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Lot 166
White (Gleeson) Children`s Books and their Illustr illustrations, modern cloth, folio, The Studio Special Winter Number 1897-8 § James (Philip) Children`s Books of Yesterday, illustrations, original cloth, folio, 1933 § Briggs (Katharine M.) The Anatomy of Puck, 1959; Pale Hecate`s Team, 1962; The Fairies in Tradition and Literature, 1967, first editions, original cloth, dust jackets, 8vo § Welch (d`Alté A.) A Bibliography of American Children`s Books printed prior to 1821, [vol. 4-6] only, original wrappers, 8vo, Worcester, Mass., 1967-1968 § Pressler (Christine) Schöne alte Kinderbücher, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, large 4to, Munich, 1980; and four others, various sizes(13)
Lot 172
Thucydides.Hist.Peloponnesian War,vellum b`ng translated by Benjamin Jowett, one of 260 copies, printed in red and black with text in Ptolemy type, sidenotes in Blado Italic, initials and chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, bound in vellum, by Douglas Cockerell & Son 1946, titled in gilt across head of spine and dated at foot, uncut, signed at foot of rear pastedown, [Hornby XXXVII], folio, Ashendene Press, 1930.
Lot 199
Bligh`s Voyage in The Resource,1/350,1937 edited by Owen Rutter, number 155 of 350 copies, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill, light spotting to endpapers, original two-tone cloth, uncut, very slight fading to spine, bump to lower edge of rear board, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937.
Lot 201
Brébeuf.Travels & Sufferings..Canada,GCP edited and translated by Theodore Besterman, number 271 of 300 copies, fine wood-engraved double-page vignette title by Eric Gill, presentation copy from the editor inscribed on verso of title, very slight crease to title, map endpapers, original cloth, uncut, roan spine label, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938.
Lot 203
Mabinogion..,1/550,GCP translated by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones, number 488 of 550 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and full-page illustrations by Dorothea Braby, original pictorial half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1948.
Lot 205
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,1/60,GCP translated by Gwyn Jones, number 7 of 60 specially-bound copies signed by the translator and artist, from an edition limited to 360, wood-engraved title-vignette and plates by Dorothea Braby printed in colours, original pictorial turquoise and pink morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded and bands scuffed, cloth slip-case, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1952.
Lot 208
Barclay (John) Euphormio`s Satyricon,GCP number 28 of 60 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 260, wood-engraved plates by Derrick Harris, all with border in red, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, spine slightly browned, boards with a few damp spots, slip-case, 1954 § Swinburne (A.C.) Lucretia Borgia, one of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Reynolds Stone, bookplate of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1942, both with t.e.g., others uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and 2 others from the press, 4to & small folio(4)
Lot 209
De Chair.Story of a Lifetime number 18 of 110 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial alum-tawed sheepskin, gilt, spine yellowed, slip-case, 1954; The First Crusade, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, book-label of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal, ink signature on front pastedown, original half pictorial vellum, gilt, 1945; The Golden Carpet, 1943; The Silver Crescent, 1943, all but the first limited to 500 copies, plates and illustrations, the last two similar original morocco-backed cloth, spines slightly faded, boards a little rubbed and spotted, all with t.e.g., others uncut, small folio & 4to, Golden Cockerel Press
Lot 212
Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite,1/100,GCP translated by F.L. Lucas, number 91 of 100 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 750, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by Mark Severin, bookplate of James L.Thielman with his invoice dated 1954 loosely inserted, original pictorial red morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1948.
Lot 216
Omar Khayyám. The Rubáiyát,1/75,GCP translated by Edward Fitzgerald, number 32 of 75 specially-bound copies with an extra set of plates including 2 not printed in the book, from an edition limited to 200, full-page illustrations and title-vignette by J.Yunge Bateman, original pictorial claret morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly browned, a little mottling to boards, extra suite of plates loose as issued in original cloth envelope, together in cloth slip-case, small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958.
Lot 217
Ovid.Metamorphoses,1/75,GCP number 60 of 75 specially-bound copies with an extra suite of plates including 3 not used in the book, from an edition limited to 200, title-vignette and plates by J.Yunge Bateman, original tan morocco, both covers with pictorial gilt claret morocco inlay, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly browned and rubbed at ends, additional suite loose in cloth envelope, together in cloth slip-case (rubbed at edges), small folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1958.
Lot 219
Grastorf. Wood Type of the Angelica Press 4 parts, A History, How to Print Wood Type, containing colophon, Posters & Miscellaneous, containing general title and 8 sheets, and The Fonts, with 45 of 50 examples, only, no.180 from an edition of 220, fonts and posters in wood type throughout, printed on Curtis Tweedweave and Ragston paper, title printed on brown, loose as issued in four blue wrappers, paper labels to each part pasted on, lacking the wooden box, folio, Brooklyn, Angelica Press, 1976.
Lot 222
Hofstätter.Gustav Klimt: Erotic Drawings [2 copies], each one of 1000 copies, 1980 § Hayes (John) The Art of Graham Sutherland, one of 40 copies with an original signed & numbered etching `Three Standing Forms` (rather creased, preserved in frame c.700 x 500mm.), Oxford, 1980 § Tolnay (Charles de) Hieronymus Bosch, second impression, 1975, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the last with dust-jacket, the rest with slip-cases, all with the publishers` original wrapping, folio & 4to & frame(5)
Lot 225
Johnson (Hugh) Chateaux of Bordeaux number 233 of 400 copies, 21 colour lithographs by Charles Mozley, loose as issued with accompanying texts in original cloth portfolio with ties, gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover, slighlty soiled, large folio, Christie`s Wine Publications and Hedges & Butler Ltd., n.d.
Lot 241
Melville (Herman) Benito Cereno limited edition, pochoir plates and title-vignette by E.McKnight Kauffer, original buckram, uncut, spine faded, Nonesuch Press, 1926 § Mardersteig (G.) The Officina Bodoni...1923-1977, limited edition, illustrations, original cloth, slip-case, Verona, 1980; and 2 others, small folio & 4to(4)
Lot 243
Nonesuch Press.- Holy Bible (The) 5 vol., vol.1-4 one of 1000 copies, vol.5 one of 1250 copies, engraved titles and decorations by Stephen Gooden, lightly browned, occasional spotting, one or two leaves loose, original levant morocco, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, 1 spine stained at head, one or two a little darkened, small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1924-27.
Lot 269
Dowson (Ernest) A Bouquet,1/95,Whitt.Pr chosen by Desmond Flower, number 17 of 95 copies signed by the editor and artist, pochoir-coloured illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, original morocco-backed boards, uncut, spine faded, slip-case, 1991 § Cave (Roderick) Chinese Ceremonial Papers: An Illustrated Bibliography, number 24 of 200 copies, one folding sheet in pocket at end, original half cloth, another sample loose in card folder, together in slip-case, 2002, 4to & folio, Andoversford/Risbury, Whittington Press
Lot 273
Barnum (Phineas T.) The Humbugs of the World title and adjacent page slightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy, original cloth, uncut, 1866 § Wilson (Henry) and James Caulfield. The Book of Wonderful Characters, frontispiece coloured by hand, 58 plates (of 60), the first frayed, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spine, [1870], [Toole Stott Circus 1240 and 2953], John Camden Hotton § Barton (Margaret) and Sir Osbert Sitwell. Sober Truth, first edition, plates, original cloth, soiled, with the signature and bookplate of Bayard Grimshaw, 1930 § Jay (Ricky) Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, folio, 1987; Saushlau & Feuerfest, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, Offenbach am Main, n.d.; and four others, 8vo and folio(9) ***A small framed wood-engring of Faux`s booth is included in the lot.
Lot 278
Brock (Alan St H.) A History of Fireworks 8vo, 1949 § Mannix (Dan) Memoirs of a Sword-Swallower, first English edition, 8vo, 1951 § Magri (Countess M. Lavinia) The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, edited by A.H. Saxon, presentation copy, inscribed by the editor, 8vo, Hamden,1979 § Ziethen (Karl-Heinz) and Andrew Allen. Juggling: the Art and its Artists, folio, Berlin, 1985 § Barrett (Norman) Norman Barrett, Ringmaster, folio, 1994, all but the second first editions, illustrations, original cloth or boards, dust jackets; and 16 others, various sizes(21)
Lot 281
Buffum (Richard) The Carl Owen Book "Keep the wheels turning...", edited by Leo Behnke, first edition, number 805 of 1000 copies, signed by Les Smith, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, and reproductions of original designs, original roan-backed cloth, folio, Alhambra, Owen Magic Supreme, 1977.
Lot 283
Chapuis (Alfred) and Edmond Droz. Les Automates Figures Artificielles d`Hommes et d`Animaux, number 286 of an unspecified limitation, coloured plates, illustrations, folio, Neuchatel, 1949 § Prasteau (Jean) Les Automates, illustrations, some coloured, folio, Paris, 1968 § Soriano (André) The Mechanical Dolls of Monte Carlo, illustrations, many coloured, folio, New York, 1985, original cloth, the last two with dust jackets; and five others on automata, mechanical toys and music, various sizes
Lot 285
Clarke (S.W.) and A. Blind. Biblography of Conjuri original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 1920 § Hall (Trevor H.) A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850, limited to 500 copies, plates, original buckram-backed boards, 4to, Minneapolis, 1957 § Findlay (J.B.) Conjurers Coins and Medals, plates, original cloth, dust jacket, 4to, Shanklin, 1964 § Alfredson (James B.) and George L. Daily. A Bibliography of Conjuring Periodicals in English, 1791-1983, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, folio, York, Pennsylvania, 1986 § Witt (Wittus) Zauberkästen, illustrations, some coloured, original pictorial boards, 4to, Munich, 1987 § Magicol no.5-148, 96 issues only, 8vo, Oak Park, 1960-Glenwood, 2003; Indices to Magicol, including reprint of first series, limited to 250 copies, original wrappers, small 4to, Glenwood, 1998, various sizes(102)
Lot 288
de Lawrence (Dr. L.W.) Hypnotism, portrait frontispiece and 6 plates, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, Chicago, [1916?] § Carter (Charles J.) Personal Magnetism, n.p., n.d. § Young (L.E.) 25 Lessons in Hypnotism, complete with "Hypnodisk", 8vo, New York, 1944 § Casson (Peter) Hypnotism, 8vo, Chesterfield, 1949 § Slater (Ralph) How to Hypnotise, oblong folio, [c.1950] § Baker (Roy) Hypnotism Suggestion, 4to, [c.1950], all but the first and second with illustrations, original wrappers; and a folder of related material, various sizes, in box file.
Lot 296
Harbin (Robert) Magic of Robert Harbin edited by Peter Warlock, first edition, number 83 of an unspecified limitation for private circulation only, signed by the author, illustrations, original cloth gilt, an order of service for the Harbin service of thanksgiving and related cutting loosely inserted, folio, 1970. ***This copy is in the original packaging addressed by the printer to George Jenness. .
Lot 299
Hone (William) The Every-Day Book or the Guide to the Year, 2 vol.; The Table Book of Daily Recreation and Information, 2 vol., numorous wood-engraved illustrations, nineteenth-century half morocco, 8vo, William Tegg, [c. 1840] § Chambers ( R. ) The Book of Days, a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities, 2 vol., numerous wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spines, folio, 1864 § Strutt (Joseph) The Sports and Pastimes of the English People, edited by William Hone, coloured frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, uncut, 8vo, 1876, 8vo and folio(7) ***The works all contain references to conjuring and other popular entertainments.
Lot 303
Houdini (Harry) Gibson (W.B.) Houdini`s Escapes first edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, with the bookplate of Bayard Grimshaw, 8vo, New York, 1930 § Cannell (J.C.) The Secrets of Houdini, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Oswald Rae, plates, 8vo, 1931 § Gresham (William Lindsay) Houdini, the Man who Walked through Walls, plates, 8vo, 1960 § Christopher (Milbourne) Houdini, the Untold Story, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, plates, 8vo, 1970; Houdini, a Pictorial Biography, numerous illustrations, folio, New York, 1976 § Weltman (Manny) Houdini: a Definitive Biblography, original wrappers, small 4to, Van Nuys, 1991 § Koval (Frank) The Illustrated Houdini Research Diary, part 1-6, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, Oldham,1993-1994, all but the last two in original cloth or boards, the last three with dust jackets; and twelve others, various sizes(23)
Lot 305
Hughes (Jack) Jack Hughes World of Magic edited by Derek Lever, 3 vol. and two copies of the separate index, Bury, 1981-1999 § Ayling (Will) Genie Presentations, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Wizard Edward Beal, Bideford, [1972]; Oriental Conjuring and Magic, Bideford, 1981 § Galloway (Andrew) The Ramsay Classics, Ayr, 1977; The Ramsay Finale, Ayr, 1982; The Ramsay Legend, revised and enlarged edition, inscribed by the author, Ayr, 1985 § Berg (Joe) and others. The Berg Book, Wichita, 1983 § Fox (Karrell) For my Next Trick..., Bideford, 1986; My Latest Book, Bideford, 1988; Goodies, Bideford, 1991, all but the sixth first editions, illustrations, original boards, dust jackets, 4to and folio(14)
Lot 309
Klingsor (Claude) Les Grandes Illusions Américaine 60 folding plans and other illustrations, in spring binder, n.p., 1977 § Buatier (Joseph) and others. Photocopies of Patent Specifications for eighteen illusions created by Buatier, J.N. Maskelyne, Cinquevalli, C. Morrit, Houdini, and others, 1886-1919, with diagrams, in spring binder, 1989, folio(2)
Lot 315
Magician Annual (The) no.1-4, edited by Will Goldston, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, no. 3 slightly discoloured, no.1 with the bookplate of Prof. Evol, no.2 and 4 with the signature of Oswald Rae, folio, 1907-1910 § The Magazine of Magic, edited by Will Goldston, vol.1-3 and 5-8, illustrations, vol. 1 and 2 in one vol. with the bookplates of Frank Staff and Bayard Grimshaw, vol. 7 in cloth with portion of upper wrapper on upper cover, the remainder in original cloth gilt, folio, 1914-1921; and New Series, vol.1 no.1-vol. 4 no.1, bound in one vol., illustrations, cloth, with Magic Circle stamps, 8vo, 1930-1934, 8vo and folio (11)
Lot 451
John James Audubon (1785-1851); The Birds of America: A selection of plates/landscape plates facsimile, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig [printer]/London: The Ariel Press, 1972 & 1973. 2 elephant folio volumes with 40 collotype plates in facsimile after Audubon, No. 686 of an edition of 1,000 copies, one of 250 copies numbered 501-750 (the `Great Britain and Commonwealth Edition`) each signed by the director of the Ariel press, in publisher`s half-cloth pictorial boards, both of the volumes in the original shipper`s boxes bearing Ariel Press address labels and printed labels giving the copy number. "John James Audubon`s The Birds of America is the most monumental illustrated ornithological work ever to have been undertaken and and the first cultural and scientific achievement by an American to be universally acclaimed" (Mauersberger) (Illustrated).
Lot 844
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, large folio, engraved device to title, blue leather titled `Lord de Clifford, Henbury Church, 1821` to boards, Oxford, Bensley, Cook and Collingwood, 1815; with, SHAKESPEARE, the first collected edition of the dramatic works, folio, Day & Son, 1866 (2)
Lot 816
“The Official Atlas of the Civil War” being a fine large folio 1958 reprint of the “Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies” originally pub 1891-95, comprising 175 plates of coloured maps and battle plans, litho and photo views, battle scenes, etc, with a few colour plates of uniform, flags and line drawings of weapons and equipment, in coloured DW (edges torn). Near VGC
Lot 400
WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY "The Italian School of Design, being a series of facsimiles of original drawings by the most eminent painters and sculptors of Italy with biographical notes of the artists and observations on their works", published by Taylor & Hessey, 13 Waterloo Place & 93 Fleet Street, London, 1823, large folio, cloth bound with tooled and gilded leather spine and corners
Lot 20
Eisler (Colin) The Genius of Jacopo Bellini: The Complete Paintings and Drawings New York 1989 § Degenhart (B.) and A.Schmitt. Jacopo Bellini: The Louvre Album of Drawings New York 1984 § Goffen (Rona) Giovanni Bellini New Haven & London 1989 § Robertson (G.) Giovanni Bellini Oxford 1968. illustrations some colour original cloth dust-jackets; and another on Giovanni Bellini 4to & folio(5)
Lot 38
Pope-Hennessy.Introduction to Italian Sculpture 3 vol. in 5. 1955-63 § Avery (Charles) Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture Mt. Kisco NY 1987 § Radcliffe (A.) and others. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance and Later Sculpture... 1992 § Scher (S.K.) The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance New York 1994 § Ayrton (M.) Giovanni Pisano 1969 § Bode (Wilhelm) The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance new edition revised by J.D.Draper New York 1980 illustrations some colour original cloth or boards all but vol.1 of the first and the last with dust-jackets some a little rubbed or yellowed; and 10 others on sculpture mostly Italian Renaissance 4to & folio(20)
Lot 55
Klee (Paul) Notebooks &c edited by Jürg Spiller translated by Ralph Manheim 2 vol. vol. 1 name on title original cloth-backed boards rubbed and marked vol. 2 original cloth little marked 1961 & 1973 § Weelen (Guy) and Jean-François Jaeger. Vieira da Silva Catalogue Raisonné stamps removed from verso of title original cloth little rubbed torn and repaired and marked dust-jacket Geneva 1994 § Malingue (Maurice) Gaugin le Peintre et son Oeuvre morocco-backed cloth Paris 1948 § Dunoyer de Segonzac (André) Dessins 1900-1979. large inscription on half-title from the artist `Monsieur et Madame Edward Robinson` and with their bookplate original cloth chipped dust-jacket Geneva 1970 illustrations and 15 others art reference folio & 4to(3)
Lot 66
Salmi Michelangelo &c original cloth dust-jacket N.Y. n.d. § Berenson (Bernard) The Italian Painters of the Renaissance original cloth torn dust-jacket 1952 § Levenson (Jay A. editor) Circa 1492. Art in the Age of Exploration paperback Yale 1991 § Syson (Luke) and Dillian Gordon. Pisanello Painter to the Renaissance Court paperback 2001. plates and illustrations some colour; and 5 others art reference folio and 4to(9)
Lot 91
Royal Atlas of Modern Geography 1862 engraved title and 67 hand-coloured engraved maps only (of 75) many double-page Europe with split to central fold staining to North America (North Eastern States) some damp-staing mostly marginal and to versos of maps contemporary half morocco worn but holding firm folio [c.1862].
Lot 99
Head (George) Forest Scenes title with inking over a few letters some foxing ink signature and stamp of Robert Montgomery of Convoy original cloth-backed boards rubbed rebacked with the original spine laid down remains of paper label 1829 § Wordsworth (Christopher) Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There second edition lithographed plates and folding maps foxed ink signature and bookplate of Charles King Irwin original cloth rebacked with the original spine laid down 1837; and 9 others including Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone Havana The Cape of Good Hope New York and Loana... Relating to the Slave Trade 1863. 8vo & folio(11)
Lot 100
Denon.Egypt Delineated 1825 engraved portrait folding map and 109 plates some folding some light spotting and soiling one or two folding plates torn one loose and frayed at edge original cloth-backed boards with paper label on upper cover very worn broken and loose folio 1825; sold not subject to return
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