The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 122mm.), 2 mounted photographic portrait frontispieces, 2 folding lithographed maps, original decorated brown cloth, patterned endpapers, joints rubbed, spines bumped and darkened

to the central african lakes and back: the narrative of the royal geographical society’s east central african expedition, 1878-80. london: sampson low [&c.], 1881

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (220 x 138mm.), half-title, 2 folding coloured lithographed maps, 15 wood-engraved plates, original pictorial dark green cloth gilt, black endpapers, offsetting and small tears to maps, hinges starting, slightly rubbed

through masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of eastern equatorial africa. london: sampson low [&c.], 1885

thomson, joseph john

captain anstruther- thomson on rainbow

thomson, joseph. to the central african lakes and back: the narrative of the royal...

thomson, joseph. through masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad...

thomson, joseph and e. harris-smith. ulu, an african romance. london: sampson low, etc....

thomson, joseph. travels in the atlas and southern morocco. london: george philip &...

Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939 The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 4, Q-Z

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo (220 x 138mm.), xii, 584pp., 2 folding coloured lithographed maps, 15 wood-engraved plates, original pictorial dark green cloth, black endpapers, slipcase

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (190 x 125mm.), (vol.1) xxiv, 320pp.; (vol.2) viii, 324pp., 32pp. adverts, 2 mounted photographic portrait frontispieces, 2 folding lithographed maps, original decorated brown cloth, patterned endpapers, vol.2 binding slightly mottled

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Joseph Haydn Die Jahreszeiten nach Thomson, in Musik gesezt von Joseph Haydn. Partitur…Originalausgabe [full score], Leipzig: Bey Breitkopf & Härtel [1802] FIRST EDITION, in two volumes, 496 pages in all, large folio (33.5 x 25cm), type-set music, engraved title, vignette of the four seasons by W.Böhm after G.V. Kininger, subscribers’ list, inscribed by Albi Rosenthal on the inside front cover and by owner on flyleaf ("Dr Grünberg"), contemporary blue boards, slipcase, some painting and repairs to edges of boards Among the subscribers to this edition of The Seasons were Forkel, Hummel, Pleyel and many other great musicians of the age. The Seasons was the second of the two great oratorios of Haydn’s old age. Both The Creation and The Seasons owe a good deal to Haydn’s two visits to England in the 1790s, where he was exposed to the native tradition of vernacular oratorio where Handel’s works reigned supreme. Both have their basis in English texts, Milton’s Paradise Lost in the case of The Creation and James Thompson’s eponymous poem as regards The Seasons. Haydn’s friend Baron Gottfried van Swieten translated both poems. LITERATURE: Hoboken XXI:3; RISM H 2542 PROVENANCE: Otto Haas

View 1 of Lot 20: J. Haydn. First edition of the full score of "The Seasons", 1802

j. haydn. first edition of the full score of "the seasons", 1802

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Composers Collection of printed first and early editions of works including by: Ludwig van Beethoven. Grand Quatuor En Ut dièze mineur pour deux Violons Alto et Violoncelle…Oeuvre 131 [parts], Mainz and Paris: chez les fils de B. Schott; Anvers: chez A. Schott, no date, 13, 13, 13, 13 pages, folio, priced at “4 fl. 30 kr.”, disbound, modern folder and slipcase, browning; George Frideric Handel. Israel in Egypt [Arnold edition], 282, [2] pages, folio, modern blue morocco-backed folding box, contemporary binding, rebacked); Joseph Haydn. Die Jahreszeiten nach Thomson…Originalausgabe [full score], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1802], FIRST EDITION, 496 pages, folio, typeset music, ownership and publisher stamps, red morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe;---Die Schöpfung Oratorium [vocal score], Berlin: Challier, [c. 1840], 120 pages, oblong 4to, original wrappers, some spotting and staining; Gioacchino Rossini. Guillaume Tell Opéra en quatre actes [full score], Paris: Troupenas; London: Goulding & D’Almaine; Mainz and Anvers: les fils de B. Schott, 2 volumes, 837 pages, folio, engraved music, plate number 347, priced at 400 francs, nineteenth-century quarter calf, some spotting; Jean Sibelius. Sånger Lieder [3 songs including ‘Svarta rosor’], Leipzig etc.: Breitkopf & Härtel, no date, 11 pages, folio, with annotations by Granville Bantock?, publisher’s printed wrappers, old repair to pp.3/4, wrappers worn, small excision to upper wrapper; Igor Stravinsky. Pastorale pour chant et piano, Moscow-Leipzig: Jurgenson, [1910], FIRST EDITION, 5 pages, folio, plate number 34546, publisher’s printed wrappers, browning to wrappers, splitting at spine;---Cinq pièces faciles pour piano à quatre mains, Geneva: Henn, 1917, FIRST EDITION, 19 pages, small oblong 4to, publisher’s printed wrappers, browning and a few small tears to wrappers;---Pétrouchka…Réduction pour piano à quatre mains par l’auteur, Berlin-Moscow-St. Petersburg: Édition Russe, [no date], 84 pages, folio, later manuscript annotations, publisher’s printed wrappers, modern cloth folding box; Olivier Messiaen. Saint François d’Assise…1er […8e] Tableau, Paris: Alphonse Leduc, [1991], 8 volumes, 125, 83, 176, 199, 165, 364, 136, 202 pages, large folio (440 x 310 mm), publisher’s printed wrappers, slipcases; and three manuscript volumes of arias, songs and other works, including by Winter, Mozart, Vogler, Gluck, arranged for guitar and lute, over 300 pages in all, 4to, ownership inscription to one volume (“Charlotte Sophie Ihre”), original half calf, [c. late eighteenth-early nineteenth century] (c. 30 items in all) [together with:] John Playford. An introduction to the skill of musick: in three books…The Seventeenth Edition, London: William Pearson for John Sprint & Ben. Sprint, 1718 [RISM Écrits, p.659], 8vo, [8 leaves], 170, [1] pages, type-set music, some woodcut diagrams, dealer’s label (“Alfred Whittingham, dealer in Ancient and Modern Music…”) and ownership inscription ("J.H. Ramsbotham”) to front pastedown, eighteenth-century calf, rebacked, corners worn, browning and spotting

View 1 of Lot 41: Composers | Collection of printed first and early editions by Haydn, Stravinsky, and others, mostly nineteenth and twentieth century

composers | collection of printed first and early editions by haydn, stravinsky, and others, mostly nineteenth and twentieth century

Important Americana

the draped allegorical figures of Peace and Plenty, each carrying the symbols of olive branch and fruit-filled cornucopia respectively, garlands of flower in their hair, now with coat of garish paint; the figures chisel-gouge-carved on the back, some damages and losses.

the draped allegorical figures of Peace and Plenty, each carrying the symbols of olive branch and fruit-filled cornucopia respectively, garlands of flower in their hair, now with coat of garish paint; the figures chisel-gouge-carved on the back, some damages and losses. Together with a 1838 copy of The Life of Dexter, Embracing Sketches of the Eccentric Character by Samuel L. Knapp, published by G.N. Thomson, Boston, 1838; and 1954 reprint of Lord Timothy Dexter, A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. (4 pieces)

rare carved and painted pine architectural figures of peace and plenty, attributed to joseph wilson, newburyport, massachusetts

1) Variations pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 83, first edition, 11 pages, Vienna: Artaria, [1799], [Hob.XVII:6; RISM H 3997] 

1) Variations pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 83, first edition, 11 pages, Vienna: Artaria, [1799], [Hob.XVII:6; RISM H 3997] 2) Die Worte des Erloesers am Kreuze [score of the choral version of The Seven Last Words], first edition of the score, 112 pages, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1801], [Hob.XX:2; RISM H 2519]3) The Seasons...I [...II]...Die Jahreszeiten [score], first edition, 2 vols., 496 pages in all, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1802], [Hob.XXI:3; RISM H 2542], publisher's original printed wrappers4) Six Trios for two Violins and a Violoncello or a German Flute Violin and Violoncello...Op.XXXVIII [complete parts], first edition, 13, 13 and 7 pages, London, [1784], [Hob.IV:6-11; RISM H 3613] and c. 34 early editions, including: Simphonie periodique [parts] [Hob.I:35], Amsterdam, Hummel, [c.1774]; VI Quatour   Opera VII [Op.9] [parts], London: Longman, Lukey & Co., [1771], [Hob.III:19-24; RISM H 3446]; Six Sonatas for the Forte Piano or harpsichord...Opera XVII, London: Longman & Broderip, [1781], [Hob.XVI:35-39 and 20]; Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle...Oeuvre 32 [parts], [Op.20 nos.1,6,5], Vienna: Artaria, [1800], [Hob.III:31, 36 and 35; RISM H 3474]; together with: the Janet and Cotelle edition of the string quartets [parts, 4 volumes]; Oeuvres d'Haydn en partitions Simphonies (Paris, Pleyel, [no date]) [vols. 1, 2, 4]; A Selection of Original Scots Songs...Vol.II (London, Napier, [1792]); 4 manuscripts of works by Haydn, including a copy dated April 1821 of the Mass Hob.XXII:c1, apparently used in preparing Novello's edition of the work, possibly signed, inscribed and corrected by Latrobe; and also including Die Jahreszeiten Nach Thomson [word-book of The Seasons] (Vienna, J.B. Wallishausser, [no date])c.50 editions in all, various sizes, mostly disbound, some duplicates, some parts lacking, some gatherings loose or detached, Op.83 trimmed to plate, head of spine of 2) damaged with some paper loss throughout, some staining

collection of first and early editions

Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts

first edition, 116 pages, oblong 4to (c.27.5 x 35.5cms), type-set music, musical incipit on title, publisher's original grey wrappers ("Oeuvres de J. Haydn, Messe. No.3. en Partition"), modern half-calf box, some browning, backstrip slightly defective, but a good untrimmed copy overall, [Hoboken collection 1441]--A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs with introductory & concluding symphonies...by Haydn & Beethoven...Vol.5, first edition, London: Preston, [1818], early quarter calf, inscribed by the editor G. Thomson

messe à 4 voix, [the "nelson"  mass;  hob. xii/11], [full score], leipzig: breitkopf & härtel, [1803]

Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and others, preface by Edwin Pearson. Bickers and Son, [1871], 4to, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary red morocco gilt, some occasional spotting, binding rubbed--Thomson, David Croal. The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick. The Art Journal, 1882, folio, limited to 75 copies with the illustrations printed on india paper, this a PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO JOSEPH BOYD, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, later blue morocco, PURCHASED AT THE SALE OF THE BOYD COLLECTION OCT. 6 1892--Crawhall, Joseph. Chap-book Chaplets. Field and Tuer, 1883-1884, 4to, numerous wood-engraved illustrations coloured by hand, later half calf, original wrappers bound in (3) This lot contains 1 item(s).

bewick, thomas and joseph crawhall. three works with wood-engraved illustrations by thomas bewick and joseph crawhall

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

WITHERS, ALEXANDER S. CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE, OR A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES, OF NORTH-WESTERN VIRGINIA: AND OF THE INDIAN WARS AND MASSACRES, IN THAT SECTION OF THE STATE. CLARKSBURG, VIRGINIA: JOSEPH ISRAEL, 1831 12mo (7 x 4 1/4 in.; 178 x 108 mm). Advertisement at end; scattered foxing and browning. Contemporary calf, leather label on spine, edges stained yellow; wear and scuffing. First edition. Complete without the four-page list of contents, which was printed later and is found inserted in some copies. "One of the more circumstantial and gory compilations of Indian warfare" (Streeter). LITERATURE: Ayer 338; Field 1690; Howes W 601; SAbin 104928; Streeter 1107; Thomson 1257 PROVENANCE: James Elden (early signature) — Frank T. Siebert (acquired Wessen 1944; offered in his sale, but unsold, Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1999, lot 984)

withers, alexander s. chronicles of border warfare. clarksburg, virginia, 1831.

Braddock's Expedition — Captain Robert Orme

Braddock's Expedition — Captain Robert Orme [Six Plans of the Different Dispositions of the English Army Under the Command of the late General Braddock in North America. London: Thomas Jefferys, circa 1758] Overall 5 engravings and 1 photozincographic facsimile (sheet size: 460 x 346 mm; plate mark: 336 x 218 mm, with minor variations); very occasional faint marginal toning or dustsoiling. Each matted and housed together in a folding cloth clamshell case. Comprising: A Map of the Country between Will's Creek & Monongahela River shewing the rout and Encampments of the English Army in 1755. Hand-colored engraving, plate unnumbered, containing 19 numbered references to the encampments, "place where the Battle was fought," indicated with a small illustration of crossed swords. — A Plan of the Line of March with the whole Baggage. Engraved plan with hand-colored troop positions, plate number I, containing 12 numbered references to Brigades of the Column. — A Plan of the disposition of the Advanced Party consisting of 400 Men to defend the Workers in making the Road. Engraved plan with hand-colored troop positions, plate number II. — A Plan of the Encampment of the Detachment from the little Meadows. Engraved plan with hand-colored troop positions, plate number IV, containing 10 lettered references. — A Plan of the Field of Battle and disposition of the Troops, as they were on the March at the time of the Attack on the 9th of July 1755. Engraved plan with hand-colored troop positions, plate number V, containing 1 numbered and 21 lettered reference. — [With] A Plan of the Field of Battle and disposition of the Troops, as the were on the March at the time of the Attack on the 9th of July 1755. Photozincographic facsimile on laid paper, with hand-colored troop positions, plate number III. An "extremely rare" (Sabin) series of maps and battle plans from the disastrous Braddock expedition, where the young George Washington distinguished himself as Braddock's aide-de-camp The encroachments of France into Ohio Valley in 1752 prompted Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie to dispatch George Washington and a force of Virginia militia to construct a fort at the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers (present-day Pittsburgh). In February 1754, a superior French force overtook the partially constructed fort, with Washington and his troops retreating some sixty-five miles to Great Meadows. The French completed construction and renamed the stronghold Fort Duquesne, after the Marquis Duquesne, the governor-general of New France. Fearing that a French force would attack his position, Washington launched an assault on a small French force in the region. Surprising the French encampment with a larger force of Virginia soldiers and Seneca Indian warriors led by Tanacharison, the French surrendered after a short battle. Following the battle, Washington met with the French party’s commander Joseph Coulon de Jumonville to discuss terms; but at the meeting an Indian warrior, who some say was Tanacharison himself, attacked and killed the French commander. On hearing of Jumonville's death, a large French force attached Washington’s position at Great Meadows, forcing his surrender of Fort Necessity. Among the terms of surrender was the imprisonment of Captain Robert Stobo, a British officer under Washington, until Jumonville’s captured soldiers were released: they had been moved from Great Meadows prior to the battle. During his confinement at Fort Duquesne, Stobo studied the layout of the stronghold and was able to smuggle out to Washington a plan of the fort, along with a plan of attack. By that time, Major General Edward Braddock had arrived in Virginia and used Stobo’s manuscript plan as the basis for his expedition to take the fort. In the late spring of 1755, Braddock assembled his troops at Fort Cumberland. The considerable force of 2200 soldiers, principally Virginia militia, included George Washington, who served on Braddock’s staff. The expedition proceeded slowly across the difficult terrain of western Pennsylvania, and on 9 July 1755, Braddock’s force finally crossed the Monongahela, only to be ambushed by a detachment of French and Indian forces less than ten miles from Fort Duquesne. Although the British and Virginia soldiers outnumbered their opponents, they were quickly overwhelmed. Washington would later write that Braddock’s forces, “by the usual Halooing and whooping of the enemy, whom they could not see, were so disconcerted and confused as soon to fall into irretrievable disorder. A general panic took place among the Troops from which no exertions of the Officers could recover them.” During the battle, Braddock would be mortally wounded and would be carried from the field by Washington. Seventy percent of the British force would be killed or wounded. During the battle, Washington would have two horses shot from under him and four bullets through his coat. This series of maps and battle plans, which depict the dispositions of the English Army under Braddock during the disastrous expedition, were drawn by Braddock’s aide-de-camp Captain Robert Orme, and was published by Jefferys in 1758 as a separate publication. Sabin writes: “This series of plans is extremely rare. I know of but two perfect copies.” Jefferys would reissue the plates a decade later in his General Topography of North America (where they appeared as plates 46-52). Orme’s original journal, with the original manuscripts of the maps, is located in the British Museum. Of the utmost rarity: this is the first set — in any degree of completion — to appear at auction since the 1967 Streeter Sale. REFERENCE: Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p. 269; Phillips, Geographical Atlases, 1196; Schwartz, French and Indian War, Figures 30-30F (citing the plans as extracted from Jeffery's 1768 General Topography of North America); Thomson 107 (as a separate publication by Jefferys in 1758); Sabin 7212; Streeter Sale 1021

View 1 of Lot 6: Braddock's Expedition | The Orme Maps; a rare series of maps and battle plans from the Braddock Expedition

braddock's expedition | the orme maps; a rare series of maps and battle plans from the braddock expedition

Books and Manuscripts, Medieval to Modern

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection Horatio, Viscount Nelson Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), to Emma Hamilton ("My dear Lady Hamilton"), on the depth of his love for her, complaining at the delay in setting forth ("...I am quite vexed not to have orders for compleating the San Jofes compliment of men, or to proceed to sea..."), dismissing his wife ("...She is a great fool and thank God You are not the least like her..."), and admitting his anxiety about her pregnancy by reference to "Mr Thomson", whose wife is ostensibly in Hamilton's care ("...poor man he is very anxious and begs you will if she is not able, write a line just to comfort him he appears to me to feel very much her situation..."), 2 pages, folio, integral autograph address leaf, [HMS San Josef, Plymouth Dock,] 25 January 1801, near-complete impression of Nelson's red wax seal impression, postal stamp, seal tear, nicks at edges, remains of guard, some toning "...where friendship is of so strong a cast as ours, it is no easy matter to shake it, mine is as fixed as mount Etna and as warm on the inside as that mountain..." A PASSIONATE LETTER WRITTEN TO LADY HAMILTON IN THE FINAL DAYS OF HER PREGNANCY. Nelson had been recalled to active service at the beginning of 1801, taking command of the San Josef (a ship that Nelson himself had captured from the Spanish at the Battle of Cape St Vincent). He was to spend the next two months in port, preparing for the campaign that would culminate with the Battle of Copenhagen. His departure brought about a crisis in his personal life: it was at this point that he broke conclusively from his wife; meanwhile Lady Hamilton was heavily pregnant with his child. The couple avoided writing directly of Emma's pregnancy by creating a fictional Mr Thomson, one of Nelson's crew, whose wife was in Emma Hamilton's care. Nelson wrote a torrent of letters to Emma Hamilton over these weeks (see also lots 151-153, 155), finding it very difficult to be apart from his lover as they became parents. Their daughter, Horatia, was born at Emma Hamilton's home in Piccadilly on 29 January. LITERATURE Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents, ed. M. Czisnik (2020), no. 62 PROVENANCE Thomas Joseph Pettigrew; Edwin Wolf, II; Christie's, London, 21 June 1989, lot 237

View 1 of Lot 150: Horatio, Viscount Nelson | Autograph letter signed, to Emma Hamilton, referring to her pregnancy, 25 January 1801

horatio, viscount nelson | autograph letter signed, to emma hamilton, referring to her pregnancy, 25 january 1801

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection Horatio, Viscount Nelson Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), to Emma Hamilton under a pseudonym ("My Dear Mrs Thomson"), on the desire of "Your good and dear friend", meaning himself, to marry her, asking her to "kiss and bless for him his dear little girl which he wishes to be called Emma out of gratitude to our dear good Lady Hamilton", but leaving her to decide the infant's name, and informing her that he has sent her £100, 3 pages, 8vo, integral address panel ("Mrs Thomson"), [HMS San Josef, Torbay, 3 February 1801], small seal tear not affecting text, splitting at folds, remains of guard "...Your good and dear friend does not think it proper to write with his own hand but he hopes that the time may not be far distant when he may be united forever to the Object of his wishes, his only only love, he swears before heaven that he will marry you as soon as it is possible which he fervently prays may be soon..." AN EXCEPTIONAL OUTPOURING OF LOVE ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD. Emma Hamilton had given birth four days previously, and this was one of the first letters written to her by Nelson after their child's birth. At the time Nelson was aboard ship making preparations for his expedition to the Baltic and the couple determined to disguise their most sensitive correspondence by the use of pseudonyms. Nelson claimed to be writing on behalf of a fictitious crewmember - Mr Thomson - whose pregnant wife was in the care of Lady Hamilton. The fiction did not bear much scrutiny and in some letters seems to have been treated by Nelson as little more than a joke (see next lot); for all his pride in public honour, he had little appetite for hiding his relationship with Emma, despite its obvious risk to his reputation. This letter has at its heart Nelson's impassioned desire to marry Emma Hamilton, a passionate call that overwhelms the would-be decorous fiction of "Mr and Mrs Thomson". Nelson had just made the final break with his wife, whilst Emma had come to an arrangement with her husband, but a marriage between the two of course remained impossible. This letter was dated by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. LITERATURE Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents, ed. M. Czisnik (2020), no. 70 PROVENANCE Edwin Wolf, 2nd; Christie's, London, 21 June 1989, lot 245; Christie's, London, 3 December 2003, lot 135

View 1 of Lot 151: Horatio, Viscount Nelson | Autograph letter signed, to Emma Hamilton, on his desire to marry her, 3 February 1801

horatio, viscount nelson | autograph letter signed, to emma hamilton, on his desire to marry her, 3 february 1801

Horatio, Viscount Nelson Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), to Emma Hamilton ("My dear Lady Hamilton"), on the depth of his love for her, complaining at the delay in setting forth ("...I am quite vexed not to have orders for compleating the San Josef compliment of men, or to proceed to sea..."), dismissing his wife ("...She is a great fool and thank God You are not the least like her..."), and admitting his anxiety about her pregnancy by reference to "Mr Thomson", whose wife is ostensibly in Hamilton's care ("...poor man he is very anxious and begs you will if she is not able, write a line just to comfort him he appears to me to feel very much her situation..."), 2 pages, folio, integral autograph address leaf, [HMS San Josef, Plymouth Dock,] 25 January 1801, near-complete impression of Nelson's red wax seal, postal stamp, seal tear, nicks at edges, remains of guard, some toning "...where friendship is of so strong a cast as ours, it is no easy matter to shake it, mine is as fixed as mount Etna and as warm on the inside as that mountain..." A PASSIONATE LETTER WRITTEN TO LADY HAMILTON IN THE FINAL DAYS OF HER PREGNANCY. Nelson had been recalled to active service at the beginning of 1801, taking command of the San Josef (a ship that Nelson himself had captured from the Spanish at the Battle of Cape St Vincent). He was to spend the next two months in port, preparing for the campaign that would culminate with the Battle of Copenhagen. His departure brought about a crisis in his personal life: it was at this point that he broke conclusively from his wife, whilst Lady Hamilton was heavily pregnant with his child. The couple avoided writing directly of Emma's pregnancy through the fictional "Mr Thomson", supposedly one of Nelson's crew, whose wife was in Emma Hamilton's care. Nelson wrote a torrent of letters to Emma Hamilton over these weeks, finding it very difficult to be apart from his lover as they became parents. Their daughter, Horatia, was born at Emma Hamilton's home in Piccadilly on 29 January. LITERATURE: Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents, ed. M. Czisnik (2020), no. 62 PROVENANCE: Thomas Joseph Pettigrew; Edwin Wolf, II; Christie's, London, 21 June 1989, lot 237

View 1 of Lot 349: Horatio, Viscount Nelson | Autograph letter signed, to Emma Hamilton, referring to her pregnancy, 25 January 1801

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection Vice Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), to Emma Hamilton, under a pseudonym ("Dear Mrs Thomson"), making arrangements for christening of their "adoptive" daughter, naming her Horatia, 2 pages, 8vo, integral autograph address leaf ("Mrs Thomson | N&B"), [HMS San Josef, Torbay, 5 February 1801], seal tear to address leaf not affecting text, remains of guard, nicks at edges This extraordinary letter forms part of the "Mrs Thomson" sequence, which attempted to disguise the true parentage of Horatia, Emma Hamilton and Nelson's daughter. Nelson here suggests to the fictitious "Mrs Thomson" that there should be an opportunity to christening her newborn before Nelson departs on his new command to the Baltic: "myself & Lady H. should be two of the sponsors, it can be Xtened at St George's Hanover Square and I believe the parents being at the time out of the Kingdom if it is necessary it can be stated born at Portsmouth or at Sea". The parents given barely credible names "Johem & Morata Etnorb" - the subterfuge here becoming little more than a joke: the names are an anagram for Emma & Horatio Bronte and Nelson even points out that "If you read the Sirname [sic] backwards and take the letters of the other names, it will make very extraordinary the name". This letter was written as Nelson made preparations to depart to the Baltic. It was dated in The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison - the Hamilton & Nelson Papers (1893). LITERATURE Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents, ed. M. Czisnik (2020), no. 74 PROVENANCE Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (small red ink stamp "P"); Alfred Morrison; Edwin Wolf 2nd; Christie's, 21 June 1989, lot 244

View 1 of Lot 152: Horatio, Viscount Nelson | Autograph letter signed, to Emma Hamilton, on christening their daughter, 5 February 1801

horatio, viscount nelson | autograph letter signed, to emma hamilton, on christening their daughter, 5 february 1801

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Continental Congress Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774... [Bound with:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee House, 1774; 1775 Two volumes in one, 8vo (197 x 114 mm). [First Congress:] Half-title, woodcut circular vignette on title, the seal of the Congress with twelve hands supporting a column with a liberty cap on top and the magna carta at its base, surrounded by the motto Hanc Tuemer, Hac Nitimur. First issue. [Second Congress:] Half-title, woodcut circular vignette on title representing three military figures supporting a monument titled Libert. Patr. Contemporary manuscript numerical notations in the margins. First issue, without the names of Hancock or Thomson on p. 239. Contemporary calf; expertly rebacked to style. The very rare first editions of the journals of the first and second Continental Congresses — Thomas Heyward Jr.'s copy, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina ﻿Committees of Correspondence, responding to the Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament in the wake of the Boston Tea Party, resolved to hold a Continental Congress in June of 1774. Delegates from twelve colonies (none from Georgia) gathered in Philadelphia in the fall. It included many of the most distinguished men in America: Samuel and John Adams, Roger Sherman, John Jay, Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Edmund Pendleton, and Henry Middleton, among others. The Journal of the first Continental Congress, describes meetings from 5 September to 20 October 1774. The Congress succeeded in taking numerous important steps. On 14 October, they adopted a Declaration of Rights, and agreed to an Association governing imports and exports and boycotting British goods. They also drafted and sent an Address to the People of Great Britain and another Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec. The journal of the second Continental Congress covers its activities from convening on 10 May 1775 through adjournment on 5 September 1775. The activities of that summer, against the background of open conflict in Massachusetts, are among the most dramatic of the Revolutionary era. Included are reports concerning Lexington-Concord, the address to the inhabitants of Canada inviting them to join the other thirteen colonies, numerous military matters, the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms, the Olive Branch Petition, the American negotiations with the Six Nations, and other crucial material. The present example includes the first issues of both Journals: the first Congress Journal without the the address to King George III (the text of which was agreed upon and voted in executive session on 1 October 1774, and does not appear in the 132pp. issue); the second Congress Journal without Hancock and Thomson's names at the bottom of the final text leaf. Extraordinarily, this copy belonged to a Signer from South Carolina, Thomas Heyward Jr. Heyward, who joined the Continental Congress in early 1776. Heyward had been chosen to replace the resigning South Carolina delegate Christopher Gadsden, who had assumed command of the 1st South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. "Together, they are among the most basic documents of the American Revolution" (Reese). PROVENANCE Thomas Heyward, Jr., Signer of the Declaration from South Carolina (signature on first title); Benjamin Heyward (armorial bookplate) REFERENCE Evans 13737 and 14569; Howes J263 and J264; Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 20

continental congress | the rare first editions with remarkable provenance

The James S. Copley Library: Magnificent American, Historical Documents: Third Selection

A collection of 16 publications on the subject of political theory and the nature of government provoked by and influencing the American Revolution, various sizes, generally very good condition although many lack half-titles. Various bindings, mostly recent wrappers or boards, some disbound. Comprising:

A collection of 16 publications on the subject of political theory and the nature of government provoked by and influencing the American Revolution, various sizes, generally very good condition although many lack half-titles. Various bindings, mostly recent wrappers or boards, some disbound. Comprising: Barron, William. History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity. London: T. Cadell, 1777 (Adams Controversy 77-18a) — [1 other, in French, Utrecht: J. Schoonhoven & Comp, 1778] (Adams 77-18b) — Symonds, John. Remarks upon an Essay...The History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity. London: J. Nichols et al., 1778 (Adams 78-100) — Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty. London: G. Kearsley, 1776 (Adams 76-129a) — Hey, Richard. Observations of the Nature of Civil Liberty and the Principles of Government. London: T.Cadell and T. and J. Merrill, 1776 (Adams 76-62) — Northcote, Thomas. Observations on the Natural and Civil Rights of Mankind. London: C. Dilly and J. Debrett, 1781 —Ramsay, Allen. Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. London: T Beckett and P.A. de Hondt, 1769 — Wyvill, Rev. Christopher. A Defense of Dr. Price and the Reformers of England. 2nd ed.  London: W. Blanchard, 1792 — [James Chalmers] Candidus. Plain Truth: ... Remarks on a late Pamphlet Intitled Common Sense. London: J. Almon, 1776, 1st London ed. (Adams 76-19b) — [1 other, 2nd London ed., 1776] (Adams 76-19c) — [Galloway, Joseph]. Letters from Cicero to Catiline the Second. London: J. Bew, 1781 (Adams 81-26) — Thomson, John. An Enquiry Concerning Liberty and Licentiousness of the Press and the Uncontroulable Nature of the Human Mind. New York: Johnson & Stryker, 1801 — plus 4 others.

political theory

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Rousseau. Oeuvres. A Londres, 1781. 2 volumes. Un frontispice. Chaulieu. Oeuvres. A La Haye, chez Gosse, 1777. 2 volumes. Un frontispice. Ovide. Les Oeuvres galantes et amoureuses. A Londres, 1785. 2 volumes. Un frontispice. Cleveland. Le Philosophe anglois ou Histoire de M. Cleveland. A Londres, 1788. 6 volumes. Ex-libris d'Anne-Louis-Alexandre de Montmorency. Thomson. Les Saisons. A Londres, 1782. 2 titres gravés. Gessner. Oeuvres. 1791. Un portrait de l'auteur en frontispice, 3 titres gravés, 12 planches par Delvaux, d'après Marillier. 2 manques de papier au  tome I. Bitaubé. Joseph. Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1786. 2 frontispices et 7 planches par Née d'après Marillier. Piron. Oeuvres choisies. A Londres, 1782. 3 volumes. Charron. Analyse raisonnée de la Sagesse. A Londres, 1789.

editions cazin. 97 volumes in-16, veau blond, dos lisses ornés.

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

a volume of early 18th century literature including Pope, Alexander. Of the Characters of Women. lacking title page and imprint--Harvey, John. The Life of Robert Bruce King of Scots. A Poem. Edinburgh: for John Catanach, 1729--Steele, Richard. The Lying Lover: or the Ladies Friendship. Bernard Lintott, 1704, first edition, and six others, 4to; 3 volumes, mostly literature and criticism, including Keate, George. The Alps. R. and J. Dodsley, 1763, first edition, half-title--[Percy, Thomas.] The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad. T. Davies, 1771, first edition, half-title--Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. J. Newberry, 1765 [1764], first edition, half title, advertisement leaf--Inglis, Mr Richmond. Anna and Edgar: or Love and Ambition. A Tale. Edinburgh: A. Muray and J. Cochran, 1781--Van Reenen, Jacob, and Riou, Edward. A Journal of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope, undertaken in 1790 and 1791 ... in search of the wreck of ... the Grosvenor. for G. Nicol, 1792, folding engraved map--Particulars of the Lands and Fishings, lying in the United Parishes of Slains and Forvie, Belonging to the Earl of Errol. n.p., n.d., NOT IN ESTC--[Felton, Samuel.] Imperfect Hints towards a New Edition of Shakespeare [Parts 1 and 2]. At the Logographic Press, 1787-78--Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Aikin. Poems. for Joseph Johnson, 1773--Goldsmith, Oliver. Retaliation: A Poem. for G. Kearsley, 1774, "new edition", and 22 others, 4to; a volume including "Thermopilae". The Speech of a Scots Weaver: dedicated to Richard Glover. W. Nicholl, 1774--Thomson, Edward. Edward and Eleonora. A Tragedy. sold by A. Milar, 1739, first edition--[Bent, William.] The London Catalogue of Books ... That have been printed in Great Britain, since the year 1700. n.p., 1773, and three others, 8vo; three volumes of plays including [Cumberland, Richard.] The Brothers: A Comedy. W. Griffin, 1770 and 17 others, 8vo; six volumes of late-18th century tracts including a volume with 14 works mostly on the French Revolution, a volume of 5 works on the controversial election of John Leslie to the chair of mathematics at Edinburgh University, a volume of Scottish works including MacNeill, Hector. The Links o'Forth ... A Plaint. Edinburgh: Constable etc., 1799, and two others, a volume with More, Hannah. Remarks on the Speech of M. Dupont ... on ... Religion and Public Education. T. Cadell, 1793, second edition, and one other, a volume of scientific tracts including Directions for preparing aerated medicinal waters : by means of the improved glass machines made at Leith Glass-Works. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1787, engraved frontispiece-- Thiville, J.G.J.B. Count. An Essay on the Means Hitherto Employed for Lighting Streets and the Interior of Houses. Richardson etc., 1800, folding engraved plate, and three others, a volume of military works including Tyndale, William. Instructions for young dragoon officers. T. Egerton, 1796, 10 folding plates, ONLY THREE COPIES ON ESTC, and two others, all six volumes 8vo; the 14 tract volumes in various contemporary bindings, some with lettering pieces and numbered in gilt (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 34, 45), general wear and dust-staining; [with:] [Brown, Robert.] Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk's Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland: with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration. Edinburgh: Alex. Smellie for John Anderson and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Sir William Forbes, contemporary speckled calf--Sterne, Lawrence. A Sentimental Journey. T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768, 12mo, 2 vols, "new edition"; and 10 other volumes (including incomplete sets)

collection of 107 works, comprising 95 pamphlets and tracts works in 14 volumes and 12 other works (some incomplete sets) in an additional 13 volumes:

China in print and on paper, including the Library of Bernard Hanotiau and the Floyd Sully Collection

Thomson, John. Through China with a Camera. Westminster, 1898, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, illustrated with 75 photographic plates, original cloth, gilt decoration on upper cover [W.H. Smith & Sons Subscription Library, book label], scattered spotting, hinge cracked at pp.80/81, light wear to binding

Thomson, John. Through China with a Camera. Westminster, 1898, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, illustrated with 75 photographic plates, original cloth, gilt decoration on upper cover [W.H. Smith & Sons Subscription Library, book label], scattered spotting, hinge cracked at pp.80/81, light wear to bindingHosie, Alexander. Three Years in Western China. London, 1890, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, 8 plates of photographic illustrations and facsimiles of native drawings, folding map, original blue decorated boards, light browning, hinge cracked pp.240/241 minor wear to spine endsThomson, J. The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China. New York, 1875. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 8vo, 25 full-page engravings, 4 maps, original green cloth decorated in gilt and blind [John L. Garner, book label], binding leaning and with light wearCunynghame, Arthur. China and the Chinese: being an aide-de-camp's recollections of service in China. London: Bentley, [?1844], 8vo, extra-illustrated with four coloured plates, contemporary pictorial red cloth gilt, scattered spotting, rear joint splitting, light wearand 28 others, mostly 8vo (32) Taylor, J. Hudson, editor. China’s Millions. London, 1877,  1879, 1885, 1889, 4 volumes, 4to, original green or maroon cloth, decorated in black and gilt [H.L Hudson, signature; John Knox’s Sunday School, stamp; Prescott (Pete) Clarke (1935-1980), book label], minor browning, a few hinges cracked, wear to bindingsMrs. Gray. Fourteen Months in Canton. 1880Dukes, Edwin Joshua. Everyday Life in China. No date.Withrow, W.H., ed. China and its People. 1894. Lay, G. Tradescant. The Chinese as they are. 1841. Sienna Convent, Drogheda.Douglas, Robert K. China. 1887Windt, H. de. From Pekin to Calais. 1892. Joseph A. Sadony, blindstampMurray, Hugh, et alia. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China… Third Edition. No date. 3 volumes. Sienna Convent, Drogheda, book label.Baber, E. Colborne. Travels and Researches in the Interior of China. No dateReid, Arnot. From Peking to Petersburg. 1899. Peter Hopkirk, book labelAlcock, Rutherford. The Journey of Augustus Raymond Margary. 1876.The People of China. No date (Religious Tract Society). May S. MillerWilliamson, Isabelle. Old Highways in China. No dateFoster, Mrs. Arnold. In the Valley of the Yangtse. 1899Henry, B.C. Ling-Nam or Interior Views on Southern China. 1886Reynaud, Right Reverend Monseigneur, (M.T. Kelly, ed). Another China. 1897. Medhust, W.H. The Foreigner in Far Cathay. 1873Williams, Mrs. H. Dwight. A Year in China. 1864Cumming, C.F. Gordon. Wanderings in China. 1888Gill, William. The River of Golden Sand. 1883Wilson, James Harrison. China. 1887Moule, Ven. Arthur E. New China and Old. 1891Oliphant, Laurence. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin’s Mission to China and Japan. 1860

a collection of 32 travel books in english, including:

[Amherst, Lord]. Voyages en Chine, ou Journal de la derniere ambassade anglaise a la cour de Pékin. Paris, 1818, FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 2 volumes, frontispiece, aquatint plates, 3 maps, original orange wrappers, paper spine labels, morocco-backed chemises, marbled cloth case, spine with shelf labels numbered '150', light wear to wrappers

[Amherst, Lord]. Voyages en Chine, ou Journal de la derniere ambassade anglaise a la cour de Pékin. Paris, 1818, FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 2 volumes, frontispiece, aquatint plates, 3 maps, original orange wrappers, paper spine labels, morocco-backed chemises, marbled cloth case, spine with shelf labels numbered '150', light wear to wrappersEyriès, J.B.B. La Chine, ou costumes, moeurs et usages des Chinois. Paris, [1822], 24 hand-coloured engraved plates, later speckled boards, light spotting or browningVayer, Th. de Ferrière le. Une ambassade française en Chine. Paris, 1854, original printed wrappers, black cloth chemise and case, minor scattered spotting, wrappers lightly rippled and soiled, spine sunnedand 14 others, various sizes (18) Huc, M. Souvernirs d’un voyage. 1850. 2 volumes. Joseph Morant, bookplate.Pichon, Louis. Un Voyage au Yunnan. 1893Rousset, Léon. A Travers la Chine. 1886Pourias, M. La Chine. Huit ans au Yun-Nan. 1889Old Nick. La Chine Ouverte. 1845. Pedro do Prado, book labelGraviére, Jurien de la. Voyage en Chine. 1854. 2 volumes.Beauvoir, Le Comte de. Pékin, Yeddo, San Francisco. 1874Hémon, Félix. Sur le Yang-Tse. No date, [1904]Broullion, R.P. Mémoire su l’état actuel de la Mission du Kiang-Nan. 1855. Gaston Héliot, bookplateDoublet, Vr. Les Nouveaux Voyageurs en Chine et au Japon. 1847. Prize label from Ecole Chretienne de Monistiol – Bialon Michel.Thomson, J. Dix ans de voyages dans la Chine. 1877Guizot, M. La Chine. 1875

a collection of 18 nineteenth century travel books, including:

Thomson, D.C and F.W. Bateson, ed. Oxford Poetry 1923. Oxford: Blackwell, 1923, THE AUTHOR'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK FORM, parchment-backed boards, [Wobbe B1 and B2], loosely inserted newspaper reviews; another copy, original wrappers, upper wrapper detached--Gilkes, M. et al, ed. Public School Verse 1921-22. Heinemann, 1923, embossed ``PRESENTATION COPY'', original boards, [Wobbe B3], spine soiled--Action, H. and P. Quennell, ed. Oxford Poetry 1924. Oxford: Blackwell, 1924, parchment-backed boards, [Wobbe B4 and B5], upper cover slightly warped--Monkhouse, P. and C. Plumb, ed. Oxford Poetry 1925. Oxford: Blackwell, 1925, inscribed by contributor Joseph Gordon Macleod with three leaves of autograph poems, [Wobbe B7 and B8], spine soiled--Fleming, P. and D. Verschoyle, ed. Spectator's Gallery. Cape, 1933, original cloth, [Wobbe B9], binding soiled--Norman, S. ed. Contemporary Essays 1933. Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1933, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Wobbe B10]--Cole, G.D.H. and M. et al. Nine O'Clock Stories. G. Bell, 1934, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Wobbe B11], dust-jacket frayed--Walpole, H. et al. Then and Now. Cape, 1935, original wrappers, [Wobbe B12], binding slightly soiled--Douglas, N. ed. Venus in the Kitchen. Heinemann, 1952, loosely inserted TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GREENE (``...I don't want this book on aphrodisiacs as I am not really interested in the subject and only wrote the Introduction to the Norman Douglas book in order to help the old man to get it published in his last days...'') (1 page, London, 30 November 1956), original cloth, dust-jacket, [Wobbe B29]--together with 53 others (Wobbe B13-B22, B25-B28, B31, B34, B36-B39, B42, B44-B47 and B50-51 including several reprints and titles omitted by Wobbe); mostly 8vo, original bindings, occasional spotting or browning, occasional wear (63) This lot contains 1 item(s).

greene, graham. a collection of books with contributions by greene

Contemporary Photographs

Property from the Collection of Dr. Joseph D. Lichtenberg

Property from the Collection of Dr. Joseph D. Lichtenberg Edward Burtynsky b. 1955 Railcuts #13, C.N. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada large-format digital chromogenic print, flush-mounted, signed in ink on the photographer's label on the reverse, framed, a Howard Greenberg Gallery label on the reverse, 1985, printed in 2016, no. 2 in an edition of 9 image: 49 by 39 in. (124.5 by 99.1 cm.) frame: 51 ¼ by 41 in. (130.2 by 104.1 cm.)

View 1 of Lot 25: Railcuts #13, C.N. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia, Canada

railcuts #13, c.n. track, thompson river, british columbia, canada

Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection

Fine and Rare Brown-Painted Sack-Back Windsor Knuckle Armchair

Fine and Rare Brown-Painted Sack-Back Windsor Knuckle Armchair Joseph Henzey (1743–1796) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Circa 1790 Branded I. Henzey and with old paper label bearing inscription L.W. Thompson,/ Woburn Mass,/ Hart's Ex. From G.L. Chapin… on underside of seat. Height 38½ in. by Width 26⅛ in. by Depth 21½ in.

View 1 of Lot 321: Fine and Rare Brown-Painted Sack-Back Windsor Knuckle Armchair, Joseph Henzey (1743–1796), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1790

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