Miscellaneous. Three late Victorian/early Edwardian albums of crests and monograms, decorative and architectural lithograph-printed pages illustrated with clipped armorial and other devices from the writing-paper of aristocratic and gentry families, 'establishment' institutions, including public schools, universities, army regiments and further military bodies, etc., various leather and cloth bindings (the diced calf oblong 4to disbound), mixed sizes, The Humorous Travelogue of a Rotterdam Banker in London, 1925, approx. [75]ff pages of Dutch ink manuscript, written by Theo Waller and possibly his wife Constance Clara Caroline Jacqueline Andre de la Porte, the whole prefixed by their itinerary, which, while in London, included the celebrated musical 'No No Nanette' (the only English passage in the account), tipped-in ephemera, etc., original cloth, 8vo, a Victorian Neo-Gothic chip-carved oak desk blotter/folio, c. 1890, (5).
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Miscellaneous. Cookery, four early-mid 20th century manuscript receipt books, various recipes and levels of proficiency, including cheese soufflé, some loosely-inserted, various bindings and sizes, Clifton (Miss E., of Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth, Wales, pseud. Treves (Noel)), Interval, n.d. [c. 1934], typescript of an unpublished novel, approx. 143pp, some replicated in ink MS, associated The Regent Institute letter viz. another of the author's works ("The Lunch Party"), etc, a late 20th century artist's folio of approx. 32 mixed media works on paper, dated 1987, annotated throughout, including Zulus cleaning a swimming pool and other South African scenes, etc.
Postal History. The working archive scrapbook of Herbert Joyce, author of 'The History of the Post Office', London, 1893, compiled c. 1890 and including early 18th-late 19th century ephemera and manuscripts, including [1683] Charles II double-sided 'broadside' "An Answer to a Case, Lately printed and delivered to several Members of this Honourable House, by Mr. William Dockwra Merchant, Concerning the Penny-Post [...]", slight and stable centre tear, enclosed within a 19th century foolscap manuscript transcript of the case, three copies of the London Gazette, nos. 1835, June 1683, 1916, March 1684, & 3247, December 1696, a 1796 copy of The London Chronicle, four MS ALS addressed to Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham (1748-1818) as Joint Postmaster General (1787-94), two from John Palmer (1742-1818), the others addressed from Daniel "Honest" Braithwaite and another official at the General Post Office, ALS correspondence to and from George Shaw Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley (1831-1928) as Postmaster General (1884-85), further letters, early 19th century etching of the Royal Exeter Mail, tipped-in clippings from 18th and 19th century periodicals viz. post and mail coaches, etc., disbound folio, loose in places.
German Tourists in 1920s South American. An album of approx. 210 original b/w and sepia photographs, mixed sizes, annotated, dated 1923, showing their outward voyage on SS Gotha, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen line, to South America, via Lisbon and Madeira, and a line-crossing ceremony at the Equator; mostly Brazil and Argentina, including Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, including the latter’s then newly built Palacio Barolo, scenes of the countries’ interior as they explore and camp, some shots of some indigenous locals, etc., original cloth-covered limp boards, oblong crown folio (28.5cm x 38cm).
Post-War Japan and the Far East. An unusual collection of approx. 314 snapshots and photographs, taken by and concerning the military service of Lance Corporal E. Buxton (S/22586490) RASC, 1952-53, including the British Commonwealth Military Correction Establishment, portraits of army personnel, groups, billets, the funeral of Staff Sergeant Johnson, an Anzac parade, Christmas 1952, views of local topography, scenes of daily domestic life, further scenes including Miyajima [i.e. Itsukushima], Valetta, Port Said, Colombo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mombasa, the last leaf with a hand-scrivened map of Japan, annotated in gilt throughout (somewhat faded), some leaves vacant, contemporary cloth album, oblong folio (30.5cm x 37cm).
![Views of Japan, n.d. [c. 1870/80], a large format album of 49 albumen prints, most of the figural studies being hand-tin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c8165be0-1c73-412f-a81e-af7300b3c311/13bc4e9e-2920-4e22-a219-af730119287a/468x382.jpg)
Views of Japan, n.d. [c. 1870/80], a large format album of 49 albumen prints, most of the figural studies being hand-tinted, illustrating early Meiji period Japan, with traditional figures and dress, street scenes of real domestic life, architecture and landscapes, occasional spots of foxing and grime, only very infrequently affecting the photographs, mounted on thick card leaves, some of which are chipped and soiled in places, contemporary green quarter-morocco over boards, now split and disbound, royal folio (49 x 36.5cm).
Art Photography - Salgado (Sebastião) & Salgado (Lélia Wanwick, editor), Genesis, two-volume set, copy no. 486/500 signed by the photographer, Taschen, 2013, apparently lacking the original print, contemporary full morocco, the spines and upper-covers lettered in black, rouge endpapers, folding stand and packing en suite, atlas folio (71cm x 48cm), [2]
RUSSELL FLINT (W), MODELS OF PROPRIETY, limited edition 105, signed by the author, Michael Joseph, 1951; The Tale of the Mouse by Henry B Kane, a copy of The Daily Express, no.1 for April 24th 1900, a small groups of Will's cigarette cards with trains, a Folio Society book and a Margaret Thatcher signature and black and white printed scarf, presented to her at a party
FOLIO CONTAINING A GOOD WATERCOLOUR VIEW OF LAKE LUGANO AND DATED 1872 WITH NOTES TO REVERSE TOGETHER WITH A WATERCOLOUR OF MOTHER AND CHILD WALKING ON THE COAST AND FOUR OTHER WATERCOLOURS OF LANDSCAPES AND A STILL LIFE. ALSO OIL PAINTING ON BOARD, HEAD STUDY OF A SIAMESE CAT, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY, LARGEST 17” X 13” [7]
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY FOLIO STANDCIRCA 1830Of typical form, 114cm high, 78cm wide, 65cm deep (upright)Provenance:Airlie Gardens, Holland ParkThe home of Herbert Olivier (1861-1952), Edwardian artist and travellerCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses, losses to old veneers, there is a metal brace to one side and also some signs of glued repairs in placesThe action is functioning, it is a little sticky, there are knocks and signs of use, it does not go 'flat' this appears to be by designDirt and discolouration to the gilt metal elements and inlaysPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Pigot & Co. Maps of the Counties of Derby, Hereford, Lincoln...Warwick and Worcester with a General Map of Wales, nine whole page engraved maps on wove in contemporary colour, folio, original wrapper with engraved title, c.1820 The collection of C. W. Briggs (1906-1971) (lots 1-429) somewhat soiled and grubby many of the maps clean, the larger map of Wales good but for one or two spots of foxing
ART BOOKS ETC. Exhibition catalogues for Samuel Palmer, Stanley Spencer & The Pre-Raphaelites. Also, books on Banksy, William Blake, Picasso & Paul Gaugin. Two further reference works, The Folio Society 'Colour' & 'The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945'. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
An oak folio stand, book trough and pipe drawer,by Liberty & Co., of tapering form, with hinged sides, one end fitted with a drawer mounted with a six-part pipe rack, opposite a drawer, the base fitted with a book trough with a sliding division, mounted with a brass handle,41cm wide 82cm highCondition ReportRepolised - some knocks to the frame. One of the supports appears to have had a repair - photo added.Further photos added to the website.
![[MISCELLANEOUS]. FOLIO SOCIETY Twelve assorted volumes, some arranged into sets, each in slip case.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5f59ade4-556b-4113-a5a3-af3c00bde274/02d45dbf-6c0f-4d59-b41d-af7300d9f95a/468x382.jpg)
Camden, William. Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland....revised.... with large additions, by Edmund Gibson vol 1 (only, of 2), engraved portrait, plates and text illus. (without the Robert Morden county maps); old mottled calf, gilt decorated and panelled spine, folio printed for James and Jon Knapton....(1730) And two other books
BOOKS, three boxes containing twenty-five FOLIO SOCIETY and eleven REPRINT SOCIETY titles to include Elizabeth I, Trafalgar, The Victorians, The Silk Road, Wonders of the World, Akenfield, A Short History of Time, The Life of Thomas Becket, The Rosetta Stone, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci, The England of Elizabeth, The Old Man and the Sea, and others (3 boxes)
BOOKS, CHURCHILL: Winston. S, The Folio Society and The Reprint Society Editions comprising The World Crisis, a five volume set published by the FS in 2007, Winston S. Churchill My Early Life, published by the FS in 2007, The Second World War, a six volume set published by The RS in 2007, Churchill By His Contemporaries, published by the RS in 1955 with an additional Folio Society publication 'A History of England 1914-1945' by A.J.P. Taylor, published in 2000, (14) Folio Society titles condition excellent
BOOKS, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, Twelve titles comprising eight volumes of William Shakespeare The Complete Plays, 3rd printing, published in 1999, three volumes of Oscar Wilde Plays and Poems, published in 1993 and one volume of The Brontes A Life in Letters, published in 2006, all titles excellent condition with damage to slip case of Oscar Wilde Plays and Poems
BOOKS & COINS, comprising two Wisden Almanacks 1985, 1986, four Wisden Anthology 1864-1900, 1900-1940, 1940-1963, 1963-1982, Who's Who of Cricketers published by Hamlyn, Life, Scores, of W.G. by Rev. H.A. Tate a sealed Folio Society book, 'Colour' by Victoria Finlay, Northumberland and Durham A social & Political Miscellany by Frank Graham, a Rugby Union programme, Barbarians v Fiji 1970, an ESSO 'coin' collection, 100 Years of Football and mixed UK and International coinage
Barbosae, Augustini: Pastoralis Solicitudinis sive de Officio et Potestae Episcopi, Pars Tertia, Lugduni 1698, half leather over marbled boards, folio, together with Petau, Denis: Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis e Societate Jesu, Opus de Theologicis Dogmatibus, Venetiis, 1724, vellum bound folio. (2)
Three Folio Society books, comprising Tales of Soldiers & Civilians by Ambrose Bierce, pub. 1971, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, pub 1980, Short Stories by Anton Chekhov pub. 1974, all in original cases, together with Masterpieces in Detail boxed two book set pub. Taschen and set of two volumes of The Journals of Gilbert White by Francesca Greenoak (7)
ELIOT (T. S.) collection various poetical works, some 1st editions, Faber & Faber, including 'Poems Written in Early Youth', 1967, with loose Faber & Faber review note dated 4.5.67; 'Selected Essays' 1956; 'Little Gidding', 1942; 'The Use of Poetry & the Use of Criticism', 1945; 'What is a Classic?', 1945; 'Collected Poems 1909-1962'; 'The Complete Poems and Plays of T S Eliot', together with 'Four Quartets' (Folio Society), and 2 related vols other authors, 7 with dws, 2 cellophane wrapped (9)
ASSORTED ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, including TYRRELL (HENRY) The History of the War with Russia, vols 1 & 2, London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd, gilt lettered spines, half morocco, 4to(spine and corners worn); ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 3rd edn, vols XIV & XV (of 18), 1798, full mottled calf, 4to; FOY-VAILLANT (JOANNEM) Numismata Imperatorum RomanoruM, 1694, 1 volume only (boards loose) 8vo; MADDOX (JOHN) Excursioan in teh Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria, &c., vol1, 1834, Richard Bentley London, half morocca and marbled paper boards, 8vo; Relation de la Campagne de Flandre et du Siege de Namur, 1st editon, title page in red and black, floriated initials, marbled endpapers (some missing), four foldout maps, half calf, large 4to, (front cover papers missing, spine worn, pages and maps generally marks and stains) - contains the first account of the 1695 battle near Namur between England and France which was won by William III of Orange, husband of Queen Mary; The News, weekly newspapers dated from 7 July 1828 to 28 December 1829, including 4 January 1830 (loose) one volume, half calf with marbled boards, folio (8) FIRST EDITION. Folio. A-P2, Q1; (4), 61 pp., (3), plus 4 fold-out engraved double-page maps and battle plans by Nicolaes Visscher II after the drawings by Ottmar Elliger the Younger. T-page in red and black ink; floriated initials; in French. Marbled endpapers; bookplate of previous owner on top pastedown (SINCLAIR FIDE ET PUGNA). Slight browning and foxing throughout. Near contemporary mottled calf; modern spine, nicely rebacked, in seven compartments divided by raised bands with gilt decoration; red speckled edges; corners slightly bumped. A fine and very rare copy.
Furniture BooksThe Cabinet-Maker's Assistant ...., Blackie, 1853, folio, engraved title, 101 plates (lacking plate 36 but with two of plate 37), printed promotional sheet from G. H. Stewart, Cabinet Maker loosely inserted, half calf; Smith (George), The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide ..., Jones, 1836, quarto, colour and monochrome plates, worn half calf binding;[Prices], The London Chair-Maker's and Carver's Book of Prices for Workmanship ..., 1807, quarto, title and preliminaries supplied in manuscript, plates, [bound with] Supplement to the London Chair-Makers ... 1808 [and] Second Supplement to the London Chair-Makers ... 1811, plates, modern half calf binding;Macquoid (Percy), A History of English Furniture, The Age(s) of Oak, Mahogany, Satinwood and Walnut, Lawrence & Bullen, four folio volumes, plates, top edge gilt, original cloth, [not collated] (7)
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