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After Michael Lyne, (1912-1989), The Grand National Canal Turn 1965, coloured print, signed in pencil to the margin and with gallery blind stamp, 54 x 66cm, together with Edward Gilbert Hester, (1843-1903) after William J. Shayer (1787-1879), Racing Incidents, coloured engraving, London Published July 21st 1876 by Arthur Ackermann, 191 Regent Street, 42 x 62cm. (2)
Hannah (Hoyland) Mayor (Staithes Group 1871-1947): Still Life of a Decanter and Grapes, watercolour signed, with E.S.K. (examined by South Kensington Art School) blind stamp 40cm x 65cm Provenance: gifted to the vendor's mother by her friend Edith Chudley, the artist's daughter - never been on the market.Condition Report:Very good condition and colour, well presented, ready to hang
PrunkvaseStaatliche Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen 1965. - Blumenbukett - Porzellan, weiß, z. T. glasiert. Kobaltblaue Ränder. Polychrom und Gold bemalt. Goldbronze. Goldrand. Unter der Glasur blaue Schwertermarke. 1. Wahl. Produktionsbedingt Fuß und Korpus blind verschraubt. H. 25 cm. - Zustand: Standring mit 5 Chips.
TafelaufsatzKönigliche und Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen 1850-1924. - Streublümchen - Porzellan, weiß, glasiert. Polychrom und Gold bemalt. Goldrand. Unter der Glasur blaue Schwertermarke (beide Teile). 1. Wahl. Produktionsbedingt Fuß und Schale blind verschraubt. H. 22,5 cm, D. 23 cm. - Zustand: Standring mit uns. rest. Chip und zusätzlichem Chip - Schale mit vereinzelten Flugaschepunkten.
SHURAKU: A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A ROKUROKUBI SCARING A BLIND MANBy Shuraku, signed Shuraku 秀樂Japan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely carved and bearing an attractive yellowish stain, the blind man leaning against his staff, behind him the towering Rokurokubi tries to scare him, the bakemono's long neck movable and fixed with a peg to the side. Large himotoshi through the back and signed within an oval reserve SHURAKU.HEIGHT 5.1 cm (neck not extended)Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and few natural age cracks.Provenance: From the collection of Gaston Lazard (1878-1956) and his wife Jane Levy (1886-1985) and thence by descent within the same family.Museum comparison:Compare a wood netsuke depicting the same subject, by Ryukei, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), New York, accession no. 10.211.2369.Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 23-B-0135).This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
Dickens, Charles. The Battle of Life, first edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Octavo, publisher's blind-embossed red pebble cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, bearing armorial bookplate for T. Tileston-Wells, pp. [xii], 175, 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Contents good with marks in places, some edges worn, endpapers marked with wear to gutters, cloth good with wear to corners/edges
Petrus Lombardus [Peter Andreas Lombard, Bishop of Paris, c. 1100-1160]. Sententiarum libri IV, commentary by St. Bonaventura [c. 1217-1274], edited by J. Beckenhub, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, after 2 March 1491. Folio, blind-stamped vellum, pp. [xii], 376, rubricated coloured capitals, worn, lacking ties, some worming noted in places, unpaginated, this edition believed to have been printed without a colophon, sold as found with all faults
Holy Bible. The Old & New Testament, London: Robert Barker, 1608. Octavo, bound in eights, 21.5cm, early panelled calf with blind-embossed royal or armorial device ['Honi soit qui mal y pense' in a belt surmounted by a crown], remnants of clasps, sympathetically rebacked with raised bands, separate title pages present for Old and New Testaments as well as The Booke of Psalmes, contents good, only discoloured from age & handling, some marginal wear & loss in a few places, the final two leaves (with colophon for John Windet) more obviously worn with old repairs, some wonderful early manuscript notes & marginalia, certainly appears to be complete but not collated and thus sold with all faults
Chinese Characteristics, by Arthur H. Smith, enlarged & revised edition, New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1894, octavo, publisher's yellow & red cloth; A Sketch of Chinese History, by F. L. Hawks Pott, second edition, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., 1908, octavo, publisher's faded/worn cloth; The Foundations of Japan, by J. W. Robertson Scott, London: John Murray, 1922, title blind-stamped 'With Mr Murray's Compliments', octavo, publisher's blue cloth; Evolution of the Japanese, by Sidney L. Gulick, fourth edition, New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1905, octavo, publisher's blue & red cloth, condition generally good but varied, sold with all faults (4)NB. Proceeds from this sale will be going to Oxford Hospitals Charity, helping to transform care by funding the best medical equipment, research, training and facilities for patients and staff
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury) An Aunswere . . . unto a craftie and Sophisticall cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner... agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy Sacrament, second edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, final imprimatur f. with woodcut device, lacking A1-C2 (preliminaries and woodcut illustrations), [STC 5992], John Daye, 1580 bound with Whitgift (John) The Defense of the Aunswere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C., title within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, title a little wormed at margin, just touching woodcut, lacking a2-b8 (preliminaries), last f. spotted, [STC 25430], by Henry Binneman, for Humfrey Toye, 1574, together 2 works in 1 vol., mostly black letter, occasional light browning, a few f. with short tears to margins, ink ownership inscriptions to titles, modern blind-stamped calf, folio. ⁂ Provenance: Joh. Worth (ink inscription)
[Tende (Gaspard de)] An Account of Poland, half-title, last 2 blank leaves present, a few leaves trimmed at top edge slightly affecting headline, last 4 gatherings foxed and browned, no rear endpapers, manuscript references to passages in ink to front free endpapers, contemporary sprinkled and blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners rubbed, [Wing T678], 8vo, Printed for T. Goodwin...and H. Newman, 1698.⁂ A translation of Relation historique de la Pologne by De Hauteville.Provenance: John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston, Somerset (ink inscription to front pastedown "Orrery 1731. My father left me this book at Marston"); later 19th century unidentified gift inscription to front pastedown.
French (John) The Art of Distillation: or, a Treatise of the Choicest Spagiricall Preparations...to which is added, The London-Distiller, second edition, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations, lacking M4, A3 headline shaved and final leaf with 'Finis' trimmed, a little water-staining and occasional foxing, modern blind-stamped calf, spine slightly faded, [Wing F2170; Duveen, p. 231; Ferguson, I, p. 293; Wellcome III, p. 67; ], 4to, Printed by E. Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1653.⁂ First published in 1651, includes much on the principals of distillation as well as numerous medical receipts, recipes for raspberry and other flavoured wines and "A new invention for bathers" (essentially a small, personal sauna).
First English Poetess.- Philips (Katherine) Poems by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda, first authorised edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, b1 & 3C1 with small marginal loss not affecting text, R2 with short marginal tear, 2E2 with small rust-hole affecting odd letter, 4M1 strengthened at margins, lacking final blank, scattered spotting, occasional marginal ink mark, bookplate with early inscription below, ex-Harvard College Library with usual label, discreet blind-stamp and ink-stamp to title verso, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing P2033], folio, by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667.⁂ The daughter of a London merchant, Katherine Philips was probably the first English female poet to have her work published. She was best known by her pseudonym 'Orinda.' This is the first authorised edition of this work, following a 1664 pirated edition. This is perhaps the most famous English collection of poems by a woman prior to 1700.
Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) Poems and Phancies, second impression, engraved initials and head-pieces, ex-Nottingham Public Libraries with occasional ink-stamps, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, neat library blind-stamp to centre upper cover, bumping to corners, rubbed, [Wing N870], folio, by William Wilson, 1664.
Written from prison.- Burton (Henry) An Apology of an Appeale. Also An Epistle to the True-Hearted Nobility, first edition, lacks initial blank, D2 and 3 shaved at lower edge but no loss, marginal browning, later plain wrappers, upper cover chipped and detached, lower lacking, [STC 4134], 4to, [Amsterdam, J.F. Stam], 1636.⁂ Burton (1578-1646), a Puritan preacher, was taken into custody, where this work was written, for delivering caustic sermons attacking bishops and the church hierarchy (published secretly as For God, and the King). He was tried at the Star-Chamber along with William Prynne and John Bastwick and together the three were sentenced to the pillory in Westminster, to have their ears cut off by the hangman and to be imprisoned for life in Lancaster Castle without access to friends or family. Such was the severity of the sentence and the brutality of the public ear cropping, the three men became popular with with parliamentarian cause, symbols of Laud's brutality and Charles I's intransigence.Provenance: C.H. Radford (circular blind-stamp ex-libris on upper cover).
Witchcraft.- Homes (Nathanael) Daemonologie, and Theologie, first edition, title within typographic border with printed leaf facing, C2 torn slightly affecting text, some foxing and light browning, [Wing H2562], Printed by Tho. Roycroft, and are to be sold by Jo. Martin, and Jo. Ridley, 1650; bound with God, A rich supply of all Good, first edition, [Wing H2565], Printed by Tho. Roycroft, 1650, together 2 works in 1, later blind-stamped sheep, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo⁂ These 2 works may have been issued together though the second appears much rarer than the first with ESTC citing only 8 locations. In the first the author denounces witchcraft. Only one copy on RBH (and that defective) since 1932.
Filmer (Sir Robert) Patriarcha: or the Natural Power of Kings, first edition, lacks engraved portrait frontispiece and final blank, contemporary sheep, oval inlay to upper cover blind-stamped 'Montgomery Dublin', [Wing F922], 8vo, Printed...by Walter Davis Book-Binder, 1680.⁂ Provenance: Wm. Palliser (ink name at head of title).
Shakespeare (William).- Williams (Sir Roger) The Actions of The Lowe Countries, first edition, initial leaf (blank except for fleuron device as signature) present, lacking final blank, woodcut device on title, decorations and initials, occasional light water-staining to lower margin, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, [STC 25731], 4to, Printed by Humfrey Lownes, for Mathew Lownes, 1618.⁂ Williams (c.1539-1595) was a Welsh mercenary who fought for the Protestant cause against the Spanish. He has been described as 'the fiery Welshman' and some Shakespeare scholars believe the character of Fluellen in Henry V, who is pugnacious, obstreperous and fiercely loyal, may have been based on Williams. In this copy C4 is a cancel.
Glanvill (Joseph) Essays on several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion, first edition, perforated library stamp to margin of title and H1, ink library stamp to title verso and also margin of H1, small burn-holes to Q3 with slight loss of text, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, rebacked and corners renewed, [Wing G809; Norman 908], 4to, Printed by J.D. for John Baker...and Henry Mortlock, 1676.⁂ An important collection of essays including reviews of works by Robert Boyle and an attempt "to establish a scientific and philosophical basis for a belief in the supernatural... [Glanvill] is generally considered to be the founder of psychical research' - Norman.
Herbert (George) Herbert's Remains. Or, Sundry Pieces Of that sweet Singer of the Temple, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles within typographic borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some marginal ruling and underlining in red ink,upper edge trimmed occasionally affecting upper printed rule but not text, 18th century ink inscriptions to front endpapers, later blind-stamped calf, spine with gilt lettering rubbed and chipped at head, [Wing H1515; Pforzheimer 464], 12mo, Printed for Timothy Garthwait, 1652.⁂ Part 2 is entitled Jacula Prudentium. Or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Provenance: William Stirling Maxwell (bookplate and blind-stamped monograms to covers).
Law.- Fortescue (Sir John) A learned commendation of the politique lawes of Englande, first edition in English, partially printed in black letter, double column with English and Latin text, ink annotations and underlining, modern blind-stamped calf, [STC 11194; Beale T357], 8vo, Imprinted...by Rychard Tottill, 1567.⁂ Fortescue had been appointed Chief Justice of the king's bench in 1442, but after Henry VI was deposed, and the Duke of York's son proclaimed himself King Edward IV, he accompanied Queen Margaret and Henry's son, the Prince of Wales, abroad, where he devoted himself to the education of the young prince, and where he wrote De Laudibus legum Angliae for his instruction c.1470. It was first published in about 1537 abroad, and this is the first English translation, by Robert Mulcaster, the great Elizabethan educationalist. It is written in the form of a friendly dialogue between Fortescue and the Prince, which Coke described as worthy "of being written in letters of gold."Provenance: Tho. Disney (ink name at head of title); Gilbert Peterson (ink inscription in Latin at foot of title).
World.- [Raleigh (Sir Walter)] [The History of the World], lacking engraved title, supplied in facsimile, trimmed and mounted to early blank, letterpress title supplied in manuscript in an early hand (dated 1614 but collates as 1628, small rust-holes and loss to edges, ex-library with neat blind-stamps, detached and loosely inserted with old repairs to verso), 6 double-page folding maps only (of 8), engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional faint pencil notes and ink finger-posts, 6 ff. with marginal tears occasionally touching text, tender edges, marginal worming occasionally touching headlines, 2ff. lacking corners, spotting and staining, final ff. browned and trimmed, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, 20th century calf retaining contemporary calf backstrip and lower cover, [STC 20640], folio, [for William Iaggard, for William Burre], [1628].
Milton (John) The History of Britain, That Part Especially Now Call'd England, first edition, first issue with the Allestry imprint, engraved portrait frontispiece, typographic ornaments, errata f. at end, bookplate of Joannis M. Gray, frontispiece with small chip to lower outer corner, not affecting image, title with red ink underlining, numerical ink stamp to foot of B1, the same in ink manuscript to C4 inner margin, some light browning and the odd spot, a couple gatherings with damp stain to lower margin, P2 with tiny rust hole within text, upper hinge cracked, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and with corners repaired, rubbed at extremities, new endpapers, [Wing M2119; Pforzheimer 710], 4to, by J. M. for James Allestry, 1670.⁂ According to Pforzheimer, Allestry died shortly after publication and the book was reissued the following year with a cancel title by his successor Spencer Hickman.
[Shirley (James)] The Coronation. A Comedy...Written by John Fletcher, title with woodcut device, typographic and woodcut headpieces, bookplate of Bridgewater Library to front free endpaper, trimmed close at head, a few times touching headpiece or text (including title), title with small early ink inscription to head, D3 with tiny hole in text, light browning, later calf, rebacked, with portion of original spine laid down, covers with central arms of the Earl of Bridgewater stamped in blind, rubbed at extremities, [Pforzheimer 923; Wing 22440], 4to, Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, and William Crooke, 1640.⁂ A tragicomedy misattributed to John Fletcher for much of the 17th century. Despite Shirley's efforts to reclaim the work, The Coronation was included in the second Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1679.
[FREDERIC LAWIENCE KNOWLES]: THE COCKTAIL BOOK A SIDEBOARD MANUAL FOR GENTLEMEN, London, John MacQueen, 1902, 16 mo, original blind stamped cloth plus CHARLES WALTER BERRY: A MISCELLANY OF WINE, Foreword Andre Simon, London, Constable, 1932, first edition plus RALPH HOPTON & ANNE BALLIOL: BED MANNERS HOW TO BRING SUNSHINE INTO YOUR NIGHTS, London, Duckworth, 1942 reprint, original cloth (some soiling) (3)
EDWARD FREDERICK KELAART: PRODROMUS FAUNAE ZEYLANICAE BEING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OF CEYLON, [Columbo] Ceylon, printed for the author, 1852 first edition, inscribed on half title "From the Author Cork, Ireland" on half title, unopened, original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt lettered, very scarce
HEINRICH HERTZ: ELECTRIC WAVES BEING RESEARCHES ON THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTRIC ACTION WITH FINITE VELOCITY THROUGH SPACE, Trans Daniel Evans Jones, Preface Baron William Thomson Kelvin, London and New York, McMillan, 1893 first edition, some light foxing at front and end, original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt lettered, a scarce and important work, vgc
MARIA ELIZA RUNDELL "A LADY": A NEW SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, London, John Murray, 1812 new edition corrected, engraved frontis, 9 plates as list, 7pp adverts at end, 12mo, contemporary half calf worn, inner joints weak, plus CHARLES ELME FRANCATELLI: THE MODERN COOK, London, Richard Bentley, 1868, engraved port frontis, original blind stamped cloth worn, inner joints weak plus FRANK SCHLOESSER: THE CULT OF THE CHAFING DISH, London, Gay & Bird, 1904 first edition, 2pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth worn, spine dulled plus S BEATY-POWNALL: THE "QUEEN" COOKERY BOOKS NO 11 BREAD, CAKES AND BISCUITS, London, Horace Cox, 1906 second edition, original decorative cloth plus PAUL S HASLUCK (Ed): BOOT MAKING AND MENDING, London, Cassell, 1898 6 thou adverts at front and end, original decorative cloth worn (5)
HENRY HEATH: OMNIUM GATHERUM, 1ST AND 2ND SERIES - THE ART OF TORMENTING - DEMONOLGY AND WITCHCRAFT -OLD WAY'S AND NEW WAY'S - SCENES IN LONDON - SAYINGS AND DOINGS - NAUTICAL DICTIONARY, [London], [Charles Tilt?], [1840?], oblong folio, original blind stamped cloth gilt, splits at head of spine, inner joints weak plus GUSTAVE DORAE: TWO HUNDRED SKETCHES HUMOROUS AND GROTESQUE, London, Frederick Warne, circa 1868 new edition, folio, original half cloth pictorial boards, inner joints split (2)
JAMES LAMONT: YACHTING IN THE ARCTIC SEAS OR NOTES ON FIVE VOYAGES OF SPORT AND DISCOVERY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SPITZBERGEN AND NOVA SCOTIA, London, Chattow & Windus, 1876 first edition, plates and maps collated complete, 40pp adverts at end dated November 1878, original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt lettered and decorated
J J WELCH: A TEXT BOOK OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, London, HMSO, 1901 revised and enlarged edition, 26 plates as called for, original blind stamped cloth worn and soiled plus R H M ROBINSON: NAVAL CONSTRUCTION PREPARED FOR THE USE OF MIDSHIPMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, Annapolis, The United States Naval Institute, 1909 revised and enlarged edition, original cloth gilt (2)
After Andy Warhol,American 1928-1987,Self portrait;screenprint in colours on wove, and stamped with artist's signature, numbered 19/100 in pencil,stamped Leo Castelli, New York, stamped 530 West 25th Street New York on the reverse,published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, in collaboration with George Israel Editeur, bearing their blind stamp,sheet: 57 x 37.7 cm,(unframed)
After Andy Warhol,American 1928-1987,Muhammad Ali;offset lithograph in colours on wove,numbered 86/100 in pencil, with artist's printed signature,stamped Leo Castelli, New York, stamped 530 West 25th Street New York on the reverse,published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, in collaboration with George Israel Editeur, bearing their blind stamp,sheet: 57 x 38.4 cm,(unframed)
Bob Dylan,American b. 1941-Drawn Blank Series, 8 prints in two portfolios: Woman In Red Lion Pub, 2014; Sunday Afternoon, 2014; Cityscape, 2014; Bragg Apartment, New York City, 2014; Slide, 2014; Bicycle, 2014; Train Tracks, 2014 (Red); Sunflowers, 2014;each giclée in colours on 350gsm 350gsm Hahnemühle Museum Etching wove,each signed and numbered 36/295 in pencil,each printed by GTZ Fine Art Editions, New York,each published by Washington Green Fine Art, with blind stamp, in association with Black Buffalo Artworks,sheet: 70 x 56 cm (six)sheet: 91.5 x 71 cm (two)(unframed)(8)Note: each together with COA issued by Washington Green Fine Art.
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