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Click here to subscribeStevengraphs.Wellington & Blucher Wellington & Blucher meeting after the Battle of Waterloo, 2 silk-woven stevengraphs, both with captioned mounts, printed advertisements for stevengraphs on verso, the second framed and glazed, the first very lightly spotted, both mounts rather browned, c.50 x 150mm. & 60 x 75mm., Coventry, [late 19th century].(2)
Thucydides.Hist.Peloponnesian War,vellum b`ng translated by Benjamin Jowett, one of 260 copies, printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, sidenotes in Blado Italic, initials and chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, bound in vellum, by Douglas Cockerell & Son 1946, titled in gilt across head of spine and dated at foot, uncut, signed at foot of rear pastedown, [Hornby XXXVII], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.
Shelley.Prometheus Unbound,1/20 vellum,inscr number 11 of 20 copies on vellum, from an edition limited to 220, printed in red and black, presentation copy from C.R.Ashbee to R.A.Harari incscribed on front free endpaper and with accompanying A.L.s. loosely inserted, frontispiece by Ashbee, lacking pp.21-28, endpapers slightly yellowed, unbound, uncut and unopened, 4to, Campden, Essex House Press, 1904. ***The inscription reads, "To R.A.Harari from C.R.A. as a mark of his affection. In token also of the very good year we have spent together in the Holy City...may our work not all be thrown away! Aug. 1919." In his accompanying letter written from the Military Governorate, Jerusalem, Ashbee comments that he would have liked to have had the book bound for Harari "but after my one experience of Jerusalem craftsmanship I daren`t risk it." He continues, "I would like to add that I shall feel your departure as a keen personal loss & when you finger the vellum leaves I want you to remember that, & your friend C.R.Ashbee". Ashbee spent time in Jerusalem during the early years of the British Mandate from 1918-22, acting as a town-planner under the governorship of Sir Ronald Storrs which gave him a chance to put his utopian ideals into practice. R.A.Harari (1892-1969), merchant banker, art scholar and collector, who served as finance officer under Sir Ronald Storrs and director of trade and commerce in the mandate under Sir Herbert Samuel. He was an authority on Islamic metalwork and a notable art collector, particularly of Beardsley drawings and Japanese paintings.
Longus. Daphnis & Chloe,GCP translated by Geo.Thornley, number 400 of 450 copies, this one of 97 special copies with engraved frontispiece and full-page illustrations by J.-E.Laboureur, 1923 § Plato. The Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett, number 182 of 500 copies, wood-engraved ornaments and initials by Eric Gill printed in red, 1930, both original pictorial buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, the first spine darkened, the second faded, 4to, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press(2)
Coppard (A.E.) Pelagea & other poems,GCP one of 425 copies, this copy signed by the author "...for Seymour I.Stern" on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed batik boards, dust-jacket (very slightly soiled and frayed at upper edge), 1926; The Hundredth Story, one of 1000 copies, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, slight browning to foot of spine, 1936 § Flaubert (G.) Salambo, one of 500 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, one corner bumped, 1931, all with wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and 2 others illustrated by Gibbings for the press, 8vo & 4to(5)
Davies (Rhys) Daisy Mathews,1/325,GCP number 195 of 325 copies, signed by the author on Contents leaf, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed patterned cloth, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1932 § Grimm`s Other Tales, one of 75 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, illustrated by Gwenda Morgan, original pictorial purple morocco, gilt, spine faded, 1956 § Cupid & Psyches, number 69 of 150 copies, illustrated by Lettice Sandford, original cloth-backed batik boards, dust-jacket spotted and browned, 1934, all with wood-engraved illustrations, most t.e.g., others uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and another for the press, 8vo(4)
Gill (Eric) The Lord`s Song,1/500,GCP wood-engraved frontispiece by Gill, original cream cloth, gilt, 1934; Art & Prudence, engraved plates by Gill, book-label of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, original buckram, spine faded, dust-jacket (spine faded and chipped at head), 1928, each one of 500 copies, uncut, 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press(2)
Miller/Gill.Green Ship1/200,GCP number 144 of 200 copies, wood-engraved double-page pictorial title and illustrations by Eric Gill, bookplate of W.S.Adams, original green morocco-backed marbled cloth,, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly browned, boards a little rubbed, 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
Brébeuf.Travels & Sufferings..Canada,GCP edited and translated by Theodore Besterman, number 271 of 300 copies, fine wood-engraved double-page vignette title by Eric Gill, presentation copy from the editor inscribed on verso of title, very slight crease to title, map endpapers, original cloth, uncut, roan spine label, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938.
Gray.Elegy..,1/80,ill.G.Morgan,GCP number 4 of 80 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 750, wood-engraved full-page illustrations by Gwenda Morgan, small ink inscription to head of front free endpaper, original green morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with urn blocked in gilt on upper cover and harp on lower, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, cloth slip-case (faded), 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. ***Featuring charming scenes of country life.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,1/60,GCP translated by Gwyn Jones, number 7 of 60 specially-bound copies signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 360, wood-engraved title-vignette and plates by Dorothea Braby printed in colours, original pictorial turquoise and pink morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded and bands scuffed, cloth slip-case, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1952.
Against Women/In Defence of Woman,GCP 1953; In Defence of Woman by Wiliam [sic] Cynwal, 1960, numbers 59 & 9 of 100 specially-bound copies with an extra engraving, from editions limited to 350 & 500 respectively, the first signed by the translator and artist, wood-engraved titles and full-page illustrations by John Petts printed in colours, first with bookplate of Cornelius Hanck on front pastedown, original pictorial purple lizardskin or blue morocco respectively, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe or Hiscox, t.e.g., others uncut, the second with slightly faded spine and slip-case, 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press(2) ***"I had such fun with this book! [Against Women]. It was a mad sixteenth century Welshman`s idea of how wicked women are..." Cock-a-Hoop.
Barclay (John) Euphormio`s Satyricon,GCP number 28 of 60 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 260, wood-engraved plates by Derrick Harris, all with border in red, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, spine slightly browned, boards with a few damp spots, slip-case, 1954 § Swinburne (A.C.) Lucretia Borgia, one of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone, bookplate of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1942, both with t.e.g., others uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and 2 others from the press, 4to & small folio(4)
De Chair.Story of a Lifetime number 18 of 110 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial alum-tawed sheepskin, gilt, spine yellowed, slip-case, 1954; The First Crusade, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, book-label of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, ink signature on front pastedown, original half pictorial vellum, gilt, 1945; The Golden Carpet, 1943; The Silver Crescent, 1943, all but the first limited to 500 copies, plates and illustrations, the last two similar original morocco-backed cloth, spines slightly faded, boards a little rubbed and spotted, all with t.e.g., others uncut, small folio & 4to, Golden Cockerel Press
Flint.Minxes Admonished,1/150,GCP original scarlet morocco, 1955 § Herrick (Robert) One Hundred and Eleven Poems, original alum-tawed sheepskin, spine yellowed and slightly rubbed, 1956, both specially-bound copies signed by the artist and with an additional suite of plates (one of 150 & 105 respectively), from editions limited to 550, printed in black and colours, plates and illustrations by William Russell Flint, some colour, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, device in gilt on upper covers, t.e.g., additional plates loose as issued in envelopes, slip-cases, the second rubbed with one edge defective, 4to, Golden Cockerel Press(2)
Ovid.Metamorphoses,1/75,GCP number 60 of 75 specially-bound copies with an extra suite of plates including 3 not used in the book, from an edition limited to 200, title-vignette and plates by J.Yunge Bateman, original tan morocco, both covers with pictorial gilt claret morocco inlay, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly browned and rubbed at ends, additional suite loose in cloth envelope, together in cloth slip-case (rubbed at edges), small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958.
Grastorf. Wood Type of the Angelica Press 4 parts, A History, How to Print Wood Type, containing colophon, Posters & Miscellaneous, containing general title and 8 sheets, and The Fonts, with 45 of 50 examples, only, no.180 from an edition of 220, fonts and posters in wood type throughout, printed on Curtis Tweedweave and Ragston paper, title printed on brown, loose as issued in four blue wrappers, paper labels to each part pasted on, lacking the wooden box, folio, Brooklyn, Angelica Press, 1976.
Hofstätter.Gustav Klimt: Erotic Drawings [2 copies], each one of 1000 copies, 1980 § Hayes (John) The Art of Graham Sutherland, one of 40 copies with an original signed & numbered etching `Three Standing Forms` (rather creased, preserved in frame c.700 x 500mm.), Oxford, 1980 § Tolnay (Charles de) Hieronymus Bosch, second impression, 1975, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the last with dust-jacket, the rest with slip-cases, all with the publishers` original wrapping, folio & 4to & frame(5)
Johnson (Hugh) Chateaux of Bordeaux number 233 of 400 copies, 21 colour lithographs by Charles Mozley, loose as issued with accompanying texts in original cloth portfolio with ties, gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, slighlty soiled, large folio, Christie`s Wine Publications and Hedges & Butler Ltd., n.d.
Jones (David)Centenary Edition of Engravings number 1 of 50 sets from an edition of 100, 3 wood engravings and 1 copper engraving printed from the original blocks & plate, all numbered in pencil, loose as issued in original card portfolio, 1995 § Hughes (Ted) Football, broadside poem, number 11 of 59 copies signed by the poet and artist, hand-coloured illustrations by Chris Battye, Alton, Prospero Poets], [1995]; and a small group of prints, some wood engravings, 3 calligraphic, by John Lawrence, Simon Brett, Richard Shirley Smith, Monica Poole, Rigby Graham and others; and a bundle of ephemera including private press broadsides, prospectuses, sheets of Japanese paper etc., v.s.(sm. qty) ***Shepherds, one of the engravings by David Jones, is not known to have been printed during his lifetime (illustrated).
Sterne.Sentimental Journey,LEC designed by Eric Gill and with etchings by Denis Tegetmeier (signed by both), printed by Hague & Gill of High Wycombe, 1936 § Aristophanes. The Frogs, illustrated by John Austen, printed by Joh. Enschedé of Haarlem, 1937; The Birds, illustrated by Marian Parry, New York, 1959 § Bulwer-Lytton (E.G.) The Last Days of Pompeii, illustrated by Kurt Craemer, printed by the Officina Bodoni of Verona, 1956 § Eliot (G.) Silas Marner, illustrated by Lynton Lamb, 1953 § Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey, illustrated by Clarke Hutton, 1971, each one of 1500 copies signed by the artist, plates and illustrations, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, the first with spine browned, all with slip-cases, the second and third also with folders, the fourth with dust-jacket, the first two slip-cases worn, 4to, Limited Editions Club(6)
Tolstoy/Freedman.War and Peace,6v,LEC translated by L. & A.Maude, 6 vol., one of 1500 sets signed by the artist and with his thumb-print, colour lithograph plates and plain illustrations by Barnett Freedman, original pictorial cloth and pictorial endpapers by Freedman, spines very slightly rubbed and faded, together in 2 board slip-cases (rubbed, one or two small splits to joints), 8vo, Limited Editions Club, printed at the Glasgow University Press, 1938.
Pushkin.Golden Cockerel,LEC illustrated by Edmund Dulac, original cloth inlaid with brass cockerel on upper cover (a little corroded), decorative board folder, 1950 § Dostoyevsky (Fyodor) The Brothers Karamazov, 3 vol., illustrated by Alexander King, original cloth-backed boards, 1933; The Idiot, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, original pictorial cloth, 1956 § Gogol (N.) [Dead Souls] Chichikov`s Journeys..., 2 vol., illustrated by Lucille Corcos, original cloth-backed boards, glacine wrappers, 1944; The Overcoat, illustrated by Saul Field, original cloth, glacine wrapper, Westport, Conn., 1976, each one of 1500 copies signed by the artist, plates and illustrations, most with prospectus loosely inserted, all with slip-cases, a little rubbed, some spines faded, 4to & 8vo, all but the last New York, all Limited Editions Club(7)
Melville (Herman) Benito Cereno limited edition, pochoir plates and title-vignette by E.McKnight Kauffer, original buckram, uncut, spine faded, Nonesuch Press, 1926 § Mardersteig (G.) The Officina Bodoni...1923-1977, limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Verona, 1980; and 2 others, small folio & 4to(4)
Shirley Smith (Richard) The Paintings & Collag first edition, signed by the artist, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Marlborough, 2002; Fiftieth Birthday Retrospective Exhibition, signed by the artist, illustrations, original printed covers, Swindon, 1985 § Bain (Iain) The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, signed by the artist, illustrations, original printed covers, Silent Books, Cambridge, 1994, v.s. (3)
Shirley Smith (Richard) The Paintings & Collag first edition, signed by the artist, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Marlborough, 2002 § Bain (Iain) The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, signed by the artist, illustrations, original printed covers, Silent Books, Cambridge, 1994, v.s. (2)
Dowson (Ernest) A Bouquet,1/95,Whitt.Pr chosen by Desmond Flower, number 17 of 95 copies signed by the editor and artist, pochoir-coloured illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, spine faded, slip-case, 1991 § Cave (Roderick) Chinese Ceremonial Papers: An Illustrated Bibliography, number 24 of 200 copies, one folding sheet in pocket at end, original half cloth, another sample loose in card folder, together in slip-case, 2002, 4to & folio, Andoversford/Risbury, Whittington Press
Barnum (Phineas T.) The Humbugs of the World title and adjacent page slightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy, original cloth, uncut, 1866 § Wilson (Henry) and James Caulfield. The Book of Wonderful Characters, frontispiece coloured by hand, 58 plates (of 60), the first frayed, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spine, [1870], [Toole Stott Circus 1240 and 2953], John Camden Hotton § Barton (Margaret) and Sir Osbert Sitwell. Sober Truth, first edition, plates, original cloth, soiled, with the signature and bookplate of Bayard Grimshaw, 1930 § Jay (Ricky) Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, folio, 1987; Saushlau & Feuerfest, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, Offenbach am Main, n.d.; and four others, 8vo and folio(9) ***A small framed wood-engring of Faux`s booth is included in the lot.
Gamage (A.W.) Gamage`s Magical Catalogue, covers loose, with the bookplate of Jeffery Atkins, 4to, [c.1905] § Morphet (Fred) Wonders of the 20th Century, covers loose, small 8vo, Philadelphia, [c.1905] § Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic, small 8vo, Palmyra, [c.1910] § Magical Supply Co. Catalogue no.3 of Super Class Magical Goods, oblong 4to, [1928] § Hutchinson (Wilford) Conjuring Apparatus and Books on Magic, 8vo, [c.1930] § Wandman (Walter) Magical Apparatus, two catalogues and a number of leaflets, 8vo and 4to, [c.1935] § Clive (Paul) & Co. Catalogue of Magical Effects, 8vo, [c.1938]; Conjuring Catalogue, 8vo, [1938] § Leffell Devices, 4to, Baltimore, 1944-45 § Brooke (Ken) Greetings from Veroni House of Magic, 8vo, [c.1950] § Burtini`s Magic. Quality Props, 8vo, [c.1950], illustrations, original wrappers, and nine others, 8vo and 4to(19)
Koval (Frank) Robert Heller: Music and Mystery number 160 of 500 copies, 8vo, Oldham, 1985 § Hagy (James)The One Young: William Henry Young and his Times, number 123 of 200 copies, 4to, Ohio, 1986 § Ewing (Thomas A.) Frederick Eugene Powell, the Man and his Magic, number 52 of 100 copies, signed by the author, 4to, n.p., 1986; Two Hartes that Beat as One, number 56 of 250 copies, signed by the author, 4to, Yardley, 1993 § Parkinson (Reg.) Denise; Myron Carruthers, 2 vol., 8vo, Blackpool, [1986] § Blackmore (Kent) Oscar Eliason, the original "Dante the Great", revised edition, 8vo, Sydney, 1987 § Dawes (Edwin A.) Henri Robin, Expositor of Science & Magic, number 183 of 230 copies, 8vo, 1989 § Taylor (E. Cooper) A Few Moments from the Career of Prof. E. Cooper Taylor, 4to, n.p., 1990 § Minch (Stephen) From Witchcraft to Card Tricks, number 254 of 500 copies, small 4to, Seattle, 1991, all but the seventh first editions, the second, fifth, sixth and seventh presentation copies, inscribed by the authors, illustrations, original wrappers; and 20 others, various sizes(30)
Leat (Harry) Thoughtful Magic 1923; Diversified Magic, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Max Andrews, 1924; Magic of the Depots, 2 vol., 1923-1924; Tragic Magic, 1925; U.S.A Depot Magic, 1925; Magician Cartoons & Interpolations, 1927; Masked Magical Glossary, (with Wilfrid Jonson), with supplement and the bookplate of Stanley Collins, 16mo, 1928; Leat`s Leaflets, no.1-55, lacking no. 8, otherwise a complete run, [c.1925]-1940, illustrations, original wrappers, 16mo and 8vo(62)
Attributed to Jacopo Fabris (1689-1761) Figures among Roman ruins. Oil on canvas. Bears signature Ia. Fabris Pin lower right. 44cm x 60cm. Provenance: The Collection of the late John Fane of Wormsley Park. Literature:(unpublished) Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures & Drawings at Wormsley, The Property of F. W. Fane as “Roman ruins, Signed Iac Fabris’
Richard Barrett Davis (1782-1854) Doctor, in a stable interior. Oil on canvas. 50cm x 60cm. Provenance: In all likelihood commissioned for John Fane; Wormsley Park. Literature:(unpublished) Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures & Drawings at Wormsley, The Property of F. W. Fane as “Interior of a stable, with a bay horse Doctor, The property of John Fane Esq., painted by R. B. Davis’
A rare and previously unrecorded vase designed by William Moorcroft for Macintyre & Co, possibly an inspiration for/trial of the early Florian peacock design, with tubelined and incised decoration, printed Macintyre marks to base and green W Moorcroft signature, height 30cm (chip to rim, some crazing and firing crack/blemish to lower body) (Illustrated).
A mixed lot of ceramics, including a pair of Swansea cups, two ribbon plates printed with Swansea scenes, 19th century jug, five assorted copper lustre jugs, pair of small Staffordshire seated spaniels, Victorian cup and saucer by GF Bowers & Co and another cup and saucer.
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