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Lot 267
A collection of African tribal tourist Zambian items. Comprising of three carved wall plaque decorative pieces, a coconut holder with cow bell and a dark wood carved lidded container, with Elephant to top, with shaped elephant and foliate pattern to body on a circular base. Measures approx. 31cm long (coconut holder).
Lot 55
Zuni southwest squash blossom sterling silver and turquoise jewelry set with a necklace and earrings. The necklace with silver beads and twelve small pendants and one large pendant. Each smaller pendant and each earring is inset with 11 thin, oval turquoise stones. The large central pendant is inset with 68 thin, oval turquoise stones. Unmarked and tested as sterling.Earrings, each; height: 52 mm x width: 14 mm x depth: 7 mm. Necklace (pendant); height: 80 mm x width: 70 mm x depth: 4 mm. Necklace length: 27 inch. Gross weight: 214.6 g.Condition: Each jewelry piece is in good condition. All parts are present and there are no losses, chips, breaks, or restorations. All silver metallic parts are tarnished. Some bends to the small bell-shaped structures. Wear throughout consistent with age and use.
Lot 48
Group of 50 Benjamin Franklin half dollar coins ranging from 1948-1963. Featuring a profile bust of Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse. Designed by John R. Sinnock (American, 1888-1947).Including: four 1948-D, one 1949-D, one 1950-D, one 1950-P, one 1951-P, two 1951-S, one 1952-P, eight 1952-D, one 1953-D, one 1954-P, four 1954-D, one 1956-P, two 1957-D, one 1959-D, five 1960-D, one 1961-P, six 1961-D, three 1962-D, and six 1963-D.Diameter, each: 30 mm. Gross weight: 624.1 gramsCondition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Lot 17
VANESSA BELL (BRITISH, 1879-1961)On the Yonne, near Cezy (c. 1950) signed with initials 'V B' (lower left) oil on canvas 45 x 35cm ARR Provenance Modern British and Irish Paintings, Sotheby's, London, 4th October 1995, lot 68; Private collectionCondition reportOld pin holes visible to some corners.Uneven old varnish.Some old minor surface abrasions including a scratch upper right just below branch of tree, but this could be original to work.A very slight indentation to canvas upper left.Dirt and small marks and spots in places.Otherwise overall appears generally good.
Lot 16
VANESSA BELL (BRITISH, 1879-1961)Church in France signed with initials 'V B' (lower right) oil on board 49 x 41cm ARR Provenance Modern British and Irish Paintings, Sotheby's, London, 4th October 1995, lot 87; Private collectionCondition reportSmall spot of paint loss lower centre edge but could be original to work.Dirt and a few very small minor spots and marks in places.A few other small holes/pin size holes and marks in places, including two centre left, but these appear to be original to the work.Otherwise appears in generally good condition.
Lot 358
A METAL ALLOY SUBMARINE'S BELLDATED 1915Inscribed ' H.M. Submarine V.2, November 1915' and with a broad military arrow22cm high, 22.5cm diameter at the flared end (widest point)The V class submarine, launched in 1915, was built by Vickers, Barrow, and sold for scrap after the end of the war in 1921Condition Report: 22.5cm diameter at the flared end (widest point)With pitting and marks to the interior from age and use and impaction from the clapper - the exterior with further marks, pitts, and signs of wearThere are two metal insets near the V and the 2 - these are apparent on the outside but not the insideDirt and discolouration to the stylised crown tethering pointThe broad arrow is to the rear and does not have a crown markThe clapper appears to be original, the handled probably laterNot obviously crackedPlease see additional images for visual reference to condition the bell and clapper weigh approx 5 kilos Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 105
A BALUSTROID WINE GLASSSECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURYThe bell bowl supported on a cushion knop and a basal knop and domed and folded foot, 15.5cm highProvenance: Somervale Antiques. Wing Comdr. Ron Thomas.From a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: No damage or repairs detected.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 140
A ENGRAVED BALUSTER WINE GLASSMID 18TH CENTURYThe bell bowl engraved with a band of fruiting vine, supported on a double-knopped stem and conical foot, 16.5cm highFrom a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: Foot = 8cm diam.Bowl = 7.4cmNo serious damage/repairs noted. Potential purchasers should establish to their own satisfaction and view in person before bidding to establish whether or no the rims have been reduced/polished. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 161
A WELSH GEORGE III OAK THIRTY HOUR LONGCASE CLOCKP. LLOYD, LAWHADEN, SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURYThe posted countwheel bell striking two-handed movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 11 inch square brass dial with calendar aperture to the Prince-of-Wales feather decorated matted centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll pierced steel hands and female mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, in a case with generous architectural cornice incorporating swollen frieze over hinged glazed dial aperture applied with slender three-quarter columns to front angles, the sides with conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with cavetto throat moulding over tall ogee-arch topped caddy moulded door centred with a parquetry star, on plinth base with stepped-ogee top mouldings and shallow moulded skirt.230cm (90.5ins) high, 52cm (20.5ins) wide, 30.5cm (12ins) deep. A P. Lloyd is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers and Clockmakers of the World as working in Llanhaden, Pembrokeshire in 1806.Condition Report: Pendulum and weight is presentCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 10
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCKThe eight-day bell striking movement with 12inch silvered dial signed Matthias Harris, BATH to the arch, with Roman numerals and Arabic five minutes to the outer track, in a case with broken swan neck pediment above detached columns to the hood228cm high Condition Report: Case in fairly poor condition with old wear, dents, log splits/cracks etc. Not known if movement and case belong together. Not known if running, movement filthy and dusty so will need a clean and some attention. Country house condition. Do not buy this clock assuming one can just set it up, swing the pendulum and off it goes! It will require work.Has case key, two weights, winder and a pendulum. Additional images available from Dept. upon request. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 120
A BALUSTER WINE GLASSMID 18TH CENTURYThe bell bowl with a solid lower section with bead inclusion and with faint etched inscription My Dear B. Osburn F.E, on a centrally knopped stem with tear inclusion and a conical foot, 17.5cm highFrom a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: No serious damage or acrylic chip fillers noted. However, potential purchasers are advised to check the glass in person to satisfy themselves before bidding as to whether or not he rims/foot rims have been reduced/polished.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 232
A FRENCH PATINATED METAL FIGURE MOUNTED GILT AND ONYX MANTEL CLOCK GARNITUREUNSIGNED, CIRCA 1900The eight-day countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped with serial number 8117 to centre left over 9 10 to lower margin, the circular cream enamel Arabic numeral dial centred with an applied gilt grotesque chimera within vertically aligned numerals to chapter ring, with blued steel hands set within egg-and-dart moulded surround behind hinged bevel-glazed cast gilt brass bezel, the pedestal-form case with surmount cast as a winged female Putti holding a flaming torch seated on a stool, over break-arch cornice and leafy-spray decorated bowed fluted section beneath the dial flanked by seated putti to front angles, the sides decorated with raised vertical batons, on stepped cavetto mounded onyx plinth base incorporating central bowed section to front over foliate cast gilt paw feet with pendant apron between; the candelabra each with surmount cast as a kneeling putto supporting a ewer on their back over stepped base incorporating gilt Vitruvian scroll frieze, cavetto moulded onyx skirt and gilt paw feet, (3).The clock 51cm (20ins) high, 28cm (11ins) wide, 18cm (7ins) deep; the candlesticks 40cm (15.75ins) high, 14cm (5.5ins) wide.Condition Report: Movement is in original but dirty/neglected condition, however it does run and strike hence a gentle clean and service is probably all that is required if intending to put the clock into daily service. The dial has a some very slight ear around the winding holes and the chimera cast centre is loose otherwise appears to be in fine original condition. The surmount to the case has at some point become detached at the junction of the feet of the stool and the platform onto which it rests; it has subsequently glued back into position. The case otherwise is in good original condition with overall age-related mellowing and light wear to the original finishes. Other than a few very small edge bruises the onyx appears free from visible damage/faults.The candelabra appear free form damage or repairs with faults limited to minor edge chipping to the onyx.Clock has pendulum but no winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 262
A GEORGE III BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP-HOUR REPEATINSCRIBED FOR BROCKBANKS, LONDON, CIRCA 1790The five pillar twin chain fusee bell striking movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum with holdfast hook to the geometric border-engraved shouldered backplate applied with a shaped plate engraved Brockbanks, LONDON to centre, the 7 inch break-arch cream painted Roman numeral dial further inscribed Brockbanks, LONDON to centre and with gilt brass spade hands beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial to arch, the case with cushion-capped domed caddy superstructure flanked by gilt brass vase finials over double cavetto top mouldings, the rectangular front door with brass fillet moulding around the glazed dial aperture and scroll cast upper quadrant frets flanked by reeded canted angles, the sides with hinged gilt brass carrying handles over brass break-arch fish scale sound frets, the rear with break-arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet.47cm (18.5ins) high, 33cm (13ins) wide, 20.5cm (8ins) deep. Provenance:Purchased by the vendor from Dukes, Dorchester sale of Silver, Jewellery and Furniture Thursday 9th April 1998 (lot 838) for £2,800 hammer.Condition Report: The movement is in good original working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The mechanism is a little dirty/discoloured so a gentle clean/service may be advisable. The Brockbanks signature is engraved to a separate plate which is screwed to the backplate, as this could be an addition we cannot offer any assurances that the present clock is by Brockbankes. The dial appears to have been refinished and is in good condition with visible faults limited to very light edge chipping to the left-hand winding hole. Again, as the dial has been refinished, we cannot offer any assurances that it was originally signed for Brockbanks.The case is generally in good presentable condition. The superstructure probably has a concave section applied to the top of the dome hence the present cushion-shaped pad is probably a replacement. The veneers to the caddy exhibit some movement and the finials are probably later additions. Each of the side apertures has a small veneer patch repair to the edge overlap otherwise faults to the case are very much limited to minor shrinkage and a few very minor age related bumps, scuffs and other blemishes.Clock has a crank winder and a case key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 101
A BALUSTER WINE GLASSCIRCA 1730The bell bowl with solid lower section with bead inclusion and centrally knopped stem and domed foot, 16.5cm highProvenance: Ex Paddy Wood Collection, Sotheby's Olympia 7th May 2002.From a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: Bowl = 7.5cm diam.Foot = 8cm.No obvious chips or acrylic chip repairs noted. Foot a good size and not obviously trimmed, however, Dreweatt's advise that potential purchasers satisfy themselves by viewing in person before bidding as Dreweatt's in no way warrant this and merely offer it as an opinion.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 87
A FRENCH SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN INSET ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCKBARRARD AND VIGNON, PARIS, CIRCA 1880The circular two train eight-day bell striking movement with anchor escapement for regulation by a disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped BARRARD & VIGNON, F'T D'HORLOGERIE, RUE COMMINES 7 and numbered 3680 to upper left and with JAPY FRERES & C., G'D MED D'HONN roundel over further number 6 9 to centre, the circular porcelain dial with nesting bird polychrome painted centre within gilt bordered blue ground Roman numeral cartouche chapter ring, the blued steel spade hands set within bead cast bezel, the case cast with twin handled urn surmount incorporating foliate bub finial and floral trail painted porcelain collar to waist, tied ribbon crest issuing husk swags draped around the dial flanked by generous outswept side scrolls capped with lion's mask handles, the centre inset with a panel painted with a courting couple within blue border and leaf-cast surround, the breakfronted D-ended base inset with a landscape painted panel and with foliate apron mount to centre flanked by further floral trail decorated panels beneath fluted mouldings to sides, on leaf cast disc feet; with a pair of ormolu mounted onyx urn side pieces, late 19th century, each with foliate bud finial over flared collar and ovoid body applied with gilt Satyr mask handles, on fluted cavetto base applied to a circular plinth with rosette decorated panels and leaf cast feet, (3).The clock 40.5cm (16ins) high, 34cm (13ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep; the side pieces 32cm (12.5ins) high, 13cm (5ins) wide. Provenance:The Rowse Collection.
Lot 112
AN ENGRAVED AIRTWIST WINE GLASS OF POSSIBLE JACOBITE SIGNIFICANCEMID 18TH CENTURYThe bell bowl decorated with a flower and a moth, on a centrally knopped stem and conical foot, 16.5cm highFrom a private Gloucestershire Collection.Condition Report: Bowl = 6.3cm diam.Foot rim = 7.4cm No damage or acrylic repairs noted, however, potential purchasers are advised to satisfy themselves in person before bidding. Dreweatt's do not warrant the condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 336
A FRENCH GILT BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY, JAPY FRERESWith eight-day bell striking movement, the backplate suspending the bell and with maker's roundel, the Roman numeral dial with subsidiary alarm dial14.5cm high overall Please note: the catalogue description should now read A FRENCH GILT BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK Condition Report: There is no winding key, the movement does tick when the balance wheel is rocked - however Dreweatts make no guarantees as to whether the movement is working or accuracy of timekeeping - overall would benefit from a clean from a clock restorer before use - also they should be able to source a winding key Push button repeat not working at time of report, may need a wind - Dreweatts can make no guarantees The case with some dirt and discolouration to the gilt metal, some scratches and marksThe backplate stamped with Japy Freres roundel Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 234
A FRENCH NAPOLEAN III CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN-CASED FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCKUNSIGNED, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19th CENTURYThe circular eight-day countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by a disc bob pendulum incorporating Brocot type regulation to suspension, the backplate stamped 2919, to upper left over 6 9 to bottom centre, the circular convex white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes to outer track and fine gilt scroll pierced gilt hands set behind hinged convex bevel-glazed cast brass bezel, the porcelain case modelled as three revelling Bacchantic putti carrying baskets of grapes and with vine headdresses attending a large barrel housing the movement and dial, on naturalistically modelled base applied with encrusted floral trail and vine decoration, the underside bearing an underglaze blue crossed swords mark.40cm (15.75ins) high, 27cm (10.75ins) wide, 23.5cm (9.25ins) deep.Condition Report: Movement appears complete with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements and is in working condition although a precautionary gentle clean/service is advised. The dial appears to be in fine original condition with no visible cracks or chips. The case is generally in very condition with damage limited to two finger losses and some relatively minor chipping/losses to the encrusted decoration throughout.Clock has pendulum and a winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 92
A WALNUT EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH AN ELEVEN-INCH DIALTHE DIAL INSCRIBED FOR RICHARD FENNELL, KENSINGTON, LATE 17th CENTURY AND LATERThe four finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, now fitted with an 11 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and ringed winding holes and calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Fleur-de-lys half markers, Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track and engraved Ric. Fennel, Kensington to lower margin, with scroll pierced steel hands and Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels to angles, in a walnut veneered case with ogee cornice and foliate fretwork frieze above hinged front with glazed dial aperture flanked by three-quarter columns with brass caps and bases, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns set against bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with convex throat moulding over 42 inch rectangular door faced with book-matched veneers and centred with a brass lenticle within half-round crossgrain edge mouldings and line inlaid surround, the sides veneered with twin line-bordered panels within crossbanded surrounds, on conforming panel-veneered plinth base with ogee top mouldings and bun feet.203.5cm (80ins) high, 49.5cm (19.5ins) wide, 27.5cm (10.75ins) deep.Condition Report: The case marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSplits and cracks, chips and lossesThe lower portion of the case appears to have been 'cut down' and shortened, it is out of proportion with the hoodMovement and case not guaranteed to be original togetherThere is a pendulum, and two metal cased weights available with the lot, the movement is untested, Dreweatts recommends that it receives professional attention from a clock restorer before use to give it a good clean and set up as required - we make no guarantees or comments as to whether it is working or give any comments as to longevity or accuracy.Placement of one hinge has been altered in position and has signs of filler in this placeLenticule glass intact Please see additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 3032
Recent Issue Pink Floyd Vinyl Records - all EX-SHOP STOCK to include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut, The Division Bell. The majority are 'Pink Floyd Records' remasters. All sealed, assumed Mint in Mint sleeves. (13)
Lot 210
A walnut and marquetry-inlaid longcase clock, the dial bearing the later signature 'Joseph Knibb, Londoni' The long trunk door inlaid with six floral panels on an ebony ground, with similar plinth, the 10.25 in square brass dial with winged cherub head spandrels, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with five-minute numerals within the minute band, and 'Knibb'-style half-hour marks, subsidiary seconds dial and chamfered date aperture to the matted centre, bearing a signature along the lower edge, the movement previously with bolt and shutter maintaining power, with six latched and knopped pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell, pendulum, door key and two weights, 207cm high Clock has been restored as mentioned in the description. Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
Lot 158
A rare William & Mary yew side table, circa 1700 The crossbanded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and arched cusped apron, on cup-and-ball turned legs, joined by an unusual stretcher with cusped lower edge, on 'bell-shaped feet, 85cm wide, 55cm deep, 70cm high Provenance: Purchased from 'Robin Sanders & Sons', Fulham Road, London, 1991 (£8,600) Edward V Phillips Collection
Lot 196
° ° Golden Cockerel Press - Bell, Gertrude - The Arab War: Confidential Information for General Headquarters…Being Despatches Reprinted from the Secret ‘’Arab Bulletin’’, number 102 of 500 copies, 4to, original quarter aquamarine morocco, over cream cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1940***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 2160
Great Britain and World, a large collection of coins, tokens and commemorative medals to include Lee Bros Potato Merchants 6d, Canton City Lines Inc., The Rifle Club Bell medal, Hudson's Bay Company 1970 Tercentenary medal, Great Yarmouth Bottons Pleasure Beach token, Beaulieu child's token, 1839 Wilson's of Norwich half penny token and various pennies etc.
Lot 155
PAIR OF IRON-RED-DECORATED 'LOTUS AND LONGEVITY' CUPS QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清光緒款及年代 礬紅纏枝寶相花托壽紋仰鐘杯（一對） each of bell form, painted above the foot with a band of po-phase flowers borne on scrolling tendrils with peaches, all underneath stylised shou characters, the base inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in iron-redDimensions:8.8cm diameter each
Lot 102
Collection of 19th and 20th century drinking glasses including an example with bucket-shaped bowl engraved with fruiting vine and a bird on plain stem, 16.6cm high, another engraved with moth and flowers in the Jacobite-style, a waisted bell-shaped drinking glass with replacement wooden foot, a facet-cut example, a wrythen ale glass, a Lord Salisbury retirement 1902 glass and others (8)
Lot 111
Collection of drinking glasses, circa 1730 and later, including a pedestal sweetmeat glass on Silesian stem, 17.5cm high, another similar with conical bowl, a continental opaque twist example with bell-shaped bowl and knopped opaque twist stem, another with annular knopped stem, an example with flared bowl on stem enclosing bubble inclusion, a trumpet-shaped glass of slender form with air twist stem and other examples including drinking glasses in the 18th century-style (11)
Lot 138
Group of five mid-18th and later drinking glasses, the first with flared bowl engraved with fruiting vine above double knopped airtwist stem, 18.5cm high, a small wine glass with bell-shaped bowl above airtwist stem, a facet-cut wine glass on baluster stem, a conical notch cut example and another, probably 20th century, with conical bowl above baluster airtwist stem, on spreading foot (5)
Lot 155
Three opaque airtwist drinking glasses comprising a cordial glass with tapering conical bowl above opaque twist stem and spreading foot, 25cm high, a drinking glass with bell-shaped bowl above airtwist annular double-knopped stem with tear inclusions and a tall wine glass with tapering cylindrical bowl above knopped airtwist stem and domed foot, mid 18th century and later (3)
Lot 532
A contemporary 'Cupola Poise' chandelier,designed and manufactured by Tamasine Osher, of two-branched construction, each patinated bronze branch hung with a bell-shaped spalted beech shade, 115cm wide95cm highCondition ReportWith some scuffs to the branches. The ceiling rose with remnants of plaster from previous mounting.
Lot 7306
(Natural History, FloraT.G. Tutin, V.H. Heywood et al: 'Flora Europaea', Camridge University Press, 1964-1989, 5 volumes, folding maps, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrappers; Stella Ross-Craig: 'Drawings of British Plants', London, Bell & Sons, 1948-1966, 23 parts in 6 volumes, uniform original cloth gilt (vol I cover with discolouration) (11)
Lot 7197
Thomas Gray: 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', London, Joseph Cundall/The Etching Club, 1847, unpaginated proofs on India Paper, mounted on heavy cardboard and bound in withcloth strip hinges, circa early 20th Century fine three quarter red crushed levant morocco, bound by James MacDonald Co, Art Bookbinder New York, binding signed verso FFEP "Bound by Macdonald N.Y." at head of page, rest of covers and endpapers marbled, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, silk head and tail bands, allpage edges gilt, leaves with moderate spotting/foxing throughout. Gray’s Elegy was a great Victorian favourite and reprinted with illustrations many times over the century. (Cundall – see below - published another illustrated edition of the poem in 1855). Gray’s classic text is here printed in sepia, together with 28 illustrations by 8 members of The Etching Club, together on 18 proof plates. The Etching Club was an artists' society founded in London in 1838 by Charles West Cope who did 5 of the 28 illustrations in this volume. The club published illustrated editions of works by authors such as Thomas Gray. It effectively ceased to exist in 1878. In addition to Cope, the other illustrators are Thomas Creswick, Charles Stonhouse, Richard Redgrave, Henry JamesTownsend, John Frederick [‘Fred’] Tayler [sic], John Callcott Horsley and John Bell. All arelisted in Houfe except the last (Bell) who only did one of the illustrations. The book was puttogether for the club by Joseph Cundall who at this time acted as publisher for them, andproduced several desirable volumes including Milton’s ‘L’Allegro’ and Goldsmith’s ‘TheDeserted Village’. Cundall was ‘the publisher with the most devoted concern for book design inmid-nineteenth century England’ [McClean, p. 141]. A very scarce version of Gray's Elegy in a fine binding by one of the most important binderies in the United States
Lot 7189
(Cookery, Culinary), Elizabeth David; John Minton (illustrated): 'French Country Cooking', London, Macdonald, 1958, 2nd edition, b/w ills/decorations by John Minton as called for, original cloth gilt; Elizabeth David: 'Italian Food', Cookery Book Club, 1966, frontis + b/w ills. by Renato Gattuso, orig. boards gilt, d/w; Maite Manjon: 'The Home Book of Portuguese Cookery', L, Faber, 1974, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Rachel Bell Maiden: 'The Canapé Book', NY, Appleton, [1934], b/w decorations/ills. by Lucina Smith Wakefield throughout, original cloth (worn), printed title label to front cover; plus 6 others cookery including X. Marcel Boulestin, Spanish Cooking, 'Food from the Arab World', pub. Beirut, 1970, etc (10)
Lot 7016
(Wood Lea Press, Private Press), Jeremy Greenwood, 2 titles : 'The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth', Woodbridge, The Wood Lea Press, 2002, limited edition, one of 450 copies, profusely illustrated throughout as called for, folio, original black and white decorative boards based on a Wadsworth design, prospectus and errata slip loosely inserted, original slipcase, 'Omega Cuts', Woodbridge, The Wood Lea Press, 1998, limited edition, one of 450 copies, profusely illustrated throughout as called for, several ills. tipped in/folding, ills. after Henri Gaudier Brzeska, Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, E. McKnight Kauffer, Edward Wadsworth and other artists associated with the Omega workshops and the Hogarth Press, folio, original cloth, prospectus loosely inserted, original slipcase (2)
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Lot 7113
[Sylvia Plath], written pseudonymously as Victoria Lucas: 'The Bell Jar', London, William Heinemann, 1964, 2nd edition, part of the Contemporary Fiction series, this being the only edition besides the first to bear Sylvia Plath's pseudonym Victoria Lucas, original green cloth lettered in silver to spine (minimal foxing to outer edges of textblock, else internally leaves clean/VGC, no previous ownership names/signatures, cloth VGC, silver lettering bright), dust wrapper (striking black, white and mauve geometric design by Dodie Masterman, some slight fading/dusting to mauve and white elements, but else no tears, generally VGC). Semi autobiographical novel which reveals Plath's own struggle with mental illness - both the author and the protagonist occupy a small area between genius and madness. Plath committed suicide a month after the book was published in the UK in 1963. The second edition was publshed in the Heinemann Contemporary Fiction Collection & uses the Authors original pseudonym, Victoria Lucas; this was later changed under the guidance of her husband, the Poet Ted Hughes & her mother to her real name, Sylvia Plath in the trade edition published two years later by Faber in 1966 (not published in the US until 1971)
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