Charlie Chaplin 8 mm film Between Showers
Capitol Films Charlie Chaplin film from Capital Films. 8mm B/W 50ft 16fps. A cine film 'Between Showers'. "A buxom gal, Two Goofy Guys and a Gamp, have a hit and run misunderstanding in the park". The reel is contained in the original illustrated box- $96
- $96
Laurel & Hardy 8 mm film The Hotel Doormen
Capitol Films Laurel & Hardy film from Capital Films. World's Greatest Comedy Team, 8mm B/W 50ft 16fps. A cine film The Hotel Doormen (Double Whoopee). "When a lady loses her skirt at the Ritz, Ollie covers up, at Stan's expense." The reel is contained in the original illustrated box- $96
- $96
Signature on slip
Kelly, Deacon Leo Three signatures on slips by the black American boxer who visited New Zealand in December 1936."The Fighting Deacon Leo Kelly. Best wishes to you (Leo). 8/12/36" Includes a newspaper photo with his signature and two press cuttings. Kelly won both his fights in New Zealand, in the Auckland Town Hall. 12.5 x 9 cm- $51
- $51
Novels of George Eliot
ELIOT, George 7 vols. Original green half oasis morocco, top edge gilt. Uncut. Contains the following works: Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, Ramola, Felix Halt, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Scenes of Clerical Life. Fine contemporary art nouveau binding. An extremely handsome set.- $1,794
- $1,794
Photograph of General Stonewall Jackson
Jackson,Stonewall Original carte de visite with a photograph of General Stonewall Jackson, taken in the early 1860s. From the studio of C. B. Walker. Pembridge Villas Bayswater W. This could be a drawing of a studio portrait as was the practice of this photographer in the 1860s. Jackson was one of the leading generals in the confederate army, dying of pneumonia after being shot by Confederate pickets in 1863. 6 x 10.5 cm Extremely rare photographic tiem.- $416
- $416
King George IV autograph
George IV Slip with hand-written signature of King George IV, dated April 1820. George (1762-1830) ascended the throne in this year following the death of his fatherGeorge III in January. Top section of a black margined paper headed 'The Word for April 1820' and the start of a court schedule with headings Days, Court, City.A rubber stamp on verso shows through in a pale form, but not disfiguring the signature. 24 x 95 cm.- $609
- $609
Alexandri Tralliani medici absolutissimi libri duodecim, Razae de Pestilentia libellus
Alexandro Talliano Medicine pp 662. Original calf, without titlepage,but the publishers device laiddown instead. very early repairs to spine, front board detached and the binding such that text block is split in half, but repairable. A Latin translation of the 12 books of Traliano's Therapeutika and his book on Pestilence, or the Plague. Published by Remigius Guedon, the German publisher of Henry VIII's time. The dedication by Guedon the publisher is to Thomas Cranmer (d.1556), Archbishop of Canterbury.Talliano (Alexander of Tralles; Alessandro di Tralles) was the 6th C Greek physician with modern views on causes of disease, particularly from worms, the plague and similar diseases. The influential book, with index, comprises most of Talliano's work on the causes and treatments of diseases. A title page'is laid down on the first leaf with publisher's device, dated 1547. An early and important, rare medical text. Enquiries welcome.- $4,854
- $4,854
Le Spectacle de la Nature ou Entretiens sur les Particularites de l Histoire Naturelle
Pluche, Noel Antoine 6 of 7? volumes published 1744-1746, 172 plates. Full contemporary calf, gilt on spine with paper red labels, minor wear as expected from such an early edition. The classic work from the French theologian and philosopher Pluche, which was first published in French from 1732 onwards. The fine plates, most folding, cover plant species, rocks, animals, fishes, birds, mechanical and scientific devices, architectural models, and maps. Of particular interest is a folding map of the world showing western and eastern hemispheres including an incomplete outline of Australia with a trace of Tasmania, and no outline of New Zealand. An unusually early set of this classic work.- $1,029
- $1,029
The Naturalist’s Pocket Book; or Compleat Cabinet of Nature
Harrison Vol 7 of the series with 43 hand-coloured plates of flowers, birds, animals, moths, butterflies and reptiles, from a wide range of countries. The series was published by Harrison at the turn of the 19th C, all with beautiful full coloured plates of flora and fauna from around the world. Descriptions are comprehensive, 2-4 leaves for each example, with reference to authorities such as Edwards, Buffon, Forster and many others. No title page. and loosely contained in original roan boards with matching spine. Disbound but containing the fine plates in excellent condition.- $318
- $318
TLS
Lawson, Will Typed signed letter from t Will Lawson, signed in pencil, dated Feb 20, 1945, addressed from Sydney. Lawson was the popular Australian bush poet and writer. He writes about English publishers, ‘robbers’, and the local writers give Harrap from England a hard time at a meeting he attended in Sydney. 'God, what fools the English think we are.' Lawlor was a prominent mid-century journalist, writer and book collector. 20 x 25 cm.- $51
- $51
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote De La Mancha.
CERVANTES, Miguel De 6 volumes, 12mo. Publishing date 1797 - 1798. Full original mottled calf. 2 title spine labels are faded.Illustrated with descriptive engravings. A very good set in contemporary binding of a rare Spanish edition. Personal copy of Colonel Sir William Robe, with his signature on each title page: "Wm. Robe, R. Artillery, Madrid, August 1812". This was the year in the Napoleonic Peninsular War that the allied armies defeated the French at Salamanca, and took Madrid. Robe commanded the Royal Artillery on their entry into Madrid following the victory at Salamanca in July 1812. On the verso of the title page of Vol.1, Robe has written in ink, a poem with a clever take on his name: An Old Soldier's Wish Let me be Robed as here I write True courage's scarlet hue, Virtue and Honor's purest White, And loyalty's true Blue. Let mental improvement for lace on it shine And Me have the right to say That Robe is Mine.- $4,482
- $4,482
Signature on slip
Hicks, Helen Signed slip ‘Helen Hicks’. Plus a press cutting of a photograph from 7 August 1936 with Hicks and the other notable golfers Gene Sarazen and James Ferrier. Hicks (1911-1974) was a notable American golfer in the 1930s and 40s, and cofounder of the LGPA in 1950. 13 x 9 cm.- $45
- $45
Signature on slip
Herbert, Sidney Signed slip “Sidney Herbert”. The Rt Hon Sidney Herbert (later 1st Baron Herbert of Lea), MP for South Wiltshire, was Secretary of War at various times in the administrations of Robert Peel in 1845, then during the Crimean War in 1852-1854, and again in 1859 until retiring from ill health in 1861. He was a close friend and confidante of Florence Nightingale. 5 x 10.5 cm- $35
- $35
Signatures on slips, wrestlers
McReady, Earl; Raines, Dick Two signed slips, pencil, from North American wrestlers of the 1940s and 50s. Earl McReady (1905-1983) was a Canadian Olympic wrestler ‘Yours for sport. Earl McReady, Canada, July 4 1940; Dick Raines (1911-1979) was known as Dirty Dick Raines, infamous for having been disqualified over a thousand times. ‘Best Regards from Dick Raines’. Both slips 15 x 11.5 cm.- $77
- $77
Foveaux Strait and South Id., New Zealand Middle and South Islands 1850-1851
Admiralty Hydrographic Office Original survey map of the southern coast of the Middle (South) Island, Foveaux Strait, and Stewart Island. Inset of the Snares. The map shows soundings, the survey based on that of Capt. Stokes and Commander Richards on the Acheron, in the years 1850 to 1851. Heavy card surrounded by linen beading stitched on. Closed tear near bottom of map without visual damage. 67 x 101 cm. Fine item showing the survey soundings and geographic features.- $294
- $294
Signatures on slips
Four signed slips from dance band leaders of the 1930s. These include Les Allen, popular radio singer and leader of the Canadian Bachelors Dance Band; Ray Noble, a British band leader along with a press cutting about his band’s appearance in the Rockefeller Centre NY; Billy Cotton, English band leader; Jack Harris, director of Embassy Orchestras USA, with a typed letter from his secretary dated 12.10.36.
Pausanias, ou Voyage Historique de La Grece, traduit en Francois. Avec es Remarques.
2 vols. Frontispiece vol 1, 3 folding maps of Greece showing various details, including Asiatic Greece, 2 folding plates of battle fields. Contemporary full calf, gilt spine, red and black labels, minor wear. Early French translation by the 18th century French translator Nicholas Gedoyn. of the classic work of the 2nd century AD Greek geographer Pausanias.
A New View of london; Or and Ample Account Of That City.
Vol. 1 only. pp. [34], xlii, 352. Frontispiece of 'Arms', folding table, account of 'Wards'. Contemporary blind-stamped boards, later but neatly matching spine. Vol I covers Section I (names of streets, squares etc) and part of Section II (up to and including St Martin in the Fields). Hatton (1664-1733) was a London surveyor for a fire insurance company and published this work of 8 Sections in 2 vols in 1708. His other publications were on business subjects covered included arithmetic, book-keeping, trading practices and model business letters. This is the first and very important publication on post-Great Fire London streets, squares, lanes, markets, courts, alleys, rows, rents, yards, inns churches, etc., plus general information. A handsome copy of this rare work. A Practical Treatise Of Husbandry: Wherein Are Contained Many Useful And Valuable Experiments And Observations
pp. xxiv, 492, [8 – index & booklist] 6 plates (some folding). Original full calf, gilt decoration on spine (which shows some rubbing, and wear to foot of spine and upper left corner). Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was a physician and botanist, who on inheriting his father's estate, turned it into a model farm, experimenting in horticulture, agriculture and forestry. He was a pioneering experimentalist in plant physiology, nutrition and pathology. After a trip to England, Duhamel published, in 1750, a Traite de la Culture des Terres according to the principles of Jethro Tull, through which he introduced English agricultural technological innovations. He published a new edition, considerably increased, in six volumes between 1753 and 1761 and the Elements d'Agriculture, in 1762, which was an introduction ot the rudiments of agriculture, encompassing his thoughts and the new ideas coming particularly from England. This translation by John Gill from "Traite de la Culture des Terres," is in 4 parts on agriculture in general, experiments in new husbandry, cropping, and agricultural instruments. A very good copy of the important first edition with wide margins and original binding, and interesting fold out plates of agricultural equipment.