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Click here to subscribeA collection of Wade whimsies and figurines to include gold base special Rupert the Bear and Friends limited edition of 100, Santa Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas special editions of 150, gold Arundel Fawn, S. edition of 20, Gingie bearing gifts, and similar, some with certificates and boxes (qty)
A set of four late 19th century fashion prints, four similar French fashion prints, AFTER RICHARD WESTALL "Innocent Mischief" and "Innocent Revenge", pair of coloured engravings by C. Jofsi, bear Thomas Agnew labels verso, 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL "Artillery firing canon before officers, ladies and gentlemen with crowd looking on in a landscape with castle and hills rising in the distance", colour print, together with another colour print
Alken (Henry) [The National Sports of Great Britain], first edition, second issue, aquatint title (dated 1821) and 50 aquatint plates by J.Clark after Henry Alken, all splendidly hand-coloured and in excellent condition, printed in English & French, this copy without the dual-language letterpress title-page in but with plates watermarked `1820`, 19th century bookplate of Thomas Greer on front pastedown, handsomely bound in full contemporary straight-grain morocco with blind-tooled inner border and decorative ornament contained within elaborate gilt border, spine titled in gilt with further gilt compartments within gilt-tooled raised bands, g.e., surface wear to corner some edges, small section of surface loss to upper cover near spine, [ Mellon/Podeschi 111; Schwerdt I, p.19 & IV, p. 4; Siltzer p. 70; Tooley 41], folio, Thomas McLean, 1821. "Alken`s most important work.It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection." Tooley, English Books with Colour Plates, p.64. Alken`s hugely popular presentation of the aristocratic pursuits of the time, resplendent with large hand-coloured aquatint depictions of popular pastimes including hunting on horseback, hawking, gun shooting, angling, horse-racing, pugilism and dressage, as well as activities that even at the time were becoming increasingly controversial such as bull-baiting and bear-baiting. This copy would seem to have been without the letterpress title for some time, perhaps even bound without, as the offsetting onto the verso of the additional title is that from the Preface.
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