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Lot 365
A GROUP OF SIXTEEN INDIVIDUALLY CASED SPODE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S PLATES, comprising 'The Royal Scots Plate - The First Of Foot 292/500, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 963/2000, The Parachute Regiment plate 178/500, The Green Howard's Plate 385/500, The Royal Welch Fusiliers Plate 216/500, The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Plate 185/500, The Duke Of Wellington's Regiment Plate 122/500, The Royal Air Force Plate 4115/5000, The Black Watch Plate 254/500, The Imperial Plate Of Persia, The Gloucestershire Regiment Plate 76/500, The Cheshire Regiment Plate 178/500, The Royal Hampshire Regiment Plate 292/500, The Tewksbury Plate 585/1350, The Gordon Highlanders Plate 212/500, The King's own Scottish Borderers Plate 254/500 (16) (Condition Report: all appear in good condition, cases appear o.k)
Lot 417
TWENTY SEVEN LILLIPUT LANE SCULPTURES, to include Country Living in Winter, Kerry Lodge, Christmas Cake - 2001 Christmas Special Edition, The First Noel - 1999 Christmas Special Edition, Christmas Lights at the Bell Inn, Letter to Santa, Fragrant Haven, Reflections of Jade from a limited edition of 3950, Watermeadows The 1994 Anniversary Cottage, etc (27) (Condition Report: most pieces have some damage, generally ok)
Lot 429
Travel. Australia. Calvert, Albert F. - My Fourth Tour in Western Australia. London: William Heinemann, 1897. Illustrated, including map. Original binding, some wear and soiling. Clean within. With; Withers, William Bramwell - The History of Ballarat, from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time. Ballarat: F. W. Niven and Co. 1887. 2nd edition. With facsimile folding plates/panoramas. Original cloth. With; 3 others. (5)
Lot 413
Antiquarian. Gibbs, James - Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, in a More exact and easy manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal Members and their Parts, are avoided. London: Printed by W. Bowyer for the author, 1736. With the Royal licence, Title page, Dedication, Contents, and 42pp. Complete with 64 engraved plates. Contemporary leather boards, gilt ruled, rubbed and surface worn with some surface loss at extremities. Sometime re-backed in a tan calf, replacement end papers. First published in 1732, this copy is the uncommon second issue of the first edition, a true second edition was published in 1738. James Gibbs was one of the most important British architects of the eighteenth century, famously designing the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford. His publications were very influential regarding the development of 'Georgian' design.
Lot 27
PANERAI FERRARI "Granturismo" Chronograph, Ref. F6663 / FER00006, Herrenuhr in limitierter Auflage aus 2010. 18K Roségold. Automatik-Werk Kaliber OP XII, sehr gute Gangwerte, Protokoll anbei. Serien Nr. F A062/300. Werk-Nr. F 6663/BB 1218118. Schwarzes Zifferblatt. Originales Lederband mit Faltschließe in Roségold 18K. Sehr guter Zustand. Original Box, Garantiekarte, Chronometerzertifkat und Anleitung anbei, Erstkauf 02/2010 bei Bucherer in Nürnberg. Durchmesser ca. 45 mm ohne Krone. | PANERAI FERRARI "Granturismo" Chronograph, ref. F6663 / FER00006, Limited Edition Men's Watch from 2010. 18K rose gold. Automatic movement Caliber OP XII, Serial no. F 062/300. Case no. F 6663/BB 1218118. Black dial. Leather strap with gold folding clasp. Very good condition. Original box, warranty card, chronometer certificate and manual enclosed, first purchase 02/2010 at Bucherer in Nuremberg. Diameter approx. 45 mm without crown.
Lot 28
IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante, Limited Edition "Boutique Milano", Ref. IW371215. Seltene Herrenuhr. Roségold 18K. Handaufzugs-Uhrwerk Kaliber 76240, sehr gute Gangwerte, Protokoll anbei. Limitiert auf nur 100 Stk weltweit (Nr. 85/100). Neues Lederband mit Original Stiftschließe in Roségold 18K. Tiefblaues Zifferblatt mit goldenen arabischen Ziffern. Original Garantiekarte anbei, Erstkauf ca. 2016 in Deutschland. Ehemaliger Kaufpreis 21.000 €. Durchmesser ca. 41mm ohne Krone. | IWC Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante, Limited Edition "Boutique Milano", ref. IW371215. Rare men's watch. Rose gold 18K. Manual winding movement caliber 76240, very good working order, protocol enclosed. Limited to only 100 pcs worldwide (No. 85/100). New leather strap with original pin buckle in rose gold 18K. Deep blue dial with golden arabic numerals. Original warranty card enclosed, first purchase approx. 2016 in Germany. Former purchase price 21.000 €. Diameter approx. 40mm without crown.
Lot 197
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 + SPECIAL ALBUM EDITION #1 (24 in Lot) - (1974/1977 - MARVEL) - Includes the first cameo appearance of Jack of Hearts, the first appearance of Bruce Lee in story + the first team appearance of the Daughters of the Dragon - Flat/Unfolded
Lot 202
SPECIAL MARVEL EDITION #15 (1973 - MARVEL) - First appearance of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu + First appearances of Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith, Fu Manchu & the Si-Fan secret society - Cover and interior art by Jim Starlin and Al Milgrom - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request
Lot 300
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN LOT (12 in Lot) - Includes AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #2, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20 + SPECIAL EDITION: SPIDER-MAN AND HULK (Chicago Tribune Supplement) + ADVENTURES IN READING: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 + SPIDER-MAN AND POWER PACK #1 (First Print) - Includes the first meeting of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange - Flat/Unfolded
Lot 181
A mixed group of militaria, including a complete set of WWII playing cards/card game, with caricature images of Churchill, Chamberlain, Goering, Hitler, Goebbels, Ribbentrop, Army, Navy and RAF, together with three WWII propaganda papers, miscellaneous first aid treatment and air raid precautions pamphlets, post cards, motor car ration book, and a collection of books, many first editions, including 'The Hump' by Jack Barnard MC, 1960 (first edition); 'The Wooden boxes' by Derek Kinne, 1955 (first edition); toen 1940 - 1945, 1960 (first edition). (1 bag)
Lot 149
Loomes (Brian) Lantern clocks and their Makers, first edition 2008, together with a small library of approximately two dozen further horological volumes and a collection of in excess of two dozen Fine art auction catalogues of clocks and scientific instruments. Various rooms including Bonhams etc
Lot 109
THE WHISKY CLUB HOUSE: LAPHROAIG SINGLE 10YO MALT ISLAY SCOTCH WHISKY, original tube, 70cl, 40%, " THE WHISKY CONNOISSEUR" SINGLE HIGHLAND MALT WHISKY, commemorating the Coronation Day 1953, number 1 of 250, produced by the Macallan Distillery, distilled 1991, bottled 2002, 70cl, 40%, and "WHISKY CONNOISSEUR" SINGLE SPEYSIDE MALT WHISKY, "First & Last, 1903-2003 Concorde", limited edition bottle number 69 of 100, 70cl, 40% (3)Provenance: private collection Conwy
Lot 751
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004), ASSORTED BOOKS AND EPHEMERA Comprising a photograph of the the artist, gelatin silver print, 30 x 40.5cm (11x 16in), from a private collection of Melanie Cartier-Bresson, inscribed to Robert Kime on verso Together with the Musee de Noyers, Yonne, 1992 exhibition poster 66.5 x 40cm (26.2 x 15.7in), signed by Cartier-Bresson on recto And a group of four photography books, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographe, Delpire Editeur Paris, 1999, inscription by Cartier-Bresson, hard cover, dustjacket; Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paysages, Delpire Editeur Paris, 2001, inscription by Cartier-Bresson, hard cover, dustjacket; Tete-a-tete. Portraits de Henri Cartier-Bresson, introduction by Ernst H. Gombrich, Gallimard 1998, hard cover, dustjacket; Henri Cartier-Bresson, Scrapbook. Photographs 1932 - 1946, Thames&Hudson, London, 2008, first edition, hard cover, no dustjacket as issued Condition Report: Exhibition poster rolled and with corner creases. The photograph with a vertical crease.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 752
Ɵ Jones (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 11 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, Printed for D. Browne etc., 1725; bound before Charleton (Walter) Chorea Gigantum: or, the Most Famous Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-heng, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking the 2 engraved plates, 1725, bound before, Webb (John) A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored, second edition, engraved illustrations, 1725, together 3 works bound as 1 vol., contemporary panelled calf, extremities worn, upper cover detached § Wood (John) Choir Gaure, Vulgarly called Stonehenge, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 folding engraved plates, some light foxing, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, Oxford, 1747; and 6 others Wiltshire, v.s.
Lot 753
Ɵ Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, first edition, initial licence leaf with woodcut arms, title with woodcut vignette, 64 engraved plates, some foxing and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Archer 451.1], folio, Printed by W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732.*** First edition of Gibbs' "authoritative source book for British and American architects" (Archer), and a "demonstration of his experiments in drawing the Orders" (RIBA).
Lot 754
Ɵ Richardson (George)A Treatise of the Five Orders of Architecture, first edition, title and text in English and French, text printed in double columns, list of subscribers, 22 aquatint plates, occasional spotting, uncut in original boards, worn and lacking backstrip, ink title to upper cover, [Abbey Life 58; Berlin Kat.2297; Harris 744; Millard British 68], folio, for the Author, 1787. *** The list of subscribers includes several architects, notably William Chambers, George Dance, Henry Holland and John Soane, as well as an array of craftsmen such as builders, carpenters, painters, plasterers, cabinet-makers etc
Lot 755
Ɵ Adam (Robert) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved frontispiece and 60 plates on 54 leaves by Francesco Bartolozzi, [Francesco, Antonio & Giuseppe] Zucchi, Francis Patton, Paolo Santini and others, 14 double-page and/or folding, list of subscribers, foxing mostly at beginning and end and in margins, one or two plates shaved at edges, later half morocco over marbled boards, worn, covers detached, [Berlin Kat 1893; Fowler 2; Millard British 1; Harris 4], folio, for the Author, 1764. *** Superb architectural record of Diocletian's palace at Split, inspired by the success of Wood's Ruins of Palmyra which had established Wood's reputation and which Adam hoped to emulate. The plates were mostly drawn by Charles-Louis Clérisseau who acted as Adam's tutor and guide to Roman architecture.Provenance: William Minet (bookplate).
Lot 756
Ɵ Stuart (James) and Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens, vol.1-3 only (of 4), first edition, engraved title-vignettes and 229 engraved plates and maps only (vol.2 lacks 1 plate), some foxing and soiling, vol.3 quite badly water-stained, mixed contemporary bindings, worn, covers detached, vol.3 lacking upper cover, folio, 1762-94.*** Stuart and Revett, at the request of the "Society of Dilettanti", visited Athens in 1751, Stuart carrying out the surveys and Revett the topographical views. The Antiquities of Athens was the first accurate survey of the classical buildings of Athens, through the influence of which the Greek style was first established in English architecture. John Summerston has described it as "one of the three most important architectural books of the century".
Lot 757
Ɵ Palladio (Andrea) The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 203 plates, some double-page, engraved illustrations, text in English Italian and French sections, occasional foxing and offsetting, some toning and staining, part 3 lacks 2 text ff. (sig. F) from Italian section, contemporary diced russia, extremities worn, vol.1 upper cover detached, [Fowler 223; Harris 683], Printed by John Watts, for the Author, 1715.*** First edition in English of one of the most influential books on architecture. "Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Condition Report: Condition report is as per the catalogue descriptionThe single page illustrations are approximately 33 x 21cmPlease see additional images for detail and visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 759
Ɵ Bibiena (Giuseppe Galli da) Architetture, e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maesta di Carlo Sesto Imperador de' Romani, 4 parts only (of 5) in 1, first edition, engraved title with vignette within ornamental border, engraved dedication, 36 engraved plates only (of 50 in total, lacking pl.6 from part 1, pl.7 and 10 from part 2, pl.7 from part 4 and all plates from part 5), also lacking portrait, water-stained throughout, edges browned and soiled, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Berlin 4152; Cicognara 431; Fowler 136], folio, Augsburg, Andrea Pfeffel, 1740.*** The first edition of Bibiena's "brilliant baroque compositions" (Fowler). The plates depict catafalques, theatrical sets, a Passion series in architectural settings and decorations for the Riding School at Vienna for the marriage of Archduchess Mariana to Prince Charles of Lorraine. Copies are known which have a part VI with an additional plate.Provenance: Philip Hardwick (bookplate)
Lot 760
Ɵ Chippendale (Thomas) The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 160 engraved plates only (of 161, lacking final plate), plate 139 mutilated with large part cut away, occasional ink stains and some foxing, contemporary reversed calf, stamped in blind, worn, [Rothschild 614], folio, Printed for the Author, [1754].*** First edition of the most important book of furniture designs published in the 18th century. Provenance: Henry Toye Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford (ink inscription dated 1755 and Weston Library bookplate on front pastedown).
Lot 763
Ɵ Burges (William) Architectural Drawings, first edition, printed in sanguine, list of subscribers, 75 lithograph plates, some foxing, mostly to title, contemporary half roan, extremities worn, folio, 1870. *** One of a small number of copies . The plates were lithographed under Burges' supervision and he destroyed the stones after printing. The work was not issued to the trade and is thought to number no more than the c.200 listed subscribers' copies.
Lot 102
Fleming (Ian) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 vol., first edition, illustrations by John Burningham, the odd light spot but generally clean internally, original pictorial boards, vol. 1 with light damp-stain to head, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jackets, vol. 1 price-clipped, vol. 2 with closed tears to foot of upper panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1964-65.
Lot 108
NO RESERVE Greenaway (Kate).- Quiver of Love (The) A Collection of Valentines Ancient and Modern, first edition, plates by Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, lightly offset to half-title, original pictorial cloth with white central onlay, gilt, extremities very lightly bumped but overall a remarkably near-fine copy, 4to, 1876.
Lot 117
King (Jessie M.).- Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, by "Marion", first edition, colour illustrations by Jessie M. King, many full-page, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, occasional cracking at gutter, occasional very light spotting, original pictorial boards, light creasing to spine with some chipping along joints, some wear to corners, extremities rubbed, joints split but holding firm, 4to, [1929].
Lot 118
NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, first edition, half-title, illustrations by the author, some light spotting at beginning and end, occasional cracking at gutter, endpapers lightly browned, hinges a little tender, second state pictorial cloth, spine a little sunned and lightly soiled, slight fading to spine lettering and some decoration, chipping to spine ends, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, 1902.
Lot 12
Dun Emer Press.- Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods: being Poems chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age, first edition, [one of 325 copies], printed in red & black, additional paper label loosely inserted, unopened, endpapers lightly browned, original natural linen, paper label printed in red to upper cover, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned, corners slightly worn and bumped, [Miller 1; Wade 49], 8vo, Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, "finished the sixteenth day of July, in the year of the big wind", 1903.⁂ The first book printed and issued by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, sister of W.B.Yeats, at the Dun Emer Press which later became the Cuala Press. James Joyce refers to the press in Ulysses, parodying the colophon, "Five lines of text and ten pages of notes about the folk and the fishgods of Dundrum. Printed by the weird sisters in the year of the big wind."
Lot 125
Nicholson (William) The Pirate Twins, first edition, number 3 of 60 copies signed by the author in pale green ink on front pastedown, colour illustrations throughout, previous owner's gift inscription to pastedown also, a few instances of minor soiling, original pictorial paper-covered boards, some faint dust-soiling, top edge a little rubbed, 4to, [1929].
Lot 132
NO RESERVE Raban (Ze'ev) Shir Ha-Shirim (The Song of Solomon), illustrated by Ze'ev Raban, tipped-in colour title and plates, tissue guards, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, Jerusalem, 1930 § Leighton (Clare) The Musical Box, first edition, illustrations in colour, tape repairs to a couple of tears, repairs also at gutter and hinges, original pictorial boards, rebacked, a little scuffed and toned, 1936 § Ibsen (Henrik) Peer Gynt, illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry, colour plates, illustrations, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, a little scuffed and toned, 1929; and c.35 others children's and illustrated, v.s. (c.40)
Lot 133
Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels, first Rackham illustrated edition, initialled presentation inscription from the illustrator "E.J.S. from AR" to front free endpaper, dated 26/10/98, with accompanying original ink drawing of a cat's silhouette, 12 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Rackham, tissue guards, inscription offset to half-title, browning to half-title and final f. of text, pictorial endpapers lightly toned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends a little bumped, very light rubbing to corners and joints, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, 1898.⁂ Potentially presented to British illustrator Edmund J. Sullivan (1869-1933).
Lot 134
Rackham (Arthur).- Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. A New Translation by Mrs Edgar Lucas, colour frontispiece, pictorial title and black and white illustrations, some full-page, by Arthur Rackham, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, light spotting to fore-edge, spotting to final few text leaves and endpapers, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, spine a little toned, lightly rubbed, Constable & Co., [c.1907] § Stephens (James) Irish Fairy Tales, first trade edition, 16 colour plates and black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, some light marginal foxing to plates, endpapers lightly browned and with a few marks, lower hinge tender, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a touch faded, a couple small marks to lower cover, light rubbing to spine, a little heavier to corners, 1920; and others illustrated by the same, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ Rackham's illustrations to Grimm's Fairy Tales were first published by Freemantle in 1900. The first mentioned was issued in same format, but after the sheets and binding were purchased by Constable. Rackham's contribution was expanded for the 1909 Constable edition, also included in this lot.
Lot 141
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) A Wonder Book, first edition, number 141 of 600 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped in plates and illustrations by Rackham, pictorial endpapers very lightly foxed, original pictorial cloth, corners bumped, edges lightly soiled, spine faded, still overall a very bright and clean copy, 1922 § Kipling (Rudyard) A Song of the English, first trade edition, illustrations by Heath Robinson, bookplate, light toning to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, spine ends lightly creased, very light rubbing to lower cover, otherwise remarkably clean, [1909], 4to (2)
Lot 142
Rackham (Arthur).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, ownership inscription on pictorial endpapers, lightly offset to half-title, bound in mid-brown morocco, upper cover with colour morocco onlays and blocked in gilt reproducing frontispiece, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, extremities rubbed,1929 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, 24 tipped-in colour plates, embossed ownership stamp to lightly foxed endpapers, contemporary red half morocco, calf spine strip with pictorial tooling in relief of man and cat, rubbed, 1907, 4to (2)
Lot 144
Rackham (Arthur).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery & Imagination, first trade edition, 12 colour plates and black and white plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, pictorial endpapers with skeleton design, some minor toning to colour plates, pp.11-14 with chipping to fore-margin, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chipping to spine ends, neat sticky tape repair to spine head to verso, light browning to joints and spine, some light spotting, edges a little rubbed and with a few tiny nicks, still a very good example, 4to, 1935.
Lot 146
Robinson (William Heath).- Carse (Roland) All the Monarchs of Merry England (William I to Edward VII), 40 colour plates and black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, ink gift inscription to front endpaper, light foxing at beginning and end, pictorial endpapers lightly browned, original decorative crimson morocco, gilt, wear to spine ends and corners, very lightly rubbed elsewhere, lower joint starting, [c.1907] § Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer-Night's Dream, first trade edition, 12 tipped-in colour plates and black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, ink gift inscription to pastedown, front endpaper with later school prize bookplate and inscription, occasional cracking at gutter, one plate with creasing to lower margin, the odd patch of soiling, endpapers toned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a few marks, spine slightly faded and with small residue-mark to foot, spine ends and corners rubbed and a little bumped, some light rubbing to covers, 1914; and 3 others illustrated by the same, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The first a scarce, single-volume alternative to Carse's four volume "Monarchs of Merry England", each published with 10 plates by Heath-Robinson. Not recorded in WorldCat.
Lot 148
Robinson (William Heath) Bill the Minder, first trade edition, occasional light foxing, gift inscription to endpapers, original cloth with pictorial onlay, spine faded, edges lightly rubbed, 1912 § Hunter (Norman) The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, first edition, illustrations by Heath Robinson, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, 1933 § Carse (Roland) The Monarchs of Merry England, illustrations by Heath Robinson, original cloth-backed boards, lightly rubbed and discoloured at ends, 1907, and 17 others, Heath Robinson, v.s. (20)
![NO RESERVE Gill (Eric).- Pepler (H.D.C.) The Devil's Devices or Control versus Service, first edition, [one of 1500 copies],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4ab1b540-42ac-46d1-92da-b08a00e3fbcc/e81ab668-7ccc-45ad-9ff0-b08a00e5cdcd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
NO RESERVE Gill (Eric).- Pepler (H.D.C.) The Devil's Devices or Control versus Service, first edition, [one of 1500 copies], wood-engravings by Eric Gill, advertisement leaf at end, with loosely-inserted A.Pc.s. dated 18th September 1937 from Gill to Rev. Claud Williamson "Thank your for your letter of the 17th by which I am honoured. I will consider the matter..." and a proof pull of a woodcut titled 'Education' featuring a teacher at a blackboard, original cloth-backed pictorial red boards, uncut, a little rubbed, [Gill 259], Hammersmith, Hampshire House Workshops, 1915 § Johnston (Priscilla) The Mill Book, second edition, woodcut illustrations by Ronald Seal and David Pepler after the author, light damp-staining at beginning and end, bound in contemporary cloth-backed boards with windmill in red & black, original stiff pictorial buff wrappers bound in, slightly soiled, [Taylor & Sewell A3], Hammersmith and Ditchling, Douglas Pepler, 1917, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ Priscilla Johnston was the 5 year old daughter of the calligrapher Edward Johnston. The Johnston family was part of the Ditchling community with Gill and Pepler.
Lot 20
Gill (Eric).- Way of the Cross (The), first edition, the printer's own copy with his extensive ink & pencil alterations and annotations throughout text and to endpapers, printed in red and black, 14 wood-engraved illustrations and 3 devices by Eric Gill, small marginal stain to head of title, one or two small marks to text, endpapers damp-stained and with portion cut away from front free endpaper, with loosely-inserted sheet containing stickers of Stanley Scott and Philip Le Brocq and note in ink by Scott concerning the annotations, original holland-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover, uncut, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Gill 268; Taylor & Sewell A23], 8vo, Ditchling, Douglas Pepler [S.Dominic's Press], 1917.⁂ Scott's loosely-inserted note reads, "Douglas Pepler's own copy with his MS alterations: many of H.D.C.P[epler]'s pencil adjustments are printed in the fifth edition (1926) SS 1971".
Lot 21
NO RESERVE Gill (Eric).- Way of the Cross (The), first edition, printed in red and black, 14 wood-engraved illustrations and 3 devices by Eric Gill, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original dark grey wrappers printed in ?gilt, spine slightly faded, [Gill 268; Taylor & Sewell A23], 8vo, Ditchling, Douglas Pepler [S.Dominic's Press], 1917.⁂ Slightly larger than the copy in the previous lot (c.185 x 115mm rather than c.170 x 110mm.). Taylor refers to a larger copy (Gill's own) in grey wrappers but printed in silver.
![Gill (Eric) Sculpture: An Essay..., first edition in book form, [one of 400 copies], presentation copy from the author to his](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4ab1b540-42ac-46d1-92da-b08a00e3fbcc/adc10897-2546-4375-b227-b08a00e5ef4f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 22
Gill (Eric) Sculpture: An Essay..., first edition in book form, [one of 400 copies], presentation copy from the author to his father inscribed on front free endpaper and with Gill's own bookplate to inside wrapper, 4pp. advertisements with wood-engraving by Gill at end, variant binding of original printed grey wrappers with "price one shilling", uncut, spine a little frayed with lower wrapper detached, [cf.Gill 5 &Taylor & Sewell A28], 8vo, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1918.⁂ The inscription reads, " To A.T.G. from E.G. in case he hasn't got it already. Sept. 30. 1921". Gill was the second child and eldest son of the thirteen children of Rev. Arthur Tidman Gill.Taylor states that the binding was in brown wrappers, with a few copies in linen boards. The essay first appeared in The Highway of June 1917 and was later rewritten and enlarged as Sculpture: An Essay on Stone-cutting of 1923/4.
![Gill (Eric).- P[epler] (H.D.C.) Concerning Dragons. A Rhyme, seventh edition, 16pp. printed on rectos only, 6 wood-engravings](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4ab1b540-42ac-46d1-92da-b08a00e3fbcc/9e1b3b74-ba27-4a4a-bec2-b08a00e61bf0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 24
Gill (Eric).- P[epler] (H.D.C.) Concerning Dragons. A Rhyme, seventh edition, 16pp. printed on rectos only, 6 wood-engravings & 2 devices by Eric Gill including 'Child & Witch' replacing 'Child & Nurse' from first edition, also 'Dragon' and 'Welsh Dragon' which did not appear in the first edition, stitched, loosely preserved in card folder, [Gill 264; cf.Taylor & Sewell A5, this edition not listed], 1922 with Concerning Dragons..., small broadside announcement of works by Pepler, with wood-engraving 'Child & Nurse' by Gill, mounted, [Taylor & Sewell J27], [?1926], together in modern cloth drop-back box, leather label to upper cover, 4to, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press
![NO RESERVE Gill (Eric).- P[epler] (H.D.C.) Concerning Dragons: A Rhyme, eighth edition, 8pp, 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4ab1b540-42ac-46d1-92da-b08a00e3fbcc/96071681-6ee9-40df-8d00-b08a00e61659/468x382.jpg)
Lot 25
NO RESERVE Gill (Eric).- P[epler] (H.D.C.) Concerning Dragons: A Rhyme, eighth edition, 8pp, 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill, light spotting, 1923; Aspidistras and Parlers, 8pp., wood-engraved title-vignette by David Jones, others by Gill, bookplate of Philip Le Brocq loosely inserted, [?1923]; The Devil's Devices or Control versus Service, first edition, [one of 1500 copies], wood-engravings by Eric Gill, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth-backed pictorial red boards, uncut, a little rubbed, Hammersmith, Hampshire House Workshops, 1915, the first two bound in similar style russet or green morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, rubbed, the second with wormhole to foot of spine, [Gill 264, 392 & 259; Taylor & Sewell A5h & A121, first two only], 16mo, Ditchling, St Dominic's Press (3)
Lot 27
Gill (Eric) Songs without Clothes, one of 240 copies in various bindings, original cloth-backed grey boards, 1921; Sculpture: An Essay on Stone-cutting, 3 wood-engravings by Gill, with date "23 xi 23" above tail-piece at end, original pictorial cloth, uncut, spine slightly browned, [1923] § [Woellwarth (Mary Elise)] Songs to Our Lady of Silence, 6 wood-engravings by Eric Gill and 4 by Desmond Chute, tipped-in errata slip printed in red, original cloth-backed printed grey boards, a little soiled, score to edge of lower board, 1920 § Pepler (Hilary) In Petra, printed in red and black, 6 wood-engravings by Gill and 3 by David Jones, neat ink inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, 1923 § Cornford (Frances) Autumn Midnight, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and initials by Gill, dedication to Jacques & Gwen Raverat on title printed in green, original printed buff wrappers with Gill engravings and "Sxipence" at foot, uncut, some browning, The Poetry Bookshop, 1923 § Beedham (R.John) Wood Engraving, second edition, wood-engravings by Gill, advertisement for block-makers T.N.Lawrence at beginning and with 1928 price-list loosely inserted, original cloth-backed black boards, uncut, spine a little browned, corners bumped, 1925, [Gill 8, 10, 376, 87, 273 & 77; Taylor & Sewell A82c, A112, A73, A111, A115 & A76a], 8vo, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, the fifth being printed at the press (6)
Lot 38
Gill (Eric) Twenty-Five Nudes, first edition, presentation copy from Gill to Daisy Hawkins inscribed "To D.M.H. the holy original of Nos. 24 & 25 from EG 16.10.38" on front free endpaper, white-line wood-engravings by Gill, original red cloth, gilt, dust-jacket with small initials "DMH" in ink to upper right corner of upper panel, rubbed and browned, spine and upper edge frayed and slightly defective, 1938; Drawings from Life, illustrations, original blue cloth blocked in silver, dust-jacket, price-slipped, a little rubbed and frayed, 1940, first editions, [Gill 38 & 48], Hague & Gill Ltd.; and 3 others on Gill's nudes including an unsigned copy of the first, 8vo (5)⁂ D.M.H. was Daisy Hawkins, teenage daughter of the Gill's servant Mrs. Hawkins, and with whom Gill had an intense affair towards the end of his life from 1937-39. He drew Daisy constantly and drawings of her appear in both 25 Nudes and Drawings from Life; when he died he bequeathed to her all the remaining original drawings of her from the latter.
Lot 55
Sassoon (Siegfried) The Heart's Journey, first edition, one of 590 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, New York, 1927 § Lawrence (D.H., editor) The Story of Doctor Manente..., one of 200 copies signed by Lawrence, illustrations, bookplate, original parchment over boards, Florence, 1929 § Sandford (Christopher) Primeval Gods, one of 150 copies signed by the author, additionally inscribed from the author "Ralph from Christopher (How young we were once!)" in pencil on front free endpaper, illustrations by Blair Hughes Stanton, original cloth, spine faded, 1934; and 2 others, limited signed editions, 8vo (5)
Lot 66
NO RESERVE Atkinson (Alex) and Ronald Searle. The Big City or The New Mayhew, first edition, signed by Ronald Searle on frontispiece, illustrations by Searle, many full-page, portion of light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light browning to spine and along joints, some light creasing and rubbing to edges, with a few small nicks and short closed tears, still an excellent example, 4to, 1958.
Lot 71
Maeterlinck (Maurice) La Vie des Abeilles, sixth edition, first gathering loose, contemporary crushed dark green morocco, covers and spine with decorated border comprising gilt blind-stamped insects surrounded by floral onlays in pink, gilt, spine in compartments, inner dentelles with floral corner-pieces, light fading, spine head expertly repaired, light cracking to joints, nick to spine, 1901; and another binding, 8vo & 4to (2)
Lot 81
Clarke (Harry).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination, first trade edition, 24 black and white plates by Harry Clarke, some very subtle toning to plate margins, light spotting to fore-edge, very light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, spine a touch sunned, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, spine a little browned and with ends chipped, some other chips and short tears to edges, neat tape repairs to verso, overall a very good example of a rare jacket, t.e.g., 4to, 1919.
Lot 83
Dahl (Roald) The Witches, first edition, illustrations by Quentin Blake, very light marginal toning, some spotting to fore-edge, name erased from front free endpaper, original boards, some bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, price-clipped, faint damp-staining to head and foot, minor chipping to head of spine, light creasing to head, 1983; and 6 other early reprints by the same, 8vo (7)
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