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Click here to subscribeWest Country supernatural .- Ghoasteessees Down the South Coastees. A series of tales told in the Dorset dialect, first and only edition, foxed, original pictorial wrappers, foxed and stained, but solid, 8vo,[Bridport], [Gyngell & Shephard], [c.1930].⁂ We cannot trace a copy on Library Hub or WorldCat. Includes 'Dorset Witches - Military Tactics' and 'Down Daark Lane'.
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston).- Olday (John) The March to Death, first edition, printed wrappers, spine lightly browned but near-fine otherwise, Freedom Press, 1943 § Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) and others. If it Had Happened Otherwise, contemporary ink presentation inscription to pastedown, fore-edge spotted, original cloth, lightly faded, dust-jacket, edges chipped and creased, a little soiled, spine lightly faded but still a tight and crisp example overall, 1932, 8vo (2)⁂ A good Churchill-interest lot, both scarce to find in such good condition.
Lawrence (John) The Four Seasons: Four Wood Engravings made in 1982 to illustrate The Magic Apple Tree, by Susan Hill, one of 120 sets, each numbered, titled, signed & dated in pencil, c.315 x 220mm., loose as issued in original wrappers, Fleece Press, 1997 § Empson (Patience) The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1959 § Shakespeare (William) Richard the Second, limited edition, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original cloth-backed boards, corners worn, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1940 § Farleigh (John) Graven Image, first edition, signed by the author, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1940, illustrations; and 6 others, illustrated, 4to & 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Palmer (Carmen Simon) Bibliografia de la Gastronomia Española, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, Madrid, 1977 § Cook (Margaret) America's Charitable Cooks, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, Kent, Ohio, 1971 § Sutherland (Tom Scott) Fat went Fast, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, light spotting to verso, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1956; and others cookery, v.s. (40)
NO RESERVE Gordon (Roderick) & Brian Williams. The Highfield Mole, signed by authors, plates, original paper wrappers, slight chipping to corners, Mathew & Son, 2005 § Pratchett (Terry) Equal Rites, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1987 § Murakami (Haruki) IQ84, signed by author with ink name-stamp below, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2011 § Kureishi (Hanif) The Black Album, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1995 § Pullman (Philip) The Amber Spyglass, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2000 § Greene (Graham) Monsignor Quixote: a novel, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, faint spotting to flaps, 1982; and others, most first editions, 8vo (c.80)
NO RESERVE Afghanistan.- Lushington (Henry) A Great country's little wars; or, England, Affghanistan, and Sinde; being a sketch, with reference to their morality and policy, of recent transactions on the north-western frontier of India, first edition, 2 lithographed maps, of which 1 folding, 2 advertisement ff. at end, title, second advertisement f., and endpapers foxed, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original cloth, spine gilt, spine faded, little stained, rubbed, rare in commerce, 8vo, John W. Parker, 1844.
NO RESERVE Africa.- Jackson (James Grey). An Account of the Empire of Marocco (Morocco) and the District of Suse: first edition, bookplate of of John Montagu Ratner, dedication to George IV Prince Regent, 11 aquatint plates and panoramic views, 5 folding, 2 hand-coloured depicting snakes, 2 engraved maps, one folding, addendum, errata, contemporary tree calf, gilt, morocco panel lettered in gilt to spine, fading to upper board, bumping to corners and extremities, joint cracked to front endpapers, occasional light foxing, 4to, printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co.,1809.
NO RESERVE America.- Slavery.- Beaumont (Gustave de) Marie ou L'esclavage aux États-Unis, tableau de moeurs Américaines, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, foxed, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spines gilt and with double orange leather labels, rubbed, [Sabin 4188], 8vo, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1835.⁂ In 1831 Beaumont had travelled with Alexis de Tocqueville to America to study the prison system there, which resulted in their Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis et de son application en France, 1833.
Appleby printed Americana.- Dalton (William) Travels in the United States of America, and part of Upper Canada, first edition, half-title, errata slip tipped-in at start, marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, endpapers renewed, Sion College copy with ink stamp to verso of title and foot of verso of final text f., later boards, corners little worn, rubbed, [Sabin 18352; Howes D.40; Staton-Tremaine 1161], 8vo, Appleby (Cumbria), Printed for the author, by R. Bateman, 1821.⁂ Rare copy in commerce of this provincially printed account of travels from New York to Philadelphia, Lake Ontario, and the Niagra Falls.
Morison (Stanley, editor) The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico degli Arrighi surnamed Vicentino, one of 300 copies, original vellum-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Paris, privately printed by the Officina Bodoni at Montagnola di Lugano for Frederic Warne, 1926; The Typographic Arts: Two Lectures, one of 75 deluxe copies for The Collector's Book Club, from an edition limited to 250, original pictorial roan, gilt, rubbed, 1949 § Meynell (Francis) Typography, [one of 500 copies], folding decorative title, folding plate of devices printed in red & black, original buckram, uncut, spine faded, Pelican Press, 1923 § Warde (Beatrice) The Crystal Goblet: Sixteen Essays on Typography, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Cyril Baldwin, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed, Sylvan Press, 1955 § Updike (D.B.) Printing Types, 2 vol., second edition, illustrations, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, dust-jackets, rubbed and spotted, 1937, plates and illustrations; and a small quantity of others on typography including several type specimens, especially Monotype, v.s. (sm.qty)
Japan.- Cornwallis (Kinahan) Two Journeys to Japan. 1856-7., 2 vol., first edition, 8 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates, 10pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, original blind-stamped blue cloth, spines gilt, a little rubbed, old pink paper label for British & Foreign Public Library pasted to upper covers (partly removed) and numbers to head of spines, 8vo, 1859.
NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Polar.- Fellowes (Air-Commodore P. F. M.) & others. First Over Everest: The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933, first edition, half-title, plates, 3 folding maps and diagrams, 3D glasses in pocket at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned spine and top edge, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1933 § Scott (Captain R. F.) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., third edition, frontispieces, plates, lacking one in vol. 1, 2 folding maps, scattered spotting, one or two ff. with loss to top corners not affecting text, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913 § Hunt (John) Our Everest Adventure, frontispiece, illustrations, faint marginal spotting, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed, Leicester, 1954; and 2 others polar, 8vo (6)
Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces,12 colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps and 1 folding chart in pocket at end, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1909.
Officina Bodoni.- Officina Bodoni (The): The Operation of a Hand-press during the first six years of its work, [one of 500 copies], 12 full-page woodcut illustrations by Frans Masereel, illustrations and tipped-in specimens, some light offsetting, ex-library copy lacking leaf at end but no stamps, cloth, uncut, Paris and New York, At the Sign of the Pegasus, printed by the Officina Bodoni in Verona, 1929 § Mardersteig (Giovanni) The Officina Bodoni: An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Verona, Stamperia Valdonega, 1980; and 12 others from or about the press, 4to & 8vo (14)
England.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the River Medway, first edition, half-title, map, additional pictorial title and 28 plates, all sepia aquatints, engraved bookplate of Thos.Baskerfeild F.A.S., contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked with gilt spine, T. and J. Egerton, 1793 § Wordsworth (William) Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls..., 13 albumen prints by Thomas Ogle mounted on blank leaves (rather faded), tissue guards, facsimile of Wordsworth's handwriting, some spotting, inscriptions to front free endpaper, original green morocco, gilt, g.e., joints crudely repaired, upper hinge repaired, 1864 § Pyne (J.B.) Lake Scenery of England, decorative title with tinted lithographed vignette surrounded by elaborate border in gold and purple, tinted lithographed plates, guards, original cloth, gilt, [1859] § Gibson (Rev. T.E.) Lydiate Hall & its Associations, 5 mounted Woodburytypes, some spotting and water-staining, original cloth, 1876 § Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.) The Book of the Thames..., wood-engraved illustrations, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., an excellent copy, 1859, all but the last rubbed; and another, 4to (6)
NO RESERVE Fishing.- Walker (C. F.) Lake Flies and their Imitation, first edition, plates, captioned tissue-guards, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight rubbing and creasing to corners and edges, 1960 § Scott (Jock) Spinning Up to Date, second edition, frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, slight chipping and creasing to edges, n.d. § Reiger (George) Profiles in Saltwater Angling, illustrations, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine foot, tape repair to verso, slight creasing to edges, Englewood Cliffs, 1973 § Horsley (Terence) Fishing and Flying, illustrations by F. C. Tunnicliffe, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, small tear to corners, slight creasing to edges, 1947; and others fishing, 8vo (29)
American race relations.- Myrdal (Gunnar) An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, first edition, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, faint marking light rubbing and fading to spine, 8vo, New York, 1944.⁂ First edition of one of the most influential works on American race relations that would pave the way for the politics of racial integration and affirmative action.
Mill (John Stuart) An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, manuscript bookplate, scattered spotting, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, abrasion mark to upper cover where label removed, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1865 § Moore (Patrick) Guide to the Planets, signed by author, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to spine extremities, 1972 § Dunkin (Edwin) The Midnight Sky: familiar Notes on the Stars and Planets, half-title, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, n.d. § Russell (Bertrand) New Hopes for a Changing World, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1951; and others similar, v.s. (53)
Birds.- Seebohm (Henry) Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, portrait frontispiece, 60 colour plates, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to title, cracked hinges, original cloth, split to spine covering, splitting to spine extremities, bumping to corners, rubbed and worn, Sheffield, 1896 § Mackworth-Praed (C. W.) and Captain C. H. B. Grant. Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1952 § Henty (G. M.) A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tears and creasing to edges, rubbed, 1955; and others similar, v.s. (c.80)
NO RESERVE Horses.- Downing (J.) A Treatise on the Disorders, incident to Horned Cattle...Receipts for Curing the Gripes, Staggers, and Worms in Horses, first edition, first issue, half-title, list of subscribers and 'A Caution to the Practitioner' leaf at end, soiled and stained, a few margins frayed, contemporary sheep, rubbed, 8vo, Stourbridge, Printed and Sold by J. Rollason, 1797.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only 4 copies in the British Isles including this one 'private collection'. The final page of the list of subscribers is numbered ziv, not xiv, denoting a first issue.
Bayer (Herbert) Walter Gropius & Ise Gropius. Bauhaus 1919-1928, second printing, inscribed "Für Rosbaud von Gropius 1954" on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, Boston, 1952 § Moholy-Nagy (Laszlo) The New Vision from Material to Architecture, first edition, original grey cloth lettered in red, spine slightly browned, New York, [1930] § Klee (Paul) Pedagogical Sketchbook, first English edition, original cloth, yellow dust-jacket, soiled, rear panel defective, [19543], illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 11 others on the Bauhaus and related, 4to & 8vo (14)⁂ Paul Rosbaud (1896-1963), German scientist and publisher, who spied for the British during the Second World War, alerting them to the German V2 rockets and their failure to assemble an atom bomb.
Peake (Mervyn) Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, second edition, printed on yellow pink and blue paper, illustrations by the author, one leaf detached and defective at upper outer corner just touching image, original cloth, a little soiled, lower joint split, 1945; Letters from a Lost Uncle, first edition, illustrations, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, splits to lower joint, 1948 § Drake (Burgess) The Book of Lyonne, first edition, colour plates and plain illustrations by Peake, original boards, small gouge to upper cover, dust-jacket, not price-clipped, slightly soiled and frayed at edges, 1952; and c.15 others by, illustrated by or about Peake, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
Plantin.- Stapleton (Thomas) Promptuarium morale super Evangelia dominica totius anni..., Editio altera...Pars Hyemalis, part 2 only (of 2, lacking Pars Aestivalis), title with woodcut device on title, woodcut initialas, with blank ⁂4, trace of old stamp to title, browned, small ink stains to Ee6 & Nn7, a few minor marginal paper flaw defects, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin with clasps, rubbed and soiled, lacking clasps, [Adams S1659], Antwerp, Widow of Plantin & Johannes Moretus, 1593; and another, Plantin, 8vo (2)⁂ Second Plantin edition (first in 1591) by the English Catholic controversialist who left England in 1559 and became a Professor of theology in Douai and Leuven.
Plantin & Estienne.- Lipsius (Justus) De cruce libri tres..., second edition, title with engraved printer's device, engraved illustrations in text by Peter van der Borcht, one full-page, [Adams L778], Antwerp, Widow of Plantin and Johannes Moretus, 1595 bound after Adrichom (Christian van) Urbis Hierosolymae..., ?lacking folding map, [Adams A189], Cologne, Birckmann for Arnold Mylius, 1588, together 2 works in 1 vol., old ink signature of John Robertson to titles, a little staining towards end, old embossed stamp to first and last leaves, later sheep-backed boards, paper label "W.H.Whinfield" to upper cover, spine worn and defective § [Biblia Hebraea, Chaldaea, Graeca & Latina nomina virorum...], lacking title but with errata leaf at end, text in Latin with side-notes in Greek and Hebrew, index in double column in very small type, first leaf (dedication) with inscription cut away at head and other later ones at foot, some staining, old wrappers, stained and worn, spine defective, [Adams S1824], [Paris, Robert Estienne], [1537], 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a study of crucifixion in antiquity; the second is a list of landmarks in and around Jerusalem at the time of Christ; the third is an extensive index of names in the Bible.
Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop. The Fables, first Bewick edition, without the signed thumb-mark receipt but with the suppressed "Auld Clouty" tail-piece to p.xvi, wood-engraved vignettes and tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick, some spotting and soiling, a few small stains, trimmed, modern speckled calf, c.205 x 12mm. Newcastle, E.Walker, for T.Bewick and Son, 1818 § Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., sixth edition, wood-engraved vignettes and tail-pieces by Bewick, foxing and some staining, contemporary half roan, worn, covers detached, spines defective or lacking, Newcastle, 1826 § Service (James) Metrical Legends of Northumberland, first edition, wood-engraved title-vignette and tail-pieces by Bewick, browned at beginning and end, contemporary half morocco, Alnwick, W.Davison, 1834 § Percy (Thomas) The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad, second edition, large paper copy, half-title, wood-engraved plates and vignettes by Bewick, a few marks, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, Alnwick, J. Catnach, 1807 § Boyd (Julia, editor) Bewick Gleanings: being Impressions from Copperplates and Wood Blocks, engraved in the Bewick workshop, "presentation copy" signed by the editor, plates, original morocco, t.e.g., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1886, all rubbed; and 13 others on Bewick and his associates, some pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (19)
NO RESERVE Sendak (Maurice) Seven Little Monsters, ?first English edition, original glazed boards, a little browned, 1977; Really Rosie starring the Nutshell Kids, Music by Carole King, original pictorial wrappers, [?1975]; Outside Over There, 1981 § Lanes (Selma G.) The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1981 § Kushner (Tony) The Art of Maurice Sendak 1980 to the Present, 2003, colour illustrations, the last three original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.40 others, mostly Sendak including 2 Glyndebourne programmes, 4to 8vo (c.45)
NO RESERVE Printing & Typography.- Morison (Stanley) John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, limited edition, Oxford, 1967; Ichabod Dawks and his News-letter...1635-1731, [one of 500 copies], Cambridge, 1932 § Crutchley (Brooke) Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge, [one of 500 copies], tipped-in specimens, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, Cambridge, Christmas 1968, plates and illustrations, some tipped in, the first two original cloth with dust-jackets, uncut, slightly frayed at edges; and a Morison Double Crown Club paper, v.s. (4)
NO RESERVE Brunel (Isambard) The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer, first edition, inscribed by Georgina G.D.Brunel (Brunel's daughter-in-law) to a Dr.Bryant on half-title, engraved portrait (lightly offset on title), original cloth, a few marks to lower cover, later endpapers, 8vo, 1870.
NO RESERVE Breton (André) Second Manifeste du Surréalisme, first edition, title printed in blue and black, lighlty browned, original printed wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed soiled, slight fraying to edges and spine ends, Paris, 1930 § Herbin (Auguste) L'Art Non-Figuratif Non-Objectif, limited edition, 7 colour plates, illustrations, 2 colour, original printed wrappers, glacine wrapper (browned and frayed at spine), Paris, 1949 § Verdet (André) Georges Braque: le Solitaire, limited edition, pochoir plates, original pictorial cloth, Paris & London, 1959; and another on modern Australian art, 4to (4)
NO RESERVE Gemini Press.- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 241 of 330 copies signed by the author, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, some spotting, original boards, uncut, spine rubbed and bumped at ends, board slip-case (worn), small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.⁂ The first, of only two, books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter's departure from the Gregynog Press having left his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple's union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980. This original issue is more commonly found signed by the artist rather than the author.
Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France..., ?first edition, title with "M" of date to left of first "D" of Dodsley in imprint, floral ornament on p.iv points to right, without advertisements at end, some spotting, bookplate of James Thomas Murray, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, lower joint split, upper repaired, [PMM 239; cf.Rothschild 522], for J.Dodsley, 1790 § Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man; being An Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, 2 parts in 1, Part II with 3pp. Appendix and advertisement leaf at end, title of Part I and final leaf of Part II soiled, title of Part II stained (with following few leaves) and defective at upper outer corner just touching final letter of first line, modern half calf, uncut, H.D.Symonds, 1792, 8vo (2) ⁂ The first is "one of the most brilliant of all polemics...". PMM.
NO RESERVE Picasso (Pablo).- Mesens (E.T.) & Roland Penrose, editors. London Bulletin, No.6 [featuring Picasso's Guernica], partly printed on coloured papers, lightly faded or browned, original printed wrappers, October 1938 § Gilot (Françoise) & Carlton Lake. Life with Picasso, first edition, inscribed by Gilot on half-title, New York, 1964 § Stein (Gertrude) Picasso, first English edition, light foxing, 1938, illustrations, the last two original cloth with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed and frayed at edges; and another on Picasso, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ Françoise Gilot's was Picasso's lover from 1943-53 and mother of his children, Claude and Paloma.
Carter (John) & Percy H.Muir. Printing and the Mind of Man, first edition, 1967 § Morison (Stanley) & Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book 1450-1935, ex-library copy with stamps, 1963, both with two title-pages in red by Reynolds Stone, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, the second a little rubbed and frayed; and c.30 others on the art of the book, 4to & 8vo (c.35)
SONIC YOUTH: 'Daydream Nation' limited edition promotional boxset comprising 'Daydream Nation LP (Blast First BFFP 34), 'Touch Me Im Sick/Halloween' split 7" single (Blast First BFFP 48) T shirt (XL) and poster, hand numbered 30/150 (vinyl and poster NM, T short appears unworn but with a couple of age related stains. foxing present to box label
A GROUP OF ROYAL ALBERT BEATRIX POTTER FIGURES, FIRST DAY COVERS, ETC, to include the following figures: Benjamin Bunny, The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, Appley Dapply, Hunca Munca Sweeping, Mother Ladybird, Jemima Puddleduck with Foxy Whiskered Gentleman, Mrs Tittlemouse, Mrs Rabbit (ear chipped), Tom Thumb, Old Mr Brown, Little Black Rabbit, Sally Henny Penny, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs Rabbit and Bunnies, Mr Drake Puddle-Duck and Little Pig Robinson, together with two 1993 Peter Rabbit centenary first day covers, boxed Wedgwood Peter Rabbit birthday plate, and a boxed Wedgwood/The National Trust limited edition Beatrix Potter plate (Condition report: as stated otherwise appear in good condition) (Qty)
A THREE VOLUME SET OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS BY JRR TOLKIEN, published by Readers Union in 1960, all with chipped/torn dust jackets, together with a first edition of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by Tolkien 1962, dust jacket has small tears in the spine area with a personal inscription to the first blank page in the book(4) (Condition report: as stated)
David Shepherd - Three Limited Edition Signed Unframed Prints published by Soloman & Whitehead Ltd titled ' Jaguar ' no. 580/850, 79cm x 54cm; ' Storm over Africa ' no. 94/350 92cm x 59cm and ' An African Landscape ' no. 54/950' together with another David Shepherd Signed Print titled ' Captain & Sargeant - the first furrows of autumn ' 67cm x 44cm
Anastasius Kircher, Latium, Amsterdam 1671. / Latium is a 1669 work by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher. It was dedicated to Pope Clement X and the 1671 edition was published in Amsterdam by Johannes van Waesbergen. The work was the first to discuss the topography, archeology and history of the Lazio region.
Maillol, Aristide (1861 - 1944) Baigneuse debout, first version 'Statue femme debout le bras derrière le dos', 1898 / 1901 Bronze, height: 66.5 cm, 26.1 in Monogram 'AM' [cast by Florentin Godard between 1909 and 1938 without foundry mark] Property of a Gentleman Provenance: Sotheby's London, c. 1976 [5000 guineas] Lot Essay: We thank Dr. Ursel Berger for confirmation of the attribution (M 7/2016). "Maillol's first figurative sculptures were carved from wood - see for example the Standing Bather in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, originally in the collection of Prince Antoine Bibesco. It was the dealer Ambroise Vollard who first suggested to Maillol that bronze casts could be made from his woodcarvings. Maillol subsequently produced two versions in plaster from the wood carving of the Standing Bather: this present model is almost identical to the wood carving (the second the sculptor reworked, removing the drapery over the right arm and remodeling the right hand in a more outstretched position). On September 10th, 1902, Maillol sold a group of sculptures to Ambroise Vollard, including these two models, listed as follows: Statue femme debout le bras derriere le dos. (the present cast) Autre statue femme debout le bras derriere le dos aussi According to their 1902 agreement Vollard bought all the rights of reproduction of these sculptures - 'en toute propriété et avec le droit d'édition' and therefore, the casts that Vollard produced of the 'Baigneuse debout, first version', are from the only legal edition. In signing this contract with Vollard, Maillol relinquished his rights to reproduce these works himself. The contract of 1902 gave no limit to the number of bronzes which could be cast - this was usual for this period. The number of casts Vollard edited is unknown and whilst some of the small models such as 'Baigneuse sé coiffant' were rather popular, examples of the present work are rare. In 1907 Ambroise Vollard began using the Florentin Godard foundry to cast these Maillol models and from 1909 to 1939 he used them exclusively, as the papers in the Vollard estate prove. Florentin Godard was a sand cast foundry, they rarely marked their casts with their name and never numbered them. This 'Baigneuse debout' is a good and typical bronze of the Vollard edition, cast by Florentin Godard, and carefully chiseled and patinated."
David Hockney R.A. (British 1937-), Hockney's Alphabet - Drawings by David Hockney (signed). David Hockney, Hockney's Alphabet - Drawings by David Hockney, written contributions edited by Stephen Spencer, limited edition, signed by David Hockney and the editor, Faber & Faber, 1991, yellow library buckram, in original slip case.The book is in good, original condition. There is some slight bubbling to the outer slipcase. There is a slight rub to the spine. There is pencil writing on the first page and a slight inky smudge at the lower edge of the second page.
Stik (British 1979-) Stik-Man Doodle 2017, original signed doodle in ink by Stik, each unique, acquired in person as part of the signing of first edition copies of 'Organising for Creative People' by Stik and Sheila Chandra, Foyles Charing Cross on 30th August 2017.7cm x 12cm (2.75in x 4.75in)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The drawing is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The drawing is framed and glazed.
Glanvil, Joseph, "Sadducismus Triumphatus: or a full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions, in two parts, the first treating of their possibility the second of their real existence", Fourth edition, London 1726, engraved frontis, originasl leather binding (Joseph Glanvil was a chaplain in ordinary to King Charles II and F.R.S)
Ranjitsinhji, K.S. "The Jubilee book of Cricket", William Blackwood publisher 1898, leather bound, together with Atkinson, Rev. Canon, "British Birds eggs and nests", London 1899, leather bound, McTaggart, Lt-Col M.F. " From Colonel to Subaltern", London, Country Life Ltd. first edition 1928, cloth boards and Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles "A Complete guide to Heraldry", reprinted 1951, cloth boards (4)
HARRY POTTER - an as-new Harry Potter mini-statue by Gentle Giant, an unopened Gryffindor scarf and 12 Harry Potter coins in original packaging plus 4 first edition hardback copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1 ex-library) and 1 first edition hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsApprox 13 pieces
HARRY POTTER - to include two first edition copies of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, 3 first edition copies of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, a special rehearsal edition copy of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD and a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneApprox 7 pieces
Andalusian school, late 19th century."Selling the turkey. After Juan Bautista Guzmán (Granada, c.1850 - Barcelona, 1898).Oil on panel.Signed "R. de Guzmán" and dated in the lower right corner.Measurements: 30 x 17 cm; 50,5 x 37 cm (frame).This Andalusian genre painting is based on a painting by the Granada painter Juan Bautista de Guzmán, entitled "El recovero" (1883), although it also appears under the title "Vendiendo el pavo" ("Selling the turkey"). If the signature of this new version is anything to go by, the author could be related to Bautista de Guzmán. Produced fifteen years later, it remains faithful to the original and is a tribute to his mentor. In a rustic corner of an Andalusian courtyard, under a staircase, a salesman displays the bird to a woman, who in turn adopts an amused and flirtatious attitude.Juan Bautista de Guzmán y Orantes (Granada, c 1850 - Barcelona, 1898) grew up in Malaga, where he began working as a printer's clerk and later as a civil servant in the city council. The Malaga painter Leoncio Talavera (1851-1878) passed on his love of painting to him. At first, without much knowledge, he produced his first painting, which was a copy of a painting by his friend Talavera, which he sold for 125 pesetas. After making rapid progress, the Malaga provincial council wanted to grant him a pension but was prevented from doing so as the painter was not a native of that province. He then decided to go to Granada, where he devoted himself entirely to painting. He won his first prize at his first exhibition in Granada in 1876. In 1879 he took part in the Cadiz Exhibition, winning a silver medal, and in 1881 he exhibited his works at the National Exhibition in Madrid. After settling in Barcelona, he took part with two paintings in the Fine Arts Exhibition of the Catalan capital in 1888 and 1891 with Garden, A Wrong Way (or the Open-Air Library), A Hungarian Family Begging for Charity, A Dead Donkey's Barley at the Tail and Sensibility, as well as in the 1896 edition. The subject matter of his paintings is reminiscent of the typical Andalusian style, taking place in taverns and courtyards of Granada, with peasants, bullfighters and manolas. When the critic García Llansó visited his studio in Barcelona's Calle Balmes in 1891, he noted that the artist was always in the habit of painting several at a time.
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