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![[Signed] Cave Birds An Alchemical Cave Drama Poems by Ted Hughes with drawings by Leonard Baskin, published Viking Press 1978](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4b394d81-86ec-4c80-828b-acfb00a5da5c/6c797ed1-5f14-4a22-8bbf-ad5700d103d6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 650
Isle of Man, George III, First issue, Proof Halfpenny, 1786, edge grained left, 8.22g/6h (Prid. 31A; S 7414 var.). Good extremely fine with some toning, rare £300-£400 --- This type is listed as 7414a in the third edition (2015) of the Spink catalogue, but omitted from the fourth edition (2020)
Lot 35
Two Royal Crown Derby paperweights, modelled as 'Leopard Cub', one of a limited edition of Fifteen Hundred, and is the first in the series, commissioned by Sinclairs, 740/1500, MMIV, gold stopper, 9.0cm high, with certificate, boxed, and 'Lion Cub', one of a limited edition of Fifteen Hundred, and is the second in the series, commissioned by Sinclairs, 740/1500, signed in gold to base, MMV, gold stopper, 8.5cm high, with certificate, boxed. (2)
Lot 45
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, modelled as 'The Ledge Wagon Gypsy Caravan', one of a limited edition of 1250 and is the first in a series of Gypsy Caravans specially commissioned by Govier's of Sidmouth, 670/1250, MMV, gold stopper, 12cm high, with certificate, in white satin lined presentation box.
Lot 97
A collection of early 20th century Hunting literature, including a 'The Crawley & Horsham Hunt' by Georffrey Sparrow, limited edition, numbered 37/500, quarto, and signed by the author, a rebound first edition and limited edition 'Hounds' by T Ivester Lloyd, numbered 78/250, quarto, signed by Author and 'Jack Ivester, 'Forty Years of the Arapahoe Hunt' By Lawrence C. Phipps Jr., quarto, limited edition, numbered 178, signed and dated by author 'Nov 69', . (3)
Lot 748
1934 BSA 500cc Model J34-11Registration no. 231 UXNFrame no. B11-934Engine no. none (see text)•Produced for only three years•One of the rarest and most desirable of 1930s BSAs•Fully restored by Robin James Engineering Services'As I knew I would, I loved it immediately – the sound, the comfort, the look, it's all perfect, making the half-litre BSA V-twin really one of the most delightful machines of the 1930s.' – James Robinson, testing '231 UXN' for The Classic Motorcycle, March 2017.During the 1930s BSA concentrated on producing an extensive and varied range of dependable, well-made and competitively priced motorcycles. The majority of these were singles but for the sidecar market BSA offered the Model G 985cc sidevalve v-twin and, for the more sportingly inclined rider, a smaller overhead-valve v-twin, the 499cc Model J. Somewhat surprisingly, given its complexity, the newcomer had originally been developed for the War Office. Predictably, it was rejected by the latter, which tended to favour sidevalve singles for military use, and appeared for the first time in civilian guise in the 1934 range as the J34-11. Typed J35-12 the following year, it was joined by a 750cc version, the Y13, before ceasing production at the end of 1936 as the J12. Although the '500' had gone, the 750cc v-twin continued until the end of the 1938 season. Produced for only three years, the handsome Model J is today one of the rarest and most highly sought after of all 1930s BSAs. This beautiful four-speed example was completely restored between 2005 and 2016 as close to factory specification as possible, the work being carried out by the highly respected Robin James Engineering Services (see file). Unfortunately, the crankcases were damaged beyond repair and had to be replaced. As luck would have it, RJES already had a timing-side crankcase half from a 750cc Model Y in stock, while a new drive-side crankcase half was cast and machined in house (hence no engine number stamped). Unfortunately, the original cases are not available. Shortly after the restoration's completion, '231 UXN' was tested for The Classic Motorcycle by the magazine's editor, James Robinson (March 2017 edition, copy available). The machine also comes with a V5C document and BSA OC and VMCC dating certificates. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 792
Number '8' of only 500 built 2019 CCM 600cc Spitfire BobberRegistration no. MX69 FXEFrame no. SMZHC60CP19A00619Engine no. CCM201 808066•One owner from new•Circa 900 miles from new•Factory fitted accessories/upgradesFormerly a specialist manufacturer of mainly moto-cross machinery, CCM in more recent times has reinvented itself as supplier of bespoke limited-edition motorcycles aimed at the 'hipster/custom' market. The Spitfire Bobber offered here is one such. A member of the currently nine-strong Spitfire family, its looks recall those of the cut-down 'bobber' bikes that first emerged in North America in the 1930s and 1940s. In CCM's own words: 'These were stripped back minimalist machines with all accessories removed, a 'chopped' rear and a lowered seat height making for a more compact, lighter motorcycle. It was a logical choice then to launch our own version of the Bobber, taking its underpinnings from the lean and lithe Spitfire, a bike as stripped back as a modern road legal bike can be.'The Spitfire range is powered by a 600cc water-cooled four-stroke single boasting twin overhead camshafts and fuel injection, whose 55-horsepower maximum is transmitted to the ground via a six-speed gearbox. This compact engine/transmission unit slots into a TIG-welded steel trellis frame equipped with Marzocchi USD forks and a YSS rear suspension unit, but perhaps the Bobber's most striking feature is its floating tractor-style saddle. Only 500 individually numbered Bobbers will be made, the example offered here being the eighth in the series. Number eight is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese and other Asian cultures. Sold new to the current owner in December 2019, it has covered only some 900 miles from new and is presented in commensurately good condition. Factory fitted accessories/upgrades include a second front disc brake; updated stand; Stage 1 modified ECU and battery; and billet reservoir caps. The machine also comes with a battery charger and CCM bike cover. The foregoing added around £1,000 to the circa £10,000 base price (see sales order on file). The Billet optional extras were included gratis as a goodwill gesture by CCM to compensate the owner for a delay in delivery, so there is no invoice for those (refer to the CCM web site for full price list of extras). It is understood that the two-year warranty is transferable to the next owner. Last ridden in May 2021, the machine has been used regularly, mostly for local trips, and at other times has been garaged beneath its CCM cover. The last service and warranty work was carried out in March 2020. The machine comes with a V5C registration document and its original leather wallet containing the owner's manual and service book.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 135
FESTUNG GUERNSEY - 2007 limited edition of 135 copies (30) - Four Volumes in two half calf leather bound books, containing facts and figures on the British Channel Island of Guernsey, in the form of articles, drawings and photographs, was compiled at the suggestion of THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 319TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRAF VON SCHMETTOW, under the guidance of CHIEF OFFICER OF THE GENERAL STAFF LIEUTENANT COLONEL HÜBNER, half calf with gilt lettering, the two books contained in original slip case. * Scarce. ** Very good condition, book one with light stain to top of leather spine and first two pages with light crease, the other appears good.
Lot 142
Elizabeth College interest - Enquiry into the present state and condition of Elizabeth College, first edition, 1824, At Guernsey; Through the means of a Committee, Appointed by His Excellency Colonel Sir John Colborne, K.C.B., The Lieutenant-Governor, with the concurrence of The Royal Court, printed and published for the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Bordage-Street, top of Fountain-Street, Guernsey, with five appendixes, pencil inscriptions to front inner, original diced brown calf with gilt lettering, marble boards, together with photocopy of Appendix No.4, parts 1-6. * Rubbing to front marble boards at joint, pencil inscriptions to front two inner pages and title page, browning and spotting throughout, good copy.
Lot 704
A large limited edition Lladro porcelain group, 'The Fox Hunt', model no. 5362, modelled by Salvador Furio, first issued 1986, edition no. 24, blue printed factory mark and black sculptor, decorator and edition marks to underside, 33in. (84cm.) long, 16½in. (42cm.) high, damaged, requires restoration. * The piece has been damaged, but most of the pieces to repair remain. The huntsman on horseback blowing the hunting horn is detached, but this appears to have been caused by the original glued fixing drying out - the porcelain is undamaged here. The horn is detached from his hand, but again is undamaged. The central huntswoman and horse are completely detached but this is due to a break in the porcelain to the tree stump support - the break is recent and completely clean so it should be possible to reattach this figure almost invisibly with care. The only loss is the front part of one front leg on the dog beneath the front huntswoman - this part is missing.
Lot 32
Ivor Roberts-Jones (British, 1916-1996)Sir Winston Churchill, maquette for the monument in Parliament Square numbered '22' (on the bronze base)bronze with a brown patina on a stone base52 cm. (20 1/2 in.) high (excluding the stone base)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Heritage Club, London, 7 April 1999, where purchased by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.Please note a receipt from Heritage Club bearing the Artist's signature and the edition number is included with this lot.The present work is a maquette for the large scale sculpture of Churchill by Roberts-Jones which stands in Parliament Square and was commissioned in 1971. The first important commission the artist had received came in 1961 from Lord Beaverbrook for a bust of Somerset Maugham. Following this, he was asked to sculpt the memorial statue for fellow artist Augustus John in Hampshire. This major work took three years to complete but was a great success and crucially led to his election as Associate of The Royal Academy. Further honours followed in 1975 when Ivor was awarded the C.B.E.Another cast of the present work was sold in these rooms for £118,800, 1 July 2020.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 45
Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A. (British, 1930-1993)Dog signed and numbered 'Frink 3/6' (on the base)bronze with a brown patina110 cm. (43 1/4 in.) long (including the bronze base)Conceived in 1980Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Terry Dintenfass, New York, 6 March 1992Private Collection, U.S.A.ExhibitedLondon, Waddington Galleries, Elisabeth Frink: Recent Sculpture, Works on Paper, 1981 (another cast)Winchester, Great Courtyard, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture in Winchester, 17 July-13 September 1981 (another cast)Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture and Drawings, 17 July-18 September 1982 (another cast)Wakefield, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Elisabeth Frink: Open Air Retrospective, 1983 (another cast)LiteratureSarah Kent, Elisabeth Frink: Sculpture in Winchester, exh.cat., Great Courtyard, Winchester, 1981Jill Willder, Elisabeth Frink, Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, Salisbury, 1984, pp.192-3, cat.no.253 (ill.b&w, another cast)Annette Ratuszniak, Elisabeth Frink; Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture 1947-93, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2013, p.145, cat.no.FCR288 (ill.b&w, another cast)Man's best friend, the domesticated dog, first appeared on its own in Frink's oeuvre as early as 1957, a bronze sculpture simply titled Dog, cast in a small edition of just three. Much less kindly in appearance than the present lot, it was cast from her life size sculpture, Blind Beggar and Dog, conceived the same year, for which there is also a maquette. In this work the animal is used in a protective roll, leading its helpless master forward in search of money. The dog's legs have been attenuated so that the animal takes on the appearance of something distinctly wild, like a jackal perhaps. Another Dog then appears in 1958, even less representative than her first with its spindly legs almost buckling under the weight of its hefty body and thickly set head and neck. A hiatus of over two decades then occurs with this subject until it resurfaces in 1980 with the present lot. Her dogs from this period take on the appearance of a specific breed, despite Frink denying these claims. At Woolland, her Dorset home, Vizslas (a handsome Hungrarian, gun-dog) had been introduced by her third husband Alex Csáky, a keen shooter, and it is impossible not to relate Dog to this breed, which is golden-red in colour with its characteristic stubby, erect tail, droopy ears and pointed snout.'She had first-hand experience of domesticated animals, such as hounds and horses, and was fascinated by how close the interdependent relationship, nurtured over millenia, had diminished the prey-predator relationship for mutual benefit.' (Calvin Winner, 2018)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
Lynn Chadwick R.A. (British, 1914-2003)Maquette Jubilee II signed and numbered 'CHADWICK/C3S 9/9' (on the cloak of the male figure) and stamped with the Morris Singer foundry stamp (on the cloaks of both figures)bronze with a grey patina and polished facesMale figure: 86.5 x 60 x 119.5 cm. (34 x 23 5/8 x 47 in.) high, wide, longFemale figure: 88 x 85 x 108 cm. (34 5/8 x 33 ½ x 42 ½ in.) high, wide, longConceived in 1983 in an edition of 9(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, thence by family descentExhibitedLondon, Marlborough Gallery, Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, 8 November-4 December 1984 (another cast)Yorkshire, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, September 1991-February 1992 (this cast)LiteratureDennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1996, Lypiatt Studio, Stroud, 1992, p.334, cat.no.C3SDennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2005, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2006, p.342, cat.no.C3SDennis Farr & Éva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, With a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-2003, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2014, p.347, cat.no.C3S'The two noble figures walk against the wind, their robes flying in the air and floating on the ground. A magnificent pattern is created by their noble stance, as their feet move forward and their heads rise in pride' (Judith Collins, Lynn Chadwick, The Collection at Lypiatt Park, Ruder Finn Press, New York, 2006, p.152)Whilst the 'Jubilee' series was first conceived in 1977, it was a theme that Chadwick returned to numerous times over the following decade and the present lot, Maquette for Jubilee II dating from 1983 and enjoying outstanding provenance directly from the artist's family, can be seen as a tour de force by an artist at the height of his sculptural prowess. The series is widely considered as a pinnacle of a long, triumphant career and this academic admiration is echoed by commercial success with the top two (seven-figure) prices at auction for the artist both being for versions of 'Jubilee'.When Lynn Chadwick was awarded the coveted prize for sculpture in the 1956 Venice Biennale, it was the sensation of the show and he became the youngest sculptor ever to do so. Contemporaries heralded him as the natural successor to Henry Moore, intended as the highest compliment one could pay a sculptor. However, where Moore focussed on curves, naturalism and the mother and child theme, Chadwick was forming his own entirely unique vocabulary of line, mass and motion with his passion being the male and female couple. Throughout his career, he conceived of them in a multitude of forms, finishes and poses. Beginning in the 1950s, they were youthful 'Dancing figures' and 'Teddy boys and girls' who gave way to the 'Watchers' of the 60s. Sometimes they were 'conjoined' or bound together with wings and cloaks and sometimes they were placed apart, a couple still but independent from one another. Nearly always, however, they were standing and it was not until the 1970s that Chadwick's couples began to rest and could be found sunk to the floor, sitting or reclining. Further to the theme of the male and female couple was the artists obsession with action in sculpture, both actual and implied. From his early mobiles to the later walking women with windswept hair, movement was a lifelong concern and in the present work, we can see the successful culmination of both pursuits – the romantic couple and figures in motion.Michael Bird has explained the 'Jubilee' of the title is derived from the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession in 1952 but also acknowledges the ceremonial feel of a man and woman striding side by side. Certainly, in the present work, the couple advance forwards, stately in their motion. This formal attitude is reinforced through the artist's use of drapery, they move through space majestically and with quiet dignity in the face of the invisible wind that surrounds them. Their garments are most noticeable from the back where 'these billowing cloaks assume the fan shape of a dove displaying its tail feathers' (Dennis Farr and Eva Chadwick, Lynn Chadwick, Sculptor, Lund Humphries, 2014, p.28) however head on, the female is presented in what is suggested as a dress. It clings to her form like that of a Hellenistic goddess and allows a sculptor consumed by angularity to introduce some curves. The male is rendered with a deep fissure running the central length of his torso to represent a shirt/cloak but in formal terms, for both figures, these flowing vestments serve to contrast with the angularity of the bodies they help to define. On a structural note, the cloaks are physically longer (119.5 cm.) than the figures are tall (88 cm.) so the bold presence of these protruding elements had an important practical role to play as it spread the weight of the heavy bronze to a point away from the thinner legs. Thus, 'while thinking always in sculptural terms of mass, weight and movement, Chadwick invest[s] his abstract shapes with allusive vitality' (Ob. Cit., p.24).The faces are, as always, blank, with Chadwick once famously declaring 'no expression is an expression' (Lynn Chadwick: The Couple, exh.cat., Pangolin London, 2011, p.3). He looked to body language as a more useful device for conveying attitude than facial features which could be limiting but here they are burnished to a flawless golden lustre and serve to juxtapose beautifully with the dark textured bodies of the figures and their swirling cloaks, like bronze beacons in the midst of an imagined storm.We are grateful to the Artist's Estate for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 356
â“Œ RÜXNER^ GEORG (D.1550). THURNIER BUCH^ VON ANFANG^ URSACHEN^ URSPRUNG^ UND HERKOMMEN DER THURNIER IM HEYLIGEN ROMISCHEN REICH TEUTSCHER NATION. FRANKFURT: GEORG RABEN FOR SIGMUND FEYRABEND AND SIMON HUTER^ 1566.¦¦Rüxner~s popular tournament book^ with woodcuts by Jost Amman^ enlarged with additional material. Three parts in one volume^ folio ¦32.2 cm x 21.5 cm¦¦Title printed in red and black. Large title vignette^ numerous woodcut illustrations of tournaments^ including one double-page (some repeated with different accompanying text in second part)^ some signed IA for Jost Amman^ numerous woodcut coats-of-arms coloured by a contemporary hand^ woodcut initials^ some spotting^ light wear^ early tooled vellum covered boards decorated with foliage and saints^ dated 1568 and with the owner~s initial |HEVM| (small losses and light wear)¦¦Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection¦¦Part one contains the description of 36 tournaments^ some actual others probably fictional^ which had taken place in German and Swiss towns from the 10th to the 15th century. Part two consists of an account of the tournaments and festivities which took place at Vienna from 2nd May to June 1563^ with the names and coats of arms of all persons taking part. Part three is concerned with the tournaments held in celebration of the ceremonial entrance of Emperor Charles V into Bintz on 22nd August 1549. This third edition is the first to be illustrated with wood cuts by Jost Amman and Hans Bocksberger.
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