, in a gale, with the burning Voltuno and the shattered remains of its lifeboats all around. He and nine others from the Carmania were lowered into the wild sea in a rowing lifeboat and for 3 hours the brave men of the Carmania battled to reach the wreck of the Voltuno. When they eventually returned to their own ship, 7 of their 10 oars were lost and the crew was exhausted. As the sea mercifully began to calm, the Carmania and the other ships that had joined the rescue began to pick up the survivors, with 521 crew members and passengers rescued. Sadly 135 mostly women and children perished but had it not been for the efforts of Harry Payne and his fellow crew then the death toll would have been much higher. His extreme gallantry was recognised with the awarding of the Sea Gallantry medal. The medal presented to him by King George V at St James’s Palace in 1914. He was further recognised with the awarding of The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society medal and was even awarded a gold plated pocket watch by the catering department of his own ship! Whilst on the other side of the Atlantic The Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York awarded him a bronze medal minted by Tiffany & Co. As the First World War broke out Harry Payne’s life at sea continued, with him serving as a steward for the Merchant Fleet Auxiliary, adding a 1914 - 15 Star, British War medal, Mercantile Marine War medal and Victory medal to the four gallantry medals he had already been awarded. During the Second World War despite being the ripe old age of 62 at the start of the conflict, Payne once again served, adding the 1939 - 1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star and War medal to his splendid array of medals. Harry Gainsford Payne’s amazing group of medals will be sold on Tuesday 28th November 2023. Included along with the medals themselves is the gold plated watch he was awarded following the Volturno rescue, various period newspaper clippings, a photograph of him wearing just a few of his decorations and a copy the book ‘The Burning of the Volturno. The collection is estimated at £2,000 - 3,000.

Children illustrated, including Howard Pyle - Book of Pirates, 1921, Deep sea shanties, illustrated by Edward A Wilson, 1925 first edition, others illustrated by Dulac. (5)

Autograph Book - Nat King Cole;  Kay Cavendish;  Eric Delaney;  Bobbie Britton, Stan Kenton;  The Deep River Boys;  Tony Mansell and other stage stars of the 50's

Taylor's 1974 LBV Port in presentation 'book' box, one bottle, Taylor's 10-year-old Port, 20% 75cl, in tin tube, one bottle, Taylor's 2007 LBV Port, 20% 750ml, one bottle, Cockburns Special Reserve 1L, one bottle and 75cl, one bottle, (both 20% vol) and one bottle of M&S Finest Reserve Port, 20% 75cl, (6).

Barthélémy Aneau Picta poesis. Ut pictura poesis erit. Lyon, M. Bonhomme 1552. Erste Ausgabe des schönen Lyoneser Emblembuchs. 'The cuts [are] formerly attributed to Bernard Salomon and now believed to be principally the designs of Pierre Eskrich' (Mortimer). EINBAND: Neue Broschur. 8vo. 14,5 : 9,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel und 106 Textholzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 118 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Adams A 1092. - Brun 111. - Fairfax Murray 610. - Mortimer 25. - Praz S. 256. - Landwehr 113. - Baudrier X, 227. - First edition of this beautiful emblem book. With woodcut printer's device on title and 106 woodcuts in text. Mod. wrappers. - Missing last leaf. - Last 2 leaves (pp. 115-118) with torn off spot at head, ca. 2 cm (affecting text and picture). Partly waterstained and slightly soiled, colored spots on few woodcuts, some corners with crease. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Henri Justel Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique. Paris, L. Billaine 1674. • Sammlung von Reisebeschreibungen • Sehr seltenes vollständiges Exemplar mit allen Karten und Tafeln • Darunter die große Karte des Nillaufs • Enthält ferner wichtige Teilkarten von Amerika Erste französische Ausgabe der Sammlung, eine Titelauflage erschien 1684. Zusammengestellt und herausgegeben durch den Gelehrten und Hugenotten Henri Justel (1619-1693), der als Sekretär von Louis XIV. tätig war, sich jedoch 1681 aus religiösen Gründen ins Exil nach England begab. Er wurde dort Königlicher Bibliothekar unter William II. - Enthält 10 Reisebeschreibungen von Afrika (Nilquelle und -lauf, Äthiopien, Westafrika) und Amerika (Barbados, Jamaika, Saint Christophe, Guyana). - 'The order of arrangement of the different parts is not the same in all copies, and some of the maps are often lacking. The large map of the Nile, entitled Imperii Abassini Tabula Geographica , is on four sheets, which are not pasted together in some copies.' (Sabin XVI, 417). - Vollständig mit allen Karten, darunter die Nilkarte, hier zu einem großformatigen Blatt zusammengesetzt, Karten der amerikanischen Ostküste Costes et rivieres de Virginie, de Mariland et de Nouvelle Angleterre (Burden 439) sowie der Antillen mit Jamaika Isle de la Iamaique (Burden 440) und Barbados Description topographique et mesure de l'Isle des Barbades aux Indes Occidentalles. Die Tafeln zeigen u. a. Palmen, Ananas, Bananenstauden und Granatapfel sowie Maschinen und Abläufe der Zuckerrohrverarbeitung. EINBAND: Kalblederband des 19. Jhs. mit etw. Gold- und Blindprägung auf Deckeln und Rücken sowie farbigem Rückenschild. 24 : 19 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 4 tlw. mehrfach gefalteten Kupferkarten, 12 Kupfertafeln (3 gefaltet) und 1 Karte als Textkupfer. - KOLLATION: 8 Bll., 262, 35, 23, 49 S., 1 Bl., 81 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Jean-Jacques de Bure L'aine (1765-1853) mit dessen eigh. Kollationsvermerk (dat. 1832) auf Vorsatzblatt. Exlibris Armand de Saint-Ferriol (1817-1880). Exlibris Louis Duhamel und Henry Duhamel (Alpinist, 1853-1917). LITERATUR: Sabin 36944. - Alden/L. 674/158. - Nordenskiöld coll. 642. - First French edition of the collection, compiled by scholar and Huguenot Henri Justel, secretary to Louis XIV., until he went into religious exile to England in 1681 where he became royal librarian under William II. With important maps and descriptions of Africa and the Americas. With 4 engr. folding maps (including the often missing large map of the Nile printed on four sheets, here pasted together to one large folding sheet), 12 engr. and partly folding plates and 1 map as a text illustration. 19th cent calf with some blind and gilt decoration on spine and boards and label on spine. - Partly slightly stained, maps with occasionall tear to folds (but overall very well preserved). Binding rubbed, spine with 2 small missing pieces. - From the library of Jean-Jacques de Bure L'aine (1765-1853) with his ms. collation note on front flying endpaper (dat. 1832). Exlibris Armand de Saint-Ferriol (1817-1880). Exlibris Louis Duhamel and Henry Duhamel (alpinist and book collector, 1853-1917). Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Leonhard Euler Vollständige Anleitung zur Differenzial-Rechnung. Aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen begleitet von Joh. A. Chr. Michelsen. 3 Teile. - J. P. Grüson, Supplement zu L. Eulers Differenzialrechnung. - Zusammen 4 Teile in 2 Bänden. Berlin und Libau, Lagade und Friedrich 1790, (Bd. III und Suppl.:) Berlin, F. T. Lagarde 1793-98. Erste deutsche Ausgabe der Institutiones calculi differentialis von 1755. 'The first text-book on the differential calculus which has any claim to be regarded as complete, and it may be said that until recently many modern treatises on the subject are based on it' (Rouse Ball). Mit gedruckten Widmungen u. a. an Immanuel Kant und Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. Der seltene Supplementband von Grüson in erster Ausgabe, eine von Poggendorff genannte Ausgabe von 1795 ist nicht nachweisbar. EINBAND: Halblederband der Zeit mit 2 farb. Rückenschildern und reicher ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung. 21 : 12,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 1 Falttabelle. - KOLLATION: LXXIX, 400 S.; 3 Bll., 342 S.; 3 Bll., 322 S.; VIII, 374 S., 1 Bl.  - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Müller S. 95. - Poggendorff I, 690 und 964. - Roller/Goodman I, 375. - First German edition. Contemp. half calf with 2 labels and richly gilt spine. - 1 dedication leaf torn. Binding rubbed, 1 outer joint torn. Decorative and inside clean copy. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof Naturgeschichte der Frösche des mittlern Teutschlandes. Neue verbesserte Auflage. Nürnberg, Steinische Buchhandlung 1800. Neue Auflage der bedeutenden Frosch-Monographie, ein Meisterwerk der zoologischen Buchillustration des 18. Jahrhunderts. Vorliegend die erste Hälfe mit 24 (12 kolorierten) Kupfertafeln. Jede Tafel liegt in doppelter Form vor, zum einem prachtvoll von Hand koloriert und zum anderen als Umrißkupfer. - 'Prof. F. Leydig schreibt, dass die Tafeln dieser Neu-Ausgabe, die inhaltlich und an Zahl mit denen des Originals identisch sind, bedeutend besser als die letzte wären.' (Junk). EINBAND: Etw. späterer Halblederband mit eingebundenem Orig.-Umschlag. 50,5 : 35,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 2 gestochenen Kopvignetten und 24 (von insges. 48; 12 kolor.) Kupfertafeln von Rösel von Rosenhof. - KOLLATION: 36 S., ohne die VIII S. Vorwort.  - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Nissen 3465. - Junk, Rara S. 162 ff. - Second edition, the first part of this masterpiece of 18th century zoological book illustration. With 24 (12 hand colored) engravings by A. J. Rösel von Rosenhof. Somewhat later half calf, orig. wrappers bound in. - Partly stained, first text leaves with crease. Engravings partly stained and waterstained in outer margins. Title with old ownership inscription. Binding stronger rubbed and bumped. - Untrimmed copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Plantarum, arborum, fructium et herbarum effigies Bäume, Stauden, Kreuter, Frücht in die achthundert eygentliche Conterfeytung. Frankfurt, Egenolff Erben 1562. • Seltene erste und einzige Ausgabe • Tafelwerk mit über 800 Pflanzenholzschnitten in Altkolorit • Bestimmungsbuch für den täglichen Gebrauch • Mit Nomenklaturen in sechs Sprachen • Zusammengebunden mit einem altkolorierten Tierbuch aus dem gleichen Jahr • Vollständiges Exemplar im zeitgenössischen Einband Seltene Handausgabe der Holzschnitte des Rösslin'schen Kräuterbuchs für den täglichen Gebrauch. Die Holzschnitte in schönem, typischen Kolorit des 16. Jahrhunderts. - Wie zum Teil bei anderen Exemplaren auch ist hier ein schönes Tierbuch des Egenolff-Verlags aus dem gleichen Jahr zwischengebunden (siehe unten). EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Schweinslederband über Holzdeckeln mit reicher Blind- und Rollenprägung. 4to. 21 : 16 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit altkolorierter Holzschnitt-Titelvignette und über 800 altkolorierten Pflanzenholzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 16 nn. Bll. (d. l. w.), 391 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Vord. Innendeckel mit alten Besitzeinträgen, darunter Johannes Moller, dat. 1699. - Vord. flieg. Vorsatzbl. mit gest. Wappen-Exlibris 'Bibliothèque du Marquis Granerij de la Roche' (18. Jh.) und Exlibris Giulia Poma (Anfang 20. Jh.). LITERATUR: VD 16, P 3200. - Nissen 2346. - Pritzel 2627. - Richter 133. - Vgl. Entdeckung der Pflanzenwelt Nr. 9. Beigebunden: Animantium terrestrium, volatilium, et aquatilium effigies ad vivum depictae .. Gethier, Fisch, und Geflügels. Mit 43 altkolorierten Tier-Holzschnitten. Frankfurt, Egenolff 1562. 18 Bll. (st. 20, fehlt das Bl. a2 und das letzte weiße). - VD 16, A 2858. - Adams E-72. - Nissen, Zool. - 4542. Hunt 88. - Rare first and only edition of this nice plant identification book. Illustrated with 800 woodcuts of plants in contemp. coloring, with nomenclatures in six languages. Bound together with a contemp. colored animal book from the same year. Complete copy in contemporary blindtooled pigskin over wooden boards. - Some staining (few leaves at beginning stronger), upper corner partly brownstained, few leaves with small marginal defects, 1 leaf with backed tear, title with 20th cent. entry in color pencil, 1 plant named with col. pen. Inner hinges reinforced, rear endpapers renewed, binding darkened and somewhat rubbed, clasps removed. For a used book of good overall condition. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Karl C. von Leonhard, J. H. Kopp und K. L. Gärtner Propaedeutik der Mineralogie. Frankfurt, J. Chr. Hermann 1817. • Erste Ausgabe • Hochgeschätztes Quellenwerk zur Mineralogie des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts • Handexemplar des Mitverfassers Karl Ludwig Gärtner mit zahlreichen eigenhändigen Ergänzungen und Korrekturen 'Considered at the time the most instructive source work in mineralogy' (Dictionary of Scientific Biography) 'Ein wahres Quellenwerk' (ADB). Enthält neben einer allgemeinen Einleitung detaillierte Einführungen in Oryktognosie, Geognosie, und Petrefaktenkunde, Abschnitte zu Mineralien-Sammeln und Epochen in der Geschichte der Mineralogie sowie eine umfangreiche Bibliographie mit 2740 Titeln und ein Verzeichnis der auf dem Gebiet der Mineralogie tätigen Gelehrten mit kurzen biographischen Angaben. 'The sixth section is an important and extensive bibliography covering mineralogy, geognosie, and paleontology. Compiled before the availability of other major bibliographic works, this mineralogical bibliography listing 2740 items is a remarkably complete list of books available to the mineralogist of the period .. Concluding the work is the seventh section, which gives an alphabetical list of all the authors mentioned in the bibliography together with short biographical notes. In some instances, this is today still the only biographical information available about the authors. A very scarce book, probably due to a high cost in production' (Curtis P. Schuh). Durchschossenes Exemplar des Mitautoren Karl Ludwig Gärtner (1785-1829) mit umfangreichen und sauber geschriebenen Ergänzungen und Korrekturen sowie 3 Tafeln mit zus. 5 kolor. Zeichnungen (Gesteinsschichten im Querschnitt). Der Apotheker und Mineraloge Gaertner war u. a. Direktor der Wetterauer Gesellschaft in Hanau (siehe auch die Kat.nr. 154 mit Teilnachlaß der Apotheker-Familie Gärtner). EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Halblederband. 41 : 26,5 cm). - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 4 (3 kolor.) Kupfertafeln (st. 10). - KOLLATION: 1 Bl., XII, 315 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Poggendorff I, 828 und 1427. - Ferchl S. 309. - DSB VIII, 246. - ADB XVIII, 309. - Schuh 6 (The Mineralogical Record online). - Hain/Schwarz I, 190). - Nicht bei Roller/Goodman und Sinkankas. - Dabei: Karl Ludwig Gärtner, Eigenhändiges Manuskript mit Notizen zu Mineralogie, Pharmazie, Medizin und Meteorologie, darunter zu Beginn 'Notizzen die Propaedeutik betreffend. Petrefaktenkunde' (4 1/2 S.). Pappband d. Zt. 17,5 : 20,5 cm. 41 Bll., davon 33 beschrieben. - Karl Cäsar von Leonhard , Bedeutung und Stand der Mineralogie. Eine Abhandlung in der zur Feier des Allerhöchsten Namensfestes Seiner Majestät des Königs am 12. Oktober 1816 gehaltenen öffentlichen Versammlung der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München. Frankfurt, J. C. Hermann 1816. Orig.-Broschur. - Vorderdeckel mit eigenhändiger Widmung Leonhards für 'seinen lieben Freunde K. L. Gaertner'. - René Just Haüy, Ueber die Elektrizität der Mineralkörper. Uebersezt von C. C. Leonhard. Frankfurt, J. C. Hermann 1811. Orig.-Broschur. - First edition of this highly esteemed source work on mineralogy of the early 19th century. Hand copy of the co-author Karl Ludwig Gärtner with numerous additions and corrections in his own hand, finely written on the text pages or on blank leaves bound in, further with 3 plates with 5 colored ink drawings of rock strata. Contemp. half calf. - Lacking pl. I-V (of 10), however the plate with the color samples is present. - Few leaves detached, else inside well-preserved for a hand copy, binding somewhat soiled, rubbed and bumped. - 3 additions, including an autogr. ms. by K. L. Gärtner with notes on 'Propaedeutik', and a dedication copy of Leonhard for Gärtner. From the estate of the Gärtner familiy (confer cat.no. 154). Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Johannes Kip Nouveau théâtre de la Grande Bretagne. London, Mortier (1707)-1708. • Erste Ausgabe • Sehr seltenes vollständiges Exemplar • Zeigt großzügigen Gartenanlagen englischer Herrensitze Schönes, großformatiges Ansichtenwerk, das die Schlösser und Adelssitze der englischen Monarchie und des Adels mit ihren kunstvoll gestalteten barocken Parkanlagen zeigt. Die Kupferstiche von Johannes Kip (1652-1722) nach Arbeiten von Leonard Knyff (1650-1721) gestochen, 'von großem gegenständlichen Interesse' (Thieme/B. XX, 339). Das Werk erschien eigentlich unter dem englischen Haupttitel Britannia illustrata , der hier durch den französischen Paralleltitel ersetzt wurde. Erweiterte Ausgaben wurden ab 1714 herausgegeben. - Die Tafeln zeigen u. a. Ansichten von Badminton, Burlington House, Eaton Hall, Hampton Court, Nottingham, Newcastle, Somerset House, Windsor Castle etc., darunter die oft fehlende große Ansicht von Hatfield House. EINBAND: Lederband der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. 52 : 34 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit gestochener heraldischer Titelvignette und 80 doppelblattgroßen Kupfertafeln (1 Tafel in den Seitenrändern eingefaltet). - KOLLATION: 6 Bll. - PROVENIENZ: Mit gestochenem Wappen-Exlibris der Familie Hohenfeld (19. Jh.). - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Lowndes II, 1278. - Lewine S. 262. - Brunet IV, 114f. - Ornamentstich-Slg. Bln. 2328 Anm. - Cohen/Ricci 528f. - With magnificent views of English manor houses! Rare first edition and complete copy, originally published with the title 'Britannia illustrata', which is here replaced by the French parallel title. With engr. armorial vignette on title and 80 doublepage engr. plates (the often lacking view of Hatfield House with the margins folded in). Contemp. calf with rich floral gilt decoration on spine. - Slightly foxed, few plates tanned, 1 plate cut out and mounted. Binding somewhat stained, edges slightly rubbed. - With 19th cent. engr. armorial book plate Hohenfeld. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Insel-Bücherei Sammlung von ca. 1050 Bänden der Insel-Bücherei. Leipzig, Wiesbaden und Frankfurt 1912-2021. 'Der erste Schritt zur eigenen Bibliothek' (Heinz Sarkowsky). Umfangreiche Sammlung der berühmten Buchreihe, 'konzipiert .. als eine Reihe des einfachen, preiswerten und zugleich anspruchsvollen Buches, sorgfältig gestaltet und ausgestattet mit einem internationalen Literatur- und Kunstprogramm' (H. Sarkowski, Insel-Verlag ). - Enthält neben zahlreichen Insel-Erstausgaben 4 Vorzugsausgaben, 2 Orig.-Lederbände mit Signet 1923 und 1925, 2 moderne Lederausgaben, 9 Bände mit Umschlagstreifen, 3 Kaufhausausgaben, 8 Titelschildüberklebungen, 1 Erscheinung zum Leipziger Buchmarkt, 2 Bildeinbände, 1 Jubiläumskassette mit 5 Bänden (anlässlich 75 Jahren Inselbücherei) sowie 8 Hefte Mitteilungen für Freunde der Insel-Bücherei und 5 Bibliographien von H. Sarkowski und H. Kästner. - Liste der vorhandenen Titel auf Anfrage. EINBAND: Überwiegend farbig illustrierte Orig.-Pappbände, ferner Orig.-Lederbände und Orig.-Broschuren. 18 : 12 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit zahlreichen teils farbigen Tafeln und Abbildungen. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Vgl. die Beiträge bzw. Bibliographien von H. Jenne (Katalog der Sammlung Jenne , Bln. 1995 und Insel-Bücherei Preisspiegel 1996 , Bln. 1996), G. Plantener (Die Insel-Bücherei 1912-1985 , Ffm. 1985), H. Sarkowski (Der Insel-Verlag , Ffm. 1970, S. 500ff.), 50 Jahre Insel-Bücherei (Ffm. 1962) u. a. Comprehensive collection of the famous book series. Ca. 1050 volumes from 1912 - 2021. With numerous plates and illustrations, partly in colors. Mostly orig. boards illustrated in colors with labels on title, also orig. calf and orig. wrappers. - Only in parts with slight traces of use. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

Salvador Dalí Pferd und Reiter. Orig.-Tuschezeichnung, signiert und datiert. 1947. Auf Vélin. Blattgröße 22,5 : 15 cm. Ganzseitige Orig.-Zeichnung von S. Dalí mit eigenhändiger Widmung mit Unterschrift für Fulco de Ventura. Auf dem Vorsatzblatt der Buchpublikation von Shakespeares Macbeth im Doubleday Verlag, Garden City, New York 1946, die mit Illustrationen von S. Dalí versehen ist. Das Vorsatzblatt mit der Widmung: 'Pour Fulco de son Ami Salvador Dali. 1947'. Der Adressat ist Fulco de Ventura, der Juwelier Dalís, mit dem er seine Schmuckobjekte realisierte. Beiliegend das Buch, aus dem der Doppelbogen mit dem Vorsatzblatt entnommen wurde. EINBAND: Unter Leinenpassepartout mit abgeschrägter Goldkante gerahmt in vergoldetem Holzrahmen mit 2-facher ornamentaler Bordüre. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - Full-page original drawing by S. Dalí with autograph dedication and signature for Fulco de Ventura. On the endpaper of the book publication of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' at Doubleday, Garden City, New York 1946, which has illustrations by S. Dalí. Orig. ink drawing, signed and dated. 1947. On wove paper. Sheet size 22.5 : 15 cm. Under linen mount with bevelled gold edge, framed in a gilded wooden frame with double ornamental border. - Additonal book. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

Friedrich Benedict Carpzow Bibliotheca Carpzoviana sive catalogus librorum. 2 Bände in 1. Leipzig, A. Zeidler 1700. • Frühe Leipziger Buchversteigerung • Katalog einer der umfangreichsten deutschen Privatbibliotheken des 17. Jahrhunderts • Mit handschriftlichen Preisnotierungen und Angabe der Käufer Seltener Versteigerungskatalog der fast 35.000 Bände umfassenden Bibliothek. F. B. Carpzov (1649-1699) entstammte der berühmten sächsischen Gelehrtenfamilie Carpzov und wirkte als Jurist, Rat und Baumeister in Leipzig. 'Gerade die hier genannte Carpzov'sche Bibliothek .. ist allerdings wohl das typischste Beispiel der ersten Jahrzehnte deutscher Auktionsgeschichte, daß beim Tode eines Bibliophilen nicht nur dessen Person, sondern auch seiner Sammlung von den Zeitgenossen trauernde Anteilnahme zuteil wurde. Friedrich Benedikt Carpzov, bekannter Leipziger Polyhistor und Mitherausgeber der Acta eruditorum hinterließ bei seinem Tode1699 mit über 15.000 Bänden eine der umfangreichsten deutschen Privatbibliotheken des 17. Jahrhunderts, die ebenso wie ihr Besitzer bei seinem Begräbnis im In- und Ausland bekannt und geachtet war .. Bereits bei seinem Begräbnis stand fest, daß die Bibliothek auf dem Wege der Versteigerung veräußert werden sollte .. Es ist soweit bekannt, wohl das erste und einzige Mal in Deutschland, daß eine zu verauktionierende Bibliothek sich selbst von der Welt verabschiedete' (Gebauer). Die Bibliothek setzt sich zusammen aus philologischen, theologischen, historischen und juristischen Werken. Der Katalog wurde von Christian Stieff nach Revision der Sammlung bearbeitet und 'wurde schon 1699 in Carpzovs Leichenpredigt, später über Meßkatalog und Zeitungsanzeigen angekündigt. Einige der aufgeführten Titel mit ausführlichem Kommentar und Angabe des Vorbesitzers' (Gebauer). - Exemplar mit zeitgenössischen Preisangaben, Gesamtadditionen und weiteren Zusatzinformationen, darunter auch die Namen der Käufer. EINBAND: Neuer Halblederband im Stil des 19. Jahrhunderts. 17 : 10,5 cm. - KOLLATION: 4 Bll., 486 S., 1 w. Bl.; 536 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Slg. Krieg 270 (nennt 30.000 Bände). - Gebauer A 8 und S. 50. - Slg. Beslauer 721. - Vgl. Jöcher I, 1693. - Rare and early book auction catalogue of one of the most extensive private German librairies in the 17th century. With contemp. handwritten informations about prices and buyers. New half calf in 19th century style. - Partly stained. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock. 3 Bände. London, Chapman and Hall 1840-1841. • Erste Buchausgabe • Schönes Exemplar in dekorativen Maroquin-Einbänden 'Es gibt keinen Autor, der einem Illustrator jemals soviel Anregungen gegeben hätte wie Dickens.' (Eric W. Fr. Tomlin) Die erste Ausgabe in Buchform, vorher erschien das Werk nur in Lieferungen. - Die prachtvollen Handeinbände lassen sich stilistisch Alvah Cook zuschreiben. EINBAND: Handgebundene rote Maroquinbände mit reicher dekorativer Vergoldung und Ganzgoldschnitt. 26 : 18 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 3 Frontispizes und zahlreichen Textholzschnitten von G. Cattermole and H. Browne. - KOLLATION: IV, 306; VI, 306; VI, 426 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Vgl. Hatton/Cleaver S. 161 (Abbildung des Titels). - First book edition in fine decorative morocco bindings (possibly by Alvah Cook). With 3 frontispices and numerous woodcuts from G. Cattermole and H. Browne. Red morocco with rich decorative gilt tooling and gilt edges. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).

Jacobus de Voragine The Golden Legend of Master William Caxton doneanew. 3 Bände. Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press für B. Quaritch 1892. • Opus magnum der Kelmscott Press • Gesetzt in der berühmten Golden Type, die William Morris für diesen Druck entwarf • Einer der großen Pressendrucke des 20. Jahrhunderts 'Auch die beste Reproduktion vermag nicht die Schönheit der Drucke von Morris' Kelmscott Press nur annähernd wiederzugeben' (Hermann Zapf) 1 von 500 Exemplaren. Der herrliche Druck entstand in 16 Monaten, es wurde dafür eigens eine zweite Handpresse angeschafft. - 'das bis dahin bedeutsamste Werk der Kelmscott Press' (H. Zapf). 'Wer das Glück hat, in der Golden Legend von Jacobus de Voragine .. zu blättern, wird im tiefsten berührt. Die Schönheit der Drucke von Morris entrückt den Beschauer in eine beglückende Ferne.' (K. G. Schauer) 'William Morris was the most creative and prolific designer/artist of his time in Britain, and his Kelmscott Press crowned his career.' (Robert F. Johnson in der Logan Collection) EINBAND: Braunrote handgebundene mod. Maroquinbände mit einfacher Deckelfilete und goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. 29,5 : 21,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit ornamentalem Holzschnitt-Doppeltitel, 2 ganzseitigen Holzschnitten und zahlreichen Holzschnitt-Initialen und -Bordüren nach Entwürfen von E. Burne-Jones. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Niedersachsen. - LITERATUR: Tomkinson 109, 7. - Walsdorf 7. - Sparling 7. - Zapf S. 24ff. - Schauer I, 82. - Von Odysseus bis Felix Krull 3/6. - Papiergesänge 5. - The first opus magnum of the Kelmscott Press, printed in the famous Golden Type designed by William Morris for this printing. One of the great press prints of the 20th century. - 3 brown-red hand-bound full morocco with gilt-stamped title on spines. Outer margins and very occasionally in the text slightly foxed, rarely minim. browned, 1 binding with small scraping mark. Otherwise nice, clean and well preserved copy of the famous book. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Friedrich Hölderlin Die Trauerspiele des Sophokles. 2 Teile in 1 Band. Frankfurt, Fr. Wilmans 1804. Erste Ausgabe von Hölderlins letztem Werk, seiner klassischen Sophokles-Übersetzung. Die Publikation ist in kleiner Auflage erschienen, gedruckt wurde sie in einer schönen Walbaum-Antiqua auf Bütten, die Anmerkungen in Kursiv. - Sie ist neben dem Hyperion das einzige von Hölderlin selbst in Druck gegebene Werk. Neben Übersetzung der beiden Dramen Oedipus der Tyrann und Antigone enthält das Buch Anmerkungen zu den beiden Stücken, die zu den ganz wenigen dichtungstheoretischen Äußerungen Hölderlins gehören. EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer Lederband mit klassizistischer Rückenvergoldung und rotem Rückenschild. 19 : 11,5 cm. - KOLLATION: 2 Bll., 108 S.; 103 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Innendeckel mit Exlibris Ernst Magnus (20. Jh.). LITERATUR: Goedeke V, 472, 2. - Borst 995. - Seebaß S. 12. First edition of Hölderlin's last work which he edited himself. Apart from the translation, the book contains Hölderlin's notes to both plays which belong to his very few poetological comments. 2 parts in 1 volume. Contemp. half calf with gilt spine and red label. - Minor browning. Fine copy. Ex libris E. Magnus. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Theodor Storm Zwei Novellen. Berlin, Paetel 1883. Erste Ausgabe. Mit signierter Widmung Th. Storms auf Vorsatz. Vord. flieg. Vorsatz verso mit eigenhändiger Widmung an Margarethe von Eichendorff (1859-1937), der Enkelin von Joseph von Eichendorff, datiert Hademarschen 28. Okt. 1883. Darunter mit eigenhändiger Widmung der Empfängerin, datiert Wien 2. Nov. 1920. EINBAND: Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel. 18,5 : 12 cm. - KOLLATION: 3 Bll., 241 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Borst 3592 - Wilpert/G. 39. First edition. With autograph dedication from Th. Storm to Margarethe von Eichendorff, a granddaughter of Joseph von Eichendorff. Orig. cloth with gilt spine and cover. - Edges partly rubbed. Corners slightly bumped, few stains on the board. Inner book slightly skewed. Otherwise well-preserved and nearly stainless copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Oskar Panizza Der teutsche Michel und der römische Papst. Leipzig, W. Friedrich 1894. Erste Ausgabe. Panizzas Abrechnung mit dem Papst und der römischen Amtskirche wurde, wie die meisten seiner Schriften, bald nach Erscheinen verboten. EINBAND: Orig.-Broschur mit Vorderdeckel-Illustration nach O. Greiner. 24 : 16 cm. - KOLLATION: 2 Bll., IV S., 1 Bl., 310 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Bauer/D. 14. - Hayn/Got. VI, 50. First edition. Orig. illustr. wrappers (marginal defects, spine defective, inner book broken). - Unopened copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Der Kaiser und die Hexe. Berlin, Schuster & Löffler 1900. Die erste Buchausgabe in einem breitrandigen Druck in Rot und Schwarz auf kräftigem Insel-Bütten, einer 'der Höhepunkte der Buchkunst des Jugendstils' (Papiergesänge). 1 von 200 numerierten Exemplaren. - Gedruckt von O. von Holten für die Insel, im Auftrag von A. W. Heymel. - 'Vogeler entwarf Buchschmuck und Doppeltitel zu Hofmannsthals lyrischem Einakter. Im Text sind drei Initialen verstreut, die sich aus einem mit Pfauen und vegetabilen Motiven geschmückten Hintergrund erheben, sowie kleine ornamentale Lesehilfen - Tulpe, Herz, Blätter, die vor dem Anfang jeder Rolle des Stückes stehen. Die Regieanweisungen in Braun-Rot heben sich deutlich von der Schwärze des Textes ab. Die Wirkung des phantasievollen Doppeltitels wird von der klassisch anmutenden Schlichtheit der Römischen Antiqua und des Druckbildes des Textes noch gesteigert' (Papiergesänge). EINBAND: Orig.-Pergamentband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, floraler Innenkantenvergoldung, Kopfgoldschnitt und ornamentalen Vorsätzen in Grün, Rot und Gold; in Schuber. 23,5 : 15 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit farbig illustriertem Doppeltitel und Buchschmuck von Heinrich Vogeler. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Neteler 32. - Jacoby 14. - Houghton Coll. 411. - Sarkowski 765. - Papiergesänge 14. - Vom Jugendstil zum Bauhaus 34. - Garvey/Wick 106. - Langer S. 126ff. The first book edition in a broad-margined print in red and black on strong 'Insel' laid paper, 'one of the highlights of Art Nouveau book art' (Papiergesänge). 1 of 200 numb. copies. Ornamental double title and endpapers in colors and gold by H. Vogeler. Orig. vellum with top edge gilt. - Slightly browned in outer white margins; altogether fine copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Robert Walser Der Gehülfe. Roman. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer [1908]. Erste Ausgabe von Walsers zweitem Buch. Walsers Werk, 'nicht ohne ironische Distanziertheit und heitere Umständlichkeit, … fand bei seinem Erscheinen das Wohlwollen der Kritik und auch Franz Kafka zählte zu den Bewunderern dieses Werkes, dessen Manuskript durch Christian Morgenstern dem Verleger Bruno Cassirer empfohlen wurde' (Kindlers Literaturlexikon XVII, 388f). EINBAND: Orig.-Rohseideneinband mit Deckelillustration von K. Walser und Kopfgoldschnitt. 19 : 13 cm. - KOLLATION: 2 Bll., 392 S. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Badorrek/Hoguth B 83.1. First edition of Walser's second book. Orig. raw silk binding with cover illustration by K. Walser and top edge gilt. - 1 leaf with backed tear, edges slightly browned, binding here and there foxed. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Georg Heym Umbra vitae. Nachgelassene Gedichte. München, K. Wolff 1924. 'Das faszinierende Werk ist eines der schönsten Bücher des deutschen Expressionismus' (Eberhard W. Kornfeld). 1 von 500 numerierten Exemplaren. - Das Hauptwerk expressionistischer Buchillustration in Deutschland. Kirchner hatte sich längere Zeit intensiv mit den Gedichten Georg Heyms beschäftigt. 'Bewegte, vielfigurige Darstellungen, die das Zerspringen der Welt in Chaos zeigen, kaum umrissene Gebilde, Gebäude und Gestalten, Tod, Mord und Verwüstungen, verwirrende Bilder, die fast in Schwarz verschwinden, zeugen von Kirchners intensiver Auseinandersetzung mit den Gedichten' (Papiergesänge). - 'The color woodcut cover is one of the most memorable of any twentieth-century artist's book' (Robert Flynn Johnson für die Logan Collection). EINBAND: Farbig illustrierter Orig.-Leinenband in Grün, Gelb und Schwarz, in priv. Leinenkassette. 23,5 : 16,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 49 Orig.-Holzschnitten (1 auf dem Einband) von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Dube 61 und 759-807. - The Artist and the Book 142. - Raabe 3. - Göbel 624. - Jentsch 152. - Rifkind Coll. 1474. - Papiergesänge 45. - Müller, Malerbücher S. 62f. - Eyssen S. 162. - Castleman S. 229. - Logan Coll. 46. - 1 of 500 numb. copies. The main work of expressionistic book illustration in Germany. The entire book decoration was made by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. With 49 orig. woodcuts by E. L. Kirchner. Orig. cloth binding, illustrated in colors. 23,5 : 16,5 cm. - Nice and fresh copy. -Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Aristide Maillol Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis & Chloé. Paris, Ph. Gonin 1937. Die großartige Buchillustration von Maillol in einem prachtvollen Meistereinband. 1 von 500 numerierten Exemplaren der französischen Ausgabe auf Maillol-Bütten, im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. Im selben Jahr erschienen auch eine deutsche und eine englische Ausgabe. - 'It is perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books' (E. Garvey). EINBAND: In einem signierten französischen Meistereinband von J. Anthoine Legrain: karmesinroter Maroquinband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken, reicher ornamentaler Deckelvergoldung und Goldschnitt sowie Maroquinspiegeln mit kleinen Goldstempeln und braunen Seidenvorsätzen (Orig.-Umschlag eingebunden), in Schuber. 22 : 14,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 48 Orig.-Holzschnitten (1 auf dem Umschlag) von A. Maillol sowie einer zusätzlich eingebundenen Suite der Holzschnitte in Rot. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - LITERATUR: Guérin 76-127. - Monod 7261. - Skira 216. - Artist and the Book 174. - Garvey/Wick 22. - Strachan S. 337. - Maillol's famous book illustration in a decorative masterbinding, imprint signed by the artist and with the extra suite of the woodcuts in red bound in. 1 of 500 numb. copies from the French original edition. Red morocco (signed J. Anthoine Legrain) with rich ornamental gilt tooling and gilt edges (orig. wrapper bound in), in slipcase. With 48 orig. woodcuts (1 on wrapper) and 1 additional suite of the woodcuts in red. - Joints and spine rubbed, 1 slipcase corner slightly bumped. Else fine and clean copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

T. S. Eliot Four Quartets. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Comp. 1943. Die erste Gesamtausgabe. Erste Sammelausgabe sämtlicher vier Gedichte des Zyklus und zugleich die erste amerikanische Ausgabe. - 'Mit den Four Quartets schuf Eliot 'für England das bedeutendste Gedichtwerk der zweiten Nachkriegszeit .. '(Curtius). Auch Eliot selbst hielt sein letztes großes Gedicht, ehe er sich endgültig der Essyistik und dem Drama zuwandte, für sein Meisterwerk.' (KNLL) EINBAND: Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag. 22 : 14,5 cm. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Mit kl. Buchhändler-Schildchen auf dem Vorsatz 'The Personal Book Shop Boston'. LITERATUR: The Modern Movement 92. - First American edition, first collected edition of author's famous 'Four Quartets'. Orig. cloth with orig. dust jacket. Fine copy. - Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Paul Celan Der Sand aus den Urnen. Gedichte. Wien, A. Sexl 1948. • Erste Ausgabe der ersten Buchveröffentlichung Paul Celans • Eines von nur sehr wenigen Exemplaren, da Celan fast die gesamte Auflage vernichten ließ • Gleichzeitig sehr seltenes Exemplar mit den beiden Illustrationen von Edgar Jené, da Celan sie aus Mißfallen teils entfernen ließ • Widmungsexemplar von Edgar Jené Celans erster Gedichtband zählt zu den seltensten Werken der modernen Weltliteratur, da der Autor die Auflage kurz nach Erscheinen wegen zahlreicher Druckfehler vernichten ließ. Er enthält den Erstdruck des berühmten Gedichts Todesfuge . - Noch vor seiner Übersiedelung nach Frankreich Ende Juni 1948 vertraute Celan die letzten notwendigen Korrekturen seinen Freunden an und hielt wenig später in Paris das Ergebnis in den Händen. 'Wie groß war mein Entsetzen, als ich es bekam .. Das Buch erschien voller Druckfehler, mit zwei Illustrationen eines Freundes [Edgar Jené], der es nicht unterlassen konnte, mein Buch mit zwei Beweisen äußerster Geschmacklosigkeit zu versehen .. Ich war gezwungen, telegraphisch zu veranlassen, das Buch aus dem Verkehr zu ziehen' (Brief an Max Rychner vom 24.10.1948). Bis 1952 wurden fünf Pflichtexemplare der mißglückten Ausgabe an Bibliotheken verteilt und neun Exemplare wurden verkauft, die restliche Auflage (320 Exemplare) wurde eingestampft. - Unser Exemplar hs. numeriert als Nr. 200. Mit eigenhändiger Widmung von Edgar Jené auf dem vorderen fliegenden Vorsatzblatt für 'Georg von Bossanyi in unwandelbarer Freundschaft', dat. Oktober 1948. EINBAND: Orig.-Halbleinenband mit rot gedrucktem Deckeltitel. 22 : 14,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 2 Lithographien (auf bräunlichem Papier) von Edgar Jené. - KOLLATION: 61 S., 1 Bl. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung. LITERATUR: Heuline 1-1. - One of the great rarities on the book market, the first edition of Paul Celan's first book publication. Contains the first printing of the famous poem 'Todesfuge' (Deathfugue). One of only very few copies, as the enraged author had the edition destroyed shortly after publication due to numerous printing errors. Equally rare copy with the 2 lithographs by Edgar Jené still in place; Celan considered them as inapropriate for his poems and signs of bad taste, and partly removed them. This copy with dedication by Edgar Jené for a friend. Orig. half calf with red title printed on front board. - Inner book slightly broken, the last c. 8 leaves with a slight dent. Rear board with small defect to top edge. Otherwise remarkably clean and well-preserved copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

A scrap book album filled with Victorian and late scraps of various themes including horses, children playing, butterflies and flowers, Christmas, animals, clowns etc

A CAMERA BAG AND A BOX OF CAMERAS AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, including an Olympus OM-1 film camera fitted with an Olympus OM- System Auto-S 1:1.4 f=50mm lens, an Olympus OM-2 film camera fitted with an Olympus OM-System Auto-W 1:2,8 f=35mm lens, instruction manuals, a cased Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm 1:35 macro focusing auto zoom lens, a cased Vivitar 400mm 1:5.6 Auto Telephoto lens, a Kodak Retinette film camera, tripods, book 'The World of OM-Systems by Franz Pangerl, etc (1 bag and 1 box)

Wassily Kandinsky. (1866 Moskau - 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine). 1 Farbholzschnitt von Wassily Kandinsky sowie 10 Textholzschnitte in: Du spirituel dans l'art et dans la peinture en particulier. 1949. Je auf Papier Lana a la forme. Mit dem originalen Umschlag mit Rückentitel in Original-Chemise und Schuber. Unbeschnitten. - Der Schuber etw. berieben und lichtrandig, die Chemise fleckig u. leicht gebräunt, vereinzelt mit etw. Abklatsch. Insgesamt sehr sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar mit prächtigen Holzschnitten, diese farbsatt im Druck, die Maserung teils fein mitdruckend. Roethel, 107 und III, 11 a. - Grohmann, S. 413. - Rifkind, Coll. II, 1368-8. - 1 von 300 Exemplaren. - Paris, Galerie R. Drouin 1949. - Mit dem Holzschnitt Drei Reiter in Rot Blau und Schwarz (Bildformat ca. 21,7 x 22 cm). Druck des Holzschnittes vom Originalholzstock, der für Kandinskys Klänge verwendet wurde. - Erste französische Ausgabe des erstmals 1912 unter dem Titel "Über das Geistige in der Kunst" erschienenen Manifestes durch M. Deman. With 1 original woodcut by Wassily Kandinsky, 10 text woodcuts and phototypical images. In original chemise and orig. slipcase. - The slipcase slightly rubbed and light margined, the chemise somewhat soiled and browned, partly with offset. Altogether very clean and well preserved copy with splendid woodcuts in colour saturated print, some finely printing the grain. 1 of 300 paper copies Lana a la forme, with orig. Woodcut Three riders in red blue and black (picture size approx. 21,7 x 22 cm). Print of the woodcut from the original wood stick used for Kandinsky's sound book. - First French edition of the manifesto first published in 1912 under the title Über der Geistige in der Kunst by M. Deman. - Untrimmed copy.

Zeitgenössische Kunst Tobias Rehberger (1966 Esslingen)All the best. 2007. Individuell gestalteter, tragbarer DVD-Player, DVD von Zaha Hadid, Ausst.-Kat. u. begleitender Fotoband "All the best" sowie rotfarbener Stofftragetasche. DVD-Player signiert u. nummeriert, der Ausst.-Kat. Blattmaße je 19 x 26,5 cm, 128 S. - Der DVD-Player an wenigen Stellen m. leichten Farbabrieb am Rücken, sonst wohlerhalten. Der Ausst.-Kat. etwas gewellt. Der DVD-Player eines von 365 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe. - Hg. Dr. Ariane Grigoteit, Frankfurt 2007. Individually designed, portable DVD player, DVD by Zaha Hadid, exhibition catalogue and accompanying photo book "All the best" as well as red-coloured cloth carrier bag. DVD-player signed and numbered, the exhibition catalogue signed and numbered. - The DVD-player with slight colour abrasion at the spine, otherwise in good condition. The catalogue a little bit wavy. - The DVD player one of 365 copies of the special edition. - Ed. by Dr. Ariane Grigoteit, Frankfurt.

1985 Mercedes-Benz 230E Transmission: automaticMileage:74308Mercedes-Benz introduced the W123 four-door versions in January 1976. While there were some technical similarities to their predecessors, the new models were larger in wheelbase and exterior dimensions. The styling was also updated, although stylistic links with the W114/W115 were maintained. Initially, all models except 280/280E featured quad unequal-size round headlights and the latter large rectangular units. When face lifted these units became standard across the range. All W115 engines were carried over. It is a tribute to the car's instant popularity and possibly to the caution built into the production schedules that nine months after its introduction, a black market had developed in Germany for Mercedes-Benz W123's available for immediate delivery. Customers willing to order new cars from their local authorised dealer for the recommended list price faced waiting times in excess of twelve months.This 'time warp' example of this popular saloon is presented in superb totally original condition, unrestored and in what could be described as museum quality throughout. Its cream paintwork is amazing, its tan interior is exemplary particularly as its totally original and it comes with automatic transmission. This truly stunning example comes with lots of history of receipts from Mercedes-Benz, original and stamped service book, its original build sheet, three sets of keys, original and unused first aid kit (unopened). It also has its original toolkit and spare wheel, many old MoT test certificates and the present owner has fitted a new fuel pump and fuel relay. This has to be one of the most original examples of this hugely desirable and popular saloon model of its era and in this museum quality condition, surely must be one for the collector. 

1980 Volkswagen Scirocco GLS Transmission: manualMileage:23377The Scirocco is a three-door coupé that underwent two generations of development between 1974 and 1992 before being re-introduced for a third generation in August 2008. Volkswagen began work on the car during the early 1970's as the replacement for the ageing Karmann Ghia coupé. The platform of the Golf and Jetta was used to underpin the new Scirocco, although almost every part of the car was re-engineered in favour of a sportier drive and the model's all-new styling resulted in a sleeker and sportier car than either the Golf or Jetta.This example was purchased new by our vendors late father-in-law in May 1980 for the princely sum of £5,015 from Barnett & Small Ltd Volkswagen in Surrey. The car was then only used on nice days and special occasions and has lived in the same garage for the past 43 years, apart from a short spell in our vendors garage when he first became the owner of the car. Having covered such few miles, the car is in excellent condition throughout and has been maintained almost exclusively by the supplying dealer. The service book contains nine stamps from Barnett & Small Ltd up until 1990, by which point the car had covered 20,458 miles, all with supporting invoices. The car was then serviced by Rowledge Garage in 2003 at 21,819 miles and in 2005 at 22,402 miles. Following that, the car was mostly kept off the road in storage, until it was taken back to Rowledge Garage in November 2021 at 22,976 miles for a major service including fuel hoses, cambelt, brake hoses, alternator belt and tyres, the bill totalling over £2,000.The car is now offered to sale with an excellent history file including many invoices, all owner's books and manuals, an original brochure and even a written log of every single fuel station visit the car had up until August 2008. This is likely one of the very best surviving Scirocco GLS' of which only 51 are currently registered on the road in the UK (according to 'how many left'). Offered without reserve, this car would be the perfect addition to any Volkswagen collection.Guide price: £8,000-£12,000

1974 DAF Marathon 66 Transmission: automaticMileage:22557The DAF Marathon 66 was produced by the Dutch car manufacturer, DAF, from 1972 to 1976. The DAF Marathon was designed by the legendary car designer Giovanni Michelotti. The DAF Marathon 66 was powered by either a reworked 1108cc, or 1289cc Renault engine. The DAF Marathon was praised for its excellent handling and roadholding. It featured an independent suspension system with MacPherson struts up front and a semi-trailing arm setup at the rear. This setup provided excellent cornering stability and a smooth ride. The car also featured a power-assisted steering system that provided good feedback and accurate steering. The DAF Marathon was well-received by enthusiasts and the press alike. It was praised for its interior, excellent handling, and powerful engine. It is a comfortable and stylish car that is still popular with collectors today. This rare DAF Marathon was purchased by a Mr. Binns of Bournemouth from Four Square Garage Ltd in 1974. The original order form shows that he paid the princely sum of £1,590.44 for the DAF. He retained the car for the next 20 years until he passed away in 1974. It was Mr. Binns' wish for the car to be put on view at the Christchurch Motor Museum. It stayed with them until the museum was shut. This charming coupé was recommissioned in 2013 and has been owned by our vendor since then. Presented to auction with a history file containing the original order form, service book, sales brochures, past MoT test certificates and various service receipts. This wonderfully original example from the 1970's would be a funky addition to any collection.Interested parties should note that the brakes on this car will require some attention before this car can be driven.

2003 Mercedes-Benz CL55 Kompressor AMG Transmission: automaticMileage:12919The name CL stands for the German 'Coupé Leicht' or Coupé Light. The CL-Class is based on the S-Class full-size luxury car known at first as the SEC and later S coupé. It was spun off into its own, current name in 1996 and in 1997 for North American markets. The CL continued to follow the same development cycle as the S, although riding on a shorter wheelbase and sharing the same engines, albeit with less choice, as only the higher-output power trains were offered. The second generation CL or the W215 chassis coupé of 2000-2006 came in various guises with this example being the supercharged V8-powered CL55 AMG. It came equipped with the very latest in Mercedes-Benz technology and, along with the S-Class saloons; the CL coupés received all new technological features.Purchased from new on 15th May 2005 by our vendor, this incredibly low mileage example of the supercharged V8 powered CL55 AMG Kompressor which possesses 493bhp and is capable of 0-60 in 4.8 seconds cost £98,564 new. Specified with £5,674 of options including radar assist cruise control, keyless go, a TV tuner in front, Nokia 6210 WAP phone, 19" AMG alloy wheels, electric rear roller blind and Linguatronic. Presented in metallic silver with a black leather trim this example has covered a mere 12,919 miles with much of its recent life dry stored in the vendors garage alongside its sister SL55. Recently recommissioned with an oil and filter change, new fuel pump, new battery and new fluids this example represents a rare opportunity to own a modern classic coupé with supercar credentials. Offered with the original book pack and service booklet showing two early services stamped in 2004 and 2009 with Mercedes-Benz dealers, the last at 12,860. This Mercedes comes to auction without reserve with and MoT certificate until November 2024 and viewing is highly recommended.Guide Price £15,000-£20,000Interested parties should note that this example has been stored for some 10 years. Although recently recommissioned this example is still on its original tyres which we would recommend replacing.  

1989 Maserati Bi-Turbo 222SE Transmission: manualMileage:39666There is no denying as the 1980's arrived the name 'Maserati' was in a dark place, first Citroën then De Tomaso sought to raise the once great marque back into the public eye. The Bi-Turbo took the brand in a totally different direction and although it raised eyebrows among established clientele the Bi-Turbo would boost production and sold in very large numbers, especially in the States. Initially, the Pierangelo Andreani design offered just 180bhp from its all new compact 90-degree V6 with a three-valve cylinder head design. The adoption of two small turbochargers was the world's first on a production car, as was the Torsen limited-slip rear differential. Development ensured performance would improve as capacity increased to 2.5 litres in 1985 then to 2.8 litre two years later at which time 250bhp was available. The export version enjoyed an update in 1988 with the 222E and SE, these enjoyed the high performance 2790cc unit which was retained until the Bi-Turbo was finally phased out in 1993.This lovely example is one of the last (August 1989) export options, complete with the larger power unit and generally acknowledged to have benefitted from a much-improved build quality compared with models offered a decade previously. The vendor knows this 222SE very well having purchased the car in 2001, after which he carried out a full 'heart and soul' restoration including replacement wings and doors with the Ice Blue metallic expertly applied courtesy of an Aston Martin specialist. Having travelled just 1,750 miles since completion in 2004 the finish remains perfect and impossible to fault. The history file is comprehensive carrying every invoice and MoT test certificate from 2001 to date, including a £4,000 invoice from Meridien Moderna which includes all belts, water pump, coolant, brake discs and pads plus four new 7J five stud alloy rims. The Bi-Turbo returned to our client in 2019 having been kept in a controlled environment for almost a decade and covering just 44 miles since its restoration. At this time the car was appraised by a classic car publication and the tester noted 'a total of a dozen warning lights are displayed as the ignition is engaged but once the V6 bursts into life, in theory all 12 go out; and in this case they did whilst the wonderful Maserati motor settles quickly. The 'dog-leg' gearbox takes some consideration, especially at junctions, as selecting normal first could result in a scare for the car behind. The performance clutch is firm and the gear change is slick allowing full use of the turbos which come in late and propel this Italian saloon with extreme enthusiasm. Our client informed us that the damp roads on a test ensured over-coming turbo lag was kept to a minimum; saying that the 222SE enjoyed uprated and lowered suspension offering minimal body roll and direct steering to complement very powerful brakes.As pointed out in the book Dream Cars by Chris Rees the Bi-Turbo cabin was made to feel very special, Briarwood and leather dominate with Alcantara dash top considered to be 'the cherry on the top'. In the world of interior trim, few vehicles can boast such flamboyance or attention to detail and this 222SE enjoys extras including climate control, electric windows plus a later Blaupunkt DJ31 radio cassette with CD changer control, which is somewhat made redundant thanks to the audio emitted by a custom-built stainless twin exhaust system. Carpets are as new, protected with over mats since fitted, also the seating offers minimal wear whilst the dash veneer is dominated by the traditional 'La Salle' gold Swiss timepiece. Maserati's website states just 722 of the 222SE models were built with stateside classic authority Hemmings confirming the 222 was the best Bi-Turbo model produced. We believe this example is as good as they come and welcome any inspection from enthusiasts seeking an Italian super coupé. 

2016 Porsche 911 Carrera S (991.2) Transmission: automaticMileage:31500The 991.2-generation Porsche 911 Carrera is a talented all-rounder and heralded a new dawn for the model with the introduction of twin-turbocharging for greater performance and improved fuel economy. Finished in a classic silver-on-black colour combination and offered for sale in excellent order, this example would make for a superb daily driver or weekend plaything.A talented and communicative sports car, this example is finished in a timeless colour combination. It is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre flat-six, delivering 365bhp and 332lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels through a seven-speed PDK transmission with paddle shift.   Registered new on 25th November 2016 this superb example is showing circa 31,500 miles on the odometer and is presented in GT Silver with a black interior. Offered with a high specification including the desirable PDK gearbox, sports exhaust system, electric slide tilt sunroof, 20-inch Carrera S wheels, and the Sports Chrono package. The factory options costing circa £14,000 alone make this example a very desirable car indeed. The 911 has been cared for where necessary and has regularly been serviced and maintained throughout its life. Presented in excellent condition the interior and paintwork both present very well with minor age-related blemishes. Accompanying the Carrera S is a sizeable history file with a full Porsche book pack including service book, two keys, various sundry bills, previous MoT test certificates, the current registration document and a current MoT valid until July 2024. This is a superb opportunity to acquire a highly specified 911!

1931 Rolls-Royce 20 / 25 Sedanca De Ville by Windovers Transmission: manualMileage:57000First registered on 7th May 1931 and finished in pastel blue and black with black leather interior, GNS75 was initially ordered by J.J. Jones of 88 St. James's Street, London however the first owner was actually Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson (Jnr) of Stobo Castle, Peebles. Stobo Castle had been purchased by Hylton Murray-Philipson Snr in 1905 and in 1924 he conveyed the estate to his son who was a pioneer aviator. Hylton's career consisted of being the C.O. of the City of Edinburgh Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, Conservative MP for Twickenham; Chairman of N.E. Marine Engineering Company and a member of the King's Bodyguard for Scotland and the Royal Company of Archers. Hylton Murray-Philipson suffered from ill health and died in 1934 aged 32 leaving GNS75 to his wife Monica and two young children. In 1939 Monica Murray-Philipson sold Stobo Castle to Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart and after 10 years of being a widow Monica married Colonel P.H. Lloyd of Stone House in Blaston. The Colonel and Murray-Philipson had business connections as they were both company directors of Manvers Main Collieries Ltd Murray-Philipson in 1923/33 and Lloyd in 1940/47. In 1943 GNS75 is shown as being with her second family, that of John Stanley Coombe Beard of Grayshott Hall, Surrey. John Beard was an architect well known for designing over 100 cinemas in many styles, Baroque, Art Deco, Italian Renaissance, Greek Revival and even Egyptian. Interestingly in 1937 Mrs Beard made call to the police about an attempted burglary which resulted in the first arrest directly attributable to the new 999 service.A rare, possibly unique and very attractively designed car incorporating many appealing features such as stylish wings, separate steps in place of running boards, slim bumpers, external visor and louvred bonnet and scuttle with beautifully proportioned coachwork. With a polished aluminium bonnet top and waistline and P80 'bullseye' headlamps with pillar spot lamp all adds to the overall gorgeous design with the incorporation of various Art Deco touches.This 20/25 allows you to instruct your chauffeur from the privacy of the rear passenger compartment with the interior dividing screen while keeping an eye on progress with your own speedometer which is naturally mounted atop the built-in drink's cabinet. Such unusual original features are what make this Rolls-Royce special, even the delightful Sedanca de Ville coachwork is rare with its split separate steps and Art Deco flourishes. The front compartment provides accommodation for the driver and a passenger with a removable roof section for open-air motoring and wind-up windows. The driver's window also featuring a quick release lower section to allow hand signals to be easily executed. A right hand gear change allows for plenty of legroom and the large steering wheel is surmounted by a collection of hand controls. A large bulb horn lies easily to hand and the windscreen can be opened for ventilation. It is shaded by a glass visor and a spot lamp is within the driver's reach. Gauges are also a feature of the rear passenger compartment, although separated by a dividing screen, the rear passengers can keep an eye on their own speedometer as well as being supplied with a clock, barometer and a circular thermometer. The clock, and possibly the barometer, appear to be later additions. The drinks cabinet has provision for holding several decanters and a few glasses in a Lazy Susan, although the glassware itself is no longer present. The leather upholstery looks to be in lovely condition throughout, exhibiting just the right amount of patina without looking tatty. The carpets, door cards and headlining are similarly well presented as are stylish Art Deco door handles and window winders, which place this Rolls-Royce squarely in the 1930s.To the exterior, the Palladian radiator surround is topped with the Spirit of Ecstasy and the long bonnet is flanked by twin side-mount spare wheels. A pair of large Lucas tripod headlamps illuminate the road ahead and are assisted by a centrally mounted spot lamp, as well as the swivelling spot lamp near the driver. Twin horns complete the scene at the front of the car, along with a polished chrome-plated bumper. The Windovers Sedanca de Ville coachwork suits the car well and is beautifully proportioned. It features the unusual running boards, separate for front and rear passengers, as well as a useful luggage boot to the rear. Polished aluminium discs cover the wire wheels and the car runs on a full set of Paymaster tyres. Lifting the long bonnet reveals the powerful, straight-six, 3.7 litre engine. The engine features coil ignition and is fed by an Autovac fuel pump and, unusually for a car of this period, there is a glass bottle of screen wash mounted on the bulkhead, which is likely to be a later addition coupled to a small modern electric pump which has been added for ease of use. Supplied with a history file which includes historic photographs of restoration, instruction book and the original buff logbook coupled to the V5C registration document and copies of handwritten service records. The vendor informs us that the engine starts up easily every time and runs well. It is said to be a joy to drive and mechanically sound with its overhead valves, four-speed gearbox and powerful engine, this Rolls-Royce is certainly very capable and splendidly opulent. An imposing motorcar, which wears fabulously unusual coachwork and retains many original details.

1996 Porsche 911 / 993 Carrera 2 Transmission: manualMileage:67155The Porsche 993 was introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 964 generation of the iconic 911 model and was built until 1998. Regarded by many as the best generation of 911s ever produced from Stuttgart, this car was the last to use the air-cooled flat-six engine that had powered 911s for the previous thirty years. The 993 was offered in a number of guises and specifications during its production life including two and four-wheel drive trains, known as Carrera and Carrera 4 respectively. The 993 was the first generation 911 to have standard six-speed manual transmission. The Carrera, Carrera S, Cabriolet and Targa models (two-wheel drive) were also available with a Tiptronic four-speed automatic transmission which was first introduced in the 964. First delivered to Glenvarigill Porsche on 23rd March 1996, this fantastic 911 has led a pampered life. Ordered in Porsche in Midnight Blue metallic and with optional extras including 17" 'New Cup' design wheels, top tinted windscreen, rear wiper and sunroof. Unchanged from its factory ordered specification, this must be one of the best examples in existence. The car's history file shows all but one MoT test certificate from 2005 onwards, as well many receipts for maintenance carried out by well-regarded Porsche specialists as well as Porsche themselves. The included service book shows no less than 24 stamps in it, with another to be added before the auction. Since 2009, the car has been serviced with Porsche West Byfleet every year and was maintained by the likes of Paragon, Jaz and Northway Porsche prior. Supplied with a fresh MoT test certificate valid until October 2024, the car has covered just 10,656 miles in the vendor's 14-year ownership. Reported to run and drive just as you would expect a car of its pedigree to, it is now only being sold to thin out his collection. Supplied with V5C registration document, MoT test certificate valid until October 2024, service history file, service book along with all its handbooks in their original leather booklet case and previous MoT test certificates. This is a rare opportunity to own an unmodified, well optioned, manual example of this design classic, that was the evolutionary pinnacle of Porsche's legendary air-cooled flat-six. Interested parties should note that during the car’s service at Porsche Byfleet last month, a slight weep to one of the front shock absorbers was noted along with the rear lid gas struts were weakening. The vendor had Porsche Byfleet fit two new front shock absorbers as well as rear lid gas struts. The car was MoT’d at the same time. Please also note that the registration shown in the video does not come with the car. The car is sold with the registration P947 RBP.

Pavel Bryullovs genre painting Working Afternoon from 1890 represents a little field in western Ukraine at the time of the harvest season. The picture is like an open book, revealing the destinies of the heroes, revealing their past and predicting the future. This is a canvas, majestic in its size, grandiose, like life itself. A picturesque group of reapers rest in the shade of a haystack during half a working day. The entire spectrum of peasant life, womens destinies and shares, are open to the viewer. The picture covers the whole cycle of life: from girls already helping in the field to old women who have spent their whole lives in this field. It shows childhood, adolescence, youth, the birth of children, meeting old age and caring for grandchildren. Contrasting and multidirectional figures in the foreground symbolize the eternal ring of life. We see a boy, bleached by the sun, playing, and next to him is a tired old woman in a plaid skirt who is sleeping. Behind them, the girl reaches for her sisters jug. Nearby, a mother feeds her baby. Another young woman stretched out in her sleep, maintaining her strength. On the right, at the edge of the canvas, a young peasant woman braids her hair and directs her gaze to the girl in the center, who is the agent of the viewer, impressionistic contemplation and pleasure. Their gazes intersect on a compositional diagonal, which, alternating red and blue spots on the skirts, leads to the threshing scene. Where the girls, under the leadership of the headman, probably whose comma zipun was thrown on the front haystack, had already begun threshing. The circle of time closes, personifying the eternal and unchanging cyclical nature of life, in which the artist glorifies and romanticizes the atmosphere and people for whom harvesting is a true holiday and the meaning of life. Where, under the protection of God, whose churches can be seen in the depths of the picture, the villagers collect bread. Canvas, oil. 89 x 144 cm. Width: 194cm, Height: 138cm, Depth: 25cm, Weight: 80kg, Condition: Good, Material: Canvas, oil

A Beatrix Potter book dated 1908 with copies of 1960's Playboy (12)

World Stamp Collection, early to modern, housed in a 1930's 'Schwaneberger' album and a stockbook. Also includes 'The Stanley Gibbons book of stamps' publication.

Alexandra Helm Blue Electric Hug Screenprint with hand-colouring on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) This lot has been curated by AOAP About Through her drawings, paintings and prints Alexandra writes her narrative. She starts with observation, particularly of animals, the sea and abandoned landscapes. These drawings and moments become part of the texture of her work while the structure comes from her memories, emotional imprints and dreams. Through the rich connection that she has to her work, Alexandra hopes that the viewer will find something vital with which to connect. Alexandra is based in South London and coastal Suffolk. Education Alexandra studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design and Central Saint Martins. She has extended her practice more recently at the Royal Drawing School and with Turps Education. Select Exhibitions/Awards 2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Solo exhibition at Aldeburgh Beach Lookout Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair with East London Printmakers Hong Kong Design Institute and the Bower Ashton Library as part of World Book Night Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The monotype Teddy Chaos combines drawing onto the screen with stencil layers. It's a Yes from Me and Electric Hug are monoprints created in this size especially for Art on a Postcard.   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.