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Click here to subscribeA First Period Worcester chrysanthemum moulded coffee cup, the borders painted in underglaze blue, 6.3cm h, painted crescent in underglaze blue; two First Period Worcester gilt decorated tea and coffee cups and saucers, the former fluted; two Worcester dry blue painted cups, all c1770 (7) Moulded coffee cup with flat chip to the rim, the two dry blue cups broken and riveted, the other pieces in fine condition
A First Period Worcester Fan pattern dessert service, painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in the Japan palette with alternating fan designs and roundels around a central chrysanthemum medallion, the underside with trailing flowers, comprising five fluted plates, 19cm diam, a pair of shaped square dishes, a heart shaped dish and three fluted lozenge shaped dishes, painted pseudo Chinese or open crescent mark in underglaze blue, c1768-75 (11) One or two pieces with slight scratches of the enamels and stacking wear but in this aspect the service is in overall excellent condition with minimal wear/rubbing
A Liverpool coffee cup probably John & Jane Penington, transfer printed in underglaze blue with strawberry and flower groups and with underglaze blue smudged diaper inner border, 6.5cm h, c1780-90; a First Period Worcester press moulded saucer, painted in inky cobalt with the Fisherman and Willow Pavilion pattern; another painted in underglaze blue with the Candle Fence pattern, painted workman's mark or open crescent in underglaze blue, c1755-60 and c1760-70 respectively (3) Cup - minute pinhead sized graze on the edge of the rim which does not detract, Worcester moulded saucer with descending hairline crack from the rim to the well, the Candle Fence saucer in fine condition
A Liverpool coffee cup probably Seth Pennington's and John Part, transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Two Quail pattern, 6.5cm h; a First Period Worcester feather moulded coffee cup, the border painted in underglaze blue with trailing flowers, 6cm h, workman's mark in underglaze blue, c1755-60 (2) Liverpool cup in fine condition. Worcester cup with single vertical descending hairline crack otherwise fine
Putney (Alfred) - Tour in Holy Land, a hand written diary, written as a series of letters to the author's parents, the first dated March 24th 1878, from the Hotel Burgundy, Paris, the last dated April 19th 1878, form the Hotel Damascus, Jerusalem, with several photographs, views and sketches, dark brown morocco with gilt tooling, raised spine bands.
A tiny letter from General Gordon, sent during the siege of Khartoum, the letter is written in Arabic(?) on tissue paper, 4.5 x 3cm. Translation of General Gordon's letter: '[First side] 22nd June 1884 Mudir of Dongala, Khartoum and Senaii in perfect security and Mohammed Ahmed[?] carries this to give you news and on his reaching you give him all the news as to the direction and position of the relieving force and ...[?] numbers, and as for Khartoum there are in it [second side] 8000 men and the Nile is rapidly rising, on arrival of the bearer give him 100 ...[?] ...[?] from the state.'
Man Ray, 1890-1976, INDESTRUCTIBLE OBJECT, inscribed Man Ray and numbered 40/100 on the case; titled and inscribed 1923-1965 on a plaque attached to the metronome lid, readymade wooden metronome with metal paper-clip and photographic eye, height: 21.5cm., 8.5in. Man Ray's celebrated object of a metronome with a photographic eye affixed to its swinging arm was first created in 1923 and titled Object to be Destroyed. In 1932, the artist made an ink drawing of the object with the following inscription on the reverse: "Cut out the eye from the photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow" (Man Ray, Self-Portrait, Boston, 1963, pp. 306-7 in the 1988 edition).
Eva Aeppli, b. 1925, untitled, signed with initial, gouache, felt tip pen, ballpoint pen and paper collage with dried flower and ticket on paper, 21x29.5cm.; 8.25x11.5in. (5) To be sold with four further similar works by the same artist. The artist, Eva Aeppli was Jean Tinguely's first wife. She had a one-woman show at the Hanover Gallery in 1972.
Jean Tinguely, 1925-1991, i. META-CHAOS ii. CHAOS NO.1, i. signed, titled, dated 1973, dedicated pour Jean Yves and inscribed E.A. ii. signed, titled, dated 1973, dedicated pour Richard and inscribed E.A., two etchings, (plate) each 21.5x27.5cm.; 8.5x10.75in. (2) The present work is one of a number of prints made for Chaos I in the Civic Mall, Columbus, Indiana, commissioned in 1973 by J. Irwin Miller, enlightened art collector and owner of Cummings Diesel. It is an unusual work for several reasons. Many of the shapes, visible in the present study, are rudimentary geometric circles and triangles, redolent of his earliest machines. The prints, studies and diagrams that meticulously detail the mechanism, however, are testament to Tinguely's increasing preoccupation with the technical and mechanical sophistication of his work. In pro-nounced contrast to his early improvisatory works regulated by chance, Chaos I evinces a newfound technical competency and mechanical durability. It incorporated for the first time and on a monumental scale materials appropriate to their function and processes conceived in such a way that, with regular servicing, the machine could perform indefinitely.
Property from a Private Collection, London 350 Boyd Webb, b. 1947, FIRST PRINCIPLES, signed, titled and dated 1984; signed, titled and dated 1984 on the reverse , cibachrome print mounted on board with nails, 149x121cm.; 60x48in. Exhibited London, Whitechapel Gallery, Boyd Webb, 1987 Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Boyd Webb, 1988 Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Boyd Webb, 1988 W
Dickens (Charles). A collection of first editions in book form comprising: David Copperfield, 1850; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839; Little Dorrit, 1857; Our Mutual Friend, 1865; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844; Dombey and Son, 1848; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 1837; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870; Beak House, 1853; Master Humphrey's clock, 2 vols 180; Bradbury and Evans or Chapman & Hall, with the original illustrations, some spotting, soiling and dust staining, all but the last uniformly bound in contemporary half morocco, the second volume of Master Humphrey's Clock in original gilt and blindstamped cloth, rubbed, joints split
Max Beerbohm 'And Even Now', published by Heinemann 1920, First Edition; also Evelyn Waugh 'Love Among The Ruins'; Helen Beauclerc 'The Love of the Foolish Angel', illus Dulac; Henry Savage 'Richard Middleton's Letters', signed limited edition; and William Bourdillion 'Gerard and Isobelle', published 1921 (5 volumes)
Second World War medal group, awarded to Ernest Maddox of the Cheshire Regiment, including France and Germany Star, Victory and Defense medals with ribbons; also a number of black and white photograph prints reputed to have been taken by Ernest as his regiment was one of the first into the Belsen concentration camp after its liberation; and a number of Nazi propaganda postcards (a lot)
German First World War trench art shell case, converted to a decorative jardiniere, decorated with herons within an oriental style landscape, inscribed on the base 'Found on Messines Ridge, February 1919. Made by German Prisoners of Bois Grenier Armentiers, designed by Georg Schubert, engraved by Edward Oehler, May 10th 1919', the shell officially inscribed '170 Nov 1917 Polte Magdeburg', 10ins
1970 United Kingdom proof coin set, old denominations; also another proof coin set, 1982, three wallets of first decimal coins, Prince Charles Investiture silver medallion, 1969, cased; and an Edward VIII Coronation enamelled badge on original card, 1937, all contained within a metal lunch box tin
BELLORI G.P. Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia anaglyphico opere elaborata ex marmoreis exemplaribus quae Romae adhuc extant ... 2nd edition, engraved titlepage, 2 engraved dedication leaves, with 79 other engraved plates, lacking plate 68 (with only the torn inner margin remaining), disbound, fore-edges uncut, titlepage discoloured, corners a little dogeared, oblong folio, Rome: Jacobo de Rubeis, 1693. Note: Cicognara 3607. Thirty-one plates which appeared in the first edition of c1690 were suppressed in the second and replaced by thirty-four new ones. Apart from the damaged plate mentioned above, our copy also appears to lack plates 26 and 56-57 but including the damaged plate 68 the total would otherwise be 84 suggesting the omissions are due to the re-numbering during the re-issue of the plates for this edition, rather than an absence. The plates show sculptural reliefs on urns, vases, sarcophagi, tablets, and various monuments from almost thirty sites in Rome, including the Palazzo Barberini, the gardens of the Villa Medici and of the Vatican, the Forum of Nerva, &c.
BELLORI G. P. & BARTOLI S.P. Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto dicata eius rebus gestis in Germanica atque Sarmatica expeditione insignis ... rebus notis Io. Petri Bellorii illustrata et a Petro Sancte Bartolo iuxta delineationes in Bibliotheca Barberina asservatas, ac eum antiquis ipsius columnae signis collatas aere incisa ... 2nd edition, engraved titlepage and dedicatory leaf to Pope Clement XI, 84 engraved plates, original quarter vellum, paper boards, fore-edges uncut, piece missing from top of spine, wrappers creased and worn at edges, small water stain to the upper margin of the title and first few leaves, some light spotting, oblong folio, Rome: ex chalcographia Dominici de Rubeis, 1704.
MOLL Herman A facsimile of the first edition of Herman Moll's "Atlas of Scotland" 1725 ... 1st thus, 36 facsim. maps, publisher's quarter calf, green cloth boards, in a slip case, oblong folio, Towie Barclay Castle: The Heritage Press, 1980. Note: No 146 of 500 copies COLLINS Captain Greenvile Great-Britain's coasting pilot: in two parts, being a new and exact survey of the sea-coast of England and Scotland ... 1st thus, 47 maps (including doublepage and fldg.), mounted on guards, original cloth, dustwrappers, folio, Prestwood: The Studbrook Press, [n.d.] [2] Note: A facsimile of the London edition of 1753
POTTER Beatrix The story of Miss Moppet ... 1st edition in book form, frontis. and 14 col. plates, without "Appley Dapply" and "Tom Kitten's painting book" on the black board on the endpapers, original grey boards, oval col. illus. pasted onto the upper board, 16mo., London: Frederick Warne, [n.d., 1916] Note: Quinby 11A The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse ... 1st edition, later issue, with the "N" in London, but no "Ltd." in the imprint and with quotation marks before the first line of p. 39 27 col. plates, original grey boards, paste-on illustration on the upper cover, 16mo., London: Frederick Warne, [1918] [2]
MILTON John Paradise lost: a poem in twelve books ... fourth edition, adorn'd with sculptures ... 1st illustrated edition, engraved port. frontis. by White after Faithorne, 12 engraved plates chiefly after Medina, later calf, rubbed and scuffed, upper inner joint broken, early ownership inscription on the titlepage, otherwise a good copy with wide margins and and the plates in good condition, folio, London: by Miles Flescher, for Jacob Tonson, 1688 [bound with] Paradise regain'd: a poem in IV books, which is added Samson Agonistes ... 3rd (first folio) folio, London: R.E. and to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688.
MODERN LITERATURE A collection of modern literature, with a number in first edition, to include: GOLDING W. The pyramid. 1st ed., original cloth, wrappers, 8vo., 1967; KINEALLY T. Schindler's ark. 1st ed., original cloth, wrappers, 8vo., 1982; WHITE P. The vivisector. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1970; SILLITOE A. Saturday night & Sunday morning. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, wrapper a little frayed, 8vo., 1958; NABOKOV V. Lolita. 1st English ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1959; ROTH P. Portnoy's complaint. 1st English ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 1969; KING S. Pet sematary. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, wrappers a little worn, inscription on front free endpaper, 8vo., 1983; BERGER T. Little big man. 1st English ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1965; WOLFE T. The bonfire of vanities. 1st English edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1988; LESSING D. The habit of loving. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo., 1957; LESSING D. A proper marriage. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1954; BURGESS A. Devil of a state. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, wrappers slightly frayed, 8vo., 1961; FOWLES J. The French lieutenant's woman. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1969; ACKROYD P. Hawksmoor. 1st. ed., original cloth, wrappers, 8vo., 1985; FORSTER E.M. A room with a view ... 1st edition, original red cloth, spine faded, edges rubbed, inner joint splitting, 8vo., 1908 and 40 others [55]
MODERN LITERATURE A collection of modern literature, with a number of first editions, to include: ORWELL G. The road to Wigan Pier. 1st ed., original limp cloth, 8vo., 1937; ORWELL G. Nineteen eighty-four. 1st edition, original cloth, spine faded, trace of label removed from upper cover, 8vo., 1949; ORWELL G. Animal farm. 1st American ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, edges of wrappers a little frayed, 8vo., 1946; DURRELL L. Mountolive. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo., 1958; DURRELL L. Clea. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1960; BATES H.E. Charlotte's row. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1931; THOMAS D. Under Milk Wood. 1st thus, original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1954; HARTLEY L.P. Eustace & Hilda. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, slight wear at head and tail of wrapper, inscription on front free endpaper, 8vo., 1947; BARSTOW S. A kind of loving. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo., 1960; FITZGERALD F. Scott. This side of paradise. 1st thus., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1948; SALINGER J.D. Franny and Zooey. 1st English ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 1962; LAWRENCE D.H. Lady Chatterley's lover. Unexpurgated edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, wrappers a littled creased and frayed, 8vo.., 1956; OSBORNE J. Look back in anger. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1957; BECKETT S. Waiting for Godot. 1st English ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1956; GREENE G. The comedians. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1966; WATERHOUSE K. Billy Liar. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1959; MAUGHAM W. Somerset. Cakes and ale. 1st ed., original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., 1930; MAUGHAM W. Somerset. The circle. 1st ed., original printed paper boards, 1921 and 32 others [50]
COTGRAVE Randle A dictionarie of the French and English tongues ... whereunto is also annexed a most copious dictionarie of the English set before the French by R.S.L. [i.e. Robert Sherwood Londoner] ... 2nd edition, 2 works in 1 volume, woodcut strapwork titlepages to both parts, fldg. table, contemporary calf, worrn, joints split, lower margin of Ggggv in the first work torn with some letters of text affected, similarly Iiiivi (but with no loss), tears to inner margin of the fldg. table, tear in the second work to margins of Diii in 2nd work touching letters of text, also with some outer margins trimmed and touching letters of text in marginal notes, both parts with some water staining and paper discolouration, folio, London: Adam Islip, 1632
MacCAIG Norman, BROWN George Mackay & MacLEAN Sorley A small collection of the works of MacCaig, Brown & MacLean, many with inscriptions to Sydney or Hazel Goodsir Smith, to include: McCAIG [sic] Norman. Far cry, 1st edition, printed wrappers, 8vo., London: Routledge, 1943 Note: The author's first book; MacCAIG Norman. Riding lights, 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., London: Hogarth Press, 1955; MacCAIG Norman. The Sinai sort, 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., London: Hogarth Press, 1957; MacCAIG Norman. A common grace, (Phoenix living poets), 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, inscribed "To the Auk from Norman MacCaig 1960", and with an AL from the author to Sydney Goodsir Smith loosely inserted, 8vo., London: Chatto & Windus with The Hogarth Press, 1960; MacCAIG Norman. Selected poems, 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, presentation inscription from the author to Sydney and Hazel Goodsir Smith, 8vo., London: Hogarth Press, 1971; AKROS Vol. 3 number 7 March 1968. Special Norman MacCaig issue. Printed paper wrappers. Kinglassie, 1968; MacCAIG Norman. A man in my position, (Phoenix living poets), 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, inscribed from the author to Sydney and Hazel Goodsir Smith, 8vo., London: Chatto & Windus with The Hogarth Press, 1969; BROWN George Mackay. Loaves and fishes, 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrappers, signed by the author and with Sydney Goodsir Smith's initials in pencil, 8vo., London: Hogarth Press, 1959; ....
MacDIARMID Hugh [i.e GRIEVE Christopher Murray] Penny wheep ... 1st edition, original cloth, dustwrapper, spine of wrapper faded, a couple of minor nicks to the edges, signed by Sydney Goodsir Smith on the front free endpaper, 8vo., Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1926. Note: Aitken 6. First Hymn to Lenin and other poems ... 1st edition, port. frontis., original cloth, t.e.g., original slip case, lower cover slightly marked, very short maginal tear on one page, signed by Sydney Goodsir Smith at the front, 8vo., London: Unicorn Press, 1931. Note: Aitken 20. No 20 of an edition of 450 numbered copies [2]
MacDIARMID Hugh [i.e GRIEVE Christopher Murray] 2 ALs by Hugh MacDiarmid to Sydney Goodsir Smith each on one side of foolscap and signed "Chris". The first dated 31 December 1964 thanks for an Hogmanay gift of Smith's Cartoid cornucopius and refers to an article shortly to appear in the Spectator and a forthcoming BBC interview. The second dated 10 May 1969 is a letter of condolence upon the death of Smith's father. Also enclosed is a photocopy of an excoriating AL dated 12 February 1964 to the authors of a booklet called "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes", a satire on the Scottish Renaisance Movement centred on its leader, identified as Kirsty MacGrumphy (an allusion to MacDiarmid).
CURTIS William Flora londinenis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London ... 1st edition, (volume 1 titlepage dated 1777), 3 vols. [only, of 6] in 1 with 223 plates (with 6 uncoloured and 217 hand coloured], with one list of subscribers and indices to vols. 1 to 3 19th century half green morocco, cloth boards, rubbed, repairs to titlepage and to the dedication leaf affecting letters of text, occasional offsetting from the plates, folio, London: by the author [1775-etc.] Issued in 72 parts, the Flora Londinensis is much more comprehensive than its title might suggest, for it extends to most of the English flora, and could be regarded as the first colour-plate national flora
BLIGH William, Admiral A narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies ... 1st edition, engraved fldg. frontis., pp. [iv], 88 with 3 engraved charts of which 2 are fldg., 19th century half calf, marbled boards, wear to head and tail, corners rubbed, endpapers, the first fldg. plate and title a little spotted, some spotting and offsetting in conjunction with the charts, otherwise a good copy with wide margins (30.5 x 24 cms), 4to., London: George Nicol, 1790.
EDINBURGH ROYAL NAVAL CLUB MS minute books in various hands of the Edinburgh Royal Naval Club from 1802 to 1855. 2 vols. Bound in reverse calf, with red morocco gilt labels on the upper covers, 4to. Note: Minutes from the first meeting of the Club on 20 July 20 1802 until 14 February 1855. The entries mostly list those in the chair and those attending. The entry for 9 January 1828 records the acceptance of the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral, as a member [2]
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