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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE First published work.- Macaulay (Thomas Babington) Pompeii, first edition of the author's first published work, initial 'Notes' f., additional wood-engraved vignette title by R. Austin, some spotting, lightly browned, charming red wrappers in imitation of red straight-grain morocco, gilt, neatly rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, J. Smith, 1819.
NO RESERVE Decorative bindings.- Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, contemporary vellum, richly gilt, lightly faded, Firenze, 1846 § Montalembert (Charles Forbes comte de) The Monks of the West from St Benedict to St Bernard, first English edition, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, 1861; and 41 others, decorative bindings, v.s. (43)
Mitchell (J. A.) The Last American, deluxe edition, illustrated by F. W. Read and the author, colour frontispiece and 7 plates, bookplate to pastedown, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, first few ff. a working a little loose, original decorative cloth, richly gilt, extremities a little rubbed but overall a near fine example, housed in a custom-made morocco-backed box, 8vo, New York, 1902.
NO RESERVE Jazz.- Carey (Dave) The Directory of Recorded Jazz and Swing Music, first edition, one or two faint spots, original paper wrappers, rubbed, small loss to spine head, Fordingbridge, 1949 § Davies (John R. T.) The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller with Complete Discography, plates, newspaper clipping pasted inside upper cover, occasional red ink annotations, original paper wrappers, rubbed, n.d. § Autograph Book, c.60 signatures including Humphrey Lyttelton and Sid Phillips, one or two loose leaves, cracked hinges, original stiff card covers, rubbed and worn, loss to spine extremities, c.1948-50; and 11 others, jazz, v.s. (14)
Japan.- Bowes (James L.) Japanese Pottery, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, 16 plates, 1 folding map, illustrations, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed joints, bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1890; Japanese Enamels, first edition, colour frontispiece and 19 plates (1 colour), illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Liverpool, 1884; Notes on Shippo: a sequel to Japanese Enamels, first edition, 3 plates, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; and another, similar, 4to (4)
Japan.- Chamberlain (Basil Hall) A Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese Writing (Moji No Shirube), second edition, illustrations, original buckram, slight spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Koop (Albert J.) and Hogitaro Inada, Japanese Names and How to Read Them, first edition, original cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1923, 4to (2)
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising, The House at Pooh Corner, small loss to spine extremities, first edition, 1928; Winnie the Pooh, seventh edition, loss to spine extremities, lacking backstrip, 1928; When We Were Very Young, 1928; Now We Are Six, fourth edition, lacking majority of backstrip, 1928, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, map and pictorial endpapers, original publisher's roan, rubbed, 8vo.⁂ These 4 volumes were published to celebrate the publication of 'The House at Pooh Corner', the fourth and final book in the Winnie the Pooh series.
Japan.- Gonse (Louis) L'Art Japonais, 2 vol., first edition limited to 1400 copies, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial silked boards, a little rubbed, corners and spine ends beginning to fray, remnant of dust-jacket loosely inserted (vol. 1), dust-jacket (vol. 2 only), rubbed, small hole to spine, small loss and tears to corners and spine extremities, folio, Paris, 1883.
Japan.- Jippensha (Ikku) Hizakurige, first English edition, limited edition, block-printed colour frontispiece and 9 plates after Hiroshige, slight creasing to frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, a little rubbed, short split to spine head, 8vo, Kobe, 1929.
Japan.- Morton-Cameron (W. H.) Present Day Impressions of Japan, first edition, decorative title, portrait frontispieces, photographic plates and illustrations (some colour), folding colour map, short marginal tear with no loss (p.921), original decorative calf, gilt, cracked joints, slight bumping to corners and extremities, large 4to, 1919.
La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, occasional faint spotting and staining, slight loss to upper margin (K2, vol. 1), trimmed, occasionally affecting headlines, later vellum, a little rubbed, 12mo, Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685.⁂ Scarce. Not in Rochambeau or Library Hub. Published the same year as the first illustrated edition.
London.- Wakefield (Priscilla) Perambulations in London, and its environs, first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 4 engraved plates, occasional faint off-setting, contemporary calf, spine foot restored, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine head, Darton and Harvey, 1809 § Lester (T.) Illustrations of London, engraved title only and 64 plates, occasional spotting, later half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1818, 8vo (2)
R[ay] (J[ohn]) A Collection of English Proverbs, Digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion ..., title in red and black, loss to edges and laid down, tear to A2, crudely repaired, previous owner's ink inscriptions and marginal annotations, occasional marginal loss or tears not affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, [Wing R368], 8vo, Cambridge, by John Hayes, 1670.⁂ ? First edition of the most important book of English proverbs.
Thorsen (P. G., editor) Codex Runicus: Arnamagnæanske Haandskrifter 28, first edition, 100 plates, Kjøbenhavn, 1877, bound with, Om Runernes Brug til Skrift, spotting to title, Copenhagen, 1877, contemporary half-vellum, a little rubbed, light bumping to corners and extremities § Cumming (J. G.) The Runic and Other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, lithographed title and 15 plates, spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate, original morocco-backed baoards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [1857]; and another, runes 8vo & 4to (3)
Turkey.- Cantemir (Demetrius) The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, translated by N. Tindal, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, small ink inscription to margin, 22 engraved plates, some with marginal tears, neatly restored, folding engraved map, browned lower edge, strengthened on verso, 47 leaves of text provided in facsimile, occasional spotting, faint marginal dampstaining to first few leaves, trimmed, modern calf, folio, for James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734; sold not subject to return
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, 2 vol., the "Memorial edition", 1894; Vikram and the Vampire, 1893; A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome, one vol. only (of 2), 1893, the first with 4 colour lithograph plates and map, others with plain plates, half-titles, bookplates to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, vol. 2 of first very lightly marked, else an excellent set, 8vo (4)
Africa.- Clapperton (R.H.) Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, first edition, engraved mezzotint portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map and plan, small repairs to map, lacking half title, title browned, occasional light spotting or offsetting, endpapers foxed, 20th century half calf, rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, morocco spine label, gilt, 4to, 1829.
Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, The Soudan, and Central Africa, first edition with the rare subscription pamphlet appealing for funds for Petherick's proposed expedition, presentation inscription from the author to half title, previous owner's book label to pastedown and stamps to preliminaries, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine faded, custom-made case with morocco spine label, slip-case, 8vo, 1861.
[Bramston (James)] The Art of Politicks, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, engraved frontispiece, loss to corner, restored, for Lawton Gilliver, 1729, bound with, [Miller (Rev. James) Harlequin-Horace: or, the Art of Modern Poetry, first edition, engraved frontispiece, printing error (F1&2), staining to final leaf, [Foxon M251], for Lawton Gilliver, 1731 and [King (William)] The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, second edition, engraved frontispiece, text in English and Latin, short tear (E1), [Foxon K59], for Bernard Lintott, [1712], occasional marginal damp-staining, manuscript notes to endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities; together 3 vol. bound as 1, 8vo.
NO RESERVE Italy.- Eustace (Rev. John Chetwode) A Tour Through Italy Exhibiting a View of its Scenery, its Antiquities, and its Monuments; Particularly as they are Objects of Classical Interest and Elucidation..., 2 vol., first edition, half-title, 10 engraved plates, some light spotting or browning, 20th century calf-backed boards, spines faded, for J. Mawman, 1813 § Robertson (William) An Historical Disquisition concerning the ancients had of India..., 2 engraved folding maps, some foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, for T. Cadell, 1809; and c.65 others, travel, v.s. (c.70)
NO RESERVE Italy.- [Russel (James)] Letters from a Young Painter Abroad to his Friends in England, 2 vol., second edition, 13 engraved plates, 11 folding, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt ownership stamp of F.F.Foljambe of Osberton Hall, Notts. at foot of spine, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, W.Russel, 1750 § Dupaty (J.B.) Lettres sur l'Italie, en 1785, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved head- & tail-pieces, some spotting, contemporary pink paste-paper boards, rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, Rome, et se trouve a Paris, De Senne, 1788 § Atti (Gaetano) aunto Storico della Citta di Cento..., errata leaf at end, modern cloth, uncut, Cento, 1853, 8vo (5)⁂ The author of the first, James Russel, was an English artist living in Rome from 1740-63 who sought commissions for paintings, dealt in antiquities and acted as a guide to those on the Grand Tour, particularly for the recently excavated Pompeii and Herculaneum.
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed. ***NO RESERVE Voyages.- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (J.-H.) A Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or isle of France) The isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope..., first English edition, bookplate to pastedown, previous owner's printed name laid down to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco spine label, a little rubbed with chip to top of spine, lower cover scuffed, corners lightly rubbed, 8vo, for W. Griffin, 1775.
West Indies.- Schomburgk (Robert Hermann) The History of Barbados, first edition, additional lithographed vignette title, frontispiece, and 6 tinted plates, folding letterpress table, woodcut illustrations, some plates lightly foxed and endpapers soiled, 20th century half calf, a very clean and attractive copy, 8vo, 1848.
NO RESERVE Britain.- Lambarde (William) A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of That Shire, third edition, lacking engraved map, title and first two ff., first few ff. rather browned, some damp staining and soiling, 20th century calf-backed boards, by R. Hodgkinsonne, for D. Pakeman, [1656] § Boswell (James) The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson..., third edition, some spotting to half-title and title, 20th century half calf, by Henry Baldwin, 1786; and c.80 others, British topography, v.s. (c.80)
London.- Westminster Abbey.- Dart (John) Westmonasterium: or The History and Antiquities of The Abbey Church of St Peters Westminster..., 2 vol., 134 engraved plates (of 135, one supplied in good facsimile), Earl of Strafford's coat of arms laid down to vol.1 title verso, 1 leaf in facsimile, some light browning to vol.1 frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, vol.2 spine worn, rebacked, [Upcott II, p.851], James Cole [&c.], 1723 § Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster ..., 2 vol., first edition, 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates, engraved plan and portrait, lacking half-title, occasional light spotting and offsetting, later diced calf, gilt, rebacked, covers rubbed, 1812, folio (4)
A group of two alternative movie posters for the classic Steve McQueen crime thriller "Bullitt" (1961). Both perfectly highlight the diversity of design and different interpretation of the subject matter by the artist. The first is by Alien Corset (David O'Daniel) from the April 3rd, 2010 screening at the Castro Theatre, San Francisco. This limited edition of just 100 is #33 and has been hand-signed and numbered by the artist. The second print is from the 2005 Rolling Roadshow presentation "The Bullitt Road Rally" on August 5th. This edition had a print run of 130 and this has been hand-signed in pencil by 'Stainboy' (Greg Reinel-distinctive signature) to bottom left edge.18" x 24" (46 x 61 cm); 22" x 32" (56 x 81 cm)Additional Information: Hand-Numbered #33/100 & Signed + Hand-SignedCondition: ExcellentRolled, flat/unfolded (as issued) Artist: David O'Daniel and 'Stainboy' (Greg Reinel)£200 - 300VAT Status: M
A pair of superhero themed alternative movie posters. Marvel's "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2019) is a limited edition by Gabz (Grzegorz Domaradzki) hand-numbered #272/410, and Jason Edmiston perfectly captures the campness and fun of 'DC's 1966 "Batman" with his signed and hand-numbered #58/60 release featuring classic Batman villain 'Riddler' portrayed by Frank Gorshin.Captain America 26" x 36" (66 x 91.5 cm); Riddler 18" x 24" (46 x 61 cm)Additional Information: Captain America - Hand-Numbered #272/410 and Riddler - Signed and Hand-Numbered #58/60Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled, flat/unfolded (as issued). Excellent with minimal handling wear.Artist: Grzegorz Domaradzki (Gabz), Jason Edmiston£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Inspired by Roger Kastel's iconic 'Gone With the Wind' style poster for "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), Vice Press co-founder and art director Matt Ferguson has created this amazing homage alternative movie poster for James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017). This limited Edition Artist Proof has been signed and hand numbered (AP 42/80). This is Matt's second Star Wars themed homage poster for the Guardians of the Galaxy series with the first inspired by Tom Jung's poster for "Episode IV - A New Hope" (1977).24" x 36" (61 x 91.5 cm)Additional Information: Hand-Signed and Numbered Artist Proof #42/80Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, flat and unfolded (as issued). Very minimal handling wear. Presents and displays to excellent effect.Artist: Matt Ferguson£300 - 500VAT Status: M
Artist Matthew Peak, is no stranger to horror icons as it was his Freddy Krueger artwork that adorned the first "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) US One-Sheet and has now has created an award winning 'Frankenstein Monster' print for the 2018 exhibition Mondo Presents 'Universal Studio Monsters'. This limited-edition example has been signed by the artist and is hand-numbered #42 from a print run of 325. In 2018 the leading and most respected alternative movie poster forum expressobeans.com made this print their 'Cinema Poster of the Year'.24" x 36" (61 x 91.5 cm)Additional Information: Signed and Hand-Numbered #42/325Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled, flat and unfolded (as issued). Very minimal handling wear. It presents and displays to excellent effect.Artist: Matthew Peak£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Bruce Lee is the perfect subject for any alternative movie poster, a truly iconic, pop culture figure. Between 2016 to 2019 Mondo commissioned the artist Jock to create a poster for three of his best-known films; "Fist of Fury", "Enter the Dragon" and "The Big Boss". From the first release in 2016 we are pleased to offer a hand-numbered and signed Artist Proof Variant edition for "Enter the Dragon" (2016). This poster was used for the 2016 Mondo Con special screening of the movie and is numbered #4 out of a run of 50. The date on the print shows October 22nd, 2016, but the date of the actual screening was changed to October 2. (From the Private Archive of the Artist, Jock.)Poster - 24" x 36" (61 x 91.5 cm)Additional Information: Signed & Hand-Numbered Artist Proof #4/50 Condition: ExcellentUnrestored, rolled, flat and unfolded (as issued). Very minimal handling wear. Presents and displays to excellent effect.Artist: Jock£100 - 200VAT Status: M
This is one of 1,000 commemorative limited-edition banknotes celebrating the release of Star Wars "The Last Jedi". Approved by Disney and printed by De La Rue, the notes incorporate First Order and the Resistance emblems, hidden scenes only visible under a UV light and Rian Johnson's signature. The notes support the Star Wars: Made GREAT in Britain initiative, which celebrates the fact that the franchise has long been filmed in the UK. The note comes in its original box with the De La Rue certificate of authenticity, magnifying glass and a UV torch. This is one of a strictly limited number where the case has been signed by one the cast, in this case Luke Mark Hamill who plays Luke Skywalker.17" x 10" x 3" (43 x 23 x 7.5 cm)Condition: ExcellentAs issued, excellentArtist: Unknown Artist£500 - 700VAT Status: M
Three hard back autobiographies for actors associated with the role of 007 and the Bond series. The lot includes a First Edition First Print copy of "Being a Scot" by Sean Connery and Murray Grigor (signed "Best Wishes Sean Connery"); a limited edition First Printing deluxe copy of "Bond on Bond" by Roger Moore (numbered #106 of 500); and a First Edition copy of "Q: The Autobiography of Desmond LLewelyn" (1999) (numbered #524 of 1000, autographed by Desmond LLewelyn and his co-author Sandy Hernu). This edition of "Bond by Bond" was sold at a special "Bond at 50" event at Pinewood Studios on October 21st, 2012.VariousCondition: ExcellentAll presented in excellent (likely unread) condition with little wear.Artist: Unknown Artist£200 - 300VAT Status: M
A collection of four First Edition James Bond themed books including a First Printing of Roger Moore's autobiography "My Word is my Bond" (2008) (signed by Moore to the title page); the novelisation of "Die Another Day" (2002) (signed by the author Raymond Benson on a Hodder and Stoughton loose book plate); a soft-cover copy updated edition of "Bond on Bond" (2015) (signed by Roger Moore); and the 2005 behind-the-scenes soft-cover book "Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design" by Faber and Faber (autographed by both Ken Adam and the author and cinema historian Christopher Frayling on opening page).VariousCondition: ExcellentAll presented in excellent (likely unread) condition with little wear.Artist: Unknown Artist£100 - 200VAT Status: M
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931, 1933 and 1951Three oban prints: the first a tate-e titled Meguro Fudodo (Fudo Temple, Meguro), dated Showa rokunen saku (Work of Showa 6 [1931]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 39.5cm x 26.6cm (15 9/16in x 10½in); the second a tate-e of Matsushima Zaimokuto (Zaimoku Island, Matsushima) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihon hen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated Showa hachinen gogatsu saku (Work of the fifth month, Showa 8 [May 1933]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 39.2 x 26cm (15 7/16in x 10¼in); the last a yoko-e of Toshodaiji, Nara (Toshodaiji Temple, Nara), dated Showa nijurokunen saku (Work of Showa 26 [1951]), with 6mm round Watanabe seal, 26.4cm x 39.6cm (10 3/8in x 15 9/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo and signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933 and 1950Three oban prints: the first a tate-e titled Tsutanuma no asa (Morning at Tsuta Marsh) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihonhen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated Showa hachinen saku (Work of Showa 8 [1933]), with Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal, 38.7cm x 36.5cm (15¼in x 14 3/8in); the second a tate-e of Daigo Denpoin, Kyoto (Daigo Denpoin Temple, Kyoto), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), unsealed, 39.4cm x 26.3cm (15½in x 10 3/8in); the last a yoko-e of Wakaura Kankaikaku (Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach), dated Showa nijugonen saku (Work of Showa 25 [1950]), with 6mm round Watanabe seal, 26.6cm x 39.5cm (10 7/16in x 15 9/16in); all published by Watanabe Shozaburo, all signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1932 and 1933Comprising two oban tate-e prints: one titled on the left margin Morigasaki no sekiyo (Sunset at Morigasaki), dated Showa shichinen ichigatsu saku (Work of the first month, Showa 7 [January 1932]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 38.5cm x 26.2cm (15 1/8in x 10 9/16in); the second titled on the right margin Hokkaido Toyako (Lake Toya, Hokkaido) from the series Nihon fukeishu higashi Nihonhen (Collection of Scenic Scenes of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition), dated on the lower right Showa hachinen juichigatsu saku (Work of the eleventh month, Showa 8 [November 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower left margin, 38.7cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
kawase Hasui (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933 and 1954Comprising two oban prints: the first a tate-e, titled on the bottom margin Kyoto Chionin (Chionin Temple, Kyoto) from the series Nihon fukeishu II Kansaihen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition), dated Showa hachinen hachigatsu saku (Work of the eighth month, Showa 8 [August 1933]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal on the lower right margin, 39.1cm x 26.5cm (15 3/8in x 10in); the second a yoko-e, titled Kanagomura, Ibaraki ken (Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture), dated Showa nijukyunen saku (Work of Showa 29 [1954]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with 6mm round Watanabe seal on the bottom left corner, 26.3cm x 38.8cm (10 3/8in x 15¼in); both signed Hasui with Kawase seal. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A group of reference books on collections and Japanese art and Bonhams cataloguesComprising the following: Ayers, John, The Baur Collection, Geneva: Japanese Ceramics, Geneva, Collections Baur, 1982; Barry Davies Oriental Art, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, exhibition catalogue, London, 1997; Bonhams, London: The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, complete set of 6 volumes (2010-2015), The Misumi Collection, complete set of 3 volumes (2014-2017), The Julius and Arlette Katchen Collection, complete set of 3 volumes (2016-2018), The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Iwami Netsuke, complete set of 2 volumes (2019); Impey, Oliver, Jörg, Christiaan J. A., and Mason, Charles, Dragons, Tigers and Bamboo: Japanese Porcelain and its Impact in Europe, Vancouver, Douglas and McIntyre Publishers, 2009; Impey, Oliver, and Fairley, Malcolm, Treasures of Imperial Japan: Ceramics from the Khalili Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, National Museum of Wales and The Kibo Foundation, 1994; Impey, Oliver, and Fairley, Malcolm, Treasures of Imperial Japan: Ceramics from the Khalili Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, National Museum of Wales and The Kibo Foundation, 1994; Japan Society, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from The Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule, exhibition catalogue, 1986; Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Shibata Korekushon ten (Shibata Collection), Tokyo, Seibundo, vols.1-6, 8 (1990-2002); Lang, Gordon, The Wrestling Boys: An Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Ceramics from the 16th to the 18th Century in the Collection at Burghley House, exhibition catalogue, Eastbourne, Manor Park Press, 1983; Moes, Robert, Brooklyn Museum Japanese Ceramics, exhibition catalogue, 1979; Morse, Edward S., Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery, Rutland, VT, and Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1979; Reichel, Friedrich, Early Japanese Porcelain: Arita Porcelain in the Dresden Collection, London, Orbis Publishing, 1981; Sargent, William R., The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, Salem, MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, 1991; Ströber, Eva, 'La maladie de porcelaine': Ostasiatiches Porzellan aus der Sammlung Augusts des Starken = East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Leipzig, Edition Leipzig, 2001; Tokyo National Museum, Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections, vol.1, Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1982 (first published 1976). (a lot).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of famille rose 'ladies' dishesYongzhengEach potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an everted rim, the interior finely painted with a seated lavishly dressed lady painting a leaf by a table, her attendant holding a floral fan to her side, a group of lingzhi stems, fly whisk and incense burner resting on the gilt stand behind them, one dish with brush, ingot and ruyi-sceptre maker's mark. Each 19.7cm (7 3/4in) diam. (2).Footnotes:清雍正 粉彩仕女圖折沿盤一對其一 青花「筆錠如意」花押款Provenance: Leonard Gow (1859-1936), Glasgow, no.411Sotheby's London, 15 December 1950, lot 47Robert Stanley Hope Smith (1910-1979), collection no.R31, and thence by descentPublished: R.L.Hobson, Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, London, 1931, p.101Exhibited: Glasgow Art Galleries & Museums, Reg.No.E6-'36rs and E6-'36rt (labels)來源：英國格拉斯哥Leonard Gow（1859-1936）舊藏，藏品編號411倫敦蘇富比，1950年12月15日，拍品編號47Robert Stanley Hope Smith（1910-1979）舊藏，藏品編號R31，並由後人保存迄今出版：R.L.Hobson，「Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain」，倫敦，1931年，頁101展覽：格拉斯哥美術館及博物館，編號E6-'36rs及E6-'36rt（標籤）Leonard Gow (1859-1936), born in Glasgow, Scotland, was the son of a shipping magnate also called Leonard Gow (1824-1910), who established the Glen Line to trade between London, Singapore, China and Japan. Leonard junior eventually became the senior partner in the shipping company Gow, Harrison & Co., a director of Burmah Oil, and chairman of several other companies. A noted philanthropist, Gow established in 1919 a lectureship in the Medical Diseases in Infancy and Childhood at Glasgow University, where he had studied moral philosophy. Glasgow University presented Gow with an honorary doctorate degree in law in 1934. Gow built one of the finest collections of Qing ceramics in the early years of the 20th century, which gained international recognition through a series of ten articles by R.L.Hobson in The Burlington Magazine and through Hobson's catalogue, which Gow published privately in a limited edition of 300 copies in 1931. Part of his collection was exhibited in the Glasgow Art Gallery.One dish has an underglaze-blue mark of a brush (bi), an ingot (ding) and a ruyi-sceptre, tied with ribbons, forming the rebus bi ding ruyi signifying 'may all certainly be as you wish'.Compare with a slightly smaller dish (17.1cm) in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p.74. See two other dishes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, nos.640-1907 and 649-1907.Compare with a very similar famille rose 'ladies' dish, Yongzheng, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 17 November 2017, lot 213.The Robert Stanley Hope Smith CollectionRobert Stanley Hope Smith, known to friends and family as Stanley, was born on 13th December 1910 in Horton, Bradford. During the 2nd world war he served with his local Home Guard Regiment. He was a solicitor and partner at Browning Oliver and Smith in Bradford and was known to have worked closely with the refugee Polish community which settled there in the late 1940s and early 50s, helping them establish a future within the city that still prospered with a textile industry.He married Joan Shelton, a schoolteacher, on 4th September 1946, bought a small semi-detached house, Colwyn, Park Mount Avenue in Baildon and had one son, John.According to his diary he began collecting 'Famille Rose' and 'Famille Verte' pieces in 1946 from local auction houses, shops and privately in Harrogate, Leeds and Bradford. His wife Joan also shared his passion and they made further purchases on weekend trips to country houses and antique fairs.He made his first Sotheby's purchase via absentee bid on 2nd October 1950 and on the 15th December the same year was elected a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. In 1959 Frank Davis, another north of England OCS member, wrote to say that he would surely be welcomed by the 'learned lot' in London but it is unlikely Stanley ever made it there because of the disability that made travel difficult.Over the following decades he was delighted to acquire pieces from well-known collections formed by Lord Cunliffe, Montague Meyer, Leonard Gow, along with OCS exhibition pieces. What may have not been key pieces for them became the core of his collection.Stanley and Joan lived an unassuming life, intellectually stimulated by eclectic subscriptions to periodicals. He played the organ at church services in Baildon, watched his son play rugby for his school and county, and on summer afternoons tended his allotment. They loved the Yorkshire Dales, visiting country houses, occasionally staying in hotels in the Lake District. On Sundays they drove a specially adapted Jaguar across the Yorkshire moors.Members of their family were the few fortunate enough to see the porcelain collection displayed in the back room of Colwyn on a dresser alongside the piano and harpsichord. They assumed that Stanley collected even broken pieces of Chinese pottery because they were all that he could afford, unaware that Kintsugi was key to his passion, for he had suffered from polio as a child and walked with a cane.Stanley died in November 1979. Joan remained a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society for the rest of her life. In later years her grandchildren remember her reading to them in front of an open fire from auction catalogues, OCS periodicals and Oriental art study books, teaching them about the Chinese dynasties and their dates while referring to the pieces still on display in the back room where they had remained undisturbed for the previous 45 years. She died in 2000 and the collection was subsequently put into storage. The family has decided that the time has come for others to enjoy and admire the collection and hope that it will bring as much pleasure as it did for Stanley and Joan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Fleming, Ian, 'You Only Live Twice', London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964 first edition second impression, with original dustjacket in protective sleeve, excellent condition; Gardner, John, 'The Spy Who Loved Me', London: The Book Club, 1962 first edition first impression; Gardner, John, 'Icebreaker', London: Jonathan Cape & Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 first edition, excellent condition (3)
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Wells, H.G. Men Like Gods, first edition, Cassell, London, 1923, green cloth, octavo; with The Dream, first edition, Cape, London, 1924, maroon cloth, octavo; The Shape of Things to Come, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1933, navy cloth, octavo; and twelve other works by the same, (15).
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Maclean, Alistair. When Eight Bells Toll, first edition, Collins, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; together with Where Eagles Dare, first edition, Collins, 1967, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped but with creased front wrap-around), octavo; Puppet on a Chain, first edition, Collins, 1969, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped but with creased front wrap-around), octavo; two copies of Circus, first edition, Collins, 1975, boards, dustjackets (both price-clipped), octavo; and River of Death, first edition, Collins, 1981, boards, dustjacket, octavo; also Forsyth, Frederick. The Devil's Alternative, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1979, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; Le Carre, John. A Small Town in Germany, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1968, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; Smiley's People, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; and A Perfect Spy, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1986, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (10).
[MISCELLANEOUS] Forster, Rev. Charles. The Monuments of Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia, Bentley, London, 1859, original green cloth, plate, full-page and vignette text illustrations, octavo; Graves, Robert. Lawrence and the Arabs, first edition, Cape, London, 1927, tan cloth, portrait frontispiece, further plate illustrations, octavo; and thirteen other works in fourteen volumes, (16).
[MISCELLANEOUS] Garnett, David. Pocahontas or the Nonparell of Virginia, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London, 1933, original cloth, frontispiece, folding map at rear, octavo; Garnett, Richard. The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales, first illustrated edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1924, original black cloth gilt, plate and text illustrations by Henry Keen, octavo; and two other illustrated works, (4).
[MISCELLANEOUS]. BINDINGS Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book of George Crayon, Gent., second edition, Murray, London, 1820, half leather (scuffed; upper board damp marked), all edges gilt, octavo; Shakespeare, William, & Woodroffe, Paul, illustrator. The Tempest, Chapman & Hall, London, 1908, full vellum by Bickers & Son, London, all edges gilt, frontispiece and a further nineteen paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations (as called for), quarto; and Nolhac, Pierre de, & Binet, Rene, illustrator. Versailles and the Trianons, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1906, full vellum by Bickers & Son, London, frontispiece and further paper-protected tipped-in colour plate illustrations, small quarto, (3).
ROYAL CROWN DERBY; two circular pin dishes including 'The 1998 Year Tray Blue Tit First Edition', each fitted in original box, together with a contemporary hallmarked silver bottle collar inscribed 'Port', Belleek basket, etc (6).Additional InformationMinimal wear throughout, the Lalique piece with large area of damage and loss, the ribbing plate with large chip to the edge.
TOLKIEN, J. R. R; 'The Hobbit', a rare first paperback edition signed to title page, pub. Puffin Books 1961, with illustrated front cover by Pauline Baynes, 11 x 17.9cm.Provenance: Purchased in 2003 from St. Mary's Books & Prints of Stamford, with receipt and further paperwork including signed statement of verification from St. Mary's detailing that the autograph has been verified by 'a leading autograph specialist' and a further statement of verification in the form of a photocopied typed and signed letter from the original owner of the book, Ian C. Postgate, detailing the circumstances in which the book was signed for him which are detailed below.This book was originally owned by Ian C. Postgate, a student at Malvern College studying Anglo-Saxon and Early English under Mr. George Sayer. Mr. Sayer was aware of his student's interest in Tolkien, Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, and, as he himself was a good friend of Tolkien's, arranged for Tolkien to sign the book while on a visit to Oxford and gifted this autographed copy to Mr. Postgate who kept it for forty years before selling it to St. Mary's. Mr. Sayer is of interest as the person who convinced a depressed Tolkien not to burn the manuscripts of The Lord of the Rings when he was struggling to find a publisher, hence this book, already rare, holds additional significance for Tolkien enthusiasts; this is possibly the only copy that Tolkien signed for his good and important friend Mr. Sayer.Mr. Sayer was also involved in the editing the Lord of the Rings manuscripts, was reportedly influential in obtaining a publishing deal with Allen & Unwin, and received Tolkien at his home many times and it was at his home that Tolkien recorded excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 1952 which were later released as LP records.Additional InformationOnly one third of front cover attached from top down, the lower two-thirds detached, creases and scuffing to covers and spine, small tear to rear cover, fading and yellowing/browning in colours, browning to pages.
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