CLIVE FARAHAR Catalogue 60

145. ST. JOHN (Capt. H.C.) Notes and Sketches from the Wild Coast of Nipon with Chapter on
Cruising after Pirates in Chinese Waters, 1880 xxi + 392 pp. 5 maps, frontispiece, 6 plates,
vignette on title, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, spine sunned, [CF4888] £225
146. ST. JOHN (Spenser) Life in the Forests of the Far East; or Travels in Northern Borneo,
London, 1863 Second Enlarged Edition, xvi + 406 & 3 folding maps tears repaired,16 plates
including 4 hand coloured, 2 vols, 8vo modern hf. calf, [11312] £1,200
St.John adds in this edition an introduction, a chapter on Pirates, another on Animals, and gives a full
index.
DENZIL STANLEY’S RATTLE
147. [STANLEY (Henry Morton)] A Victorian Baby’s Silver Rattle the gift of H.M. Stanley and
his wife to their adopted son Denzil, Gourd Shaped, with Whistle, Coral Teething Stick, and
Four Attached Bells, marked “GU” for George Unite, date letter indistinct, c. 1860 4 ins
long, in fine condition, [11671] £750
The remaining contents of H.M.Stanley’s home, Furzehill Place, near Pirbright in Surrey, was finally
disposed by Clarke Gammon Auctioneers of Guildford, in December 2002, and this item was lot 632.
Denzil Stanley was adopted less than a year old, in 1896. Stanley had married the Hon. Dorothy
Tennant on July 12 1890, she was 36 and he 49 years old. They bought Furzehill Place in 1898 and it
was Dorothy who named various parts of the grounds after Stanley’s travels. The little lake became
“Stanley Pool”, a stream was named “The Congo”, and various other locations “Kinchassa”,
“Wanyamwezi”, and “Mazamboni”. Byron Farwell in his biography of Stanley, says [ Denzil]
“Although less than one year old, Stanley, like many a new father before and since, bought picture
books and toys suitable for a child of four.” However, Stanley was meticulous about his son, and this
teething rattle would no doubt have appeared in the household very early on.
148. STAUNTON (George) An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China,
undertaken by order of the King of Great Britain; Including the Manners and Customs of
thenInhabitants and preceded by an account of the causes of the Embassy and Voyage to China.
Abridged principally from the Papers of Earl Macartney... London, 1797 2 folding maps,
portrait frontis, engraved title with vignette, 28 plates on 21 sheets, some trimmed, viii + 475
pp. hf. morocco, some little wear, boards worn, [11709] £350
149. [STOCKDALE (John Joseph ed.)] Sketches Civil and Military, of the Island of Java and its
immediate dependencies: comprising Interesting Details of Batavia, and Authentic Particulas
of the Celebrated Poison-Tree, London, 1811 folding map of Java, folding plan of Batavia,
title , some occasional spotting, xix + 406 pp. modern hf. calf, [12590] £600
A remarkable collection of facts gleaned from many sources not least from Sir Samuel Auchmuty, whose
expedition “against the last settlement remaning in the hands of an European power hostile to Britain”
inspired this compilation. “The subject, in itself interesting, is rendered much more so by the
probability of the many new sources of enterprise, which will now be opened to the view of that liberal,
extentive, and spirited commerce, which has so highly contributed to enable this kingdom to present
itself and insurmountable barrier to the atrocious schemes of that enemy of the human race, Napoleon
Buonaparte.” - Preface
150. SUTHERLAND (Capt. [David]) A Tour Up The Straits From Gibraltar to Constantinople.
With The Leading Events In The Present War Between The Austrians, Russians, And The
Turks, To the Commencement Of The Year 1789, Printed for the Author, London 1790
Second Edition, Corrected, xlvii + 372 pp. faint stain on eps. 8vo, tree calf, lacking label, some
slight wear, [10777] £475