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198. LOW, David. mounted cartoon of marie stopes. The New Statesman. 1926.
£98 mounted black and white cartoon, 360 x 440mm.
low drew a series of cartoons for the new statesman throughout 1926 which appeared in the new statesman supplements. these were then collected and sold loosely in a portfolio. these are taken from that collected portfolio.
from the library of the cartoonist nicolas bentley with a copy of his reynolds stone designed bookplate on the back of the mount.
199. LUMHOLTZ, Carl Sofus. unknown mexico. A record of five years’ exploration among the tribes of the Western sierra madre; in the tierra caliente of tepic and Jalisco; and among the tarascos of michoacan. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1903.
£395
8vo (236 x 152mm), 2 volumes. original green cloth, spine and upper board blocked in colours with mexican design, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt; pp. i, [iii]-xxxii, 530; ii: [2 (blank l.)], [i]-xv, [1 (blank)], 496; photogravure portrait frontispiece retaining tissue guard in vol. i and double-page colour-printed facsimile in vol. ii, 15 colour-printed plates (2 with printed tissue overlays) after r. cronau, l.h. souyel, et al., 36 monochrome plates, and one double-page map and 2 folding maps, one colour-printed, numerous illustrations in the text; extremities very lightly rubbed and slightly bumped, spines very slightly faded and leant, occasional slight marginal marks or tears, one map a little creased, occasional very light browning, nonetheless a very fresh and clean set in the original decorative cloth; provenance: Arthur hugh smith-barry, 1st baron barrymore (1843-1925, bookplates on upper pastedowns with penciled pressmarks).
First British edition. An account of a series of scientific expeditions through the sierras of mexico by the norwegian traveller, ethnographer and anthropologist, and natural historian lumholtz (1851-1922). the first expedition was sponsored by private patrons and the American museum of natural history of new york and the American geographical society of new york, and enjoyed the support of the united states government and began in 1890; it was followed by three further expeditions, and lumholtz calculated that between 1890 and 1898 he spent ‘fully five years in field researches among the natives of northwestern mexico’ (i, p. xiv). the results were published in a series of articles published in American and norwegian journals between 1891 and 1900, and, as lumholtz states in his introduction, Unknown Mexico provides ‘a succinct account of my travels and work among the remote peoples of the sierra madre del norte and the countries adjacent to the south and east as far as the city of mexico. most of what i tell here refers to a part of the republic that is never visited by tourists and is foreign even to most mexicans. primitive people are becoming scarce on the globe. on the American continents there are still some left in their original state. if they are studied before they, too, have lost their individuality or been crushed under the heels of civilisation, much light may be thrown not only upon the early people of this country but upon the first chapters of the history of mankind. in the present rapid development of mexico it cannot be prevented that these
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primitive people will soon disappear by fusion with the great nation to whom they belong. the vast and magnificent virgin forests and the mineral wealth of the mountains will not much longer remain the exclusive property of my dusky friends; but i hope that i shall have rendered them a service by setting them this modest monument, and that civilised man will be the better for knowing of them’ (i, pp. xvi-xvii). the work was first published in new york by charles scribner’s sons in 1902- 1903, and was followed by this british edition.
200. MACARTNEY-SNAPE, Sue. original caricature, “the dog Wrangler”. 2001.
£998
pencil, black ink and watercolour, 22? x 15? (57 x 39.5 cm), mounted and framed. signed with initials and inscribed in pencil “the dog Wrangler/knitting a jumper out of dog hair/’dog news’ in carry bag/A little oasis of hominess in a/sea of dynamic youth and technology/& lots + lots of cable everywhere”.
this is one of a series of caricatures by sue macartney-snape, called “social stereotypes”, drawn for the Telegraph Magazine and printed there with accompanying text by victoria mather. the caricatures, together with mather’s descriptions, have also been published as a book, The Embarrassing Parents: Social Stereotypes from the Telegraph Magazine, a copy of which is supplied with this picture. the caricature shows “evelyn” sitting on a film set, with members of the film crew in the background, knitting a jumper out of dog hair. “evelyn creates a homely little oasis on the film set. While all about her are in black singlets, evelyn is vivid in crimplene, knitting furiously in a fug of hot tea and damp dog, twinkle [the dog] having been freshly bathed for his next take with helena bonham carter” (from victoria mather’s text).
201.MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo. the prince. translated and with an introduction by george bull, including the prelude by benito mussolini. The Folio Society. 1970.
£298
8vo. nicely rebound in half black morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt and with gilt centre tools, top edges gilt; running headlines and initial letters printed in red; a fine copy.
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