A Collection of Books Related To Fife and Surrounding Areas Concentrating On Local Family Histories: LOT 001 The Chalmers and Trail Ancestry of Dr & Mrs Guthrie’s Descendants Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev Thomas Guthrie. DD and Mrs Anne Burns or Guthrie, connected chiefly with the families of Chalmers and Trail, to which Mrs belonged, through her mother, Mts Christina Chalmers or Burns, and her great-grandmother. Mrs Susannah Trail or Chalmers. Also incidental references to the Families of Guthrie and Burns; Compiled ….by Charles John Guthrie, KC, Sheriff of Ross, Cfomarty, and Sutherland. With 96 illustrations. [Edinburgh`; Andrew Elliot, 17 Princes Street, 1902]. Folio, Green Cloth; Original title in gilt on front cover; new title in gilt on spine LOT 002 History of the Family of Anstruther. By A W Anstruther [William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1923; large 8vo; cream cloth, boards; black leather around spine; Title on spine; very, very scarce LOT 003 William Wood (born 1656) of Earlsferry, Scotland, and Some of his Descendants and their Connections. By J Walter Wood [The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916]; red cloth; title in gilt on front cover and spine LOT 003A. Another copy, rebound in red cloth; title in gilt on spine LOT 004 A Family Record. Privately Printed at The Curqwn Press. Plaistow. London, 1932. Deals with the Charteris Wemyss family, which was connected to the family of Wemyss of Wemyss; this is a presenentation copy “for Dr & Mrs Caldwell with Best Wishes from Hugo & Mary Wemyss” (card). The Preface tells us that the book has been printed for private circulation. “My wife has written it for her children and grandchildren and a few intimate friends” brown cloth; title in gilt on spine; crest on front cover LOT 005 Richard Kennoway and His Friends . By Katherine Steuart (pseudonym of Agnes More Over Logan [Methuen, 1908]; purple cloth, dw; good copy; some of the names are real, some fictitious. She writes of some members of the Macgregor Clan being frog-marched through Fife to Kennoway, where some of them settled and took the surname of Kennoway, but the Richard Kennoway of the title is Richard Greig, whose ancestors are said to include Sir Samuel Greig, founder of the Imperial Russian Navy, and Edouard Grieg, the famous Norwegian composer. One Chapter (Chapter 3) is taken from A Bundle of Old Letters (1789-1793, while Chapter XI is the last of the old letters LOT 005A Another copy, purple cloth boards with lightly faded spine light tanning to tex pages, heavier to text block and end papers; do dw; title in gilt on front cover and also on spine; good copy LOT 006 By Allan Water. The True Story of an Old House. By Katherine Steuart (pseudonym of Agnes More Over Logan [Methuen, 1901]; Another copy has imprint of Andrew Elliot, 17 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1901; red cloth boards; title in gilt on spine; crest on front cover; marking to spine and also to front cover. The Old House is in Tulliallan parish, tenanted by the Steuart family LOT 007 Alexander Russel [1814-1876; editor of the Scotsman Printed for Private Circulation, Edinburgh, 1876. Consists of series of Newspaper Obituaries. This is a presentation copy to “Jas Dundas of Dundas with Mrs Russel’s compliments” Alexander Russel Edinburgh, 1876 LOT 008 Jock Howieson, or The Lass o’ Cramond Brig. A Romance of Old Edinburgh. By William C Honeyman [Edinburgh and Glasgow, John Menzies & Co’ London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co Ltd, 1893. Illustrated card covers; slight tear to spine; spine and covers marked; This is a presentation copy to “S J Miller with Author’s Compliments;” William C Honeyman lived at Cremona Villa, Newport, and better known as the author on books of the violin and Violin Makers, Past and Present LOT 009 Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit. His Life and Times; By T G Snoddy; Printed by T and A Constable, Edinburgh, 1968. Red Cloth Boards; Illustrated DW; nice clean copy, DW also good LOT 010 Recollections of My Early Scottish Home. [By Henry Maitland of Rankeillour] Scarce [Edinburgh: Maclaren and Macniven, Princes Street, Edinburgh] Brown Cloth Boards; Gilt title on spine; fep cut; author’s name given in ink on title page; place names and the names of persons within text changed but given in ink in margin LOT 011 George Hay Forbes. A Romance in Scholarship. BY W Perry, D.D. London” Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927; red cloth boards; title in gilt on spine; light foxing to eps; presentation copy to H J Fentiman from J G McCall, 25/IV/47 LOT 012 Sermons By The Late Rev John Laird, D.D., of Cupar Free Church. With Memorial Sketch By His Son, Rev David M.W. Laird, M.A., of Durris, Kincardineshire [Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot; Cupar: J & G Innes, 1897; red cloth boards; title in gilt on front cover and also on spine; slight marking to spine and also to rear cover, otherwise a nice copy LOT 013 The Whytes of Bennochy, Kirkcaldy. By Duncan McNaughton. A5 Reprinted from “The Scottish Genealogist for August 1965. Vol XII No 2. Soft card covers, Pp 7, stapled, rusting; covers marked through ageing LOT 014 The History of Steam and The East Fife Fishing Fleet. By Peter Smith of Cellardyke. Published by James Corstorphine, 45 Hawthorn Street, Leven KY8 4QE. Printed by Levenmouth Printers, 1998. As New
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Quantity of First World War German Kreigsmarine U-Boat related ephemera to Capitan Leutant Otto Weddigen to include two portrait postcards, copies of Illustrated War October 21st 1914 and March 31st 1915 showing photographs of him and his U-Boat crew of U-9, together with two silver Otto Weddigen medallions one for U-9 and U-29 other dated 22nd September 1914 top right with portrait of sinking ship, further print scene of U-9 returning to port after action on 22nd September 1914 together with a book about the life of Otto Weddigen by Heinrich Richter.**Otto Widdigen joined the Kaiserliche Marine in 1901. In 1910 he was given command of one of the first German submarines, U-9. On 22nd September 1944 while patrolling the region of the southern North Sea know to the British as Broad 14's, U-9 intercepted three warships of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, Widdegen fired off all six of his torpedoes, reloaded whilst submerged and in less than an hour sank the three British armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy. 62 Officers and 1397 men were killed, only 837 survived. Widdigen was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class.
Crafts and Woodworking Books, including: Dryad Handicraft Instruction Leaflets, Leicester, no date; Turner (W. J., ed.), British Craftmanship, Collins, 1948; Darley (Lionel S.), Introduction to Book Binding, Faber and Faber, 1976; Hough (Romeyn Beck), The Woodbook: The Complete Plates, Taschen, slipcase; and others on woodturning, metalwork, bronze casting, pottery, leatherwork etc. (2 boxes)
NO RESERVE Chaucer (Geoffrey) retold by F.J. Harvey Darton, Hugh Thomson (illus.), Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims, frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, some scattered spotting, later calf, very lightly bumped at extremities, "Merchant Taylors' School" stamp gilt to upper cover, and bookplate, new endpapers, marbled edges, slightly dust-stained, 1904 § Macleod (Mary) The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. Stories from Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, some spotting and light staining, ownership inscription in pencil to verso of frontispiece, original pictorial cloth, rubbed at extremities, upper hinge weak, 1900 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, Charles Robinson (illus.), plates and illustrations, some gatherings weak, ownership inscription in pencil to front pastedown, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 1921; and 6 other illustrated books for children, v.s. (9)
Bath & Bristol imprint.- Thistlethwaite (James) The Consultation. A Mock Heroic, In Three Cantos, title torn and repaired but perfectly legible, title with contemporary newspaper clipping and later ink-stamp of Terence Bryant Bristol Collection to verso, a little frayed at edges with a few corners neatly repaired, some foxing and soiling, heavier to title and final leaf, modern calf-backed cloth, spine gilt but a touch sunned, Bristol, 1774 § § Bowles (Rev. William Lisle) Elegiac Stanzas, Written During Sickness at Bath, December 1795, first edition, lacking half-title, book-label of John Sparrow, title with small ink number to head, some light spotting, occasional light soiling, particularly to title, endpapers lightly browned, Bath, R. Cruttwell, 1796 § Clark (John) Self-Annihilation: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached at the Funeral of Mrs. Joanna Turner..., first edition, some very light surface soiling, stitched and unbound, Bath, S. Hazard, 1785, all but last with book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others of Bristol imprint or interest, including a volume of pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ The first mentioned first published in 1771. The clipping pasted on the verso of the title-page is dated Jan. 2 1775, and contains the reaction of Henry Burgum, a political figure to whom the work is dedicated: "I never saw or knew any Thing of the Work, till after the public Advertisement thereof...I do utterly detest and disapprove of the scandalous Contents of the said Poem".
Dickens (Charles).- Scotland, London, Warwickshire & elsewhere.- Kershaw (Rev Edmund Dickie, son of Samuel Kershaw, domestic chaplain to Lord Lamington 1860-85, of Lamington House, Clydesdale, of Southam, Warwickshire, 1829-1902) [Diary with an account of a Dickens reading], autograph manuscript, 172pp., written in the unused pages of the c. 1813 Administrator's Account for H.R.H Princess Augusta in the hand of Rev Kershaw's grand-uncle, Andrew Dickie, of Coutts bank, 22pp., some pp. overwritten by the diary, inner hinges strengthened, original red morocco, gilt, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition, g.e., account book 1840, diary 1861-65.⁂ "Tuesday 28 November [1861] To Edinboro... To hear Dickens read Nicolas Nickleby & The Pickwick Trial."; "Tuesday 3 May [1864] At 12.30 met Emily JF at the War Office & then to the German Chapel in S James Palace from the windows of wh: we watched the people attending the Drawing Room. Saw the Mountgarretts; Cochranes; Drummonds. To Farrance's walked back to Cumberland Terrace will to walk S to Highgate." - Kershaw.Kershaw's interests included visiting libraries, illuminating manuscripts (after his death his wife Helene gave a medieval missal to Trinity College, Cambridge in his memory) and medieval church architecture.Records visits with his wife Helene to Leamington, Lapworth, Packwood and Warwick in Warwickshire, Kershaw had been curate of Hampton Lucy, near Stratford upon Avon ("Walked to Hampto,n Lucy by Fulbrook"). Also visits to London (to the British Museum, London Stereoscopic Company etc.), Cambridge (University Library, Sidney Sussex College), to East Anglia, including Long Melford, Lavington, Bury St Edmunds, to Surrey, Reigate, Merstham, and in Scotland to Lamington, Biggar, Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, Melrose etc. People recorded include: the Cochrane family of Lamington, Mrs Sutherland, Lord Elphinstoun, Lady Julia Lockwood, Rev Benjamin Webb, Earl and Lady Colebrooke, Lady Cork, Captain Cecil Drummond, Sir R Brownrigg etc.Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), sixth child of George III and Queen Charlotte. "Princess Augusta, the most extrovert of the sisters, fell in love with an equerry, Major-General Sir Brent Spencer (1760-1828); she revealed her feelings to the prince of Wales, and in 1812, after he had become regent, attempted to gain his support for a private marriage. It has been suggested that this marriage did take place, but there is no evidence supporting the assertion." - Oxford DNB.
Collections of mostly Antique books, to include; ‘The Compleat Angler’ by Izaak Walton, J.M.Dent and Co, 1905. ‘The Political Works of William Cowper’ by The Rev Thomas Dale, T. Nelson and Sons, London, 1870. ‘The Scenery of Switzerland’ by Sir John Lubbock (two vols), Bernard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1897. ‘Essays and Addresses 1900-1903’ by The Right Hon Lord Avebury, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1904. ‘The Pleasures of Life’ by Sir John Lubbock, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1889. ‘The Use of Life’ by Sir John Lubbock, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1895. ‘The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World we Live in’ by Sir John Lubbock, Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1893. ‘Artificial Flies How to Tie Them’ by L. Vernon Bates, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1959. ‘Records of the Hole Crafte and Fellowship of Masons’ with a Chronicle of the history of the Worshipful Company of Masons of the City of London by Edward Conder, with internal fold out plate, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, New York, 1894. ‘A Selection from The Works of Alfred Tennyson’ Moxon’s Miniature Poets, Edward Moxon & Co, London, 1865. ‘The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe, Ward, Lock & Co, London. ‘Doctor Syntax’s Three Tours’ In Search of the Picturesque, Consolation and a Wife, by William Combe, John Camden Hotten, London. ‘The Tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the Picturesque a Poem’, Methuen & Co, London, 1903. ‘Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World’ by Jonathan Swift illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Daily Sketch Publications, London. ‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’ by Thomas Hughes illustrated by T. H. Robinson, Daily Sketch Publications. ‘Flowers Shown to the Children’ by Janet Harvey Kelman, T. C. & E. C. Jack, London. ‘The Two Types’ by Jon, Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1960. ‘Tom Brown’s School-days’, Macmillan and Co, London, 1900. ‘Head-hunting and other Stories’ by Major J. T. Gorman, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. ‘Rockets Galore’ by Compton Mackenzie, Chatto & Windus, London, 1957. ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ by Harriet Beecher-Stowe with original illustrations by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal, Cassell and Company, London, 1896. ‘H.M.S Ulysees’ by Alistair Maclean, Collins, London, 1955. ‘Night Without End’ by Alistair Maclean, Collins, London, 1960. ‘Fear is the Key’ by Alistair Maclean, Collins, London, 1961. ‘Favourite Fairy Tales from Andersen’ retold by Marie Holz, pictures by Sharon Stearns, Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. ‘James Bond, You Only Live Twice’ by Ian Fleming, Pan Books Ltd, London, 1964. ‘Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker’ by George Lucas, Book Club Associates, London, 1978. Plus, small qty of Coventry FC Programmes and World Cup 1966 programme, Gone with the Wind Lobby Cards (x6). Buyer to collect or organise own transportation. Book qty (27)
Charles Napier Hemy, RA RWS (British, 1841-1917)'Life!' signed with initials and dated 'C.N.H/1913' (lower right); inscribed 'Life!'/C.Napier Hemy./Falmouth/1913' (on canvas verso) and further inscribed 'Finished study for the large oil picture' (on paper laid to the top stretcher)watercolour and bodycolour on paper laid to canvas66.4 x 100cm (26 1/8 x 39 3/8in) (image size)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe private collection of Roger and Jill Hadlee (of The Royal Exchange Gallery), UK, thence by descent to the current owner.ExhibitedNewcastle Upon Tyne, The Laing Art Gallery, Charles Napier Hemy R.A, 1841-1917, 11 August - 30 September 1984.Plymouth, City Art Gallery, Charles Napier Hemy R.A, 1841-1917, 20 October - 24 November 1984, no.67, lent by Roger Hadlee.London, The Office of A.T. Kearney, Yachts on Canvas - A Private Exhibition at the London Office of A.T. Kearney, Curated by the National Maritime Museum, 1997.LiteratureJames Taylor and Patrick McHugh, Yachts on Canvas - A Private Exhibition at the London Office of A.T. Kearney, Curated by the National Maritime Museum, London, 1997, illustrated in colour on p. 48 and discussed on p. 49.James Taylor, Yachts on Canvas, London, 1998, illustrated in colour on pp. 132-133. Painted in 1913, 'Life!' depicts Hemy's three sons aboard the yacht Barbara off Falmouth. The inspiration for the composition is recorded in the artist's notebooks (currently in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford): '...the idea of it came to me one day on board my yacht, the Van der Meer off Falmouth. I saw a yacht making for me with three of my sons on board. They had been to a village nearby for a regatta and had been out eight hours. They hailed me and came alongside, made fast and boarded me. They were wet through as it had been blowing hard. They were shivering with cold, tired and exhausted. I soon had them in dry clothing and gave them some hot soup. 'Well' I said 'you are a lot of young fools'. 'Oh, but it has been such fun, we enjoyed ourselves'. To which I replied 'Youth!' But what it is to be young. Some days later I got them to sail past my cabin windows, again and again, whilst I made the studies of the sea. Of these studies there were three chief ones. I then had the boat hauled up to my garden and painted the boat and figures from nature.' The oil version of this watercolour was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913 (no. 163). It was offered many years later at the auction house Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on 12th October 1999 (lot 200), where it sold for a record price of £110,000 (hammer). Hemy's granddaughter, Margaret Powell, included the oil version in her book Master of the Sea: Charles Napier Hemy RA, RWS (Penzance 2004, p. 59, no. 78), in which she notes that the yacht Barbara was named after one of Hemy's daughters (the sixth of his ten children) and that the boat featured in many of his paintings including 'Youth' (1903), 'Through Sea and Air' (1910) and 'Life!' (1913).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Madeley Estate - 1921 auction catalogue, W S Bagshaw & son, being the particulars,. Plans and conditions of sale of the Highly Important Freehold Residential , Agricultural & Sporting Estate, know as the Madeley Estate, held at the Royal George Hotel, Crewe, 12th and 13th December 1921; sketch and wash of Madeley Village, indistinctly signed and dated 14cm x 18cm, another same hand, Market Drayton, 16cm x 10.5cm, Heber Rimmer Memorial book etc
Donaldson (Prof. J), BRITISH AGRICULTURE: CONTAINING THE CULTIVATION OF LAND, MANAGEMENT OF CROPS AND THE ECONOMY OF ANIMALS, green textured boards, embossed decoration to cover, gilt title and illustration to spine, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustrations throughout, Atchley & Co, London 1860; with Sidney (S), THE BOOK OF THE HORSE, red cloth boards, embossed illustration and gilt title to cover and spine, monochrome frontispiece, monochrome plates and illustrations throughout, Cassell & Co Ltd, London 1893; and Miles (W.J.), MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY, A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF THE VETERINARY ART, 3/4 red leather, gilt titles to spine, colour lithographic frontispiece, further colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout, William Mackenzie, London circa 1880 (3) (at fault)
PROBABLY BY LLOYD DURBROW, IN THE STYLE OF 'SHANG' WHEELER, A WELL-PAINTED BLACK DECOY DUCK, with glas eyes, 17in (43cm) long; 2 small black and white Goldeneye DECOY DUCKS; a REFERENCE BOOK by Dr Lopy S Harrell - Decoys of Lake Champlain, 1st edition, published by Schiffer, Pennsylvania 1986, signed and with dedication by the author, blue cloth dust wrapper
A group of Staffordshire ceramic figures and figure groups, 19th century, comprising: a group of three King Charles spaniels, one standing atop a faux clock face, the other two seated either side of the clock face, approx. 24.5cm high; a figure group of two children playing in a tree, with a swan under an arch to the base, 19cm high; a figural spill vase of two children standing by a stone well, approx. 21cm high; a pearlware spill vase modelled as a tree trunk laden with various game animals and a huntsman's satchel hanging from a branch, approx. 21cm high; a figural spill vase of two young male and female wheat gatherers, approx. 20cm high; a figural spill vase of a man standing wearing a hat and blue jacket and a female seated wearing a hat and blue blouse and holding a sack, approx. 20cm high; a figure of a female warrior wearing a helmet, reclining with book in her right hand and sword by her feet, approx. 18cm high; a spill vase with a deer being chased by a black and white spotted hunting dog, approx. 19cm high; a figure group of a male and female wheat gatherer either side of a faux clock face, each with one leg resting on a rock, approx. 18.5cm high; a pearlware figure group of a romantic couple embracing, standing on a naturalistic base, approx. 17.5cm high; a figural spill vase of a young man and woman by a tree, the man on one knee declaring his love, the woman standing on a rock, approx. 19cm high; a figure group of Uncle Tom and Little Eva, both seated in a tree branch arbour, her holding an open book, approx. 16.5cm high; and various smaller figures, eighteen in total (lot)
A group of Staffordshire ceramic figures and figure groups, 19th century, comprising: a figure group of a romantic couple seated in a tree branch arbour, approx. 23cm high; a pearlware figure group of a young man and woman standing, restraining a deer, underneath a tree branch arch, approx. 23cm high; two figures of Scottish ladies in tartan skirts, one with dog resting on a plinth, the other holding a flag (head later replaced), each approx. 23cm high; a figural spill vase of an angel praying over two sleeping children, approx. 21cm high; a figure group of a young romantic couple seated under a tree branch arbour, approx. 17cm high; a figural spill vase of a young couple resting together with a bird delivering two leaves, approx. 13cm high; a figure of a young woman seated in a chair, her dog seated next to her, approx. 17cm high; a figure group of two children playing in a tree, with a swan under an arch to the base, approx. 19cm high; a pearlware figure of a young woman with her pet dog standing against a tree brocade (leaves missing), approx. 12cm high; a figure of a young gardener with a watering can standing with a tree brocade (leaves missing), approx. 14cm high; a figure of a young woman, smartly dressed, with her pet dog, approx. 17cm high; a figure of a young woman wearing a headscarf and holding an open book and a scroll in her hands, approx. 19cm high; a figural spill vase of two women in a tree with two gods to the base, approx. 17.5cm high; and various other figures, eighteen in total (lot)
A silver mounted leather photograph album, London, 1906, W H Jackson & Son, containing integral envelopes with a quantity of photographs, 14 x 11.5cm; together with a leather album with hand-written inscription, poetry, sketches and cuttings, late 19th . early 20th century, another book with hand-written inscriptions and poetry and cuttings, a photograph album with 1920's photographs of England, and a quantity of postcards including an inscribed lithographic card of a steamship detailing in French a voyage to Newport, America, dated April 1887, laid on card and held in a modern glazed frame (lot)
Mick The Miller greyhound archive, reproductions from originals, including 'stills' from "Wild Boy" and the only known shot of him running, including images with Michael Greene and Father Brophy at Millbrook House, plus a photo of his NGRC Identity & Race Record Book and photostat of the front page of Greyhound Evening Mirror 30th June 1930, reporting his second Derby victory, postcards, and other items Provenance: From racing historian Michael Tanner’s library & archive relating to his own titles, this being "The Legend of Mick The Miller: Sporting Icon of the Depression" (Highdown, 2004).
Nine Victorian horse racing prints. featuring the jockeys George Fordham & Jem Robinson, plus Ascot, Epsom and Newmarket races, mostly book and magazine plates, various sizes, some coloured Provenance: From racing historian Michael Tanner’s library & archive relating to his own titles, this being "The Demon: The Life of George Fordham" : The Demon" Dessie: A Year in the Life of Desert Orchid" (2017).
A collection of racing and equestrian books, mostly post-war publications, but with earlier content including The Jockey Club A Sketch of the Manners of the Age, in 2 vols, attributed to Charles Pigott circa 1790; The Horse with a Treatise on Draught; Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour; The Book of the Horse by S Sidney; and Thoroughbred Racing Stock by Lady Wentworth (approx. 100 volumes)
Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965), poet, critic and publisher, Criterion, 24 Russell Square, London WC1; letter to Peter Winckworth ‘Dear Winckworth’, 30 Buckingham Gate. London SW1, 21 October 1937 Unable to lunch next week as he will be in Edinburgh the whole week; very glad to lunch later; ‘the only day in every week on which I am never free is Wednesday’; ‘I shall be interested to know if you really have some good Wensleydale at Windham’s; if so, I must speak severely to our steward, who has not provided any Wensleydale at all yet this year’.In 1922 Eliot jumped at an offer from Lady Rothermere, wife of Esmond Harmsworth, second Viscount Rothermere, publisher of the Daily Mail, to edit a high-profile literary journal. The first number of The Criterion appeared in October 1922. Like The Waste Land, which The Criterion first published, it took the whole of European culture in its sights. The Criterion's editorial voice placed Eliot at the centre of first the London and then the continental literary scene. The editorial life on Russell Square was also conducted over friendly dinners that served the function of a college or a club, and Eliot seemed to thrive on such occasions.At about the same time Eliot reached out for religious support, and turned to the Church of England. Few followers were prepared for Eliot's baptism into the Church of England on 29 June 1927 at Finstock in Oxfordshire, and so, within five years of his avant-garde success, Eliot provoked a second storm. The furore grew in November 1927 when Eliot took British citizenship and again in 1928 when he collected a group of politically conservative essays under the title For Lancelot Andrewes and prefaced them with a declaration that he considered himself ‘classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and anglo-catholic in religion’. (ODNB)Eliot had been introduced to Winckworth in April 1932 by (Archibald) Kenneth Ingram (1882-1965), author and vice-chairman of the National Peace Council, who was ‘anxious [for Eliot] to meet a young friend of mine … [who] has an unusually good mind and writes very fair verse. I am sure you would like him’. Ingram, an Anglo-Catholic lay theologian, socialist, and prolific writer, attempted in several works to integrate his sexuality with his religious beliefs. See David Hilliard, ‘UnEnglish and Unmanly: Anglo-Catholicism and Homosexuality’; Victorian Studies 25 (2) (1982) 181-210. Winckworth was one of the originators of the Seven Years’ Association, established at the 1933 Anglo-Catholic Congress to form ‘a youth auxiliary to the Church Union’. In July 1934 he sent Eliot a ‘short essay’ on the Association, which he hoped he might arrange to review in the St Stephen’s parish magazine. He hoped too that Eliot might take the chair at their meeting in Kensington on 16 October, which he duly did. In December 1934, Eliot described Winckworth to William Kemp Lowther Clarke, a Church of England clergyman, as ‘a very good man indeed, and I have great hopes of him’.The present letter is a reply to Winckworth’s invitation to Eliot to participate in a Junior Church Congress on the theme of the Christian Revolution, to be held at the Dorland Hall in Regent Street 28-20 April 1938. His letter declining the invitation expressed a need to conserve his energy, and that ‘Dorland Hall is rather too public a place to suit my book’. His reluctance to appear was doubtless influenced by an incident at the Dorland Hall in November 1935, when he had been accosted by his estranged wife Vivien in one of her ‘often histrionic attempts to embarrass him into a reconciliation’ (https://tseliot.com ; ODNB).John Peter Winckworth was born on 2 November 1908, youngest of the three children of Lewis Herbert Winckworth (1864-1940), solicitor, and Ruthella Theodora, elder daughter of the Revd Herbert Clementi-Smith of Holland Park Avenue, Kensington, chaplain to the Mercers’ Company. In September 1922 he entered Grants House at Westminster School (also attended by his father and three uncles) and left in July 1927.Admitted as a solicitor in October 1932, he practised in London, in 1947 with Messrs Trollope and Winckworth of 21 Old Queen Street, Westminster. Winckworth was one of the originators of the Seven Years’ Association, established at the 1933 Anglo-Catholic Congress to form ‘a youth auxiliary to the Church Union’. In 1948 he became Registrar of the Diocese of Oxford, and subsequently served as a Church Commissioner, Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers 1961-2, a governor of St Paul’s School and Secretary of the Church Union.He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in August 1940, and was transferred to the Training Progress Section of the Air Ministry in 1941.Winckworth was author of Does Religion Cause War? (1934); Sensible Christians (1935); The Way of War: Verses (1939); A Simple Approach to Canon Law (1951); The Seal of the Confessional and the Law of Evidence (1952); A Verification of the Faculty Jurisdiction (1953); and A History of the Gresham Lectures (1966).He died at Eastbourne on 28 April 1986, and a requiem mass was held at St Matthew’s Church Westminster on 23 June.His portrait, by Richard Aylmer Frost (1905-1995), a Westminster contemporary, 1924, is among the collections of the school (GB 2014 WS-03-PIC-002/29): https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/gb-2014-ws-03-pic-002-29The Windham Club, established (as the Windham House Club) in 1828 as a ‘place of meeting for a Society of Gentlemen all connected with each other by a common bond of literary or personal acquaintance’, migrated to No. 13 St James’s Square in 1836. In 1945 it amalgamated with the Marlborough and Orleans Clubs, to form the Marlborough-Windham Club. (Survey of London 28 and 29, St James Westminster, pp136-139.)
Gumdrop Val Biro Chalk drawing Carriage with dog and musical instruments, dated 10/10/98, 83cm x 99cm (Val Biro (1921-2004) was a childrens author, artist and illustrator. He was the author of a book series named 'Gumdrop' and visited a local school in about 1997 and drew this whilst he was there for the children) The Gumdrop stories are a series of 37 children's books written and illustrated by Val Biro. They concern a 1926 Austin 12 hp four cylinder (Austin Clifton twelve four) called "Gumdrop", who gets involved in various adventures.The car is real and was in the author's possession, but the stories are fictional. The first book was The Adventures of a Vintage Car (1966) and the last was Gumdrop's School Adventure (2001). His adventures have included such tales as an encounter with the Loch Ness Monster where Gumdrop and his owner helped to protect the monster being exploited for publicity, a meeting with Father Christmas where Gumdrop helped him deliver presents, and helping an elephant escape an abusive zookeeper and deliver him to a safari park which they soon help to rescue from being destroyed by bulldozers. Given Gumdrop's age, various stories feature a sub-plot of his owners needing to find replacement parts for him as certain components become worn out over time, ranging from a new starter to a complete replacement of his engine, often made more difficult by the fact that these parts are no longer being manufactured directly.
Collection of Wolverhampton Wanderers memorabilia to include home match programmes 1969-1977 (86) to include 1976/77 Manchester City (centenary match), 1975/76 Liverpool (championship decider), 1975/76 Leeds Utd (Jimmy Hill autograph), The Doog 1957-1975 (Dougan autograph), 1975/76 Dougan testimonial, 1973/74 Norwich City FLC s/f (signed by Sammy Chung, Mike Bailey, John Richards, Phil Parkes), 1973/74 Manchester City (Geoff Palmer autograph), 1972/73 Bristol Rovers FLC (Danny Hegan autograph), 1971/72 Sheffield Utd (Steve Daley autograph), 1970/71 Morton (Texaco), 1970/71 Ron Flowers XI (testimonial); also has the following match tickets 1974/75 Fulham (2), 1973/74 Southampton, Chelsea, Sheffield Utd, 1971/72 Chelsea, WHU, Liverpool, Manchester City, 1970/71 Liverpool, Ron Flowers XI, 1969/70 Tottenham Hotspur; plus away programmes 1987/88 Burnley (Sherpa Van trophy) 1980/81 Spurs (FAC s/f), 1993/94 Kispest Honved (friendly), 1997/98 Arsenal (FAC s/f),, 1973/74 Manchester City (FLC final); book - Wolves in Pictures 2007, Wolves 1970s scrapbook (has autographs), Wolves Supporters club scrapbook 1970s (+ autographs), book- Captain of England 1950 Billy Wright (complete with autograph), 1863 Association Football Rules (small book from 2006), book - Britain's Best Football Grounds s/b 2008, book - Football Laws Illustrated (1970), book - Man in the Middle - David Elleray 2004 (with autograph), book (1984) Football Grounds of England & Wales (Inglis) (a lot)
Property of a deceased's estate, One owner and 5,671 miles from new2004 Ducati 998 S Final EditionRegistration no. OU04 GWKFrame no. ZDMH200AE3B022292Engine no. ZDMH998W4B-005095• One owner from new• 5,671 miles from new• Ducati service history• Requires recommissioning'For 2004, the 998 was offered as a Final Edition and Matrix. Produced 'on request', the 998 FE was a red Monoposto, and included the 136 horsepower Testastretta engine and Ohlins suspension front and rear.' - Ian Falloon, Standard Catalog of Ducati Motorcycles. Although Ducati's water-cooled 8-valve v-twin had been around in its original 851 and 888 incarnations for six years and indeed, had already won three World Superbike (Riders') Championships, it was the arrival of the iconic 916 in 1994 that really captured the public's imagination. Styled by Massimo Tamburini, the 916 and its subsequent evolutions established Ducati as one of the world's foremost brand names. Universally recognised as icons of automotive art, Ducati motorcycles have been exhibited in some of the world's foremost museums, including the Guggenheim in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. The Ducati 916 won the World Superbike Championship in its 1994 debut season and its evolutions three times after that. Enough said.For 1999, the stronger and much improved 996cc engine of the limited-edition 916 SPS was standardised on the new 996 model, while a Ducati Corse works development took Carl Fogarty to his fourth World Superbike Championship that same year. The final iteration of Tamburini's vision, the 998, arrived in 2002 and was one of the first models to feature the new Testastretta (narrow head) engine, designed by former Ferrari engineer, Angiolino Marchetti. The 998cc Testastretta had first appeared in the limited production and confusingly named 996 R, and this same engine went into the 998 S for Europe. Its late owner purchased this ultra-rare Final Edition new from On Yer Bike, Aylesbury (receipt on file). The machine has covered fewer than 5,700 miles from new and has been serviced twice by Ducati specialists Baines Racing of Silverstone (in June 2007 and June 2010). The last MoT expired in July 2016. Accordingly, the machine, which would benefit from detailing, will require careful recommissioning including the appropriate service and belt change before further use. This desirable last-of-the-line Ducati comes with its original books (including the stamped service book) and two keys.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Property of a deceased's estate1929 Harley-Davidson 45ci Model DRegistration no. BF 8437Frame no. 29D6777 (on plate)Engine no. 29D6777• Iconic Harley-Davidson model• Acquired in 2018• Corbin speedometerAlthough Harley-Davidson was no stranger to sidevalve ('flat head') engines, it did not apply this valve gear arrangement to a v-twin until the arrival of the all-new 45ci 'D' (standard) and 'DL' (high-compression) models in 1929. With the introduction of the Powerplus model in 1916, rivals Indian had demonstrated that a properly designed 'flat head' could produce all the power a road rider required, so it is perhaps surprising that Harley took so long to follow suit. One of the other advantages of this new engine was that it was cheaper to produce, enabling Harley to price the new 45ci (750cc) Model D at $290, and the 45's relative affordability would prove to be an important factor during the Depression years of the early 1930s. Production of the 45 really took off when the USA's entry into WW2 in December 1941 created an unprecedented demand for military motorcycles; around 90,000 of the WL (military) version rolling off the Milwaukee production lines before hostilities ceased. 'De-mobbed' Harley 45s helped meet the upsurge in demand for motorcycles in the immediate post-war years, doing much to establish the marque's reputation worldwide, while the civilian version remained a catalogued model until the end of 1951. This Vintage-era Model D was acquired by the current vendor's late father in 2018. A self-employed gas turbine engineer. Motorcycles were his passion and had been from a young age. He loved the look of this Model D, so much so, it stood proudly in the hallway. This Harley previously belonged to a Mr Nicholas Julian Moss of Berkshire. Following a period of inactivity, the machine will require recommissioning to a greater or lesser extent and thus is sold strictly as viewed. The machine features a Corbin speedometer and comes with a small selection of spares to include a pair of pillion footrests, rear numberplate/light bracket, and assorted electrical wiring. Accompanying documents include a current V5C; Harley-Davidson spare parts manual and Rider's Hand Book; and a folder containing various invoices/bills, including for repair of the gearbox in 2019.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Property of a deceased's estate2015 MV Agusta F4 1000 RRegistration no. PF64 HPO (see text)Frame no. *ZCGF610AAAV000681*Engine no. F61 AA 00883• Single family ownership from new• 1,759 miles from new• Well documentedArguably the only surprising thing about the original MV F4 of 1998 was that it was launched as a 750 at a time when the class was fast becoming moribund. The Japanese factories' main focus of attention had already switched to 1,000cc sports bikes but it took all of six years for MV to follow suit, launching the limited-edition F4 Ago in 2005 together with mass-produced F4 1000 S. Wisely, MV chose not to change the F4's overall appearance, the Massimo Tamburini-designed 750 being widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever made. As usual, there were various limited edition versions available offering even higher equipment levels and extra helpings of carbon fibre. The second mainstream model, the F4 1000 R, arrived in 2006 and came with a 174bhp engine, Brembo Monobloc radial brakes, forged Brembo wheels, a carbon-nitride coated Marzocchi USD fork and an upgraded Sachs shock absorber. In August 2006 an F4 1000 R set a record for the fastest 1,000cc production motorcycle of 185.882mph (299.148km/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA. This pristine F4 1000 R belonged to the current vendor's late brother, who purchased it in January 2015 from KJM Superbike Ltd (purchase paperwork on file). First registered in the UK January 2015, the MV was exported to Guernsey in December 2014 and comes with a Guernsey Registration Certificate for '4998'. Well serviced and pampered, the machine has been dry stored and ridden regularly by the late owner. Currently displaying a total of only 1,759 miles on the odometer at the time of cataloguing/photography. The machine was last running in September 2023, and there is a walk-around video of the machine running which can be found on the Bonhams website. As one would expect of a pampered, effectively one-owner example, this MV comes complete with paddock stand, tool kit, bike cover, various bills from Moto Corsa and others, and its full original book pack. The machine also comes with a copy of its old V5C registration document for 'PF64 HPO'. It should be noted that Vehicle Registration Number 'PF64 HPO' features a 2014 'Export' marker to the HPI/DVLA database. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves with regard to the validity of the motorcycle's registration status prior to bidding and will need to apply to the DVLA to retrieve the Vehicle Registration Number. Two keys present.Footnotes:Please note that this vehicle is from outside the UK. Our customs agents, CARS UK, will manage all post sale customs administration. A fee of £350+VAT will be charged on the buyer's invoice to administer both import or export customs movements. If this vehicle is to stay in the UK, it will be subject to Import VAT at the standard rate of 20% on the hammer price. This vehicle will not be available for immediate collection after the sale and will only be released on completion of customs clearance. If you have any questions regarding customs clearance, please contact the Motorcycle Sale Coordinator Annika.morrill@bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 8963 2817.All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω NΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.N MOTORCYCLESIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (SHIPPIO) to undertake the NOVA and C88 (customs) application if applicable on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £125 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.CARSIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (CARS) to undertake the NOVA on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £250 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Property of a deceased's estate2008 Ducati 990cc Desmosedici RR 'Team Version'Registration no. RR08 DUC (see text)Frame no. *ZDMD100AA8B000431*Engine no. ZDM990FW4*000557*• Limited edition Grand Prix replica• Number '431' of only 1,500 made• Circa 5,000 miles from new'As a road bike, the Desmosedici has the potential to genuinely validate the term race replica.' – Bike magazine.It is surely ever true enthusiast's dream to own a genuine Grand Prix motorcycle, though in reality one achievable by only a tiny handful of the most wealthy and well connected cognoscenti. Until the arrival of the Ducati Desmosedici RR, that is. OK, it did cost around £40,000, but all you needed to do was re-mortgage the house... It helped if you already owned a Ducati 999R superbike, their owners being given priority by the factory when ordering. It could be argued that, being road legal, the Desmosedici RR was not quite the real deal, but that did not stop the 1,500 machines planned selling like the proverbial 'hot cakes'. At the Misano circuit in 2004, Ducati had astonished the motorcycling world by announcing that it intended to offer for public sale a low-volume, road-legal replica of its MotoGP racer. Two years later, in June 2006, Ducati unveiled the production version at the Mugello Grand Prix weekend. The Desmosedici RR was based on the 2006 Ducati GP6, raced that season by works riders Loris Capirossi, Sete Gibernau and, in a season-concluding one-off, Troy Bayliss, who secured his one and only Grand Prix victory in the last race of the 990cc era at Valencia.Ducati cut remarkably few corners in creating its racer-on-the-road Grand Prix replica, which used basically the same 90-degree V4 engine as the GP6. As delivered, the Desmosedici RR came with a catalytic converter, was Euro 3 compliant, and had a maximum of 188bhp on tap, though when the supplied race pipe was fitted this climbed to 200bhp. The RR's engine was carried in a truncated trellis frame, just like the GP6's, with the aluminium swingarm pivoting directly in the crankcase and the seat formed by a structural carbon-fibre sub-frame – a 'first' for a road bike. There was Öhlins suspension at both ends, offering a mind-boggling range of adjustability, with brakes supplied by Brembo, at the front featuring radial monoblock callipers. The wheels were lightweight magnesium Marchesinis, manufactured by the forging process – another road bike 'first'. Carbon fibre was used for the bodywork while the fuel tank was aluminium, the result of all this weight saving enabling the Desmosedici RR to tip the scales at only 171kg (376lb). In 2006, at Mugello, the motorcycling press at last got its hands on the production Desmosedici. Bike's Mike Armitage was suitably overwhelmed: 'Driving urgently and cleanly from low revs to the 14,200rpm limit, the snarling V4 is a masterpiece of internal combustion, delivering warp-drive, vision-blurring pace through gear ratios closer than any other road bike I can think of. It shoots the digital tacho round the clocks in a quick-fire frenzy, building revs with unrivalled velocity, picking up the front wheel in third gear, and blurring the edges of your vision. It's dominating, intoxicating, beautiful.'With the tacho showing 13,900 revs in top gear, Mr Armitage saw 301km/h registered on the speedometer, which equates to a real-world 182mph. Had maximum revs been reached, the Desmosedici would have been doing 193mph. Track time for each of the assembled hacks was limited to five laps - 15 miles - which is more than many of the Desmosedici production run have managed to this day. Number '431' of the 1,500 made, as recorded on the top-yoke plaque, this example formerly belonged to the current vendor's late brother, who purchased it in August 2014 from Craigs Honda of Shipley, West Yorkshire. The previous (first) owner had purchased the Desmosedici from Ducati Manchester in 2008. Sales invoices for both of these transactions are on file.Well serviced and pampered, the machine has been dry stored and ridden regularly by the late owner. Currently displaying a total of only 5,397 miles on the odometer at the time of cataloguing/photography. The Ducati was last running in September 2023, and there is a walk-around video of the machine running which can be found on the Bonhams website. This Desmosedici was first registered in UK and then exported to Guernsey in 2014. It comes with a Guernsey Registration Certificate for '16711' and its old V5C registration document for 'RR08 DUC'. It should be noted that Vehicle Registration Number 'RR08 DUC' features a 2014 'Export' marker to the HPI/DVLA database. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves with regard to the validity of the motorcycle's registration status prior to bidding and will need to apply to the DVLA to retrieve the Vehicle Registration Number. As one would expect of a pampered example, this Desmosedici comes complete with the original manufacturer's authentication certificate 'plate' numbered '0431' and all its original books including the owner's manual and its warranty/service book. Other accompanying paperwork includes a 2014 MoT certificate; various Ducati and Moto Rapido invoices/bills; an invoice for repair/paint of panels; and photographs. Items with the machine include front and rear paddock stands, a bike cover, tool kit, saddle, original exhaust system (used), battery charger and other sundry spares (close inspection advised). Two keys present.Footnotes:Please note that this vehicle is from outside the UK. Our customs agents, CARS UK, will manage all post sale customs administration. A fee of £350+VAT will be charged on the buyer's invoice to administer both import or export customs movements. If this vehicle is to stay in the UK, it will be subject to Import VAT at the standard rate of 20% on the hammer price. This vehicle will not be available for immediate collection after the sale and will only be released on completion of customs clearance. If you have any questions regarding customs clearance, please contact the Motorcycle Sale Coordinator Annika.morrill@bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 8963 2817.All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω NΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.N MOTORCYCLESIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (SHIPPIO) to undertake the NOVA and C88 (customs) application if applicable on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £125 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.CARSIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (CARS) to undertake the NOVA on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £250 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.26 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 9.75 x 12.26 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 9.75 x 12.52 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 10 x 10.74 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.25 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.25 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 10.5 x 13.28 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.27 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.26 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 9.98 x 12.74 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.5 x 7.99 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 8.74 x 5.76 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 10 x 10.74 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 8.74 x 5.76 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 8 x 7.98 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.27 x 7.99 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 9.98 x 12.74 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Ken Haak was a celebrated fashion photographer. A native of Glendale, California, Haak attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied painting and graphic design. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and became an art director and graphic designer. He built a reputation in graphic design that led to receiving New York Art Director's Club Awards. His posters for The New York Times were exhibited by and formally entered into the permanent graphic design collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In mid-career he became a self-taught explorer in fashion photography who played light and shadow against skin and fabric to not simply dramatize the clothes, but exalt the body as well. His images reflect his strong sense of design in a style and manner both classic and contemporary. He elicits from his subjects images of intense eroticism and sensuality that convey both an innocence and candor uncommon in their warmth and beauty and sense of the human ideal. His photographs have appeared in such diverse publications as American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, Essence, Interview, and Men's Bazaar Italia. His books include "Ken Haak's Private Collection," "Summer Souvenirs," "Sleeping Beauties" and the illustrations for the exercise book "Working Out." (Rosehill Press, 122 E. 30th St. New York, NY). Measures 9.75 x 12.52 Printed Circa 1980'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper.
Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. He was born on November 9, 1924, in Zurich, Switzerland, and passed away on September 9, 2019, in Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. Frank is best known for his groundbreaking book "The Americans," which was published in 1958. In this influential work, Frank documented his cross-country journey across the United States, capturing a raw and unfiltered view of American society. His photographs depicted a range of subjects, including poverty, racism, consumer culture, and political tensions. "The Americans" had a significant impact on the world of photography and is regarded as one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century. Prior to "The Americans," Frank had already established himself as a talented and innovative photographer. He had worked for various magazines and had developed a distinct style characterized by spontaneity and a focus on capturing the essence of everyday life.In addition to photography, Robert Frank also ventured into filmmaking. His most notable film is "Pull My Daisy" (1959), a collaboration with writer Jack Kerouac and other Beat Generation artists. The film is a semi-improvised work and reflects the spirit of the Beat movement. Throughout his career, Frank continued to experiment with different visual styles and mediums. He created numerous photographic books, films, and exhibitions, constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic conventions. His work has had a lasting impact on the field of photography and continues to inspire generations of artists and photographers. Measures 5.26 x 8 Printed circa 1950'sVerso is blank.Mounted to archival quality paper. "
ASSORTED BOOKS, incl. Burgess (J.W.) Coach Building, 1881, Philpson (J.) Coach-Building, 1897, Philipson (W) The Suspension of Carriages, 1899, Erskine Stuart (J.A.) The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire, 1892, and Joyce (S.) Examples in Electrical Engineering, 1900, all 8vo. (5)Provenance: private collection MonmouthshireComments: Suspension book with creased/edge torn folding illustrations, generally moderately worn.
Cambridgeshire history MILLER (S) & S. SKERTCHLY. The Fenland Past and Present, Wisbech 1878, tall 8vo, spotting to title and coloured frontispiece, with folding Fenland map and table, plates, original bright pictorial green cloth gilt; Domesday Book Studies - Cambridgshire, Alecto Historical Editions, London, 1987-90, 3 vols, slip-cased; ATKINSON & CLARK. Cambridge Described and Illustrated, 1897, ex libris Sir James Jeans; EVERITT (N) Shots from a Lawyer's Gun, 5th edition 1910; Pevsner Guide, 1996; others by Enid Porter, L E Harris, John Humphreys, John Steegman, Peter Searby, etc.; a mounted view of Barnwell and Chesterton, coloured engraving circa 1790; with various others, mainly reference, including Records of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, The Black Books, 1897-1968, vols. 1,2,4,5, cloth; etc
GRIFFITHS (Jeremy) & A S G EDWARDS The Tollemache Book of Secrets: A Descriptive Index and Complete Facsimile...with Catherine Tollemache's Receipts of Pastery, Confectionary &c. London: The Roxburghe Club, 2001, 4to, illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth giltin fine condition with no obvious marks or damage to the binding or pages
(Combe,W.).: The English Dance of Death. 2 Bde. (Und:) The Dance of Life. Zus. 3 Bde. London, Ackermann 1815-17. Mit 2 gest. Titelbl. mit kolor. Vign., 2 gest. kolor. Front. u. zus. 93 (von 96) kolor. Aquatinta-Taf. v. T. Rowlandson. VII, 293 (von 295) S., 2 Bl.; 1 Bl., 295 (von 299) S., 2 Bl.; 2 Bl., 285 S., 2 Bl. Spät. Hldrbde. mit Rsch. Tooley 410 f. Erste Buchausgaben. - I. In Bd. 1 fehlen die Texts. 85-86 und die Tafel The Quack Doctor, in Bd. 2 die Texts. 1-4 u. die Tafeln The Toastmaster und The Law Overthrown. - Tls. leicht fleckig u. Tafeln mit etw. Abklatsch, 1 Index-Bl. unterl., Titel u. Front. zu I. etw. gebräunt, Vors. erneuert. - First book editions. - Missing: In vol. 1, text pp. 85-8 and the plate The Quack Doctor; in vol. 2 the text pages 1-4 and the plates "The Toastmaster" and "The Law Overthrown." - Some light spotting and plates with some rubbing, 1 index-page underlaid, title u. Front. to I. somewhat browned, endpapers renewed.
Kipling,R.: The Jungle Bock (u.) The Second Jungle Bock. 2 Bde., beide in 1. Aufl. London u. New York, Mac Millan 1894 u. 1895. Mit zahlr., tls. ganzseit. Illustr. v. J.L.Kipling, W.H.Drake u. P.Frentzen. VI S., 1 Bl., 212 S.; 4 (d.e.w.) Bl., 238 S., 1 Bl. Blaue illustr. Olwdbde. mit Gpräg. u. Goldschnitt. (Gebrauchssp., etw. berieben u. bestoßen, tls. Kapit. etw. beschäd.). Vgl. Osborne Coll. 1, 362: "Many critics consider it to be his most nearly flawless book". - Vors. an d. Innengelenken gerissen. Der 1. Bd. nur vereinz. ger. fleckig, der 2. Bd. fast durchgeh., stellenw. etw. stärker stockfl. Bd. 1 mit hs. Besitzverm. a.d. Vortit., Wappenexlibris George Anne Bardown.
Voltaire,(F.M. Arouet de).: Oeuvres complètes. Oeuvres complètes. 70 Bände. Herausgegeben von Beaumarchais und Condorcet. Mit 18 Portrait-Kupfertafeln, 93 Kupfertafeln nach Moreau le Jeune (gestochen von Baquoy, Dambrun, Langlois Duclos u.a.), 14 Kupfertafeln zur "Physique" und einem gestochenen Plan. (Kehl), De l'imprimerie de la Société Typographique, 1784 (Bd. 70: 1789). Gr.8°. Uniforme rotbraune Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung (Rücken etwas verblasst, teilweise leicht berieben, Ecken teilweise etwas bestoßen). Fürstenberg 110 - Lewine 564 - Cohen/Ricci 1042ff. - Bengesco IV, 2142 - Brunet 1353ff.: "Cette édition célèbre était la plus complète, la plus belle et la mieux ordonnée qui eut paru jusqu'alors de oeuvres de Voltaire". - Berühmte Ausgabe, für die Beaumarchais aus Zensurgründen in Kehl eigens eine Druckerei und eigene Papiermühlen eingerichtet hatte; die Schrifttypen stammten aus dem Besitz des berühmten englischen Druckers Baskerville, von dessen Witwe Beaumarchais den kompletten Druckereinachlass erworben hatte. Die Edition war das kostspieligste und größte Druckunternehmen der Zeit, sie gilt als ein Meilenstein der Druckgeschichte. (Vgl. Ray, The Art of the French Book, S. 95.) - Zum ersten Mal wurden hier die voluminöse Korrespondenz, einige bislang unveröffentlichte Theaterstücke und Schriften gegeben. Condorcet schrieb die Einleitung, die Kommentare sowie eine Lebensbeschreibung Voltaires. Die Ausgabe existiert auf 5 verschiedenen Papieren, wobei nur den Exemplaren auf "grand papier" die Stiche beigegeben wurden. - Mit Recht zählt Cohen die Illustrationen dieser Ausgabe zu den Hauptwerken Moreaus. "Cette suite est un des chefs-d'oeuvre de Moreau et se soutient sans une défaillance d'un bout à l'autre pendant près d'une centaine de compositions". Teilweise papierbedingt etwas gebräunt, teilweise etwas stockfleckig (die hinteren Vorsätze und die letzten Blätter des Registers teilweise stärker). - Gute und einheitlich gebundene Reihe.
Helmholtz,H.: Handbuch der physiologischen Optik. Text u. Atlas in 2 Bdn. Lpz., Voss 1867. Gr.8°. Mit 213 Holzschn. u. 11 tls. gefalt. Taf. in Stahlst. u. Lithogr. XIV, 874 S., 1 Bl.; 1 Bl. Mod. Hlwdbde. (= Allg. Encyklopädie der Physik, Bd. 9). Slg. Becker 185. Garrison/M. 1513. Erste Ausgabe. - "One of the greatest books on physiological optics. Includes Helmholtz's revival of the Young theory of colour vision" (G./M.). "Considered the most important book on the physiology of physica and vision" (Horblit). - Textband etw. fleckig, Bibl.-St. verso T. - (2031)
Charlevoix,P.F.-X.de.: Histoire du Paraguay. Bde. 2 u. 3 (v.3). Paris, Ganeau, Bouche et D'Houry 1756. 4°. Mit 4 (3 gef.) Kupferkarten u. 2 gest. Kopfvignetten. Ldrbde. d. Zt. mit Rverg, Rsch. u. gekröntem Monogram "I I S" am Vdeckel u. Wappen am Hdeckel. (Best. u. berieb., Rckn. tls. läd.). Palau 67167. Sabin 12129. Borba de Moraes I, 179. Henze I, 558. De Backer-S. II, 1079, 7. Erste Ausgabe. - Beschreibung und Geschichte von Paraguay, insbesondere der dortigen Jesuitenmission seit dem 17. Jahrhundert. "Charlevoix's book was, and still is, a classic work on Paraguay. Numerous editions were published... Charlevoix... is not, however, famous as a traveller, but as a historian and is one of the best of that period, the influence of his books on the philosophes of the eighteenth century was considerable" (Borba de Moraes). - Mit Karten von Südamerika und Paraguay. - Schwach gebräunt u. fleckig. Aus einer Adelsbibliothek.
Venezia,P.A.: Guida Fedele Alla Santa Citta di Gierusalemme, e Descrittione di Tutta Terra Santa. Venedig, Lovisa 1704. Mit 1 gest. Falttafel u. zahlr. Textholzschn. (8) Bl., 429 S., (8) Bl. Prgt. d. Zt. mit Bibl.-Rsch. (Gebrauchsspuren). Sehr seltene Ausgabe eines Reiseberichts aus dem Heiligen Land (insbesondere Jerusalem) von dem venetianischen Missionars Pietro Antonio da Venezia mit vielen Zeichnungen. - Tls. etw. fleckig. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit Stempel innen und Rückensignatur. - Very rare edition of a travelogue through the Holy Land (especially Jerusalem) by the Venetian missionary Pietro Antonio da Venezia including many drawings. Parchment. Ex-library book with stamp inside and catalogue no. on spine. Boards rubbed. Binding tight. Paper is darkened with age and has stains. Type area still in good condition. Folding plate preserved. (27).
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