Pollock (John). Kitchener, The Road to Omdurman, Constable, 1998, half-title, few black and white maps and plans, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Ansell (Colonel Sir Mike), Soldier On, An Autobiography, Peter Davies, 1974, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, minor wear at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus Arnold (Matthew), Poetical Works, Macmillan and Co., 1901, half-title, black and white portrait frontispiece with original tissue guard, near contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth, a little rubbed and slightly scuffed, together with other similar works, including modern literature, history and biography, including one or two 19th century titles (4 cartons)
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Robinson (Frederick). Diary of the Crimean War, 1st edition, 1856, engraved portrait frontispiece, upper hinges broken, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, frayed at extremities, together with Sandwith (Humphry), A Narrative of the Siege of Kars... , 1st edition, 1856, engraved frontispiece, title-page vignette, plan of Kars and folding map, publisher's catalogue (dated January 1856) bound at rear, a little spotting, bookplate and previous owner's signature to front endpapers, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, plus Fisher-Rowe (Major L.R.), Extracts from Letters of E.R. Fisher-Rowe (Late Captain 4th Dragoon Guards) During the Crimean War, 1854-55, printed for private circulation, Godalming, 1907, black and white plates from photographs, signed and dated presentation inscription from E.R. Fisher-Rowe to Mrs H. Daniel, May 1909, inscribed to front free endpaper in a very large hand, typed letter signed from him loosely inserted, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original limp morocco with gilt armorial to upper cover, some spine wear, slim 4to, plus one other related by Tyrrell and Haukeil (4)
Cowley (Abraham). The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley... now published out of the author's original copies, printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne, occasional minor marks, early manuscript annotation regarding the author and his life to verso of front blank, modern half calf, folio, together with Felltham (Owen), Resolves, A Duple Century, 7th edition, 1647, engraved title by William Marshall, with some marks and soiling and fraying with minor loss to fore-edge, explanation leaf facing the title, with loss to lower portion, some marginal marks and light browning, modern calf, incorporating original upper cover, small 4to, plus Theocritus. The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's Discourse of Pastorals done into English, Oxford, printed by L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens, 1684, contemporary calf, modern reback, 8vo, and Ludlow (Edmund), Memoirs, 3 volumes, Vevey, 1698-99, contemporary sprinkled calf, modern gilt reback, 8vo, and other 17th century mostly English literature, including Richard Hooker, Of The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, printed for Andrew Crooke, 1666, engraved portrait and additional title, but without the Regia Maiestas plate, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Britaine, 1614, Henry Wotton, Reliquiae Wottonianae, 4th edition, 1685, Charles Cotton, Scarronides, 1664 (lacking leaf before title), (Wing C6391), Quintilian, Institutionum Auratoriarum, 2 volumes, Leidon & Rotterdam, 1665, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 6th edition, 1672, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, mainly 8vo, but including two folios (16)
Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of). Letters Written... to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Together with Several other Pieces on various Subjects, Published by Mrs Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1774, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles, errata leaf at rear of volume 2, some text offsetting to frontispiece and from frontispiece to title, occasional spotting, contemporary calf with contrasting leather labels to spines, joints cracked, a little edge wear, 4to Rothschild 596. In the second issue the spelling error on page 55 is corrected. (2)
Rousseau (Jean Jacques). Correspondance complŠte, ‚dition critique, etablie et annot‚e par R.A. Leigh, 50 volumes, Geneva: Voltaire Foundation, 1965-91, colour portrait frontispiece to volume 1, black and white plates, dated ownership signatures of L.J. Austin to front free endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets and glassine covers, 8vo, VG (50)
Mitzakis (John). The Russian Oil Fields and Petroleum Industry. Being a Practical and Concise Handbook on the Management and Exploitation of Oil Properties, Including the History of the Russian Petroleum Industry, Survey of the Oil-Bearing Lands with their Areas and Outputs, Tenure of Petroliferous Lands, Legalisation of English Companies in the Russian Empire, and a List of the Russian Mining Laws, 1st edition, "Pall Mall" Press, 1911, portrait frontispiece of J.D. Henry, 10 maps (nine folding), half-tone illustrations, advertisements front and rear, one folding map with creasing at foredge, marginal wormtrack towards end (just affecting lettering on rear pastedown), one or two light spots, original contrasting cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo Scarce early work on the Caucasian oil industry and development of new fields around Baku. (1)
Thompson (Francis). The Collected Poetry of, 1913, bookplates to front endpapers, original blue boards with cream cloth spine in slipcase, covers slightly marked, 8vo, (Royal Octavo Edition, limited to 2500 copies), together with Yeats (W.B.), Poems, reprint edition, 1913, period inscription to front endpaper, portrait frontispiece, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine rubbed and chipped to head, 8vo, plus Marshall (H.E.), Our Island Story, a history of England for boys and girls, 14th impression, circa 1920, slight spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and early 20th-century poetry, literature and historical reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth including decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus ). Of the Consolation of Philosophy, made English and illustrated with notes, by the Right Honorable Richard Lord Viscount Preston, 1st edition thus, printed by J.D. for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature of Richard Earle dated 1694 to front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and joints partly cracked, 8vo Ex libris Denton Manor library, Lincolnshire. Wing B3433. (1)
Camden (William). Britannia: Or, A Chorographical Description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, translated... by Richard Gough, volumes 1-3 (complete), 1789, numerous black and white plates including frontispiece portrait, ex-library bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, some pages partially detached, uniform contemporary calf, all boards rubbed and detached, folio, together with Dicey (Thomas), An Historical Account of the Island of Guernsey, from the first settlement, new edition, circa 1751, 6 black and white plates including frontispiece map, some water damage throughout, contemporary half calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 12mo, plus other 18th and 19th-century historical reference and related, including The Roman History by N. Hooke, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1823, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
The Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, 39 volumes (Text) plus 3 volumes (Plates) plus Atlas volume, 1819-20, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, double column, numerous engraved plates and maps including some folding, some occasional spotting, the plate and atlas volumes with old damp staining to upper margins affecting tops of images and some with a little worm tracing to upper margins, some maps torn with loss, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, all rebacked with spines relaid, some rubbing, some spines a little chipped at extremities and volume 26 with loss to upper half of spine, 4to Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (43)
Herbert (George). The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, 7th edition, printed by T.R. for Philemon Stephens, 1656, bound with The Synagogue, or, The Shadow of the Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. In imitation of Mr. George Herbert, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed by J.L. for Philemon Stephens, 1647, title to each part with woodcut decorative border, contemporary ink signature of Richard Earle to front endpaper, contemporary blind-decorated plain full calf, very slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Waller (Edmund), The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton, printed for J. Tonson, 1730, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved portrait of Lady Margaret Cavendishe and two other engraved plates, including one folding at rear, contemporary full calf, rubbed and scuffed with joints partly cracked Ex libris Denton Manor library, Lincolnshire. Wing H1518 for the first work. (2)
Lepelletier (Edmond). Paul Verlaine, sa vie - son oeuvre, 1st edition, Paris, 1907, photogravure portrait frontispiece, paper slightly browned, limitation stamp number 85 of an unspecified number to title verso, contemporary buckram gilt, together with Guiraud (Pierre), Index du vocabulaire du symbolisme, 6 volumes, Paris, 1953-54, a little spotting, original linen-backed stapled printed wrappers, slight browning, slim folio, plus Hackett (C.-A.), Autour de Rimbaud, portrait, presentation inscription to Lloyd from Sam to front endpaper, original printed wrappers in glassine dust jacket, 8vo, plus Ruchon (Francois), Jean-Arthur Rimbaud: sa vie, son oeuvre, son influence, 1st edition, Paris, 1929, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, original printed wrappers, spine browned and slightly chipped at head, glassine dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other hardback and paperback French literature and criticism, mostly VG (approx. 300)
Heyns (Zacharias). Emblemata, Emblemes Chrestienes, et Morales. Sinne-beelden streckende tot christelick bedenckinghe ende leere der zedicheyt, 3 parts (of 4) bound in one only, Rotterdam, Pieter van Waesberge, 1625, half-title, engraved title by J. Swelinck, engraved portrait of the author to verso of following leaf, 52 copper engraved illustrations, being 25 illustrations to the first part, 2 engraved illustrations to the second part (Sinne-Spel), and 25 illustrations to the third part (Emblemata Moralia), some light browning, leaf E4 to first part with repaired horizontal tear (without loss), one or two other minor marginal repairs, near-contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed and some soiling, 4to See Landwehr 309. Contains three of the four parts of this work (Emblemata, Sinne-spel van de dry Hoof Deuchden & Emblemata Moralia), lacking thus the part called Deuchden-Schole. (1)
![Roycroft Bindery. Hollyhocks and Goldenglow, [by] Elbert Hubbard, East Aurora, New York, 1912, tipped-in portrait frontispie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/57215a7a-30d8-4d40-a68e-a61d00a89a2c/46a6f42e-814f-4081-9f67-a5b07d209fbd/468x382.jpg)
Roycroft Bindery. Hollyhocks and Goldenglow, [by] Elbert Hubbard, East Aurora, New York, 1912, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, title-page, initials and ornaments embellished in colours, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary gilt-decorated crushed green morocco with gilt monogram of the Roycrofters to front turn-in and the binder L.S. [Lorenz Schwartz] to rear turn-in, spine darkened, contained in original card slipcase with matching morocco fore-edges, rubbed and soiled, 8vo Lorenz Schwartz was a Danish binder who began working for Otto Zahn around 1904, before joining the Roycroft Bindery in 1907. (1)
Robinson (Mrs Mary). Poems, 1st ed., J. Bell, 1791, engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds, , list of subscribers (including the Prince of Wales), errata leaf at end, one or two light spots, ownership inscription to initial blank, marbled endpapers, contemporary green half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo First collection of poems by Mary Robinson (1757 or 1758-1800), English actress, poet and novelist. She was popularly known as 'Perdita' (the heroine in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale) which she played in 1779 at Drury Lane, her performance attracting the attention of the Prince of Wales, who offered her twenty thousand pounds to become his mistress. Needless to say he ended the affair in 1781, without paying up, and later she became known as 'the English Sappho' for her poems, and along with her contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft, championed women's rights. (1)
Boswell (James). An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to the Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli, 3rd edition, corrected, 1769, issued without half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed, modern reback, 8vo, together with [Beckford, William]. Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha. By the author of 'Bathek', 1835, some minor marginal marks, 19th century red stained full calf (by Hayday), some marks and discolouration to covers, spine gilt decorated, 8vo, plus other 18th century English literature, including Samuel Johnson, Prayers and Meditations, 2nd edition, 1785, Thomas Gray, Poems with Memoirs, York, 1775, George Farquhar, Works, 2 volumes, 1772, Foulis Press, Pomponii Melae De Situ Orbis, 1752, Oliver Goldsmith, Life of Richard Nash, 1st edition, 1762, [Hudderford, William], The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood, 2 volumes, Oxford, 1772 (bound in red full morocco), Francis Bacon, Essays or Counsels Moral and Civil, 2 volumes, 1720, [Hooke, Nathaniel], An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, 1742, bound with Remarks Upon the Account of the Conduct of a Certain Dutchess, 1742, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, all but one 8vo (15)
Park (Mungo). Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: performed under the direction and patronage of the African association... , with an Appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa, by Major Rennell, 2nd edition, printed for the author, 1799, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, subscribers' list, 2 leaves engraved music, 2 folding maps (second map with some splits and rebacked), double-page chart, 5 engraved plates including 2 double-page, some spotting and offsetting, ownership signature of Josh. Radcliffe to front free endpaper and his armorial bookplate (Milnsbridge, Yorkshire) to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf gilt, joints cracked and corners bumped, 4to (1)
Binding. Le Livre Des Mille Nuits Et Une Nuit, by J.C. Mardrus, volumes 1-16 (complete), Paris, 1901-04, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated orange morocco, 8vo, History of Charles The Bold, Duke of Burgundy, by John Foster Kirk, volumes 1 & 2, 1863, black and white portrait frontispiece to each, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated blue calf, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World: from Marathon to Waterloo, by Edward Creasy, 15th edition, 1866, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated red calf, bound by Bickers & Son, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with 16 further 19th-century decorative leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good (35)
Cowley (Abraham). The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, consisting of those which were formerly printed and those which he designed for the press, now published out of the author's original copies..., 9th edition, prined for Henry Herringman, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, 1p. publisher's adverts at rear, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper and title, contemporary speckled calf, a little rubbed and lightly scuffed, folio (1)
Leibniz (Gottfried Wilhelm). Theodicee, das ist, Versuch von der Gte Gottes, Freyheit des Menschen, und vom Ursprunge des B”sen;.bey dieser vierten Ausgabe durchgehends verbessert, auch mit verschiedenen Zus„tzen und Anmerkungen vermehrt v. J. Chr. Gottsched, Hanover and Leipzig, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved folding plate of the calculating machine, contemporary annotations on free endpaper, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine lettered in ink, vertical crease to spine, 8vo First Gottsched edition of the Th‚odic‚e (1710). See PMM 177 (first edition). (1)
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions... , to which is added, The Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, 2 volumes, 4th edition, York, 1812, engraved portrait and 45 plates, portrait slightly spotted and offset to title of volume 1, occasional minor spotting, lacks half-titles, contemporary polished calf, rebacked with original gilt-decorated spines with contrasting leather labels relaid, a little rubbing and corner wear, 4to (2)
Lowndes (Thomas). Tracts in Prose and Verse, bound up together, and written by Thomas Lowndes, Esq. B.A. the copyright of all of them being given by him to the Middlesex Hospital Fund Dover, 1825, [With:] Tracts, Political and Miscellaneous, in Prose and Verse, The second Volume for the Author, 1827, portrait frontispiece (slightly offset) to volume 1, all edges gilt, contemporary full red straight-grain morocco gilt, 8vo First edition thus, the collections including much of economic and political interest. (2)
Proust (Marcel). Correspondance, edited Philip Kolb, 21 volumes, 1970-93, L.J. Austin's dated ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets with protective glassine covers, spines of earlier volumes lightly browned, 8vo, VG, together with Lettres de Marcel Proust a Bibesco, 1st edition, Lausanne, 1949, portrait frontispiece, Austin's dated ownership inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in glassine dust jacket, spine browned, plus Green (F.C.), The Mind of Proust... , 1st edition, CUP, 1949, dated ownership inscription of Austin to front endpaper, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, all 8vo, plus other similar hardback and paperback French literature and criticism, mostly VG (approx. 300)
Gomberville (Marin Le Roy, Sieur de). Moral Virtue Delineated, Translated into English by Thomas Gibbs, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1647, engraved frontispiece, two engraved titles, portrait, 103 copper-engraved illustrations by Pierre Daret, one or two tears and small repairs, some light offsetting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio The very scarce first edition in English. No institutional copies traced. Only the second English edition of 1726 usually sold at auction. (1)
Sainte-Beuve. Correspondance g‚n‚rale, edited Jean Bonnerot, 20 volumes (volumes 1-6 & new series volumes 1-13), ownership inscription of Austin to front endpapers, untrimmed, original printed wrappers in chipped glassine dust jackets, together with Gheon (Henri & Gide, Andr‚), Correspondance, 2 volumes, Paris, 1976, portrait frontispiece, original printed wrappers in glassine dust jackets, plus Barrere (Jean-Bertrand), La Fantaisie de Victor Hugo, 3 volumes, Paris, 1949-60, uncut, ownership signature of Austin to front endpapers of first and third volumes, and author's signed presentation inscription to him to half-title of second volume (1960), original printed wrappers, spines slightly browned, glassine dust jackets, 8vo, plus other hardback and paperback French literature and criticism, mostly VG (approx. 300)
*Sadahide (Utagawa, 1807-1873). Life in America from Meriken Shinshi [News from America], 1855, book illustration on two sheets, obon sumizuri-e, tipped onto later mount, size overall 21 x 26cm (8.25 x 10ins), together with Minwa (Gosentei, active circa 1810-1825), Soukeu gives a horse to Shokaatsukin who must write his name on the horses face because his own face is as long as that of the horse, 1819, book illustration on two sheets, obon sumizuri-e, tipped onto later mount, a little rubbed, size overall 22.5 x 32.5cm (9 x 12.5ins), plus Attributed to Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764), Three men with pickaxes, from Shinsen o Uchiwa 'Old and New Ghost Stories', circa 1705, book illustration on two sheets, obon sumizuri-e, tipped onto later mount, some dust-soiling, overall size 21 x 28cm (8.25 x 11ins), plus 11 other colour book illustrations by various artists including Yanagawa Shizenobu, Yashima Gakutei and Hokusai, andToyokuni (Utagawa, 1769-1825). Teahouse, triptych, oban tate-e nishiki-e, colour woodblock print, three sheets joined together, some dust-soiling and marginal tears, overall size 32 x 70cm (12.5 x 27.5ins) plus Kuniyoshi ((Utagawa, 1797-1861), Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Danj–r“ VIII, published by Ebiya Rinnosuke, circa 1854, oban tate-e nishiki-e, colour woodblock print, signed "Ichiy–sai Kuniyoshi ga", some creasing, 36 x 24cm (14 x 9.5ins) (16)
Throsby (J.). Select Views in Leicestershire, from Original Drawings: containing Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Town Views and Ruins, Accompanied with Descriptive and Historical Relations, vol. 1 only of two, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title, and fifteen plates, few illustrations to text, modern half morocco gilt by K. Wintersgill of Oxford, 4to (1)
Sand (George). Correspondance, 25 volumes, Paris, 1964-91, black and white plates, folding genealogies, etc., half-title to volume 1 inscribed to Lloyd J. Austin from the editor Georges Lubin, the others with dated ownership inscriptions of Austin to front endpapers, original printed wrappers in glassine dust jackets, a little chipped and browned, 8vo, together with Toynbee (Mrs Paget), Lettres de la Marquise de Deffand a Horace Walpole, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1912, portrait frontispiece, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original cloth gilt, plus Michaud (Guy), Message poetique du symbolisme, 3 parts, Paris, 1947, Austin's dated ownership inscription to front endpaper, contemporary cloth gilt, original printed upper wrappers to each part and lower wrapper to final part retained, 4to, plus other hardback and paperback French literature and criticism, mostly VG (approx. 300)
![[London]. The Arms of the Twelve Principal Companies of the City of London], Thomas Bower, 1698, portrait frontispiece (not](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/57215a7a-30d8-4d40-a68e-a61d00a89a2c/975ed7ab-a42b-4df5-ff8c-4df1f31063d3/468x382.jpg)
[London]. The Arms of the Twelve Principal Companies of the City of London], Thomas Bower, 1698, portrait frontispiece (not called for and added later?) of Sir William Ashhurst, Lord Mayor of London in 1693, 12 engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Francis Fulford of Fulford in Devon to front pastedown, contemporary marbled boards, folio A fine and complete set of the plates of the arms of the twelve principal livery companies of the City of London, showing the arms in a decorative mantling above a description detailing their patron saint, the written form of the arms, their most prominent members and the location of their Livery Hall. Each print bears the name of Thomas Bower and the fact that the plates are to be sold at his shop. (1)
Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes: Beuatified with Maps, prospects and Portraictures, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Warren, 1656, title printed in red & black, portrait frontispiece and title excised, trimmed and re-laid on later paper, five double page engraved maps, fifty-three uncoloured engravings (including six double page) numerous illustrations to text throughout, index bound at rear with a near contemporary manuscript epitath after 'Finis', errata/Notarum Explicatio leaf present at end, some spotting, staining and marginal closed tears, later endpapers, bookplate of Leigh, 19th century calf, rebacked, stained and bumped at extremities, folio Upcott 1247-1259. Wing D2479. (1)
Baskerville Press. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., 3rd edition, Cambridge, 1762, with 'occasional prayers' present (U7 to 2A7 inclusive and 2Q to 2T inclusive), spotting throughout, marbled endpapers with slight wear to hinges, early ownership label to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, wear to head of spine, joints and extremities rubbed, large 8vo, together with Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title and numerous plates (one detached), bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., 1774, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red crushed morocco, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo First title see Gaskell 19. (2)
Hassan (Hafiz Ahmed). Pilgrimage to the Caaba and Charing Cross, 1st edition, W. H. Allen & Co., [1871], mounted photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, viii + 174 pages, with 10-page publisher's list at rear, dark brown chalk-glazed endpapers, gilt-decorated green cloth, very slightly rubbed to extremities (generally a very good copy), 8vo (1)
Mrs Samuel W. North, (19th Century, British School), 'The Right Honorable Lord Ebury', First Baron Ebury, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Whig politician and Comptroller of the Royal Household between 1830 and 1834, Treasurer of the Royal Household, 1846-1847. Ennobled 1857. Resident Moor Park. Miniature portrait study on ivory. Framed and glazed. CONDITION REPORT: 11.5 x 9cm.
Julia Kelly, A Charcoal Portrait of Raphael, in a black and gilt frame 59 x 45cm, together with another by the same hand 'Portrait of a Beautiful Young Woman' heightened in white, both signed, 59 x 45cm, together with An Oil on Canvas, Women & Boy with Fish, monogrammed C.S. * l.r., in a modern gilt frame. 53 x 63.5cm. (3).
A Norman Hartnell couture ivory and gold sequined evening gown, circa 1938, labelled, with handwritten client name 'Lady Harvey', scalloped illusion neckline of nude tulle, the ground entirely covered with swirling motif beaded with gold sequins and miniscule seed beads; together with a 'Finnigans of Bond St' box and with handwritten note 'Lady Barclay-Harvey', bust 106cm, 42in (3) Provenance: Probably worn by Lady Muriel Felicia Vere Barclay-Harvey, née Bertie, (b.1893-d.1980), daughter of the 12th Earl of Lindsey. She was a nurse and founder of the Lady Muriel Nurses' Club; former wife of Henry Liddell-Grainger, and later the second wife of Sir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (b.2nd March 1890 - d.17th November 1969), whom she married in 1938. He was a British politician and Governor of South Australia from 12th August 1939 until 26th April 1944. The National Portrait Gallery has a photographic portrait of her within their collection, wearing her nurses uniform and taken in 1916 by Bassano Ltd. CONDITION REPORT: Dress has been let out approx 1in along centre front seam and this area has been re-embellished. Tulle neckline and shoulder straps are fragile and has new tulle panels attached to straps. Piece of original tulle is detached, hole in tulle centre front neckline. Tulle has been removed at left and right underarms. Centre front skirt seam has been let out but probably by Hartnell - extremely well done. Waist altered to correspond. Tarnishing centre back hem area. Smells of moth balls. The beading to dress is good and intact.
An Ossie Clark 'Heavenly Twins' black and red wool jersey dress, circa 1970, printed black on white satin label and size 12, with red band spiralling up the arm, ties to neck, wrap-around, midi length, bust approx 86-92cm, 34-36in A full-length version of this dress was worn by Celia Birtwell in David Hockney's famous portrait, 'Mr & Mrs Clark & Percy'. CONDITION REPORT: good condition. Hem and neckties have been shortened. Left cuff needs re-stitching (minor).
A pencil portrait of HRH Prince Edward, dated 18th May, 1919, signed Collings, and dedicated in pencil to Freda Dudley Ward 'I am a sorry little boy tonight - Forgive me pleath Fredie - David (11.30 pm), 16 by 12cm, 6 1/4 by 4 3/4in CONDITION REPORT: Dog-ear crease bottom left corner and small crease centre top. There are scuffs to paper finish down left side, grey smudge marks from old finger prints.
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