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Click here to subscribeLAURENCE BINYON: JOHN CROME AND JOHN SELL COTMAN, 1897, vell bkd decor bds + A P OPPE: THE WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS OF JOHN SELL COTMAN, "The Studio", 1923, 1st edn, 4to, orig blind stpd cl gt + SYDNEY D KITSON: THE LIFE OF JOHN SELL COTMAN, 1937, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn + HAROLD A E DAY: EAST ANGLIAN PAINTERS, 1969 (1000), vol 3, 4to, orig pict cl, pict label + three others similar (7)
A Packet: 9 early 19th Century broadside ballads printed by Johnny Pitts of Seven Dials, comprising: THE FAMOUS SEA-FIGHT BETWEEN CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW; THE KENTISH GARLAND; THE BUNTER'S WEDDING; THE WANDERING SHEPHERDESS; THE GOLDEN BULL OR GARLAND OF LOVE'S CRAFTINESS; THE WOEFUL LAMENTATION OF MRS JANE SHORE A GOLDSMITH'S WIFE OF LONDON SOME TIME CONCUBINE TO KING EDWARD THE FOURTH FOR HER WANTON LIFE CAME TO A MISERABLE END AN EXAMPLE TO ALL LEWD AND WANTON LIVERS; BLIND BEGGAR OF BETHNAL GREEN; THE DORSETSHIRE GARLAND OR THE BEGGAR'S WEDDING; THE GARLAND OF TRIALS, 4 with wood engrd vigs (9)
An early 19th Century longcase clock, by James Ritchie of Hull, with eight day movement striking to bell, the arched painted dial with date, seconds and moon phase, the hood with carved scroll pediment centred by a turned urn finial and door with blind fret border in mahogany case dividing pillars with gilt metal capitals, the case with a door shaped top and canted blind fret corners, on platform base with shaped apron and bracket feet, 96" high (illustrated)
A quantity of blinds, comprising; a pair of pale blue and cream Chinoiserie printed linen, lined and interlined, roman blinds approximately 128 cm wide, 210 cm drop, a pair of taupe linen Roman blinds, approximately 127 cm wide, 175 cm drop, another similar, 72 cm wide, approximately 175 cm drop, a single cream and blue striped silk, lined and interlined Roman blind, 102 cm wide, approximately 164 cm drop, a pair of cream linen, lined and interlined, Roman blinds with chocolate brown borders, 125 wide, approximately 183 cm drop and a single tampe silk Roman blind, lined and interlined with wide cream silk borders, approximately 123 cm wide, 246 cm drop.
A late Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase, having a central door with blind fretwork carved decoration above open adjustable shelves, flanked to either side by Italianate carved style panelled doors and flanked by ring turned twin columns on a plinth base with carved tongue decoration, 171cm wide, 109cm high, 49cm deep. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Records - Blues, R. 'n' B., Jazz, Soul and Ragtime. Assorted LP's, the artists including John Lee Hooker; Howlin' Wolf; Blind Wilie McTell; Blind Willie Johnson; Muddy Waters; Jimmy Reed; Fred McDowell; Reverend Gary Davis; Little Willie Littlefield; Charlie Parker; Miles Davis; Otis Redding; and Scott Joplin. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Collinson. Rev. John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, three volumes, By Cruttwell et al., Bath, 1791. Full leather with blind-stamped dentelle style borders, folding map, engraved plate illustrations, quarto; also Weaver, Rev. F.W. et al. (editors). Index to Collinson's History of Somerset, Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton 1898. Full buckram, quarto, (4). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Franklin, Dr B. The Way to Wealth, Spettigue, London 1837. Limp cloth with applied title label, 10.5cm x 6.5cm; More, Hannah. Sacred Dramas, new edition, Whittingham (Chiswick Press), London 1818. Full diced calf, woodcut vignette illustrations, duodecimo; Collins, William, & Gray, Thomas. Poetical Works, Scott, Webster & Geary, London 1837. Blind-stamped pebble-grained brown cloth, sextodecimo; The Fables of Aesop; with instructive applications by Samuel Croxall. Blind-stamped ribbed green cloth, folding frontispiece, woodcut vignette illustrations, duodecimo; and twelve other assorted volumes, (16). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, Fisher, Fisher & Jackson, London 1834. Leather-spined blind-stamped blue cloth, colour frontispiece by Baxter, engraved plate illustrations, two pages of publisher's adverts, quarto; The New Testament, Oxford University Press, no date [circa 1850]. Full maroon morocco, octavo; and six other leather bindings, (8). Sold on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, ref. EO97/19126, DC28088 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Hartley, Dorothy, (editor). The Old Book. A Mediaeval Anthology, Knopf, London 1930. Full blind-stamped leather, colour plate and black and white vignette illustrations, quarto; Partridge, Eric. Slang, To-Day and Yesterday, second edition, Routledge, London 1935. Sold on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, ref. EO97/19126, DC28088 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A fine Queen Anne small ebonised hooded wall clock with alarm, Thomas Wightman, London, early 18th century. The four-finned pillar single train two-handed movement with verge escapement and separately wound alarm mechanism transversely mounted on to the right of the movement and sounding on a bell mounted above the plates, the 6 inch square brass dial with alarm disc to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, diamond half-hour markers and signed Thomas Wightman, London to lower edge, with pierced blued-steel hands and foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles, the ebonised and gilt-line decorated case with domed caddy above moulded cornice, blind fret frieze and very rare horizontally sliding glazed front door to hood, with shaped apron and brackets applied to the backboard beneath, 58cm high. Provenance: The property of a private collector. Thomas Wightman is recorded in Baillie G.H Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working (Lombard Street) 1701-45, becoming master of the Clockmakers Company in 1737. His brother William went into partnership with Thomas Windmills in the 1730's. The current lot appears to have survived in very original condition and the finely proportioned case has the very rare feature of a horizontally sliding front door. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
An impressive George III scarlet lacquer table clock, John Taylor, London, late 18th century. The five-pillar twin fusee rack and bell striking movement now with deadbeat escapement, the backplate engraved with symmetrical foliate scrolls, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial with recessed shaped silvered nameplate engraved John Taylor, London to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, the angles with foliate scroll cast spandrels beneath STRIKE/SILENT dial flanked by conforming mounts to arch, now in an elaborate case with flambeau urn finials to the bell-top upstand decorated in gilt with bird inhabited foliage above gilt blind fret infill and four further finials to the break-arch cornice, the front with panels of figures within terrace landscapes to door surround flanked by finely chased gilt metal female caryatid corner mounts, the sides with brass handle above rectangular windows, on concave moulded base with shaped apron and turned brass pendant feet, 73cm high overall. John Taylor is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London circa 1780. Although it appears that the movement and dial did not start out life in this case they are certainly 'in period'. The case is very rare as it retains most of its original decoration and would respond very well to sympathetic restoration. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A walnut eight-day longcase clock with 10 inch dial, Henry Mountlow, London, late 17th century and later. The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell-striking movement with 10 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes and foliate scroll engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes and signed Hen. Montlow, Londini Fecit to lower edge, the angles with winged cherub head spandrels, the case of fine proportions with moulded cornice and blind fret frieze above spiral twist integral columns to the hood, the trunk with convex throat moulding and long door with lenticle, on crossbanded plinth base with double skirt and shallow block feet, case basically late 17th century with later veneers, 195cm high. Henry Mountlow is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain as becoming Free of his apprenticeship to Richard Brown in November 1685 and is thought to have worked into the first decade of the 18th century. Provenance: Acquired by Alfred Loader (Greiner) circa 1910, thence by descent. (Full provenance available in the printed catalogue). The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
A fine George I quarter repeating ebonised table clock Thomas Hughes, London, circa 1725. The six knopped- pillar twin fusee bell-striking movement with verge escapement and pull-quarter repeat on a graduated nest of six bells, the backplate with original heart-shaped backcock and engraved with a ho-ho bird within symmetrical foliate scrolls and a herringbone border, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial with border-engraved calendar and false-bob apertures and shaped applied silvered nameplateThos. Hughes, LONDON to the matted centre, within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond half hour markers and Arabic five minutes, with pierced blued- steel hands and female mask-and-scroll cast gilt spandrels to angles, the arch with silvered strike/silent ring flanked by conforming female sphinx cast mounts, the inverted bell top case with substantial brass handle and slender flambeau vase finials above blind fret infill and raised canted-angle corner panels to the break-arch frieze, gilt floral trail mounted canted angles and conforming break-arch windows to sides, on a double stepped and mounded base with squab feet, 51cm high excluding handle. Provenance: The propery of a private collector. Thomas Hughes is recorded in Baillie G. H.Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as becoming Free of the Clockmakers Company in 1712, Steward in 1730 and Master in 1742, he died in 1753. Thomas Hughes appears to have been a fine maker with noteworthy examples leaving his Broad Street Buildings workshop including a full Grande Sonnerie table clock only 25cm high -one of the smallest ever made. The current lot appears to have survived in very original condition retaining its original crown wheel escapement. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Verdi, Giuseppe Otello, dramma lirico in quattro atti [vocal score], Milan, Tito di Gio. Ricordi, [1887]. First edition, 364 pages, 4to (27.5 x 20cms), without the reference to the premiere on the title page, identified in red ink on verso of title: "stampato in luogo di manoscritto", Ricordi's blind stamp for January 1887, publisher's gilt-lettered maroon cloth wrappers, gilt device on lower cover, overall light browning, some discoloration to front cover; [Ibid.] Falstaff. Commedia lirica in tre atti, [vocal score], Milan, G. Ricordi & C., [1893]. First edition, first issue, 474 pages, 4to (275 x 205mm.), lithographed music, publisher's green boards printed in black, with device on lower cover, spine defective, joints splitting; [Ibid.] Falstaff. Commedia lirica in tre atti di Arrigo Boito, [libretto]. First edition, 133 pages, 8vo, Ricordi's blind-stamp, for January 1893, printed green wrappers with a design complementing that on the vocal score (3) Note: Otello: Not in Hopkinson. His 63A includes the place and date of the first performance on 5 February 1887. This issue seems to predate the performance. Chusid, page 69; not correctly described in Hopkinson (but compare his 64A and 64 A (a)). Rare: Verdi asked Ricordi to withdraw the original vocal score from sale so that he could cut three passages (see Gatti, Verdi, ii, 450). Chusid points out that this first issue preceded the premiere on 9 February 1893, which is therefore not recorded on the title page. A second issue was quickly published with only 461 pages.
Boyer, Abel The draughts of the most remarkable fortified towns of Europe, in 44 copper plates. London: I. Cleave, 1701. First edition, 4to, folding frontispiece and 43 plates depicting the fortifications of towns in continental Europe, contemporary blind-tooled panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners neatly repaired Provenance: Ownership signatures of Matt. Squire, William Squire, Capt. Squire, Henry Taylor Squire midshipman R.N., and Henry Squire, of Norwich. William Squire clearly visited many of the continental towns, noting "seen" in the margin of some of the plates. Henry Squire would appear to have taken the book with him while on military service, one inscription being "H. Squire his blood when wounded in the Chinese war". William Squire, son of Matthew Squire, corn and coal merchant and malster of King Street, Norwich, head of the firm of Squire & Edwards, who built the malthouses there. An ink sketch of the Squire arms, a chevron between three swan's heads and necks, adorns the front endpaper.
Barham, Rev. Richard Harris The Ingolssby legends or mirth and marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire. London: Richard Bentley, [First series] 1840, [Second series] 1842, [Third series] 1847. 12mo, first edition, 3 volumes, presentation copy inscribed by the author to serjeant talfourd on front endpaper of volume 1 ("To Mr Serjeant Talfourd from The admirer of his genius and Sincere Friend Thos. Ingoldsby"), half-titles, engraved title-page to each volume, 17 plates (8 by Cruikshank and 9 by Leech), 2 portraits, first issue of volume 1 with page 236 blank and inserted slip "To the Critical Reader", Appendix leaf in volume 1, second issue of volume 2 with line of errata on verso of contents leaf, first issue of volume 3 with "topot" on page 350 run together, original brown cloth, the covers decorated in blind with title in gilt on upper covers, pale yellow endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 2, each volume in collector's morocco slipcase by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, volume 2 without advertisements, one plate in volume 1 detached (but duplicate inserted before p.269), small tear to margin of title of volume 1 (no loss), occasional spotting or browning affecting most plates, hinges becoming weak, extremities bumped (3) Note: Cohn 50.
Collins, Wilkie No name. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1862. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, half-titles in volumes 1 and 2, original orange cloth stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, last 2 leaves of volume 2 roughly opened, binding with circulating library labels removed from upper covers, some minor soiling and wear (3) Note: Sadleir 601; Wolff 1371.
Dickens, Charles Sketches by Boz. The Second Series. Complete in One volume. London: John Macrone, 1837 [1836], first edition, 8vo, additional etched title, frontispiece and 8 plates by George Cruikshank, half-title, early issue with "vol. III" on plates and no list of plates, 40 pages advertisements at end dated December 1836, original salmon bead-impressed cloth, covers with central wreath design in blind, spine lettered in gilt, faded, spine chipped; Morier, James. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, in England. London: John Murray, 1828, first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, original boards, worn and detached; [Genoa] Nouvelle Description des Beautés de Génes. Genoa: Gravier, 1819, 8vo, folding map, 7 engraved plates, most folding, one folding printed table, original wrappers, uncut (4) .
Fleming, Ian -11. Thunderball. London, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original black blind-stamped cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, very small crease to foot of backstrip, interior very clean; [Ibid.] On her majesty's secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, some light creasing to head and tail of backstrip, interior clean; [Ibid.] You only live twice. London, 1964. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some small chips to head and tail of backstrip, interior clean; [Ibid.] The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some light creasing to backstrip, interior clean; and a third impression of The spy who loved me (5) .
Victorian Poetry - Browning, R. Men and women. London, 1855. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, two pages of advertisements at end of volume 2, original olive-green cloth (Carter's variant A), covers stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed slipcase, [Wise 9; Wise A Browning Library pp.21-22; Carter Binding Variants p.98], very occasional minor marginal staining or spotting, small tears and nicks to edges of four leaves in volume 1, corners and head and foot of spines rubbed, spines faded, hinges of volume 2 weak; Coleridge, S.T. Sibylline leaves: a collection of poems. London, 1817. First edition, 8vo, with leaf of errata, original paper-backed blue boards, a few pencil annotations to the text, manuscript poem in ink on front endpaper with signature at head "Robert Martin", [Wise 45], rebacked preserving most of the original spine, wear to edges, some staining and discolouration of the boards; Tennyson, A. The princess; A medley. London, 1847. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth -century crushed morocco gilt, original cloth bound in; [Ibid.] Maud, and other poems. London, 1855. First edition, 12mo, original cloth; another copy, first edition, nineteenth-century morocco gilt; [Ibid.] Demeter and other poems. London, 1889. First edition, 12mo, nineteenth-century crushed morocco gilt, bookplate of Joan Whitney, upper joint rubbed (7) .
Wood, Mrs Henry Anne Hereford, a novel. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. First edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, half-title in each volume, advertisement leaf at end of volume 3, original violet cloth, the covers decorated in blind, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, collector's morocco-backed folding box, occasional light spotting, some wear to extremities, hinges weak, spines and edges of covers faded (3) Note: Sadleir 3326 and p.383. In Sadleir's list of "Comparative Scarcities", this title appears before East Lynne as one of the most rare of Mrs Wood's novels.
Beningfield, Gordon Hardy country. London, 1983. 4to, number 3 of 50 copies signed by the illustrator, loosely inserted original watercolour illustration [from page 128] signed and dedicated by artist in red ink, deluxe full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, blind stamp on upper board, slipcase, some foxing to slipcase only and another fine copy of the trade edition signed by the artist; [Ibid.] English landscapes. London, 1985. 4to, signed by the artist, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, a fine copy (3) .
Apianus, Petrus Cosmographica. per Gemmam Frisium. iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta. Additus eiusdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmae Frisii. Antwerp: Gregorius Bontius, 1550. 4to (227 x 152mm.), woodcut of a globe on title, woodcut device on final verso, woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams and maps (some full-page), those on folio 9, 11, 28, 49 with volvelles, contemporary blind-tooled sheep, lacking world map, some staining, title-page soiled with small portion missing from upper margin affecting two letters, f.50 torn with loss of several words, woodcut on verso of folio 9 possibly lacking a volvelle, binding very worn with crude repairs .
Boyle, Robert Experiments, notes &c about hte mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities. London: E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1676. First edition, second issue, 8vo, 11 parts in one volume, 11 parts in one volume, 8vo (17 x 10.6cm.), contemporary calf, blind double-fillet border, blind-stamped corner fleurons, modern lettering-piece, lacking blank B8 in part one, binding rubbed, upper hinge cracking Note: The collection is important becasue of the tracts on Magnetism and Electritcity. his tract is the first work on Electricity in the English language. the tracts on Taste and Smell are the first monographs in the history of physiological literature to be devoted to these special senses". Fulton: Bibliography of Robert Boyle. Wing B3977; Fulton 124; Madan 3098; Norman 303. Provenance: John Stratford, inscription on flyleaf dated 13 August 1681 at Balliol College.
Burton, Richard F.Falconry in the valley of the Indus. London: John van Voorst, 1852. First edition, 12mo, 4 tinted lithograph plates, original blind stamped cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, some chipping to head and tail of backstrip, frontispiece loose, lower outer corner of B8 torn away [no text loss], contemporary ink inscriptions in English and Arabic in front endpapers with sketches of birds .
Glasgow - McUre, John A view of the city of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1736. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, later blind- stamped calf, bevelled boards, red label, rubbed at edges, some water staining to early leaves; Denholm, James The history of the city of Glasgow and suburbs. Glasgow, 1804. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, boards loose, section cut from head of title page [no text loss]; Macdonald, Hugh Days at the coast. Glasgow, c.1870's. 8vo, map frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed; Hill, Sir John The family herbal. Bungay: C. Brightly, 1812, 8vo, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, worn, covers detached, plates mostly clean; Lockhart, John Gibson Peter's letters to his kinsfolk. London: for William Blackwood, 1819, second edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, vignette titles, contemporary half calf gilt, red and black labels, hinges cracking, very occasional spots (7) .
William Stumbles, Totnes, An oak cased longcase clock, the eight-day duration, five pillar movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve inch arched brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and five minute outer markings, the matted centre having an inset subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and having rococo style cast brass spandrels, with a silvered boss to the arch engraved with the maker's name 'Wm. Stumbles, Totnes', the associated oak case having a panelled base, arched trunk door, barley twist columns to the hood and an arched top with blind fretwork set within, height 225cm. *William Stumbles was one of the finest of the Devon clockmakers originally working at Aveton Gifford, where he married Sarah Phillips in 1716, before moving to Totnes in 1729 where he died in 1769. He made clocks for some of Devon's oldest families including the Courtenays and Carews. There is one of his finest clocks still at Powderham Castle.
A MID 19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK DRESSER, having moulded cornice over two arch glazed cupboards flanking fitted shelves, the projecting base with three cockbeaded freize drawers over centre dog kennel flanked by two blind panel cupboards, standing on shaped feet. C1840. 64" Wide x 17.5" Deep x 76" High.
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