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Lot 236
Early television.- Dinsdale (Alfred) Television. Seeing by Wireless, first edition, photographic plates, bookplate "Ex Libris Early Technology" to pastedown, original stiff printed wrappers, (a few spots), dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, neat tape repairs to head and foot verso, creasing to head and foot, closed repaired tear to rear panel, light surface soiling, preserved in custom slip-case replicating illustration of upper panel, 8vo, 1926.⁂ The first book in English on television. Rare in the superbly atmospheric dust-jacket.
Lot 237
Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land, first American edition, contained in The Dial, vol. 73, July to September 1922, 3 tipped-in colour plates, black and white plates, ex-library with bookplate and blind-stamps, later cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Chicago, 1922.⁂ The American edition of the Waste Land was published a month after the English edition first appeared in 'The Criterion'. With colour plates are by Franz marc, Marc Chagall and Robert Delaunay.
Lot 244
Kipling (Rudyard) Captains Courageous, first UK edition, plates by I.W.Taber, ink inscription to half-title, foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 1897; With the Night Mail. A Story of 2000 A.D., first American edition, colour plates by Frank X.Leyendecker & H.Reuterdahl, text on rectos only, advertisements at end for mostly aeronautical items, original pictorial dark green cloth with airship in gold and silver, pictorial endpapers, very slight rubbing to edges but an excellent copy, New York, 1909; and 13 others by the same, some first editions, 8vo (15)⁂ The second is an unusual venture by the author into science fiction.
Lot 246
Lee (Gypsy Rose) Mother finds a Body, first edition, signed by author, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping and one or two short tears to edges, New York, 1942 § Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, tears, tape repairs, 1955 § Eliot (T. S.) The Confidential Clerk, first edition, second impression, with 'I had to send him' to p.7, occasional very faint spotting, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1954; and others, first editions, 8vo (c.110)
Lot 252
Stoker (Bram) The Duties of Clerks of the Petty Sessions in Ireland, first edition, interleaved copy, title margins a little chipped and creased, finger-soiling to margins, later morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Dublin, 1879.⁂ Stoker's second published work, a textbook and a product of his brief career in the Irish Civil Service. Rare.
Lot 253
Stoker (Bram) Under the Sunset, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W.V. Cockburn, gilt decorative endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, original imitation-vellum boards, lettered in gilt and red, split to lower joint, spine browned, soiled, g.e., 1882; and an excellent example of the second edition of the same, small 4to (2)⁂ Stocker's first short story collection.
Lot 254
Stoker (Bram) The Shoulder of Shasta, first edition, half-title, rear endpaper browned, front endpaper with lower half torn away, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine rather mottled and browned, light soiling and fading to covers, 8vo, 1895.⁂ Stoker's fourth novel, a romance set in the American West, rare.
Lot 255
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, "sixth edition", half-title, with "Shoulder of Shasta" advertisement at rear, lacking front free endpaper, rear endpaper browned, original cloth, heavy vertical crease to upper cover causing cracking on verso, spine dulled, repaired split to lower cover, light surface soiling, 8vo, 1899.⁂ While termed "sixth edition", in fact the sixth impression of the first edition.
Lot 256
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first abridged paperback edition, half-title (a little spotted), 6pp. advertisements at rear, light marginal browning, original pictorial upper wrapper (light browning and soiling, some chipping and creasing along spine and fore-edge), spine and lower wrapper supplied, preserved in custom drop-back box with morocco label to upper cover, 8vo, 1901.⁂ The rare first paperback edition, only a handful of copies known featuring the first printed illustration of Dracula. Stoker oversaw the abridgment himself, cutting around 15% from the original text. He also approved the illustration which includes many of the classic features (pointed ears, receding hair and bat-like cape) that define the character today.
Lot 257
Stoker (Bram) Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, occasional light foxing, some tape-browning to endpapers, original cloth, lettered in gilt with portrait medallions to upper covers, light fading to spines, light rubbing to extremities, excellent copies overall, 8vo, 1906.
Lot 263
Tate (Allen) The Mediterranean and Other Poems, first edition, number 31 of 165 copies signed by author, original paper wrappers, New York, The Alcestis Press, 1936 § Coe (Jonathan) The Rain Before it Falls, first edition, limited edition 'out of series', signed by author, original crushed morocco backed boards, slipcase, 2007 § Amis (Martin) Money, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, 1984 § Carey (Peter) His Illegal Self, limited edition signed by author, original cloth backed boards, slipcase, 2008 § Burroughs (William) Junkie, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, 1966; and others, mostly first editions, v.s. (c.150)
![NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., second edition, first impressions, original red cloth, slight we](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3cc98721-b8ce-4047-a914-ac4700a5a9f3/07d383cd-b976-4603-bbcc-ac4700b72e4f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 264
NO RESERVE Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., second edition, first impressions, original red cloth, slight wear to lower edges especially spine ends, dust-jackets price-clipped, rubbed and browned, some splits to joints, 1966 § Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, new front endpapers, original pale blue cloth, slight rubbing and fading to edges, spot to upper cover, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, spine ends frayed and stained, stain to lower outer corner of rear panel, 1956 § Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, first edition, occasional light soiling, original pictorial yellow cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine stained, 1939, 8vo & 4to (5)
Lot 267
Waugh (Alec) Hot Countries, the Literary Guild edition, woodcuts by Lynd Ward, original cloth with pictorial mounts to covers, slightly frayed at spine ends, spine faded, New York, 1930 § Lewis (Wyndham) The Writer and the Absolute, first edition, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly browned, extremities a little chipped, 1952 § Graham (Paul) Does Yellow Run Forever?, first edition, modern colour-printed photograph illustrations, original velvet boards, lightly soiled, 2014; and 5 others, 20th century, v.s. (8)
Lot 268
White (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, first edition, illustrations, light spotting (mainly to fore-edge), number inscribed on front pastedown, original black cloth, lightly mottled by damp, dust-jacket with price 8s 6d to front flap, a little spotted, spine browned and rubbed at ends, 1938; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 275
NO RESERVE Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) Fairy Tales, first edition, colour tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, light browning to endpaper, occasional scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, spine worn, 1909 § Cruikshank (George) My Sketch Book, etchings and illustrations, original pictorial morocco, gilt, rebacked, lightly rubbed; and 9 others, v.s. (11)
Lot 279
NO RESERVE Norton (Mary) The Borrowers Aloft, first edition, 1961 § Blyton (Enid) The Treasure Hunters, light marginal toning, 1962 § Brazil (Angela) The Madcap of the School, 1920, original boards or cloth, the last pictorial, all but the last with dust-jackets, extremities creased or lightly rubbed; and 42 others, 20th century children's literature, v.s. (45)
Lot 282
Robinson (William Heath) The "First Colliery", an Almanac of Four Drawings, illustrated title, 4 sheets each with mounted plate by Robinson, depicting calendar months April 1938 - March 1939, light spotting to title and final leaf, title lightly browned, loosely bound with chord, repaired with tape, extremities creased, Lancashire Associated Collieries, 1925; Some 'Frightful' War Pictures, first edition, illustrations, light damp staining or finger soiling, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed and stained, 1915, folio & 8vo (2)
Lot 292
Whittington Press.- Randle (John) Posters from Whittington 1996-2013, 'out of series' copy (Edition B), from an edition limited 140, 29 tipped-in plates only (of 30), some folding, faint spotting to first plate, original buckram backed boards, housed in a portfolio, ribbon ties, Risbury, Whittington Press, 2013; and another incomplete 'out of series' Edition B copy of the same, folio (2)
Lot 30
NO RESERVE Dutch & Northern European Art.- Fry (Roger) Flemish Art: A Critical Survey, first edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards ?by Vanessa Bell, a little rubbed and browned, small tear to spine, 1927 § Leeflang (H.) & others. Hercules Segers. Catalogue, 2 vol., Amsterdam, 2017 § Ainsworth (M.W.) & others. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance. The Complete Works, New York, New Haven & London, 2010 § Campbell (L.) & Jan Van der Stock. Rogier van der Weyden 1400-1464: Master of Passions, Zwolle & Leuven, 2009 § Oberthaler (Elke) Bruegel the Master, Vienna, 2018 § de Boer (J. van Asperen) & others. Jan van Eyck: Two Paintings of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Philadelphia, 1997 § Vogelaar (C.) & others. Lucan van Leyden en de Renaissance, original wrappers, Leiden, 2011, plates and illustrations, many colour, all but the first two and last original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.10 others on early Netherlandish art, 4to & 8vo (c.15)
Lot 54
NO RESERVE Prints.- Boorsch (Suzanne) and Michal & R.W.Lewis. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi...Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985 § Hirschmann (Otto) Verzeichnis des Graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617, facsimile reprint, Braunschweig, 1976 § Bialler (N.), Adrian T.Eeles & others. A Collection of Etchings by Rembrandt...formed by Joseph R.Ritman, Artemis & Sotheby's, 1995 § Depauw (C.) & Ger Luijten. Anthony van Dyck as a printmaker, original wrappers, Amsterdam, 1999 § Hymans (H.) Lucas Vorsterman: Catalogue Raisonné de son Oeuvre, limited edition, engraved plates, original printed wrappers, uncut, Brussels, 1893 § Populus (B.) Claude Gillot (1673-1722) Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Gravé, cloth, original wrappers bound in, Paris, 1930, plates and illustrations, the first three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.30 others on prints and engravings, 4to & 8vo (c.35)
![Stalker (John) [and George Parker], A Treatise on Japaning and Varnishing, being a compleat Discovery of those Arts, first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3cc98721-b8ce-4047-a914-ac4700a5a9f3/84540e22-ac67-429e-89e2-ac4700b62b20/468x382.jpg)
Lot 66
Stalker (John) [and George Parker], A Treatise on Japaning and Varnishing, being a compleat Discovery of those Arts, first edition, title trimmed, not affecting text, 19 engraved plates only (of 24), 6 with holes, 1 or 2 with short tears, occasional near contemporary manuscript inscriptions, loss to foot D1 affecting text (approx. 12 lines), occasional staining and spotting, tender edges, unbound, stitching perished, sheets loose in near contemporary paper wrappers, rubbed and stained, [Wing S5187C], folio, Oxford, for, and sold by the Author, 1688.⁂ Often incomplete. The author recommended that the plates be removed and used as patterns.
Lot 67
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol.II first edition, second edition of vol.1, title vignette and wood engravings by Bewick, book label to pastedown, previous ownership signature to title, occasional light staining or spotting, contemporary half-morocco, lightly rubbed, 8vo, Newcastle, by Edward Walker, 1804.
Lot 72
Husbandry.- Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, one folding, frontispiece rebound, title a little soiled but overall a very good clean copy, contemporary paneled calf, lightly rubbed, spine label worn with loss, [Fussell I, pp.37-38; Goldsmiths' 9099; Kress 5528; Hunt 556; Perkins 737], folio, for T.Osborne and J.Shipton, 1756.
Lot 75
NO RESERVE Natural History.- Mangin (Arthur) The Mysteries of the Ocean, first English edition, illustrations, some full-page, occasional spotting, original red cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1868 § Saunders (Howard) An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, illustrations, occasional pencil annotations, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1899; and 5 others, natural history, 8vo (7)
![Psychology.- [Huarte (Juan)] Examen des esprits propres et naiz aux sciences. Ou par merveilleux et utiles secrets, tirez tan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3cc98721-b8ce-4047-a914-ac4700a5a9f3/5beee103-2f94-4be2-8747-ac4700b6b962/468x382.jpg)
Lot 77
Psychology.- [Huarte (Juan)] Examen des esprits propres et naiz aux sciences. Ou par merveilleux et utiles secrets, tirez tant de la vraye philosophie naturelle, que divine, est démonstrée la difference, des graces & habilitez qui se trouvent aux hommes..., translated by Gabriel Chappuis, woodcut ornamment to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, early 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, spine ends worn, joints split, but holding, rubbed, a scarce edition, 12mo, Paris, Jacques Villery, 1619.⁂ Juan Huarte was the first to attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology.
Lot 78
NO RESERVE Sword fighting.- Roland (Joseph) The Amateur of Fencing, or a Treatise on the Art of Sword-Defence ..., first edition, George Roland's copy with his corrections, engraved title, ?lacking half-title, occasional faint spotting and staining, short tear neatly repaired (B5), original drab boards, rebacked, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, for the Author and Sold at his Fencing & Broad Sword Academy, 1809.⁂ George Roland is the son of Joseph. It is sometimes believed that George wrote this book, although his Father's name is given. He did go on to publish 'A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing' under his own name in 1823.
Lot 79
Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, &c., first edition, 2 parts in 1 including supplement on New South Wales, half-title, 106 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates only after Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch etc. (of 110, lacking 4 plates from the main part), some light foxing or soiling but generally clean, wormholes to inner margin at beginning, contemporary ink inscription "Ambrose Godd. Lethbridge 1814" to head of first title and front pastedown and with his bookplate, contemporary half russia, spine gilt, worn, covers detached, [Abbey, Travel 2; Ferguson 577], 4to, E.Orme, 1814-13 [plates water-marked 1811]; sold not subject to return⁂ Superb plates depicting hunting, fishing, whaling, bull-fighting etc. around the world, and including the 10 supplementary scenes of aboriginal hunting and customs.
Lot 8
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Robinson (John Martin) James Wyatt (1746-1813): Architect to George III, 2011 § Saint (Andrew) Richard Norman Shaw, revised edition, 2010 § Hall (M.) George Frederick Bodley and the later Gothic Revival in Britain and America, 2014 § White (Roger) Cottage Orné, 2017 § Worsley (Giles) The British Stable, 2004 § Salmon (Frank) Building on Ruins: The Rediscovery of Rome and English Architecture, 2000 § White (Samuel G.) The Houses of McKim, Mead & White, 1998, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first five New Haven & London; and c.55 others on architecture, mostly British, 4to & 8vo (c.60)
Lot 81
America.- Baillie-Grohman (Wm. A.) Camps in the Rockies: Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier ..., second edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, rubbed, 1882 § [Wright (Frances)] Views of Society and Manners in America, first English edition, occasional spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, 1821 § Darby (William) and Theodore Dwight, Jr. A New Gazetteer of the United States of America, staining and spotting, previous owner's inscriptions, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, New York, 1832; and 5 others, North or South America, 8vo (8)
Lot 84
Explorers.- Turner (Samuel) My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, faded spine, chipping to spine extremities, 1911 § Bain (J. Arthur) Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d. § Ross (Captain Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Arctic Regions, 2 vol., illustrations and maps, 2 folding, original cloth, lightly faded spines, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, small tear to spine foot (vol. 2), 1969; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (7)
Lot 86
Italy.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, first edition, half-title, 2 lithographed maps and 20 tinted lithographed plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, paper guards, one or two frayed at edges, some foxing, map opposite title with light marginal water-staining, original blind-stamped blue cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Abbey, Travel, 175], large 8vo, 1852.
Lot 87
Italy.- Wright (Edward) Some Observations made in Travelling through France, Italy, &c, 2 vol., first edition, 41 engraved plates, most folding, woodcut illustrations, one full-page, vol.2 P1 with repaired tear, oval embossed library stamp to titles, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, 4to, 1730.
Lot 89
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, first edition, half-title, folding frontispiece, plates (some tinted lithographs) and folding plates and maps, one or two with tears, 1 folding map at end only (of 2), occasional foxing as usual, final leaf loose, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, 1853 § Van Millingen (Alexander) Byzantine Constantinople, frontispiece, plates and plans (some folding), faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1899; and 2 others similar, 8vo (4)
Lot 91
NO RESERVE New Zealand.- Perceval (Sir W. B.) Pictorial New Zealand, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1895 § Wilson (Mrs. Robert) In the Land of the Tui, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1894; and another copy of the last, 8vo (3)
Lot 94
Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, photogravure frontispieces, 12 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, numerous photographic plates, a few double-page, illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding panorama in pocket at end, one map with insect damage to fold causing some loss, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, rubbed and faded, joints split, large 8vo, 1909.
Lot 208
λ Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian 1906-1997)CTA 102, no.4Screenprint, 1966Signed in ink lower centre, from the edition of 150, co-published by Edition Domberger, Stuttgart, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, and Edition Denise René, Paris70.5 x 70.5cm (27¾ x 27¾ in.)Unframed Provenance:Private Collection, Gerald Levin (1934-2020) Gerald Levin was born in Zimbabwe and arrived in London in 1954. He first worked for Basil Spence and was a founding partner of Renton, Howard, Wood, Levin Architects a firm which became synonymous with arts and theatre projects. Gerald was responsible for designs of the Donmar Theatre in London, Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, Sadlers Wells and many of the practices acclaimed housing projects included The Prudential Building on Euston Road (London) part of Tolmers Square (London) and Earlstoke Estate (London). Gerald was a member of The Architectural Association, President from 1985-1987 and a Life Member. He supported many Arts organisations including LPO, Donmar and Tate Gallery where he was Chairperson of Patrons of New Art 1990-1993 acquiring works of art for their collections and was a driving force behind the instigation of the Turner Prize. Gerald played the Cello and was part of many small groups of string players. Levin was an avid art collector who had many good friends involved in music, art, theatre and ballet including Maggi Hambling, Keith Milow, Yolanda Sonnabend, Derek Jarman, Jane Joseph and Olivia Scholnick whose works of art filled his Covent Garden flat.
Lot 347
JOSE LUIS CUEVAS (Mexican, 1934-2007); a signed limited edition lithograph 'Mireya Was My First Private Model, 1962', signed in pencil lower right and numbered 76/100 lower left, bearing Apple blind stamp and second blind stamp lower left and lower right, the image approx 44 x 26cm, unframed.Additional InformationThe lithograph has been rolled and the edges are slightly torn and frayed with some light staining also. There is a 1cm crease beneath the image, but the image itself is in good order.
Lot 390
STEVEN TOWNSEND (Born 1955); a signed limited edition coloured print 'First Light', signed in pencil lower right with blind stamp lower left, edition of 600, 41.5 x 56.5cm, framed and glazed. (D)Additional InformationGood condition. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 491
PATRICK PROCKTOR RA (Irish, 1936-2003); a signed edition of ‘One Window’, a series of photo-lithographs depicting Venice, no. 48 of 200, and inscribed in pencil by owner ‘Christmas 1974’ to title page, pub. Cavallino Venezia, 1974, 34pp., 16 mo in marble boards, the book 15.2 x 10.5cm, a further signed lithograph depicting a grove with inscription 'For Miss Alice Lowe' (af), a Christmas card signed ‘Patrick’ with further inscription by a different hand, numerous photographs of Procktor with the majority taken by Miss Alice Lowe to whom this archive belonged and who personally knew the artist and a Redfern Gallery exhibition catalogue. Also included in this lot is correspondence between Miss Lowe and the parents of David Hockney and photographs of that couple and Francis Bacon in his home taken by Miss Lowe. (D) Provenance: Miss Lowe sadly passed away earlier this year and the contents of this lot have been consigned to auction by the executors of her estate; this is their first appearance on the open market. Additional InformationBoards of Procktor book mottled and faded in colour, interior contents good, photographs variously creased, scuffed and misshapen, some with tears; second lithograph of grove in poor condition with tears, stains, folds and general very heavy wear, is at fault. For postage of this lot we recommend Mailboxes Etc. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 957
CODEX SERAPHINIANUS; printed by the Abbeville Press in New York, First American Edition 1983 with dust jacket.Additional InformationSome staining and slight tears to the edges of the dust jacket, the hard boards are basically in good order with some light surface wear. Internally the plates are clean and there is just light thumbing.
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