Crahan copy.- Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent) Manuel des Amphitryons, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, final advertisement / errata f., frontispiece trimmed at foot, with loss of caption, a few small marginal repairs, occasional spotting or light staining or soiling, 20th century vellum-backed marbled boards, spine with later red morocco label, upper joint just starting at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.203; Cagle 233; Oberlé Fastes 135; Simon BG 805; Vicaire 427-428], Paris, Capelle & Renand, 1808; and another copy of the same (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ The first part is concerned with carving, the second with menus, and the third with etiquette for gourmets. Provenance: Marcus Crahan, sold Sotheby's, 9th & 10th October, 1984, lot 584 (bookplate to front pastedown), and again as part of Crahan-Keck Day collection, Sotheby's, 25th November, 1986, lot 225.
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NO RESERVE Freud (Sigmund) Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, first edition, scattered very faint spotting, pp.123-124 roughly opened with some consequent tearing, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, London & Vienna, The International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1922.
Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, wood-engraved title-vignette, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, manuscript inscriptions in ink to title, tear to upper corner of G2, not affecting text, numerous manuscript notes in ink tipped-in, bookplates to front free endpaper, manuscript notes in ink and pasted print extracts to front and back pastedowns and endpapers, mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original covers, new backstrip with red morocco label, top edge dust-stained, Newcastle, 8vo, 1790.
Europe.- Stevens (Sacheverell) Miscellaneous Remarks made on the Spot, in a late Seven Years Tour through France, Italy, Germany and Holland..., first edition, 7 engraved plates, 6 folding, paper flaw tear to Pp1 just touching a couple of letters, one or two other marginal tears and repairs, some foxing, plates a little browned, some trimmed to border or slightly frayed at edge (repaired), William Beckford's copy with sale catalogue slip mounted on front pastedown and note in pencil, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, rubbed, light stains to lower cover, hinges repaired, 8vo, for S.Hooper, 1756.⁂ Primarily concerning Italy. Lot 2234 from the famous Hamilton Palace sale of 1883.
Birds.- Hewitson (William C.) Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, 137 hand-coloured plates, some light scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, slightly rubbed at extremities and on backstrips, head of spine of vol. 2 worn, edges gilt, 8vo, 1846.
NO RESERVE Gordon (Seton) Wild Birds in Britain, first edition, plates, foxing, modern green half morocco, spine gilt, 1938 § Khalifman (I.) Bees: A Book on the Biology of the Bee-Colony and the Achievements of Bee-Science, illustrations, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1951 § Leighton (Gerald R.) The Life-History of British Lizards, plates, light spotting or foxing, ink ownership name to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing, [1901]; and c.65 others, mostly natural history, v.s. (c.70)
Masefield (John) & Edward Seago. The Country Scene, first edition, half-title, colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth-backed buckram, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, split at lower joint, creasing and chipping to edges and extremities, 1937 § Jefferies (Richard) Field and Hedgerow, large paper edition, number 9 of 200 copies, half-title, portrait frontispiece, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original half-vellum, t.e.g, others uncut, a little rubbed, slight spotting, bumping to corners and extremities, 1889 § Verey (Rosemary) A Countrywoman's Notes, number 29 of 260 copies signed by author, frontispiece and illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, Gryffon Publications, 1989 § Chalmers (Patrick R.) & Winifred Austen. Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore, first edition, plates, scattered very faint spotting, original cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, light spotting, creasing to edges, 1935; and others Natural History, v.s. (c.50)
Maw (George) A Monograph of the Genus Crocus, first edition, 81 hand-coloured lithographed plates, double-page colour map and two double-page tables, bookplate of Lawrence Austen Impey, endpapers and margins of title lightly browned, some foxing to peripheral ff., the odd spot elsewhere, original cloth, gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Nissen BBI, 1316; Stafleu & Cowan 5721], 4to, 1886.⁂ "George Maw (1839-1912) was the industrious author and illustrator of his great 'Monograph of the Genus Crocus' (1886)...His monograph, the result of ten years of inquiry, was the most complete work of its kind that has been published on any genus. The plates of this work are marvels of comprehensive detail and put to shame those of many more skilled draughtsmen. From a botanical point of view this work is a landmark."(Blunt & Stearn p. 277 & 279).
Art reference.- Ben Nicholson Prints 1928-1968, illustrations, original cloth, Alan Cristea Gallery, 2007 § Reid (Anthony) A Check-List of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, full-page illustrations, original cloth, glassine dust-jacket, fractional bumping to spine extremities, Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1968 § Jean Dubuffet Works on Paper 1974-85, illustrations, original cloth, Waddington Galleries, 1987 § Hedgecoe (John) & Henry Moore. Henry Spencer Moore, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1968; and others on art or artists, v.s. (c.100)
Art reference.- Bailey (David) Bailey's Democracy, first edition, illustrations, many full-page, faint damp-stain to bottom corner, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 2005; Mixed Moments, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small chips and tears to edges, a little rubbed, 1976 § Frizot (Michel) & Cédric De Veigy. Vu: The Story of a Magazine that made an Era, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 2009; and others similar, v.s. (c.95)
NO RESERVE Art reference.- Leiris (Michel) Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile, half-title, plates, spotting to first few blanks, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, Barcelona, 1987 § Furst (Herbert, editor) The Woodcut: an annual, illustrations, many full-page, original buckram, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929 Escholier (Raymond) Matisse from the Life, first English edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1960; and others, art and art reference, v.s. (c.75)
Art reference.- Lewis (John) John Nash: the painter as illustrator, 'out-of-series' copy from an edition of 150, illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, slightly splayed, a little rubbed, Godalming, The Pendomer Press, 1978 § Lavery (John) The Life of a Painter, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, scattered faint spotting, modern morocco-backed boards, 1940 § Salaman (Malcolm C.) The Etchings of James McBey, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to spine head, slight chipping and creasing to edges, 1929; and others art reference, v.s. (c.110)
Art reference.- Schmalenbach (Werner) Kurt Schwitters, frontispiece, illustrations, several full-page, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, chipping and creasing to edges, 1970 § Cundall (H. M.) Birket Foster, one of 500 signed by publisher, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, one or two facsimiles, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Adam and Charles Black, 1906 § Menpes (Mortimer) Whistler as I knew him, first edition, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, faint spotting to endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904; and others, art reference, v.s. (c.75)
Art reference.- Topolski (Feliks) Shem, Ham & Japheth Inc. The American Crucible, first edition, illustrations, some full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges, small tape repairs, 1971 § Wrbican (Matt) and Geralyn Huxley. Andy Warhol. Treasures, folding plates in pocket at end, plates, original pictorial boards, 2009 § Calza (Gian Carlo) Poem of the Pillow and other stories, illustrations, original boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 2010
Johnson (Samuel).- Ascham (Roger) The English Works, edited by James Bennet, first edition, second issue with half-title, undated title and without 'Additional Subscribers' leaf, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, list of subscribers, slight worming to lower outer corner of first few leaves, paper flaw hole to outer margin of I3, later ink inscription of Percy Alport Molteno of Trinity College Cambridge to half-title and with his bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, red roan label, rubbed, head of spine and corners a little worn, [Chapman & Hazen 145; Courtney p.100], 4to, for T.Davies & J. Dodsley, [?1767].⁂ The dedication and life of Ascham were written by Samuel Johnson, and many believe him to have edited the whole work. "Tom Davies's statement that Johnson was in reality the editor of this book gains weight from the fact (not mentioned in Courtney) that Davies was concerned in the publication; and is borne out by internal evidence...This neglected book must now rank among Johnson's major performances in editorial scholarship." (Chapman & Hazen).
NO RESERVE Castellani (Valentina) & others, editors. Francis Bacon: Triptychs, loose as issued in original orange cloth drop-back box, Gagosian Gallery, 2006 § Lynton (Norbert) Ben Nicholson, 1993 § Stephens (C.) & Andrew Wilson. David Hockney, 2017 § Chapman (Jake & Dinos) Like a Dog Returns to its Vomit, 2005, plates and illustrations, many colour, all but the first original cloth or boards, the second with dust-jacket; and c.25 others on modern and contemporary British art, v.s. (c.30)
NO RESERVE Cinema.- Shochikuza News, II-VII, 2pp., light spotting, original wrappers, split along joint, hole-punched, Osaka, 4to, [c.1925].⁂ The Shochikuza theater opened in Osaka in 1923 and was the first dedicated to screening foreign films. During the inter-war period, the theatre became a symbol of modernism and hope, and the Shochikuza News - the theatres pamphlet which highlighted upcoming films - evidences the modern graphic design of the young, now unknown, artists.
NO RESERVE Ficacci (Luigi) Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, text in English, German & French, original wrappers, Cologne, 2000 § Bambach (Carmen C., editor) Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman, New Haven & London, 2003 § Marani (Pietro C.) Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings, New York, 2000 § Wilson-Bareau (Juliet) Goya: Drawings from his Private Albums, 2001, illustrations, many colour, all but the first original cloth with dust-jackets; and 9 others, 4to & 8vo (13)
NO RESERVE Fiedler (Jeannine) & Peter Feierabend. Bauhaus, Cologne, 1999 § La Pietra (Ugo) Gio Ponti, New York, 2009 § McLeod (Mary, editor) Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003 § Merrill (Todd) & Julie V.Iovine, editors. Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam, New York, 2008 § Kries (Mateo, editor) Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future, Weil am Rhein, 2005 § Philippi (Simone, editor) Starck, original wrappers, Cologne, 2000, illustrations, many colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first four with dust-jackets; and c.15 others on design, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
NO RESERVE Franzke (Andreas) Tàpies, Munich, 1992 § Andel (J.) & others. José-Maria Cano: Welcome to Capitalism!, text in English and Czech, Prague, 2008 § Dennison (Lisa) & others. Clemente, New York, 1999 § Mazzoleni (Giovanni) Alberto Burri, original cloth-backed boards, 2015 § Manzoni (Piero) Achromes: Linea Infinita, original white cloth, transparent plastic slip-case, still sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping, Turin, 2017, illustrations, many colour, the first three all original cloth with dust-jackets; and 11 others on modern and contemporary Spanish and Italian art, 4to & 8vo (16)
Fielding (Henry) The Works...with the Life of the Author, 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait, occasional light browning or damp-staining, handsome modern half red straight-grain morocco, by Bernard Middleton, spines gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, 4to, A.Millar, 1762.
NO RESERVE Holzwarth (Hans Werner, editor) Christopher Wool, Cologne, 2012 § Rothkopf (Scott) Wade Guyton, New York, 2012 § McCarthy (Paul) Piccadilly Circus [&] Bunker Basement, 2 vol., 2004 § Kelley (Mike) Educational Complex Onwards 1995-2008, Brussels, 2008 § Linker (Karl) Carroll Dunham: Painting and Sculpture 2004-2008, Zurich, 2008 § Butler (Cornelia) Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave, Los Angeles, 2008 § Shaw (Jim) Distorted Faces & Portraits 1978-2007, signed and inscribed by Shaw on title, original pictorial wrappers, Zurich, 2007, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the first two with dust-jackets, the third with slip-case; and c.40 others on the same, contemporary American art, v.s. (c.45)
Selden (John) Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, second edition, light browning, hole to lower margin of F4, light water-staining to lower margin of last few leaves, modern panelled calf, red morocco label, [Wing S2438], for Jacob Tonson, 1696 § Overbury (Sir Thomas) The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, tenth edition, front free endpaper loose, contemporary calf, rebacked, W.Owen, 1756 § Sidney (Algernon) Discourses concerning Government, 2 vol., first Edinburgh edition, foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1750 § Familiar Essays, on Interesting Subjects, presentation copy from the publisher inscribed "Frances Blackburne the Gift of Mr Leigh" in ink at head of title, title browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, & Oxford) and 6 in America], for Leigh and Sotheby, 1787, rubbed; and 4 others, one with a fore-edge painting, 8vo et infra (0)
Hurd (Richard) Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel; considered as a Part of An English Gentleman's Education..., first edition, title in red & black, both dialogues with half-title, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco label, by W.B. for A.Millar, 1764; Moral and Political Dialogues; with Letters on Chivalry and Romance, 3 vol., fifth edition, contemporary ink signature of M.McCausland to head of titles, attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed, T.Cadell, 1776, 8vo (4)⁂ Richard Hurd (1720-1808) is best remembered today for his library accumulated while Bishop of Worcester and housed in the Bishop's residence at Hartlebury Castle, where it remains more or less intact. A friend of Warburton Hurd purchased his books and those of Alexander Pope after Warburton's death.
Picasso (Pablo).- Fabre (Josep Palau i) Picasso: the Early Years 1881-1907, Barcelona, 1996; Picasso. From the Ballets to Drama 1917-1926, Cologne, 1999, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, fractional creasing to edges, slipcases, a little rubbed § Boeck (Wilhelm) & Jaime Sabartés. Picasso, plates, some colour, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, New York, n.d. § Penrose (Roland) Picasso: His Life and Work, first edition, plates, original cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, creasing and small tears to edges, a little rubbed, 1958; and others, Picasso, v.s. (c.50)
NO RESERVE Pierre et Gilles. Album, one of 5000 copies, Paris, 2002; The Complete Works 1976-1996, Cologne, 1997 § Abadie (Daniel) Lalanne(s), text in English, Paris, 2008 § Gauss (Ulrike) & others. Stankowski 06: Aspects of his Oeuvre, text in German & English, Ostfildern, 2006 § Moorhouse (Paul) John Hoyland, 1999 § Hume (Gary) (A Cat on a Lap), 2009, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets; and 10 others, modern & contemporary European art, 4to & 8vo (18)
NO RESERVE Prouvé (Jean) The Poetics of the Technical Object, original cloth-backed corrugated metal boards, printed transparent wrap-around, Weil am Rhein, 2006 § McQuaid (Matilda) Shigeru Ban, original boards with cut-outs, 2003 § Ragheb (J.Fiona, editor) Frank Gehry, Architect, New York, 2001 § Wiseman (Carter) The Architecture of I.M.Pei, revised edition, 2001 § Weintraub (Alan) Lloyd Wright: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., 1998, illustrations, many colour, all but the first two original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and 8 others on architecture, mostly modern, 4to (13)
NO RESERVE Restany (Pierre) Botero, New York, 1984 § Celant (Germano) Mimmo Rotella, Milan, 2007 § Rondinone (Ugo) "Heyday", one of 1300 copies, with biographical leaflet in pocket at end, Zurich, 1996; Zero Built a Nest in My Navel, 2006 § Pesce (Gaetano) Il Rumore del Tempo, leaves cut with outline of profile, bound in original doormat cut to form profile, no backstrip as issued, Milan, 2005 § Salvaterra (G.), Robert Rosenblum & Franco Fontana. Pulcherrimae Strade: Contemporary Art in Historical Places, text in Italian and English, original wrappers with plastic dust jacket, fastened with metal bolt, Milan, 2002, illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first with dust-jacket, the last with slip-case; and 3 others by Rondinone, folio & 4to (9)
Johnson (Samuel) Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays, first separate edition, with the half-title (often missing), woodcut floral ornament to title, ink signature "?W.B.Johnson" to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Chapman & Hazen 148; Courtney & Smith 103; Fleeman 65.10SP/2b; Rothschild 1249], for J. and R.Tonson [& others], 1765; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first Dublin edition, some light soiling, E3-6 defective at lower or upper corner just touching pagination on one leaf, contemporary stained calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spine repaired, [Fleeman 75.1J/3a], Dublin, J. Williams, 1775, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first is printed from the preliminaries to the second edition of Johnson's Shakespeare with a half-title and title added. The second is an unauthorised edition, one of three published in Dublin in the same year as the first edition but given precedence by Fleeman.
NO RESERVE Rondeau (James) & Douglas Druick. Jasper Johns: Gray, New Haven & London, 2007 § Warhol (Andy) Supernova: Stars, Deaths, and Disasters 1962-1964, Minneapolis, 2005 § Hopps (W.) & Susan Davidson. Robert Rauschenberg, New York, 1997 § Elderfield (John) De Kooning, New York, 2011 § Glimcher (Arne) Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances, 2012 § Serota (Nicholas) Donald Judd, 2004 § Celant (G.) & Clare Bell. Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969, New York, 1999 § Grynsztejn (M.) The Art of Richard Tuttle, New York, 2005 § Leeman (Richard) Cy Twombly, 2005, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the first two with dust-jackets, the last sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping; and c.25 others on modern American art, v.s. (c.35)
NO RESERVE Rubin (William) "Primitivism in the 20th Century": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol., New York, 1984 § Johnson (Robert Flynn) Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, 2001 § Patrick Painter Editions 1991-2005, Basel, 2006 § Virgine (Lea) & others. The Art of the 20th Century. 2000 and Beyond: Contemporary Tendencies, Milan, 2010 § Joachimides (C.M.) & Norman Rosenthal. Die Epoche der Moderne Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Ostfildern, 1997, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, all but the third with dust-jackets, the first also with cloth slip-case; and c.45 others on art, mostly modern, 4to & 8vo (c.50)
NO RESERVE Ruf (Beatrix) & others, "General Idea". File 1972-1989, 6 vol., original wrappers, together in slip-case, Zurich, 2008 § Greenough (Sarah) Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and his New York Galleries, Washington D.C., 2000 § Evans (Harold) The American Century, New York, 1998 § Fitzgerald (Michael) Picasso and American Art, New York, 2006 § Coppel (Stephen) & others. The American Dream: Pop to the Present, 2017, illustrations, many colour, all but the first original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c. 30 others on modern and contemporary American art, v.s. (c.35)
NO RESERVE Storr (Robert) Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting, New York, 2002 § Arasse (Daniel) Anselm Kiefer, 2001 § Trockel (Rosemarie) Herde, Cologne, 1997 § Baudach (Guido W., editor) Thomas Zipp. Achtung! Vision: Samoa, The Family of Pills & The Return of the Subreals, Ostfildern, 2005 § Moure (Gloria) Sigmar Polke, Barcelona, 2005 § Genzken (Isa) I Love New York, Crazy City, ?New York, [?2006], illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the first three with dust-jackets, the last stil sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping; and c.35 others on modern and contemporary German art, v.s. (c.40)
NO RESERVE Tucholsky (Kurt) Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), 2 vol., frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight creasing to edges, slipcase, a little rubbed, 1993 § Handley-Read (Charles) and Eric Newton. The Art of Wyndham Lewis, first edition, frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, one or two small tears to top edge, creasing to edges, 1951 § Fry (Roger) Chinese Art, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, areas of loss to edges, a little rubbed and creased, 1935 § Stephens (Chris) St Ives: The Art and the Artists, plates and illustrations, original boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, 2018; and others art and art reference, v.s. (c.60)
NO RESERVE Barbieri (Gianpaolo) Tahiti Tattoos, n.p., 1989; Madagascar, 1994; Equator, Cologne, 1999 § Corgnati (Martina, editor) Gianpaolo Barbieri, Milan, 2007, photographic illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jackets; and 2 others by Barbieri, 4to & 8vo (6)
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[Sterne (Laurence)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, list of subscribers, engraved coat-of-arms on D3v of vol.2, without the loosely inserted advertisement as usual, contemporary ink signature of Mr Dixon to head of title of vol.2 but cut away in vol.1, occasional light browning or soiling, engraved Harpur bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, small chip to head of spine of vol.2, preserved in modern red morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [Rothschild 1972, both vol. variant 2], small 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1768.
NO RESERVE Chihuly (Dale) Baskets, signed by Chihuly in thick red and yellow paint on upper cover, Seattle, Portland Press, 1994; Chihuly Over Venice/ Nuutajärvi, Finland. Part I, June 1995, loose as issued in original board folder with ties, covers with original decoration in paint, Seattle, Portland Press, 1995; Venetians, signed by Chihuly on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, Altadena, CA, Twin Palms, 1989, first editions, plates or illustrations, many colour; & 9 others by or about Chihuly, v.s. (12)
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NO RESERVE Divola (John) Isolated Houses [&] Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert, together 2 vol., one of 25 copies signed by Divola and with two original prints (one from each work), both first editions, signed on titles, original cloth with dust-jackets, original prints numbered 1/20, signed & dated in pencil on verso, together in original cloth drop-back box, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2000/ 2004; The Green of This Notebook, number 439 of 500 copies, mounted text leaves reproduced from an essay by Jean-Paul Sartre, photographic illustrations by Divola, original cloth, transparent dust-jacket, Portland, OR, Nazraeli Press, 2000; & 3 others by Divola, 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Donovan (Terence) Glances, first edition, signed and inscribed by Donovan on front free endpaper, 1983 § Celant (G.) & Harold Koda. Giorgio Armani, New York, 2000 § Arthus-Bertrand (Yann) La Terre: Vue du Ciel, Paris, 1999 § Ruff (Thomas) Nudes, Munich, 2003 § Struth (Thomas) Portraits, Munich, 1997 § Roth (Andrew) The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century, New York, 2001, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.30 others on modern and contemporary photography, v.s. (c.35)
NO RESERVE Goldin (Nan) I'll Be Your Mirror, New York, 1996; The Devil's Playground, 2003 § Becher (B. & H.) Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tipples, New York, 1991 § Sherman (Cindy) The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York, 2003 § John Stewart, signed and inscribed by Stewart on half-title, Paris, 2008 § Steven Meisel, 2001 § Graham (Paul) Photographs 1981-2006, Gottingen, 2009 § Marclay (Christian) Cyanotypes, original wrappers, still sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping, ?Zurich, 2012, illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first four with dust-jackets; and c.20 others on modern & contemporary American photography & film, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
NO RESERVE Matsue (Taiji) Taiji Matsue, number 372 of 500 copies signed by Matsue, Tokyo, Hysteric Glamour, 2001; Taiji Matsue, number 119 of 900 copies signed by Matsue, original cloth-backed aluminium covers, with original cardboard box, Osaka, 2003; CC, first edition, signed by Matsue on front free endpaper, Tokyo, 2005, photographic illustrations, the first two original pictorial boards; and 4 others by Matsue, v.s. (7)
Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy..., first edition in English printed in France, half-title, woodcut coat-of-arms to E5v, a few small stains, tear to A2 (no loss), old ink library stamp to first few leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco label, a little rubbed, Paris, J.G.A.Stoupe...J.N.Bissot & Barrois, 1780; Voyage Sentimental, augmenté de l'Histoire de Deux Filles..., 2 parts in 1, 2 engraved frontispieces, lightly browned, small rust-spot to second title, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, rubbed, "Londres" [probably Paris], 1786; A Sentimental Journey.../Voyage Sentimental..., 2 vol., only Aix edition, half-titles, parallel titles and text in English and French, attractive contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, Aix, Antony Henricy, 1796; Nouveau Voyage en France..., first edition, without the errata leaf at end, contemporary sheep, scuffed, Geneva, 1784 § [Gorgy (Jean Claude)] Nouveau Voyage Sentimental, first edition, half-title, with engraved frontispiece from a French edition of Sterne's work loosely inserted, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, green roan label, Paris, Bastien, 1784, all a little rubbed; and another, Sterne, 8vo et infra (7)⁂ The first includes 'A Political Romance, addressed to _____, Esq; of York'. ESTC records only 2 UK copies (BL & Cambridge), plus Lodz and Yale. The last is a scarce sequel to Sterne's work.
NO RESERVE Meatyard (Ralph Eugene) The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater, first edition, New York, The Jargon Society, 1974; A Fourfold Vision, one of 1000 copies, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2005 § Hall (James Baker) & Guy Davenport. Ralph Eugene Meatyard, An Aperture Monograph, first edition, New York, 1974, photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first with light spotting at edges, the first and last with dust-jackets; and 3 others by or about Meatyard, 4to (6).
NO RESERVE Pfeiffer (Walter) In Love With Beauty, first edition, Gottingen, 2008 § Domröse (Ulrich, editor) Herbert Tobias: Der Fotograf 1924-1982, Gottingen, 2008 § Gasser (Martin) Jakob Tuggener: Photographs, Berlin & New York, 2000 § List (Herbert) Junge Männer, n.d. § Rautert (Timm) When We Don't See You, You Don't See Us Either: Photography 1996-2006, Gottingen, 2007 § Snoeck (T.W., editor) Andreas Gursky, Cologne, 2007 § Honnef (K.) & Michael Ruetz. Heinz Hajek-Halke: Artist, Anarchist, original cloth backed boards, Gottingen, 2006, photographic illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first five with dust-jackets; and c.20 others, German photography & photographers including 4 other copies of the sixth in variant bindings, 4to & folio (c.25)
NO RESERVE Polidori (Robert) Havana, 2001; Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat & Chernobyl, 2003; Metropolis, 2004; After the Flood, 2006; Parcours, Muséologique Revisité, 3 vol., original pictorial cloth, together in slip-case, with original cardboard box & lid, 2009, first editions, colour photographic illustrations, all but the last original cloth with dust-jackets, Gottingen; and 3 others by or about Polidori, 4to & oblong folio (8)
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NO RESERVE Prince (Richard) Paintings [&] Photographs, 3 vol. including accompanying text bookket, booklet in original wrappers, others original glazed boards, together in board slip-case, Ostfildern, 2002; Adult Comedy Action Drama, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1995; Second House, original boards, printed wrap-around, still sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping, New York, 2005; American English, one of 1000 copies, original pictorial wrappers, Cologne, 2003; Special Guest, one of 1000 copies, original pictorial wrappers, New York, 2015, first editions, colour illustrations; and 9 others, Prince, 4to & 8vo (14)
NO RESERVE Ruscha (Ed) Twentysix Gasoline Stations, second or third edition, photographic illustrations, with New York Public Library zodiac book-label mounted on inside front wrapper, original white wrappers titled in red, glacine wrapper, very slight fraying to upper edge, spine a little browned and with small chip at head, 8vo, Los Angeles, 1962.⁂ The artist's first book.
NO RESERVE Sherman (Cindy) The Complete Untitled Film Stills, New York, 2003 § Respini (Eva) Cindy Sherman, New York, 2012 § Lawler (Louise) Receptions, New York, 2017 § Levine (Sherrie) Pairs and Posses, Krefeld, 2010; Mayhem, New York, 2012 § Eklund (Douglas) The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984, New York, 2009, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first three and last with dust-jackets, the first and third still sealed in publisher's cellophane wrapping; and c.15 others, modern photography of the Pictures Generation, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
NO RESERVE Starn (Doug & Mike) alleverythingthatisyou, number 435 of 1000 copies, original cloth-backed boards, pictorial dust-jacket numbered in pencil, Aspen, CO, 2006 § Mocafico (Guido) Venenum: Medusa Serpens Aranea, 4 vol. including introductory booklet, one of 1200 copies, booklet in original wrappers, the rest in original cloth, together in slip-case, Gottingen, 2005 § Van Dongen (Ron) Alba Nero; Vulgaris; Nudare; Ops Opis; Effusus; Aurora, together 6 vol., each one of 2000 copies, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 1999-2007 § Drabble (Neil) Tree Tops Tall, one of 1000 copies signed by Drabble, Gottingen, 2003 § Carter (Keith) Bones: Photographs, signed by Carter on half-title, San Francisco, 1996 § Zitzewitz (Vanessa von) Horses of Qatar: The Legend of Al Shaqab, Kempen, 2009, photographic illustrations, some colour, all but the first two original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets; and 7 others, natural history, 4to & folio (21)
Servants.- Laws concerning Masters and Servants, second edition, with initial advertisement leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine repaired, [Goldsmiths' 10483; Kress 6570; ESTC 3 UK copies only], for W.Owen, 1768 § Case (The) of Mr. James Oliphant, Surgeon, respecting a Prosecution...for the Suppos'd Murder of a Female Domestic, only edition, foxing, modern marbled wrappers, [ESTC 4 locations, 3 in UK], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for Mr.Oliphant..., 1768 § [Barnard (Sir John, attributed to)] Some Rules for the Conduct of Life...for the Use of such Freemen of London, as take apprentices, 24pp., contemporary ink inscription to head of title, stitched in original blue wrappers, frayed at edges, no imprint, [?1795] § Broughton (Thomas) Serious Advice and Warning to Servants..., sixth edition, light soiling, old boards, spine worn, 1800, all rubbed; and 2 others concerning servants and apprentices, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first appeared as a tract in 1755 but was greatly expanded into the most comprehensive work on the subject hitherto and first published in this form in 1767.
NO RESERVE Sternfeld (Joel) American Prospects, first edition, Houston, 1987; American Prospects, reprint, signed by Sternfeld on title, Gottingen, 2003; Oxbow Archive, first edition, Gottingen, 2008, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets; and 9 others by the same, oblong folio & 4to (12)
NO RESERVE Taylor-Wood (Sam) Crying Men, number 97 of 250 copies signed by Taylor-Wood and with an original signed print, tipped-in photographic plates, some colour, original print of Dustin Hoffman signed in ink on verso and loosely inserted, original black cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, slip-case, 2004; and 4 others by Taylor-Wood including a trade edition of the first, 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Valle (Eduardo del) & Mirta Gomez. From the Ground Up, 2003; Fried Waters, 2005, numbers 11 & 20 respectively of 25 special copies signed by del Valle & Gomez and with an original print, signed on titles, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first also with transparent dust-jacket, original prints numbered & signed in ink on verso and loosely inserted, together in original cloth drop-back boxes, spine of the first faded and slightly water-stained at foot, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press; and 4 others by the same, some limited editions, 4to & oblong folio (6)
NO RESERVE Watanabe (Hiroshi) Veiled Observations and Reflections, number 31 of 100 copies signed by Watanabe and with an original signed print, 2002; Faces, 4 vol., vol.1 number 7 and vol.2-4 number 1 of 100 copies signed by Watanabe and with an original signed print, 2003-05, photographic illustrations, original pictorial glazed boards, all original prints numbered, signed & dated in pencil on verso, vol.2 & 3 larger and tipped into aperture mounts, the rest together with books in translucent slip-cases, West Hollywood, CA § Murakami (Takashi, editor) Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, first edition, text in English and Japanese, original pictorial white glazed boards blocked in silver, New York, New Haven & London, 2005 § Schimmel (Paul) & others. Murakami, original cloth, dust-jacket, Los Angeles & New York, 2007, illustrations, many colour; and another by Watanabe, small 4to & 4to (10)
NO RESERVE Watson (Albert) Frozen: A Retrospective, ?limited edition, signed by Watson on title, original cloth-backed aluminium boards, with original cardboard case, Milan, 2004; Maroc, signed by Watson facing title, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1998; Cyclops, original boards, dust-jacket, 1994; Strip Search, 2 vol., original cloth, together in slip-case, Las Vegas, 2010, photographic illustrations, some colour; and 3 others by Watson including a trade edition of the first in boards but also signed, 4to & 8vo (8)
Weber (Bruce) Rowdy, first edition, photographic illustrations by Weber, original cream cloth titled in brown, very slight soiling to spine but an excellent copy, 4to, n.p., privately printed, 1992.⁂ Very rare; printed in memory of Weber's golden retriever Rowdy and believed to be one of only approximately 50 copies for presentation to friends.
Masturbation & Nymphomania.- Tissot (Samuel August André David) L'Onanisme. Dissertation sur les Maladies produites par la Masturbation, fourth edition, Lausanne, Marc Chapuis, 1769 bound with Bienville (J.D.T.) Nymphomanie ou Traité de la Fureur Utérine, first edition, half-title, Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1771, together 2 vol. in 1, occasional foxing, modern bookplate of Philippe Hostaléry, attractive contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed, 12mo.
Laughing Philosopher (The), first edition in book form, engraved title with vignette and decorative rococo frame, one or two small stains, bookplate of Edward Butler of Carlow, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, corners repaired, Dublin, James Williams, 1777 § [Forrester (James)] The Polite Philosopher..., seventh edition, title browned at edges and with trace of signature at head, contemporary calf, red roan label, [this edition not in ESTC], Edinburgh, Alexander Donaldson, 1775; and another, 8vo et infra (3) ⁂ The first is a collection of thirty-nine amusing pieces on a variety of topics: "on the present fashionable Mode of dressing Ladies Hair", "Modern Coxcombry exposed", "the pernicious Custom of Ladies Painting themselves", "an exercise for Ladies who wear Feathers" etc. They were first published serially in the Westminster Magazine.
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Warner (Joseph) An Account of the Testicles, their common coverings and coats; and the diseases to which they are liable..., second edition, with additions, later ink signature of J.Hawking to head of title, light browning, modern half cloth, for Lockyer Davis, 1779 § Marryat (Thomas) Therapeutics: or, the Art of Healing, fourteenth edition, name to head of title, modern speckled calf, red roan lable, spine slightly faded, Bristol, R.Edwards, 1798, 8vo et infra (2)⁂ The first is by the Senior Surgeon to Guy's Hospital for many years.
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[Pennant (Thomas)] The Journey from Chester to London, first edition, engraved portrait, vignette title and 21 plates, one folding, a good copy in contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, for B.White, 1782; Of London, first edition, engraved portrait, vignette title and 11 plates, one folding, some foxing, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving old spine, for Robt. Faulder, 1790 § C[owley] (J[ohn]) The Candidates Guide: or, the Electors Rights decided, second edition, disbound, a little soiled, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, for J.Brindley, 1735 § Macky (John) A Journey through England [& Scotland], together 3 vol., mixed editions, later bookplate of Ross Macky of Londonderry, uniform 19th century calf, gilt, spines gilt with red & green roan labels, g.e.,J.Pemberton, 1732, most a little rubbed; and 13 others, British topography, v.s. (19)
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