13. Dominic Winter - Churchill Library

DOMINIC WINTER BOOK AUCTIONS

A CHURCHILL FAMILY LIBRARY

A CHURCHILL FAMILY LIBRARY

THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2009

DOMINIC WINTER BOOK AUCTIONS

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A CHURCHILL FAMILY LIBRARY BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF MAJOR JOHN ‘JACK’ CHURCHILL

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Thursday 8 October 2009 Lots 1-179 commencing at 2pm Viewing Tuesday & Wednesday 6 / 7 October, 9am-7pm and morning of sale from 9am

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Index to the Churchill Bookplates

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-95) Father of Winston and Jack

Lady Randolph Churchill born Jennie Jerome (1854-1921) Mother of Winston and Jack

Major John Strange "Jack" Spencer Churchill (1880-1947) Brother of Winston

Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (1911-68) Son of Winston

Henry Winston Peregrine Spencer Churchill (1913-2002) Nephew of Winston 2nd Son of Major John "Jack" Churchill 3

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INTRODUCTION

Major John Strange Spencer Churchill (always known as Jack) was the second son of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie). Born on 4 February 1880, he was the younger brother, by just over five years, of Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

After a very successful school career, at Elstree Prep and Harrow, it was his dearest wish to follow his adored elder brother into the army. The ruinous state of the family finances saw his widowed mother direct him into the service of Sir Ernest Cassel, where she expected him to ‘make millions’ once he qualified as a stockbroker.

Jack was able to indulge his military interests by serving with the yeomanry regiment closely associated with his family, the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. At Winston’s prompting, he volunteered for service with the South African Light Horse during the Boer War, in which he was wounded. He returned to become a squadron commander in his regiment and mobilised for war again in 1914. He saw service on the Western Front 1914-15, on the staff of Sir Ian Hamilton at Gallipoli 1915-16, and with the Anzacs on the Western Front 1916-18.

On the death of his mother in 1921, her then (third) husband, Montagu Porch, expressed no interest in inheriting any of her property. Thus it came to pass that Jack inherited most of the library of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill.

Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), second son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, was a brilliant and wildly controversial ‘One Nation’ Tory politician. He possessed a typical nineteenth-century gentleman’s library, with its many sets of history, ancient and modern, biography, literature and natural history. It contained items gifted to him by masters and friends when he left Eton College, but the volumes on bloodstock lines, famous racehorses and all things in the hunting, shooting and fishing line were obviously more consulted than most others in the collection! He died of an undetectable brain tumour in 1895, and the library passed to his wife.

Jennie Churchill (1854–1921, née Jerome) was a beautiful and vivacious American. She was one of the great society hostesses of the Victorian and Edwardian age, an accomplished pianist and painter, and had French as a second language. She was a more prolific reader than her late husband and added greatly to the library that would eventually pass to Jack.

Jack was also a great reader and his wife, Lady Gwendeline Bertie (‘Goonie’), cultivated a wide circle of artists and literary figures as their friends, including Hilaire Belloc, J. M. Barrie, Sir John Lavery, William Orpen, and A. E. W. Mason. They clearly subscribed to the Nonesuch Press, so well represented in the library. Jack’s interest in all things military is also reflected in the items that carry his personal bookplate.

The library had to go into storage during the Second World War. Jack Churchill died in 1947 and his books passed to his second son, Peregrine (1913-2002), who was able to rebuild the collection at his home, ‘Fairdown’, in Hampshire.

Celia and John Lee Authors of The Churchills: A Family Portrait (Palgrave Macmillan – published in the US autumn 2009 and the UK February 2010).

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A CHURCHILL FAMILY LIBRARY To commence at 2pm

1 Alken (Henry). The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season, 1845-6., pub. Ackermann, 1846, hand-coloured additional title, six hand-coloured engraved plates, woodengraved illustrations, occasional light spotting, a.e.g., original green cloth gilt, wear to head of spine, 8vo, together with Hunting Reminiscences: Comprising Memoirs of Masters of Hounds; Notices of the Crack Riders; and Characteristics of the Hunting Countries of England by Nimrod, pub. Ackermann, 1843, maps, plates and illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, loss at spine head, joints splitting, 8vo, with two others: The Life of John Mytton, 4th ed., 1869 (lacking one plate) and Robert Vyner’s Notita Venatica; A Treatise on Fox-Hunting, new ed., 1847 (defective spine) Each volume carries the bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-95).

(4) £100-150

2 Alken (Henry). The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6, pub. Ackermann, 1846, hand-coloured additional title, six hand-coloured engraved plates, some browning, original cloth upper cover and spine bound in at end, t.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, covers detached, rubbed, 8vo, together with Hunting Reminiscences: Comprising Memoirs of Masters of Hounds; Notices of the Crack Riders; and Characteristics of the Hunting Countries of England, by Nimrod, 1843, engraved maps and illustrations, original cloth upper cover and spine bound in at end, some spotting, t.e.g., contemporary calf, covers detached, rubbed, 8vo, plus three others: F.P. Delme Radcliffe’s The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting... and More Especially Those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club, 1839; Sporting Scenes and Country Life by Martingale, 1840 (both with detached covers) and Nimrod’s Hunting Tours, 1835 Each volume carriest the bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill (1849-95).

(5) £100-150

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3 Arnold (Sir Edwin). The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (From the Mahabharata).

Being a Discourse Between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krishna, 1st ed., 1885, partly unopened, 8pp. adverts. at end, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth, some dampstains, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed on title: “Lord Randolph Churchill, with the author’s best regards, June 1885”.

(1) £70-100

4 Ashmead-Bartlett (Ellis). With the Turks in Thrace, 1913, b&w plts., orig. green cloth, dampstained, 8vo, together with Ashmead-Bartlett (Ellis), Port Arthur. The Siege and Capitulation, 2nd ed., 1906, b&w illusts., two folding maps in rear pocket, inscribed by author, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to front pastedown, binding broken, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, plus Henderson (Lieut.-Col. G. F. R.), Stonewall Jacksons and the American Civil War, 2 vols., 1909, b&w maps (some folding), one detached and frayed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, plus Slatin Pasha (Rudolph C.), Fire and Sword in the Sudan, a Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895, 5th ed., pub. Edward Arnold, 1897, num. b & w plts., two folding maps at rear (sl. fraying to edges), t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed, thich 8vo, and Okuma (Count Shigenobu), Fifty Years of New Japan, 2 vols., 1909, folding map at rear of vol. 2, some corner creasing, orig. cloth gilt, faded and dampstained, 8vo, and other war and travel related books, incl. A Staff Officer’s Scrap Book, by Sir Ian Hamilton, 2 vols., 1907; Jane’s Fighting Ships, 3 vols., 1915, 1926, 1935; A History of the Indian Mutiny..., by T. R. E., Holmes, 2nd ed., 1885 (48)

£200-300

Lot 3

5 Bacon (Francis). The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England, 10 vols., 1824, engraved portrait frontispiece, text in English and Latin, a few light spots, bookplates of George Henry Barnett and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary blue calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, vol. II upper joint splitting, lightly rubbed, 8vo (10)

Lot 5 8

£200-300

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Lot 9

6 Beaumont (Francis and Fletcher, John). Works, 14 vols., pub.

Edinburgh, 1812, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, armorial bookplate of Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth to each, contemp. calf gilt, chipped at head and foot of spines, joints cracked and some covers det., 8vo, together with Spenser (Edmund), Works, 8 vols., 1805, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, later half calf, morocco labels to spines (a few missing), 8vo, plus Bacon (Francis), Works, 10 vols., New ed., 1826, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, later half calf, gilt-dec. spines, lower board of vol. 1 detached (32)

9 Binding. The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, knt. with a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes by William Gray, pub. D.A. Talboys, Oxford, 1829, title printed in red & black, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to upper pastedown, t.e.g., gilt dec. dentelles with foliage design, early 20th c. dec. green morocco by Hatchards, raised bands to spine with elaborate gilt decoration to panels incorporating foliage and heart design, gilt foliage & heart decoration to boards, upper joint slightly cracked at head, 8vo (1)

10 Blunt (Wilfred Scawen). The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated From the Original Arabic by Lady Anne Blunt, pub. Reeves and Turner, 1892, partly unopened, endpapers lightly browned, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original buckram, a little rubbed and faded on spine, small 4to Limited edition, 45/50. A famous 900 year old Egyptian and North African tale, translated by Lady Anne Blunt from the original Arabic text and put into verse by Sir Wilfred. Sir Wilfred and Lady Anne Blunt developed a strong affinity for Arabic culture, following several visits to Arabia in the 1870’s, later establishing an Arabic horse stud at the family home at Crabbet Park, Sussex.

(1) £300-500

£70-100

8 [Beresford, James], The Miseries of Human Life, or the Groans of Timothy Testy, and Samuel Sensitive, with a few supplementary sighs from Mrs. Testy, in twelve dialogues, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1806-7, folding uncol. hand-col. aquatint frontis., to vol. 1, folding uncol. eng. frontis to vol. 2, several wood engs. to text, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spines with black morocco labels, joints cracking, sm. 8vo (2)

£70-100

£150-200

7 Beerbohm (Max). A Book of Caricatures, 1st ed., pub. Methuen, 1907, colour frontis. and forty-eight mounted b&w plates, tissue-guard with ink caption, contents partly loose (gutta-percha perished), t.e.g., orig. red cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, folio (1)

Lot 10

£100-150

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11 Boaden (James). The Life of Mrs. Jordan; Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of her Contemporaries, 2 vols., 1831, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, folding facsimile letter frontispiece to vol. II, occasional light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary half crushed morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Campbell (Thomas), Life of Mrs. Siddons, 2 vols., 1834, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, occasional light spotting, cut inscription: “Thos. Campbell - London - 21 August 1843” tipped-in with small bookplate of M. Lemon and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, bound as above (4)

14 Browning (Robert). Selections From the Poetical Works of Robert Browning, First & Second Series, 2 vols., new ed., 1893-94, scattered light spots, t.e.g., contemporary green calf by Hatchards, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed, upper joint of vol. 1 splitting, 8vo, with eleven others in similar bindings (Selections from Ruskin; Autobiography of Goethe; Essays in Criticism by Matthew Arnold; Choix de Poesies by Paul Verlaine, etc.), plus Tremoille (Louis de la), Souvenirs de la Princesse de Tarente, 1789-1792, pub. Paris, 1901, author’s signed presentation copy to Madame Cornwallis West, inscribed on orig. printed wrapper bound in at front, a.e.g., near-contemp.

Arts and Crafts-style brown morocco gilt [by Hatchards], a little chipped at head and foot of spine, small 4to, with two other similar bindings, also Phillips (Stephen), Paolo & Francesca. ATragedy in Four Acts, 1st ed., 1900, author’s presentation copy, inscribed on flyleaf ‘Lady Randolph Churchill from her sincere friend, Stephen Phillips’, 16 pp. publisher’s ads. at rear, untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and dampstained, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, all carrying the bookplate of Jennie Churchill

£100-150

12 Boswell (James). An Account of Corsica. The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli, 2nd ed., 1768, title with engraved vignette, folding engraved map, bound with The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, in 1746..., 1st ed., 1768, lacking frontis., a few light spots, contemporary bookplate and ownership signature to first title of John Madocks and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, wear to spine ends, rubbed, 8vo (1)

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15 Burton (Richard F.). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to AlMadinah and Meccah, 2 vols., Memorial edition, 1893, folding coloured map, tinted lithographed and chromolithographed plates, plans, tables etc., occasional light spotting, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth gilt (vol. 1 hinges weak and spine ends frayed), 8vo, together with Il Pentamerone; Or, the Tale of Tales. Being a Translation by the Late Sir Richard Burton, 2 vols., 1893, a few light spots, bookplates of Walter Raleigh, original cloth, some dampstains, 8vo

£150-200

13 Bretonne (Restif de la). Monsieur Nicolas, ou le Coeur Humain Devoile, 14 vols. in seven, Paris, 1883, original wrappers bound in at end, scattered light spotting and light marginal toning, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco by Wood, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, slightly rubbed, lower cover of vol. I scuffed, 8vo Limited edition, one of 225 copies.

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£150-250

(4)

£100-150

16 Byron (Lord G.G.N.). The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore, 17 vols., 1832-33, eng. frontis. and vign. title to each, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, some minor scattered spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt-dec. spines, minor wear to extremities, with the ticket of J. & J. Thomson, Manchester, small 8vo

£150-200

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£100-150

Lot 18 17 Campbell (John, Lord). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England..., From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV, 7 vols., mixed eds., 1847-49, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, later half morocco gilt, some minor wear to extremities, 8vo (7)

19 Carlyle (Thomas). Works, 37 vols. in 18, Shilling Edition, 1888-89, b & w illusts. and maps, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemp. olive green half morocco gilt, with the ticket of Truslove & Shirley, small 8vo (18)

20 Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). Two Humorous Novels, viz I. A Diverting Dialogue between Scipio and Bergansa, ... II. The Comical History of Rinconete and Cortadillo, both written by the celebrated author of Don Quixote, and now first translated from the Spanish original, the second edition, 1742, minor worm tracing to title, bookplate of Jack Churchill, edges stained yellow, later crushed half morocco gilt over cloth, worn with some loss to spine, 12mo

18 Campbell (Walter). The Old Forest Ranger; Or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and on the Plains, 1st ed., 1842, tinted lithographed frontispiece and additional title, six tinted lithographed plates, one trimmed affecting imprint, one or two light spots, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, a.e.g., later red morocco

by Hatchards, lightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

£150-200

£100-150

The translation was by Robert Goadby and this scarce book first published the preceeding year.

(1) £100-150

£150-200

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21 Churchill (Winston S.). Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vols., pub. Harrap, 1933, numerous half-tone plates, illustrations, facsimile letters, maps etc., first two vols. with bookplate of William Henry Abbey, t.e.g., original full orange morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, upper covers stamped in gilt with Duke of Marlborough arms, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, a few minor marks, 8vo Limited edition, 48/155 copies, volume one signed by Winston Churchill.

Woods A40a.

(4) ÂŁ5000-8000

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22 Churchill (Winston S.). Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1906, photogravure portraits, plates and facsimiles, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, a.e.g., recent brown quarter calf

by John Gardner, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration in compartments, gilt initials “G.B.” (Gwendeline Bertie, 1885-1941, Jack Churchill’s wife) to lower corner of upper covers, 8vo Important inscribed copy by Jack and Winston Churchill. Inscribed to front endpaper: “To pass a few hours during this weary waiting. J. Easter 1908”, and beneath, signed and inscribed: “Winston S. Churchill during the acute political situation of the spring of 1910!”. The Winston Churchill inscription refers to the People’s Budget of 1909, and eventual ratification by the House of Lords on 28 April, 1910. At the time, Winston Churchill was President of the Board of Trade in Herbert Asquith’s Liberal government and along with Chancellor David Lloyd George supported the Budget, which instigated social reform and a redistribution of wealth, including a land tax, which was bitterly opposed by the Conservatives and the House of Lords. After rejecting the bill on 30 November 1909, Asquith declared the House of Lords to be in breach of the unwritten ancient perogative, forbidding the Upper Chamber from rejecting financial bills put forward by the elected Lower House, and disolved Parliament. The subsequent election of January 1910, with the central campaign theme of peers versus the people, resulted in a reduced Liberal majority although large enough to force it through the Lords in April, 1910. The Budget was important politically as it paved the way for the Parliament Act of 1911, again championed by Churchill, which drastically reduced the powers of the Upper Chamber, and it was important economically as it produced a budget surplus in the following years.

(2) £2000-3000

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23 Churchill (Winston S.). Ian Hamilton’s March, 1st ed., 1900, halftone portrait frontispiece, folding coloured map, illustrations, 4pp. & 32pp. adverts. at end, occasional spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo

24 Churchill (Winston S.). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1898, half-tone portrait frontispiece, two folding coloured maps, four other maps, 32pp. adverts. at end, scattered light spotting, endpapers browned, presentation inscription on half-title erased, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, original apple-green cloth, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo

This book is a continuation of 'London to Ladysmith via Pretoria' (see Lot 137) completing the publication in book form of Churchill's letters to the Morning Post. Five thousand copies of the first English edition were printed. Woods A5.

(1) ÂŁ300-500

This volume contains Winston's recollections of events on India's North-West Frontier in the 1890s, where he first saw action as a soldier. Woods A1a. 2000 copies printed.

(1) ÂŁ700-1000

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25 [Collier, Jane]. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art..., 2nd ed., 1757, etched frontis., slight offsetting and some browning to title, few marks throughout, contemp. calf, joints weak and worn, 8vo Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Sheffield and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

(1) £100-150

26 Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th ed. (26th thou.), With Additions and Corrections, pub. John Murray, 1884, half title, folding lithographed plate, small tape repair to fep, one or two light spots, contemporary brown calf gilt, lightly rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd ed. (17th thou.), 1883, half title, illustrations, a few light spots, bound as above with covers scuffed, 8vo, with two others: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Island Life: Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, 1st ed., 1880 (rebound) and Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection With Some of its Applications, 2nd ed., 1889 Each volume carries the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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Lot 25

£70-100

27 De Quincey (Thomas). Works, 14 vols., 1854-60, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, each vol. with two titles, occasional light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemporary half vellum, spines gilt with red labels, lightly rubbed and discoloured, 8vo (14)

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£200-300

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28 Dobson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes, Series 1-3, 189296; A Paladin of Philanthropy and Other Papers, 1899; Side-Walk Studies, 1902, together 5 vols., b & w plates, scattered light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco by Sotheran, spines with raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo

30 Emerson (Ralph Waldo). Nature, Addresses, and Lectures, 12 vols., Riverside Edition, 1903, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemp. half calf gilt, contrasting labels to spine (four labels missing), rubbed, 8vo

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31 Farrer (Reginald). On the Eaves of the World, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1917, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, together with The Rainbow Bridge, 1st ed., 1921, b & w illusts., folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, and Cox (E.H.M.), Farrer’s Last Journey. Upper Burma, 1919-20, 1st ed., 1926, b & w illusts., map endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and dampstained (contains a complete list of all the rhododendrons collected by Farrer), plus Kingdon Ward (F.), A Plant Hunter in Tibet, 1st ed., Jonathan Cape, 1934, sixteen b&w plts, two maps, orig. orig. cloth, some damp spotting, 8vo, together with Plant Hunting in the Wilds, Pioneer Series, [1931], b&w illusts. from photos, orig. linen, some marks, 8vo, plus The Romance of Gardening, 1st ed., Jonathan Cape, 1935, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. green cloth gilt, some marks, all 8vo

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£100-150

29 Egan (Pierce). Life in London; Or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1821, thirty-six fine aquatinted plates after I.R. & G. Cruikshank, wood-engraved illustrations, three folding engraved plates of music, some light spotting and offsetting, a.e.g., monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, later dark blue crushed morocco by Hatchards, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, upper joint splitting, slightly rubbed at edges, 8vo Abbey Life 281; Tooley 196.

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£300-500

Each volume carries the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£70-100

£150-200

32 Fletcher (William Younger). English Bookbindings in the British Museum, 1895, 66 fine chromolithographed plates, one or two with slight adhesion marks, one with marginal sellotape marks, a few light spots, t.e.g., original cloth gilt, minor wear at spine ends, a little rubbed and faded, folio, together with Foreign Bookbindings in the British Museum, 1896, 65 fine chromolithographed plates, one or two slightly rubbed, t.e.g., original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and faded, folio Each limited to 500 copies, signed by Jennie Randolph Churchill. Lady Churchill used these books as inspiration for designing the bindings for the Anglo-Saxon Review, a literary journal published quarterly in ten volumes from 1899-1901.

(2) ÂŁ300-500

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35 Gladstone (William Ewart). Gleanings of Past Years 1875-8, 6 vols., 1879, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary burgundy half morocco by Larkins, spines with raised bands and gilt in compartments, one band chipped, slightly rubbed and faded, square 8vo (6)

33 Flint (W. Russell, illust.). The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Translated by George Long, pub. Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society, 1909, 12 tipped-in coloured plates, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., original limp vellum gilt, slightly discoloured, original silk ties, 4to Limited edition, 287/500 copies.

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36 Golden Cockerel Press. Daphnis & Chloe. A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies, Translated Out of the Greek of Longus by Geo: Thornley, 1923, endpapers browned with tape marks, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, (limited edition, 155/450), together with Housman (Laurence), Echo de Paris. A Study From Life, 1923, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition, 164/250 copies, signed by the author, plus The Poems of Sir John Suckling, Vale Press, 1896, woodcut border and initials by Charles Ricketts, original paper-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with 11 other mostly poetry books, most limited editions

£150-200

34 Gardiner (Samuel R.). History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649, 3 vols., 1886-91, together with History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 3 vols., 1894-1901, folding col. maps, uniform contemp. half morocco gilt, some minor wear to extremities, together with Warburton (Eliot), Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the Cavaliers, 3 vols., 1849, eng. frontis. to each, t.e.g., contemp. red half morocco gilt, some minor wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Carlysle (Thomas), History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, 6 vols., 1858-65, eng. plts., lower corner of frontis. in vol. 1 missing, later half calf, giltdec. spines, minor wear to extremities and several joints cracked, and other leather-bound history, all 8vo Each volume carries the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£100-150

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£150-200

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37 Goldsmith (Oliver). Works, edited by Peter Cunningham, 4 vols., 1878, additional titles with engraved vignettes, frontispiece plate to vol. IV, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco by Sotheran, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 8vo (4)

39 Gordon (Adam Lindsay). Poems, pub. Massina, Melbourne, 1892, b & w illustrations, a few light fingermarks, bookplate of Jennie Churchill, t.e.g., contemporary half vellum by Hatchards, a little dusted, 8vo Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-70) was an Azores-born Australian poet, jockey and politician, arriving in Adelaide from England in 1853. His last book, Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870), unsuccessful at the time, is now regarded as an important work of Australian literature.

(1) ÂŁ100-150

ÂŁ100-150

38 Gooden (Stephen, illust.). The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, trans. Edward Marsh, 2 vols., pub. Heinemann, 1931, engraved titles and 24 copper-engraved plates by Stephen Gooden, rough-trimmed foredges, one or two light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, original vellum, a few stains, 8vo Limited edition, 209/525 copies signed by the translator and artist.

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ÂŁ100-150

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40 Haggard (H. Rider). Cetywayo and His White Neighbours; Or, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal and the Transvaal, 2nd ed., 1888, some leaves unopened, one or two spots, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo

41 [Hazlitt, William]. Liber Amoris: Or, the New Pygmalion, 1st ed., 1823, title with engraved vignette, title and front endpapers detached, light marginal dampstain, bookplate of Jennie Churchill, t.e.g., later red crushed morocco gilt, upper cover detached, chip at spine head, lightly rubbed, 8vo

Author’s presentation copy, inscribed on half title: “To Lord Randloph Churchill with the writers compliments, 25 March, 1888”. The author’s first book. Lord Randolph Churchill was probably the first eminent personality to go on safari to Mashonaland, East Africa, in 1891. Winston Churchill was an avid reader of Haggard’s books, meeting and corresponding with the author when a twelve year old schoolboy.

(1) £200-300

Hazlitt’s candid and doomed account of his passionate obsession with Sarah Walker, his landlady’s daughter, following his separation from his wife.

(1) £100-150

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42 [Hibberd, Shirley]. Greenhouse Favourites. A Description of Choice Greenhouse Plants, With Practical Directions for their Management and Cultivation, pub. Groombridge, c. 1870, 36 handcoloured and chromolithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking front endpaper, scattered light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, a.e.g., original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

44 Hutton (William). The Battle of Bosworth-Field, Between Richard the Third and Henry Earl of Richmond, August 22, 1485, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding maps, plates and plans, scattered light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, later red half calf by Morrell, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Spencer (Herbert), Essays: Sientific, Political and Speculative, 3 vols., 18781883, monogram bookplates of Jack Churchill, contemporary brown calf by Winstanley, spines with raised bands and gilt decorartion, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Tom Taylor’s Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, 3 vols, 2nd ed., 1853 and W.M. Thackeray’s The Book of Snobs, 1856

£200-300

43 [Hooke, Nathaniel]. An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, from her first coming to Court, to the Year 1710. In a Letter from Herself to My Lord, printed by James Bettenham, for George Hawkins, 1742, some light browning, armorial bookplate of B. Barrett and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine lacking title label, joints cracked, 8vo (1)

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£100-150

45 James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, 6 vols., new ed., with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier, 1847, eng. port. frontis. & folding tables, num. eng. plts., monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. blue calf gilt, vol. 4 lacking top of spine, a few spine labels worn/missing, 8vo

£150-200

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46 Jefferson (Thomas). A Manual of Parliamentary Practice, for the use of the Senate of the United States, 1st ed., Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801, [198]pp, rectos paginated in contemp. ink to p. 193, followed by one blank page and two leaves index, signature (possibly that of a printer or binder and in the same hand) of R. Jenning[?] to inner margin of K1 recto and at end of text, some spotting throughout and heavy brown spot to lower outer corner of leaf I4 verso, 20th-c. bookplts. of Randolph S. Churchill to front and rear pastedowns, the first obscuring a printed bookseller ticket of W.F. Goldthwaite [New Orleans], marbled edges and endpapers, later 19th-c. half vellum gilt over marbled boards, rubbed and soiled, sm. 8vo The first edition of Jefferson’s Manual and one of only three books he published in his lifetime. A very comprehensive work, it covers in detail everything from order to rules and much in the Order in Debate section is equally true for Britain’s House of Commons to this day: ‘No one is to disturb another in his speech by hissing, coughing, spitting..., speaking or whispering to another... nor to stand up to interrupt him... Nevertheless, if a member find that it is not the inclination of the House to hear him, and that by conversation or any other noise they endeavour to drown his own voice, it is his most prudent way to submit to the pleasure of the House, and sit down; for it scarcely ever happens that they are guilty of this piece of ill manners without sufficient reason, or inattentive to a member who says any thing worth their hearing’, pp. [58-9]. Another edition was issued in 1801 consisting of 188,[4] pages. Sabin 35887.

(1) £1000-1500

47 Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; With Critical Observations on their Works, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1781, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemporary tree half calf, one upper cover detached, another strengthened with sellotape, 8vo, together with Boswell (James), The Life of Samuel Johnson, edited by Clement Shorter, 10 vols., New York, 1922, plates and illustrations, a few light spots, sellotape marks to endpapers and pastedowns, t.e.g., original boards, one or two sellotape repairs at head of spines, lightly rubbed, 8vo, (Temple Bar Edition, 284/785), plus The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell, 10 vols, 1872 (24)

£300-500

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48 Kelmscott Press. The Poems of William Shakespeare, 1893, three full page woodcut borders, woodcut initials, text printed in red and black, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original limp vellum, cloth ties (lacking part of two ties), a little rubbed and discoloured, 8vo One of 500 copies. Peterson A11.

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49 Junot (Laure, Duchess D’Abrantes). Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family, 2 vols., 1836, half titles, engraved portrait frontispieces, fourteen engraved portraits, occasional light spotting, monogram bookplates of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco by Root, spines with raised bands, gilt Napoleonic motifs in compartments, vol. I upper cover detaching, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg: Particularly towards the end of the Reign of Catherine II and the Commencement of that of Paul I. Forming a Description of the Manners of Petersburg at the Close of the Eighteenth Century... together with Remarks on the Education of the Grand-Dukes, the Manners of the Ladies, and the Religion of the People, Translated from the French [by Charles Francois Philibert Masson], 3 vols. bound in 2, 1800-02, a.e.g., later olive brown morocco by Riviere & Son, a little rubbed on spine and minor wear to extremities, with others related, mostly carrying the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill (34)

50 Kelmscott Press. The Love-Lyrics & Songs of Proteus by Wilfred Scawen Blunt, With the Love Sonnets of Proteus by the Same Author, Now Reprinted in Their Full Text With Many Sonnets Omitted From the Earlier Editions, 1892, woodcut initials in red, some offsetting, t.e.g., bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, contemporary vellum gilt by Hatchards, light surface abrasions to upper cover, a little rubbed and dust soiled, covers a little bowed, 8vo One of 300 copies. Peterson A3.

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£300-500

£300-400

51 Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st ed., 1894, b&w frontis. and illusts. throughout, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to front pastedown, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, some rubbing to extrems., 8vo (1)

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52 Kipling (Rudyard). Songs of the Sea, illust. Donald Maxwell, 1927, col. mounted plts., b&w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, slightly rubbed, in d.j., worn with extensive loss (lacking spine and rear wrapper), 4to Limited large paper edition of 500 signed copies.

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£70-100

53 Kirby (William and Spence, William). An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, 4 vols., 4th ed., 1822-26, thirty plates (inc. 6 hand-col.), some spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. green calf gilt by Hering, vol. 1 split at head of spine, some wear to extrems., 8vo (4)

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£100-150

54 Lecky (William Edward Hartpole). A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 8 vols., 1878-90, some light spotting, a few foredges creased and soiled, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary red half morocco, two vols. with tears to upper covers, some dampstains, lightly rubbed, 8vo (8)

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£100-150

55 MacPherson (James). The Poems of Ossian, 3 vols., 1805, engraved portrait frontispiece, eleven engraved plates by James Fittler after Henry Singleton, scattered light spotting, bookplates of Edward Bradley, a.e.g., contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, with a presentation inscription to front blank of vol. I: “Edward Bradley, Dec 14th ‘47, after stumping the Dons, from Charles Champagne Moller, Univ. Coll. Durham” (Edward Bradley, 1827-1889, English novelist writing under the name of Cuthbert M. Bede), with three others: Hugh and John M’Callum’s An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin and Other Bards, Who Flourished in the Same Age, 1816; James Hogg’s The Shepherd’s Calendar, 2 vols., 1829; The Works of Robert Burns, 6 vols., 1877-89; The Works of Robbie Burns, with an Account of His Life, by James Currie, 4 vols., 8th ed., 1820 (one cover missing) Most volumes carry the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£200-300

56 MacPherson (James). Original Papers; Containing the Secret History of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the Accession of the House of Hannover. To which are Prefixed Extracts from the Life of James II as Written by Himself..., 2 vols., 1775, verso of front free endpapers with ink stamped armorial of George Harcourt, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with some loss of labels, joints and board edges worn, 4to (2)

58 Mallet du Pan (Jacques). Memoirs and Correspondence of Mallet du Pan, Illustrative of the French Revolution. Collected and Arranged by A. Sayous, 2 vols., 1852, half titles, one or two light spots, contemporary tan calf by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt with red and black labels, vol. II torn at foot of spine, rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “Randolph Spencer Churchill with the best wishes of George Wilder on his leaving Eton Election 1865” (probably George Gordon Wilder, 1846-76, clergyman), together with Gray (Thomas), The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, English and Latin, Eton edition, 1863, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title, engraved plates and illustrations, a.e.g., contemporary calf, tear at foot of spine, lightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “Randolph Spencer Churchill, From his Friend Charles F. Ker. On his leaving Eton Election 1865”, plus A Memoir of Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, 2 vols., 1853, a few light spots, monogram bookplates of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “A.F. Hussey, from his friend John Stafford Northcote, on his leaving Eton Election 1864” (probably John Stafford Northcote, 1850-1920, Hon. Chaplain to Queen Victoria and Edward VII)

£100-150

57 Mahan (Captain A.T.). The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1897, portrait frontispieces, maps and plates, occasional light dampstain, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary black half morocco, head of spines and joints splitting, 8vo, together with Horne (R.H., ed.), The History of Napoleon, 2 vols., 1841-44, illustrations by R. & H. Vernet, occasional light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (4)

£100-150

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59 Masefield (John). The Collected Poems, 1923, port. frontis., one or two light spots, few tape marks to endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, gilt label to spine, rubbed, 8vo (limited ed.

454/530, signed and inscribed by the author, ‘Yet, when the Trinity exults, oh, then. What bliss to be, altho despised of men’.), together with A King’s Daughter. A Tragedy in Verse, 1923, few tape marks to endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, rubbed, 8vo (limited ed. 45/280, signed by author), plus The Taking of Helen, 1923, tape marks to endpapers, t.e.g, remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, rubbed, 8vo (limited ed.162/780, signed by author), plus forteen others similar, incl. To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf, 1927; The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales, by Richard Garnett, 1888 (with tipped-in letter from the author); The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, pub. Philip Lee Warner, 1919 (17)

£100-150

61 Mill (John Stuart). On Liberty, 1st ed., pub. John Parker, 1859, pencil underlining and scattered light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary half calf by Denny, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Considerations on Representative Government, 2nd ed., 1861, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary half calf by Denny, lightly rubbed and scuffed, 8vo First work “remains his most widely read book. Mill realized that the ‘greatest good’ of the community is inseparable from the liberty of the individual..., Many of Mill’s ideas are now the commonplaces of democracy. His arguments for freedom of every kind of thought or speech have never been improved on” (PMM).

(2) £300-500

60 Maurice (Prince of Orange). Via, Res Gestae, et Mors, Illustrissimi Principis Mauritii, Princ. Avraicae,. Com. Nass &c., Frankfurt, 1625, title with woodcut device, bound with Harangue Funebre Faite a la Memoire du Tres-Illustre & Invincible Prince Maurice de Nassau... du Latin de Daniel Heinsius, Leiden, 1625, folding engraved plate, rear blank repaired, light dampstain, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, calf ties, a little warped and stained, small 4to

62 Mills (Charles). The History of the Crusades, For the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land, 2 vols., 1820, engraved frontispiece, folding linen-backed engraved map, folding tables, one or two small tears, occasional light spotting, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., later half calf gilt by Morrell, vol. I upper cover detached, one spine label chipped, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The History of Chivalry or Knighthood and its Times, 2 vols., 1825, engraved titles, vol. I with marginal inksplash, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels, lightly rubbed and scuffed, 8vo

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63 Milton (John). The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose. Printed From the Original Editions With a Life of the Author by the Rev. John Mitford, 8 vols., pub. William Pickering, 1851, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding table and facsimile letter, scattered light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf by Riviere, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, vol. VIII upper cover detached, vol. III upper joint splitting, one or two light stains to spines, 8vo (8)

£200-300

64 Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books; Paradise Regain’d. A Poem, in Four Books, pub. John Baskerville, 1759, engraved portrait frontispiece to first vol., occasional light spotting, bookplate of Henry Francis Redhead Yorke (R.N., 1850-1914) and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, (Paradise Lost covers detached), a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (2)

£100-150

65 Montesquieu (Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de). Le Temple de Gnide, pub. Didot Jeune, Paris, L’An Troisieme, 1794, twelve engraved plates, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature and presentation inscription, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, a.e.g., contemporary straight-grained red morocco, lower cover detached, wear to head of spine, lightly rubbed, together with [Raucourt, Chevalier de], L’Heureuse Infidelite ou Memoires du Chevalier de Raucourt, 1st ed., Neuchatel, Paris & Strasbourg, 1782, half-title, a little soiling, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemp. half calf, spine chipped, upper cover det., both 8vo (2)

£150-200

66 Montesquieu (Charles de Secondat, Baron de). Oeuvres de Montesquieu., 5 vols., Paris, 1796, folding maps, b&w plates, a.e.g., contemp. diced calf gilt, all covers detached, spines worn, folio (5)

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Lot 68 67 Moore (George). The Brook Kerith, a Syrian Story, illust. Stephen Gooden, pub. William Heinemann, 1929, twelve engs., inc. nine plts., partly uncut, orig. vellum gilt, large 8vo, (Limited edition 234/375, signed by author and artist), together with Aphrodite in Aulis, 1930, partly uncut, orig. vellum gilt, large 8vo, (Limited edition 820/1825, signed by author), plus Ulick and Soracha, Nonesuch Press, 1926, partly uncut, orig. cloth gilt, in japanese vellum d.j., some loss to spine ends, 8vo, (Limited edition 95/1250, signed by author), plus sixteen other George Moore related, largely being signed limited eds. in orig. boards, 8vo Titles include, The Coming of Gabrielle, 1920; Esther Waters, 1920; Heloise and Abelard (2 vols.), 1921; Memoirs of my Dead Life, 1921; In Single Strictness, 1922; The Apostle, 1923; Conversations in Ebury Street, 1924; Hail and Farewell (2 vols.), 1925, etc.

(19) £150-200

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68 Navagero (Andrea). Andreae Naugerii patricii Veneti Orationes duae, quibus praestantissimos suae ciuitatis uiros in morte laudauit, Bartholomaeum Liuianum, & Leonardum Lauretanum, alterum belli, belli simul ac pacis artibus alterum in ea repub. principes. Carmina item eiusdem nonnulla. quae sola de multis excellentissimi uiri scriptis fors magnis semper ingeniis iniqua superesse uoluit, Paris: Apud Galeotum a Prato in aula regii palatii maiore ad primam columnam, V. calend. April, 1531, ff.[3],60,[1], title and margins ruled in red throughout, capital initials heightened throughout, title with crossed-through ownership signature and early ink signature to lower margin “Stephanus Baluzius Tutelensis”, front free endpapers detached, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, a.e.g., early 18th c. mottled calf with gilt amorial of 1st Duke of Marlborough to centre of each board, gilt dec. spine lacking title label, upper board detached, lower joint cracked and worn, board edges and corners worn, slim 4to Andrea Navagero (1483-1529) was a humanist, poet and orator. He was a friend and collaborator of Aldo Manuzio the elder. His fame is mostly due to the Latin lyric poems collected under the title Lusus representing natural, idyllic scenes. He also wrote eulogies, epigrams and funeral speeches for the Repubblica Veneta. In 1515, Navagero was appointed head of the library. He was a member of the academy of Pordenone, had played a major role in the publishing programme of Aldus Manutius, and was the official historian of Venice. Adams N95.

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69 Nicholson (William). The Book of Blokes, [1929], dedication printed in red, 29 plates, original pictorial boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo Presentation inscription (smudged): “Jack C. from William N. for Christmas 1942”.

(1) £200-300

71 Nonesuch Press. The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, & Several Cures of it...

by Democritus Junior, 2 vols., 1925, illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, a few light spots, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio

70 Nonesuch Press. The Writings of William Blake, ed. Geoffrey Keynes, 3 vols., 1925, b & w illustrations after William Blake, a few light spots, original vellum-backed boards, slightly rubbed, folio, (limited edition, 1303/1500), together with The Life of William Blake, by Mona Wilson, 1927, b & w plates, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed and discoloured, folio (limited edition, 75/1480), plus John Milton. Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake, 2 vols., 1926, illustrations, endpapers browned, original vellum-backed boards, 8vo (limited edition, 943/1450), with six other Nonesuch Press titles including The Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1926, The Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine, 1927, and The Temple.

Sacred Poems & Private Ejaculations, by George Herbert, 1927 (12)

Limited edition, 455/750.

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72 Nonesuch Press. The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus. The Translation of G. Rawlinson, Revised & Annotated by A.W. Lawrence, 1935, wood-engraved illustrations by V. Le Campion, maps at end by T. Poulton, one or two light spots, t.e.g., original blue vellum-backed boards, slightly rubbed and stained, large 8vo Limited edition, 430/675.

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£300-500

73 Nonesuch Press. La Divina Commedia, or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & French, 1928, illustrations after Sandro Botticelli, light spotting to preliminaries, t.e.g., original full orange-stained vellum gilt, spine slightly faded, folio Limited edition, 1333/1475.

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£200-300

74 Nonesuch Press. The Holy Bible, 5 vols. including Apocrypha, 1924-27, engraved titles and head-and-tail pieces, one or two light spots, original vellum gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, folio Limited edition, one of 1000 copies, Apocrypha one of 1250.

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£150-200

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75 Nonesuch Press. The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh, 4 vols., 1927-28, half-tone portrait frontispiece to vol. IV, original vellum-backed boards, some light stains, 4to, (limited edition, 8/110), together with The Complete Works of William Wycherley, 4 vols., 1924, scattered light spotting, original vellum-backed boards, lightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, (limited edition, 52/75), plus The Complete Works of Thomas Otway, 3 vols., 1926, a few light spots and stains, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed, 4to, (limited edition, 68/90), together with The Complete Works of William Congreve, 4 vols., 1923, (limited edition, 43/75) and The Complete Works of George Farquhar, 2 vols., 1930, (limited edition, 81/100) (17)

£400-600

76 Nonesuch Press. Izaak Walton, the Compleat Angler, the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson, With Love and Truth & Miscellaneous Writings, ed. Geoffrey Keynes, 1929, plates and illustrations, t.e.g., original full tan morocco gilt, spine a little darkened, some mottling, slipcase, 8vo, (limited edition, 1588/1600), together with The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey, De Motu Cordis 1628. De Circulation Sanguinis 1649: The First English Text of 1653, ed. Geoffrey Keynes, [1928], folding plate, a few light spots, small sellotape marks to endpapers and pastedowns, t.e.g., original full tan morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, (limited edition, 1377/1450), plus Graziella. By A. de Lamartine, Translated by Ralph Wright, 1929, illustrations by Jacquier, original decorative cloth, spine lightly toned, slipcase, 8vo, (limited edition, 148/1600), together with nine other Nonesuch titles including Voltaire’s The Princess of Babylon, 1927, Pindar’s Pythian Odes, 1928, Memoires For My Grand-Son, by John Evelyn, 1926 and Irene Iddesleigh, 1926 (two copies) (12)

£150-200

77 Nonesuch Press. The Works of Shakespeare, 7 vols., 1929-33, endpapers marginallly toned, t.e.g., original full tan morocco gilt, a few minor surface abrasions, slightly rubbed, 8vo Lot 75

Limited edition, 523/1600 copies.

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Lot 78 78 Nonesuch Press. Homer. The Iliad/Odyssey, translated by Alexander Pope, 2 vols., 1931, text in Greek and English, bookplate of Peregrine Spencer Churchill to each, t.e.g., original tan morocco gilt, a few gouges to Odyssey vol., lightly rubbed, one or two light stains, 8vo Limited edition, 657/1450 & 1118/1300 copies respectively.

Henry Winston Peregrine Spencer-Churchill (1913-2002) was the son of Jack Churchill, and brother of John George Spencer-Churchill (1909-1992) and Anne Clarissa Churchill (b.

1920, widow of Sir Anthony Eden).

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79 Owen (John and Bowen, Emmanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv’d; Being a Correct Coppy of Mr. Ogilby’s Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, 4th ed., 1724, eng. title, 4 pp. map index, 273 uncoloured eng. strip road and county maps printed back-to-back, a few leaves closely shaved, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, contemp. calf gilt, slight wear, 8vo Chubb CL. Fordham pps. 18 & 19.

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£400-600

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80 Parliament. The Priviledges and Practice of Parliaments in England. Collected Out of the Common Lawes of this Land. Scene and Allowed by the Learned in the Lawes.

Commended to the High Court of Parliament Now Assembled, 1640, occasional light soiling and dampstains, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill contemporary calf, upper board detached, small 4to STC 7750. Another edition was published in 1641 (Wing P3534) (1)

£100-150

81 Patin (Charles). Thesaurus Numismatum, Amsterdam, 1672, fine engraved portrait, numerous illustrations of coins, light dampstain and browning, a few leaves closely shaved, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, 18th c. calf, covers with gilt panel and corner volute design, some wear to spine ends, lower joint splitting, 4to (1)

£150-200

82 Pepys (Samuel). The Diary of Samuel Pepys..., Edited with Additions by Henry B. Wheatley, 8 vols., George Bell & Sons, 1904-05, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco by Bickers & Son, elaborate gilt dec. spines, 8vo (8)

£150-200

83 Pitt (William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708-78). The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1806, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines with maroon labels, slight wear at head & foot of spines and to extrems., 8vo (4)

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£150-200

84 Plato. The Dialogues of Plato, Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by B. Jowett, 5 vols, 3rd ed., pub. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892, scattered light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemporary tan half morocco gilt by Bickers, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8vo (5)

£100-150

85 Plutarch. Plutarch’s Lives. The Translation Called Dryden’s. Corrected From the Greek and Revised by A.H. Clough..., 5 vols., Oxford ed., pub. Henry Young, Liverpool, 1910, half-tone frontispiece plates, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemporary green half morocco by Sotheran, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 8vo (5)

£150-200

86 Potter (John). Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece, 2 vols., New ed., 1820, folding map, num. eng. plts., monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, rubbed, 8vo, together with [Buckham, P. W.], The Theatre of the Greeks, or the History, Literature, and Criticism of the Grecian Drama..., 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1827, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, 8vo, plus Grote (George), History of Greece, 12 vols., 1846-56, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting labels, some wear. two or three corners detached, 8vo, and four others (19)

£100-150

87 Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails, 6 vols., c.1880’s, 317 (of 319) col. plts., one plain plt., creasing to a few leaves, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, some rubbing to spines, 8vo (6)

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88 Priscianus, grammarian. Opera edita a Benedicto Brognoli et partim c. commentario Johannis de Aingre, Venice: Philippus Pincius, 20 October 1495, 254 unnumbered folios (complete), Roman and Greek type with text surrounded by commentary and heading, ornamental and historiated woodcut initials, paragraph marks in red and blue throughout, scattered old ink underscoring and marginalia, (early juvenile doodle of a face to text of folio 193 recto), some old water staining, mostly marginal but heaviest at front and affecting text of title and first two gathers, dustsoiled, three minor single wormholes touching lettering and margins of first gather and one wormhole continuing to end of signature h, split to upper margin of leaf b5 touching text, a.e.g., 18th-c. gilt-panelled red russia, giltdec. spine with six raised bands and small floral tools within compartments, upper cover near detached and some wear to extremities, folio (300 x 205 mm) Goff P-970; Hain 13363; Polain 3253.

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ÂŁ3000-4000

89 Punch, or the London Charivari. 162 vols., a near-complete run (only missing vol. 117, 1899), Jun 1841- Jun 1932, num. b&w illusts. (plus some col. plts. in the later volumes), some bindings detached, all orig. cloth, a few vols. lacking spines, generally rubbed and dampstained, 4to, together with Cartoons from “Punch”, 4 vols., 1906, b&w illusts. throughout, bindings weak, contemp. half morocco, worn and dampstained, 4to (166)

£300-500

90 Rabelais (Robert, the Younger). A Ninteenth Century and Familiar History of the Lives, Loves & Misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa, a Matchless Pair. Who Flourished in the Twelfth Century: A Poem, in Twelve Cantos., 1819, ten aquatint plts. (complete), offsetting, bookplate for Jennie Churchill to front pastedown, t.e.g., later olive half morocco gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo (1)

£100-150

93 Robinson (H.B.). Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B. Including his Correspondence, From Originals in Possession of his Family, 2 vols., 1835, engraved portrait frontispiece (light marginal dampstain), a few light spots, monogram bookplates of Jack Churchill, contemporary brown calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, together with Napier (W.F.P.), History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From theYear 1807 to the Year 1814, 6 vols., 1828-40, 55 engraved maps and plans (complete), a few trimmed, a few light spots, one or two hinges weak and tears to endpapers, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, Henry Sotheran ticket, contemporary half brown calf, spines gilt, lacking labels, rubbed, 8vo

91 Richardson (Samuel). The History of Sir Charles Grandison, 7 vols. (complete), Heinemann, 1902, eng. plts. in two states, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., orig. red half morocco gilt, a little rubbed on spines, 8vo Limited edition no. 1 of 25 copies on Dutch handmade paper.

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£70-100

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£200-300

94 Roscoe (William). The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, 6 vols., 2nd ed., 1806, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, together with The Life of Lorenzo De’ Medici, Called the Magnificent, 3 vols., 5th ed., 1806, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, final leaf of text to vol. 2 torn to fore-edge margin, plus Illustrations, Historical and Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo De’ Medici, Called the Magnificent..., 1822, eng. port. frontis., three etched plts. (one folding), monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, early 20th c. uniform half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, some wear at head and foot of spines, 8vo (10)

92 Richardson (Samuel). Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the most Important Concerns of Private Life...., 8 vols., 7th ed., 1774, eng. frontis. to each vol., leaves B2-B11 detached in vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemp. sheep, rebacked, joints and extrems. rubbed and worn, 12mo First published in 1748.

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£70-100

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£200-300

96 Ruskin (John). Modern Painters, 6 vols., 2nd ed., 1898, coloured and b & w plates, illustrations, a few light spots, contemporary previous owner signature, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary tan half morocco by Hatchards, spines with gilt Art Nouveau design, a little rubbed at head of spines, 8vo

95 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques). Collection Complete des Oeuvres, nouvelle edition, 11 vols., Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1775, eng. frontis. to several vols., including portrait of the author to vol. 1, several folding plates of music to rear of final vol., ownership signature in ink of W. Stuart, and eng. book plate of Aldenham Abbey to front pastedown of each, with additional monogrammed book plate of Jack Churchill, some damp marking to endpapers only, contemp. uniform full calf, gilt spines, with gilt crest of a lion rampant with the motto ‘nobilis ira’ to centre of upper cover, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, 8vo

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£150-200

97 Ruskin (John). Works, 24 vols., pub. Lovell, New York, c. 1885, plates and illustrations, some light spots and marginal toning, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemporary brown half calf, spines with red and black labels and gilt decoration, one vol. torn at head of spine, 8vo

Based on the Paris edition by Duchesne, and authorised by the author, but including three new pieces here published for the first time, including Pygmalion, and the Table des Matieres for the Nouvelle Héloise.

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£200-300

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Lot 99 98 Rylands (W. Harry). The Ars Moriendi (Editio Princeps, circa 1450). A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Museum, With an Introduction by George Bullen, Printed for the Holbein Society, 1881, eleven full-page facsimile plates, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, endpapers lightly browned, original buckram, lightly rubbed, 4to One of 25 Large Paper Copies.

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£70-100

99 Schiller (Frederick). Works, 10 vols., pub. Nimmo, 1903, b & w plates, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary green half calf with Henry Sotheran ticket, spines with red labels and gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 8vo (10)

£150-250

100 Scott (Sir Walter). Novels, 48 vols., Edinburgh, 1829-34, eng. frontis. and vign. title to each, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemp. red calf, gilt dec. spines, rubbed to extrems., small 8vo (48)

£150-200

101 Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of). Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vols., pub. John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles with elaborate engraved vignettes, engraved headpieces by S. Gribelin, occasional light marginal dampstain, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, spine ends chipped, lightly rubbed, 8vo (3)

£100-150

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102 Shakespeare Head Press. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 8 vols., pub. Blackwell, Oxford, 1928-29, text printed in red, blue and black, coloured illustrations by Hugh Chesterman, a few light spots, original cloth-backed boards, spines darkened, slightly rubbed and stained, 4to Limited edition, 182/375.

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£300-500

103 Shakespeare Head Press. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher, Plutarke of Chaeronea, 8 vols., pub. Blackwell, Oxford, 1928, b & w illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, a few leaves with marginal toning, t.e.g., contemporary black half morocco by Morley, lightly rubbed, vol.

V with nick at head of spine, 8vo Limited edition, 27/100, signed by the illustrator.

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£300-500

104 Shakespeare (William). Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works: With a Life of the Author, and a Selection of Notes, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory, by the Rev. W. Harness, 8 vols., 1830, engraved plates, some light spotting and offsetting, one front hinge breaking, previous owner signatures of William Henry Browne, Prince of Wales’ Dragoon Guards and Rachel Horatia Wodehouse, a.e.g., contemporary red straight-grained morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, lightly rubbed, 8vo (8)

£200-300

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Lot 105 105 Sharpe (John, pub.). Sharpe’s British Theatre, 18 vols., 1804-05, addn. eng. title to each, bookplate of Jennie Churchill to vol. 1, a.e.g., contemp. red morocco, gilt armorial to upper cover of each, rubbed, 12mo (18)

£70-100

106 Shaw (George Bernard). Saint Joan. A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue, 1924, sixteen coloured and b & w tipped-in plates by Charles Ricketts, one or two plates creased at corners, light marginal dampstain, a few spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little warped and stained, d.j., losses and insect damage, folio Limited edition, one of 750 copies.

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£70-100

107 Smollett (Tobias). The Miscellaneous Works, 5th ed., 6 vols., pub. Edinburgh, 1817, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to front pastedown of each, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, remainder untrimmed, later half morocco, gilt dec. spines, lower board of vol. 1 detached, upper board weak, some rubbing to extrems., 8vo, together with Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de), The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha..., 4 vols., Revised and Corrected, 1801, num. b&w plts., folding map, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemp. speckled half calf, couple of boards near-detached, gilt dec. spines with some loss, 8vo, plus Burns (Robbie), Works..., 4 vols., 8th ed., 1820, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, contemp. half calf, some boards detached, gilt dec. spines, worn with some loss, 8vo, plus eleven others, comprising The Letters of Horace Walpole, 9 vols., 1891; The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, by James Prior, 2 vols., 1837 Lot 106

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£150-200

108 Somerville (William). The Chase, A Poem: To Which is Added Hobbinol, or the Rural Games, pub. Robert Martin [Baskerville Press], Birmingham, 1767, contents somewhat browned and one or two minor marginal tears, bookplate of Thomas Hutton, and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary tree calf, covers with ornate border rolls with corner urns, spine with red and green labels, one label partly torn away, lightly rubbed at edges, 8vo, together with A Vocabulary, or Pocket Dictionary. To Which is Prefixed, a Compendious Grammar of the English Language, pub. Baskerville, Birmingham, 1765, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Charles John Whittingham, and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 12mo Gaskell Add. 3 & 31 respectively.

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£150-200

109 Sowerby (James, & Smith, James Edward). English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, 13 vols. (including Supplement), 3rd ed., 1902, over 1800 hand-col. litho. plts., some sections of text loose (gutta-percha perished), t.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, rubbed, large 8vo (13)

Lot 108

£300-500

110 Sterne (Laurence). The Select Works of Lawrence Sterne, 4 vols., 1818, later half calf, gilt-dec. spines with contrasting labels (vol. 1 covers detached), together with Coleridge (Samuel Taylor), Poetical Works of S.T. Coleridge, Including the Dramas of Wallenstein, Remorse, and Zapolya, 3 vols., William Pickering, 1829, t.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, and others, comprising Crabbe’s Works, 8 vols., 1838, Dryden, Poetical Works, 5 vols., 1832, Gray, Poetical Works, 5 vols., 1853 and Wordsworth, Poetical Works, 7 vols., 1846, all small 8vo Each volume carries the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£150-250

111 Stevenson (Robert Louis). Island Nights’ Entertainments, 1st ed., 1st issue (with price altered in ink), Cassell, 1893, frontis., col. map & twenty-six b&w plts. (as list), sixteen pp. ads. at rear, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed, rear cover stained, 8vo (1)

£70-100

112 Montagu (Lady Mary Wortley). The Life and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, edited by her Great Grandson, Lord Wharncliffe, 3 vols., 2nd ed., 1837, engraved portraits, later tree calf gilt by Cecil & Larkins, gilt-dec. spines, some wear (rear cover of vol. 3 detached), together with The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delaney: With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, Edited by the Right Hon. Lady Llanover, 6 vols., 1st & 2nd series, 1861-62, engraved portraits, a.e.g., later tree calf

by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, gilt-dec. spines, a little worn and some hinges split, 8vo, plus Strickland (Agnes), Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest, 6 vols., revised ed., 1896-99, engraved portraits, a few light spots, contemporary red half calf, spines with green labels and gilt decoration, slight wear at spine ends, 8vo, and others Each volume carries the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£150-250

115 Taunton (Thomas Henry). Portraits of Celebrated Racehorses of the Past and Present Centuries in Strictly Chronological Order, Commencing in 1702 and Ending in 1870, 4 vols., 1887-88, numerous b & w plates, a few leaves with light marginal soiling, t.e.g., bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth boards with recent red morocco spines, with raised bands and hunting motifs, boards a little rubbed and stained, large 8vo (4)

£300-500

116 Thackeray (William Makepeace). Works, 22 vols., 1869-74, plates and illustrations, a few light spots, bookplates of Randolph Churchill (1849-1895), contemporary red half morocco, rubbed, vol. IV lacking upper cover, a few other covers detached, together with Scott (Sir Walter), Waverley Novels, 25 vols., 1852-53, bookplates of Randolph Churchill, contemp. calf gilt, worn and some covers detached, 8vo Sold w.a.f. not subject to return.

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£100-200

113 [Surtees, R.S.]. Sporting Novels: Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, 1860; Plain or Ringlets, 1860; Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, 1865, coloured plates and b & w illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne, light dampstains, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth gilt, one lower cover detached, some wear and losses to spines, 8vo (3)

£150-200

114 Swift (Jonathan). Works ..., Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, not Hitherto Published; with Notes, and a Life of the Author, by Sir Walter Scott, 19 vols., Edinburgh, 1814, a.e.g., contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed to extrems. and some dampstaining, 8vo (19)

£100-150

117 Trevisan (Marco). L’Immortalita di Gio:Battista Ballarino Cavaliere, della Sereniss. Repub. di Venetia Gran Cancelliere..., Venice, 1671, half title, engraved portrait, one or two light spots, bookplate of William Turnbull and monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a little rubbed and stained, small 4to (1)

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£150-200

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118 Trials. Trials For Adultery: Or, the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, For Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence &c., From the Year 1760, to the Present Time. Including the Whole of the Evidence on Each Cause. Together With the Letters &c. That Have Been Intercepted Between the Amorous Parties..., 6 vols. only (of 7), 1779-80, occasional light spotting and marginal wormtracks, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, later blue half calf by Sotheran, some wear, labels chipped and two or three missing, 8vo, together with The History of the Most Remarkable Tryals in Great Britain and Ireland in Capital Cases, 1715

120 Vidocq (Francois Eugene). Memoirs of Vidocq. As a Convict, Spy and Agent of the French Police, c. 1870, title with engraved vignette, eight engraved plates, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, t.e.g., contemporary black half morocco by Riviere, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Huberto (pseud.), The Ghost of Dunboy Castle, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1889, half-titles present, a.e.g., later good quality giltpanelled dark green morocco, gilt-dec. spines with raised bands, joints partly split and a little frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, plus Sir John Vanbrugh, edited W.C. Ward, 2 vols., 1893, port. frontis. to vol. 1, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, contemp. good quality navy half morocco gilt, minor wear to extremities, 4to (limited edition 464/750) and Robinson (John Robert), ‘Old Q’. A Memoir of William Douglas, Fourth Duke of Queensberry, K.T. One of ‘The Fathers of the Turf’, with a Full Account of his Celebrated Matches and Wagers, etc., 1895, six col. plts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, near-contemp. crimson half morocco gilt by Hatchards, Piccadilly, tall 8vo (limited edition 16/125, signed by the author), with other miscellaneous bindings), many carrying the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill

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The first volume purports to be the father of all detective fiction novels! The first edition was published in Paris in 1828. Vidocq established his own department within the Paris police, the Surete (equivalent of MI5), he claimed his memoirs to be true but in reality they were fictional and somewhat Gothic.

This work marks the birth of the detective as the central character and had enormous influence on future writers such as Poe, Victor Hugo, Dickens, Doyle and Balzac.

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£150-200

119 Valerius Maximus (Gaius). Addito Indice Perbrevi, cev ad Omneis Historias Asylo Tutissimo, Paris: Simonem Colinaeum, 1531, woodcut printers’ device to title (upper margin excised), slight browning and few marks, inner hinges cracked, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, a.e.g., 18th c. red morocco gilt, joints slightly worn, 8vo Adams V102.

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£200-300

121 Walpole (Horace). Letters to the Countess of Ossory, 3 vols., 1903, titles printed in red and black, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, t.e.g., contemporary brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines with raised bands and gilt foliate decoration, slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo (3)

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122 [Ward, Edward]. The London-Spy Compleat, in Eighteen-Parts, 1703, occasional light soiling, a few wormtracks, previous owner signatures, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary panelled calf, spine defective, rubbed, 8vo Edward ‘Ned’ Ward’s irreverant snapshot of London life in the late seventeenth century.

(1) £70-100

123 Wellesley (Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842). A Selection of Letters From the Despatches, Treaties, and Other Papers of the Marquis Wellesley, K.G. During his Government of India, Oxford, ed. Sidney J. Owen, 1877, two folding maps (one detached), partly unopened, bookplate of Lord Randolph Churchill, original cloth, rubbed and stained, hinges breaking, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “Randolph Spencer Churchill.

From his Sincere Friend Alfred Montgomery, January 1st, 1886”. Alfred Montgomery, was a civil servant in the Foreign Office.

(1) £70-100

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Lot 124 124 Wilde (Oscar). Salome, drame en un acte, 1st ed., Paris & London, 1893, orig. silver-lettered purple wrappers retained (partly faded), together with Borrelli (Raymond de), Arma, avec un portrait, 1st ed., 1890, sepia portrait frontis., some marginal browning throughout, plus Rimes d’Argent, two copies, 1st eds., Paris, 1893, plus Herrick (Robert), The Poetical Works, ed. George Saintsbury, 2 vols., 1893, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, plus Porto-Riche (Georges de), Theatre d’Amour, Paris, 1898, paper uniformly browned throughout, author’s signed presentation inscription in French to Lady Randolph Churchill on half-title, dated April [18]99, bookplate of Jennie Churchill to all seven volumes, t.e.g., fin-de-siecle gilt-titled limp olive-green calf by Hatchards, rubbed, spines and extrems. browned, a little fraying to head and foot of spines, and one closed tear to head of spine of second named item, non-uniform 8vo Mason 348 (first-named item).

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£300-400

125 Wright (Thomas). Essays on Subjects Connected With the Literature, Popular Superstitions, and History of England in the Middle Ages, 2 vols., pub. John Russell Smith, 1846, titles printed in red and black, rough-trimmed foredges, one or two spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, contemporary brown half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo Limited edition, inscribed to fep: “Only six copies printed on thick paper. No.6. John Russell Smith, March 17. 1846”.

(2) £150-200

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127 Yeats (William Butler). A Selection From the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats, pub. Cuala Press, Dublin, 1913, one or two light spots, original cloth-backed boards, spine label rubbed, dusted, 8vo, together with Higgins (F.R.), Arable Holdings, pub. Cuala Press, Dublin, 1933, original cloth-backed boards, spine label lifting, remnant of glassine wrapper, 8vo Each limited to 300 copies. Monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill.

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£200-300

126 Wright (Almroth E.). The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage, 1st ed., 1913, rough-trimmed edges, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, original cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed, 8vo Professor of Pathology at the Army Medical School, Sir Almroth Wright’s antisuffrage argument attempted to attribute the conduct of suffragettes to that of hysteria and that women should “give a willing subordination to the husband or father, who, when all is said and done, earns and lays up money for her”.

Ironically, he was married to Lady Jane Wright, a prominent suffrage campaigner and contributer to the Woman’s Social and Political Union campaign in Lowestoft, the couple had unsurprisingly separated a few years before publication of the book.

(1) £150-200

128 The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vols. [all published], April 1894 - April 1897, b & w plates, a few light spots, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill to each, original yellow cloth blocked in black with designs by Aubrey Beardsley, some light soiling, 4to (13)

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£300-500

Lot 131

129 Pope (Alexander). Works, 10 vols., new edition, 1876-86, t.e.g., contemp. half calf, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed and faded, upper cover of vol. 1 detached, together with Greville (Charles C.F.), The Greville Memoirs. A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV... to Queen Victoria, 8 vols., 1st-3rd series, 1874-87, t.e.g., contemp. polished calf

by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, gilt-dec. spines with contrasting labels, some minor wear to extremities (rear cover of vol. 1 detached), with other miscellaneous leather-bound antiquarian volumes, all carrying the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, all 8vo (3 shelves)

131 French Novels. A Collection of 195 French novels, including contemporary fiction and historical romances, pub. Paris, c. 1880s & 1890s, all uniformly bound by Hatchards in natural off-white canvas with morocco title label to spines in different colours, some dust soiling and spines browned, 8vo Jennie Churchill was a prolific reader and she had French as a second language.

A small number of these volumes carry her bookplate. Includes works by members of the Academie Francaise and other late 19th century French novelists, including Edmond About, Adolphe Belot, Alexis Bouvier, Victor Cherbuliez, Jules Claretie, Emile Gaboriau, Ludovic Halevy, Paul Hervieu, Armand Sylvestre, Alfred Vallette and others.

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£200-300

130 Toudouze (Gustave and Leloir, Maurice). Le Roy Soleil, pub.

Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne, 1904, forty fine col. illusts., correct as list, including two double-page, title detached and a little frayed at edges, a.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and a little worn at head and foot of spine, large 4to, with other miscellaneous cloth-bound books, mostly history and literature, all carrying the monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill (3 shelves)

£100-200

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A CHURCHILL FAMILY DINING TABLE 132* A Churchill family dining table formerly owned by Randolph S. Churchill (1911-1968) and used at his home in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, the top made from a massive single slab of polished Portuguese green marble with natural veining and flecks, ogee moulded edges, supported on two marble pedestals, one of simple pyramid design emphasising the natural veining in grey and other hues, the other carved with a Italianate double volute scroll on integral moulded plinth, overall dimensions 122 in long x 56 in wide (310 x 142 cm), together with an associated set of eight handmade high-back dining chairs, limed beech frames with carved cabriole front legs, yellow self patterned damask upholstery Provenance: The table was purchased in the early 1960s by Randolph S. Churchill for the dining room at his house in East Bergholt, Suffolk.

Three tables were brought to the UK by a Portuguese dealer - the massive rectangular dining table offered here plus two smaller circular top pedestal tables. One of these circular tables was purchased by Prince Philip and given by him as a present to Her Majesty the Queen and is now believed to be at Windsor Castle. The remaining two tables were purchased by Randolph S. Churchill and the smaller circular table is still owned by his daughter-in-law Mrs Minnie Churchill.

When the large rectangular dining table was delivered to East Bergholt, Randolph Churchill was shown two sample bases and asked to choose the one he preferred. The choice was never made which is why the table retains non-matching pedestals. Many notable politicians and world dignitaries have sat and dined at this table over the decades since its purchase – if only it could tell of the conversations it has overheard! The table is being sold with a copy of a letter of authenticity written by Minnie S. Churchill dated 1999.

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BOOKS BY WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (1874-1965) 133 Churchill (Winston S.). Step by Step, 1936-1939, 1st ed., Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939, two b & w maps, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., small repaired closed tear and slight chipping to edges, some dust-soiling, 8vo (1)

£150-200

134 Churchill (Winston S.). Step by Step, 1936-1939, 1st ed., Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939, two b&w maps, monogram bookplate of Jack Churchill, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., few tape marks to flaps, some insect damage to extrems. resulting in slight loss (mainly to top edge), 8vo, together with “What Kind of a People do They Think we are?”, Two Historic Speeches made by The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill..., Reprinted from the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post., c. 1941, 8 pp., orig. printed wrappers, a few folds, 4to (2)

£150-200

135 Churchill (Winston S.). The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, Centenary Edition, 38 vols. (complete), pub. Library of Imperial History, 1973-76, b & w illusts., folding maps, facsimile letters, etc., a.e.g., orig. natural calfskin vellum, lettered and blocked in 22 ct gilt, each vol. contained in dark green slipcase stamped with the Churchill arms (some marks and minor wear to slipcases), 8vo This set being no. 110, commissioned by, and published for Robert Greenway Gilbert, by the authority of the Churchill Centenary Trust, with printed paper label on front pastedown of each volume, signed R.G. Gilbert. Only 2000 sets authorised for the British Empire and Commonwealth, and a further 1000 sets for United States of America and Canada. The four volumes of Collected Essays (published for the first time in volume form) are here present.

(38) £2000-3000

136 Churchill (Winston S.). A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1956-58, map illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth, d.j.s, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Unknown War. The Eastern Front, 1st U.S. ed., 1932, maps and plates, some light spotting, original cloth, 8vo, with others on or by Winston Churchill, including Arms and the Covenant, 1938, The Great War, 3 vols., 193334 and A Speech by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Winston Churchill in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940 (24)

£100-150

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139 Churchill (Winston S.). My African Journey, 1st ed., 1908, three maps, half-tone plates, 16pp. adverts. at end, scattered light spotting, a.e.g., later full red morocco by Bayntun, upper cover stamped with gilt signature of Winston Churchill, spine with raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt, 8vo

137 Churchill (Winston S.). London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria, 1st ed., 1900, coloured folding map frontispiece, other folding maps and illustrations, 32pp. adverts. at end, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, 8vo Churchill was working as the Morning Post's war correspondent at the time of the Boer War and became an overnight hero by escaping from a Boer prisoner of war camp. Ten thousand copies of the first English edition were printed.

Woods A4. A good clean copy.

(1) £300-500

Woods A12.

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140 Churchill (Winston S.). My Early Life. A Roving Commission, 1st ed., 1930, folding map, half-tone plates, original cloth bound in at end, t.e.g., later full red morocco by Bayntun, upper cover stamped with gilt signature of the author, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, 8vo

138 Churchill (Winston S.). Ian Hamilton’s March, 1st ed., 1900, halftone portrait frontispiece, coloured folding map, illustrations, 4pp. and 32pp. adverts. at end, scattered light spots, endpapers browned, original red cloth, slightly rubbed with light stains, 8vo Wood A5.

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£300-500

Woods A37a.

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£200-300

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£300-500

142 Churchill (Winston S.). India. Speeches and an Introduction, 2nd impression paperback ed., May 1931, original green wrapper, minor rubbing to spine, 8vo

141 Churchill (Winston S.). The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vols., 2nd impression, 1900, photogravure portraits, folding coloured maps, illustrations, scattered light spotting, endpapers lightly browned, original blue cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo Woods A2a. 500 copies printed.

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Woods A38.

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ÂŁ500-800

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ÂŁ200-300

PHOTOGRAPHS & DOCUMENTS RELATING TO ROYALTY & WORLD LEADERS

143* Albert (Prince Consort to Queen Victoria of England, 18191861). Autograph letter signed ‘Albert’, Balmoral, 7th September 1852, to Sir Robert [Gardiner, 1781-1864], ‘I have received your letter of the 15th of Aug which is quite unintelligible to me. On showing it to Lord Malmesbury who is staying here at this moment, I find that he has never recommended you for the honor of being allowed to wear the Spanish Order to the Queen but has informed you upon your application to him, nearly in LD. Palmerstone’s words of the reasons why he could not advise the Queen to grant it’, 2 pp. with integral blank, black-edged mourning paper, 8vo (1)

144* Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (Princess of Wales, 1719-72).

Document signed ‘Augusta’, Leicester House, 2nd January 1759, German language document in a neat hand with flourishes, one page with integral ‘address’ leaf and remains of red wax seal with resultant hole to blank area and several neat old sellotape repairs not affecting text, folio Augusta, Princess of Wales was the mother of King George III. Frederick, Prince of Wales, rented Leicester House in London from 1742 until his death there in 1751, Augusta remaining there a further thirteen years.

(1) £200-250

£200-300

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146* Charles XIII (King of Sweden, 1748-1818). Document signed ‘Carl’, 18 September 1810, in Swedish, appointing Lars von Wackenfelt to a Military Command, 2 pp., a little marginal browning and one small split to blank area, 2 pp., folio (1)

145* Berthier (Louis Alexandre, 1753-1815). Part printed military passport signed by Berthier as Minister of War, 13th January 1806, the passport completed in manuscript for a courier ‘of the Minister of War’ taking dispatches for Marshal of France Andre Massena and Alexandre Lauriston, a little dust soiling and marginal fraying with short splits on folds, repaired with archival tape, red wax seal, signed on verso by Lauriston, one page, folio, 36 x 24 cm (1)

£150-200

147* Charles XIV John (King of Sweden, 1763-1844). Document signed ‘Carl Johan’, Stockholm, 26 October 1838, a manuscript certificate in Swedish in respect of a member of Uppsala University, Surgeon Professor Bergstrand, wafer seal to centre of page, one page with integral blank, folio

£200-300

Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon’s marshals, was adopted by the childless King Carl XIII and succeeded to the throne as King of Sweden and Norway in 1818.

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149* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). A pair of gloves formerly belonging to Sir Winston Churchill, c. 1960s, fleecelined, stitched tan suede leather, with cuffs trimmed, well worn, 20.5 cm A typed card accompanying the gloves states: ‘These Gloves which were the property of the late Sir Winston Churchill and were worn by him were given to Gordon by Grace Hamblin [Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill and the first Administrator of Chartwell for the National Trust] in May, 1965.’ Churchill’s small hand size (a family trait) is evident from this pair of gloves, as is his habit of trimming all the cuffs with a pair of scissors to make them more snug. Churchill loved well-worn clothes and hated getting rid of items like this with tired clothing having to be smuggled out of the house by Grace and Lady Churchill. Also included with the lot is a copy of Robin Fedden’s ‘Churchill at Chartwell’, 1st ed., 1969, d.j. signed presentation inscription to Gordon from Grace dated 24 February 1971; a Christmas Card signed by Clementine Spencer Churchill thanking Gordon Davies for the lovely flowers (image of the villa on the Nivelle mounted at front), lower leaf detached; a typed letter on House of Commons paper dated 12th December 1946, addressed to Commander Gordon Davies, RNVR, regretting that in view of the very large number of requests for special messages from Winston Churchill he is unable to accede to the request; a greetings card with a reproduction of a picture by Winston Churchill titled ‘Bottlescape’, with a long note [by Grace Hamblin to Gordon Davies] mentioning a possible visit by Lady C. on March 6th.

(6) £500-800

148* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 29 October 1953, to Willy Sax (Churchill’s paint supplier), thanking him for his letter of October 19 and for sending him some more paints which he looks forward to using, noting that he has not done any painting since returning from France and thanking him also for the soups, ‘these are very acceptable’, ending with reference to his recent award of the Nobel Prize for Literature, ‘I much appreciate your congratulations on the Nobel Prize. I do not yet know whether I shall be able to go to Stockholm to receive it’, one page, 4to, VG As it happened, Winston Churchill was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm on 10th December 1953. His acceptance speech was read by Lady Churchill. Willy Sax (1898-1964) was a respected paint manufacturer in Urdorf, Switzerland. Over a period of 18 years, Churchill corresponded with Sax about painting supplies and the technical aspects of painting materials. His friendship with Churchill was recorded in a book written by him, ‘Farben fur Churchills Leinwand’, published posthumously in 1995.

(1) £700-1000

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150* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Visitor’s Register for the Witney Institute, [Oxfordshire], 1901-20, a total of twenty fully completed leaves, each with printed header ‘Witney Institute’ and each page with three columns for dates, visitor names and ‘Introduced by’, a total of nearly 1,000 visitor signatures in pen and pencil, the first entry dated 19 October 1901, and two-thirds down page three against the date 3rd January 1902 are the signatures of Marlborough and Winston S. Churchill, the one below the other, the whole book somewhat soiled and grubby, the final leaf torn with loss leaving the last completed entry dated 9th September 1920, the remaining (blank?) leaves torn from the book and now missing, orig. limp leather, gilt, rubbed and soiled, spine largely def., and contents loose, slim 4to

151* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Printed portrait signed, c. 1943, a black and white print from the painting ‘Profile for Victory’ by A. Egerton Cooper [1942], showing the seated Churchill half-length in profile with a smoking cigar and a bundle of papers, printed italic caption beneath, signed by the sitter in blue ink lower right of image, 63 x 48 cm (25 x 19 ins), framed and glazed using conservation clear glass (1)

Winston Churchill and his cousin, Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934), went to Witney to enrol recruits for the Queen’s Own Hussars Imperial Yeomanry. While there, they visited the recently opened Witney Institute, where Churchill beat the Duke at billiards.

Notwithstanding this, the Duke announced he would present the Institute with a second billiard table. The Witney Institute, situated at 52 High Street, was opened in October 1901, as a club for the working classes, with newspapers, a billiard room and a smoking room, etc. It was non-sectarian, non-political and alcohol was forbidden. The visit is recorded in the Witney Gazette. The day after the visit, Churchill was commissioned as a Captain in the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was also at this time Conservative MP for Oldham, having won the seat in the 1900 General Election. A nice example of an early Churchill autograph.

(1) £300-500

£700-1000

152* Churchill Centenary Trust. Official Plate to Commemerate the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir Winston Churchill, issued by John Pinches, 1974, gold on sterling silver plate, with relief portrait by David Cornell in 24 carat gold, 20 cm diam., in plush-lined presentation case with limitation certificate (no. 1744), together with a set of Churchill Centenary Medals, minted by John Pinches, 1974, 24 silver-gilt medals depicting events from the life of Churchill, each 39 mm diameter, a total of approx. 620 grams (20 oz), housed in original presentation folder with limitation certificate (no. 1490) (2)

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£100-150

154* Clarence & Avondale (Albert Victor, Duke of, 1864-92). Coutts & Company cheque drawn and signed by Albert Victor as Clarence & Avondale, 7th July 1890, for the sum of £399.9s 8d, payable to [Charles] Fuller, fine clear signature, a little soiled Albert Victor was the eldest son of King Edward VII and heir to the throne. He died in 1892 and thus the succession passed to the future King George V. (1) £200-300

153* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). A group of eighteen b & w press photos, c. 1930s and later, mostly with printed captions, wetstamps, etc. to versos and some with dates of later printings, various sizes, together with forty-four other miscellaneous b & w press stills, including overseas notables and four of British prime ministers Harold Macmillan (2), Anthony Eden and Margaret Thatcher, various sizes (64)

£150-200

155* Diana (Princess of Wales, 1961-97). Autograph note card signed ‘Diana’, 1st July 1992, to Sybil thanking her for a birthday present, ‘I was thrilled to bits to receive the lovely basket of bubble bath, etc., from the Body Shop. Always a firm favourite!’, written on both sides of her personal Kensington Palace notecard with red border and monogram upper left, with an orig. postally used matching size envelope (but dated 18 June 199-), addressed to Miss Sybil Moyses of the Royal Household Staff at Windsor Castle in Princess Diana’s holograph, both VG (2)

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£400-600

156* Edward VII (King of England, 1841-1910 & Queen Alexandra.

Mounted sepia photograph signed ‘Edward VII [and] Alexandra’ to lower mount, c. 1901, full length portrait of the royal couple on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, 15 x 10 cm, mounted on card with photographer’s studio imprint beneath ‘W & D Downey, 61 Ebury Street, SW’ partly obscured by the royal signatures

157* Edward VIII. Christmas card signed ‘Cousin David’, 1929-30, mounted colour illustration of St. James’s Palace after a drawing by Louis A. Hayes and printed seasonal inscription inside, written presentation inscription in the Prince of Wales’s holograph to Dorothy and the note ‘To thank you ever so much for knitting the socks - they are fine’, some adhesion marks to rear corners, 22 x 15.5 cm (folded)

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The recipient was Dorothy Isabel Westernara Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (1899-1988).

(1) £200-300

£200-250

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158* Eugenie (Empress of the French, 1826-1920). Autograph letter signed ‘Eugenie’, Farnborough Hill, Farnborough, Hampshire, 22nd January 1900, in French to a Duchess sending condolences, blackruled mourning border, some dust soiling and minor marginal nicks, 4 pp., 8vo (1)

159* Francis I (King of France, 1494-1547). Document signed ‘Francois’, 1537, vellum document with 13 lines of neat Latin and French text, bold signature beneath, upper left corner restored with some loss of text to first six lines, right edge partly browned and water stained with some deterioration of lettering, horizontal ‘tag’ to lower right margin cut away, overall approx. 22 x 38 cm

£150-200

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£300-500

160* George V (King of England, 1865-1936). Document signed ‘George’, as Lieutenant Commander of H.M.S. Thrush and when Prince of Wales, 12th August 1891, printed Reference Sheet completed in manuscript from Captain Leicester C. Keppel on board H.M.S. Wildfire, Prince George acknowledging receipt for orders, also signed by Keppel at foot, minor soiling, one page, folio (1)

£150-200

161* George (Prince of Denmark, and Prince Consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain, 1653-1708). Document signed as Lord High Admiral ‘George’, 7th January 1702, authorising Rear Admiral Sir John Graydon to hold Courts Marshal as Commander in Chief of the Fleet in Thames and Medway, 2 pp., with additional signature of Josiah Burchett (1666-1746) integral blank, docketed by Graydon, minor soiling, folio

Lot 161

Prince George was a good administrator and military strategist, and as Lord High Admiral, 1702-08, headed the Royal Navy in support of the military activities of Queen Anne’s favourite, Captain General Lord John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

(1) £200-300

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162* Jellicoe (John Rushworth, Admiral, 1859-1935). Autograph letter signed ‘J. R. Jellicoe, Jallipoli, 26th February 1878, to a Mrs Rushworth, while a midshipman on H.M.S. Agincourt, ‘I am writing to tell you that your application for a nomination has been received by Admiral Commerell and has been forwarded to the Commander-inChief of the Station. Mr Gibson desires me to tell you that he does not think there will be any difficulty at all about getting it ... I had a letter from Mr. Sandbach last week telling me how to proceed with regard to my poor cousin’s debts and as soon as the ship goes to Malta I hope to be able to pay them ...’, 3 pp., together with an earlier letter to Mrs Rushworth from Jellicoe, Besika Bay, 30th January 1878, also referring to debts, ‘I do not like to trouble you about money matters, but I find that my cousin left debts in the ship to the amount [piece cut out] at Malta ...’, signature excised affecting text to pages 3 and 4, both letters on H.M.S. Agincourt note paper with black mourning borders, 8vo Mrs Rushworth was the mother of the ‘poor cousin’ mentioned in the letters and who was also a midshipman in Agincourt. On 21st December 1877 he was in charge of a cutter put out from the Agincourt to convey officers when the koxswain fell overboard. A cousin dived in after him but in snow, darkness and high seas both were lost.

(2) £100-150

163* Lauriston (Jacques Alexandre, 1768-1828). Letter signed as Marquis de Lauriston, Paris, 3rd September 1821, in French, replying to a petition for a pension for an ‘ancien militaire’ but regretting that the state of the country’s finances necessitates the postponement of all proposals concerning pensions, archival tape repairs to fold versos, one page, folio Lauriston was Napoleon’s comrade at artillery school and later one of his principal Generals, fighting at Wheram and being in the retreat from Moscow.

(1) £200-250

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164* Leopold II (King of The Belgians, 1835-1909). Document signed ‘Leopold’, Buckingham Palace, 15th November 1869, a clerkwritten response in English to an address by the British Volunteers, two pages and two lines, Buckingham Palace letterhead and black mourning border, a little dust soiled and a few minor marginal nicks or creases, folio, docketed note by the identified recipient of the document from the King on 16th November 1869 (1)

£150-200

165* Napoleon - St. Helena. An invoice for washing ‘For the establishment of Longwood from the 15th to 28th July 1817 both days inclusive’, St. Helena, 28th July 1817, detailing Ann Bateman’s washing bill for house linen and Goffs’ bill for washing for Marshal Bertrand, a total of £20, signed as correct by W. Balcombe [Napoleon’s official Purveyor on St. Helena, and with whom Napoleon stayed while Longwood was being made ready], 1 p., docketed, 4to (1)

£100-150

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166* Pelissier (Aimable Jean Jacques, 1794-1864). Letter signed ‘A Pelissier, before Sebastopol’, 6th September 1855, to ‘Monsieur le Generale en Chef de l’Armee Anglaise’, concerning preparations for the attack from Ketch on Taman, Fanagoria and Yenikale, numbered 242, some heavy spotting, small tear with loss to upper outer left corner, not affecting text, 2 pp., folio The attack was accomplished by a small force of French and British naval and military between the 6th and 24th September. As a result of the Crimea campaign, Pelissier was made Duke of Malakhoff and Marshal of France.

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167* Philip (Prince, Duke of Edinburgh). Large photograph signed ‘Philip’, c. 1950s, vintage gelatin silve print showing Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker and Prince Philip informally and both bearded with hats, standing on a river jetty, inscribed by Prince Philip in blue ink beneath Parker’s feet ‘Noah & His 1st Mate’ and signed beneath his own feet, a little creased at corners, 36.5 x 24.5 cm, together with the large envelope addressed to Commander Michael Parker, CVO, with printed royal crest to verso, slightly soiled and torn, postally unused

168* Royal Family. A group of approx. 100 b & w press photos, c. 1930s and later, many relating to Queen Elizabeth II, plus sixty relating to Prince Charles, mostly pre-1980, the majority relating to official occasions with printed descriptions, wetstamps, etc. to versos, various sizes (approx. 100)

£100-150

169* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Document signed ‘Victoria R RI’, 15th May 1844, a free pardon for George Eccles who had been convicted of larceny at Lancaster in December 1842 and sentenced to transportation for seven years, signed at head of document by Monarch, wafer seal with some staining affecting remaining pages of the document including countersignature on second page, 2 pp. with integral blank, some soiling and adhesion remains to blank area above docketed panel on final page, folio

Commander Michael Parker (1920-2001) was an Australian-born naval officer and courtier. He was equerry-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh 1947-52, and Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh, 1947-52. In early 1957, at the end of a four-month tour of the Commonwealth on board the Royal Yacht Britannia news gossip grew about the upcoming separation and divorce of Parker and his wife. At the time a broken marriage disqualified employees from further royal service. Parker, a wartime shipmate and close friend of Prince Philip, quickly disappeared out of the royal employ. Public sentiment was strongly on his side and Prince Philip kept contact with Parker up until the time of his death.

(2) £150-200

‘George Eccles, 40, charged with stealing at Over Darwen, two hens, the property of John Holden, and a cock, the property of Richard Dearden. Mr Hulton had the prosecution. There were several previous convictions against the prisoner. To be transported for seven years’, Preston Chronicle, Saturday 3 December 1842.

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170 Welensky (Sir Raphael ‘Roy’, 1907-91). Half-length portrait of Sir Roy Welensky by Waalko Jans Dingemans Jr (1912-91), 1963, oil on canvas showing Welensky at his desk with letters and books in the last phase of his time as Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, signed and dated upper right ‘Waalko Dingemans, 1963’, 105 x 89 cm (41 x 35 in), off-white painted wooden frame, remains of exhibition label to verso Waalko Dingemans, whose father was also an artist, is best known for South African landscapes. He did however also paint portraits including one of Sir Winston Churchill in 1945. Provenance: From the Estate of Roy Welensky - boxer, politician, and last Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland which was disbanded in 1963.

(1) £200-300

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THE WEST ESSEX CONSERVATIVE CLUB ARCHIVE Provenance: Richard Schartau, the last Chairman of the Club

171* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, SW7, 28th March 1946, to W. Robinson [Walter Robinson, long-standing Club Chairman and Treasurer], ‘I write to thank you for your letter of 22 March and for inviting me to become an Honorary Life Member of the West Essex Conservative Club, Limited. I deeply appreciate the compliment you pay me and I’m very happy to accept this membership. I should also like to express my pleasure at having been re-elected to the Presidency of the Club. Pray convey my warm thanks to all concerned for their thought of me’, salutation and signed sentiment in Churchill’s holograph in black ink, punch hole to upper left corner, minor marks, one page, 4to

172* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, 27 March 1950, to W. Robinson, ‘I shall be obliged if you will please convey to your fellow officers and members of the West Essex Conservative Club my warm appreciation of the valuable assistance and facilities afforded by them during the recent General Election campaign. The results, though gratifying, is such that we cannot afford to relax our vigilance, but rather should it spur us to greater endeavours to improve our organisation so that we shall achieve a more decisive victory at the next Election, whenever it may come’, signed in blue ink, punch hole to upper left corner and small pin hole marks to extremities, minor marks, one page, 4to

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The General Election held on 23rd February 1950 had returned a Labour Government with a slim majority of just five seats.

(1) £300-500

£300-500

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174* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, 4th March 1961, to H.P. Moll, ‘I am much obliged to you for your letter.

Would you please convey to your members my thanks for the agreeable compliment you have paid me which has given me much pleasure. I was glad to hear that all goes well with the Club’, a few marginal pin hole marks, one page, 4to

173* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’, at La Pausa, Roquebrune, A.M., 12th March 1958, to H.P. Moll [Percy Moll, long-standing Club Secretary and Chairman], ‘I am indeed obliged to you for your letter from which I am very glad to learn that I have been re-elected President of the West Essex Conservative Club. Thank you so much for your kind inquiry. I am progressing well, and hope to return to England before the end of the month’, Hyde Park Gate letterhead with typed deletion marks, punch hole upper left corner, minor marks and small pin holes to corners, one page, 4to

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Winston Churchill often visited and painted at Villa La Pausa at Cap Martin in the South of France, where he was guest of honour of his publisher Emery Reeves.

(1) £300-500

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£300-500

176* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed in a very wavering hand ‘Winston S. Churchill’, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, 11th September 1962, to H.P. Moll, ‘My Wife and I are most interested to hear of the improvements you are carrying out at the West Essex Conservative Club. Thanks for writing to us.

Unfortunately, owing to my accident, neither of us is accepting invitations for the autumn, but if you would later on let us know the date of the ceremony you contemplate, I would arrange for a member of my family to attend if you would like this. We hope that the alterations to the Club will give pleasure to all who use it’, a few minor pin marks to upper margin, one page, 4to

175* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed in a very shaky hand ‘Winston S. Churchill’, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, 28th February 1962, to H.P. Moll as Chairman, ‘I am indeed obliged to you for your letter. Would you please convey to the members of the West Essex Conservative Club my warm thanks for the compliment they have paid me, and my good wishes?’, single pin hole mark to upper left and right corner, one page, 4to (1)

£300-500

While holidaying on the Riviera during the summer, Winston had fallen from his bed and broken his leg. He spent the following winter months recouperating slowly at Hyde Park Gate.

(1) £300-500

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178* Churchill (Clementine, 1885-1977). Lady Churchill smiling and attending to correspondence at her desk, c. 1963, b & w photo, approx.

26 x 26 cm (10 x 10 ins), boldly signed on mount beneath ‘Clementine S. Churchill’, framed and glazed, with a handwritten note by H.P. Moll (Chairman of the West Essex Conservative Club) to frame verso noting that this was received from Lady Churchill on the 27th September 1963

177* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Typed letter signed ‘W.S. Churchill’, 28 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, 6th March 1963, to H.P. Moll as Chairman, ‘I am indeed obliged to you all for once again electing me President of the West Essex Conservative Club. Would you please convey my warm thanks and my good wishes to the Members?’, blue ink signature descending to the right, one page, 4to (1)

Probably presented to the Club for the new Clementine Lounge which had been opened by Winston and Clementine's daughter Diana on 23rd November 1962.

(1) £200-300

£300-500

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179* West Essex Conservative Club Archive. A large archive of printed and manuscript material relating to the West Essex Conservative Club from its formal beginnings in 1924 to its final closure in 2002, comprising three Winston Churchill facsimile letters of which two are addressed to Club Secretary Percy Moll giving thanks for support in the elections of 1950 and 1951, five typed letters signed and two Christmas cards signed by Clementine Churchill, all to the Club and written in her later years, three unused Christmas cards with colour illustrations from Winston Churchill’s paintings, five telegrams to the Club, c. 1958-63, three from Winston and Clementine, one from Winston and two from the Queen and Prince Philip, an original framed pencil drawing of the Club exterior by D.J. Wilde dated [19]95, a group of approx. sixty b & w photos, the majority recording the opening of the Churchill and Clementine Lounges by Diana Churchill on 23rd November 1962, four real photo postcards of the Club in 1937, a large quantity of reports, balance sheets and accounts, audit reports, annual general meeting reports, committee reports, inventories, nomination forms, shareholder information and related correspondence from the full time of the Club, plus printed booklets of rules and bye-laws, lease details, maintenance reports and costs, planning and development proposals, building preservation orders, bank statements (1972/73), a General Election 1959 Woodford report, printed and manuscript material relating to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, correspondence from other Conservative Clubs and the Association of Conservative Clubs, copy letters and drafts, correspondence signed by various of Churchill’s secretaries including Grace Hamblin, Anthony Montague Browne, L.M. Shillingford, L.M. Marston, much of the correspondence written by or addressed to long-serving Club Secretary Percy Moll and Chairman and Treasurer Walter Robinson, the more recent correspondence including much from local MP Patrick Jenkin, plus other House of Commons letters from John BiggsDavison, John E. Harry, T.L. Iremonger, et al., plus news cuttings, posters, etc., in total the equivalent of approx. twenty folders, part sorted and the whole contained in an old tin trunk Winston Churchill, long-serving MP for Wanstead and Woodford, accepted the role of President of the West Essex Conservative Club at the beginning of 1935 and remained unchallenged in that post until his death in January 1965. The Club was based at the Manor House, High Street, Wanstead, London, E2. The eighteenth-century red-brick building still stands and is the main office of the Allied Irish Bank. A bust of Winston Churchill by Luigi Fironi (unveiled 1968) stands in front of the building. Provenance: Richard Schartau, the last Chairman of the Club. Upon the closure of the Club in 2002 Richard Schartau was allowed to purchase the archive which includes supporting paperwork and documents from his period in charge. (a tin trunk) £500-800

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(a) The highest bidder to be the buyer. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen he has absolute authority to settle it or reoffer the lot. The Auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid, divide any lot, combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot without prior notice. (b) Where goods are bought at auction by a buyer who has entered into an agreement with another or others that the other or others (or some of them) shall abstain from bidding for the goods and the buyer or other party or one of the other parties is a dealer (as defined in the Auction Biddings Agreement Act 1927) the buyer warrants that the goods are bought bona fide on joint account.

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3. The buyer shall pay the price at which a lot is knocked down by the Auctioneer to the buyer (“the hammer price”) together with a premium of 17.5% of the hammer price. Where the lot is marked by an asterisk the premium will be subject to VAT at 15% which under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme will form part of the buyer’s premium on our invoice and will not be separately identified (the premium added to the hammer price will hereafter collectively be referred to as “the total sum due”).

By making any bid the buyer acknowledges that his attention has been drawn to the fact that on the sale of any lot the Auctioneer will receive from the seller commission at its usual rates in addition to the said premium of 17.5% and assents to the Auctioneer receiving the said commission.

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9. Lots may be removed during the sale after full settlement in accordance with 4(d) hereof.

10. All goods delivered to the Auctioneer's premises will be deemed to be delivered for sale by auction unless otherwise stated in writing and will be catalogued and sold at the Auctioneer's discretion and accepted by the Auctioneer subject to all these conditions. In the case of miscellaneous books, the Auctioneer reserves the right to extract and dispose of books that, in the opinion of the Auctioneer at his absolute discretion, have no saleable value and, therefore, might detract from the saleability of the rest of the lot and the Auctioneer shall incur no liability to the seller, in respect of the books disposed of. By delivering the goods to the Auctioneer for inclusion in his auction sales each seller acknowledges that he/she accepts and agrees to all the conditions.

(a) The buyer shall forthwith upon the purchase give in his name and permanent address and pay to the Auctioneer immediately after the conclusion of the auction the total sum due. (b) The buyer may be required to pay down during the course of the sale the whole or any part of the total sum due, and if he fails to do so after such request the lot or lots may at the Auctioneer's absolute discretion be put up again and resold immediately. (c) The buyer shall at his own expense take away any lot or lots purchased no later than five working days after the auction day.

11. (a) Unless otherwise instructed in writing all goods on the Auctioneer's premises and in their custody will be held insured against the risks of fire, burglary, water damage and accidental breakage or damage for which insurance the Auctioneer will charge a premium of £1.00 per £100. The value of the goods so covered will be the hammer price, or in the case of unsold lots the best bid, or in the case of loss or damage prior to the sale that which the specialised staff of the Auctioneer shall in their absolute discretion estimate to be the auction value of such goods. (b) The Auctioneer shall not be responsible for damage to or the loss, theft, or destruction of any goods not so insured because of the owner’s written instructions.

(d) The Auctioneer may at his own discretion agree credit terms with a buyer and extend the time limits for collection in special cases but otherwise payment shall be deemed to have been made only after the Auctioneer has received cash or a sterling banker’s draft or the buyer's cheque has been cleared.

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(a) Notwithstanding any other terms of these conditions, if within fourteen days of the sale the Auctioneer has received from the buyer of any lot notice in writing that in his view the lot is a deliberate forgery and within fourteen days after such notification the buyer returns the same to the Auctioneer in the same condition as at the time of the sale and satisfies the Auctioneer that considered in the light of the entry in the catalogue the lot is a deliberate forgery then the sale of the lot will be rescinded and the purchase price of the same refunded.

"A deliberate forgery" means a lot made with intention to deceive. (b) A buyer's claim under this condition shall be limited to any amount paid to the Auctioneer for the lot and for the purpose of this condition the buyer shall be the person to whom the original invoice was made out by the Auctioneer.

(a) If the buyer fails to pay for or take away any lot or lots pursuant to clause 4 or breaches any other condition of that clause the Auctioneer as agent for the seller shall be entitled after consultation with the seller to exercise one or other of the following rights: (i) Rescind the sale of that or any other lots sold to the buyer who defaults and resell the lot or lots whereupon the defaulting buyer shall pay to the Auctioneer any shortfall between the proceeds of that sale after deduction of costs of re-sale and the total sum due. Any surplus shall belong to the seller. (ii) Proceed for damages for breach of contract. (b) Without prejudice to the Auctioneer's rights hereunder if any lots or lots are not collected within five days or such longer period as the Auctioneer may have agreed otherwise, the Auctioneer may charge the buyer a storage charge of £1.00 + VAT at the current rate per lot per day. (c) Ownership of the lot purchased shall not pass to the buyer until he has paid to the Auctioneer the total sum due.

12. The Auctioneer shall remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller thirty days after the day of the auction provided that the Auctioneer has received the total sum due from the buyer. In all other cases the Auctioneer will remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller within seven days of the receipt by the Auctioneer of the total sum due. The Auctioneer will not be deemed to have received the total sum due until after any cheque delivered by the buyer has been cleared. In the event of the Auctioneer exercising his right to rescind the sale his obligation to the seller hereunder lapses.

13. In the case of the seller withdrawing instructions to the Auctioneer to sell any lot or lots, the Auctioneer may charge a fee of 12.5% of the Auctioneer's middle estimate of the auction price of the lot withdrawn together with Value Added Tax thereon and any expenses incurred in respect of the lot or lots.

(a) The seller shall be entitled to place a reserve on any lot and the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the seller for any lot on which a reserve has been placed. A seller may not bid on any lot on which a reserve has been placed. (b) Where any lot fails to sell, the Auctioneer shall notify the seller accordingly. The seller shall make arrangements either to re-offer the lot for sale or to collect the lot and may be asked to pay a commission not exceeding 50% of the selling commission and any special expenses incurred in cataloguing the lot. (c) If such arrangements are not made within seven days of the notification the Auctioneer is empowered to sell the lot by auction or by private treaty at not less than the reserve price and to receive from the seller the normal selling commission and special expenses.

14. The Auctioneer’s current standard notices and information (i.e. Collation and Amendments) will apply to any contract with the Auctioneer as if incorporated herein.

15. These conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law.

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Index to the Churchill family photo montage Images by kind permission of Mrs Peregrine Spencer-Churchill

1

Lord Randolph Churchill as a school boy at Eton, aged 12 years.

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Left to right: Jack, aged 7, Jennie, and Winston, aged 12.

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Campaigning on behalf of Lord Randolph in the 1890 election when he had to stand again having been made Secretary of State for India. The two women in the carriage are, left to right, Georgiana, Lady Howe, (Randolph’s sister), and Jennie. They sported Randolph’s racing colours, pink and chocolate brown.

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Winston Churchill in his South African Light Horse uniform during the Boer War 1900.

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Left Jack aged 5, right Winston aged 10, taken at Blenheim Palace.

At the piano 1900, left to right: Mlle Janotha (pianist), Pearl Cragie (who helped Jennie set up her magazine the AngloSaxon Review); and Jennie seated at the piano. Jennie’s Bechstein piano is today owned by Sir John Leslie at Castle Leslie, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.

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Jack at Gallipoli 1915, where he served under General Sir Ian Hamilton.

18

Winston and Jack Churchill on a tour of inspection July 1941.

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Clementine being assisted out of the coach by her brother William (Bill) Hozier on her wedding day. Bill gave her away.

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Winston getting out of the coach on his wedding day. His best man was Lord Hugh Cecil.

21

Lady Gwendeline Bertie (later wife of Jack Churchill) as a child, photographed at her home Wytham Abbey, Oxford 1889.

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The Churchill family, left to right: Winston, his eldest daughter Diana, Clementine, their second daughter Sarah, their only son Randolph, grandmother Jennie, Peregrine (on Gwendeline’s lap), Gwendeline, Johnny, and Jack, photographed in 1915.

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Officers of the Oxfordshire Hussars, left to right; Colonel the 9th Duke of Marlborough (Sunny); Major Viscount Churchill; Major Winston Churchill; Major John (Jack) Churchill.

24

Jack Churchill in his library, his great solace after his day’s work as a stockbroker in London.

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Major Jack Churchill's sons, John (Johnny) and Peregrine.

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John Spencer-Churchill (Jack) as a child.

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Major John (Jack) Churchill (mounted) wearing his Oxfordshire Hussars uniform.

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Jack Churchill playing bezique with Clementine Churchill in the garden at Chartwell House, Westerham, Kent.

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Yvonne and Peregrine 1958.

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Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill (Jennie) dressed as the Empress Theodora at the Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball, summer 1897.

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Winston, Clementine, and their only son Randolph, photographed by Jack Churchill.

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John Spencer-Churchill (Jack) in his South African Light Horse Uniform 1900, during his service in the Boer War.

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Lady Randolph Churchill with her Jack aged 20, during the time he was injured in the Boer War, boarding a train. Jennie is wearing a modified version of the uniform of the Red Cross which she made herself.

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Winston with his son Randolph, aged about 18 months in 1916. Photograph taken by Jack Churchill.

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Portrait of Lord Randolph Churchill in the early years of his married life at the height of his political power, by an unknown artist. Peregrine believed it was painted by Jennie.

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Lord Randolph and Jennie shortly after Winston was born 1874/5, taken at Blenheim Palace.

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Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie) photographed in riding habit in Ireland 1877, standing on the steps of the Viceregal Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, where the 7th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough were Viceroy and Vicereine 1876-80.

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Jennie in the early years of her marriage.

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Winston and Clementine Churchill.

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Winston Churchill as a boy aged 8 years photographed at Blenheim Palace.

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The Prince of Wales's first motor car (1898), in which he is about to take his first automobile ride. Seated in the vehicle (from left to right); The Honorable Mrs George Keppel (Alice), the great grandmother of Camilla Parker-Bowles, now wife of the present Prince of Wales; Jennie Churchill; the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII); an unknown person, probably an equerry; and finally, the person standing beside the vehicle, who appears to be folding up the foot step, must be the chauffeur.

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Blenheim Palace the home of the 7th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, photographed in 1930. It would have looked much like this in Jennie’s day when she arrived there to live as a bride in 1874.

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