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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Gay Fiction.- Crisp (Quentin) Chog, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight crease to spine head, 1979 § Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1949 § Bartlett (Neil) Who Was That Man? A Present for Mr Oscar Wilde, first edition, signed by author, original paper wrappers, 1988; and 4 others, similar, 8vo (7)
Lowry (Malcolm) Under the Volcano, first American edition, newspaper clipping loosely inserted, original cloth, lightly browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1947; Hear us O Lord from heaven thy dwelling place, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to extremities, 1962; The Selected Letters of ..., first American edition, original cloth backed boards, very slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, small tear to spine head (tape repair), 1967; Story: The Magazine of the Short Story as Literature, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges, 1933 and 5 others by Lowry, 8vo (9)
Perkins (William) A Golden Chaine: or the Description of Theologie, engraved vingette to title, 4 tables only (of 6), contemporary ink ownership inscriptions, title and first signature loose, lacks last f. (blank), some staining, browned throughout, lacks front free endpaper, later calf, worn, upper cover detached, spine rubbed with partial loss to head, [STC 19646], Cambridge, John Legat, 1600 § Wilson (Thomas) A Christian dictionary, third edition, some spotting and staining, later calf, worn, upper joint split, William Jaggard, 1622, 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) Why the Epigraph?, first edition, limited edition signed by the author, original cloth, original acetate dust-jacket, a fine copy, Nonesuch Press, 1989; Our Man in Havana, first edition, very faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1958; The Comedians, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to extremities, 1966; 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Yorkshire.- Thoresby (Ralph) Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 plates and 13 pedigrees (11 double-page), illustrations, occasional spotting, index becoming loose, broken hinges, original boards, defective spine, crudely strengthened, B. Dewhirst, 1816 § Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) Loidis and Elmete; or, An Attempt to Illustrate Districts Described in those words by Bede; and supposed to embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale ... in the County of York, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 48 plates (2 colour), 16 pedigrees (14 double-page), occasional spotting, original boards, defective spine, crudely strengthened, T. Davison, 1816; folio (2)
NO RESERVE Bindings.- Walkingame (Francis) The Tutor's Assistant; being a Compendium of Arithmetic, and complete Question-Book, loss to first 2 leaves, neatly restored and laid down, ink and pencil annotations throughout, occasional spotting and soiling, modern half-calf, Derby, Thomas Richardson, 1839 § Machen (Arthur) One Hundred Merrie & Delightsome Stories, 2 vol., limited edition of 1250 signed by Machen and Tice, frontispiece signed by illustrator Clara Tice, 16 plates, one or two faint spots, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Carbonnek, Privately Printed, 1924 § Wilkins (W. H.) Caroline the Illustrious, 2 vol., water-staining to first few leaves of vol. 2, cracked upper joints, water-staining to vol. 2 upper cover, 1901; A Queen of Tears, 2 vol., 1904, frontispieces, plates, bookplate, abrasion mark to front free-endpapers, contemporary uniform half-calf, rubbed and worn; and others, 8vo (c.60)
Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition in book form, engraved frontispiece and plates, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some spotting and foxing, contemporary green morocco, spines a little rubbed, 1865; Oliver Twist, 3 vol., second edition, plates by G. Cruikshank, ink ownership inscription, some spotting and staining to title and plates, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, faded and marked, 1839; Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition in book form, illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, rebacked, with original spine laid down, 1841; 8vo (8)
Elizabethan astronomer and almanac maker.- Askham [Ascham] (Anthony, writer on astronomy and almanac maker, c. 1517-59) An Almanacke and Prognosticatyon, made for the yeare of oure Lord God. M.CCCCC.L.II. By Anthony Askham Phisition, 3 ?printer's trial sheets for an 8vo edition, fragments only of a larger work recovered from a binding, first 2 sheets verso not printed, black letter, first 2 sheets printed in red and black, wood engraved decorations, tears to edges with loss, extensively browned, 2 sheets with fragments of a 16th century manuscript in secretary hand on verso, 405 x 255mm., [STC 410.4], Imprynt[ed]... London in Flete[strete] [?by Wyllyam Powell] [?for Rycharde Kele], 1552; and another a fragment from the ?same almanack, v.s., v.d.; sold not not subject to return (4 pieces).
NO RESERVE Drabble (Margaret) The Ice Age, first edition, 1977; The Pattern in the Carpet, first edition, signed by author, 2009, first editions, original cloth, dust-jacket, § Theroux (Paul) Picture Palace, 1978; The Family Arsenal, 1976; The Mosquito Coast, original cloth backed boards, dust-jacket, lightly faded spine, slight chipping to spine head, 1982, first editions, all but the last original cloth, dust-jackets; and 4 others, first editions by Drabble and Theorux, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Sartre (Jean-Paul) The Reprieve, first English edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, tape strengthening to edges, 1947 § Nerval (Gérard de) Dreams & Life: Le Réve et la Vie, limited edition of 450 copies, additional double-page woodcut title, original cloth backed boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1933 § Sarraute (Nathalie) Portrait of a Man Unknown, signed by author, original cloth, slight bump to spine foot, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1959 § Balzac (Honoré de) Droll Stories, frontispiece and illustrations by Mervyn Peake, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1961; and 23 others, similar, 8vo (27)
NO RESERVE Wesker (Arnold) Chips with Everything, first edition, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, chipping to spine extremities, 1962; Four Seasons, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to extremities, short tear to top edge, 1966; I'm Talking About Jerusalem, signed and dated by author, 1960; Roots, 1959, lightly browned, original paper wrappers, very slight bumping to spine extremities; and 5 others by the same, including 3 theatre programmes, 8vo (9)
Tetrad Press.- Rothenberg (Jerome) The 17 Horse Songs of Frank Mitchell Nos X-XIII, first edition, number 22 of 50 signed by author and artist and printed on hand made paper by J. Barcham Green, 4 plates by Ian Tyson, loose as issued, housed in a drop-back box, faintly browned at edges, otherwise a near fine copy, 4to, 1969.
Sussex.- Dallaway (James) A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber ..., 2 vol. in 3, first edition, titles in red and black, 75 engraved plates and plans (1 plate trimmed and inset onto leaf, 6 double-page, 7 hand-coloured), 6 engraved maps (5 double-page or folding, 4 hand-coloured, 1 with tear), 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, occasional spotting and off-setting, occasional faint pencil annotations, bookplates, contemporary calf, vol. 1 & vol. 2 part 2 rebacked, a little rubbed, 1815-30; The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Arundel in the Western Division of the Count of Sussex, vol. 2 part 1, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, 21 engraved plates (1 bound upside down, 3 hand-coloured, 3 double-page), 1 double-page map, 2 pedigrees, occasional marginal annotations, bookplates. contemporary calf, rebacked, 1832; folio (4)⁂ Vol. 2 part 1 is scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.
Theatre.- Pinter (Harold) The Birthday Party, signed by author, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, 1963 § Miller (Arthur) The Archbishop's Ceiling, signed by author, original paper wrappers, 1984 § Donleavy (J. P.) Fairy Tales of New York, signed by author, original paper wrappers, 1961 § Hampton (Christopher) Able's Will, signed by author, original paper wrappers, 1979 § Eliot (T. S.) Collected Plays, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1962; and 7 others, similar, 8vo (12)
NO RESERVE Priestley (J.B.) Angel Pavement, first edition, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, dust-jacket, lightly browned spine, slight chipping to extremities, 1930; Wonder Hero, dust-jacket, tear, slight chipping and creasing to top edge, 1933; Postscripts, dust-jacket, slight chipping and small tear to top edge, 1940; Three Men in New Suits, dust-jacket, browned, slight creasing to extremities, 1945, first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, slight bumping to spine extremities; 8vo (4)
Theatre.- Williams (Tennessee) A Streetcar Named Desire, first edition, second printing, previous owners ink inscription, original boards, browned at edges, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1947 § Allen (Woody) Play It Again, Sam, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, New York, [1969] § Shepard (Sam) Buried Child, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, [1979] § Potter (Dennis) The Singing Detective, first American edition, original cloth backed boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1986 § Sondheim (Stephen) Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, New York, 1979; and others, similar, 8vo (c.130)
NO RESERVE Galloway (Vincent) The Oil and Mural Paintings of Sir Frank Brangwyn R.A. 1867-1956, first edition limited to 500 copies, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, Leigh-on-Sea, 1962; and 2 exhibition catalogues and 1 exhibition invitation from the 1980's and 1990's, 4to & 8vo (4)
Europe.- Victoria (Queen) Leaves from the Journal of Our life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861..., edited by Arthur Helps, foxing and spotting to frontispiece and title, half vellum over green boards, spine gilt with celtic knots, 1868 § De Bovet (Madame) Three Month's Tour in Ireland, translated by Arthur Walter, first English edition, illustrations, some marking to title, original green decorative cloth, extremities a little rubbed, 1891 § Forbes (John) Memorandums made in Ireland..., 2 vol., half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, folding map, some ownership markings to pastedown, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spines faded, a little worn, 1853, 8vo (4)
Australia.- Hunter (John) An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island...With an Abridged Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, 5 maps (2 folding) and 10 plates, occasional foxing, contemporary half russia, gilt, corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, [Hill 857; Ferguson 152], 4to, John Stockdale, 1793.⁂ John Hunter served under Arthur Phillip in the first convict fleet and succeeded him as the second Governor of the colony from 1795 to 1799. The plate of a New South Wales family was engraved by William Blake after a sketch by Governor King..
Baldwin (James) Another Country, first English edition, signed by author, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, tear, small loss to spine foot, chipping to corners and extremities, 1963; Jimmy's Blues, first English edition, signed by author, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1983; and 2 others, duplicates, also signed, 8vo (4)
Cookery.- The New Family Receipt-Book, Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy..., contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, occasional spotting and staining, original half calf, rubbed, 1818 § Donovan (Michael) The Cabinet Cyclopaedia, vol.1 only, first edition, engraved title vignette, contemporary ink ownership inscription, occasional foxing and staining, original cloth, upper hinge broken, rubbed, 1830, 12mo (2)
Henty (G. A.) A Search for a Secret, second edition, minor marking to pictorial onlay, spine ends a little creased and bumped, [1911]; Through Russian Snows, upper hinge cracked, partial loss to pastedown, n.d.; A Knight of the White Cross, first edition, slight shelf lean, 1896; Facing Death, contemporary ink ownership inscription, [1885], some spotting and foxing, original pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt, spine ends and corners bumped but otherwise bright, clean copies; and c.70 others, including a second edition of The March to Coomassie, by the same and similar, some first editions, all in original pictorial cloth, v.s. (c.75)
Sandford (Francis) The History of the Coronation of ... James II ... and ... Queen Mary, first edition, imprimatur leaf signed Norfolke & Marshall, title in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms, engraved head-pieces, initials, text illustrations and 30 engraved plates by William Sherwin and others, all but one double-page, 1 with marginal tear expertly repaired, Fireworks plate trimmed, occasional light soiling and staining, bookplates, later half-calf, a little rubbed, folio, [Wing S652a), Thomas Newcomb, 1687.⁂ Magnificent record of James II's lavish coronation which set the model for subsequent coronations.
Warhol (Andy) Andy Warhol's Index (Book), first edition, pop-up and folding illustrations, original pictorial boards with holographic upper cover, light rubbing, overall a near fine copy, 4to, New York, 1967.⁂ This is a complete copy containing: pop-up castle; pop-up accordion (with squeak); pop-up aeroplane; a folded geodesic dome; a paper disc on a wire spring (loosely inserted, as usual); a flexi-disc with a portrait if Lou Reed; a folding image of a nose with colourful overlays; pop-up tomato paste tin; a sheet of 8 stamps, and; a gold balloon (melted and fusing the pages together, as usual).
Rackham (Arthur).- Wagner (Richard) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 1910; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, 1911 § De la Motte Fouqué ([Friedrich Heinrich]) Undine, first edition, half-title, 1909, first trade editions, tipped-in frontispieces and colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, light marginal toning, occasional foxing or spotting, some plates working loose, original pictorial buckram, gilt, the first two spines faded and covers a little marked; and 8 others, illustrated by Rackham, 4to (11)
Birds.- Audubon (After John James) A group of seven Havell edition plates from 'Birds of America', including Boat-Tailed Gackle [pl. 187], Townee Bunting [pl. 29], Chipping Sparrow [pl. 104], Traill's Fly-catcher [pl. 45], Snow Bunting [pl. 189], Pine Creeping Warbler [pl. 28], and Yellow Throated Vireo [pl. 119], engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-colouring on cream laid paper, the first two mentioned with J Whatman watermarks dated '1833' and '1827' respectively, the latter five plates using the similar paper stock but margins trimmed, Snow Bunting with partial Whatman watermark, the first two mentioned with full sheet but folded to 730 x 600 mm. (28 3/4 x 23 3/4 in) and 670 x 520 mm. (26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in), respectively, the latter five sheets trimmed to between 580 x 395 mm. (22 3/4 x 15 1/2 in) and 590 x 455 mm. (23 1/4 x 18 in), folds and handling creases, occasional surface dirt and spotting, loose, unframed, Robert Havell, [circa 1826-1838] (7)
Sadleir (Michael) Desolate Splendour, first edition, signed presentation copy, half-title and title browned, minor foxing to title, original boards, dust-jacket, foxed, spine ends chipped and creased, 8vo, 1923; The Noblest Frailty, half-title, endpapers browned, occasional marking, original cloth, spine faded and stained, a little marked, 1925, 8vo (2)⁂ The first mention with a rather wry inscription from the author: "for Peter, at least the fore-edge isn't damp stained which is about all one can say for it".
Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) The Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate of Yehudi and Diana Menuhin, occasional spotting, modern half morocco, gilt, 1873 § Carleton (William) The Irish Agent..., half-title, engraved frontispiece, plates, endpapers and half-title spotted and foxed, bookplates, 1847 § Ruskin (John) The Seven Lamps of Architecture, first edition, half-title, engraved plates, spotting to endpapers and half-title, 1849, 8vo (3)⁂ The second mentioned with bookplates of Benjamin John Plunket and his uncle, Lord Ardilaun, who was an Irish businessman and philanthropist known for giving back St Steven's Green to the public. He is referred to several times in Joyce's Ulysses and is the great-grandson of brewer Arthur Guinness.
Genet (Jean) Pompes Funèbres, first edition, limited edition of 470, original paper wrappers, original glassine wrapper, rubbed and torn, Bikini, 1947; Les Bonnes & L'Atelier D'Alberto Giacometti, limited edition, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, L'Arbalète, 1958; Le Balcon, limited edition, original paper wrappers, glassine dust-jacket, publisher's advertisement dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1956; Les Négres, original paper wrappers, dust-jacket, glassine wrapper, L'Arbalète, 1958; an 11 others, similar, 8vo (15)
NO RESERVE Brazil.- Codman (John) Ten Months in Brazil, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, lightly browned, original green cloth, gilt, extremities a little rubbed, 1867 § Lange (Algot) The Lower Amazon, frontispiece, title in red & black, plates and maps, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities creased and discoloured, upper cover a little stained, 1914 § Kingston (W.H.G.) On the Banks of the Amazon, engraved plates and illustrations, contemporary ink inscription to endpapers, light even browning, light spotting to title and frontispiece, original blue pictorial covers, gilt, extremities a little rubbed, spine faded, Edinburgh, 1882 § Ewbank (Thomas) Life in Brazil, engraved illustrations, contemporary ink ownership to title, very occasional finger soiling, later cloth with original spine label laid down, 1856; and c.80 others, Brazil, natural history, some literature, v.s. (86)
Plath (Sylvia) The Bell Jar, previous owner's biro signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, faint spotting to upper cover, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1966; Winter Trees, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1971; Crossing the Water, first edition, newspaper clipping loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight creasing to top edge, 1971; The Bed Book, first edition, illustrated by Quentin Blake, original boards, slight bump to spine head, dust-jacket, faded spine, slight creasing to corners and extremities, 1976; 8vo (4)⁂ The first was initially published in 1963 under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas." This is the first edition to appear under Plath's name.
NO RESERVE Golding (Henry A.) Horse Power Computer for Steam, Gas & Oil Engines, first edition, 12 pp. explanatory pamphlet together with original instrument, original box, worn, Charles Griffin & Co., 1908; and 13 duplicates, small 4to (14)⁂ An original and complete logarithmic calculator, or Computer, designed for solving the numerous problems connected with the power, size and speed of steam engines of all kinds.
Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1958; The Sea, the Sea, 1978; The Unicorn, faint spotting to boards, dust-jacket, short tears and chipping to extremities, tape repairs, 1963; A Severed Head, price-clipped, 1961; The Nice and the Good, 1968; The Italian Girl, dust-jacket, short tears and chipping to extremities, tape repairs, 1964, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 16 others by the same, first editions, 8vo (22)
Hertfordshire.- Clutterbuck (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 3 vol., first edition, 54 engraved maps and plates, 1 map double-page, 2 plates hand-coloured, list of subscriber's, occasional spotting, bookplate, ex-library with labels to front free endpapers, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbing to corners and extremities, folio, 1815-27.
NO RESERVE Durham.- Raine (Rev. James) The History and Antiquities of North Durham, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 plates, 1 map, 2 pedigrees (1 double-page), occasional spotting, ex-library with 1 or 2 discreet ink-stamps, modern cloth, folio, 1852.⁂ With a large section on Holy Island, now known as Lindisfarne.
Beaumont (Francis) and John Fletcher, Comedies and Tragedies..., first collected edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, title, dedication, 3C-3 and final leaf of text, 12ff with loss of text, C4-D3 burnholes causing large loss of text, other ff. with tears affecting text, some tears towards end affecting signatures and catchwords, 8f2-8g with some tears and repairs, last f. largely torn away, browned, bookplate to front pastedown, spotting and staining, later half calf, joints split, worn, [ESTC R22900; Pforzheimer 53; Wing B1581], folio, [for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley], [1647].⁂ Contains 36 previously unpublished plays. Among the poetic elegies to the authors are first printings of poems by Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Lovelace, Shirely and Waller.
Extremely rare and early Synchronome Co. Shortt free pendulum astronomical regulator slave clock previously owned by Admiral Fountaine, the clock, No 24, is of the type used with the free pendulum system, comprising the regulator slave clock, in original 54" high mahogany case,*Formerly supplied to and owned by Admiral Fountaine, and sold with three copies of Electrical Timekeeping annotated by Frank Hope-Jones The astronomical slave clock with invar pendulum and steel bob has a 10" engraved silvered dial signed Synchronome Patent No.187814, with outer minutes ring and inset seconds and twelve hours dials, the original rectangular mahogany case has bevelled glazed trunk door, moulded cornice and leaf carved spandrels around the dial, the NRA plate is stamped 24 Within the case is the complete movement, together with the appropriate panel for connection to the free pendulum, slave and slave dial; the separate accompanying 10" regulator-style dial in 15" round moulded mahogany case is signed Synchronome, London, and also with outer minutes ring enclosing seconds and hours dialsProvenance: The clock offered for sale was first acquired via Sotheby's in April 1972, the lot having been listed as "A Synchronome seconds indicating half minute impulse electric master clock, complete with electrically powered slave dial indicating seconds, hours and minutes, the movement with hit and miss synchroniser indicating that the clock was once a slave to a free pendulum, the invar pendulum, with iron bob, in mahogany wall case, 4'6" high".Sotheby's have reconfirmed to the current vendor that the items were from the estate of Admiral Fountaine (Admiral Fountaine's master clock and vacuum cylinder were sold at the April 1972 sale to a buyer acting on behalf of the Rockford Time Museum, USA, until being sold on closure of the Museum at a Sotheby's sale in the early 2000s)-These complex precision electromechanical pendulum clocks by William Hamilton Shortt in collaboration with Frank Hope Jones were the most accurate pendulum clocks ever produced and became the highest standard for timekeeping between the 1920’s and 1940’s; after which mechanical clocks were superseded by quartz time standards.Admiral C.A. Fountaine R.N. was supplied by the Synchronome Company with several of these astronomical clocks after attending a lecture by Frank Hope-Jones at the Royal Society of Arts. The clocks were installed in the basement of his home, Narford Hall, Norfolk, England and their rates carefully recorded. Admiral Fountaine’s observations were so precise that he identified and recorded a small six-monthly digression and insisted that it was due to nutation (a periodic variation in the precession of the equinoxes caused by the moon’s gravitational pull). This was subsequently confirmed and in 1927 Greenwich announced that they would in future apply the nutation figures as a corrective for their clocks. The clocks were then used worldwide in astronomical observatories, naval observatories, in scientific research, and a primary standard for national time dissemination services. The Shortt Synchronome was the first clock to be a more accurate time keeper than the earth itself; it was used in 1926 by Admiral Fountaine to detect tiny seasonal changes in the earth’s rotation rate. Shortt clocks achieved an accuracy of around 1 second per year, although a recent measurement indicated that they were even more accurate. About 100 were produced between 1922 and 1956.*Admiral Fountaine’s observations with his use of astronomical regulators were so precise that Greenwich Observatory accepted in in 1927 that the clocks were more accurate than the earth’s timekeeping; This was acknowledged also by Hope Jones in the accompanying books. The historical significance of the Clock was also recognised by George Daniels who tried to buy it, ‘for use in my workshop and to be available for examination by students’. There are two letters accompanying the lot from George Daniels that refer and another from Sotheby’s that relates to the Synchronome slave clock which is being sold as lot 1178. There are images of all these letters attached to the lot in the online catalogues. Three historical copies of Electrical Timekeeping by Frank Hope Jones are included with the items offered for sale:A first edition copy of Electrical Timekeeping, including an original sketch cartoon by Hope-Jones sent in Dec 1935 with his hand written message “My latest free pendulum with best wishes for a Happy Christmas from your faithful slave who gives the impulse & synchronises himself with your kindly thoughts”, signed Hope Jones. The copy is also marked up and annotated throughout in his hand and with additional texts etc eg for additional chapter prepared for his publication of a second edition of the book.A second edition copy of Electrical Timekeeping, inscribed by the author to his friend Major Cowan, and also including his Christmas Card of 1939/40 recording that he had been bombed out and a Christmas 1943 note acknowledging that his free pendulum had been superseded by the Quartz Clock but that he had “not relinquished the task until the time keeping possibilities of the pendulum were exhausted.”A second edition copy of Electrical Timekeeping, given to his friend Mr Fry (mentioned in the book) and inscribed “To A R Fry…The champion amateur from the amateur champion, the Author” and signed by Hope Jones.NOTE: THE FOLLOWING LOT 1178, A SYNCHRONOME SLAVE DIAL, WAS USED BY ADMIRAL FOUNTAINE IN CONJUCTION WITH THIS REGULATOR SLAVE CLOCK. A LETTER TO THIS EFFECT FROM SOTHEBY’S IS ALSO SOLD WITH THIS LOT.
Signed edition of "Street Dogs" by Harold Riley, signed in pen by the artist, with an individual pen drawing by the artist of a sleeping dog on the first page, published 2000 by the Peak Press Company, featuring a collection of 25 dogs by the artist Harold Riley, with original card slip (one volume).Condition report: The book and slip case are in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. There is a gallery label stuck on the back of the slip case.
A collection of various football memorabilia to include, a postcard, Buck Up Brompton (Gillingham) are we downhearted? No! dated 1907, plus a postcard from Brighton in 'A Bye', plus a Sheffield Wednesday Baines Card, and a similar from Birdwell FC, in addition a book 'The Cup', 1932 first edition, and a football programme 1958/58 Ballymena v Glenavon
Books and exhibition catalogues relating to North American Indians. Provenance Dr Alan Black Collection.LiteratureCooper Square. New Interpretations of Aboriginal American Culture History, 1972;Per E. Guldbeck. The Care of Historical Collections, 1972;Taschen. The North American Indian, Photographs by Edward Sheriff Curtis, 30 Postcodes, 1997;Lawrence W. Cheek. Santa Fe, 1996;Adolf Hungry Wolf. Traditional Dress, Knowledge and Methods of Traditional Clothings, 1990;Alice Beck Kehoe. America before the European Invasions, 2002;William S. Laughline and Albert B. Harper (Edited by). The First Americans, Origins, Affinities, and Adaptations, 1979;George R. Milner. The Moundbuilders, Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America, 2006;Beatrice Blackwood. The Classification of Artefacts in the Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford, 1970;Colin F. Taylor and William C. Sturtevant (Consultants). The Native Americans, The Indigenous People of North America, 1996;Charles P. Mountford. The Dreamtime, Australian Aboriginal Myths, 1974;Ruth B. Phillips. Trading Identities, The Souvenir in Native North American Art from the Northeast, 1700-1900, 1998;Barton Wright. Clown of the Hopi, Tradition Keepers and Delight Makers, 1995;The British Museum Bulletin. July 1976;Susan M. Pearce. Redmen of North America, 1974;Edward S. Curtis. Indian Life and Indian Lore In the Land of the Head-Hunters, 1974;Esther Pasztory. Pre-Columbian Art, 1998;Michael Belcher. Exhibitions in Museums, 1992;Sierra Press. Art of the Rocks, A wish you were here postcard book;Bodmer, Catlin, McKenny & Hall. The North American Indian Portfolios from the Library of Congress, 1993;Max Carocci. Ritual & Honour, Warriors of the North American Plains, 2011;Constance Stapleton. Crafts of America, a guide to the finest traditional crafts made in the United States, 1988.Brian M. Fagan. Ancient North America, The Archaeology of a Continent, 1995;Larry J. Zimmerman. Native North America, Belief and Ritual Visionaries, Holy People and Tricksters Spirits of Earth & Sky, 1996;Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian, The Complete Portfolios, 1997;Edward S. Rogers. Indians of the North Pacific Coast, Royal Ontario Museum, 1970;J. Garth Taylor. The Canadian Eskimos, Royal Ontario Museum, 1971;Edward S. Rogers.Algonkians of the Eastern Woodlands, Royal Ontario Museum, 1970;Edward S. Rogers. Indians of the Subarctic, Royal Ontario Museum, 1970;U. Bär Verlag. Edward Sheriff Curtis 1868 – 1952, 1990;Published by the John Judkyn Memorial with the assistance of the United States International Communication Agency. The First Americans, The Art of the North American Indian;J. C. Ewers. Hair Pipes in Plains Indian Adornment, 1985;Karen Duffek. Bill Reid Beyond the Essential Form, 1993;An Aperture book New York. The North American Indians, Photographs by Edward S. Curtis, 1972;Virgil J. Vogel. American Indian Medicine, 1973;Eiteljorg Museum. Six Indian Crafts Cards, 1994;Pomegranate San Francisco. Inuit Art Birds, a book of postcards, 2003;Alvin M. Josephy Jr. The Indian Heritage of America, 1968;Decost Smith. Red Indian Experiences, 1949;Neil Carr. The American Indian;Laurel Phillipson. World Prehistory, 1984;Valerie Fraser & Gordon Brotherston (edited by). The Other America, for the exhibition Native Artifacts of the New World Museum of Mankind 1982;Portraits of Native Americans. Postcards from the Field Museum;Roger G. Kennedy. Hidden Cities, the discovery and loss of ancient North American civilization, 1994;George Wharton James. Indian Blankets & Their Makers, 1974;Shirley Greenway. Exploration of North America, 1998;Fiona MacDonald. Native Americans, 1998;Martin F. Schmitt and Dee Brown. Fighting Indians of the West;Cottie Burland. North American Indian Mythology, 1973;Cottie Burland. North American Indian Mythology, 1985;Dr. Herman Wouters. Peoples and customs of the world, North-America, 1979;Earl H. Swanson, Warwick M. Bray, Ian S. Farrington. The Making of the Past, The New World, 1975;Smithsonian. Identity by Design, First Edition, 2007;Morning Star Gallery, 1996;Fred Harvey. Fine Arts Collection, 1976;Erik Bromberg. The Hopi Approach to the Art of Kachina Doll Carving, 1986;Franc J. Newcomb & Gladys A. Reichard. Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant, 1975;Paul Hamlyn. North American Indian Art, 1967;Bill Mercer. Lená Taku Wasté These Good Things, 1997;Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. Caring for your Collections, 1992;Sherelyn Ogden (edited by). Caring for American Indian Objects, A Practical and Cultural guide, 2004;Ralph & Lisa Shanks. North American Indian Travel Guide, 1987;Gerald McMaster and Clifford E. Trafzer (edited by). Native Universe, Voices of the Indian American;Antoine Tzapoff. Natifs d’Amerique, 1992;Susan Bradley (edited by). British Museum Occasional Paper 66, A Guide to the Storage, Exhibition and Handling of Antiquities, Ethnographia and Pictorial Art, 1993;Lar Hothem. North American Indian Artifacts, 1994;Russell E. Lewis. North American Indian Artifacts, 2006;William Healey Dall. Masks, Labrets and certain Aboriginal Customs, 1884;J. C. H. King and Christian F. Feest. Three Centuries of Woodlands Indian Art, 2007;Preston F. Miller & Carolyn Corey. The Four Winds Guide to Indian Artifacts, 1997;Paula Richardson Fleming & Judith Luskey. The North American Indians in Early Photographs, 1986;Robert H. Rody and John A. Brown. Myron Eells and the Puget Sound of Indians, 1976;Toby Herbst & Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art, 1993;Gary Allen Hood. The Art of America’s Southwest Indians, 1995;Colin F. Taylor (editorial consultant). The Native Americans The Indigenous People of North America, 1991;Edward Sheriff Curtis. Visions of a Vanishing Race, 1994;(75)
Books relating to North American Indian beadwork and jewellery. (18) Provenance Dr Alan Black Collection.LiteratureMonte Smith. The Technique of North American Indian Beadwork, states ‘First Edition’;Monte Smith. The Technique of North American Indian Beadwork;The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, Gloria A. Lomahaftewa (exhibition curator). Glass Tapestry, Plateau Beaded Bags from The Elaine Horwitch Collection, November 1993;Gerry Biron. A Cherished Curiosity, The Souvenir Beaded Bag in Historic Haudenosaunee (Iriquois Art), 2012;W. Ben Hunt and J. F. ‘Buck’ Burshears. American Indian Beadwork, 1973 (2);Kate C. Duncan (written by), Terry P. Dickey & Mary Beth Smetzer (compiled and edited by). Some Warmer Tone, Alaska Athabaskan Bead Embroidery, 1984;Colin F. Taylor, Ph. D. Yupika, The Plains Indian Woman’s Dress, an overview of historical developments and styles, 1997;Kate C. Duncan. Northern Athapaskan Art, A Beadwork Tradition, 1989;Lois Sherr Dubin. The History of Beads, from 30,000 BC to the Present, 1987;Henrietta Lidchi. Surviving Desires, Making and Selling Native Jewellery in the American Southwest, 2015;Joel Monture. The Complete Guide to the Traditional Native Merican Beadwork, A Definitive Study of the Authentic Tools, Materials, Techniques, and Styles, 1993;Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo. Made of Thunder, Made of Glass, American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast, 2006;William C. Orchard. Beads and Beadwork of the American Indians, 1975;Robert K. Liu, Ph. D. (preface by) Wendy Weston-Ben (foreword by) Stefani Salkeld (catalog essays by). And the Bead Goes on! 1995;Caroline Crabtree and Pam Stallebrass. Beadwork, A World Guide, 2002;Kate C. Duncan and Eunice Carney. A Special Gift, The Kutchin Beadwork Tradition, 1997;Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery. (An Exhibition/Souvenir guidebook including an exhibition catalogue), Mohawk Micmac Maliseet and other Indian Souvenir Art from the Victorian Canada, an exhibition displaying the June Bedford Collection, 1985;Mary Seyd. Introducing Beads, 1973;(18)
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