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Click here to subscribeDrummond, James Sculptured monuments in Iona & the west Highlands. Edinburgh: printed for the fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1881. Folio, number 122 of limited edition, [total number not stated], 100 plates, original quarter green morocco gilt, boards rubbed, hinges cracking, some light spots on title remainder of interior clean Provenance: From the library of Robert Blair Wilkie.
Leighton, John M. The lakes of Scotland. Glasgow: Joseph Swan, 1834. Large paper copy, folio, two engraved titles, 52 engraved plates, contemporary half green morocco gilt, some rubbing to edges, some light foxing to plates; Small, John Scottish market crosses. Stirling, 1900. Small paper edition, Folio, original yellow cloth; Gibb, William The royal house of Stuart. London, 1890. Folio, 40 colour plates, original morocco gilt, rubbed; and 2 others (5).
Norden, Frederic Louis Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie. Copenhagen: l'Imprimerie de la maison royale des orphelins, 1755. First edition, 2 volumes, folio (455 x 310mm.), engraved portrait, allegorical frontispiece, 157 engraved plates (numbered 1-159), a few folding, engraved head-pieces and initials, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, head and tail of spines slightly rubbed Note: A good copy of the first edition, one of the great 18th -century Egypt books. "This important work was the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those of Denon" (Blackmer). Handsomely printed on large, heavy paper and elaborately engraved. Provenance: "J.L.H.", initials at foot of spines.
Photography: Laryew (Walery-Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Count Ostrorog, 1863-1935)-NUS, Paris, Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs. Folio of 100 photogravures depicting nude female studies in high Art Deco poses, each measuring approx 16.5cm x 23cm and numbered in sequence, complete with title page (Illustrated)
HOLDING, Louisa Frances (artist). An album containing 16pp. of original watercolours and a pencil sketch. [N.p.: n.d. but circa 1860.] Oblong folio (176 x 268mm.) Depicting butterflies, shells, insects and still life studies, some titled in pencil. (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary red morocco titled in gilt on the upper cover ‘Sketch Book’, g.e. (scuffed and soiled). – And another earlier album containing original works and ink inscriptions (2).
AUTOGRAPHS, RACING DRIVERS. – An album containing approx 34 autographs, most of racing drivers. [N.p.: n.d.] Oblong folio (100 x 158mm.) Signatures include Louis Chiron, Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, Tony Gaze, Lance Macklin, Don Beauman and Guiseppi Farina. (Some clipped and mounted.) Contemporary calf (stitching weak). (See illustration)
PHOTOGRAPHS. – An album of mounted albumen-print photographs and prints. [N.p.: n.d. but circa 1890.] Folio (523 x 376mm.) The album containing approx 295 mounted photographs and 114 mounted prints, the majority of photographs titled in manuscript below the image. (Somewhat affected by damp, some fading and spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (worn). Note: the photographs depict views of Pompei, Gokak, Poona, Bombay, Cairo, Jerusalem, Constantinople, Athens, Cheddar and other locations in Britain, social history scenes and views of works of art.
AUTOGRAPHS, Dignitaries. – An album titled in manuscript ‘Autographs Vol. V.’ containing approx 190 clipped signatures or letters mounted recto and verso of 33 leaves. [N.p.: n.d. but most signatures circa 1790-1890.] Folio (276 x 224mm.) The majority of signatures taken from envelope fronts and mounted beside a brief manuscript biography, often accompanied by a manuscript coat-of-arms and occasionally an engraved portrait, all on red- ruled card. (Some light spotting, browning or soiling.) Late 19th Century diced calf (somewhat rubbed, extremities scuffed, spine worn). Note: the signatories include Charles William Vane-Stewart, Earl of Londonderry; Cropley Ashley Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury; Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle; Sir Dighton Macnaughten Probyn, William Saunders Seebright Lascelles, William Howard Russell, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Sir William Boyd Dawkins, William Harcourt, Sir William Digby Wyatt, etc.
FRY, Roger. Henri-Matisse. Paris & London: [n.d. but circa 1930.] Limited edition of 800 copies, this number 75 of 150 copies reserved for A. Zwemmer, 4to (282 x 225mm.) Plates and illustrations. Original wrappers, dust-jacket, glassine protector, contained within a cloth-backed folio with cloth ties. – And a 1p. A.L.S. by Fry granting permission to use a quote. (See illustration)
HENLEY, William Ernest. The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare’s Heroines, a Series of Studies in Goupilgravure. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888. Limited edition of 100 copies, this number 21, folio (612 x 435mm.) 21 ‘proof’ plates on india paper mounted, signed by the artist in pencil, including L. Alma-Tadema, F. Goodall, V.C. Prinsep, F.W. Topham, E. Blair-Leighton, R.W. Macbeth, F. Dicksee, E.J. Poynter, Sir F. Leighton, A. Waterhouse, Marcus Stone and Luke Fildes. (Occasional marginal soiling.) Contemporary green calf gilt, by Sotheran & Co, t.e.g. (slightly discoloured, spine slightly rubbed). (See illustrations, back cover and centre pages)
BROOKE, Raphe. A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England. [London:] William Iaggard, 1619. Folio (290 x 180mm.) Numerous illustrations, many additionally decorated in sepia ink. (Title-page shaved with loss to decorative border, some soiling or browning, occasional marginal tears with loss.) Old vellum (worn). (See illustration)
FOLIO SOCIETY. – J.R.R. TOLKIEN. The Lord of the Rings illustrated by Ingahild Grathmer, drawn by Eric Fraser. London: 1977. 3 vols., 8vo (221 x 137mm.) Illustrations. Original pale-grey calf-backed cloth, blue endpapers, contained within original slipcase (light scuffing or soiling to spines).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Kathleen HALE. Orlando the Marmalade Cat, a Camping Holiday. London & New York: [n.d.] Folio (362 x 255mm.) Printed in colour throughout. (Some light browning.) Original pictorial boards (scuffed and soiled). Provenance: Janet, David and Anne Morgan (presentation inscription signed by Hale). – And twenty- three other children’s books, including six others by Hale (24).
BRITISH SPORTS & SPORTSMEN (publisher). British Sports and Sportsmen Big Game Hunting and Angling. London: 1914. Folio (377 x 273mm.) Plates and illustrations. Original cloth, t.e.g. (somewhat scuffed, stitching broken and first few leaves now loosely inserted). – And one other volume from the same series (2).
MILTON, John. Paradise Lost… illustrated by William Blake. London: The Folio Society, 2003. 4to (317 x 233mm.) Numerous plates. Original morocco-backed watered silk, slip-case. – And a quantity of others, mostly literature, including a few others published by the Folio Society (a quantity).
BERRY, WILLIAM. County Genealogies Pedigrees of Berkshire Ñ- Buckinghamshire ... Surrey Families, 3 vols in one, 1837. Folio, later cloth Ñ SIMS, RICHARD. A Manual for the Genealogist..., Second Edition, 1861. With 15 others, genealogy, public records, etc. Various sizes, orig. bindings (C) (17)
BOWYER, R., pub. An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe..., 1816. Folio, cont. half calf gilt, (upper cover detached, spine defective). Engraved map, plate of facsimiles and 13 hand coloured aquatint plates, 3 of them folding (one repaired at fold). Sold not subject to return. See Tooley p. 104.
MASON, GEORGE HENRY. The Costume of China. Printed for W. Miller 1800. 60 hand coloured plates. Bound with The Punishments of China, Printed for William Miller, 1801. 22 hand coloured plates. Folio, cont. red goatskin gilt with blue leather onlay borders (upper cover scraped). Text in English and French. (S) See illustration
MOLEVILLE, BERTRAND de. The Costume of the Hereditary States of Austria. Translated by R.C. Dallas, 1804. 50 hand coloured aquatint plates. Bound with The Costume of Turkey, 1802. 60 hand coloured plates. Folio, cont. red morocco gilt with blue morocco onlays (sides scraped with loss). (S) See illustration
SMITH, CHARLES HAMILTON. Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland..., William Bulmer, 1814. Folio, later half black roan (spine and corners rubbed). Engraved dedication. 60 hand coloured aquatint plates. (printed title soiled, 2 plates with soiled lower margin). See illustration
HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. First Edition, 2 vols., 1774. Folio, cont. calf, spines gilt (rebacked). Folding engraved map, plates and plans, some folding, (lacks plate of Kingston Marwood in vol 1). 10 folding pedigrees (one plate and one pedigree torn). List of subscribers. (S) (2)
HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Third Edition, Corrected, Augmented, and Improved by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson. 4 vols., Westminster, 1861 - 70. Folio, cont. half green morocco gilt (sides faded). 127 full page plates and plans, text illustrations (lacks county map). Pedigrees, some folding. Bookplates of the Rev. E.N. Henning of Sherborne, Dorset. 1875. With two original receipts made out to the same, for purchase and binding loosely inserted. (4) See illustration.
IZACKE, RICHARD. Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter. Second Edition, 1724, 8vo., later half calf. Engraved frontispiece and folding plan Ñ CROCKER, JAMES. Sketches of Old Exeter with Letter press. (Exeter 1886). Folio, orig. half vellum. 60 plates. Ñ HOOKER, JOHN. An Original Manuscript of John Hooker Chamberlain of the City of Exeter, 1555. Edited by Herbert Edward Reynolds, n.p. or d. Oblong folio orig. cloth gilt. Three coloured plates. (3)
STUART, JOHN. Sculptured Stones of Scotland. 2 vols., Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1856 Edinburgh 1867. Folio, orig. half green morocco gilt (rubbed). Double page coloured map and 295 tinted lithographic plates. Signature on flyleaves of George Grub, (Advocate, of Aberdeen, council member of the Spalding Club). (C) (2) See illustration.
SOMERSET. Paul, R.W. An Account of some of the Incised & Sepulchral Slabs of North-West Somersetshire. 1882. Folio, orig. cloth gilt. Lithographic plates. Ñ BRITTON, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, 1825. 8vo., orig. boards (worn leather spine). Engraved plates (browned) - Hudd, Alfred E., ed. Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club, vols 1 - 7, Bristol 1888 - Exeter 1912. Half leather (spines worn). Plates - Kelly's Directory, 1939. Folding map. With 21 others on Somerset. (C) (31)
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