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Click here to subscribeRAVILIOUS (Eric, & POWERS, Alan & RUSSELL, James): 'The Story of High Street', Norwich, The Mainstone Press, 2008. First Edition. Imperial 8vo, publishers blue cloth lettered in silver to spine and printed label to upper cover, with slipcase, some minor marking to the latter else near fine. One of 750 copies. (1)
NEVINSON (C R W, artist): 'Modern War Paintings': London, Grant Richards, 1917. First Edition, 1 of 1200 copies printed, signed by Nevinson to frontispiece: small folio, publishers cloth backed boards, retaining the rare grey dustjacket lettered in blue, slight loss to head of spine and corners, otherwise VG. Rare in the dustjacket. (1)
HOFLEHNER (Josef & Katharina, photographers): 'Frozen History...the Legacy of Scott and Shackleton': First Edition, 2003, signed by Josef Hoflehner to title page: folio, publishers cloth backed boards with dustjacket: LEACH (Bernard): 'Hamada Potter', London, Thames & Hudson 1976: folio, publishers boards with dustjacket, spine sunned else VG: TOGETHER WITH 3 others, art reference, large format. (5)
PALLADIO (Andrea): 'The First Book of Architecture...translated into English by Godfrey Richards', London, 1721: the ninth edition, square 8vo, 19thc green half calf, teg: frontis laid down, a few corners repaired, the three large folding plates laid down, numerous engraved plates and figures, some browning and marking, for sale with all faults and not subject to return. (1)
MUNNINGS (Sir Alfred, illustrator): 'The Diary of a Freeman by Black Knight', London, Cassell, 1953. First Edition. 8vo, publishers cloth, dustjacket. Inscribed to upper FE 'May your day be happy is the wish of the author Black Knight...of Deadham, Colchester, 1958..': TOGETHER WITH loosely inserted ALS from Violet Munnings on headed paper of Sir Alfred Munnings, Deadham Common Colchester, dated 7th June '58, gifting the book, together with original envelope. (1)
'THE ROYAL ARTILLERY COMMEMORATION BOOK 1939-1945...': Bell and Sons Ltd on behalf of the Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, 1950. First Edition. large 4to, publishers blue cloth with dustjacket a little frayed and torn else VG: TOGETHER WITH an ex-library set of Kipling & King's 'Head-dress Badges of the British Army', 2 vols.(3)
RUTTLEDGE (Hugh): 'Everest 1933..', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934: First Edition: large 8vo, publishers black cloth gilt lettered, boards mottled and a bit worn: DU CHAILLU (Paul): 'Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa', London, John Murray, 1861: modern quarter calf, frontis and title water stained to edges, new endpapers: TOGETHER WITH 6 others, travel. (8)
Frederick E. McWilliam HRUA RA (1909-1992)Crossed Legs (1978)Bronze, 38 x 40 x 28cm (15 x 15¾ x 11'')Signed with initials and numbered 4/5Cast by the Fiorini FoundryPlaster maquette, collection of F.E.McWilliam Gallery and Studio; edition 1/5, coll. Ulster Museum, Belfast, purchased 1980.Provenance: edition 4/5, purchased from the artist’s studio by the present owners, 1981.Literature: McWilliam’s notebook, work is numbered 78.10, ie the 10th work of 1978. When he embarked on his series of of ‘Legs’ 1977 - 1981, ‘he began the practice of making small accurate sketches of each work beside his notebook entry, which was not just for his won identification, but for the foundries, in this case the Fiorini Foundry, with whom he worked closely’. ‘The Sculpture of F.E.McWilliam’ Ferran & Holman, Lund Humphries, 2012. Exhibited: 'FE McWilliam', Taylor Gallery Dublin 1979; 'FE McWilliam Retrospective', the Arts Councils of Northern Ireland, 1981, cat. no. 143; exhibition tour, Ulster Museum, Belfast, April - May; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, May - June; Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, July - August. Tate Gallery, 1989, cat. no. 64, illus. p. 63; Beaux Arts, Bath, 1991; Shambles Gallery, Hillsborough, Co. Down, 2003; Inaugural exhibition at the F.E.McWilliam Gallery & Studio, 2008, exh.cat., illus. p.110. ‘Women of Belfast’ and ‘Woman in a Bomb Blast’ were a highly charged response by McWilliam to the devastating bombs in Belfast and in particular the bombing of the Abercorn restaurant in 1971. This series was followed by the ‘Banners’ which again focused on the Northern Ireland problems, a series instigated by the Peace People, mainly women, including his longtime friend Sheelagh Flanagan and many others, who marched for peace. After five years, reacting through his work to the effect of politics, McWilliam or ‘Mac’ as he was, affectionately called, by his friends, turned for respite to the subject matter he loved most, the beauty and form of female legs. The walls of his studio in Holland Park had many photographs of female forms, especially legs, some from Selfridges advertisements for ladies’ tights. The capriciousness of McWilliam’s imagination, used the subject of women’s legs as a means to create movement, beauty and intrigue. His observation of Indian carvings, especially in the temples of Orissa, which he studied first hand, informed him that the entire human form did not need to be present to give meaning to the subject. His return to the Surrealist idea of complete fragment and his use of legs, to convey this, as here in ‘Crossed Legs’ provides all the sensuality, smoothness and playfulness, as ever associated with the subject, stopping short of eroticism. His ability to give meaning in every foot movement and toe position portrays his love of fun and admiration for the female form. His friendship with the Dublin born ballerina, Ninette de Valois (1898 - 2001) founder of the Royal Ballet, whose portrait he carved in 1963, influenced him greatly, leading to his love of ballet and an appreciation of such an exacting art form in which arm and leg movement were paramount. Feet were important to McWilliam as a means to express emotions whether terror in ‘Women of Belfast’ which to him were - ‘the women as victims of man’s stupidity’ or the joy, anticipation and excitement in ‘Crossed Legs’.Denise FerranOctober 2017
Signed first edition of 'Street Dogs' by Harold Riley, signed in ink by the artist, also containing an ink drawing by the artist inside the book of a dog in a frame, dated 1985, numbered 80 from an edition of 500 copies (one volume). For condition report please see the catalogue at www.peterwilson.co.uk
Signed copy of 'Ten Days from Manchester' by Harold Riley, signed and dated '93 in ink, from a limited edition of 25 copies, the first copy being presented to Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of the opening of Terminal Two at Manchester Airport on the 5th of March, 1993, bound in leather, with original dust jacket (one volume). For condition report please see the catalogue at www.peterwilson.co.uk
Chess - Lewis (William), Chess For Beginners: In A Series of Progressive Lessons, Showing The Most Approved Methods of Beginning and Ending The Game; With Various Situations and Checkmates, Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams, Printed In Colours, first edition, Chapman and Hall, London 1835, iii, 149pp, adverts [x], embossed and gilt buckram boards, 16mo
Local Interest - Kirke White (Henry, of Nottingham), Clifton Grove, A Sketch In Verse, With Other Poems, Dedicated (by Permission) to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, first edition, N. Biggs [...], London 1803, xiv, 102pp, later 19th century quarter-black morocco and marbled boards, gilt-embossed title to spine within two raised and beeded bands, contemporaneous ink MS owner's inscription to title-page Margaret Elizabeth Ev**y Nov 23 1808, 16mo
Twiss (Richard, F.R.S.), A Tour In Ireland In 1775, With A View of the Salmon-Leap at Ballyshannon, first Irish edition, Meffrs. (sic) Sheppard [...], Dublin 1776, [ii], 224pp (lacks 221-224), index [ii, lacking half from tear], late 19th century quarter oxblood morocco and marbled boards, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription and notations to endpaper, title-page and its verso, 16mo
Antiquarian Books - Art History/Portraiture - Bates (William), The Maclise Portrait-Gallery of "Illustrious Literary Characters", With Memoirs Biographical, Critical, Bibliographical & Anecdotal Illustrative of the Literature of the Former Half of the Present Century, With Eighty-Five Portraits, first edition, Chatto and Windus, London 1883, illustrated with full-page monochrome lithographs, contemporary buckram as issued, thick 12mo; Steuart Erskine (Mrs), Beautiful Women In History & Art, Printed at The Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, London 1905, xi, 283pp, the illustrated throughout with plates engraved by Hallett Hyatt of The Rembrandt Studio, allegorical title-page and ornamental headpieces from designs by W.L. Bruckman, pictorial blue cloth, contemporary bookseller's label W. Erskine Mayne, Belfast, 4to [2]
Antiquarian Books - Equine - Meade-King (Eric), The Silent Horn: Summer Sketches of Horse and Hound, Collins Publishers, London 1938; Hitchcock (Captain F.C., M.C.), "Saddle Up": A Guide to Equitation and Stable Management, Including Hints to Instructors, With a foreword by Sir Frederick Hobday, sixth impression; Henry Wynmalen; other books, Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists, Engraved Expressly For The Art-Union of London by W.J. Linton, [London] 1860, gilt-embossed green buckram boards, folio; Dolin (Anton), autobiography, Ballet Go Round, first edition 1938 [7]
Four early 20th century Horse Racing related scrap books Compiled by David Livingstone-Learmonth (1899-1959), former editor of The British Racehorse and author of the acclaimed The Horse in Art of which a first edition, published 1958, Studio Publications, London & New York is included with this lot. (5) CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good condition, expected wear.
Discovered 1807. A polished section of the meteorite, the cut surface showing the distinctive crystallisation and the exterior surface showing the full perimeter of the slice. See Meteoritical Bulletin, MB 44, 1968; NHM Catalogue, 5th Edition, 2000; MetBase, v. 7.1, 2006. 130 grams, 55mm (2"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK meteorite market; found Kaporenki, a village in the district of Bragin, Russia. Meteorites were found in a zone about 15 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide crossed by the Dnieper River. The area was contaminated in 1986 during the Chernobyl disaster and falls now in the Periodic Control Zone. Post-accident recovered meteorites are safe and not contaminated because the radiation affects only the first few inches of soil, nevertheless meteorite hunting in the area is not entirely safe. Very fine condition.
1222 AD. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and HENRICVS REX legend. Rev: short voided cross and quatrefoils with crescent-and-pellet initial mark and TERRIONLVN.D legend for the moneyer Terri at London mint S. 1357D; N. 981/4; see SCBI 56 (Mass), 1965A (different moneyer"). Recorded at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; see British Numismatic Journal, Coin Register (forthcoming"). 0.52 grams. ("). Found Essex, UK, 2017. Although surviving medieval documents referring to the production of dies for English round halfpennies and round farthings in the reign of Henry III (intended to replace the traditional means of providing fractions by shearing pennies into halves and quarters) have been known of since the 18th century (see Ruding, Rev. Rogers, Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain, 3rd edition, London, 1840, volume I, p.182 and Madox, Thomas, History and Antiquities of the Exchequer, 2nd edition, London, 1769, volume II, p.87), it was only as recently as 1991 that the first coin example (a farthing) was discovered by metal detector; since then examples for all four of the London moneyers (Abel, Elis, Rauf and Terri) working in the early class 7 short cross period have been found although only a very few specimens are known in all; apart from size and weight, the very obvious visual difference between the pennies and the fractions is the initial mark at the start of the reverse legend with this being a cross for the pennies and a crescent-and-pellet for the fractions. Very fine. Exceedingly rare.
A leather bound edition of A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, published by Charles Clement 1824, Cottage Economy by William Cobbett (16th edition), published by Anne Cobbett 1843 and a first edition of Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) Young Women, published by William Cobbett 1829.
DA MHILE "LOST & FOUND" SPRINGBANK 20YO A stunning limited edition 20 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Springbank Distillery bottled for Da Mhile. 70cl. 57.3% abv. The first truly organic whiskies distilled in Scotland and approved by the Soil Association. Distilled 1992. Bottled 2012. Bottle no. 23 of 87. Bottle signed by John Savage-Onstwedder. Level mid-high neck. Excellent condition. 1 bottle.
QUEEN VINYL - box of over 200 Queen and Queen solo artist released 7" singles with alternative picture sleeve designs. Made by FanDesign these Spanish "exclusive edition article are only for fans of queen". All sleeves are in Ex+ condition and housed in protective plastic sleeves. Highlights include 26 different Bohemian Rhapsody singles and a pack of 5 "First & Last" Keep Yourself Alive singles. Vinyl are typically UK release singles and condition appears to vary from VG to Ex+.
SOLO BEATLES - DELETED 90s LPs - Superb selection of 4 x LPs and 1 x LP box set, all now long deleted. Titles are Paul McCartney - Standing Stone (7243 5 56484 1 9, 2 x LP high quality box set - Ex+/Ex+ with booklet, superb throughout), The Fireman - Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (2 x LP limited edition on clear vinyl PCSD 1451 - Ex+ records with few markings/strong Ex sleeve a couple of very light creases), John Lennon (x2) - Lennon Legend The Very Best Of John Lennon (1997 8219541 - Ex+ or 'as new' records complete with printed inners/Ex+ minimal wear) and Imagine (1997 EMI The First Century RE LPCENT 27 - Ex+/Ex+ with poster and postcard) and George Harrison - Electronic Sound (ZAPPLE 02 - Ex+/Ex+ w/printed inner).
ALT/GOTH ROCK - Finely tuned selection of 6 x brill LPs and 1 x 12" . Titles are Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990 original EU release 7599 25993-1, WX 306 - Ex+/Ex+ spot on copy with printed inner), Pixies (x2) - Bossanova (UK original limited edition CAD 0010 complete with booklet and printed inner) and Gigantic / River Euphrates (BAD 805), Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (ILPS 9973 - Ex+/Ex), Stiff Little Fingers - All The Best and The Sisters Of Mercy (x2) - First And Last And Always and Vision Thing. Condition is generally Ex+ (records) and VG+ to Ex+ (sleeves).
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