Banksy - A framed and glazed BANKSY ' Save or Delete ', Greenpeace poster and Ephemera, stencil 2002, the picture depicting a raised forest with a hooded executioner and blind folded Disney Jungle Book characters. With the notation SAVE OR DELETE.COM A last chance to save the world's ancient forests. Notation to verso. 42cm x 59cm.
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[Longueville, Peter]. The Hermit: Or, the Unparalled Sufferings and Surprising Adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman. Who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington a Bristol Merchant, upon an uninhabited Island in the South Sea; where he has lived above Fifty Years, without any Human Assistance; still continues to reside, and will not come away..., the fifth edition, London: Printed by H. Fenwick, [circa 1750?], engraved frontispiece and map, leaf E1 with heavy print show through, leaf G18 torn to lower outer corner with slight loss to catchword, occasional light toning, contemporary sheep, red morocco title label to spine, blind embossed armorial to upper board, joints cracked, extremities worn, 18mo This edition not found in ESTC. Peter Longueville used the pseudonym of Edward Dorrington to write the story of Philip Quarll, a Crusoe-style castaway, who spent 50 years alone on an uninhabited island of monkeys. Quarll had become the self-appointed king of his country, and at the time of Dorringtons arrival, was accompanied everywhere he went by a loyal monkey. Originally published in 1727, the story was very popular in the 18th century. (1)
*Reform Bill 1832. Autographs of the Illustrious Peers who Oppose the Second Reading of the Reform Bill, April 14 1832, an album of 83 leaves including title-page and contents leaf at rear, with 175 free fronts pasted as twos or threes to rectos throughout, contents signed Isaac P. Cory, book labels of Michael Tomkinson and Ken Tomkinson to front endpapers, later blind-stamped pigskin, gilt-titled spine with raised bands, a little rubbed, small folio The 1832 Reform Act campaign was long and drawn out, the Act taking 18 months to go through parliament with the legislation coming after public meetings, demonstrations and riots. The Whig government under Earl Grey was opposed by the Tories led by the Duke of Wellington (whose signature is included in this collection) but who, eventually, allowed the Bill to pass by telling the Tory Lords not to oppose the Bill any longer. The second reading of the Bill was passed by 184 to 175. (1)
Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, 4 volumes, S.P.C.K., no date, circa 1860, numerous colour-printed plates, occasional spotting to margins, original blindstamped green cloth, 20th century rebacks, together with Dried Flowers. Flora Helvetica [so titled to spine], circa 1850s-60s, a collection of approximately 100 dried flower specimens, each mounted on a folded sheet, with printed or handwritten caption below, loosely contained in original blind-patterned boards, with red morocco label to spine, rubbed and a little wear to head and foot, thick 8vo, plus Brooke (Jocelyn), The Wild Orchids of Britain, 1st edition, 1950, colour plates, original cloth, a little rubbed and lightly faded, folio, limited edition 670/1140, and Lord De Tabley, The Flora of Cheshire, 1899, some light spotting, original gilt decorated dark green cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and other natural history, botany and gardening, including 17 volumes New Naturalist series, of which 11 are in dust jackets, generally frayed with some wear, Paul R. Green and Others, The Atlas Flora of Somerset, 1st edition, 1997, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, VG, etc. (3 shelves)
Moses (Henry). The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling, with descriptions from the Italian of the Countess Albrizzi, and a biographical memoir by Count Cicognara, 2 volumes (of 3) only, Septimus Prowett, 1824, engraved portrait frontispiece, and 100 engraved plates, tissue guards, in clean condition with wide margins, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary uniform blind and gilt-decorated full brown calf, very slightly rubbed, 4to Attractive copy. (2)
Jerome (Saint). Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Stridonensis Presbyteri divina Bibliotheca antehac inedita, complectens translationes Latinas Veteris ac Novi Testamenti cum ex Hebraeis, tum e Graecis fontibus derivatas, innumera quoque scholia marginalia antiquissimi Hebraei cujusdam Scriptoris Anonymi, Hebraeas voces pressius exprimentis..., Studio ac labore Domni Johannis Martianay & Domni Antonii Pouget, monachorum Ordinis S. Benedicti e` Congregatione S. Mauri, 5 volumes, Paris: Joannem Anisson, 1693-1706, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, titles in red & black, one folding map with short closed tear, occasional light dust-soiling & spotting to margins, armorial bookplate of George Thackeray and inscription 'Robert Birley from the library of Sir Henry Marten' to upper pastedowns, contemporary vellum, blind arabesque to centre of each board, upper joint and spine of volume 5 torn to upper three compartments, some dust-soiling, folio, plus Bernard of Clairvaux (Saint), Sancti Bernardi abbatis primi Clarae-vallensis..., volume 2 only (of 6), Paris: Petri de Launay, 1690, tititle in red & black, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, lacking volume number label and portion of spine compartment, worn, folio Sir (Clarence) Henry Kennett Marten KCVO (1872-1948) was the Provost of Eton and private tutor to Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Robert Birley KCMG (1903-1982) was head master of Charterhouse School and later of Eton College. He was also an anti-apartheid campaigner. (6)
Bible [German]. Biblia, das ist, die Ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments, verteutschet durch Doct. Martin Luther..., Basel: Bey und in Verlag Emanuel und Johann Rudolph Thurneysen Gebrdern, 1736, additional engraved title (dated 1720), letterpress title in red & black, two double-page engraved maps, some marginal fraying mostly at front & rear, dampstaining and soiling, sewing a little weak, contemporary blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards, old reback preserving original spine, only one brass corner piece present, leather torn at edges, covers detached from text-block, worn and soiled, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Insects; Explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. Together with the History of such Minute Insects as require investigation by the microscope. The whole illustrated by Coloured Figures, designed and executed from living specimens, 16 volumes bound in 8, 1793-1813, 568 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 569, lacking plate 325 in volume X), 7 uncoloured plates, occasional minor spotting and toning, some light offsetting to text, armorial bookplates of George Coyte, contemporary red straight-grained half morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt and blind decorations, edges a little rubbed, 8vo Freeman 1030; Lisney 352-394; Nissen ZBI 1142. Volume I is a second issue (1802), volumes V-IX second issues (1796-1800), the others first issues. (8)
Ellis (William). The Modern Husbandman: or the Practice of Farming: as it is now carried on by the most Accurate Farmers in several Counties of England, 4 volumes, 1742-44, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting morocco title labels, joints and spines slightly cracked, 8vo, together with Trowell (Samuel & Ellis, William), The Farmer's Instructor; or, the Husbandman and Gardener's useful and Necessary Companion..., 2nd edition, 1750, engraved frontispiece and one other plate, occasional spotting, modern blind panelled calf, 8vo, with Vallemont, abb‚ de (Pierre Le Lorrain), Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening..., 1707, engraved frontispiece and plates, some spotting and browning, lower hinge crudely repaired, early 19th century red half morocco, lower joint cracked and upper board detached, 8vo, and Sylvan (Agricola), The Farmer's Magazine, and Useful Family Companion..., 5 volumes, 1776-1780, numerous engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century related (22)
A George III mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Hall of Romsey, the eight day four pillar movement with an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, with cast brass spandrels, strike / silent dial and date aperture, the arch inscribed 'THOMAS HALL RUMSEY', above a moon phase, the hood with blind fret carving and giltwood finials, 237cm high.
A George III mahogany musical automaton longcase clock by Joseph Miles of Shaftesbury, the eight day five pillar three train movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell and playing six tunes from a 9cm pinned cylinder on a graduated set of eight bells, the arched brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the engraved centre with a castle and a boat, signed 'Joseph Miles, SHASTON', with subsidiary seconds dial, with rococo cast spandrels and with subsidiary date and tune dials, the arched top with a painted automaton rondel with chickens and a flying bird, the hood with a pagoda top and brass finials, with blind fret panels, the case with stop fluted quarter pilasters, with a panelled base and bracket feet, 265cm high. Case and movement possibly associated.
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976); a signed limited edition print, "People Standing About", signed in pencil to lower-right, bearing Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp and letter to number indicating 64/850, 33 x 49.5cm, framed and glazed. †CONDITION REPORT Colours are strong, no visible signs of damage, frame has some light surface wear.
DARELL, William. The History of Dover Castle. London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1797. [Bound with:] Francis GROSE. A Provincial Glossary; with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions. London: Edward Jeffery, 1811. Tall 4to (343 x 228mm.) Engraved decorative title, 1 engraved double-page plan, 1 engraved head-piece, 8 engraved plates. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or offsetting.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt in eleven unequal compartments with raised bands, covers tooled in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, upper-cover detached, lower joint split, stitching weak). Provenance: John Deacon (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
[WATKINS, John.] Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron. London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1822. First edition, 8vo (212 x 132mm.) Stipple-engraved frontispiece. (Some browning and spotting, occasional minor soiling.) Contemporary green calf, covers elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettering pieces to the second and sixth, the others with elaborate foliate decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed and rubbed).
FINDEN, Edward. The Beauties of Moore: a Series of Portraits. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. Folio (360 x 251mm.) Engraved additional decorative title, 48 steel-engraved plates. (Some spotting to plates.) Contemporary green morocco tooled in gilt and blind, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly scuffed).
SIMMONDS, Peter Lund. The Curiosities of Food… Obtained from the Animal Kingdom. London: Richard Bentley, 1859. 8vo (170 x 104mm.) (Light browning and spotting, margins trimmed with loss to pp.77-80 and pp.89-92, margins torn with minor loss to pp.93-96, some pages uncut or crudely opened.) Original cloth, by Westleys & Co, blocked in gilt and blind (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spine faded).
THE EUGRAMMIA PRESS (publisher). [The Golden Haggadah or Seder Haggadah Shel Pesach Hebrew. London: n.d.] Limited edition of 520 copies, this number 31 of 500 copies, 4to (250 x 197mm.) Printed in facsimile throughout. Contemporary calf, by Zaehnsdorf Ltd., blocked in blind to style, contained within a slipcase.
CASSELL, PETTER AND GALPIN (publishers). Cassell's General Atlas… of Countries of the World… Forming a Complete Atlas of Modern Geography. London: [n.d.] Folio (490 x 335mm.) 42 maps hand-coloured in outline, 17 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, 2 folding maps hand-coloured in outline. (Light browning, occasional minor damp-staining, marginal tear without loss to folding map of the British Isles.) Contemporary cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine and corners reinforced, chipped head and foot of spine). Provenance: Frances Louisa Swayne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Joseph Griffiths Swayne (label to front-free endpaper).
DALLAS, A.R.C. Correspondence of Lord Byron… An Original Memoir of Lord Byron's Life, from 1808 to 1814. Paris: A. and W. Calignani, 1825. First edition, 3 vols., 8vo (vol. I 165 x 102mm., vols. II-III 170 x 95mm.) (Browning and spotting.) Vol. I contemporary red straight-grain morocco, covers tooled with geometric and foliate decoration in gilt and blind, spine in five compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with foliate decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e.; vols. II-III contemporary green half-morocco, spines gilt in five compartments, g.e. (extremities bumped and scuffed). Provenance: Von Dem Knesebeck (armorial bookplate to front pastedowns of vols. II-III).
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles Presses On, More Adventures of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1958. 8vo (184 x 123mm.) Colour plates. (Light browning and spotting.) Original boards blocked in blind (head of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly chipped and creased). - And a quantity of other volumes by Captain W.E. Johns featuring Biggles (a quantity).
LEYCESTER, Peter. Historical Antiquities, in two books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second containing Particular Remarks concerning Cheshire. London: 1673. Folio (333 x 215mm.) Engraved illustrations, decorative initials. (Some spotting and browning.) Old panelled calf blocked in blind (rebacked, extremities slightly scuffed, stitching weak and first few leaves now loosely inserted).
POTTER (B.) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. First Trade Edition. coloured illus. throughout, 98pp. (incl. half title); original dark brown paper boards, white-lettered on spine & upper board & with the rectangular coloured illus. mounted within blind-ruled panel on upper one, grey leaf-patterned e/ps., sm. 8vo. Frederick Warne and Co., (1902). * i.e. Oct., Nov. or Dec. 1902 - ' there are no recognizable differences between the first three printings ' - Linder; Xmas 1903 inscription at front. Illustrated
A Victorian carved walnut writing table: of kidney-shaped outline, the top inset with a panel of tooled leather and with a husk decorated edge, the frieze fitted with three drawers with blind fret foliate sprays on turned baluster column and dual splayed end supports, united by a similar stretcher, terminating in castors, 127cm (4ft 2in) wide. * Provenance Kingsnympton Park, Devon.
A Chinese carved ebonised hardwood open display cabinet:, with pierced and blind fret carving throughout of scrolling foliage and flowerheads, having a three quarter ledge superstructure and fitted with an arrangement of shelves with pierced galleries, on block feet, 77cm (2ft 6 1/4in) wide 157cm (5ft 1 3/4in) high.
A Bow porcelain patty pan and a Worcester First Period bowl: the form of typical circular form, the interior painted in blue with flowers and foliage within a fretted border, the exterior with three sprigs, circa 1765-75, 12 cm diameter, the latter blind moulded to the exterior with chrysanthemum within narrow blue borders, workman's mark to base. (2)
A late 19th Century Indian carved hardwood Tiffin table:, the top of shaped outline with a wide blind fretwork band decorated with scrolling foliage, peacocks and elephant masks, inset with an octagonal metal central panel pierced and decorated with further foliage and peacocks, on a similarly decorated octagonal folding stand, 84cm (2ft 9in) across.
A late George III mahogany tallboy, the upper part with later carved and moulded cornice and applied blind fret frieze, fitted two short and three long graduated drawers, the base fitted three long graduated drawers all with later mouldings to front, and on later carved bracket feet, 44ins wide x 22ins deep x 72ins high, (repolished)
Alice G. C. Barnwell (British, fl. 1931-1940): 'The Mill Welford on Avon', limited edition coloured etching, signed in pencil lower margin, with blind stamp lower right for Rembrandt Guild Artist Proof, 38 by 29cm, unframed, together with A. Dupont: three framed coloured etchings, 'Abbeville', 'York', and a similar old English High Street, 30 by 20cm. (4)
A collection of handbooks to the cathedrals of England, in eight volumes, Southern Division Vol I: Winchester, Salisbury, Exeter, Wells. Vol. II: Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, St. Alban's, Northern Division Vol I and II, with frontispiece and numerous black and white engraved plates throughout, hardcover blind-stamped white cloth, gilt spines, with tissue guards, London: John Murray, various dates 1861 - 1903. (8)
A circa 1700 joined oak three panel coffer, the cover on original steel loop hinges, the front panels with later blind carving, w.127cm, d.55cm, h.67cm Condition Report / Extra Information Split to the central panel of lid. Replacement lock. Lid hangs over considerably more to the left hand side, but is original. Old loss to right corner. No worm apparent.
AFTER LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY R.A. (1887-1976) "Landscape with Farm Buildings", a colour reproduction, signed in pencil with the blind stamp for The Fine Art Trade Guild, published by Venture Prints in 1974, 40cm x 50cm mounted in a gilt glazed frame (The original was painted in 1954 and exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1976, it was inspired by a visit by Lowry to his friends house near the artist's home in Mottram-in-Longdendale where he lived from 1948 till 1976)
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