ARDIZZONE (EDWARD)The complete original artwork by Ardizzone for 'The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode' by Eleanor Estes, 28 pen and ink illustrations (including upper cover/spine artwork), captions, chapter and pagination details, and proof annotations and sizing notes in pencil (some blue pencil), one per sheet on thick paper ('Schoellerschamer'); one photocopy sheet of the map, with corrections for text pasted on and proof note in blue pencil; 2 sheets of inked acetate overlay sheets for the colour printing ('Pink' and 'Green') of the cover, sheets 240 x 210mm., [1972]Footnotes:THE COMPLETE ARTWORK BY EDWARD ARDIZZONE FOR THE TUNNEL OF HUGSY GOODE BY ELEANOR ESTES. Ardizzone enjoyed a successful collobaration with the American author Eleanor Estes (1906-1988), a winner of the Newbery Medal, illustrating five of her books, from Pinky Pie (1959) to Hugsy Goode (1972). The lively illustrations of ordinary boys and girls thrust into unlikely adventures are reminiscent of Ardizzone's work for his series of 'Tim' books. One sheet is annotated with an enquiry from Eleanor, 'Should we ask E.A. to do over, or would it mean almost an entire new picture? Or could we change a bit?'.Provenance: Edward Ardizzone, and by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'Lewis Carroll'Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland, first edition in German, translated by Antonie Zimmermann, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED to 'Margaret Evelyn Hardy from the Author' in brown ink on the half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, light soiling and fingering, small dampstain at margin of of a few leaves, small pencil date '1871' added on title, brown endpapers, publisher's (variant) green pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., Burn & Co. binder's ticket on rear pastedown, some abrasions and bubbling to sides, hinges cracked [Handbook 71], 8vo, Macmillan, 1869Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN GERMAN OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, inscribed to one of Dodgson's young female readers. The German edition was the first foreign language edition of Alice to appear. 'The reproductions of the woodcuts in this German edition are excellent' (Madan and Williams).Provenance: Margaret Evelyn Gathorne-Hardy (1858-1943), presentation inscription from the author. See lot 176 for details of their relationship.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
DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'LEWIS CARROLL'Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED to 'Margaret Evelyn Hardy from the Author. Christmas 1871' in purple ink on the half-title, illustrations by John Tenniel, lacks the final 2 leaves (advertisement and printer's details), tear without loss to pp.29/30, pencil scribble in 2 margin, later red calf gilt, g.e. [Handbook 84], 8vo, Macmillan, 1872 [1871]Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY DODGSON IN PURPLE INK - IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION - to one of his young female readers. Although the date on the title-page is 1872 the book was issued in December 1871, Dodgson himself receiving his copy on the 6th of the month. Provenance: Margaret Evelyn Gathorne-Hardy (1858-1943), presentation inscription from the author. See lot 176 for details of their relationship.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
DRINKWATER (JOHN)Remaining books from the library of John Drinkwater, including 105 volumes of his own works, either with his ownership inscription (often dated), or a presentation inscription (to his second wife Daisy - sometimes addressed as 'David' - or daughter Penny), with approximately 60 other copies of his works (about 20 signed by Daisy), and 10 books inscribed to him by other authors (including John Buchan, Arnold Bennett and Galsworthy - see footnote), some with additional notes and annotations, a few with loosely inserted letters and photographs, some with Drinkwater's gilt morocco bookplate, others with 'J.D.' stamp, publisher's bindings, several in dust-jackets, variable rubbing or wear, mostly 8vo, a few 4to, [c.1914-1935] (quantity)Footnotes:UPWARDS OF 100 NOVELS, PLAYS, ESSAYS AND WORKS WRITTEN, EDITED OR WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY JOHN DRINKWATER, ALL EITHER WITH HIS OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION, or presentation copies to his wife or daughter, several the dedication copies.Includes: Cotswold Characters (1921), WITH 5 PROOF WOODCUTS BY PAUL NASH captioned in pencil, JD noting 'Inserted are proofs of the cuts, inscribed by P.N.'; Abraham Lincoln. A Play (1919), with a tipped-in envelope containing 'LEAVES FROM THE DINNER TABLE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, at the Great Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16th 1864' written by 'Ella Virginia J.P. 1872' with note by JD 'These were given to me when I was in the U.S.A.'; The Collected Poems in 2 vol. (1931), inscribed by JD 'a copy of the large paper edition, specially bound by S. & S. Inserted is a copy of the frontispiece, coloured by Albert Rutherston' [also inscribed 'J.D. from A.R.. Dec. 1923']; Preludes 1921-1922 (1922), LIMITED TO 125 COPIES, inscribed 'No. 3, and my own copy... September 1922; Claud Lovat Fraser (1923), LIMITED TO 45O COPIES, signed by Drinkwater and Albert Rutherston; A Book for Bookmen (1926), ONE OF 50 COPIES, WITH AN ALS FROM T.S.WISE (the dedicatee) tipped-in, also another copy with 2 further ALS from Wise ('What a brick you are...'); Charles James Fox (1928), inscribed 'To David, the dearest Lady that I know. This book about Charles, whom must have been a very dear gentleman. With love from her Jonathan, Pepys House, September 1928'; A Man's House (1934), inscribed to his daughter Penny '... this play was produced at Malvern on July 23rd, three days before your fifth birthday...', with jacket and wraparound band; another copy inscribed to his wife 'wishing her luck with our play... Malvern, 23. vii. 34'; Laying the Devil (1933), inscribed 'Daisy darling, thank you for believing in this play, and for helping me by believing in it... Shaftsbury Theatre, 2.VII.33'; Garibaldi (1936), inscribed 'For My David, this first copy of the new play... 6.vi.36'; Robert Burns. A Play (1925), THE DEDICATEE'S COPY, inscribed 'Daisy Drinkwater from her Jonathan, New York, November 24th 1925'; More About Me. Poems for a Child (1929), DEDICATEE'S COPY, inscribed 'My darling little [Penelope Ann, JD's daughter, printed] from her loving father who made the rhyme, Brampton October 28th 1929'.Books inscribed by their author to Drinkwater include: Arnold Bennett, Riceyman Steps, with additional note by Drinkwater 'Given to me by Bennett on the evening that I read 'Robert Burns' to him. J.D.', 1923; John Galsworthy, The Dark Flower, 1913; Charles Morgan. Sparkenbroke, 1936; Ramsay Macdonald, At Home and Abroad, 1936; Amelia Defries. Rebirth, the dedication copy, 1928.; John Buchan, The Manor of Elsfield, 1931.Provenance: John Drinkwater (1882-1937); his daughter Penelope Ann and thence by descent.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
SCHULZ (CHARLES)Original four-panel Peanuts comic strip, featuring Sally Brown writing a report on Charles Dickens, pen and ink on paper, light blue pencil and spot of white correcting fluid to three letters, signed 'Schulz' far right panel and dated '4-8' in third panel with '1983 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.' label pasted above, light overall toning, mounted, framed and glazed, image to view 150 x 555mm., [1983]Footnotes:The strip depicts Sally Brown, Charlie's little sister, writing a report on Dickens: 'I did not know Charles Dickens personally... If I had known him personally, I would not be here now and would not be writing this report'. In the third panel Sally re-reads her report, in the fourth she tosses the scrumpled up paper over her shoulder.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WOOLF (VIRGINIA)Roger Fry, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, WITH PENCIL CORRECTIONS in an unidentified hand on approximately 24 pages including the title-page, plain brown wrappers, lettered in ink on the spine, frayed at extremities, 8vo, The Hogarth Press, 1940Footnotes:Rare proof copy of the last book Virginia Woolf saw into print before her death. The pencil corrections mostly relate to punctuation, spelling misprints (such as the addition of the accent to 'Cézanne', the artist Fry championed and introduced to England in his celebrated Post-Impressionist exhibition of 1910), but also the important introduction of the words 'A Biography' on the title-page.Provenance: Julian Fry (Roger Fry's son), and thence by descent.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
WORLD WAR IPapers of Captain Duncan Warrand (1877-1946) of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders, comprising:i) Series of some 72 letters and 8 postcards from Duncan Warrand, the majority to his sister Carrie ('Dearest C', 'D.C.'), three to his brother Redmond ('Dear Redmond'), long, detailed letters written from the trenches and latterly from his billet in Rouen, including one seven-page letter written on Christmas Day 1914, describing the famous truce ('...Later on Wednesday night there was much shouting and singing in the German lines... Last night no sniping took place... The Germans lit fires and just sang on. So some of our sergeants and men went up to their lines returning with boxes of cigars! They have no drink... The officer who spoke to our Sgt was an American German, recalled in the war, who was heartily sick of it. He said they would not fire today... it may be partly due to the thick mist which was surely sent by Providence to give us a peaceful Xmas... Our opponents are Saxons and Bavarians and have so far proved themselves gentlemen. About 11 o'clock this morning I went outside the lines and we were all busy mending wire entanglements... We were right out in the field and could see the Germans walking about just as we were... And how lovely it was this morning! The star in the East so bright & clear... picked a bit of ivy... off a tree to commemorate this extraordinary Xmas of peace in war... At this point Sgt Smith looked in to say that a large number of Germans were walking about on our left and talking freely with our men and what was to be done... Tall men in grey coats fraternising with the men... what Bishops & Clergy could not do, the troops have done for themselves...'); other letters much concerned with asking for supplies ('...Please send me a box of cigarettes as the ones here are 'orrid... 'Bromo'!... some soup tablets for dissolving in hot water... shirts, khaki hosetops, cardigans... safety matches... shortbread, plum pudding etc... everything to be packed in oiled canvas... candles are difficult to come by... Colgate toothpaste... I wonder if mince pies would travel in a tin box?... a bottle of Worcester Sauce...'); reporting on troop movements as far as the censor allows ('...seems no harm in saying we are now in Belgium and not far from (2 miles south) of Messines...') and on 18 December 1914 includes a drawing of their position ('...without mentioning any names...'); with vivid descriptions of the horrors of war ('...continued action throughout the night... The trenches are awful, knee deep in mud... higher up the road there is destruction on all sides, houses in ruin, large shell holes and broken trees... I saw a hand and arm today just outside, who knows what unfortunate man it belonged to...'); the constant threat of being fired upon ('...planted shells all around us... They made a horrid whizzy noise when they really mean business... One falling bullet just grazed my ear yesterday...'); conditions in the trenches ('...It has rained incessantly... the trenches are ghastly... this place is called 'The Piggeries'... we are nearly all crawling – it's disgusting but a fact...'); news of mutual friends ('...I hear Patrick Grant was shot in the jaw...'), family news and talk of home ('...I wish the dogs could come out here...'), suggesting '...you might keep these rotten letters... my collection of letters to you are the best diary I can keep...'; the majority with envelopes, c.230pp., dust-staining, some small tears and other signs of wear, mostly 8vo (210 x 134mm.), 2nd Seaforth Highlanders, British Expeditionary Force, Grand Hôtel de la Poste, Rouen, 6 January 1914 to 20 January 1917 ii) Five pocket diaries 1914-1918, containing intermittent entries in pen and ink on the weather and various engagements, accounts and other notes (2 April 1917 noting 'Brigadeer General F.J. de Gex Base Cdnt has died suddenly of heart failure while sitting in the lounge after lunch at the Hotel des Postes. A very good man.'; 26 March 1918 'The great German attack causes anxiety'; 11 November 1918 'Guns fired to announce armistice signed. Crowds begin at once... have to walk through Trafalgar Square. Pouring rain. Cheerful crowds...'), calf, worn, four c.150 x 95mm., one 100 x 70mm.; with another notebook including lists and brief entries for 11 August to 18 November 1914 regarding training, drills etc. iii) Various papers including: hand drawn and annotated map of the trenches south of the river Douve, depicting troop positions, annotated 'Issued in Trenches/ 1914. DW', purple, red and blue pencil, 200 x 320mm.; carbon copy of 'Standing Order re Trenches', 5 pages, lined paper torn from notebook, 8vo (196 x 145mm.), dated 23 January 1915; with various ephemera such as photographs including one of his sister Carrie, mimeographed concert programmes 1917-18, trench whistle engraved with Aldershot Stores/Aldershot/Patent on original? cord; two printed folding maps, linen backed, one of Belgium, depicting the area around Ypres, the other of St Yves with trench positions marked as of 14 November 1915, (440 x 575mm.), in an envelope annotated 'This is not the map I had in the trenches, but shows very clearly the position we held at Seaforth Farm', etc.Footnotes:'THIS EXTRAORDINARY XMAS OF PEACE IN WAR'.The men of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders were engaged in several important actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Messines in 1914, the second Battle of Ypres in 1915 and Passchendaele in 1917. These letters illustrate one soldier's experience in the trenches during 1914 into 1915 including the famous Christmas Truce of that year. They paint an evocative picture: '...On Wednesday we were shelled by 'Little Willie', a most elusive and persistent piece of small artillery... Then they sent about 25 large howitzer shells right over... a big hole in the ground about the size of a large dog basket... They are at it now, like continuous thunderclaps... The officers and men's dugouts are just little caves made into the sides of the trenches about 6ft by 5ft... The floor is covered in deep straw... One can see the Germans now and again moving about in their trenches at dawn and dusk. They snipe us and we snipe them... I have not changed my socks since Tuesday or had my shirt off... I hope they may run short of shells soon... When this poor country will recover goodness knows... I feel like a rabbit going to ground by day and walking about at night... Yesterday (17th) we were ordered to fire at the trenches ahead... By afternoon their guns replied... The noise was deafening... We lost only 3 men, all by rifle fire... I was plastered in mud from head to foot... We are standing by...'.Warrand returned to Rouen in the spring of 1915 to take up the duties of a staff officer, billeted in the Grand Hôtel de la Poste and later with a French widow and her family. Part of his duties involved sorting out the personal effects of those killed in action – in one of his final letters he reflects '...I often wonder if anything matters: foolish young souls pass through here full of spirits & then their belongings come back a few days afterwards – white label with blue stripe & that means they have done with life here...'. This collection has been retained in the family until now.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDINGRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, decorative title and text borders throughout, mounted colour plates, finely bound in dark purple inlaid morocco [by 'Carter'], upper cover elaborately panelled with all-over floral design of multi-coloured inlaid leather, lower cover with repeated outer borders enclosing central undecorated purple morocco panel, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, one compartment lettered in gilt, the others with floral inlaid leather design, morocco turn-ins, with an original pencil sketch for the binding inserted, small 8vo (162 x 120mm.), George G. Harrap, [c.1910]Footnotes:A loosely inserted typed note states that the binding is by Carter, who was the binder of some of the miniature books in the Library of the Queen's Doll's House. These were mostly supplied by the likes of Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf, for whom Carter might have worked.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
BLAKE (WILLIAM)Songs of Innocence; Songs of Experience, 2 parts in 1 vol., WILLIAM MUIR'S PROOF COPY of the facsimile edition published for him by Quaritch, 54 lithographed plates each hand-coloured by Muir, several with trial tracings pasted in margins, Muir's manuscript notes, 2 autograph letters signed by Bernard Quaritch to Muir, Quaritch's 4-page 1888 prospectus for works by Blake and Muir, and other ephemera bound in, original front part wrappers with gilt titles in manuscript, and marked in pencil 'Mr Muir's Master Copy', bound into contemporary limp boards with blue paper spine and title label, preserved in cloth chemise and crushed blue half morocco slipcase with gilt panelled spine, 4to, 1885Footnotes:William Muir's 'master copy' of the hand-coloured facsimile of the Beckford copy, which was published in an edition of 100 by Quaritch, with associated material bound in.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
CHELONIIDAE PRESSBLOCK (LAURIE, compiler) An Odd Bestiary; or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals.... Arranged as an Abecedary. Designed and Illustrated by Alan James Robinson, NUMBER XLV of 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, with an additional suite of the 52 illustrations by Alan James Robinson, each signed in pencil, the alphabet series of 26 with a calligraphic letter in red ink added by Betse Curtis (these also signed by her in pencil), from an edition limited to 300 copies, 26 wood-engravings and 26 smaller initial linecuts, original red morocco by David Bourbeau at Thistle Bindery, upper cover with blind-ruled panel enclosing a turtle vignette lettered 'ABC', the additional suite loose in red morocco-backed linen chemise and housed with text in matching solander box, folio (343 x 250mm.), Easthampton, Cheloniidae Press, 1982This 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
PHOTOGRAPHYHILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSON. Collection of 49 portraits, groups and landscapes (2) by Hill and Adamson printed by Jessie Bertram, carbon prints, mounted on card (recto only), within border ruled in brown ink, many titled and numbered in pencil below, several with pencil annotations in a later hand on verso, a few with light spotting to mounts (one mount toned), housed in a contemporary wooden box with hinged opening front panel and lid, printed paper label pasted inside lid 'J. Bertram, Platinotype and Carbon printer, 148 Rose Street, Edinburgh', the images approximately 205 x 160mm.), the card mounts approximately 995 x 265mm., [1840s, but printed later]Footnotes:A fine group of carbon prints from the original negatives of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson's celebrated portraits of Scottish women (including Newhaven groups), men and children, mostly taken between 1843 and 1847.These photographic carbon prints were printed by Edinburgh photographer Jessie Bertram (1881–1954) from Hill and Adamson's original negatives. Selections of her works were issued by Andrew Elliot in 1916. They are held in a wooden box, with Bertram's printed label attached. Found with the box is a passport photograph of a middle-aged woman, signed 'Jessie Bertram' on the verso and assumed to be her.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - DAVID JONESThe Chester Play of the Deluge. Edited by J. Isaacs, with Engravings on Wood by David Jones, number 271 of 275 copies, this with an additional SET OF PROOF WOODCUTS, EACH SIGNED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST in pencil, on Japan paper, loosely window mounted, the book with 10 large wood-engravings, untrimmed in original buckram, slight dampstaining to covers, housed along with the mounted proofs in a single custom-made red cloth solander box, book 315 x 242mm., proofs c.320 x 260mm. (window 182 x 152mm.), box 362 x 300mm., Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927Footnotes:WITH A COMPLETE SET OF SIGNED PROOFS FOR DAVID JONES'S FINEST WORK AS A WOOD ENGRAVER.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
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - MARK SEVERINHomeric Hymn to Aphrodite. A New Translation by F.L.. Lucas... with Ten Engravings by Mark Severin, NUMBER 3 OF 100 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an edition limited to 750, title printed in red and black, text in English and greek, wood-engraved frontispiece, title, 10 illustrations and press-device by Mark Severin, Henry Sothern label at on front paste-down and pencil description on rear free endpaper, some light browning of flyleaves, untrimmed in original crushed red morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, sides with gilt designs after Severin, spine lettered in gilt with 2 raised bands and small cockerels, morocco turn-ins gilt, t.e.g., a little dark staining to covers but still fine, folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1948This 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
SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR 1878-1881Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), relating to his service in India during the second Afghan Campaign of 1878-1881, comprising:i) Two army regimental order books for 'Troop B', written in ink in several hands, volume one detailing daily orders from 17 September to 28 November 1879, volume two continuing until 23 March 1880, mostly covering the minutiae of camp life such as the daily timetable ('...Reveille 6.30, Stables 7...'), parades and inspections, court martials, lists of men and support staff ('...grass cutters... native farriers... cooks...'), the care and exercising of horses ('...Horses heels will be thoroughly dried with rubbers...'), uniform ('...the kharki jacket to be worn over the patrol jacket... 2 pairs of cloth pantaloons if possible...'), equipment ('...owing to the destruction of saddlery &c by white ants in future the saddles will be placed on a portion of the hoop grass in piles of 6...'), ammunition ('...any man losing it will be severely delt with...'), welfare of the men ('...All men off duty will... be marched to the left bank of the Cabul River for bathing...'), preparations to move camp ('...not more than 3 horses length distance to be between each troop...'), the troops ready for action ('...After orders by Capt. Burnley. Every Man will sleep tonight with his cloak Belts & Arms on ready to turn out at a moments notice...'), including mention of their involvement at the Battle of Gara Heights at Dakka on 15 January 1880 ('...The Commanding Officer begs to thank most heartily the Officers and men... for their steady and soldier like bearing when exposed to the fire of the enemy this day... the patrol and scouting duties (the later especially) were entirely carried out to his satisfaction, likewise the dismounted skirmishing...'), final entries reversed, c.470pp, some pages excised, 'Bengal Form 358' notebooks, original calf with printed paper labels ('Order Book'), brass clasps (broken), worn with some ink stains, oblong 4to (120 x 180mm.), Umballa, Camp Basawal, Camp Jellalabad, September 1879 to March 1880ii) Group of six autograph letters signed ('Hardin Burnley') to his father ('My dear Father'), the first commenting on bad news from the Cape ('...if we do not learn a lesson now... Afghanistan may furnish us with a like tale...') and that they must not underestimate the natives' fighting capabilities, with envelope; the second in pencil describing escorting the deposed Emir, Mohammad Yaqub Khan into exile in December 1879 ('...with my squadron 80 men & 4 officers... he only halted 20 minutes... sitting on a chair with his attendants on the road side – I got aides to ride on his right hand side all the way... this I did for 2 days – He was most communicative and chatted on all topics freely... no attack was made on us – all well... most shocking dust storm... carrying away some tents & nearly suffocating everyone...'); the next reporting on '...serious fighting Kabul way...', that they will soon have to relieve the 9th Lancers, skirmishes with locals ('...met with no resistance... otherwise the guns were in position... & would have shelled the village at once...'), believing they will be 'in this inhospitable' country for the long haul, talking of disease and casualties ('...considering this is but Guerrilla warfare.. it is grand training...'), and asking if he received the tiger and panther skins; one written 6 August 1880 on the eve of joining General Gough as his ADC on the Kandahar march ('...I leave here tomorrow... If the Afghans get hold of me I wish you to send to my servant... £50... I have given him this letter to give to you if anything should happen to me...'); another expressing pleasure at receiving two medals and clasps, talking of parties, shooting and other entertainments, with envelope; the last on social engagements in London, 41 pages, 8vo (180 x 114mm.), Umballa, Basawal, Cabul, Naval & Military Club, Piccadilly, 13 February 1879 to [23 May 1881] iii) Three autograph letters from General Sir Hugh Gough signed ('Hugh Gough'), reminiscing '...I hope you have not forgotten our old days on the Kabul Kandahar March. I look back to them with much pleasure and can never forget the best ADC I ever had – I wish I could have more of my old soldiering days over again...'; one thanking him for the grouse; each with envelope, 8 pages, 8vo (150 x 95mm.), Canterbury, August [18]93; one other earlier letter, undated iv) Other papers, including pocket almanack for 1878 containing troop and staff rolls, with pencilled notes on orders, rates of pay, bets with other officers, notable skirmishes ('...the attack on village near Peswar took place early morning of 6th July. Rpt 2 squadrons got up too late...'), rations ('...1 lb Bread & Biscuit/ 1 dram of rum...') etc., c.60 pages, some pages roughly excised, calf with broken brass clasp and integral pencil, small 8vo; official request from Burnley to Lieut. Col. John Fryer, commanding the Carabiniers at Simla that he should be '...employed on active service with any expeditionary force that may be deployed to the Frontier...', one page, folio (332 x 208mm.), Umballa, 25 September 1878; portrait cabinet photograph of a young Burnley in civilian dress; various loose notes, incoming correspondence, etc. including a typed biography annotated 'Some incidents of my life'v) The Khandahar Pantomime Ayoub Khan. Written and composed by Mr F. C. Keyser and now printed by special request, original blue mottled paper wrappers, 8vo (180 x 105mm.), Poona, Printed at the Orphanage Press, 1884; two folding maps printed on linen: 'Afghan'... Enlarged at the Survey Office in Dehra Dun October 1878, 870 x 655mm., annotated in ink by Burnley; and 'Istan' by Col. J. T. Walker, Surveyor General of India, 890 x 655mm., with routes marked in red crayonFootnotes:Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920) was gazetted Cornet in the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) in 1865. After several years in Ireland, he was posted to the Umballa station in India in 1878 where duties consisted of escort and transport tasks along the Khyber lines of communication. Whilst commanding a squadron at Basowal, following the murder of the political agent Cavagnari and the failure of the Treaty of Gandamak, he was charged with accompanying the deposed Emir Yaqub Khan into exile in India. He was present at the affair at Dakka on 15 January 1880, as mentioned in our notebook, before rejoining the Headquarters of the Regiment at Jellalabad. In August 1880 he was appointed Orderly Officer to the Cavalry Brigadier, General Sir Hugh Gough and with the Cavalry Brigade accompanied Lt. General Sir Frederick Roberts on his famous, impressively fast, march from Kabul to Kandahar, and was present at the battle of Kandahar on 1st September. He was the only member of the regiment to receive a bronze star for this epic journey and was mentioned in despatches.After the Afghan campaign, Major Burnley saw service in the first Boer campaign (see lot 13) and retired in 1882, receiving the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in consideration of his distinguished service during the Afghan War. In June 1907 he became a real-life Phileas Fogg by circumnavigating the globe in 40 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes, breaking the previous record of 54 days, a record which he held for four years. His papers have been in the possession of his family until now.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
POGANY (WILLY)Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám... with Illustrations by Willy Pogany, number 252 of 750 copies for England, signed by the artist and with additional etched frontispiece signed in pencil, 12 tipped-in colour plates, untrimmed in full terracotta morocco gilt by Leighton-Straker, t.e.g., spine slightly faded, slipcase, 4to, George G. Harrap, 1930--DODGSON (C.L.) 'Lewis Carroll'. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, colour plates after Rackham, full red calf, double gilt rule borders and gilt blocked rabbit illustration on upper cover, gilt panelled spine with gilt tooling and morocco labels, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 8vo, Heinemann, 1948--[BARHAM (RICHARD HARRIS)] The Ingoldsby Legends, colour plates and text illustrations after Rackham, green calf gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt panelled spine, g.e., spine slightly faded, 8vo, J.M. Dent, 1930--The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 11-14, volume 14 ex-library with dampstaining, worming and repairs, bound by Paul Delrue in crimson crushed morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettered tan morocco spine labels, 8vo, 1741-1744 (7)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
ARMS AND ARMOUR - RIGGSThree albums of photographs of armour and weapons formerly in the collection of William H. Riggs, 48 large gelatin silver prints (c.400 x 280mm., or smaller), mounted one per page (recto only, 8 with long description in manuscript) on stiff card, [early twentieth century]; together with an album of photographs of armour from the collections at Munich, Nuremburg, Milan, and Florence, 88 gelatin silver prints (some signed in the image by Alinari, most by anonymous photographers), mounted between 1 and 3 per page (recto and verso), a few pencil annotations in the margins, [early twentieth century], modern half morocco, gilt red lettering label ('Riggs Collection') on spines, folio (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BANKINGBAGEHOT (WALTER) Lombard Street. A Description of the Money Market, FIRST EDITION, half-title, without advertisements at end, light pencil markings in the side-margin of approximately 20 pages, library cloth, 8vo, Henry S. King & Co., 1873Footnotes:A first edition of Lombard Street, described by the economist J.M. Keynes as 'an undying Classic', in which Bagehot analysed the actual working of the banking system. On publication it 'had great influence and several of its recommendations ultimately were adopted; it was regarded as authoritative well into the twentieth century, and it made a significant contribution to the theory of central banking' (ODNB). This copy has a few passages marked in pencil, primarily in the chapter devoted to the 'Bank's Reserve', one passage being 'too small a reserve may mean 'ruin''.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
LANGLEY (BATTY)The Landed Gentleman's Useful Companion: or, a Sure and Easy Method of Improving Estates, folding engraved plate, some dampstaining throughout, final leaf of text loose, pencil annotations in the margins, contemporary calf, sides with 2-line gilt rule border, rubbed, piece torn away exposing board to one corner of lower side [Kress 4563], 8vo, James Hodges, 1741Footnotes:Provenance: John Haden, early ownership inscription ('Ino. Haden') on title and front free endpaper, this above price '4/-'; Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp inside upper cover.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
STEADMAN (Ralph): large col. litho poster of various flying contraptions, approx 83 x 59cm, personally signed to lower margin in pencil 'for Adrian Mitchell 20th century man of poetry, love Ralph Steadman 18.Oct 2005', creased: together with another poster by Steadman, 'Earth Poem', text in Arabic and English. (2)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: large folio album of original b&w photographs, circa 1930s, depicting celebrities and fashionable figures at leisure, including actors and stars of the era including Douglas Fairbanks, Joyce Carey, Ginette Spanier, Marius Goring, Judith Anderson, Anthony Bushell, Irene Browne, Gertrude Lawrence, Edna Best, Diana Wynyard, etc: square folio, brown cloth binding lettered in gilt to upper board 'Hunthay Holywych', approx 250 photographs with accompanying pencil annotations identifying sitters. (1)
VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK: folio album containing numerous prints and engravings, circa 1860s-80s, including full page coloured view of two Royal Navy ships at 'Pulo Penang, or Prince of Wales Island', another showing the Thames at Kew, various pasted in drawings including several portraits by John Shewell Corder, 3 pencil sketches of Scottish views by John Wilson Ewbank, greetings cards and assorted ephemera etc, front cover lacking and partly disbound, folio. (1)
SYRIA: LEWIS (Norman N): large collection of approx 400 photographs and negatives of Syria and the Middle East, some with locations and sitters identified in pencil to verso, most arranged in small groups and contained in old envelopes with appropriate markings. Norman N Lewis (1919-2010) author of 'Nomads and Settlers in Syria and Jordan, 1800-1980', principal instructor at Middle East Centre for Arab Studies in Lebanon 1948-55. (Qty)
MANUSCRIPT: NOTES ON NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE: late 19th-early 20thc manuscript, approx 120pp neatly filled in blue and red ink, numerous diagrams and charts (some in coloured pencil), contained in square 8vo ruled commonplace book of period, original red morocco gilt label to upper board so titled, later labels to spine, light external wear else generally in very good condition. (1)
HARDY (Thomas): 'The Dynasts': 3 vols, 1 of 525 copies printed on large paper signed by the author, etched frontis portrait by Francis Dodd signed in pencil to lower margin, printed in red and black, original vellum backed boards with edges rough trimmed, spines dustsoiled and smudged, generally a very good set internally, printed at Chiswick Press for Macmillan & Co, 1927. (3)
MODERN ART: NASH (Paul): 'Paintings, Drawings & Illustrations...edited by Margaret Eates...' London, Lund Humphries, 1948: 4to, publishers green cloth with dustjacket, minor wear else VG: HITCHCOCK (Henry-Russell): 'In the Nature of Materials, 1887-1941..the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright..' New York, 1942: square 4to, publishers red cloth with dustjacket, some chips and wear but a good copy: GRASS (Gunter): 'Fundsachen fur Nichtleser...' Steidl, 1947: folio, VG in dustjacket: with extensive pencil inscription to Grass to title page, dated Gottingen 5th Feb 1999: together with a large carton of other modern art reference, some signed, generally in very good condition. (A box)
BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEK: 'Come and See the Royal Airforce at Home...Saturday 19th September 1953..': original col. litho poster by Ronn Langstaff pub. HMSO, approx 75 x 50cm, light toning and pinholes to corners else VG: together with a smaller format version printed on card, string hanger to top margin, plus 5 pencil draft drawings for posters advertising the same event, contained in old grey cloth folio of period, the artist's ink stamp inside front board. (7)
ALBUMS & MAPS: a box, to include: early 20thc photograph album of French scenes, including 'A street on the way to the Triana & Gypsy Quarters': album of well executed architectural sketches in ink and pencil, inside cover inscribed W H Bidlake, Birmingham Aug 1910: album of calligraphy, mid-19thc, oblong 4to in embossed gilt yellow card covers: 2 other late 19th-early 20thc family photograph albums: an early 19thc commonplace book: 4 early Ordnance Survey maps of East Anglia, plus a bundle of misc. vintage press photographs. (A carton)
WORLD WAR II ESCAPE PLAN: 'Sectional Drawing of Escape Tunnel - Harry...': pencil drawn cross section showing POW camp buildings and tunnel beneath ground, associated ventilation shafts and tunnel network, points of interest noted in blue ink, no date or details of artist, backed onto yellow card, some creasing and stain upper left, approx 21 x 34cm. (1)
FRANCIS FRY: BIBLE IN ENGLISH: 'The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments.. newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised...', Edinburgh, printed by Andrew Anderson, 1676: small 8vo, contemporary black morocco gilt, aeg, rubbed, old facsimile title page, front pastedown with manuscript label by bibliographer Francis Fry, stating...'this is a very rare edition by Anderson. The title is a very exact facsimile from my copy. This copy belonged to the late celebrated James Lenox New York, the pencil writing on the flyleafs by him...'. (1)
Ôban. Series: Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue. Title: 17. Yui, Satta tôge oya shirazu. Cliff view. Signed: Hiroshige hitsu. Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô. Censor: aratame. Date: 7/1855.Good impression, colours somewhat faded, toned margins, pencil marks in margin from framer, upper corners mounted onto mat, framed
A 19th century full length profile portrait silhouette of a gentleman, wearing a top hat and holding an umbrella, part family tree ink inscription verso for the Rushton family, later inscribed 'Silhouette by Nxxxx Saloon of xxxx, 38 Bold street, Liverpool 1837', 24 x 15cm; a 19th century watercolour half length portrait of a gentleman in profile, mounted oval, indistinctly inscribed in pencil verso 13 x 11cm; and three 19th century portraits of two gentlemen and a young boyQty: 5
An early 20th century Tiffany & Co 14K yellow gold telescopic roller/ propelling pencil combination. The square section body extending to reveal Imperial increments up to twelve inches. The body engraved for the former owner A. Waugh. Now with a fancy link yellow metal retaining chain. 29.5.8 grams gross weight. 11.5 cm closed 32 cm long extended.
A late 19th century silver aide-mémoire dress purse on chain; the central cartouche engraved with a 'EE' within vertical engine turning and a foliate-style border, the reverse of the case similarly engraved with a double monogram and opening to reveal hand-stitched dark mustard-coloured leather interior with a rectangular mirror to the underside of the lid, small pencil and various interior compartments, the interior of the purse marked 'Sterling' (the purse 9.5cm x 7cm)
The Royal Red Cross and Mons Star medal group awarded to Beatrice Jane Tanner (1879-1966) of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service, together with her wartime diary, gold identity bracelet and associated badges. 1. The Royal Red Cross - First Class (1919 New Year’s Honours) in its Garrard & Co case. 2. 1914 Star (MISS. B.J. TANNER Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.), the British War and Victory Medals (SISTER B.J. TANNER), and the Defence Medal. The four mounted-for-wear and in a J.R. Gaunt case. The miniatures of all five of the above, in their J.R. Gaunt box. Complete with ribbon bars and the silver insignia of the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. (cape badge) by Carrington & Co. 3. The 1914-1916 diary, in two parts: transcripts and original. The 14-page typewritten transcript begins on the day war was declared, ‘Aug 4th - I received a letter telling me to hold myself in readiness to be called up at any minute.’ (Twelve days later she was in France.) It ends on March 15 1915 ‘The Canadian sisters came here to help each morning and evening until their own hospital is ready’. Pages 1-14 can be viewed at the Royal College of Nursing website: www.rcn.org.uk/servicescrapbooks/beatrice-tanner/transcript . The original diary - 9 leaves in pencil recording March 19th 1915 to October 20th 1916. Also a two-leaf brief memorandum of 1918-1920 in ink.. 4. The recipient’s 9-carat gold identity bracelet engraved ‘Beatrice Tanner - Catsfield Place, Battle’ and the reverse ‘EKAB 167-3’. The eight badges comprise: her two dog-tags; silver General Nursing Council for England and Wales (engraved B. J. Tanner 57654); St. John Ambulance Association (engraved Beatrice Tanner 57654); honorary life membership of the British Red Cross (some enamel away); W.V.S. Civil Defence; Women’s Land Army; British Legion.
George, 2nd Earl Haig (British 1918-2009) - Gondoliers on a Venetian canal. Signed pencil, watercolour & gouache, 14 ½ x 21 ¾ ins (38 55 cms).(CONDITION REPORT: Condition good)This belonged to good old client who is well know to us and had a personal involvement with the artist. It has been in private hands for many years. Condition is very good, presents well and the watercolour is behind glass. No condition issues noted although being super critical in the top left hand corner you can just make out the imprint of Winsor & Newton within the paper. No problem with the condition overall, very good condition
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