Catalogue 6

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Erotica Curiosa & Ephemera

6. 15. [001924] Bacon, Gertrude. The Record of an Aeronaut (association copy).. London: John Long, 1907. First Edition. Nice bright copy, 358 pp, spine gilt. The copy contains a number of interesting additions...1. A four line obituary tipped in from the Telegraph for "Charles Dollfus", French balloonist. 2. Front and rear of the orginal white 1907 dust wrapper, tipped in & beautifully preserved. 3. Four original prints af a balloon ascent, somewhat faded. Look early but no real clue of event or date. 4. A five inch column clipping from The Reading Mercury for the 7th January 1967. Details a relationship between a Mr Alfred Dean, coachman and gardener to the Rev. J.M.Bacon, pioneer balloonist and scientist, who is the subject of this book. 5. Title page neat handwritten inscription in black ink "Stephen Harding Terry, from J Long (n.b. John Long is the Publisher). 9th November 1907. Upcott, Surbiton". 6. The leading article from The Standard of 29th November 1907 (sixteen column inches) extolling the life of "The late John Mackenzie Bacon, Aeronaut". Tipped in. 7. Tipped in. A newspaper clipping, with photograph, showing recovery of the propeller assembly from the derelict airship La Patrie, from the crash site at Ballysalllagh in Ireland.
£85.00
6. 7. 8. [001210] Bonmariage.. Sylvain.. Paris: La Clef D'Or, 1951, Very Good/Very Good. 18 x 26 Cm. Chronique de L'Amour Venal a Paris. No. 3130 of 5000 copies. A lovely bright copy 183pp, illustrated, and in original decorated wrap.
£16.00
[002465] Boxing. Beckett, Joe., Moran, Frank. International Heavyweight Contest. 1920.. London: J Arnold Wilson., 1920. Original Program. Cream wrap 20 pages stapled, embellished with UK and USA flags. Location: Royal Albert Hall. Friday December 10th 1920. Printed by Fleetway Press. 18 x 25 com. Folding crease. 1 inch closed tear, otherwise a most remarkable survivor. Referee: Mr. J. Palmer. 20 three-minute rounds. Moran won by a Knock Out in Round 2. [Charles Francis Moran, aka "The Pittsburgh Dentist". Born: March 18th, 1887 in Pittsburg, PA. Died: December 14th, 1967 (80)]. [Joe Beckett. Born: 1892-04-04. Died: 1965-03-12 aged 72]. £45.00. SOLD
1. 6. [002110] Bryce.. Bryce's English Dictinary. Glasgow.: David Bryce & Son, 1893. 384 pp in full red leather and contained in the original small tin plated locket. 64 mo. The locket contains, as part of the front panel, a magnifying glass. Both the front and the reverse of the locket, although worn reads "Smallest English Dictionary with Magnifying Glass". The rear panel has an image of a terrestrial globe.
£85.00
6. [001816] Enotria Cruise Liner.. Mn. "Enotria". 1974, A collection of five menus, each a folding card with a ship print from "Museo Storico Navale-Venezia" on the top cover.
£10.00
6. 8. [001898] Gamiani.. Gamiani, Ou Deux Nuits d'Exces.. Paris: Le Cercle Du Livre Precieux, 1963. No. 437 of 1400 copies "..sur velin blanc". Moire silk binding with gilt decorations, 27 x 18 cm landscape format. All pages text in decorated borders. A lovely copy.
£25.00
6. [001890] Goldsmid, Edmund., F.R.H.S.. Bibliotheca Curiosa. Edinburgh: 1885. Volumes 1 & 11. "Some Political Satires of the Seventeenth Century. Selected from the Writings of the Earl of Rochester, Sir John Denham, and Andrew Marvel". 58 pp + 73 pp + Appendix. Volume 11 lacks rear cover sheet. Nice copies in original glassine wraps...some chipping and wear at tops and bases of spines.
£12.00
6. 7. [001783] Harris, Frank. My Life & Loves [True First].. 1922, Privately Printed. Address the Author, 1. Rue du Helder: Paris. This copy is unusual for two reasons. 1. A fragile Erratum Slip is bound in at the rear...."I took this book to Germany to be printed because Germany is the country in Europe most accessible to new ideas; the country where bold artistic treatment is most readily welcomed. Alas! the printer's ignorance of English! The final proof reading satisfied me that this book was reasonably free from errors: when the book was delivered, a few frightful mistakes were discovered that did not exist in the last proof. I call attention here to the worst of them and beg the reader to forgive all blemishes. Page 31..etc..Page 123..etc..Page 214..etc..". 2. The book is stamped at the base of the Title Page in blue ink "Importe D'Allemagne". The final page bears a larger stamp "Imprime en Allemagne". At the rear of the book a four page "Afterword" is bound in, with the printed signature "Frank Harris. The Catskills Mts., this 25th day of August 1922". The text reads complete in itself, as if the further three volumes are still to be written ("I only wish I had begun this book five years ago.."). Copy bound in green boards with gilt lettering and nude female torso (Praxitiles' Aphrodite). Spine worn & nearly detached, endpapers showing a series of female nudes in uniform pink colour.
£145.00
6. [001977] Hartmann, Sadakichi. Bruno Chap Book. Volume 2. No 4. October 1915. "Permanent Peace: Is It a Dream?". "Edited by Guido Bruno in his garret on Washington Square, New York". Fifteen Cents. V Scarce ephemera. 16 pp unopened, cream wrap stapled. "One of the strangest and most original men of letters of his day..poet, art critic, lecturer....". See, for example: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hartmann/portraits.htm
£65.00
6. 9. [001196] Hirst, Joseph H.. The Blockhouses of Kingston-Upon-Hull.. London and Hull.: A Brown & Sons. 1913, Very Good. Third. 13 x 19 Cm. 140pp, 18 full page illustrations. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Library stamp "Holy Ghost College". A glimpse of catholic life in the penal times, and a missing page of local history. With an introduction by the Rev. Francis J. Hall M.R.V.F.
£12.00
1. 6. [001899] Howlett, Robert (R.H.).. The Royal Pastime of Cock-Fighting. Liss, Hampshire: Spur Publications., "...or the Art of Breeding Feeding Fighting and Curing Cocks of the Game. Published Purely for the Good, and Benefit of all such as take Delight in that Royal and Warlike Sport, to which is Prefixed a Short Treatise, wherein Cocking is Proved not only Ancient and Honourable but also Useful, and Profitable". 92 pp in plane white card wraps. 12 pp Preface loosely inserted. 1973 Spur Publication facsimile reprint of the 1709 edition by Robert Howlett (R.H.). Fine condition.
£45.00
6. 14. [001761] I.R.A. . [I.R.A. Interest] 1921-1922. , An unusual and quite bulky collection of newspaper cuttings, dating from a quite tight period of a few months in 1921-22. Mainly from The Morning Post.and mainly dealing with the Ireland and the IRA problem, as it then was. Also the murder of the Tsar..new Taxation legislation., etc.. All in a stamped addressed buff envelope addressed to a R E Chambers esq, with a stamp of the period.
£18.00
6. 8. [001773] Israel.. Liste Des Membres du Corp Diplomatique en Israel.. Jerusalem: Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, 1971, First. Soft blue wraps. 87 pp. V.good.
£10.00
2. 6. [001604] Jazz Book Club.. Jazz Column. The Aldine Press, Letchworth, Herts.: Jazz Book Club, Seven single sheet pieces of fragile 50's & 60's Jazz Ephemera ".for Members of The Jazz Book Club". Printed both sides, Jazz chat, venues, upcoming appearances & forthcoming volumes in the Jazz Book Club Series. Comprises Issue no: 6, (Nov/Dec 1957), 7, 8 (Mar/Apr 58), 46, 47 & 48 (Dec 1964), & no: 61 (Feb 1967). These were presumably loosely tucked in the monthly Jazz Book Club volumes.
£18.00
6. [001595] Nin, Anais (signed).. House of Incest. 1959, "Photomontages" by Val Telberg. second paperback printing may 1959. soft cover 72 pp with a long flamboyant handwritten dedication in black ink on the front free end paper. this reads as follows "For Maurice Rosenbaum. it was an instant friendship---I divided a past, a sensitive writer and reader---devotedly. Anais Nin 1970". There is a short discussion of Maurice Rosenbaum on . A nice bright association copy.
£45.00
6. 8. [001788] Pia, Pascal [Andre Collot].. La Semaine Secrete De Sapho.. La Chronique Des Dames Contemporaines, Superb gentle erotica! This copy number 254 of " 250 exemplaires sur velin d'Arches, avec l'etat definitif en couleurs des huit eaux-fortes". A very lovely copy hardbound in beige buckram, spine darkened, some slight marking and scuffing to boards. " [Pia, Pascal.] - La Semaine secrète de Sapho. Illustrée de huit gravures originales coloriées à la main par l'artiste [André Collot]. La Chronique des Dames contemporaines. [Paris: Marcel Lubineau, 1930.] 4to. 162 pp. Limited to 283 copies. [Bibliothèque Nationale: Enfer 1215.] ". This taken from http://www.sonic.net/~patk/Pia.htm
£195.00
6. [001722] Reich, Wilhelm. La Funcion Del Orgasmo. Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1955, Hardback copy in grey/green boards, gilt. 307 pp, in Spanish, "Biblioteca de Psiquiatria, Psicopatologica y Psicosomatica". Second Spanish Edition (?). Some wear and sl fading to spine, o/w a good copy.
£24.00
1. 6. [001315] Rymer Young, J.. From Alchemy to Chymistry. Warrington.: Warringtom Literary & Philosophical Society. 1896, A very fragile 16 pp piece of esoteric ephemera. Stapled buff wrap, lacks rear cover. The text consists of a paper read to the Society on Monday October 19th 1896 by J. Rymer Young F.C.S. the then President of the Society.
£8.00
6. [001669] Sermaise, Robert. The Fleshly Prelude. Paris: The Vendome Press, 1950, First English. A lovely copy in pale pink illustrated wraps. Uncut & part unopened. 197 pp.
£7.50
6. [001921] Sudan. Khartoum Airport. Official Opening.. Dated 15th April 1954. 40 pp softcover presentaion booklet. Nice fresh copy.
£12.00
2. [001802] Sun Newspaper.. George and Lynn [Original Artwork]. London: Sun Newspapers, 1992, Black ink cartoon strip. 6 x 20 inches approx. Signed original. Few only.
£28.00
6. [001316] Suthers, R. B.. John Bull's Rent and Interest.. London: The Clarion Press, Not Dated. "Pass on Pamphlet No. 7. Price 1d". 16 pp pale green wraps. A very good copy.
£5.00
6. 9. [002107] Tottenham, London.. Tottenham Adult School (manuscript).. Tottenham Adult School was located at 594 High Road, Tottenham. This is a 7 x 9 inch disbound Manuscript Minute Book of 166 pages, covering the period December 23rd 1895 to 12th November 1908. The book is concerned with the running of the school, attendance, school finances, and the Minutes of School Business Meetings. A rare insight into late Victorian adult education.
£24.00
1. 6. [001988] Warneford, R. Hughli-Katwa Railway. East Indian Railway Co (?)., "Note on Probable Traffic Earnings". For the following Stations: Sija, Balagarh, Somrah, Guptipara, Kalna, Nadia & Katwa. Dated in pencil 12/5/1898. Four foolscap sides. R Warneford was Engineer in Charge, Burdwan-Katwa and Hughli-Katwa Railways. [see also Item # 001987. "East Indian Railway", and Item # 001990 "Indian Railways"].
£20.00