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Lot 446

Woolf (Virginia) Kew Gardens, third English (limited) edition, number 210 of 500 copies signed by author and artist, woodcut decorations throughout by Vanessa Bell, original decorative colour boards after Bell, light browning to spine, splitting to joints, laminate and tape repair along spine causing some lifting and tearing to foot of upper cover, light wear to corners, light rubbing and surface soiling, [Kirkpatrick A3c; Woolmer 155], 4to, Hogarth Press, [1927].⁂ The first quarto edition of this work with Bell's illustrations expanded to cover every page. Scarce signed by both contributors.

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Lot 447

Woolf (Virginia) Walter Sickert: a Conversation, first edition, initialed by the author and signed by Walter Sickert and Vanessa Bell with a quote "Life is colour" and the date crossed through and supplied in roman numerals on title in unknown hand, ink ownership inscription "William Bellows. Gloucester. 11.i.35" with later ink ownership inscription of E. E. ?Pullin below, original pictorial wrappers after Vanessa Bell initialed by Bell, "From W. B." to head of upper wrapper, light marking and toning to spine and covers, [Kirkpatrick A20a; Woolmer 355], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1934.⁂ A remarkable copy, signed or initialed by each contributor, we can trace no like example. William Bellows (1873-1942), son of the printer and lexicographer John Bellows. He became joint-manager of his father's printing firm in 1902.

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Lot 448

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket with some restoration to spine ends and corners, overall a near fine copy, 8vo, 1951.

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Lot 45

Hughes-Stanton (Blair).- Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, number 7 of 50 special copies on Japanese vellum signed by the author and artist, from an edition of 330, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, board slip-case, small folio, Colchester, Gemini Press, 1934.⁂ The first of only two books issued by the Gemini Press, established by Ida Graves and Blair Hughes-Stanton after the latter's departure from the Gregynog Press having left his wife Gertrude Hermes. Despite being unable to marry this was a celebration of the couple's union. Only half the edition was sold and in 1970 Hughes-Stanton sold the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press who reissued the work in 1980.

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Lot 50

Kelmscott Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works [with] A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer by Duncan Robinson, together 2 vol., number 331 of 515 copies, the first a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, printed in red and black, illustrations, many tipped in, original floral patterned cloth designed by William Morris, together in board slip-case (slightly rubbed and marked), folio, Basilisk Press, 1974-75.

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Lot 53

Limited Editions Club.- Milton (John) Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, illustrated by Carlotta Petrina, original cloth-backed boards, lower rear corner slightly worn, San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1936 § Marlowe (Christopher) Four Plays, copper-engravings by Albert Decaris, original calf-backed cloth, New York, 1966 § White (Gilbert) The Natural History of Selborne, illustrations by John Nash, original roan-backed boards, spine slightly rubbed, Ipswich, 1972 § Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, illustrations by Fritz Kredel, original morocco-backed wood-veneer boards, spine faded and slightly stained at foot, Adelaide, 1971 § Dickens (Charles) The Short Stories, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original half-cloth, New York, 1971 § Beerbohm (Max) Zuleika Dobson, illustrations by George Him, Baltimore, 1960, limited editions signed by the artists, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first with slip-cases, some a little rubbed, Limited Editions Club; and 5 others for the club, v.s. (11)

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Lot 58

Limited Editions Club.- Homer. The Odyssey, translated by T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia), wood-engravings by Barry Moser, original cloth, 1981 § Euripides, Medea, Mippolytus, The Bacchae, illustrations by Michael Ayrton, original cloth-backed boards, printed at the Curwen Press, 1967 § Gilgamesh, translated by William Ellery Leonard, colour illustrations by Irving Amen, original cloth, Avon, Ct., 1974 § Book of Ecclesiastes (The), text in English and Hebrew, colour illustrations by Edgard Miller, original sheep decorated in blind, uncut, spine rubbed and faded, 1968 § Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications...1929-1954 of The Limited Editions Club, original morocco-backed cloth, 1959, limited editions, all but the last signed by the artists, plates and illustrations, some colour, the first with prospectus loosely inserted, all with slip-cases, most New York; and 4 others for the club, v.s. (9)

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Lot 63

Limited Editions Club.- Kafka (Franz) Metamorphosis, etchings by José Luis Cuevas, original morocco-backed boards, 1984; In The Penal Colony, lithographs by Michael Hafftka, original limp vellum by Carol Joyce, yapp edges, original cloth drop-back box, 1987 § Grass (Gunter) The Flounder, 3 vol., translated by Ralph Manheim, illustrations by the author, original calf-backed cloth, 1985 § Brecht (Bertolt) The Threepenny Opera, original lithograph and plates by Jack Levine, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1982 Mann (Thomas) Death in Venice, wood-engravings by Felix Hoffmann, original morocco-backed boards, 1972, limited editions signed by the artists and other contributors, plates and illustrations, most with prospectuses loosely inserted, first with slightly faded spine, all but the second with slip-cases, New York, Limited Editions Club, 4to & 8vo (7)

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Lot 64

Limited Editions Club.- Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, etchings by Leonard Baskin, original russet morocco, 1984 § O'Neil (Eugene) The Iceman Cometh, plates by Baskin including a lithograph, original boards, 1982 § Williams (Tennessee) A Streetcar Named Desire, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, original morocco-backed floral-patterned cloth, 1982, limited editions signed by the artists, the first also by the author, plates and illustrations, prospectuses loosely inserted, all with slip-cases (rubbed, the last split at joint), New York, Limited Editions Club; and 3 others for the club, v.s. (6)

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Lot 65

Limited Editions Club.- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Fall of the House of Usher, one of a few copies signed by the artist, etching, colour plates and illustrations by Alice Neel, original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, original cloth drop-back box, 1985 § Crane (Hard) The Bridge, photographs by Richard Benson, original cloth, 1981 § [Clemens (S.L.)], "Mark Twain". Roughing It, double-page colour plates by Noel Sickles, original cloth-backed boards, 1972 § Dreiser (Theodore) An American Tragedy, illustrations by Reginald Marsh, 1954 § Bierce (Ambrose) The Devil's Dictionary, wood-cut illustrations by Fritz Kredel, original morocco-backed cloth, 1972, limited editions signed by the artists, plates and illustrations, all but the first with slip-cases, first two with prospectuses loosely inserted, New York, Limited Editions Club; and 6 others for the club, v.s. (11) ⁂ The first includes a two-page tribute to Alice Neel by Raphael Soyer, and is signed by both Soyer and Neel; most were signed only by Soyer as Neel died during the production.

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Lot 69

Mackley (George) [The George Mackley Collection], 3 vol. comprising: 1.Confessions of a Woodpecker 2.George Mackley Wood Engraver 3.Wood Engraving by George E.Mackley, number 44 of 250 sets signed by the author/artist, the first volume with a quantity of reproductions of wood-engravings by Mackley loose in pocket at end, original calf-backed marbled boards, together in similar slip-case, Old Woking, 1981; Engraved in the Wood..., number 44 of 300 signed by the artist, 68 wood-engraved plates loose in original paper wrappers as issued, with accompanying text by Ruari McLean and Armida Maria-Theresa Colt in original wrappers, together with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, The Two-Horse Press, 1968 § Colt (Armida Maria-Theresa) Weeds and Wild Flowers, number 87 of 250 copies with an additional suite of engravings and signed by the author and artist, additional engravings loose as issued in portfolio, original cloth-backed boards, together in slip-case, Two-Horse Press, printed at the Rampant Lions Press of Cambridge, 1965, all with wood-engraved plates or illustrations by Mackley, a little rubbed, 4to (3)

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Lot 70

Modigliani (Amedeo).- Frène (Roger) Les Nymphes, first edition, one of 130 copies, signed presentation copy from the author, 5 illustrations by Modigliani, one with slight stain, occasional minor spotting, uncut in original printed wrappers, edges a little tanned, 8vo, Paris, 1921.⁂ Modigliani's only book illustrations. This is one of the 120 copies on papier japon ancien. The inscription on the half-title is to fellow poet Jean Pellerin (who died in July 1921) and reads: "A l'excellent poete Jean Pellerin, en temoignage de haute sympathie litteraire, Roger Frène".

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Lot 75

Nash (Paul, 1989-1946) The Wall - Dymchurch, copper engraving on Saunder's mould-made paper, image c.130 x 200mm., tipped into card mount, loose in original wrappers, [1970s]; with another copy of the same, labelled "first proof 22 Sep. 75" in ink on lower margin, tipped into card mount, both with PNT stamp of Paul Nash Trust in margin (2)⁂ Printed from a rare copper plate of c.1923 discovered in Nash's studio after his death and issued by the Tate Gallery and Alexander Postan Publishing. These are from the library of Iain Bain, Head of Publications at the Tate Gallery and expert on copper-plate printing, who supervised the impressions. Nash was previously unknown to have worked in copper.

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Lot 77

Nevinson (C. R. W.) The Great War Fourth Year...with an Essay by J. E. Crawford Flitch, first edition, colour frontispiece "Banking at 4000 feet" signed by the artist in pencil, 24 plates, signed presentation inscription from Flitch to "my good friend Don Pedro" to front free endpaper, dated Dec 1919, the odd spot, endpapers with some toning and scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, spine and corners lightly rubbed, custom slip-case, 4to, 1918.⁂ Nevinson joined the army in the autumn of 1914 and went to Flanders as a mechanic and driver. Though invalided in 1916 he became one of the great war artists, producing some of the most unflinching and harrowing images of the conflict.

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Lot 84

Pissarro (Lucien) Wood Engravings, number 95 of 175 sets with an accompanying booklet on Pissarro's wood-blocks by David Chambers, 29 wood-engravings tipped into 20 card mounts, loose as issued, text with illustrations, original printed wrappers, together in original cloth drop-back box, Oxford, 1981 § Haberly (Loyd) The Antiquary..., number 77 of 100 copies, hand-coloured woodcuts by the author, original morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, slip-case, Long Crendon, Seven Acres Press, 1933 § Williams (Charles) Heroes & Kings, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 300 on hand-made paper, wood-engravings by Norman Janes, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Sylvan Press, 1930 § Dyer (John) Grongar Hill & other Poems, number 42 of 50 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper, signed by the editor and artist, from an edition limited to 150, hand-coloured wood-engravings by John Petts, original scarlet morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, Argraffwyd yng Nghymru, Grongar Press, 1977 § M'Alpine (John) Genuine Narratives...of the Most Interesting Exploits and Singular Adventures, edited by Thomas Rae, letter P of 26 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of proofs on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition limited to 226, wood-engravings by Kathleen M. Lindsley, proofs tipped into card mounts and loose in pocket at end, John Prebble's copy with his bookplate, original calf, spine very slightly faded, preserved in slip-case, Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1985, all but the first t.e.g., others uncut; and another, v.s. (6)

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Lot 89

Robertson (W. Graham) Old English Songs and Dances, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to the publisher William Heineman inscribed on front free endpaper, illustrations by the author printed in colours by Edmund Evans, a good clean copy, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, 1902 § Kauffer (E. McKnight) The Art of the Poster, first edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, rubbed and soiled, frayed and slightly defective, 1924 § Jones (Barbara) The Unsophisticated Arts, first edition, original cloth, a good copy in original pictorial dust-jacket, 1951 § Wanklyn (Joan) Guns at the Wood: a Record of St John's Wood Barracks, number 240 of 500 copies signed by the author/artist (this copy for Henry Nicholls Esq.), illustrations by the author, original cloth, preserved in original wrapper, 1972, plates and/or illustrations, some colour, folio & 4to (4)

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Lot 9

Craig (Edward Gordon) Woodcuts and some Words, with an Introduction by Campbell Dodgson, number 15 of 160 copies signed by the author/artist, with additional proof woodcut on Japon dated 1900 tipped to blank leaf and loosely inserted (mount browned and creased at lower edge), proof also signed "EGC 1923" and with note "State 2. Only 150 copies printed. Copy 5" in pencil at foot, tipped-in frontispiece and 60 plates on 58 sheets, illustrations, first and last leaves browned, bookplate of Norman F.H.Freudenthal, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1924.

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Lot 97

Whittington Press.- Bosley (Keith, translator) The Song of Songs, unique made-up copy signed by the translator and artist (from the various editions), from an edition limited to 206, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, original russet morocco, upper cover with line of warriors in gilt at foot, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, Andoversford, 1976 § Kennedy (Olive, translator) Letters from a Portuguese Nun, number XII of 25 specially-bound copies with an additional suite of prints and signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 235, illustrations by Richard Kennedy, original pictorial vellum, gilt, additional prints loose in original cloth folder, together in slip-case, 1986, Andoversford, Whittington Press; and 2 others illustrated by Kennedy for the press, 4to (4)⁂ The first is made up of title and consecutive leaf on hand-made paper containing pieces of pressed flowers (from the edition limited to 6 copies) with text from the ordinary edition of 165 copies, together in the special binding (35 copies).

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Lot 98

Whittington Press.- Nicholson (William) An Alphabet, number 124 of 150 sets, 38 plates including 2 versions of E & T and some unused designs, all but four printed from the original woodblocks, 1978; An Almanac of Twelve Sports [&] London Types, number 7 of 150 sets, 34 plates including 4 unused versions, 1980, together 2 vol., each with separate introduction by Edward Craig (one of 300 & 225 signed copies respectively, original wrappers), loose as issued in original cloth drop-back boxes, illustration mounted on upper cover (the first hand-coloured), folio, Andoversford, Whittington Press (2)

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Lot 431

Y A LIGNUM VITAE WASSAIL PEDESTAL BOWL 17TH CENTURY 14cm high, the top 21.5cm diameterTOGETHER WITH A LIGNUM PEDESTAL TOBACCO BOWL AND COVER 19TH CENTURY 12cm high, the top 17cm diameterAND A BRASS MOUNTED HARDWOOD TOBACCO BOX AND COVER Possibly padouk17.5cm high, the base 17cm diameter (3) Provenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: first cleaned- restored stem- shrinkage cracks- chip to top edgesecond shrinkage crack to basethird cleanedWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 467

TWO 'ONION' SHAPE WINE BOTTLES ENGLISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY First with iridescence from burial, string rim 13.4cm high Second similar but only faint traces of iridescence 13cm highProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: Both with loss to string rimsCondition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 492

TWO HANGING LANTERNS 19TH CENTURY AND LATER The first pierced sheet metal and panted wood, hexagonal body57cm highThe second later gilt and pale blue painted sheet metal, octagonal59cm highProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: Both with losses and wear from rusting, age and use- both with single candle support- First with worm to terminal drop and loss to end, very crusty metal surface painting rubbed but feels originalSecond redecorated - lacks one glass paneCondition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 496

TWO PAIRS OF BRASS WALL LIGHTS 18TH CENTURY First pair with circular wall mounts, scroll branches22cm protuberanceSecond pair with later oval wall mounts, sharp scrolled branches26cm protuberance (4)Provenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: Both worn and with knocks and distortions to nozzles and pans, surface with dirt accretionBoth formerly fitted for electricity, drilled to mount, pan and nozzleWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 499

AN ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD WALL MIRROR POSSIBLY FLORENTINE, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY 85cm high, 73cm wide overallProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseCondition Report: There are scuffs, cracks, knocks and scratches consistent with age and use.There are losses, restorations and observations including:The mirror plate a later aged replacement. There are no backboards. Vacant holes to the back of the frame.Visible cracks to the front, but repaired with tape and other means so that the mirror frame is intact, albeit with chips some sections missing, cracks. There are metal right angled braces to the corners of the recess.The gilding is rubbed in some areas revealing the white gesso and wood in some places.There is some evidence of worm.Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition.  Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 521

TWO 18TH CENTURY TOBACCO TINS The first English brass, engraved "William Everard September Ye 10 1740", reverse with engraved scenes from the life of Christ12.5cm wideThe second Dutch copper, engraved with hand and quill the reverse with Dutch script translating as "Thomas Lloyd Colchester ***** Engels & Duyts Rotterdam"12cm wideProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseA rough translation of the inscription to the second tobacco tin would be 'Thomas Lloyd of Colchester serves merchants in English and Dutch in Rotterdam'. Condition Report: Both with knocks and wear from use- notably to edges, engraving worn- first with old solder repair to lid beneath date- which has partially failedWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 587

Y A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY TEA CADDY CIRCA 1790 Of octagonal form, the hinged top opening to a lidded interior, ivory escutcheon 12cm high, 12.5cm wide, 11cm deep TOGETHER WITH A GEORGE III HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY TEA CADDY CIRCA 1790 Of oval form 11.5cm high, 14cm wide, 9cm deep (2)Provenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HousePlease note: Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (Ref: W6YTFTHN)Condition Report: both look to have been cleaned in last 50 years- first some veneer repairs and replacements- lid lacking some edge stringing - no keysecond lacks escutcheon, loss around top patera, interior top lid moulding missing - has keyWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Lot 666

A GILTWOOD SIXTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER PROBABLY ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY 88cm high, 112cm diameter

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Lot 1055

Austin A35 Saloon motorcar, registration AA0702A, first registered 30.11.1956, 803cc petrol with 2-axle-rigid body, VIN A2S5HLS7138, engine no. 2HLS7138, colour maroon.Note: this vehicle is currently not road worthy and cannot be driven away.TO BE SOLD AT 10AMWe ask that all potential new bidders wishing to bid on a vehicle, please be aware that prior to the sale they will need to provide full ID in the form of a driving licence/passport and a copy of a utility bill.Agents buying on behalf of a third party must have written authority from their principal clearly stating their authorisation to bid.

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Lot 1227

After Giambologna (Italian 1529-1608): Mercury flying on the breath of Zepher, after the antique, green patinated bronze, and mounted on a black marble plinth with patinated bronze frieze depicting putti, 66cms high. Notes: The most celebrated sculpture by Giambologna is the Mercury, known in four versions whose chronology is uncertain. His first design, a heavy wingless figure, is preserved in a model in Bologna. When Giambologna returned to Florence, he referred to his earlier work in a second version, a flying Mercury, now lost or identical to one in Vienna. This bronze was sent by Cosimo as a diplomatic gift to the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II, when they were negotiating the marriage of Maximilian's sister Giovanna to Francesco de' Medici. The messenger G od was Maximilian's protector and the pose was based on a medal of Maximilian by Leone Leoni (1551).The fourth, a flying variant in Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (of which this lot is a copy) was completed by 1580, when it became a fountain figure at the Villa Medici, Rome. Mercury balances on a bronze column of air issuing from the mouth of Zephyr, over which flowed water, increasing the illusion that he was floating. The god assumes an arabesque, balanced precariously on his toes, and points upward to Jupiter. It is Mannerist in that it can be appreciated from all angles and is elongated and elegant, yet these features contrast with its amazing physicality and an evident study of weights and balances. The preciosity of "Maniera" is blended with what became Baroque illusionism and the freedom derived from wax.

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Lot 1237

Agatha Walker (1888-1980): a painted wax statuette, Jean Forbes-Robertson in the role of Peter Pan, 1930, inscribed, dated and signed in monogram to the plinth 34cm high. This wax figurine is modelled on the actress Jean Forbes-Robertson (1905-1962) in the title role of J M Barrie's 1904 children's play 'Peter Pan'. Jean Forbes-Robertson first played the part at the Gaiety Theatre, Christmas 1927, and subsequently became one of the best-known actresses associated with the role, playing it at the Garrick Theatre, 1928/1929; at the St James's, 1929/1930; and at the Palladium for five consecutive Christmases, from 1930 until the end of the 1934/35 season. Other actresses took the part subsequently at the Palladium, but Jean Forbes-Robertson returned to play it for the last time there for the 1938/39 season. This is one of several wax figurines modelled by Agatha Walker in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly of actors and actresses in costume for roles in successful productions on the London stage. There had been a craze for ceramic figurines of performers in the 19th century and Walker attempted to revive this tradition with her limited edition sculptures. They were modelled from life in plaster and coated with a fine wax layer which was then coloured. In 1931 there was an exhibition of her wax figures at the Fine Art Society.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 1305

A set of ten Georgian-style mahogany high-back dining chairs, first half 20th Century, the arched backs and stuff-over sets upholstered in a needlework cotton depicting figures and flowers, with bowfront seat rails, raised on acanthus carved cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, width of seat 49cms, the depth overall 52cms, height 110cms.

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Anderson & Garland Ltd. Newcastle
Lot 750

A pair of late 19th French ovoid vases in first-period Worcester style, probably Samson, decorated with mirror-shaped panels of exotic birds and flowers on a blue scale ground, seal marks in blue, 23cms. (2)

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Lot 9066

Single bifolium (split horizontally) containing a portion of a copy of the Codex Iustinianus, heavily glossed in a single hand; Italy, possibly Bologna, 13th centuryThe surviving leaf carries portions of Book 8 of the Codex. Each leaf headed VIII in red and blue; text in black ink, initial letters rubricated; glosses in brown inkThe first column of the first recto begins at 8.38.3, [Ut inter absentes verborum obligatio contrahi non potest, ita alteri, cuius iuri subiectus non est] aliquid dari vel restitui … and carries the text to the end of 8.38.4, nullius momenti sintThere follows a gap of two chapters, indicating a significant excision, before the text re-commences on the lower portion with the ending of 8.39.1, [Et ideo si probaveris conventum in solidum exsolvisse rector pro]vincie iuvare te adversus eum…] and the first part of 8.39.2The second column continues 8.39.2 and takes the text to 8.39.4, et quasi tempore eme[so]…; the lower portion picks up the text in 8.39.4 (3) at [nemine liceat] alienam indevotionem sequi, which is carried through to the end.There follows the rubricated heading of 8.40.0 De fideiussoribus et mandatoribus, and the text of 8.40.1 is carried over to the head of the verso, column 1.The first verso ends in 8.40.15, mali exceptione uti quam [condicere]The second recto begins in 8.47.10, [sed its eum permanere] quasi non fuisset… , indicating the loss of probably only a single bifolium.The second verso ends towards the end of 8.45.5, nisi infantes sint qui [et sine consensu…]

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Lot 9080

Sir William Dugdale: ‘Monasticon Anglicanum: A history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, friaries, and cathedral and collegiate churches... in England and Wales.’, London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1817-1830, 6 volumes in 8 (volume 6 is in 3 parts/volumes), engraved additional titles and 242 plates (see footnote), many double-page, plates rather spotted; together with DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM: ‘The History of Saint Paul's Cathedral, in London.’, London: Lackington, Hughes [&c.], 1818, 67 engraved plates, some double-page, [BAL RIBA 934]ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, WITH PROOF PLATES, together 9 volumes, folio (473 x 315mm.), half-titles, list of subscribers in volume 1, nineteenth-century dark blue morocco gilt by J. Wright (the volume of St. Paul's uniformly bound by Ramage), gilt edges. Provenance: probably Henry Perkins (1778-1855), a subscriber to a large paper copy, with initials "HP" on upper cover of each volume, sale by Gadsden, Ellis & Co., 3 June 1873, lots 396 and 387 (but see footnote). All indications are that this copy belonged to Henry Perkins, though the copy sold at his library sale (see provenance) was described as being bound in purple morocco by Herring, possibly in error. As is often the case Monasticon Anglicanum is without the plate of a Benedictine nun at p.451 in vol.2. It is presumably omitted as it appears to be a duplicate of the same plate which is present at p.436 vol.1.This new edition of Monasticon Anglicanum, the work of John Paley, Sir Henry Ellis and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, greatly expanded the first edition of 1655 by drawing on records in the Tower of London and the Cottonian collection. It contains an enormous amount of information on the history of English religious houses and incorporates the charters of foundation, donation and confirmation granted to religious establishments. The fine engraved plates include plans and views of abbeys, cathedrals, monasteries and priories as well as engravings of costumes and seals. From the collection of Father Peter Harris, with his bookplates to front pastedowns (9)

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Winston S. Churchill, 2 titles: 'Marlborough. His Life and Times.', London, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1934-1938, 4 volumes, volume 1 November 1934, new edition, revised, volumes 2-4 1934-1938, 1st editions, 1st impressions, portrait frontispiece to each volume, 99 additional plates, 14 facsimiles of letters, and 182 maps and plans, several folding, collated complete/as called for, uniform original purple cloth, spines lettered in gilt, Marlborough crest gilt to front covers, top edges gilt, in the "Limited Presentation Edition" dust wrappers (worn, some small part losses/tape repairs). Churchill's biography of the first Duke of Marlborough, his ancestor who led British forces to victory against Louis XIV, "took its place at once among the classics of historical writing. As the story of his ancestor's leadership of a grand alliance to prevent the domination of the continent by a single power, it was also a source of inspiration to Churchill in his campaign against appeasement" (ODNB). Cohen A97.2(I-IV).a; Langworth pp. 166-8; Woods A40(a); together with 'Lord Randolph Churchill', London & New York, Macmillan, 1906, 1st edition, 2 volumes, frontispiece portraits to each volume + 16 plates, collated complete/as called for, ex Wolverhampton Girls' School Library, inkstamps verso of title pages and to half title of volume 2, else no other lib markings to leaves/leaves clean/VGC, original red cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, lib markings removed from spines, ruling continued to boards in blind, front covers lettered in gilt with the Churchill family crest stamped in gilt, edges untrimmed. Churchill's great biography of his father Lord Randolph Churchill (6)

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Winston Churchill: 'The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill. Centenary First Edition', London, Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1974, 'centenary first edition', 25 volumes, each with tipped in photographic frontis of Churchill, comprising 'My Early Life', 'The World Crisis', 5 vols, 'The Second World War', 6 vols, 'Marlborough', 4 vols, 'History of the English Speaking Peoples', 4 vols, 'Lord Randolph Churchill', 2 vols & 'War Speeches', 3 vols, uniform burgundy morocco gilt, Winston Churchill monograms to front covers, silk end papers, all edges gilt (25)

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Winston S. Churchill: 'The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. Edited by Col. F. Rhodes. Illustrated by Angus McNeill, Seaforth Highlanders.', London, Longmans, Green & Co, June 1900, 1st edition, 3rd impression, 2 volumes, "Only 140 copies of the third printing were ever made available. it is far and away the scarcest of the first-edition printings" (Ronald I. Cohen, Churchill bibliographer), ex Prahran library, photogravure portrait frontispiece to volume 1 + 4 other portrait plates (lacks frontis of Kitchener to volume 2, else complete), one full-page photogravure to the text, 50 wood-engravings to the text by Angus Neil, 23 colour maps and battle plans, all but 3 folding (folding map vol.I facing p.146 "The Dervish Empire" with neat tape repair), 11 maps to the text of which 2 full-page, recased, retaining original publisher's dark blue cloth, with lettering and pictorial decorations to spines and front covers in gilt, replenished end papers and pastedowns, volume I with publisher's 32pp catalogue of adverts at end. This was Churchill's second book, after The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898). "Overcoming the objections of Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Churchill obtained a temporary posting with the 21st lancers, and arrived in the Sudan in time to take part in the celebrated cavalry charge at the battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), in which the regiment galloped by accident into a hidden ravine crammed with armed men. Churchill, who shot and killed at least three of the enemy with his Mauser pistol, was cool and courageous but lucky to survive a bout of hand-to-hand fighting in which 22 British officers and men were killed. [In The River War] the story of the campaign is firmly embedded in a remarkably sympathetic history of the Sudanese revolt against Egyptian rule" (ODNB). Churchill himself graphically described his account as "a tale of blood and war". Cohen A2.1.d; Langworth pp. 27-29; Woods A2(a) (2)

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(Pytchley Hunt, Northamptonshire), a manuscript minute book for the Pytchley Hunt committee meetings held at Althorp House 1923-c.1939, predominantly chaired by Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), known less formally as Jack Spencer, British Peer, Army Colonel, and the paternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales, 340 pages of manuscript minutes from committee meetings covering the period 28 December 1923 to circa September 1939, each meeting with m/s entries detailing date, those present, description of matters discussed and decided, and signed off by the chairman etc, the first entry for 18. Dec. 1923 "Present: Lord Spencer, Chairman, Sir C.E. Frederick & Messrs J.W. Thornton, R.B. Loder, J.L. Cross, G.W. Jebbitt and J.Y. Castell...Mr Loder proposed...that Lord Wimborne be asked to serve on the committee in place of Lord Downe resigned, and that he be thanked for his purchase of Bramerton Covert...It was decided to form a small sub committee for dealing with subscriptions and claims for damage...A discussion took place with reference to members of the Pytchley Hunt being capped when hunting with the Woodland Pytchley...The masters having recommended the following names for the White Collar, it was decided that it be given accordingly:- the Hon. Mrs Verney Cave, Mr T.A. Verney Cave...Mr R. Jenkinson...Spencer", various other topics discussed at following meeteings, including Woodland Pytchley Capping, Foot & Mouth Disease suspension of capping, Brownings Claim, creation of Coverts, White Collar, wire fund, Guarantors, Subscriptions, etc etc, approx 50 separate signatures of Lord Spencer signing off meetings between 18 Dec. 1923 & February 20th 1935, with a few autograph letters sent by committee members to Lord Spencer during this period paper clipped in, and one or two other bits of associated ephemera also paper clipped in, plus two typed letters signed by Lord Spencer February/March 1935 regarding his resignation from the Chairmanship of the Pytchley Hunt, both on Althorp headed paper "Dear Freddie, I am grateful to you and Lancaster for your kindness in asking me to reconsider from resigning...I have given the matter my utmost consideration and have definitely come to the conclusion that in the present circumstances it will be quite impossible for me to continue to act as Chairman under any conditions whatsoever. Yours sincerely Spencer", dated February 20th 1935, the following period 1935 to c.1939 pages 262-340 with Sir George Stanley as Chairman and signing off meetings, a few relevant items/letters paper clipped in etc, 4to (24 x 19cm), contemporary half black leather gilt (worn)

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Two mid 19th Century manuscript exercise books containing well executed penmanship/draughtsmanship, copperplate handwriting, sketches, pen, ink and watercolour maps etc, the first album containing 12 pages of manuscript entries including pen & ink sketch of Carisbrook Castle; pen, ink & watercolour of Union Flag, copperplate handwriting etc, original stitched paper wraps, "Daniel Tubby Octr. 2nd 1845" in pen and ink to top wrap, the second album with bold copperplate and hand coloured title page "Daniel Tubby 1846" + 14 pages of manuscript entries, including 6 full page pen, ink and watercolour maps England, Europe, Asia, N. & S. America, Africa, bold copperplate and watercolour penmanship, pen & ink sketch of carriage etc, original stitched paper wraps, some leaves loose (2)

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(Tax), An 1827 Post Horse Duty One day within eight miles ticket (unused). A duty first imposed in 1779 on anyone travelling, by hired horse or chaise, on a post road. The duty was payable at the inn where the horses were hired, which could be by the mile or by the day. The mile rate was 1 1/2d per mile for each horse, with special rates for travel within eight miles, as here; together with a newspaper 3d Proof stamp duty (2)

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Thomas Tredgold: 'The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines...Completing Division A. And Forming the First Volume of the New Edition of Tredgold on the Steam Engine', London, John Weale, 1850, 41 engraved plates of steam engines/locomotives as called for, (of which 40 multi folding), including Stephenson's Rocket etc, large 4to, old half calf gilt, 'The Principles and PRactice and Explanation of the Machinery Used in Steam Navigation; Examples of British and American Steam Vessels...', London, John Weale, 1851, vol.II, Part.I, text volume, 340,42,52,20,5,[1]pp, large 4to, old half calf gilt (2)

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THE TAY BRIDGE. A late 19th Century manuscript plan depicting the first Tay Bridge, Dundee, Scotland, to scale, showing tidal movements and structure, approx size 242 x 47cm, rolled. Plans for a bridge over the Tay to replace the train ferry service emerged in 1854, but the first Tay Bridge did not open until 1878. The bridge was designed by engineer Thomas Bouch, who received a knighthood following the bridge's completion. It was a lightweight lattice design of relatively low cost with a single track. On 28 December 1879, the bridge suddenly collapsed in high winds. The incident is one of the greatest bridge-related engineering disasters to have occurred. An enquiry determined that the bridge was insufficiently engineered to cope with high winds.

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Two large folio volumes of mainly 18th and 19th Century engraved heraldic coats of arms/bookplates, first volume containing approx. 148 engravings, various sizes, some full page and bound in, others smaller and mounted to leaves, some hand coloured, a few 17th Century, second volume containing approx. 200 engravings, various sizes, some full page and bound in, others smaller and mounted to leaves, a few 17th Century, each folio, old half calf (worn, second volume backstrip part detached), each with armorial bookplate to front pastedown of George Henry Sutherland (2)

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John Hunt (1910-1998): 'The Ascent of Everest. 40th Anniversary Edition', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, limited edition (332/500), numbered, signed by ten surviving members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, including John Hunt, Charles Evans, Griffith Pugh, George Band, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Michael Westmacott, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Edmund Hillary, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the First Ascent on 29th May, 1953, foreword by John Hunt, colour photographic frontis + black & white maps/ills. as called for, original half blue morocco gilt, gilt blocked illustration on front cover, top edge gilt, slipcase

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Margaret Gowing: 'Britain and Atomic Energy 1939-1945', London, Macmillan & Co, 1964, 1st edition, the personal copy of Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968), Nobel Laureate and President of the Royal Society, signed & inscribed to him by the author to verso of half title "Sir Henry Dale, in gratitude and admiration, Margaret Gowing, September 1964", with Dale's ownership signature to front pastedown, and additionally loosely inserted are Dale's copy letters to Winston Churchill and Churchill's scientific adviser, Lord Cherwell, 11th May 1944, concerned with setting up a meeting between Churchill and Niels Bohr, which is referenced in pages 346-366 of the book. Niels Bohr was on a par with Einstein as a theoretical physicist, and after the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938, Bohr was acutely aware of the theoretical possibility of making an atomic bomb, though he considered the practical difficulties so prohibitive as to prevent the realization of a bomb until well after WW2 could be expected to end. In September 1943 word reached Bohr that he was about to be arrested by the Germans, and he fled Denmark to Sweden. From there, he was flown to Britain, where he joined the British Tube Alloys nuclear weapons project, and was part of the British mission to the Manhattan Project. Taking part for several weeks at a time in the work in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to develop the atomic bomb, he made significant technical contributions, notably to the design of the so-called initiator for the plutonium bomb. His most-important role, however, was to serve, in J. Robert Oppenheimer’s words, “as a scientific father confessor to the younger men.” Bohr became convinced that the existence of the bomb would “not only seem to necessitate but should also, due to the urgency of mutual confidence, facilitate a new approach to the problems of international relationship.” The first step toward avoiding a postwar nuclear arms race would be to inform the ally in the war, the Soviet Union, of the project. He was conscious of the likelihood of tension between Russia and the Western Allies after the war, but he believed the atomic bomb was something so big that it could be the means of promoting confidence and co-operation between nations. Furthermore, Bohr believed it would be disastrous if Russia should learn on her own about the bomb, and knowing the competence of the Russian physicists Bohr felt certain, like many leading scientists when they considered the point, that the margin of time before the Russians were able to construct a bomb themselves would be very small. In this backdrop of deep concern with the unique situation with which an atomic bomb would confront the world, Bohr was desperately anxious to meet Churchill and receive any suggestion from him on the subject. Sir Henry Dale was the President of the Royal Society and a member of the Tube Alloys Consultative Council. He was an old friend of Bohr's and during his visit to England Bohr had told Dale about his hopes and fears, these conversations taking place in the most secret place the men could think of, on iron park chairs in the middle of the biggest expanse of grass in Hyde Park. Dale was also greatly concerned with the deeper implications of the bomb and he wrote to the Prime Minister begging him to see Bohr on the question of international control. After outlining Bohr's credentials, Dale concludes his letter to Churchill "...It is my serious belief that it may be in your power even in the next six months to take decisions which will determine the future course of human history. It is in that belief that I dare to ask you, even now, to give Professor Bohr the opportunity of brief access to you". Bohr was unable to convince Churchill of his viewpoint, however, instead being suspected by Churchill of spying for the Russians, and came away from the meeting greatly disappointed at the way the world was apparently governed, with small points exercising a quite irrational influence. After the war, Bohr persisted in his mission for what he called an “open world” between nations, continuing his confidential contact with statesmen and writing an open letter to the United Nations in 1950. Original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (with 55s net price still intact). Together with a printed book of words of remembrance for Henry Hallett Dale by Lord Alexander Todd, in English & German, published Heidelberg, Verlag Lambert Schneider, 1968/69, original wraps. Provenance - from the estate of Lord Alexander R. Todd (1907-1997), British biochemist who who also became a Nobel Laureate and PResident of the Royal Society, and married Dale's daughter, a distinguished Scientist in her own right (2)

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Hans Holbein: 'The Dance of Death', London, Privately Printed, 1916, limited edition, (one of 250 copies only), profusely illustrated throughout with enlarged facsimiles of Holbein's famous woodcut designs executed by Hans Lutzelburger, from the first complete edition published at Lyons in 1547. With the French text, accompanied by an English verse translation, edited, with a preface, by Frederick H. Evans. Original paper covered boards, printed paper label to spine

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Thomas Robert Malthus: 'An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions. A New Edition, very much Enlarged.', London, printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, 1803, 2nd edition, the 'great quarto edition', the first to bear Malthus's name, substantially enlarged, rewritten, and re-titled, "In 1803 Malthus published a greatly expanded second edition of the Essay, incorporating details of the population checks that had been in operation in many different countries and periods. Although nominally a second edition, it was regarded by Malthus as a substantially new work. He did not claim originality for the idea that population tends to outrun the food supply. In the preface to the second edition he stated that in writing the first edition he had deduced the principle of population from the writings of David Hume, Robert Wallace, Adam Smith, and Richard Price, but that in the intervening period he had become aware that much more had been published on the subject. He nevertheless believed that even more remained to be done, especially in describing the means by which populations are checked and in drawing out the practical implications of the principle of population. In the second edition, he made clear what was only implicit in the first, that prudential restraint should, if humanly possible, be 'moral restraint' - that is, delayed marriage accompanied by strictly moral pre-marital behaviour, although he admitted that moral restraint would not be easy and that there would be occasional failures. Whereas in the first edition he had said that all the checks to population would involve either misery or vice, in the second edition he attempted to lighten this 'melancholy hue' (Essay on the Principle of Population, 1st edn, 1798, iv) and 'to soften some of the harshest conclusions of the first essay' (2nd edn, 1803, vii) by arguing that moral restraint, if supported by an education emphasizing the immorality of bringing children into the world without the means of supporting them, would tend to increase rather than diminish individual happiness" (ODNB). The first edition, published anonymously, is now a great rarity. This second was the result of much criticism, as well as the great success of the first; further correspondence with Godwin; and travels abroad, on the continent and in Scandinavia, along with reading of travel literature, which resulted in numerous new case studies being added (see Watkin Tench's copy, below). There are more comparisons with other countries and Malthus places a new emphasis on moral or 'natural restraint' (he is opposed to contraception and abortion); allowing that it is possible for such restraint to be practised, Malthus thus reviewed what was 'too gloomy a view of human nature in his first essay' (New Palgrave).The pessimist line, with its origins in Hume, Smith and Godwin, extended from Malthus to Ricardo, to James Mill and his son John Stuart, to Darwin and Wallace, even to Marx and Engels, the utopians who were driven to condemn Malthus, but were themselves prophets of doom and of the 'misery of the working classes', in what was arguably an age of remarkable economic and social development (Norman). viii,[4],610pp, title page and some leaves of preface and contents with tidemark to inner margin (not affecting printed text of title page), pp1/2 with small part loss at tope corner just affecting printed page numbers, pp42, the first word on line 12 "a" of "accounts" affected by small black mark, else some sporadic light spotting/foxing to some leaves throughout, mainly marginal, otherwise leaves generally clean/VGC. Quarto, professionally rebound paper covered boards, printed paper label to spine. Hugely influential work by Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), the towering English cleric, scholar and influential economist in the fields of political economy and demography

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(Hydrotherapy, Baths), Andrew White Tuer & Tristram Ellis: 'Luxurious Bathing', London, Field & Tuer, 1880, 2nd edition, Proofs before Letters, Japanese Paper, one of 20 copies only, signed "One of first 20 proofs Tristram Ellis", etched title + 8 etched plates as called for, oblong, original vellum & parchment over boards (15 x 24cm)

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(Cookery), a collection of 25 mainly 19th and early 20th Century cookery and related books and booklets, plus a few earlier titles, including T. Williams: 'The Accomplished Housekeeper, and Universal Cook', London, J. Scatcherd, 1797, 1st edition, xvi,274[2]pp, 12 engraved plates of place settings/bill of fare as called for, but lacks large part of folding frontis, 12mo, contemporary calf, later rebacked; Vincent la Chapelle: 'The Modern Cook', London, for the author and sold by Nicolas Prevost, 1733, 1st edition in English, volume 1 (of 3 volumes) only, viii,[20],328pp, 2 folding plates of menus at end, contemporary calf worn. The first 'new' English cookery book to be published in the 18th century, which appeared in English while the author was in Chesterfield's employment. One of the great 18th century classics, having a strong influence on upper class food in England; William Kitchiner: 'The Cook's Oracle containing receipts for plain cookery on the most economical plan for private families, also the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, store sauces, and flavoring essences...', L, A. Constable, [1822], 4th edition, 12mo, old half calf; [Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell]: Modern Domestic Cookery', L, John Murray, 1853, engraved frontis + 1 engraved plate + ills. in text, 644pp + 32pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt (worn); Edward Spencer: 'Cakes & Ale', L, Grant Richards, 1897, 1st edition, 2pp ads at end, original pictorial cloth; George H. Ellwanger: 'The Pleasures of the Table', L, Heinemann, 1903, 1st UK edition, ills. throughout, rebound contemporary cloth gilt; Auguste Mario: 'Easy French Cookery', L, Cassell, 1910, 1st English language edition, 8 plates as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (worn); A.B. Marshall: 'The Book of Ices', L, circa 1894, revised and enlarged edition, vii,[1],80pp, original cloth gilt, scarce; Adelaide Keen: 'With a Saucepan Over the Sea', Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1902, 1st edition, original pictorial cloth gilt; Vera, Countess Serkoff: 'The Visits of Doris. Cookery Hints to a Young Housewife', L, A.E. Walter, [1920], 1st edition, original decorative wraps; Mrs Black: 'Household Cookery and Laundry Work', L, Collins, c.1890, 75th thou., orig. cloth; E & B May: 'May's Practical Methods. To Ensure Instant Relief and Permanent Cure of Diseases without Drugs, Minerals or Doctors' Fees', L, c.1897, 5th thou., [2],81,[10]pp, original cloth covered boards; Janet McKenzie Hill: 'Practical Cooking and Serving', L, Heinemann, 1903, 1st edition, colour frontis + numerous plates throughout, 10 pages of contemporary m/s receipts at front and end, original cloth gilt; plus 12 others similar (25)

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(Agriculture & Cookery, Precious stones and minerals, Industrial Arts, Alchemy), Sir Hugh Plat: 'The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and Uses Thereof...Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent Discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins : with the vertues and use thereof', London, printed by Elizabeth Alsop, and are to be sold at her house in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653, title in woodcut typographic border and with woodcut of an ear of summer barley to verso, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative initials, [8],232pp, title page and first couple of leaves toned/browned and with some small marginal part loss (not affecting text/printed area), title page with neat reinforcement to inner margin, final two or three leaves with small marginal part loss, final leaf pp231/232 with marginal part losses professionally repaired/laid down on tissue paper, couple of small old inkstains to pp.24, toning towards outer edge of margins of leaves throughout, mispagination pp.155-162 as usual (all printed contents present), small 4to, rebound quarter blue morocco gilt over marbled paper covered boards. Scarce compendium of useful household information, formulas and recipes, including instructions on storing fruit and flowers, 'how to carry gold in a most secret manner', brewing, 'how to speak by signs onely', stealing bees, preventing drunkenness, 'keeping oysters good ten or twelve days', distilling, alchemy, a portable pump, oilskin clothing, sign language, bridge building, fishing, reviving colours of old pictures and much more.

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Lot 9141

(Mixology, Cocktails, Drinks), David A. Embury: 'The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks', London, Faber & Faber, 1953, 1st edition, original cloth (worn) lettered in silver to spine. Scarce first edition of this classic cocktail guide; William Schmidt: 'The Flowing Bowl, When and What to Drink', New York, Charles L. Webster, 1892, 1st edition, portrait frontis, xvi,294pp + [10]pp ads at end, original cloth gilt and silvered (VGC); William Terrington: Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks', L, George Routledge, circa 1870, [2],xv,223,[19]pp, original "yellowback" pictorial paper covered boards (worn), later rebacked cloth. Scarce (3)

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(Cookery), a collection of 17 20th Century cookery titles, including Lily MacLeod: 'A Cook's Notebook', London, Faber, 1958, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, scarce; Xavier Marcel Boulestin & Jason Hill: 'Herbs, Salads, and Seasonings', illustrated Cedric Morris, London, Heinemann, 1930, 1st edition, 16 plates + ills. in text as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, scarce; two others Xavier Marcel Boulestin 'The Conduct of the Kitchen', L, Heinemann, 1925, 1st edition, original cloth, 'Eggs - One Hundred & Twenty Ways of Cooking', L, Heinemann, 1932, 1st edition, orig. paper covered boards; Maura Laverty & Sybil Le Brocquy: 'Maura Laverty's Cookery Book', L, Longmans, July 1946, 2nd printing, illustrations throughout by the eminent Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy at the age of 30, before he was widely known, original cloth. Irish author Maura Laverty's first cookbook; Louis Diat: 'Cooking à la Ritz', L, The Restaurant Trade Journal, February 1946, 2nd printing, original cloth; Edouard de Pomiane: 'Cooking in Ten Minutes', Oxford, Bruno Cassirer, 1948, 1st UK edition, 19 woodcut illustrations after drawings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, orig. cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; two scarce Good Housekeeping cookery titles: 'Learning to Cook', L, Gramol, 1947, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, 'Sweet Making Book', L, Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1927, 1st edition, original wraps (slightly worn, contemporary writing on rear cover in pencil and pen & ink); Graham Greene (introduction): 'Venus in the Kitchen, or Love's Cookery Book', edited Norman Douglas, L, Heinemann, 1952, 1st edition, chapter and other illustrations/decorations by Bruce Roberts throughout, original cloth, dust wrapper (by Bruce Roberts); L.H. Braun & W. Adams: 'Fanny Hill's Cook Book', L, Odyssey Press, 1972, 3rd impression, illustrations throughout by Brian Forbes, original cloth, dust wrapper; plus 6 others similar (17)

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Lot 9143

Florence White: 'Flowers as Food. Receipts and Lore from Many Sources', London, Jonathan Cape, 1934, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the female aviator and socialite Delphine Reynolds (1907-1993) on FFEP "Miss Delphine Reynolds, from the author Florence White, January 12th 1935, First Edition", with Delphine Reynold's pencil ownership signature/inscription above "Miss Reynolds, The Cottage, Gatwick Aerodrome, Sussex", original cloth. Scarce

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Lot 9164

A box of Typography, Printing, Private Press books, including 'Alphabet and Image', James Shand Shenval Press, Dec. 1946 & September 1947, No's 3 & 5, No.3 with coloured litho & woodcut ills by John Nash, and typography by Eric Gill, etc, No.5 with ills. by Barnett Freedman & Lynton Lamb etc, each orig. wraps; 'Image: A Quarterly of the Visual Arts', No.3 Winter 1949-50, No.4 Spring 1950, No. 6 Spring 1951, content/ills. John Buckland-Wright, Edward Ardizzone, Blair Hughes-Stanton etc, each orig. wraps; Gotthard de Beauclair: 'Suite Fur Euralda', ill. Adolf Wamper, 1953, limited edition (189/350), original cloth gilt, slipcase; F. Petrarca: 'Lettera a Giovanni Anchiseo', Milan, 1967, orig. printed wraps, slipcase; Ovid: 'Die Jagd auf den calydonischen Eber', Darmstadt, 1984, ltd. edn. (150), orig. decorative paper covered boards; C.B. Cottrell & Sons Co., New York (published): 'Problems of Pressmanship', c.1903, 115,[7]pp, trade catalogue, ills. of printing presses etc throughout, orig. cloth gilt; Stanley Morison: 'Grundergeln der Typographie [First Principles of Typography]', Berlin, [1953], orig. cloth gilt; Ruari McLean: 'Jan Tsichold: Typographer', 1975, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, plus others including 'Typography: 3', Shenval Press, Summer 1937, Parenthesis 42, etc etc

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Lot 9183

(Private Press, Typography), a collection 15 private press and typography related titles, including Margaret Wells: 'Margaret Wells A Selection of her Wood Engravings', Wakefield, The Fleece Press, 1985, limited edition, one of 170 copies (of a total edition of 200), 15 full page engravings and engraved colophon illustration, 4to, original yellow cloth, printed paper label to spine, printed paper title label/illustration to front cover; Edward Burrett: 'Full Point. A typographer remembers', Esher, The Penmiel Press, 1976, limited edition (98/125), numbered and signed by Burrett to limitation page, further signed & inscribed by Burrett for Yuri "Yurka" Galitzine (1919-2002) "For Yurka Galitzine good friend and work colleague - to record the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Galitzine and Partners - Edward Burrett 22 May 1979", on first blank, 4to, original cloth gilt, slipcase; Dante Gabriel Rossetti: 'Hand and Soul', Birmingham School of Printing, [1944], limited edition, 65 copies printed for private circulation only, [4],5-20,[3], designed, printed and published by Leonard Jay, illustrated title page printed in green by Henry S. Sands, illustrated Blue Jay Leonard Jay colophon, 4to, stitched leaves, plain card covers with pencil title to front cover; 'The Old Book Seller. A short story by L.M. Wilson', Greenock, The Black Pennell Press, 1989, limited edition, (71/75), numbered, original quarter elephant hide over decorated paper covered boards, printed paper label to front cover; Yves Perrine: 'Arbre', Laon (Aisnes), 1997, limited edition, one of 50 copies only, 8 etched plates, 5 leaves of text printed on glassine (including limitation page/colophon), all loose as issued in original green cloth binding, ribbon ties; 'J.H. Mason R.D.I. A selection from the notebooks of a scholar-printer made by his son John Mason. Illustrated by Rigby Graham', Leicester, The Twelve by Eight, 1961, signed by John Mason, 12 full page black & white ills. by Rigby Graham as called for, original pictorial wraps by Rigby Graham; Alan Tarling: 'Will Carter, Printer, an illustrated study', The Galahad Press, 1968, to, original spiral bound printed card covers; John Crombie & Sheila Bourne: 'When the Cat's Away', Kickshaws, 1983, 1st edition, one of 600 copies (of a total edition of 650), colour illustrated leaves throughout, original spiral bound colour illustrated card covers; Antoine Pentsch: 'des aventures de T l'Escargot', Montreal, l'atelier du Silence, 1995, limited edition, (53/100), numbered and signed, original wraps; plus 6 others similar (15)

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Lot 9194

Eric Ravilious; Alan Powers & James Russell: 'Eric Ravilious: The Story of High Street', Sparham, Mainstone Press, 2008, limited edition, (750), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white throughout, 4to, original cloth lettered in silver, printed paper label to front cover, original slipcase; plus 10 others Eric Ravilious related, including James Russell: 'Ravilious Submarine', Mainstone Press, 2013, 1st edition, profusely illustrated in colour, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards; Ravilious & J.M. Richards: 'High Street', V & A published facsimile of the original edition first published in 1938 by country Life and printed at the Curwen Press, orig. pictorial boards, dust wrapper; 'Eric Ravilious Imagined Realities', Imperial War Museum, 2003, 1st edition, colour ills. throughout, orig. pictorial wraps; Richard Dennis: 'Ravilious & Wedgwood', 2006, folio, original decorative laminated boards; 'Eric Ravilious in Context', 2002; Binyon: 'Eric Ravilious Memoir of an Artist', 2004; Friend: 'Ravilious & Co The Pattern of Friendship', 2017 1st in d/w; 'Eric Ravilious Design', ACC, 2015, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 2 others (11)

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Lot 9223

Alan Ross & John Minton: 'Time was away. A Notebook in Corsica', London, John Lehmann, 1948, 1st edition, 1st issue, black & white map frontispiece + 8 colour lithographed plates + over 50 other full page and in text black & white illustrations by John Minton as called for, original yellow cloth, the first issue stamped in green and gilt on the spine (v. light wear, else generally cloth VGC), wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by John Minton (worn with some part losses and internal repairs, some surface rubbing in places). A scarce first issue copy of Alan Ross and John Minton's classic artistic collaboration and ode to the island of Corsica

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Lot 9224

(Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, Max Beerbohm, Henry James etc), 'The Yellow Book. An Illustrated Quarterly', London, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, April 1894, Volume I, 1st edition, frontis + 14 illustrations on 15 full page plates as called for (three of which by Aubrey Beardsley), 272pp + 18pp Index to Publishers' Announcements followed by 14,[1]pp catalogue of adverts dated 1894, original yellow pictorial cloth blocked in black (by Beardsley), (worn, spine browned, inner joints split). The first volume of the iconic literary and artistic periodical of the 1890's, first edited by Beardsley and forever associated with his artwork and the more decadent attitudes of the fin-de-siecle

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Lot 9225

Mervyn Peake, 6 titles: 'Poems and Drawings', London, The Keepsake Press, 1965, limited edition (one of 150 copies only), frontispiece and 4 full-page line drawings by Peake printed in brown, [16]pp, pale blue plain card stapled wraps; 'Letters from a Lost Uncle', London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948, 1st edition, [ii],[130]pp, illustrated throughout with line drawings in soft pencil interspersed with typewritten text and passages in the author's hand, original pictorial cloth; 'Titus Groan', L, E & S, 1946, 1st edition, 2nd impression (dust wrapper stated "Second Impression" to inside front flap), 438pp, original cloth, d/w; 'The Craft of the Lead Pencil', L, Allan Wingate, 1946, 1st edition, [2],19,[3]pp, full page and in text ills. by Peake, original pictorial boards; 'Figures of Speech', L, Gollancz, 1954, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; 'Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor', L, Nelson, 1967, 3rd edition of Peake's classic children's book, first published in 1939, small 4to, original pictorial laminated boards (6)

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Lot 9226

(Marc Chagall), Abraham Sutzveker: 'Siberia. A Poem', translated from the Yiddish by Jacob Sonntag, London, Abelard-Schuman Ltd, 1960, 1st edition, preface & 9 full page lithograph illustrations Marc Chagall, 46,[2]pp, folio, original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial dust wrapper (21s net price intact). Other copies retailing and on copac/JISC library hub all state publication date of 1961, however this copy states "first published 1960" verso of title page, and bearing no indication elsewhere in this copy of it being the later date of 1961

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