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Preisdatenbank abonnierenCoxe (William) Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, 7 vol. including Atlas, second edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, 3 tables, one folding facsimile, Atlas with 3 engraved plates, 4 facsimiles, 15 maps (11 folding), scattered faint spotting, all but the Atlas uniform contemporary tree calf, Atlas in near contemporary half-calf, all a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo & 4to, 1820.
Somervile (William) The Whistler at the Plough, 3 vol. in 7 parts, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, advertisements at end part 7, ex-Sunday School library with bookplates, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Manchester, 1852-53.
Brides in the Bath Murders.- Marjoribanks (Edward) The Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, portrait frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting or light staining, original cloth, cocked, rubbed, large 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1929.⁂ Hall defended George Joseph Smith, the 'Brides in the bath' murderer. Loosely inserted is an autograph letter from the sister of Margaret Lloyd (née Lofty), who was a victim of Smith: 'I saw him once and thought what a horrible man he was'; 'My poor sister['s] death was the means of bringing Smith to justice & suffer for the crimes he had commited [sic]'. Smith was found guilty and hanged.
Crowley (Aleister) Ambergris. A Selection from the Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, Betty May's copy with pencil note of provenance to endpaper, original boards, lettered in gilt, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 8vo, Elkin Mathews, 1910.⁂ An interesting association copy of this scarce collection. The pencil note states "This copy belonged to Mrs. Betty Sedgewick, formerly one of Jacob Epstein's Models. She gave evidence in the case of Crowley v. Hamnett in April 1934". Betty Sedgwick was better known as Betty May (1894-?1980) was a bohemian dancer and model who led an eventful life. Her third husband, Frederick Loveday, became an acolyte of Crowley's. The pair travelled to Sicily and took part in some of Crowley's rituals, although May only tentatively in order to avoid being thrown out of Crowley's Abbey and separated from her husband. She was the principle witness in the Crowley's libel suit against Nina Hamnett, testifying on behalf of the defence to witnessing the ritual sacrifice of a cat during one of Crowley's ceremonies.
Jekyll (Agnes).- Ne Oublie, [edited by Brabara Freyburg and Pamela McKenna], signed presentation inscription from Freyburg to endpaper, A. L. s. from Freyburg loosely inserted, photographic portrait frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, light toning to spine, [Guildford and Esher], [Printed for private distribution at Billing & Sons], [1937] § Thomas (Edward) Woodland Life, second edition, frontispiece, original green buckram, light sunning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, 1897; and 3 others, modern literature, 8vo (5)⁂ The first is a rare curiosity, compiled from Agnes Jekyll's commonplace book by her daughters in her remembrance. The inscription and letter are addressed to Olga or "Oggie", possibly the food-writer Olga Hartley.
Ballooning.- Artists (Various, 18th century) Collection of seven portraits of ballooning and aeronautical pioneers, including a profile portrait of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746-1823), Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), Vincent Lunardi, Mr Sadler, Mr Arnold, and Mr. le Mar.is d'Arlande, with some variants of Sadler, Blanchard and Lunardi, etchings and engravings, various sizes between 108 x 175 mm (4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in), 335 x 250 mm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in), some trimmed, handling creases, surface dirt and browning, all unframed, late 18th century (7)
Ballooning.- Turnor (Hatton) Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, first edition, the author's son Christopher H.Turnor's copy inscribed "from his friend Annie Dixon September 1894" and with long manuscript quotation on front free endpaper, with 3 postcards showing the author and the French aviator Henri Salmet loosely inserted, plates and illustrations, mounted albumen print to dedication (as issued), spotting at beginning and end, contemporary painted vellum brushed in silver, upper cover with small foil onlays (some missing), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rubbed, spine faded, 1865; and 2 others including another, imperfect, copy of the first, 4to (3)⁂ Comprehensive account of aeronautics up to the time, mostly concerning ballooning. The interesting quotation from Jesse Collings's Land Reform concerns the ownership of air and the potential hazards of air travel, "...if the discoveries of science should make aerial travel practicable - as some say they will - then owners could legally charge a toll for every aerial machine passing over their land...".The loosely-inserted postcards (2 actual photographs) show "Mr.Hatten Turner preparing for Flight with Mr.Salmet Nov.22 1913", "Mr. Hatten Turner with Mr.Salmet in Flying Machine..." and "H.Salmet on his 50 H.P. Bleriot Monoplane...". Henri Salmet was an early French aviator who, in 1912 & 1913, was sponsored by The Daily Mail to tour Britain and take up passengers on short flights. Christopher H.Turnor (1873-1940), author, architect and agricultural reformer. He trained under Lutyens, designed the Watts Gallery for his friend the painter George Frederic Watts, and invented the cattle grid.?Possibly Annie Dixon (1817-1901), miniature portrait painter, known particularly for her portraits of several of Queen Victoria's children.
Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, list of subscribers, 24 engraved plates and maps, 19 double-page, illustrations, many full-page, previous owner's ink signature to titles, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, folio, for John Osborne and Thomas Longman, 1730.
Angling.- Walton (Izaak) The Complete Angler, 2 vol., Tercentenary Edition, one of 350 copies, portrait frontispiece, plates, lightly browned endpapers, original vellum-backed pictorial boards, gilt, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1893 § Bowlker (Charles) The Art of Angling, engraved frontispiece, advertisement at end, scattered faint spotting, modern half-calf, 1792 § Halford (F. M.) Dry Fly Entomology, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, 28 plates, of which 10 colour, 1 folding table, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1897; and others, angling, 8vo & 12mo (9)
Hunting.- Thornton (Colonel Thomas) A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802, 2 vol. bound in 1, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, 52 engraved and aquatint plates, 10 folding or double-page, 2pp. musical score, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1806.
Brodum (W.) A Medical Essay on the Nature, Cause, and Cure of Coughs, presentation copy from author with inscription to frontispiece verso, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, small stain to frontispiece, off-setting, previous owner's ink inscriptions, contemporary calf, rebacked, some neat restoration to edges, a little rubbed, 1814 § Manningham (Sir Richard) The Symptoms, Nature, Causes, and Cure of the Febricula, or Little Fever, second edition, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1750 § Cheyne (George) An Essay of Health and Long Life, scattered marginal soiling, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1725; 8vo (3)
John (Augustus) Fifty-Two Drawings, with an introduction by Lord David Cecil, one of 150 copies signed by John and Cecil, lithograph tipped to half-title, portrait frontispiece and 50 plates, original half-vellum by Zaehnsdorf, small lithograph pasted to upper cover, original slipcase a little rubbed, folio, 1957.-
MARCHINGTON JOHN. A Portrait of Shooting. Signed ltd. ed. 89/1100. Col. & other plates & illus. Quarto. Green morocco gilt extra in slip case. 1979; also Michael Lyne, A Parson's Son, Sporting Artist, signed ltd. ed. 70/750, col. & other plates & illus., oblong quarto, 1974 & 1 other vol. (3).
COLLINS BAKER C. H. Lely and the Stuart Portrait Painters, a Study of English Portraiture Before and After Van Dyck with 240 Reproductions after the Original Pictures. 2 vols. Ltd. ed. 375, this a Subscribers Copy 26/30 on hand made paper. Col. & other plates. Quarto. Vellum. Philip Lee Warner publisher to The Medici Society, 1912
STAGE & SCREEN: a collection of 11 items, the majority framed, to include ink signed photographic postcard portrait of Sir Henry Irving: framed cabinet card portrait of Herbert Beerbohm Tree: advertisement for William Blatty's 'The Exorcist', signed in blue ink by Linda Blair: printed programme for King Richard III at Theatre Royal Covent Garden April 24th 1828, framed and glazed, etc. (One box)
An Indian Delhi School portrait miniature painting on ivory, 19th century, finely painted and gilt depicting the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan kneeling on a gilt throne, 9cm x 7.5cm, within a folding velvet mounted display case with easel back.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)CrabConnemara marble and coralMonogrammed and dated '77Height 11.5cm, length 30.5cmExhibited - The Wimborne Bookshop - 1981 - the following note was written by the artist to accompany the description 'This is one of the most ancient of created forms flattened by the weight of the sea during its journey through millions of years. In this sculpture it is also a portrait of Tennyson Down on the Isle of Wight worn smooth by the wind and rain.'
Sven's painting coat and five of his hats together with his traditional 'Lapp' or Sami hat which can be seen in some of his self-portraits including the 1988 oil titled 'Self portrait in a Lapp hat', illustrated in his autobiography The Coat of Many Colours. The Sami hat was given to Sven by the Swedish actress and director Mai Zetterling in 1961.
Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)Self Portrait with a BrushOil on boardSigned and dated '7692x61cmNote: This painting is illustrated in Sven's book 'Virgo in Exile'Condition report: The work is framed and the board is unwarped and in good condition, but there are spots of brown discolouration widely across the painting's surface, (see photos) so it requires cleaning.
Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)Large pencil and pen & ink studies of people, friends & familySelf-portrait, Paul (son), Julia, Janet (daughter) etc.21 sheetsSome signed and dated 1960,1961 & 1963most sheets 79x60cmCondition report: The images show the various defects such as fly spots, browning to edges, minor tears, and staining, there are few crease4s and the paper tends to be flat and not cockled.
Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)A seated womanOil on canvasSigned and dated 196192 x 45cmNote: This is probably a portrait of the actress and director Mai Zetterling. In 1961, Berlin met and became friends with Zetterling through her husband David Hughes. Sven and & his second wife Juanita worked with Zetterling on her film about the annual Gypsy Gitan pilgrimage to the Camarge, to a festival in the town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The film was called 'Lords of Little Egypt', a title which Berlin claimed was his suggestion in his book 'Virgo in Exile'. He also described how entranced by Zetterling he became during this period.
FIVE ASSORTED MEDALS comprising a Peace of Utrecht medal, 1713, the obverse with a portrait of Queen Anne, 34mm diameter; a bronze medal commemorating the wedding of Umberto of Savoy (Umberto II of Italy) and Marie-Jose of Belgium, 1930, 70mm diameter; a George V coronation medal, 1911, 32mm diameter; and two George V Silver Jubilee medals, 1935, 32mm and 25mm diameter respectively.
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