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27 November 2018 | starting at 13:00 GMT
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SCHUMANN (ROBERT) Autograph draft of the Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for piano, op.12, comprising ʻAufschwung' ('Soaring') in F minor, 'Warum?' ('Why?') in D flat major, 'Grillen' ('Whims') in D flat major, 'In der Nacht' ('In the Night') in F minor, ʻTraumes Wirren' ('Dream's Confusions') in F major and ʻEnde vom Lied' ('End of the Song') in F major; Leipzig, completed 8 July and presented on 7 August 1837SCHUMANN (ROBERT) Autograph draft of the Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for piano, op.12, comprising ʻAufschwung' ('Soaring') in F minor, 'Warum?' ('Why?') in D flat major, 'Grillen' ('Whims') in D flat major, 'In der Nacht' ('In the Night') in F minor, ʻTraumes Wirren' ('Dream's Confusions') in F major and ʻEnde vom Lied' ('End of the Song') in F major; Leipzig, completed 8 July and presented on 7 August 1837. Sold for £224,750 inc. premium
GOULD (JOHN) A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, by the Author, [1849]-1861GOULD (JOHN) A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, by the Author, [1849]-1861. Sold for £47,500 inc. premium
SPEED (JOHN) The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain, Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles Adjoynining..., Together with a Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, Viz. Asia, Africa, Europe, America. 5 parts in 1 vol., Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676SPEED (JOHN) The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain, Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles Adjoynining..., Together with a Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, Viz. Asia, Africa, Europe, America. 5 parts in 1 vol., Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676. Sold for £35,000 inc. premium
ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPT Miracles of Mary, and other texts in Ge'ez, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Ethiopia, 17th century]ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPT Miracles of Mary, and other texts in Ge'ez, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Ethiopia, 17th century]. Sold for £22,500 inc. premium
FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Jonathan Cape, [1953]FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, Jonathan Cape, [1953]. Sold for £18,750 inc. premium
NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS) Nederlandsche Vogelen, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770-1829NOZEMAN (CORNELIUS) Nederlandsche Vogelen, 5 vol., FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770-1829. Sold for £15,000 inc. premium
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, George Allen & Unwin, [1937]. Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
SALT PRINTS, DAGUERREOTYPES, CARTE-DE-VISITES - COLLECTION A large collection of nineteenth century photographs, comprising approximately 25 daguerreotypes (18 cased, most single figures, one a couple with baby, a couple tinted), upwards of 290 carte-de-vistes or cabinet cards by numerous mostly British photographers, some mounted on card, various sizes, mostly nineteenth century (quantity)SALT PRINTS, DAGUERREOTYPES, CARTE-DE-VISITES - COLLECTION A large collection of nineteenth century photographs, comprising approximately 25 daguerreotypes (18 cased, most single figures, one a couple with baby, a couple tinted), upwards of 290 carte-de-vistes or cabinet cards by numerous mostly British photographers, some mounted on card, various sizes, mostly nineteenth century (quantity). Sold for £4,000 inc. premium

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ALBUMS Two good nineteenth century albums, relating to the family and friends of botanist Miles Joseph Berkeley, with botanical, topographical and imaginative views, [c.1825-1836, and 1850s]
AMERICA - WAR OF INDEPENDENCE DONKIN (MAJOR R.) Military Collections and Remarks, FIRST EDITION, New York, H. Gaine, 1777
AMERICA TAYLOR (ZACHARY) Document signed ("Z. Taylor"), counter-signed by Thomas Ewing Sr., Secretary of the Interior, appointing Anthony Walke register of the land office at Chillicothe, Ohio; Washington, 8 October 1849
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BINDINGS Courtiers and Favourites of Royalty, 20 vol., "Astral edition", LIMITED TO 50 COPIES, Paris, Societé des Bibliophiles, [c.1910]
BINDINGS DUMAS (ALEXANDRE) The Works, 40 vol., Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1893
BINDINGS FORESTER (C.S.) [Hornblower Series], 10. vol., FIRST EDITIONS, Michael Joseph, 1937-1962
BINDINGS GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON) Faust. A Tragedy... Translated by Bayard Taylor, 4 vol., NUMBER 318 OF 650 LARGE PAPER COPIES, New York, 1906; and another edition, illustrated by Harry Clarke
BINDINGS STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) The Works, Edinburgh Edition, 28 vol., number 376 of 1,035 copies, with the final line of an autograph letter SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR tipped-into volume 1, appendix volume 28 with tipped-in chapbooks as issued, Edinburgh, T. & A. Constable for Longmans etc., 1894-1898; The Letters... by Sidney Colvin, 2 vol., Methuen, 1899; The Life... by Graham Balfour, 2 vol., Methuen 1901, together 32 vol., 8vo (32)
BINDINGS The International Library of Famous Literature, 20 vol., New York, Merrill and Baker, 1898
CHURCHILL, PARNELL AND IRISH INDEPENDENCE Autograph album kept by Mary Lizzie Burgess, signed and inscribed to her by Charles Stewart Parnell (20 December 1889) and on the same page in 1891, soon after his death, by his widow Katie O'Shea; later signed in 1960, at Miss Burgess's request, by Winston Churchill (with accompanying correspondence); 1889-1960
CIVIL WAR - BLOODY GAME AT CARDS The Bloody Game at Cards. As it was Played Betwixt the King of Hearts and the rest of his Suite, Shuffled at London, Cut at Westminster, Dealt at Yorke, and Plaid in the open field..., [1643]
COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT Collection of cookery and household recipes, compiled by members the Landor family of Rugeley, Staffordshire, together with material from the associated Lyttleton family of Studley Castle, Warwickshire, comprising loose recipes and five recipe books
COOKERY GOEIMARE (JOOS) Fine large view of the interior of a lavishly stocked kitchen, bustling with activity, a roaring fire, the walls and tables abundant with foodstuffs (meats, fish, vegetables and fruits), plate and utensils, [Venice, c.1650-1687]
COOKERY Book of culinary and household recipes kept in several hands, predominantly of the early nineteenth century, most giving the source of the recipe ("Mrs Cross" etc.), c.1800-1840
COTMAN (JOHN SELL) Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk; Specimens of Norman and Gothic Remains in Norfolk; Specimens of Castellated and Ecclesiastical Remains in Norfolk, 3 parts (of 5) in 1 vol., 1838; and 7 others including Hannah Turner's 'Sixty Portraits', one of only 20 copies
CRICKET WISDEN (JOHN) Cricketer's Almanack, a collection of 86 volumes, comprising nos. 32, 38, 40-42, 47-52 and 58-132, [1895-1995]; and 23 others, facsimile editions of volumes 16, 22, 24-27, 29-35, 39, 45-46 and 53, and duplicate copies of volumes 40, 89, 92, 115-117, sold as a periodical not subject to return (109)
EDWARD IV Document signed ("RE" at head), in Latin, licensing Alain de la Motte, Vice Admiral of Brittany ("Alani Delamtoe viceadmiralli Britannie"), his factors or deputies to convey for a period of one year on a certain ship called "Langevyne de Saint Malou" from the ports of Brittany eighty barrels or less of Gascon wines, Westminster, 1 December 1474
ETHIOPIAN MANUSCRIPT Miracles of Mary, and other texts in Ge'ez, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Ethiopia, 17th century]
GEORGE V AND EDWARD VIII Collection of thirteen royal signed photographs, including a signed cabinet photograph of the future George V ("George") and his elder brother Albert Victor ("Eddy"), dated by George 1897, showing them as cadets on board the training ship HMS Britannia; and others
HOGARTH (WILLIAM) The Works... from the Original Plates Restored by James Heath... With the Addition of Many Subjects Not Before Collected, Baldwin and Cradock, [c.1835]
INDIA – CUBBON OF BANGALORE Series of some 220 autograph letters signed by Lieutenant-General Sir Mark Cubbon, written while Sole Commissioner (effectively sole ruler) of the Indian province of Mysore and its newly-established capital, Bangalore, Bangalore, Nundydroog (Nandi Hills), and elsewhere, 1834-1861
INFANT'S CABINET OF FLOWERS The Infant's Cabinet of Flowers, J. Marshall, 21 April, 1801
JENKINS (JOHN) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, J. Jenkins, [1815, text watermarked 1815, plates watermarked 1834]
JENKINS (JOHN) The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, from the Year 1793 to 1817, J. Jenkins, by L. Harrison, [1816-17, plates watermarked 1831]
JONES (OWEN) The Grammar of Ornament, FIRST EDITION, folio (470 x 285mm.), early nineteenth century (2)
JONES (OWEN) Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections, FIRST EDITION, S. and T. Gilbert, 1867
METAL WORK - PATTERN BOOKS Designs for Gates. Ornamental Iron Work, or Designs in the Present Time for Fan-lights, Stair-case-railing... Palisades, & Gates, William Pickering, 1836 (3)
PÜCHLER (JOHANN MICHAEL) Ecce Homo; Virgin Mary, A PAIR OF PEN AND INK MICROGRAPHIC, ON VELLUM, [c.1700] (2)
SCHUMANN (ROBERT) Autograph draft of the Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for piano, op.12, comprising ʻAufschwung' ('Soaring') in F minor, 'Warum?' ('Why?') in D flat major, 'Grillen' ('Whims') in D flat major, 'In der Nacht' ('In the Night') in F minor, ʻTraumes Wirren' ('Dream's Confusions') in F major and ʻEnde vom Lied' ('End of the Song') in F major; Leipzig, completed 8 July and presented on 7 August 1837
SHOE AND JEWELLERY DESIGNS Album containing approximately 165 designs for ladies' court shoes and high heels with myriad varying decorations, [probably Germany, 1950s] (2)
STUCK (FRANZ) Autograph presentation vignette drawing of his Medusa head, executed in black ink over pencil, the staring eyes heightened in light brown wash, lettered in Secessionist script below "MEDUSA", Munich, October 1892
TATHAM (CHARLES HEATHCOTE) Designs for Ornamental Plate, Many of Which Have Been Executed in Silver from Original Drawings, FIRST EDITION, Thomas Gardiner, 1806
THOMAS (WILLIAM) Original Designs in Architecture, FIRST EDITION, for the Author 1783
VICTORIA, RUSSIA AND THE ROYAL FAMILY Album of decorative Christmas and New Year cards kept by Miss M. Hope Robson, governess to the children of Louise Margaret Duchess of Connaught (in India) and Princess Victoria of Battenberg, mostly 1890s
VICTORIA'S PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION Collection of portrait photographs, evidently assembled and arranged by the Queen herself, with captions written on mounts, cut and pasted below (as usual in albums of the period), the majority in the Queen's hand, in the original red morocco gilt photograph box
WOBURN ABBEY MARBLES [CORBOULD (HENRY) AND JOHN RUSSELL, Sixth Duke of Bedford] Outline Engravings and Descriptions of the Woburn Abbey Marbles, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "From the Duke of Bedford" on the front free endpaper, [London, Printed by William Nicol], 1822
WORLD WAR I - RUHLEBEN PRISON CAMP A good collection of 76 postcards (75 real photographs, one original watercolour of a building facade), all depicting Ruhleben camp buildings, inmates, theatrical groups, and life, formed by prisoner of war camp inmate George Muffin, [c.1914-1918] (collection)
WORLD WAR II - HESS IN RENFREWSHIRE Fire Record Book of the Firemaster at No 1 Darnley Station, Renfrew, kept by James Whitelaw, Watchroom Attendant, on behalf of Firemaster Charles Angus, beginning on 10 January 1939 and running until 9 November 1948, No 1 Darnley Station, Renfrew, 10 January 1940 to 9 November 1948, 'MESSERSCHMIDT 110, TWIN ENGINE MONOPLANE FIGHTER, AIRCRAFT PARTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE... THE PILOT DEPUTY FUERHRER, RUDOLPH HESS'
WORLD WAR II - HOLOCAUST The German Extermination Camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. Two Eye-witness Accounts, Washington D.C., War Refugee Board, November, 1944
BRISTOL Pair of albums "Presented to the Rev. Robert Vaughan Pryce... by his father George Pryce, F.S.A. on his Birthday, December 15, 1866", 1832-1865 (2)
BRUNEL (ISAMBARD KINGDOM) HOWLETT (ROBERT) Isambard Kingdom Brunel at the Launching of the Great Eastern, 1857
DANCE Album of 66 albumen prints of ballet dancers, by "La Photographie Nouvelle, (Procédé H. Mairet)", [c.1890]
LONDON - GREENWICH View of Greenwich, looking north from the park above the Queen's House and the Old Royal Naval College, across the Thames to the Isle of Dogs and docks, [1860s]
LONDON - KENSINGTON Album containing 87 photographs, some of Kensington taken by Dr. Arthur Roberts of Kensington, [1860s-70s]
MARZONI (ERMETE) Collection of approximately 100 photographs mostly by Marzoni but a few by Guglielmo Coluzzi and other Italian photographers, 1950s-70s
MOON PHOTOGRAPHY RUTHERFURD (LEWIS MORRIS) Three views of the Moon, all with some toning (4)
SALT PRINTS, DAGUERREOTYPES, CARTE-DE-VISITES - COLLECTION A large collection of nineteenth century photographs, comprising approximately 25 daguerreotypes (18 cased, most single figures, one a couple with baby, a couple tinted), upwards of 290 carte-de-vistes or cabinet cards by numerous mostly British photographers, some mounted on card, various sizes, mostly nineteenth century (quantity)
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