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Click here to subscribePassages From The Life Of A Philosopher - 1864 - Charles Babbage. Publisher: London: Longman, Green, Roberts, & Green. First edition book. 8vo. xii, 496 pp., bound without the publisher's catalogue sometimes found to the rear. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, previous ownership bookplate to the front pastedown "Tho Sopwith MA FRS FGS. Occasional light foxing, very good condition.
A Gallery Of Children - 1925 - AA Milne. Book Publisher: Stanley Paul & Co, London. Book Publisher: Stanley Paul & Co, London. Publication Date: 1925. Edition: First, Limited Edition. Folio. White linen boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. One of 500 copies, signed by A.A. Milne on limitation page and printed on fine wove paper. Outer boards marked and spotted; mild foxing to inside boards and to endpapers; small engraved bookplate to front pastedown. Milne's most famous work being Winnie The Pooh.
Metaphysica Generalis; Accedunt Nunc Primum Quae Supererant Ex Parte Speciali - 1657 - Robert Baron (Scottish), First edition book Robert Baron Metaphysics Aberdeen Scotland Philosophy. Latin edition was edited by Antonius Clementius, published in Lyon. Latin Binding: Full leather; tight and secure Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10.5cm). Ownership marks Roger Kenyon 1712 and George Kenyon of Peel.
Ten Droll Tales. 1926. Honore De Balzac. Publisher: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator). Andre Maurois (introduction). First de Bosschere illustrated edition limited to 3000 copies. This one is the #322/3000. Language: Text in English. Size: 9 " X 6 ". Pages: xx-218 pages. Full red morocco leather binding with significant gilt tooling to spine by Bayntun bindery (hinges fine, light scratches to front and back board. Top edge gilt. Binding: Attractive and near fine.
Unexplored Syria Visits To The Libanus, The Tulu. Volume One & Volume Two. 1872. Sir Richard Francis Burton, Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt Drake. Published by Tinsley Brothers, London. First edition. 8vo. Lithographic frontispiece to each volume, folding map, 25 other lithographic plates (11 of which are) folding. two volume. 8vo. Contemporary half red banded spine, red morocco and cloth boards, top edge gilt. Lithographic frontispiece to each volume, folding map, 25 other lithographic plates (eleven of which are) folding.
The Works Of Shakespeare. 1929. First Folio, Limited Edition, Nonesuch Press (1929). William Shakespeare Published by Nonesuch Press. Limited Edition of 1600 copies. Numbered 87. Some light marginal browning at beginnings and ends. Original full leather bound, raised banded spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt (faded), some light darkening to spine, edges and boards, with original slipcases, volume two lacking case.
Il Giuoco De Gli Scacchi Di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo; Nuovamente tradotto in lingua Italiana de M. Gio Domenico Tarsia. Scarce first edition of one of the earliest books published on the game of chess. Book bound in vellum, hand written title to spine. Label in paste down: Edinburgh Chess Club. Hand written in pastedown: Presented to the Edinburgh Chess Club by the Earl of Perth 1937. Old Christie's lot label 170 dated 25th May 1988. Signs of repair, evidence of book worm. Boards stained and brittle. Staining to extremities of pages. Condition: poor.
Pubilistica: The History Of British Boxing. (Three Volumes) - 1906 - Henry Downes Miles. Published by Edinburgh: John Grant. Complete in three volumes, thick 8vo. Original brown decorative cloth book with gilt vignettes of pugilists in action to fronts. Volume One: xvi + pp507. Frontis. + 29 full-page illustrations and many illustrations in the text. Volume Two: pp544. Frontis. + 17 full-page illustrations and many in the text. Volume Three: Frontis. + pp534. Frontis. + Twelve full-page illustrations and many text illustrations. Contents in each very clean with some light foxing in each volume, particularly to page edges, boards a little rubbed to extremities. Also included is Fights Forgotten A History of Some of the Chief English and American Prize Fights Since the Year 1788 - 1908 - Henry Sayers. Hardcover – First edition. 8vo. 260pp + 4pp catalogue. Frontispiece of Tom Sayers + nine plates. Illustrated front endpapers. Original blue boards, boards worn, corners bumped, pages browned and binding a little loose.
The Comical Works Of Don Francisco De Quevedo. 1707. Francisco de Quevedo. Author Of The Visions. London: Printed, and are to be sold by John Morphew, 1707. Published by Woodward, London, 1707. Translated by Captain John Stevens. First English edition. Frontisportrait of Quevedo. [12], 564 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Raised banded gilted spine, two compartments with gilt letters, the remaining with floral and geometric patterned designs. Marbled endpapers. All edge gilt.
The Anatomy of Bibliomania - 1930 & 1931 - Holbrook Jackson - London: The Soncino Press. Volume One & Two. First Edition Book. Limited to 1000 copies, edition number 356. Volume 1: 419pp. Volume 2. xi,434pp. Good books, good dust jackets. Dust jacket slightly soiled. Publisher's announcement for "The Zohar" laid in.
A Treatise On The Game Of Chess Containing Games Of Odds, Various Openings Of Even Games...... 1822. Published by J M Richardson. First published in 1617 by D. Pietro Carrera, translated from the Italian by W Lewis. Limited Edition of 250. In original green cloth cover, worn and sunned spine. Turned edge corners on boards. Toned and slightly foxed.
Prefaces By Bernard Shaw. 1934. First edition. Quarto. pp viii, 802. Elaborate title-page design by John Farleigh. Period designer binding by Leighton-Straker of full two-tone morocco with abstract art deco gilt design, top edge gilt, other edges blue. Some spotting to prelims. Near fine. Constable & Co., London., 1934. The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw. 1931. First edition. Quarto. pp viii, 802. Period designer binding by Leighton-Straker of full two-tone morocco with abstract art deco gilt design, top edge gilt, other edges blue. Some spotting to prelims.
JOEL PETER WITKIN (Brooklyn, 1939)."Side Show, Budapest, 1993.Gelatin silver photography.Edition 1/12.Signed on the back.Size: 99 x 106 cm, 108 x 111 cm (frame).Peter Witkin is one of the most prominent and controversial photographers of our time, famous for his provocative works revolving around death, religion, myth and allegory.During the 1950s he obtained his first camera, using it without any prior training in photography. Already at that time, his first pictures showed quite unusual scenes, which began to reflect his concerns and experiences related to his past experiences. The repetition of scenes in which corpses, transsexuals, dwarfs, hermaphrodites or deformed people are present is related to an accident he witnessed as a child. His photographs, since then, are generally based on metaphors about life and death, some of them inspired by ancient works of art and religious passages, where he acknowledges Giotto as an influence, as well as artistic nods to the works of Goya or El Bosco, making use of the iconography of art history as a backdrop for his subjects. His main objective is to bring out that hidden side of society in general, that somewhat disturbing side that few dare to explore for themselves at some point in their lives, many do not even get to know it.Today, his works can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. The artist currently lives and works in Albuquerque, NM.
"SVCCY" MATTEO SUCCI (Ravenna, 1997). "Game over", 2019.Digital collage art on aluminium.Edition 1/15.Size: 40 x 40 cm.Svccy is a self-taught digital artist who creates totally unpublished images using 2d and 3d graphic programs. His works are inspired by the art of digital collage, permeated by the Vaporwave visual current developed during the first decade of the 2000s. This trend born on the Internet embodies a retro style influenced in part by "chillwave" artists, who developed an imaginary associated with the use of images dominated by violet and fuchsia colours, the use of Greek sculptures, palm trees, pixel art, sunsets and references to Japanese culture at the end of the millennium.In contrast to the classic images of the genre, Svccy tends towards a darker, more introspective variant. The images reflect the human condition in today's society. The human figure is represented by statues, often faceless or covered by objects, symbolising the total lack of identity of the individual, subjugated by technology and the ultra-consumerist society. References to Rodin's classical and neoclassical sculpture intersect with post-apocalyptic scenarios of large abandoned, or rather finished and never used, shopping malls.All his works are processed by computer creating "collage-art" by joining images that apparently have nothing between them, where light and a good angle of vision are fundamental.Svccy aims to show us the reality in which man lives, an insubstantial, unreal reality, which is based on models of behaviour imposed by the media, which control our lifestyles through fashion and advertising, making us believe that we live a free and self-determined life when in reality it is only an illusion.
FRANÇOISE HUGUIER (France, 1942)."Jeune fille, pays lobi, Mali", 1996.Gelatin silver print.Edition 9/200.Signed and numbered in pencil.Size: 30,5 x 40,5 cm.Françoise Huguier debuted as a photographer for the first time in 1976, obtaining in 1983 the possibility to photograph the world of cinema, politics, culture and fashion working for Le Journal Libération, as well as working for magazines such as Vogue, The New York Times Magazine or Women's Wear Daily. At the same time, he began a personal work of photo-documentation, portraying scenes from Africa, Siberia and Japan. Her admiration for Africa led her to return on several occasions with the intention of photographing the intimacy of African women, resulting in a total of 200 black and white photographs and a first book entitled "On the Trail of Ghost Africa".Established in the world of fashion, she knows how to alternate with ease snapshot photography, mise-en-scène, portrait and landscape, thus obtaining an artistic career that has allowed her to obtain an eclectic work for more than forty years. His works initially acquired monochrome colours, showing a great scenographic and compositional delicacy, but it was in 1980 when his photographs acquired colour thanks to his dedication to fashion, in which the thicknesses, materials and compositions are richly highlighted.Her cosmopolitan universe, marked by photographic design and an unconventional documentary aesthetic, reflects her continuous commitment to photography, whether in reportage, fashion, portraits or cinema, knowing how to reflect her personal and original view.In addition to her career, she has been recognised for her involvement with Africa by creating the first Bamako Photography Biennial in Mali.
PABLO PICASSO (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, France, 1973)."Pichet Têtes, 1956.White earthenware, decoration with oxidised paraffin, black and white enamel. Current print run of 500 copies.Work referenced in: Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971, by Alain Ramié, Editions Madoura, 1988, illustrated under no.367, p.189.Presents stamp on the base Picasso edition. Madoura.Size: 13 x 14 cm (diameter).The artist produced a large production of ceramic works at the Madoura factory in Vallauris, in the south of France, from 1947 onwards, devoting himself to this technique until the end of 1948. He then returned to his usual activities as a painter, engraver and sculptor, combining them with ceramics until 1971.The creator of Cubism together with Braque, Picasso began his artistic studies in Barcelona, at the Provincial School of Fine Arts (1895). Only two years later, in 1897, Picasso held his first solo exhibition at the café "ElsQuatreGats". Paris was to become Pablo's great goal, and in 1900 he moved to the French capital for a short period of time. When he returned to Barcelona, he began to work on a series of works in which the influences of all the artists he had known or whose work he had seen could be seen. He is a sponge that absorbs everything but retains nothing; he is searching for a personal style. Between 1901 and 1907 he developed the Blue and Pink Stages, characterised by the use of these colours and by their subject matter with sordid, isolated figures, with gestures of grief and suffering. The painting of these early years of the 20th century was undergoing continuous changes and Picasso could not remain on the sidelines. He became interested in Cézanne, and based on his example he developed a new pictorial formula together with his friend Braque: Cubism. But Picasso did not stop there and in 1912 he practised collage in painting; from that moment on, anything goes, imagination became the master of art. Picasso was the great revolutionary, and when all the painters were interested in Cubism, he was preoccupied with the classicism of Ingres. The surrealist movement of 1925 did not catch him unawares and, although he did not participate openly, it served as an element of rupture with what had gone before, introducing into his work distorted figures with great force and not exempt from rage and fury. As with Goya, Picasso was also greatly influenced in his work by his personal and social situation. His often tumultuous relationships with women had a serious impact on his work. However, what had the greatest impact on Picasso was the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the bombing of Guernica, which led to the creation of the most famous work of contemporary art. Paris was his refuge for a long time, but the last years of his life were spent in the south of France, working in a very personal style, with vivid colours and strange forms. Picasso is represented in the most important museums around the world, such as the Metropolitan, MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the National Gallery in London and the Reina Sofia in Madrid.
Sadequain (Pakistani, 1937-1987)The Holy Sinner: Karachi : Mohatta Palace Museum in collaboration with Unilever Pakistan, 2003. 46.5 x 28.5cm (18 5/16 x 11 1/4in).Edition of 1200; in slip caseFootnotes:Sadequain: The Holy Sinner was published to accompany a retrospective held in 2002-2003 that featured over two hundred of Sadequain's non-calligraphic works. It reflected the artist's existential preoccupations with human suffering underpinned by his famous notion of 'mystic figuration.' This catalogue is a first edition and was part of the numbered first edition of 1200 catalogues that were published for the exhibition.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GOLF, signed selection, inc. hard & softback editions, 1935 first edition Length on the Links, 1993 first edition Golf in Hardy County signed by author, Muirfield 1744-1994, Lytham St. Annes yearbook 1996, How to Play Golf; pages from yearbooks (115* signatures), Scott, Lawrie, Stenson, Lane, Montgomerie, Olazabal, Poulter, Foster, Mason, Els, Donald (12 x 9, some signed to both sides); European Yearbook for 35th Ryder Cup 2004, Harrington, Westwood, Casey; golf balls, Ryder Cup (possibly 2012), 1991 P; celebrity scorecards, Seb Coe, Nigel Mansell, Steve Davis, Allan Wells, Michael Greco, Johnny Briggs, Tommy Horton etc., P (1) to EX, Qty.
CRICKET, selection, inc. mainly hardback editions, A History of Northamptonshire Cricket by J.D. Coldham 1959, England V Australia 1912 by Warner, Sackcloth Without Ashes by Roy McLean, Oddmen In by A.A.Thomson, The Boys Book of Cricket For 1951 (First Edition) etc; scorecard, Middlesex v Somerset, Sherwin Benefit Match 14th May 1894, foxing to reverse, a few FR to VG, 15
BOXING, signed selection, inc. hardback First Edition, Encyclopaedia of Boxing by Gilbert Odd, 16 signatures, inc. Conteh, Cooper, Downes, Finnegan, Herol, Jones, Joner, Magri etc, with dj (some tears); programmes, Joe Frater 40 Year souvenir brochure 2005 (seven signatures), Earnie Shavers, Ritchie Woodhall, Pat Cowdell; Maurice Hope v Rocky Mattioli 12th July 1980 (signed inside by both boxers); Annual Dinner menu, 15th April 1999 (14* signatures to front cover), Bruno, Finnegan, Hatton, Honeyghan, Downes, McMillan, Maloney; Don King, Annual Dinner leaflet, 1st Apr 1993, together with business card, photo etc., some duplication, EX, 7
DOYLE, Arthur Conan - The Valley Of Fear : frontispiece, org. red cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine, small corner cut away from the endpaper, some browning and foxing mainly to first few pages and book edges, Smith, Elder, first edition, 1915. * cover in clean fresh condition. (1)
ORWELL, George - Nineteen Eighty Four: org. light green cloth lettered in red on the spine which is lightly faded (not the lettering), slight lean to text block, green dust wrapper edge torn with some loss. Neat contemporary inscription on the front endpaper. Secker & Warburg, first edition, 1949.
BRIGGS, Raymond - When the Wind Blows : pictorial covers, 4to, Hamish Hamilton, first edition reprinted before publication, 1982 Signed by Raymond Briggs. With a number of other signed copies by Patrick Moore Richard Todd Peter Cushing Richard Attenborough.; Frank Muir; with other un-signed inc. 4 more by Raymond Briggs.(20 in a box)
SIDNEY, Algernon - Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney, Esq; To which are added, Memoirs of his Life, and An Apology for Himself : Engraved portrait frontispiece, full calf neatly rebacked, folio, printed for A. Millar, third edition, 1751. With - Zouch, Thomas, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Philip Sidney, eng. portrait frontispiece, foxing to first few pages, full-calf neatly rebacked, 4to, York, 1808.(2)
MILNE, A.A - Winnie The Pooh : illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, org. green cloth, 8vo, Methuen, first edition, 1926. With - The House at Pooh Corner, illust, org. pink cloth spine sunned, 8vo, Methuen, first edition, 1928. with Now We Are Six, illust, org. dark red cloth, 8vo, reprint, second edition, 1927. With - When We Were Very Young, blue cloth, 8vo, reprint, thirteenth edition, 1926 * An immaculate set, no markings, names, cloth most bright.(4)
WEBSTER, James - Travels Through The Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt; Performed During The Years 1825-1828 : 2 vols, 7 uncoloured aquatint plates, full calf labels chipped pieces missing from the spine upper hinges just showing signs of splitting, 8vo, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, first edition, 1830.
RACKHAM, Arthur : (illustrator) A Wonder Book. By Nathaniel Hawthorne : 24 mounted colour plates, org. pictorial red cloth decorated in gilt on the upper cover and lettered on the spine, apart from two tiny ink marks on the upper cover this is lovely copy, 4to, Hodder & Stoughton, first edition, (1922)
RACKHAM, Arthur : (illustrator) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , 8 colour plates, light browning and spotting, org. green/gilt pictorial cloth, 4to, light foxing, Harrap, first edition, 1928. * includes the remains of the front of the d/w. With - Rip Van Winkle, tipped-in colour plates mounted on green paper all at the rear of the book several with corner creases, org. pictorial cloth, 4to, faded ownership inscription on the front endpaper, frontis lightly creased, Heinemann. reprint, 1924.(2)
RACKHAM, Arthur : (illustrator) The Tempest , 20 colour plates one slightly marked, org. pictorial cloth rubbed at the extremities, 4to, cont. presentation inscription on the front endpaper, Heinemann, first edition, 1926. With - The Compleat Angler, 12 colour plates, org. pictorial cloth slightly soiled and unevenly faded, Neat ownership inscription in the top corner of the front endpaper, 1931. With - The Vicar of Wakefield, 12 colour plates, org. green pictorial cloth, 4to, small ownership inscription on front endpaper, Harrap, first edition, 1929.(3)
BIBLE : [ The Rare First Printed Folio Edition of the Geneva / Breeches Bible ] English black letter, Folio, reverse calf boards detached probably early 19th cent, lacks OT title, begins A1 first book of Moses, which is crudely remounted, A2 defective with loss of text, NT title approx. two- thirds missing, three maps, printer's colophon, light staining, 1578 * A nearly complete copy of the first printed folio edition of the Geneva Bible. Sold with all faults
A A Milne : Michael and Mary, a volume, first edition, published by Chatto & Windus, 1930, 96 pages, hardbacked with dust jacket, together with four further volumes also by Milne - Now We Are Six, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934, Winnie-The-Pooh, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1942, Not That It Matters, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920, and When We Were Very Yound, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1943. (5) CONDITION REPORT: The "When We Were Very Young" edition has loose and missing pages.
Modern Diecast Post-war Commercial Vehicles, a boxed group comprising Exclusive First Editions single and double deck buses and coaches (5), Atlas Edition Dinky 943 Esso Tanker, 920 Heinz Van, Vanguards by Lledo (5) includes RM1003 Limited Edition Royal Mail set with display plinth, Oxford Commercials (1) and Corgi, 97062 AEC Bus (box faded), 97086 Freeborns Bedford (2), 99106 Bash Street Kids/Minnie the Minx set and 50704 Premier Models Mack LJ Mason Dixon, G-E, Boxes F-E, (18)
Corgi Classics and Other Trams and Trolley Buses, a boxed/cased collection includes Corgi Classics, Open Top Tram 97266, 97365, 98150, 98151, Fully Closed Tram 97262, 97273, 36702, 97287, 98154, 36705, Closed Top Tram, 98152, 97270, an LT Fully Closed Tram in incorrect box, two single deck trams, 36901, 97263, and Trolley Bus 97870 Karrier W4, together with Original Omnibus, Limited Edition 70th Anniversary Blackpool Balloon Tram Set OM OM99156, two trolley buses and Exclusive First Editions Leeds Transport Tram (1), G-E, Boxes/Cases G-E, (20)
Exclusive First Edition Buses and Coaches, a boxed collection of vintage vehicles, double deck (14) two in smaller grey boxes, single deck (9), one in smaller grey box, a two model set, includes three special edition examples and commercials (8) all in smaller grey boxes, G-E, Boxes F-G, (32)
Tri-ang Minic Ships 1:1200 Tugs and Accessories, Tugs (8, bagged), Floating Dock (2, both boxed), Breakwater Straights (8 in box) and one unboxed, unboxed Breakwater Angles (4), Quay Straights (22, several boxed), Statue of Liberty (boxed), Ocean Terminal Buildings (4, in two boxes), Pier Head (boxed), Pier Straights (2), Entry (1), Entrance and two green Shelters (all unboxed), Crane Units (5, bagged), Oil Tanks (4), Customs Shed (2), Warehouse (7), Factory (2) Airplanes (4) all unboxed, Swing Bridge, Lifting Bridge, Dock Gates, Lifeboat, Station and Ramp (bagged) Light Houses (3), two large Seas (one cut), First Edition Catalogue (pages separated) and price list Dated April 8th 1959 (ticks and writing), many in original bags, E, unplayed with, boxes G-VG, some written on (qty)
Bound volume of Chelsea home programmes season 1911-12,THIS VOLUME INCLUDING THE 1911 FA CHARITY SHIELD MANCHESTER UNITED v SWINDON TOWN 25th SEPT AND THE FA CUP S/F SWINDON TOWN v BARNSLEY 30th MARCH, the volume comprising first team (Football League Div 2) and reserves (South-Eastern League), programme No. 1 also covering London FA Charity Fund match Chelsea v Woolwich Arsenal, No. 3 also covering London FA Cup 1st Rd v Crystal Palace, FA Charity Shield Man Utd v Swindon Town 25th Sept, No. 8 also covering Schoolboys match West London v Duke of York’s, Middx FA Cup replay Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 8th Nov, No. 12 also covering friendly Chelsea v Millwall, Middx FA Cup Final Chelsea v Clapton Orient 20th Nov, No. 21 also covering representative match London v Southern Counties, English Wds v The Ferencvarosi Torna Club (Budapest) 10th Jan, FA Cup 1st Rd v Sheffield Utd 13th Jan, No. 27 a special black-edged memorial edition for the late Mr H.A Mears issued for the Grimsby Town Div 2 match, No. 33 also covering friendly v City of Westminster, Lady Bradford Challenge Cup Final ‘X’ (Kilburn Division) v ‘W’ (Clapham Division) s/s plus replay 26th Apr s/s, Harry Ransom Benefit match Chelsea v Fulham 25th Apr, No. 41 also covering Chelsea v Arthur Thomas Competition Cup team, Peterborough Infirmary Cup Chelsea v Peterborough City 30th Apr, blue boards with stains and minor damage, interior very good.Provenance: Jack Budd, Chelsea FC Club Director 1931 to 1952.
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