Wood (John George). The Principles and Practice of Sketching Landscape Scenery from Nature, Systematically arranged, and illustrated by numerous examples, from simple and easy subjects, to the more difficult combinations of objects, 4 parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, by Bensley and Son, 1816-19, 64 soft-ground etchings (one of the overlays on plate 2 part 4 is supplied in facsimile), inscription to upper margin of title in first part "Priscilla Feilden, The gift of her dear aunt, June 1818", occasional light soiling, first leaf of part 2 torn to upper blank corner and slight loss to upper outer corner of first leaf in part 3, original printed wrappers, upper wrapper of part 2 torn to upper outer corner with loss, ink stain to upper wrapper of part 3, insect and rodent damage to wrapper margins with consequent wear and loss, spine strips lacking, oblong folio, contained together in book boxQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey Life 194 (third edition). Uncommon.
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Folio Society. Peter Pan and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie, 2nd printing, 2007, illustrations by Debra McFarlane, folio, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 2008, illustrations by Diana Sudyka, folio, The Arabian Nights, tales from the Thousand and One Nights, 1999, illustrations by E. J. Detmold, The Fables of Aesop, 2nd printing, 1999, illustrations by E. J. Detmold, Cyrano de Bergerac's Voyages to the Moon and the Sun, 1991, illustrations by Quentin Blake, large 8vo, The Good Soldier, a tale of passion, 2008, together with 35 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (41)
Folio Society. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, 2010, The Origins of the Second World War, by A. J. P. Taylor, re-issue, 2008, The Art of War, by Sun-Tzu, 2007, Redcoats and Rebels, the War for America 1770-1781, by Christopher Hibbert, 2006, The Siege and Fall of Troy, by Robert Graves, 2005, London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew, 2nd printing, 1998, togther with 40 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all non-fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (46)
Folio Society. The Works of Joseph Conrad, 17 volumes, 2005, The Works of Jane Austen, 7 volumes, 10th printing, 1991, William Shakespeare the Complete Plays, 8 volumes, 2nd printing 1998, The Works of Charles Dickens, 17 volumes, reissue, 1995, plus 24 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (73)
Folio Society. An Embassy to China, being the journal kept by Lord Macartney during his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794, 2004, The Fatal Shore, a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868, by Robert Hughes, 1998, The Gunpowder Plot, the narrative of Oswold Tesimond alias Greenway, 2nd printing, 2005, The Rosetta Stone, the decipherment of the hieroglyphs, by Robert Solé et al, 2006, The Trial of the Templars, by Malcom Barber, 4th printing, 2007, Catherine the Great, life and legend, by John T. Alexander, 1999, together with 67 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all non-fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, 8voQTY: (73)
Turnor (Hatton). Astra Castra, Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, monochrome plates & vignettes, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting throughout, original embossed red cloth, tear to the head of the front hinge, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:De Brunoff (Maurice, editor), L'Aéronautique pendant la Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918, Paris, circa 1918, colour title page, numerous monochrome illustrations, some water staining to the bottom right corner of the text-block, light marginal toning, original embossed white cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, red stain to the bottom right corner of the front board, large 4to, plusDollfus (Charles & Henri Bouché), Histoire de L'Aéronautique, Paris: L'Illustration, 1942, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations & plates, front board plus endpapers & spine partially detached, some minor marginal toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other aviation reference, including The Aero, 1911, Jan-Dec 1912 [2 volume]QTY: (9)
Kennan (George). Tent Life in Siberia and Adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamtchatka and Northern Asia, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1886, lacking folding map, toning throughout, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Holman (James), Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Austria, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover... during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1826, lacking all plates, toning and scattered spotting, later 19th-century black half morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Illustrated London News, volume 56, January to June, 1870, wood engraved illustrations, original cloth gilt, folio, plus other miscellaneous travel etc., all 20th-century publications QTY: (a carton)
Tillotson (John). The Works..., 4th edition, 1704, engraved frontispiece trimmed and re-laid, title and following leaf frayed, contemporary panelled calf, folio, together with Hogarth (William), [Works], c.1809, plates only, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, 4to, with Douglas (Robert), General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk, Edinburgh, 1798, two folding engraved maps and one folding engraved plate, library stamp to maps, plate, title verso and final leaf, library bookplates to endpapers, modern red quarter morocco, 8vo, and Chalkley (Thomas), A Collection of the Works...., 5th edition, 1791, ink stamp to verso of title with show-through, library bookplates to endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 18th and 19th-century antiquarian, including odd volumesQTY: (2 cartons)
Hodgson (J. E.). The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain, from the earliest times to the latter half of the nineteenth century, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1924, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine & boards lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Ross (J. M. S.), Royal New Zealand Air Force [Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45], 1st edition, Wellington: War History Branch, 1955, monochrome illustrations & folding maps, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine faded, covers rubbed with some loss, 8vo, plusHagedorn (Dan & Leif Hellström), Foreign Invaders, the Douglas Invader in foreign military and US clandestine service, 1st edition, Leicester: Midland Publishing, 1994, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Mikesh (Robert C. & Shorzoe Abe), Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941, 1st edition, London: Putnam, 1990, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, some minor fading to the spine, large 8vo, plus other modern aviation reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Le Corbusier, The City of Tomorrow and its planning, translated from the 8th French edition of Urbanisme with an introduction by Frederick Etchells, London: John Rodker, 1929, numerous monochrome illustrations plus a folding plate to pp.178, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed with some loss, 4to, together with:Moore (Jerrold Northrop), The Green Fuse, pastoral vision in English art 1820-2000, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, publisher, Catalogue of The Fine Collection of Engravings , formed buy Rev. J. Burleigh James, late of Knowbury, Salop, 1877, 13 monochrome plates, contemporary hand written prices to the margins, some wear to the original title page, some light spotting & toning, front endpaper, board & spine partially detached, bound in contemporary blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and other art reference & related, mostly orginal cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Gorcock (Jeffrey). Grouse Shooting made Quite Easy to every capacity exemplified in a series of practical illustrations, Cumbria: Killhope Cross, 1827, is not original and is instead it is a facsimile oddity, some light toning throughout, 26 blank leaves to the rear, brown cloth spine rebound retaining original gilt decorated full morocco, boards rubbed with loss, large 4to, together with:Gurney (J. J.), Extracts from the Journal and Correspondence of J. J. Gurney [as per the spine label], proof copy[?], circa 1850, period inscription to the front endpaper, frontispiece portrait mezzotint pasted down, pp.1-2, then 19-719, landscape pasted down opposite pp.610, narrow text with pencil & ink annotations/corrections to the margins, some minor spotting, modern brown cloth, folio, plusBenson (Arthur Christopher & Viscount Esher, editors), The Letters of Queen Victoria..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1907, monochrome frontispieces, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern miscellaneous literature, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Bowen (Frank C.). The Sea, its History and Romance, 4 volumes, London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925, numerous colour & monochrome plates, bookplates to the front pastedown, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, boards slight toned in areas, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with:Davis (Charles G.), Ships of the Past, 1st edition, Salem: The Marine Research Society, 1929, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plusMoore (Alan), Sailing Ships or Ward 1800-1860, including the transition to steam, London: Hamilton & Truscott Smith, 1926, 90 colour & monochrome plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, small puncture to the margin of the limitation page through to pp.xiv, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, limited edition 1051/1500, and other early 20th-century & modern naval reference & related, including Histoire de la Marine, by Albert Sebille & René Lefébure, Paris: Éditée par L'Illustration, 1934, original cloth, folio, & publications by Conway, PSL, Arms & Armour Press, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Punjab. Original Sketches in the Punjaub. By a Lady, 1st edition, London: Dickinson Brothers; Publishers to her Majesty, 1854, 20 fine hand-coloured lithographs, some light marginal spotting, final plate with portion of staining to verso, a few leaves with minor waterstains to lower margins (not affecting images), a few small closed marginal tears, lacking 1 blank leaf, endpapers & blanks renewed, later 19th-century half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey 483.Scarce, 'possibly privately published' (Abbey). Library Hub lists 3 copies only in the UK (British Library, Bodleian, and V & A). The plates depict Amritsar and Lahore extensively, with the artist stating "No attempt has been made to draw pictures as they ought to be; the desire has been to convey to an English eye some notion of the bright, vivid colouring of Indian scenes".
Atkinson (George Francklin). The Campaign in India, 1857-58. From drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny, by George Francklin Atkinson, Captain, Bengal Engineers. Illustrating the military operations before Delhi and its Neighbourhood, London: Day & Son, 1859, 26 tinted lithograph plates on twenty sheets, including title (correct as list), occasional spotting, some marginal fraying to dedication leaf and list of plates, plate 7 (Storming the Batteries at Badle-Serai) with closed marginal tears (one touching image area), all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated red cloth, with later plain cloth spine, some marks, and wear to edges (covers gnawed to centre of fore-edges), tall folio (57 x 37 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey, Travel 486.Published in the aftermath of the brutal suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny. George Francklin Atkinson was born in 1822, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers on 11 December 1840, Lieutenant, 30 November 1844, and Captain, 19 November 1855. He was on furlough in 1858-59 and died in Paris on 15 December 1859. His well-known "Curry & Rice" on forty plates; or, the ingredients of social life at "our station" in India, a satirical work illustrating the lives of British colonialists in India, was published in the same year as the present work.
![Upton, Florence and Bertha. The Golly’s Desert Island [full title omitted], colour litho plates, oblong folio, published by L](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e88090b0-e0c4-4cc9-b736-afee00d6f060/985c6e40-86ff-4fcf-a7ff-aff700dd6db1/468x382.jpg)
Blyton, Enid. Noddy Cut-out Model Book, all models intact, oblong large soft card covers, illustrated by H Van Beek, c. 1960; The Noddy Jungle Book, illustrated by Van Beek, soft covers, folio, 1958; Animal Lovers Book, colour plates and wood engravings by F Mansell and Norman R Satchell, dustwrapper, 1952, 1st; The Troublesome Three, an Adventure Colour Story Book, illustrated paper boards, c. 1956, and others, 1950s-60s (19)
Blyton, Enid. The Nature Lover, A Magazine of the Countryside, 12 issues in original printed wrappers with contributions by Enid Blyton including a series entitled “A Country Letter” and Oliver Onions short stories, May-March 1935, loose in amateur cloth folder, tog. w/ a bound volume of the “extra” number of The Teacher’s World, 1921-6, with poetry by Enid Blyton, bound out of sequence and only 1 with its front wrapper, both illustrated by photo and drawings, small folio, scarce (2)
Le Mair, Willebeek. Our Old Nursery Rhymes, colour illustrations, published by Augener Ltd, London & New York, oblong folio, 1911; Schuman Album of Children’s Pieces; Grannie’s Little Rhyme Book; Nurse’s Little Rhyme Book, all illustrated in colour, 11 books and booklets with some loose postcards, all by the above illustrator, condition mainly good/vg (12)
Praeger, S. Rosamond. The Adventures of the Three Bold Babies; Further Doings of the Three Bold Babies, published by Longmans, Green & Co, 1897-98, colour litho full page plates and b/w illustrations, illustrated paper boards, some rubbing and light surface damage, marks of bookplates removed on dark brown endpapers, oblong folio (2)
Weedon, L. L. & Hardy, Stuart. The Land of Long Ago, published by Ernest Nister, London, and E. P. Dutton & Co., N.Y., c. 1898, six 3-D pop-up chromolitho plates, colour litho paper boards, minor damage to 2 of the colour pop-ups, 1 piece loosely inserted, vg, oblong folio, gift inscription, “To Darling Muriel from Daddy, Xmas 1900”
Pop-Up & Moveable. Little Pets Panorama, 4 chromolitho 3-D pop-up plates, published by E Nister, London, 1896; Come and Go, a Novel Book for children, 6 chromolitho scenes with string-pulls to control movements of vehicles & characters, several not working, c. 1899; The Children’s Holiday Coach, which consists of one large coach/cricket scene, 3-D with large coach and 29 figures in original card fold-out covers, oblong folio (3)
Weatherly, Fred E. More Pleasant Surprises, 9 moveable dissolving scenes controlled by tabs, all appear to be working but 4 tabs are later, hinges loose, contents shaken, glazed illustrated litho printed paper boards, clean with edge wear and a little surface loss, large folio, tog. w/ Here and There, a Book of Transformation Pictures, c. 1897, amateur repairs to dissolving scenes, 4to, sold with all faults (2)
Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland, “come to life” panorama edition, double-page pop-up scene of all the characters, 2 colour plates and illustrations, illustrated paper boards, published by R Tuck Ltd, c 1920-22, 4to, tog. w/ another Alice book, 2 double-page pop-up scenes, c. 1952, large slim folio (2)
A quantity of Folio Society books. To include: A boxed set of Jane Austen novels; six Charles Dickens novels; Patrick Leigh Fermor 'Mani' & 'Roumelt' in slip case; Samuel Johnson's Journals of the Western Isles; Dickens' London; William Blake's Songs of Innocence & of Experience plus eight other titles.
Arthur Cyril Hilton (British 1897-1960) Folio of sketches and watercolours, signed with dates ranging 1928-1957 including landscapes, nudes and abstract studies, (total 60), sold together with Hilton's personal records including a journal named his 'swank book' detailing all his exhibitions and entered works from 1919 until 1956 with notes in the artist's own hand, and various clippings and a booklet detailing his final project 'An International Man' completed shortly before his death. A small collection of letters dates ranging 1930s-1950s between the artist and various galleries inlcuding Manchester City Art Gallery, Salford Art Gallery, Rutherstone Collection, Crane Kalman Gallery, personal letters from recipients of Hilton's paintings, letters from artists including Margo Ingham (1918-1978) and Allan Brough (b.1924). Various exhibition booklets for showings of the artist's work, newspaper clippings regarding his exhibitions, certificate of election as fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce 1947. Personal photographs of the artist and photographs at his studio and exhibition viewings Locations in the watercolours include: Mersey Dykes, Pennines, Newcroft, Seawalls Lydham, Bamford
![[MISCELLANEOUS] Munnings, Sir Alfred. The Autobiography (An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish), three volumes, sec](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/571672d5-b8aa-4d38-8aae-aff000a5226c/13472712-9939-4b57-bb5d-aff20094b5b1/468x382.jpg)
[MISCELLANEOUS] Munnings, Sir Alfred. The Autobiography (An Artist's Life; The Second Burst; The Finish), three volumes, second / first / first editions, Museum Press, London, 1951 / 1951 / 1952, scarlet cloth, dustjackets, illustrations, octavo; and fifteen assorted other works, in seventeen volumes, including ten Folio Society titles, (20). Condition Report : Munnings: jackets worn around spines. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
![[TOPOGRAPHY]. SOMERSET Domesday Book: Somerset, Introduction & Translation, Studies, and Folios & Maps, limited edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/571672d5-b8aa-4d38-8aae-aff000a5226c/5e71e8d7-0e39-4c0c-9528-aff200946561/468x382.jpg)
A folio of mostly early 20th century aquatints, engravings and dry points, all signed in pencil, comprising, Henry Wilkinson, Windermere Swans; Norman janes, Beach in Cyprus and Rope Merchants, Greenwich; Henry Rushbury, Prisons and Assizes Courts, York, PCC; Marion Rhodes, Bamburgh Castle, PCC; Jim Lovegrove, Bankside Old Wharf, PCC; William Monk, Bodiam castle, two early states, etchings; Harold Coop, Millstream; TW Ward, Hammersmith Turnout; Leslie Moffat ward, Estuary of The Trent, early trial print; a map of ancient Italy (11)
Folio of drawings watercolours, sketchbooks and albums, including: two sketch books by Harriet Mary Jubb, one inscribed Southwell, November 27th 1843; another sketchbook, H M Busk, July 1865; two other sketchbooks, probably by the same hand; De La Rue Solid Sketch Book, with blank pages; album of copied verse, Harriet Percival 1809; another, Harriet Jubb, 'For my dear little girls' 1830; many loose drawings and watercolours, mostly copied works, some signed Jubb; togehter with three full plate photographs. (a quantity)
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