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Lot 1353
BRAYLEY (E.W.) A Topographical History of Surrey . . . the Geological Section, by Gideon Mantell . . . First Edition, 5 vols. coloured pictorial & printed titles, many engraved plates, folded & coloured map of the River Mole; old half calf & marbled boards, gilt-panelled spines with later labels, marbled e/ps., thick 4to. 1850. * a very useful supplement to Manning & Bray (lot 1347); sold not subject to return.
Lot 1370
MIDDLETON (Conyers) The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. First Edition, 2 vols. general & volume titles (with vignettes), some headpiece illustrations (by Gravelot) & other text decorations, subscribers list; contemp. 'catspaw' gilt-ruled calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps., 4to. printed for the author, 1741. * booklabels of Louisa Catherine Sligo; i.e. the Marchioness of Sligo (Westport House)
Lot 1378
NANSEN (F.) "Farthest North": being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 . . . First English Edition, 2 vols. etched photogravures, 16 coloured & num. other plates & illus., 4 coloured & folded maps; gilt-pictorial cloth, roy. 8vo. 1897. * loosely inserted is a copy of Henry Simon's Occasional Letter . . . 'Special Nansen Number'; 6pp. (incl. covers), illus. no. xl. Manchester, April 1897; sold with 2 other North Polar titles - Spencer Chapman's Northern Lights (1933) & Nansen's First Crossing of Greenland (new edition, sm. 8vo., 1895)
Lot 1381
FALKENER (E.) Ephesus, and the Temple of Diana. First Edition. large folded pocket plan, 11 others (some d-page), 11 lithographed plates (some tinted), text illus., gilt-pictorial cloth (damaged); BURTON (R.F.) Etruscan Bologna: a study. First Edition. d-page plate, engraved text illus., half title, errata slip, gilt-pictorial & blind decorated cloth, ge., cr. 8vo. 1876.
Lot 1383
CUST (Lady E.) & CUST (L.) Records of the Cust Family . . . First Edition, 3 vols. 4 plates of arms & 10 of facsimilies, a few text illus.; gilt cloth, 4to. (privately printed), Mitchell & Hughes, 1898-1927. * a carefully compiled (& understandably scarce) account, largely based on the Belton House (Lincs.) archives; some marginal pencil scoring & notes, a few inserted prints; vols. 1 & 2 with ink ownership inscription - 'Caroline and Beatrice Cust/1913'.
Lot 1388
ETCHINGS - A Collection of two Hundred Original Etchings . . . First Edition. 200 images (of various sizes) on thin paper & mounted on 104 leaves; contemp. maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt & blind-decorated borders, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, g.e., folio. printed by W. Lewis, (ca. 1820). * artists include Rembrandt (7 original, & 11 after by Vivares), Claude (25 original) & Hollar (48 original). Illustrated
Lot 1391
ELWES (H.J.) & HENRY (A.) The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. First Edition, 7 vols. with coloured pictorial titles, 5 coloured & 1 photogravure portrait frontispieces, 373 photo. & 41 line drawing plates; printed pictorial wrappers, contained in cloth-backed card portfolios with ties, roy. 4to. Edinburgh: privately printed, 1906-13. * complete in 15 parts - each vol. in 2 parts (text & plates), additionally vol. vii has the index part (also including subscribers list, postscript, errata & addenda leaves); also present is the scarce supplement - "Common Oak" (reprinted from vol.ii,1907) with first author's inscription on upper wrapper. * a very considerable achievement, both authors being fully acknowledged by W.J. Bean in his 'Trees & Shrubs' (editions from 1914).
Lot 1401
THORNTON (R.J.) A New Family Herbal: or popular account of the natures and properties of plants used in medicine, diet, and the arts. First Edition. wood-engraved illus. throughout (by Bewick); sometime rebound half calf & marbled boards, gilt-ruled & panelled spine with red label, entirely uncut. 1812
Lot 1409
BUFFON (Comte de). Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere . . . First Edition, 22 various vols. (ex. 44 & atlas). contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps., 4to. Paris, 1749 - * virtually all the many plates, maps etc. are missing, although in the supplementary vol. 1 the copper-engraved portrait of the author is present (as frontis.); sold with PREVOST (A.F.) Histoire Generale des Voyages . . . First Edition, 20 vols. engraved portrait frontis. (but lacks almost all the very many maps, etc.); contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps., 4to. Paris, 1746-89. Illustrated
Lot 1415
WILSON (C.), editor. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. First Edition, 4 vols. pictorial engraved & printed titles, 34 steel-engraved plates, num. wood-engraved illus. & 2 d-page tinted maps; publisher's half morocco & cloth, 4to. (ca. 1895); sold with 2 other books (Picturesque Europe, vols. 1 & 2).
Lot 1440
LIPSCOMB (G.) The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. First Edition, 4 vols. 48 lithographed & other plates (incl. maps), engraved text illus.; near contemp. red half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, gilt tops & marbled e/ps., roy. 4to. 1847. * the standard antiquarian history.
Lot 1444
RAPHAEL DE JESUS (OSB) Castrioto Lusitano. Parte 1 (all published). Entepesa e Restauracao de Pernambuco; & das Capitanias Confinantes. Varios, e bellicos succesos entre Portuguezes e Belgos . . . First Edition. portrait frontis. (within illustrated border), decorated initial letters & tailpiece decorations, licence leaf; old calf (distressed), 4to. Lisbon, 1679. * Brazil during the long years of the Portuguese-Dutch war (from 1623); the frontispiece of the Portuguese victor, Fernandez Viera. Illustrated
Lot 1454
CHAUCER (G.) The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited from numerous manuscripts by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. First Edition, 7 vols. facsimiles & other plates; gilt cloth. Oxford, 1894-97. * includes the supplementary volume; LANGLAND (Wm.) The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman . . . edited from numerous manuscripts, with preface (etc.) by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. 2 vols., gilt cloth. Oxford, 1886; sold with Boswell's Life of Johnson (edited by G.B. Hill, revised L.F. Powell), 6 vols., 1934 & 1964; & Richardson's Novels (20 vols.), 1902
Lot 1462
YATE (Rev. Wm.) An Account of New Zealand; and . . . the Church Missionary Society's mission in the North Island. First Edition. folded map & 8 other plates; old half calf & marbled boards. 1835; VILLAVICENCIO (M.) Geografia de la Republica del Ecuador. First Edition. 2 folded plans & 5 other plates; old half calf morocco & marbled boards. New York, 1858.
Lot 1473
BRICE (Beatrix), editor. The Battle Book of Ypres. Compiled . . . with the assistance of Lieut.-General Sir William Pulteney . . . First Edition. 3 plates (1 coloured) & folded sketch map, service commemoration plate loosely inserted; gilt-pictorial cloth. 1927. * accounts garnered from regimental records & other sources; Compiler's Own Copy, with pencilled on front free e/p. -'Corrected copy / Beatrix Brice', & throughout the text are approx. 135 instances of pencilled marginal notes (mostly quoting sources, but with some amendments) & a dozen or so text corrections, with a few others in the index.
Lot 1482
VERNER (R.) The Battle Cruisers at the Action of the Falkland Islands . . . with a memoir of the author . . . First Edition. 16 plates (incl. coloured sketches by the author); gilt cloth & d/wrapper, 4to. 1920. * i.e. the 1914 successful cruiser squadron action against Graf von Spee in the South Atlantic; the author being present as gunnery lieutenant on HMS. Inflexible; sold with some miscellaneous items.
Lot 408
***Felicks Topolski (1907-1989) - Three limited edition colour prints - "Royal Wedding" (No. 15 of edition of 275), 22ins x 15ins, and two others of London buildings, 24ins x 16ins and 20ins x 13.75ins, all signed, framed and glazed Provenance: The first with Christie's Contemporary Art Galleries, London, with Certificate of Authentication.
![Elizabeth Rivers (1903-1964) OUT OF BEDLAM [1956], THIS MAN [1939] and A COLLECTION OF 15 ENGRAVINGS FOR THE WAGER & OTHER ST](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ccc981f2-f033-4020-b26a-a73600c7a7f2/73dde930-fa5f-4107-d6cd-d126289c5e26/468x382.jpg)
Lot 127
Elizabeth Rivers (1903-1964) OUT OF BEDLAM [1956], THIS MAN [1939] and A COLLECTION OF 15 ENGRAVINGS FOR THE WAGER & OTHER STORIES [1950] limited edition texts; (2); engravings; (15) all variously signed, annotated and numbered Collection of George and Maura McClelland Out of Bedlam, Dolmen Press, Glenageary, County Out of Bedlam, XXVII Wood Engravings by Elizabeth Rivers With Texts From Christopher Smart. June 1956. Beautifully crafted publication printed on Irish paper with texts set in Caslon type. Limited to 250 copies of which 200 were for sale; the first twenty-five were retained for the author. This copy is annotated in pencil on edition's page as 'artist's copy'. Contains twenty-seven of River's superb wood engravings. Hand-stitched at spine with decorated upper and titled spine. This was the only edition published. This Man, a sequence of wood-engravings by Elizabeth Rivers printed and bound by Theodore Besterman assisted by V.H. Ridler and F.J. Conton at The Guyon House Press, 100 Bunhill Row, London ECI, January to March 1939. The copies on Corinthian Fine Text paper are numbered 1-200 and those on vellum lettered A-E. With decorated upper and titled at spine. The present copy is number 3 from the edition and annotated 'artist's copy' in pencil on edition's page. Also signed 'E. Rivers' inside cover. With three additional prints laid in, each signed with initials or 'E. Rivers, one dated [1938] one numbered 2 of 6.Artist's proof containing 15 engravings for Daniel Corkery's The Wager & Other Stories, published by The Devin-adair, New York, 1950. Each engraving is window mounted, some with artist's initials in pencil and with title and or layout designed annotated in pencil in the mount. Begins with 'Title page design - The Wager 'numbered through to 15 'Colophon'. Bound together in order with string at side and wrapped in card boards. A very rare and desirable collection of material relating to Rivers' oeuvre.
![Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) THE ENEMY. A REVIEW OF ART AND LITERATURE [VOL. I] JANUARY 1927 first edition in red leather](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ccc981f2-f033-4020-b26a-a73600c7a7f2/e8ee1f0d-8eb5-408e-d492-3afb17bdc74b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 240
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) THE ENEMY. A REVIEW OF ART AND LITERATURE [VOL. I] JANUARY 1927 first edition in red leather boards signed by British artist Helen Kapp and dated [1927] in blue ink on first (advertisement )page 11¼ x 7½in. (28.58 x 19.05cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Wyndham Lewis founded, edited and published The Enemy. He was a contemporary of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pund and author of novels such as The Revenge for Love, The Apes of God, and Tarr as well as a visual artist. His portrait of Eliot can be found in the Durban Art Gallery in South Africa. Helen Kapp (1901-1978) - whose signature appears on this copy - was a British painter, illustrator, wood engraver and curator. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and also in Paris and exhibited at the Royal Academy among other institutions. Also with this lot is a Carte du Jour designed by Wyndham Lewis for the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel, 1. Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, London W.
Lot 191
Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA RWS (1869-1955) A COOL SPOT AT CLAPPER MILL, LAMORNA, CORNWALL, 1941 oil on board signed and dated lower left; signed and titled on reverse 14½ x 17½in. (36.83 x 44.45cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont, Cheshire, England. He was self-taught as an artist, except for a brief period of study at the Académie Colarossi in Paris during 1895. Birch settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1892. Many of his most famous pictures date from this time and the beautiful Lamorna Cove is usually their subject matter. He was attracted to Cornwall by the Newlyn group of artists but he ended up starting a second group based around his adopted home of Lamorna. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893, was elected as an Associate (ARA) in 1926 and made a Royal Academician (RA) in 1934, and showed more than two hundred paintings there.[ He held his first one-man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906 and is said to have produced more than 20,000 pictures. Like a number of his contemporaries, he was profiled as an 'Artist of Note' in The Artist magazine, by Richard Seddon, in the June 1944 edition. The exhibition Shades of British Impressionism Lamorna Birch and his Circle was shown at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery in the Mezzanine in October 2004. This details his links with Henry Scott Tuke and Thomas Cooper Gotch and many others who settled in the artists' colony in the 1880s and 1890s. "These painters helped to change the face of British art. Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art." says the catalogue for the show.
![George Finch Mason (1850-1915) HUMOURS OF THE HUNTING FIELD [1886] first edition publication 14 x 19½in. (35.56 x 49.53cm) Co](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ccc981f2-f033-4020-b26a-a73600c7a7f2/ac98d72c-fbdd-4b44-cbe8-8f888c79a9c2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 241
George Finch Mason (1850-1915) HUMOURS OF THE HUNTING FIELD [1886] first edition publication 14 x 19½in. (35.56 x 49.53cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Published by Messers Fores, 41 Piccadilly W., 1886. First edition, with pictorial wood engraved titlepage, 16 wood engraved hunting plates by Finch Mason printed on a tinted ground and a pictorial wood engraved advertisement leaf at end, oblong folio, original half brown cloth with coloured pictorial paper covered upper cover and plain paper covered lower cover. Shows extensive wear to the boards; however the 16 plates remain in good condition.
Lot 670
Graham Greene: 'The Lost Childhood and Other Essays', First Edition, pub. 1951, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, original dust jacket with clipped corner, cellophane wrapper, stamp to back inside cover, 'Apr. 1951' and 'The Times Library, 42 Wigmore Street, London, W.1.', with presentation box.
Lot 714
A WWII Ordnance Survey map of Greater London, Military Edition 'Not to be published' Special District (Relief) Map, First Pub. 1935, together with a pair of binoculars, a Chestermans tape measure, a WWII Wren's dark blue felt cap, button and three badges, and two leather and snake skin covered flasks, circa 1940's, one with cast white metal lid, 20cm. (10)
![Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, first issue, [one of 500 copies], signed presentation inscription f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dfd0ae87-7b72-44bd-9d38-a72a00a83cab/7f3d0eab-9ad2-45a2-a7a4-f3951dbc5869/468x382.jpg)
Lot 10
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, first issue, [one of 500 copies], signed presentation inscription from the author "with kind regards to Mrs [?]Hemming, Oct 19th, 1937" to front free endpaper, colour frontispiece and 15 colour plates, light browning to free endpapers, original pick boards with lettering and pictorial design in black, spine a little faded, a few minor marks, but a remarkably sharp, near-fine example overall, [Linder 420; Quinby 3], 16mo, [Privately printed for the Author by Strangeways & Sons], December, 1902. ⁂ Beatrix Potter's favourite of her own works, scarce signed and in such excellent condition. The Tailor of Gloucester was based upon a tale Potter heard whilst visiting her cousin Caroline Hutton in Gloucestershire in or around 1897: the tailor John Pritchard was commissioned to make a suit for the new mayor, he opened up his shop on Monday to find the suit completed except for one buttonhole and with a note attached reading "No more twist". It transpired that his assistants had finished the suit in the night, however Pritchard encouraged the story that it was the work of fairies. Potter took time to develop the story whilst also working on Squirrel Nutkin, presenting it as a picture letter to Freda Moore in 1901. Potter had the work privately printed, in a similar format and in the same month as the second issue of Peter Rabbit (see lot XXX) as Warne were still in the process of publishing Peter Rabbit and she felt it unlikely they would publish another tale so soon.
Lot 11
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first trade edition, first printing with date on title and single-page endpaper recurring 4 times, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, gutter split with some pulling, pictorial endpapers, small ink bookseller's stamp to pastedown, original red boards with mounted colour illustration, light sunning to spine, an excellent copy otherwise, [Linder p.423; Quinby 4], 16mo, 1903.
Lot 12
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, first printing with date on title and single-page endpaper recurring 4 times, deluxe issue in rare trial binding, colour frontispiece and 27 colour plates, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, original red morocco, lettered in gilt on upper cover, upper joint cracked at foot, minor chipping to spine ends, spine a little rubbed, light wear to corners, still an excellent copy, g.e., [Not in Linder or Quinby], 16mo, 1903. ⁂ An excellent example of this scarce variant trial binding, we know of only one other copy (see Peter Harrington catalogue no.122, item 17, see also lot 7) Includes an additional colour plate before the frontispiece featuring the illustration used on the upper cover of the first trade edition (this plate was also used as the rarer of the two frontispieces for the art fabric edition).
![Buckland Wright (John).- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Dolores, first edition, [one of 50 copies on Japon ancien], 11 wood-eng](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dfd0ae87-7b72-44bd-9d38-a72a00a83cab/ad2232e5-ba68-49b0-9b37-7acc94ec9e65/468x382.jpg)
Lot 121
Buckland Wright (John).- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Dolores, first edition, [one of 50 copies on Japon ancien], 11 wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, this copy signed by the artist in pencil on final leaf, bookplate of Walter Hirst on front free endpaper, original blue wrappers with printed label on upper cover, uncut, spine very slightly faded but still an excellent copy, [Reid A12i], 8vo, [Maastricht, privately printed for Baron Emile van der Borch van Verwolde by A.A.M. Stols], 1933. ⁂ One of Buckland Wright's most collected works, and on which he continued to work after publication. The illustrations appear as white line engravings in this first edition but were reworked as silhouettes with additional white line hatching for the second edition. The final illustration of a female nude with three ravens refers to the coat-of-arms of Emile, Baron van der Borch van Verwolde who commissioned the book from Stols. It also served as his bookplate. Rare to find signed.
Lot 122
Buckland Wright (John) .- Mathers (Powys) Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry, number 11 of 75 specially-bound copies on vellum-paper and with 6 additional plates, from an edition limited to 200, wood-engraved title and illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, additional plates in pocket at end, one or two very slightly creased at edge, original green-stained vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Pertelote 113; Reid A23b], Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.; with 2 variant prospectuses for the book (Cockalorum P113a & c), the first one of 5000 copies but rejected by JBW, the second one of 2000, 8vo (3) ⁂ Buckland Wright's first commission for the Golden Cockerel Press and, according to Reid, "a major turning point in his career". The additional plates are of a more erotic nature and did not appear in the ordinary copies. The first prospectus was printed on laid paper but as JBW wrote to a friend, "The block printed so badly that I insisted on their changing to a suitable paper"; two others were printed on Japanese vellum, with different illustrations.
Lot 125
Buckland Wright (John).- Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Hymn to Proserpine, number 37 of 50 specially-bound copies with an extra engraving, from an edition limited to 350, wood-engraved pictorial title, illustrations and device on colophon by John Buckland Wright, 2 full-page, original purple morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with inlaid green morocco panel blocked with Aphrodite and her cockerel by JBW (colophon device) in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, green morocco label on spine slightly faded, cloth slip-case, [Cockalorum 159; Reid A41a], Golden Cockerel Press, 1944; with a copy of the prospectus for this and Dorothea Braby's Ninety-First Psalm (Cockalorum LXXVI), one of 2340 copies, 4to (2)
Lot 13
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, first printing with date on title and single-page endpaper recurring 4 times, art fabric deluxe issue, colour frontispiece and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, ink gift inscription dated Xmas 1903 to front free endpaper, original floral-patterned cloth with white buckram onlays ruled and lettered in gilt, light browning to spine and fore-edges, minor bumping to spine ends and corners but a very good copy overall, [Linder pp. 423], 16mo, 1903. ⁂ Following the lacklustre sales of the Peter Rabbit deluxe edition, Warne suggested the use of brocade for the deluxe bindings of The Tailor of Gloucester and Squirrel Nutkin. Potter obtained samples of material from Edmund Potter & Co. of Manchester, her grandfather's textile printing works. This copy has the scarcer of the two frontispieces, replicating the cover design of the trade edition.
Lot 14
Potter (Beatrix) The Tailor of Gloucester, first edition, third printing without date on title, deluxe issue, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, upper hinge tender, cracked at inner gutter, ink inscription dated September 1906 to pastedown, original lavender-blue cloth with mounted colour illustration, gilt lettering and decorations, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners with minor rubbing and bumping, a very good copy, g.e., [Linder p.423; not in Quinby], 16mo, [1904]. ⁂ This edition with the endpaper design introduced in 1904.
Lot 15
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition, first or second printing without "Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on title, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, occasional light finger-soiling, ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, original blue boards with mounted colour illustration, spine slightly faded, adhesion mark to head of lower cover, near-fine otherwise, printed glacine dust-jacket, browned, chipping to extremities, small portion of loss to head of upper panel, [Linder p.423; Quinby 5], 16mo, 1903. ⁂ Squirrel Nutkin was born out of a story and picture letter that Potter sent to Norah Moore, the daughter of her former governess, whilst the author was staying at Lingholm in the Lake District. Whilst there Potter made a number of sketches of the surrounding landscapes and particularly St. Herbert's Island which would become a model for Owl Island in the story.
Lot 153
Kelmscott Press.- Ephemera.- Ancoats Brotherhood. When Adam Delved and Eve Span... 4pp., one of 250 copies, with wood-engraved frontispiece to 'John Ball' (When Adam Delved...) by Burne-Jones on first page and extracts from Tennyson and Ruskin, wood-engraved initials, borders & press device designed by William Morris, [Peterson D5], Kelmscott Press, March 1894-March 1895; with a small collection of other ephemera from the press, comprising: List, 4pp., edges soiled and folded in, December 1892; List, 8pp., one of 750 copies, July 2nd 1894; Announcement of Enlargement of Edition of Chaucer's 'Works', 4pp., printed on first page only, November 14th, 1894; Announcement of Bindings of Chaucer's Works, 2pp. printed on recto only, one of 600 copies, [26 February 1896]; Envelope, c.100 x 225mm., address of press printed in black at head, 1/2d stamp in red in top right corner; some with wood-engraved initials, occasional spotting or soiling, a few creases, [Peterson C3, C23, C27, C40 &D2.5], Kelmscott Press (6) ⁂ The Ancoats Brotherhood was a socialist workers' organization in Manchester founded by Charles Rowley in 1878. It provided lectures, concerts and exhibitions for the working classes and lecturers included William Morris, Ford Madox Brown, Peter Kropotkin and George Bernard Shaw.
Lot 16
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition, early printing with "Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'" to title and endpapers from 1903, art fabric deluxe issue, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, original floral-patterned cloth with white buckram onlays ruled and lettered in gilt, skilfully recased, unobtrusive repairs to spine ends, spine a little browned and faded, still in effect a good copy, [Linder pp. 138-140; Quinby 5a], 1903.
Lot 169
Greenhill (Elizabeth, binder).- Morison (Stanley) and Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book 1450-1935: A Study of Fine Typography through Five Centuries, first edition, wood-engraved titles by Reynolds Stone printed in terracotta, folding plate, illustrations, bound in dark green goatskin, by Elizabeth Greenhill, upper cover with title in large onlaid red and black goatskin lettering and gilt-tooling, lower cover with tooling in gilt and blind, title, authors and date in gilt across spine, t.e.g., maroon Japanese endpapers, signed by binder at foot of rear turn-in (executed 1965), preserved in dark green goatskin-backed cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt with small gilt crests (rubbed and a little faded, short splits to upper joint), [Catalogue Raisonné 37], 4to, 1963. ⁂ Elizabeth Greenhill (1907-2007) first started bookbinding at the École des Arts Décoratifs pour Dames in Paris, learning the intriquacies of gold-tooling, and later studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London under Douglas Cockerell and William Matthews. She began restoring books but gradually started designing her own bindings, becoming known for two distinctive styles: the "cloud-bindings" of onlaid leather shapes, and bindings using large gilt-tooled lettering as in this work. She was the first woman elected as a member of the Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders (now Designer Bookbinders) in 1961, serving both as Secretary for some years and later President. The binding was commissioned by Lord Wardington and was exhibited at the 'Modern British Bookbinding' exhibition held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, in 1985.
Lot 17
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, first or second printing with "we" in roman and "muffatees" to p.15, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 plates, pictorial endpapers, upper hinge starting but holding firm, bookseller's label to front pastedown, original tan boards with mounted colour illustration, slight shelf-lean, spine a little darkened, small ink mark to foot of lower cover, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, still a very good copy overall, [Linder p.424; Quinby 6], 16mo, 1904. ⁂ The continued adventures of Peter Rabbit. Benjamin Bunny had appeared as a character in the manuscript of Peter Rabbit but did not make it through to the published version.
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