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MILTON (JOHN) Comus, Illustr. by Arthur Rackham, 24 tipped-in col. plates, orig. green cl. gilt, small stain upper cover, small split to upper joint but still tight, 4to, Heinemann, n.d. {1921}--RACKHAM (ARTHUR) Some British Ballads, 16 tipped-in col. plates, orig. blue cl. gilt, 4to, Constable, n.d. {1919} (2) LOCATION A
DE LA MARE (WALTER) Stuff and Nonsense, 2nd ed. INSCRIBED by the Author, torn dustwr, Constable, 1927--THOMAS (DYLAN) Portrait of The Artist as a Young Dog, 1st ed, orig. cl., spine faded, Dent, 1940--STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) St. Ives, 1st ed, orig. cl., sl. worn, Heinemann, 1898 (3) LOCATION B
MITCHISON (NAOMI) The Big House, 1st ed, dustwr, Inscribed "Joan Aiken from Naomi Mitchison (at last-1972)", Birmingham, C. Combridge, 1970; We Have Been Warned, 1st ed, orig. cl., remains of Boots Sticker, weak hinge, Inscribed "Naomi Mitchison (as I was then, 1979)", Constable, 1935; The Bull Calves, 1st ed, orig. cl., Inscribed "Naomi Mitchison, Joan Aiken", Jonathan Cape, 1947 (3) NOTE: Loose inside 'The Big House' is a 7 pp. typescript story. LOCATION CABINET
Hugh Golding Constable (1868-1949), A Portfolio of Sailing Ships including a 1st Rate Frigate, of 32 Guns, some signed with initials "HGC" and two dated, 1926 and 1927, pencil, various sizes (6); and. Arowinoa Eleanor Constable, (English, exh. 1913-1919, d.1965), Storm over Stratford St Mary, signed lower right, "A E Constable", watercolour, 26 x 35cm. Hugh Golding Constable, was the grandson of John Constable, RA (1778-1837) and he lived at Ardtully, Kilgarvan, County Kerry. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1914-1918 and later returned to live at Flatford Mill after his Irish home was lost in a fire. Arowinoa Constable was John Constable's great granddaughter and the daughter of Hugh Golding Constable
Scott (Sir Walter). Waverly Novels, 48 vols., printed by T. & A. Constable for T.C. & E.C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901-03, frontis. to each, titles printed in red & black, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, front endpapers with bookplate of John Herbert Bankes and Hatchards small booksellers stamp, contemp. green half straight grain morocco, gilt dec. spines with raised bands, spines faded, 8vo (48)
Edwards (Lionel). Galloping Shoes, Verses by Will H. Ogilvie, 1st ed., pub. Constable, 1922, eight tipped-in col. plts., some creasing to corners, one plt. near detached at gutter, free endpapers browned, orig. green cloth gilt, 4to, together with Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, [so-titled to cover], 1895, b & w photos. throughout, hinges splitting, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded and frayed to extrems., folio, plus Robinson (Charles, illust.), The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgeson Burnett, 1911, eight col. plts., contemp. ms. inscription to half-title, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge split, orig. cloth gilt, extrems. sl. rubbed, one corner bumped, 8vo, plus others misc. (2 cartons)
Durrell (Lawrence). Tunc, 1st ed., Faber, 1968, together with James (P.D. James), Cover Her Face, Fingerprint Books, 1976, plus Rhea (Nicholas), Constable on the Prowl, Hale, 1980, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, together with a qty. of others, Dick Francis, literature, 1st eds. etc. (3 shelves)
Rattray (Captain R.S.). Ashanti, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923, frontis. and b&w plts. from photos., folding chart at rear, orig. cloth, rubbed, recased, 8vo, together with Freeman (Richard Austin), Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman, Constable, 1898, plts., folding map at rear, owner name, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn, upper cover stained, 8vo, plus Roscoe (John), The Baganda, An Account of their Native Customs and Beliefs, Macmillan, 1911, frontis., illusts., folding map and charts at rear, orig. cloth, recased, rubbed, 8vo, and seven others related (10)
hOWARD HODGKIN fOR JOHN CONSTABLE, 1976 signed and dated in pencil, lower right; numbered in pencil lower left, lithograph, edition of 63, number 63/100 44cm x 55cm (plate size) Literature: Liesbeth Heenk, Howard Hodgkin Prints; A Catalogue Raisonné, Thames and Hudson, 2003, p.169, no.25; Elizabeth Underhill, For John Constable, Tate Gallery, London, 17 February - 5th May 1976 (n.p.); Rosemary Simmons, Constable Portfolio, Arts Review, vol. 28, no.5, 5 March 1976, p.117; Howard Hodgkin Talking to Pat Gilmour About his Prints, 1 April 1976 (notes of recorded interview); Penelope Marcus, Howard Hodgkin: Complete Prints, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1977 (n.p.); Pat Gilmore, Howard Hodgkin, The Print Collectors Newsletter, vol.12, no.1 March - April 1981, p.3. Exhibition History: Other examples are in the collections of: Tate Gallery, London & National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
R.S. Summerhays, "From Saddle and Fireside", one Volume, illustrated by Maurice Tulloch, published 1936, G.J. Whyte Melville, "Sporting Songs and Verses", illustrated by Lionel Edwards, published Constable 1926 and Lionel Dawson, "Hunting Without Tears", in one Volume illustrated by Maurice Tulloch, published Country Life, (3).
Constable & Co. , Archibald, Publishers and Dr. Beattie. 4 page letter of agreement, with terms, between Archibald Constable and Co., publishers and Sir William Forbes, Bart of Pitsligo, to publish an edition of the works of Dr. Beattie with a life by Sir William Forbes "which you are presently preparing" with William Forbes's written agreement to the terms, April 1804; James Ballantyne (1772-1833), publisher Two page A.L.S. to Archibald Constable "we are now very near the end of vol.2 of Life of Beattie and that perhaps it would be right to get the Index-maker to prepare a new index. it would oblige me beyond measure if "Mackenzie" were put in hand as soon as the other is out. The type is now quite new and beautiful", June 1807; Christopher Wordsworth Four page A.L.S. to J.A. Frere, Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge, referring to The Pitt Press and a new edition of Wilkins' Conciliar, 18 Oct. 1852; and a signed copy of David Garnett's booklet Never Be a Bookseller, original wrappers, New York, A.A. Knopf, 1929 (4)
Macpherson, James--Mackenzie, Henry. Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1805 8vo, 3 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, contemporary calf, spine gilt; Graham, Patrick Essay on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: P. Hill [&c.], 1807 8vo, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, morocco label, small library stamp to title; another copy, 8vo, half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, spine gilt, morocco labels; Macdonald, K.N. In Defence of Ossian. [Reprinted from the Oban Times], 1906 4to, cloth, small library stamp to title (4)
Storer, James Sargant. Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity. Edinburgh: A. Constable, [1820], first edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo, large paper copy, additional engraved title-pages, 2 double-page plans, 97 engraved plates, 2 engraved vignettes, tissue guards, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, uncut, bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart. of Rudding Park, head of spine of volume 1 slightly rubbed Note: A tall clean uncut large paper copy
Geology--Werner, Abraham Gottlob. New Theory of the Formation of Veins; with its application to the art of Working Mines. Edinburgh: for A. Constable, 1808 first English edition, translated by Charles Anderson, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait, contemporary calf, slight browning and offsetting to title, rubbed, upper hinge weak; bound with Henry Reeve's An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals, 1809
Keats (John). Endymion: A Poetic Romance, 1st ed., 1st issue, printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 1st issue, with a single erratum on p.xi, but no five-line errata slip, half-title present, no ads., (Ashley Library, III, p.13), bound with Coleridge (Samuel Taylor), Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep, 1st ed., printed for John Murray, 1816, half-title present, no ads., (Ashley Library, I, p.204), bound with Herbert (The Honorable William), Hedin; or, The Spectre of the Tomb, A Tale, from the Danish History, 1st ed., John Murray, 1820, half-title present, single ad. leaf at rear, bound with Scott (Walter), The Field of Waterloo; A Poem, 1st ed., Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1815, half-title present, no ads., (Ashley Library, IV, pp.203/4), bound with Scott (John), The House of Mourning, A Poem: with some Smaller Pieces, 1st ed., printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1817, half-title present, final leaf with short tear in blank lower margin, bound with [Procter, Bryan Waller], Mirandola, A Tragedy, by Barry Cornwall, 1st ed., John Warren, 1821, half-title present, hinges split, near contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (1)
Barker (Cicely Mary). Autumn Songs with Music from "Flower Fairies of the Autumn", Music by Olive Linnell, 1st ed., pub. Blackie, [1927], twelve tipped-in col. plts., orig. cloth-backed boards, with col. illust. mounted to upper cover, dust-soiled, extrems. sl. rubbed, spine darkened, and with small nick, 4to, together with Fairies of the Flowers and Trees, 1st collected ed., [1950], seventy-two col. plts. (one creased to blank lower margin), pictorial endpapers, ms. name to front pastedown, orig. green cloth gilt in price-clipped d.j., sl. dusty, creased and chipped to edges, with some loss to spine ends, 8vo, plus Bull (Rene, illust.), The Arabian Nights, pub. Constable, 1912, twenty mounted col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, occn. light marks and foxing, free endpapers browned, orig. cloth gilt, with col. illust. mounted to upper cover, spine faded and frayed at ends, sl. fading to lower return, 4to, plus six others similar (9)
Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Fairy Tales of the Brother Grimm, trans. Mrs. Edgar Lucas, pub. Constable, 1909, forty tipped-in col. plts., some minor creasing to corners, one plt. detached, and sl. creased to fore-margin of mount with a short tear, captioned tissue guards, b & w illusts. to text, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, stitching sl. strained, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, extrems. rubbed, spine sl. faded, thick 4to (1)
Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, Hodder & Stoughton, c.1909, fifteen tipped-in col. plts., frontis. with ms. inscription on reverse, b & w illusts. to text, orig blue cloth blocked in green and lettered in gilt, some sl. rubbing to extrems., gilt to spine dulled, and a few sl. marks to upper cover, 4to, together with Shakepeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Constable, 1914, twelve tipped-in col. plts., full-page b & w letterpress illusts., scattered light foxing, hinges split, rear free endpaper browned, rough-trimmed, orig. dec. cloth, extrems. rubbed, spine faded and with sl. loss at foot, a few minor marks to covers, sm. folio, plus The Water-Babies, A Fairy-Tale for a Land-Baby, by Charles Kingsley, Constable, 1915, eight col. plts. (one sl. frayed to fore-margin), b & w letterpress illusts., occn. light foxing and finger-soiling, hinges split, endpapers browned, rough-trimmed, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, extrems. sl. rubbed, gilt to spine dulled, sm. 4to, plus four other Heath Robinson items (7)
Faulkner (William). Pylon, 1st UK ed., Chatto, 1935, four pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. red cloth lettered in white, in sl. chipped d.j., spine of d.j. browned and with pubs. 'Centaur Library 3s 6d' price label to spine, 8vo, together with Dos Passos (John), Nineteen Nineteen, 1st UK ed., Constable, 1932, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., spine of d.j. chipped and torn, 8vo (2)
Mansfield (Katherine). Bliss and other Stories, 1st ed., 1st state (p.13 numbered 3), Constable, 1914, half-title, bookplt., clipping to rear pastedown, orig. red cloth gilt, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with The Letters of Katherine Mansfield, ed. J. Middleton Murry, 1st ed., 2 vols., Constable, 1928, port. frontis. to each, both orig. cloth in d.j.s, d.j.s torn along lower hinges, 8vo (3)
Rolfe (Frederick, 'Baron Corvo'). Agricultural and Pastoral Prospects of South Africa, by Owen Thomas, 1st ed., Constable, 1904, large folding map at rear, orig. green cloth in first issue state, rubbed, some wear to joints, 2" crease to upper cover, 8vo Woolf B3. Ghostwriten by Corvo, who expanded Owen Thomas's original pamphlet into typically eccentric bookform. This copy is a signed presentation copy from Thomas, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. (1)
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods illus Arthur Rackham pub Wiliam Heinemann 1910 and 1911, 2 vols; The Sensitive Plant by Percy Bysshe Shelley illus Charles Robinson c1911; The Tomten pub Constable 1962; Souvenir of the Merry Widow illus Talbot Hughes pub Heinemann 1908 (5)
English School (19th Century) Dedham Vale oil on canvas 75 x 62cm Provenance: Boadle Catalogue, Sale, Liverpool, 1888, No.82 (as Dedham Vale by Constable) where purchased by R R Heap of Liverpool To his son, Sidney Heap Esq, Mellington Hall, Church Stoke, Montgomery, by 1888, and by descent The present painting is a copy after the mezzotint by David Lucas, after the definitive version in the National Gallery of 1828. The engraving dates from the early 1830s. Constables famous upright view of Dedham Vale was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1828 and again at the British Institution in 1834
Bliss, Douglas Percy. Edward Bawden, The Pendomer Press, Godalming no date. Blue cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Binyon, Helen. Eric Ravilious, Memoir of An Artist, first edition, Lutterworth Press, Guildford 1983. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Constable, Freda. The England of Eric Ravilious, first edition, Scolar Press, London 1982. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and eight other assorted works, (11).
Nansen, Fridtjof- Farthest North, Being a Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month's Sleigh Journey by Dr Nansen and Lieut Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram: Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1897, two volumes, sixteen colour plates and 113 full page illustrations many from photographs, four folding maps, blue buckram publisher's boards, volume one decorated with 'the Fram' in gilt to lower board, volume two bearing an arctic scene in gilt titled 'Northwards Through The Drift Snow', gilt titles to spine
Beaumont William Worby. - Motor Vehicles and Motors, their design, construction and working by steam, oil and electricity: London, Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd.,1902, thick 4to, frontis showing a 12hp Panhard and Levassor Daimler Motor Carriage. Original and complete with folding charts and tables, copious in text drawings and illustrations and full page photographic images of Victorian motor vehicles. Original publisher's red cloth covered hard boards, bright gilt titles to spine. A very scarce title in excellent state.
"LONDON PARKS AND GARDENS" by The Hon. Mrs Evelyn Cecil, with alliterations by Lady Victoria Manners, published Archibald Constable, London 1907, in decorated boards, "New Light O’London" by Donald Maxwell, "The River of London" by Hilaire Beloc, "The Royal Manor of Richmond", "Westminster Abbey" painted by John Fulleylove, "Windsor" painted by George M Henton and "Eton" painted by F D Britton (7). See illustration
Fergusson (W.N.). Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, Constable, 1911, photogravure port. frontis., two folding maps at rear (each with closed tear along one fold), numerous plts. and illusts. from photos., school prize plt. to front pastedown, upper hinge split, orig. pict. cloth gilt, worn at edges, 8vo (1)
Philby (H. St. J.B.). The Empty Quarter, being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali, Constable, 1933, frontis. and plts. from photos., folding plan, two folding maps at rear, gift inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting to edges, orig. cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed, 8vo (1)

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