McGonagall, Sir William Topaz
£5,500
Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
A collection of 35 broadsheet poems of Sir William Topaz McGonagall, majority signed by the poet along the upper edge, bound together in a half maroon morocco folio, to include
1 - The battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 1882, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 28cm high, chipped at edges [Not in NLS];
2 - The Sunderland calamity, 1883, ink signature along the upper edge, 15cm by 35cm high, foxing, previous fold;
3 - Forget-me-not, 1883, ink signature along upper edge, 18cm by 26cm high, foxing;
4 - The battle of Waterloo, [no date], ink signature along upper edge, 20cm by 27cm high, foxing [Not in NLS];
5 - Colinton Dell and its surroundings, [no date], 21cm by 26.5cm high;
6 - Women's suffrage, 1884, ink signature along upper edge, 21cm by 28cm high, foxing, pencil marks;
7 - The death of the old mendicant, 1884, ink signature along upper edge, 22cm by 29cm high, foxing and another copy, foxing;
8 - A Christmas carol, 1884, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 29cm, foxing [Not in NLS];
9 - The rebel surprise near Tamai, 1885, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 29cm high, foxing;
10 - Bill Bowls the sailor, 1885, ink signature at upper edge, 21.5cm by 29cm [Not in NLS];
11 - Young Munro the sailor, 1886, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 28cm high, foxing [Not in NLS];
12 - Grace Darling or The wreck of the "Forfarshire", 1887, ink signature along upper edge, 21cm by 28cm high, chipping to edges;
13 - The battle of Shina, in Africa fought in 1800, 1888, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 28.5cm high, foxing, water stain [Not in NLS];
14 - An adventure in the life of King James V of Scotland, 1887, ink signature along upper edge, 21cm by 28cm high, foxing [Not in NLS];
15 - The collision in the English Channel, 1888, ink signature along upper edge, 22cm by 28.5cm high, foxing, chipped at right edge [Not in NLS];
16 - Beautiful Glasgow, 1889, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 28cm high, foxing, pencil marks;
17 - Lines in praise of Professor Blackie, 1895, ink signature along upper edge, 21.5cm by 28.5cm, light foxing;
18 - Saving a train, 1893, not signed, 22cm by 28.5cm high, heavy foxing, torn into three sections;
19 - The river of Leith, 1895, ink signature in top left corner, 21.5cm by 19cm high, heavy foxing;
20 - The beautiful city of Perth, 1894, not signed, 21.5cm by 28.5cm high, foxing, torn at edges [Not in NLS];
21 - An address to the members of the Phunological Society, 1895, ink signature along upper edge, 12.5cm by 20.5cm high, light foxing;
22 - Beautiful Edinburgh, 1895, ink signature below title, 21cm by 28cm high, browned, previous fold along lower edge;
23 - The military review in the Queen's Park by the Duke of Cambridge, [1897], ink signature along upper edge, 21cm by 26cm high, previous fold;
24 - The funeral of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg, c.1900, ink signature along upper edge, approx 19.5cm by 26cm high, pencil marks;
25 - The burning of the People's Variety Theatre, Aberdeen, 1896, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 26cm high [Not in NLS];
26 - The new North Bridge ceremonials, 1896, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 27cm high;
27 - An ode to the immortal bard of Ayr, Robert Burns, c.1890's, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 28cm high, light foxing [Not in NLS];
28 - The fearful calamity in Paris, fire in a charity bazaar, 1897, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 27.5cm high [Not in NLS];
29 - The beautiful sun, 1897, ink signature along upper edge, approx 20cm by 27cm high, two cuts in rules above and below title;
30 - An ode to the Queen on her sixty years reign, [1897], ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 28cm high;
31 - The Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations, 1897, ink signature above title, approx 22cm by 29cm high [Not in NLS];
32 - The military review by Lord Wolseley in the Queen''s Park, Edinburgh, 1897, ink signature along upper edge, approx 20.5cm by 28cm high;
33 - The last Berkshire eleven, 1899, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 28cm high, foxing to edges;
34 - The hero of Kalapore, 1899, ink signature along left edge, approx 21cm by 28cm high, foxing to edges;
35 - The wreck of the Indian Chief, [1899], ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 27cm high, heavy foxing at lower edge;
36 - Lines in praise of Tommy Atkins, 1899, ink signature along upper edge, approx 21cm by 28cm high, some light foxing;
37 - The book of the lamentations of the poet McGonagall, [no date], 8vo, original wrapper, stained, previous folds;
38 - The autobiography of Sir William Topaz McGonagall, 1901, 8vo, original wrappers loose;
39 - Poetic gems selected from the works of William McGonagall. Dundee, 1890, 8vo, original wrappers