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Lot 9171

Monica Poole: 'The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh', Henley-on-Thames, Gresham Books, 1985, 1st edition, profusely illustrated throughout, 122pp, folio, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper

Lot 9173

Rigby Graham: 'Leicestershire', Leicester, The Gadsby Gallery, 1980, limited edition (150), signed Rigby Graham & Trevor Hickman, unnumbered out of series inscribed presentation copy, inscribed by Hickman "Publishers copy for Mike Clutten" below Rigby Graham's signature, numerous illustrations by Rigby Graham, many colour, some full-page and tipped in, pictorial endpapers, oblong folio, original quarter morocco gilt over green cloth, original orange cloth slip-case, with 'Allegro Con Brio. To mark the publication of Graham's Leicestershire.', Leicester, Gadsby Gallery, 1980, limited edition (73/90), numbered, [4]pp, Sheepstor handmade paper, original stitched printed wraps, loosely inserted. From the estate of Michael Clutton (1934-2016), resident of Leicester from the 1950's who had a longstanding career in the paper trade and supplied handmade papers to Toni & Cynthia Savage, Trevor Hickman, Rigby Graham et al for their various Private Press publications/collaborations

Lot 9176

(The Whittington Press): 'Vance Gerry & the Weather Bird Press. With Contributions by Vance Gerry, Simon Lawrence, David Butcher, Patrick Reagh, James Lorson and John Randle & with a Checklist of Publications compiled by David Butcher', Risbury, Whittington Press, 2018, limited edition, number 75/155 'C' copies (of a total edition of 235 copies), tipped in colour frontis + numerous colour and black & white ills. throughout (some tipped in), facsimile letter and facsimile of signed end paper of 'Twenty Five years of the Weather Bird Press' in rear pocket as called for, 86,[2]pp, folio, original half cloth over patterned paper covered boards (from Vance's Patterned Papers (1996), printed paper label to spine, matching original cloth slipcase. £100-150

Lot 9187

'The Engravings of Eric Gill’, Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1983, limited edition, (1350), profusely illustrated throughout with Gill wood engravings, typefaces etc, xxiv,545,[2]pp., folio, original blindstamped pictorial cloth, gilt lettered to spine, original slipcase.

Lot 9189

John Nash; Jeremy Greenwood: 'The Wood Engravings of John Nash, a Catalogue of the wood-engravings, early lithographs, etchings and engravings on metal', Liverpool, Wood Lea Press, 1987, limited edition, (750), tipped in photographic portrait frontis, profusely illustrated throughout with tipped in colour illustrations and black & white illustrations as called for, folio, original quarter green cloth gilt over decorative patterned paper covered boards, in matching original green cloth slipcase; together with Sir John Rothenstein: 'John Nash', L, Macdonald, 1983, 1st edition, colour and black & white ills. throughout, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, and 'Paul Nash in Pictures Landscape and Dream', Mainstone Press, 2011, 1st edition, colour ills. throughout, oblong 4to, original pictorial boards, d/w (3)

Lot 9190

Eric Ravilious; Jeremy Greenwood: 'Ravilious Engravings', Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2008, limited edition (one of 800 copies), 287,[1]pp, profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, folio, original cloth lettered in silver to spine, prospectus loosely inserted, original slipcase

Lot 9192

Eric Ravilious; Anne Ullman, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence: 'Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters & Design', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2008, limited edition, (650), 2 volumes, each profusely illustrated throughout with tiped in folding colour illustrations and other colour, monochrome and black & white ills., prospectus and other relevant material loosely inserted, each oblong folio, house in original cloth slipcase

Lot 9194

Eric Ravilious; Alan Powers & James Russell: 'Eric Ravilious: The Story of High Street', Sparham, Mainstone Press, 2008, limited edition, (750), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white throughout, 4to, original cloth lettered in silver, printed paper label to front cover, original slipcase; plus 10 others Eric Ravilious related, including James Russell: 'Ravilious Submarine', Mainstone Press, 2013, 1st edition, profusely illustrated in colour, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards; Ravilious & J.M. Richards: 'High Street', V & A published facsimile of the original edition first published in 1938 by country Life and printed at the Curwen Press, orig. pictorial boards, dust wrapper; 'Eric Ravilious Imagined Realities', Imperial War Museum, 2003, 1st edition, colour ills. throughout, orig. pictorial wraps; Richard Dennis: 'Ravilious & Wedgwood', 2006, folio, original decorative laminated boards; 'Eric Ravilious in Context', 2002; Binyon: 'Eric Ravilious Memoir of an Artist', 2004; Friend: 'Ravilious & Co The Pattern of Friendship', 2017 1st in d/w; 'Eric Ravilious Design', ACC, 2015, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 2 others (11)

Lot 9196

Edward Bawden; Jeremy Greenwood: 'Edward Bawden Editioned Prints’, Woodbridge, The Wood Lea Press, 2005, limited edition, (450), profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white as called for, oblong folio, original quarter cloth gilt over decorative paper covered, original slipcase, the cover paper based on a design by Bawden for the cover of 'Life in an English Village', 1949, King Penguin No.57, illustrated by Bawden

Lot 9197

Edward Bawden (ilustrated), William Beckford: 'Vathek', London, The Folio Society, 1958, signed by Edward Bawden to title page, 12 full page colour lithographic illustrations by Bawden (of which 8 full page plates + full page colour illustrated front and rear pastedowns and endpapers), printed at the Curwen Press, 128pp, original quarter cloth gilt (gilt rubbed), over patterned colour paper covered boards

Lot 9201

'Albert Goodwin RWS' 1845-1932, Chris Beetles Ltd, 1990, limited edition, (862/1000), numbered & signed by Chris Beetles, 200 colour plates of the artists' works, oblong folio, original quarter blue morocco gilt over marbled paper covered boards by Zaehnsdorf Ltd, original slipcase

Lot 9206

(Erotica), five titles, including 'Edward Piper: Nudes', The Old Laundry Press, 2000, 1st edition, limited edition (283/1000), numbered & signed by Prue Piper, original cloth, dust wrapper; Paolo Roversi: 'Nudi', Paris, Editions Stromboli, 1999, 1st edition, original cloth, glassine d/w, card slipcase, printed paper label to front cover; Danny Moynihan: 'Private Collection', London, Other Criteria, 2008, original pictorial paper covered boards; 'Attali: Forme de toi', Paris, Editions André Balland, 1968, heliogravure photographic illustrations, folio, original pictorial cloth, acetate wrapper; Madonna: 'Madonna Sex', Warner Books, 1992, photographed by Stephen Meisel, original spiral bound metal boards, CD unopened in orig. foil packaging loosely inserted (5)

Lot 9207

(Kate Moss), Mario Sorrento: 'Kate', London, Phaidon, 2018, 1st edition, 115pp, tritone photographic portrait illustrations of the then young and undiscivered Kate Moss, on the cusp of supermodel'stardom, taken by fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti, and that went on to inspire the famous Calvin Klein Obsession perfume campaign, oblong 4to, original grey cloth, mounted photographic ill. to front cover, in matching grey cloth original solander box, this also with mounted photographic illustration to front cover, some relevant material loosely inserted; together with 'Kate Moss by Mario Testino', Taschen, 2010, profusely illustrated with colour photographic ills. throughout, folio, original reflective silver wraps (2)

Lot 9221

Vojtech Preissig (illustrated); Walt Whitman: 'Salut au Monde!', New York, Random House, 1930, limited edition, (43/390), numbered and signed by the illustrator Vojtech Preissig, 3 original lino cuts in orange, purple and black + page decorations in orange as called for, printed in Preissig's new type on Zanders handmade paper at the State Printing Office in Prague, folio, original cream paper covered boards decorated in purple and orange, slipcase

Lot 9222

Clare Leighton (1898-1989): 'The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry', London, Collins, 1933, 1st edition, wood engraved vignette title page, 12 hors-texte full page wood engravings, 12 decorative initial letters, and 6 tail pieces as called for, oblong folio (36 x 28cm), original green cloth (slightly bumped/worn), gilt stamped titles and vignette to the front and spine, green patterned endpapers by Leighton. Internally near fine, leaves clean/VGC without name, inscription, book plate or spotting. An internally clean copy of Clare Leighton's best known and most sought after book

Lot 9226

(Marc Chagall), Abraham Sutzveker: 'Siberia. A Poem', translated from the Yiddish by Jacob Sonntag, London, Abelard-Schuman Ltd, 1960, 1st edition, preface & 9 full page lithograph illustrations Marc Chagall, 46,[2]pp, folio, original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial dust wrapper (21s net price intact). Other copies retailing and on copac/JISC library hub all state publication date of 1961, however this copy states "first published 1960" verso of title page, and bearing no indication elsewhere in this copy of it being the later date of 1961

Lot 9241

'The Spotlight Casting Directory for Stage and Screen, Actresses and Children. Volume 2, No.76, September 1947', London, The Spotlight, 1947, xxi-xxxiv,740-1228pp, profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographic portrait illustrations of film and stage actresses, including Anne Crawford, Petula Clark, Honor Blackman, Margaret Lockwood etc etc, the directory divided into several sections, including Star and Feature Actresses; Contract Artists; Musical; Leading; Juvenile; Character; Children; Animals etc, many of the photographic portrait ills. near full page, large 4to, original printed wraps; plus a Josephone Baker 1937 'En Super Folies' Folies Bergere souvenir album/programme, tipped in nude colour plate of Josephine Baker after the original oil on canvas by Jaun-Gabriel Domergue, plus numerous black & white ills. from photos throughout, folio, original wraps lettered with star cut out to front cover; plus 1 other (3)

Lot 9255

Fourteen assorted children's & illustrated titles, including modern reissue editions of 3 Jean de Brunhoff Babar titles, all published Methuen: 'The Story of Babar', 1988, 'Babar The King', 1986, 'Babar's Travels', 1985, all VGC in folio, origina cloth backed pictorial boards; two modern reissues/revised editions of Kathleen Hale Orlando titles, both published Penguin Group/Frederick Warne: 'Orlando The Marmalade Cat A Trip Abroad', 1998, 'Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) A Seaside Holiday', 1991, both VGC in folio, original pictorial boards, dust wrappers; plus others similar Edward Ardizzone, Mervyn Peake, Kay Thompson 'Eloise', Hergé 'Tintin', Quentin Blake, Max Beerbohm & Osbert Lancaster 'Zuleika Dobson', Shakespeare Head Press, 1975, ltd edn (346/750) , numbered and signed by Osbert Lancaster, desaigned by Ruari McLean, original quarter morocco gilt, striped paper covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase, etc (14)

Lot 9257

Quentin Blake, a collection of 16 titles by/illustrated by Quentin Blake, including 'Laureate's Progress', Chris Beetles Limited, special limited edition (1,000), signed by Blake to FFEP, folio, original cloth silvered, dust wrapper; 'Gardeners' Question Time', L, Robson Books, 1981, 1st edition, signed by Blake to title page, orig. cloth, d/w; Roald Dahl: 'Rhyme Stew', ill. Quentin Blake, L, Cape, 1989, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; 'Cyril Bonhamy and Operation Ping', L, Cape, 1985, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; 'Clown', L, Cape, 1995, 1st edition, folio, orig. pictorial boards; 'Fantastic Daisy Artichoke', L, Cape, 1999, 1st edition, folio, orig. pictorial boards; 'Words and Pictures', L, Cape, 2000, 1st edition, large 4to, orig. cloth, d/w; 'The Rain Door', L, Gollancz, 1986, 1st edition, oblong 4to, orig. pictorial boards; 'Silver Jackanory', BBC, 1991, 1st edition, ill. Blake & others, orig. cloth, d/w; 'Trouble on Thunder Mountain', Faber, 1991, 1st, orig. cloth, d/w; 'Qentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book', Cape, 1983, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards; plus 5 others Blake, and 'Quasimodo Mouse' ill. Ralph Stead, 1984, 1st edition, orig. pictorial boards (17)

Lot 9272

Eight assorted children's titles, including Bernard & Elinor Darwin: 'Tootleoo Two', London, Nonesuch Press, c.1927, 20 colour plates as called for, oblong 4to, original pictorial paper covered boards; Brothers Grimm; Hans Fischer (illustrated): 'The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet', L, Cassell, [1947], colour litho illustrated leaves throughout, oblong folio, original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards (worn); 2 titles written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin: 'A for the Ark', London, 1961, 1st UK edition, 'Petunia, I Love You', London, 1966, 1st UK edition, each with colour illustrated leaves throughout, each original pictorial boards, dust wrappers; Charles Vildrac: 'Les Lunettes du Lion', illustrated Edy Legrand, Paris, Paul Hartmann, 1932, frontis, title page, numerous full page and in text lithograph illustrations in four colours by Legrand as called for, plus colour litho EP's/front pastedowns by him, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; Harry Rountree & S.H. Hamer: 'Archibald's Amazing Adventure', L, Cassell, 1905, 1st edition, 4 coloured plates plus full page & in text black & white ills. as called for, original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; plus 2 others (8)

Lot 9273

Seven various Victorian illustrated titles, including [Elizabeth Tuckett]: 'How We Spent the Summer, or a "Voyage en Zigzag" in Switzerland and Tyrol, with some Members of the Alpine Club, from the Sketch book of one of the Party', London, Longmans et al, 1864, 1st edition, 43 lithograph illustrated leaves comprising illustrated title page, "Dramatis Personae" leaf + map + 40 numbered illustrated leaves, oblong folio, original pictorial paper covered boards, rebacked (not recent); Miss Brown: 'The Foreign Tour of the Misses Brown Jones and Robinson, being the History of what They Saw and Did at Biarritz & in the Pyrenees', London, Bickers, [1878], 1st edition, lithograph title page + 49 numbered lithograph illustrated leaves as called for, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; 'The Golden Harp', L, Routledge, 1864, 52 engraved ills. by J.D. Watson, T. Dalziel and J. Wolf engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt; E.H. Knatchbull-Hugessen: 'The Mountain Sprite's Kingdom and Other Stories', L, Routledge, 1881, 1st edition, black & white ills. by Ernest Griset as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; Mrs S.C. Hall: 'The Prince of the Fair Family, A Fairy Tale', Chapman & Hall, [1867], original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; Charles Welsh (intro.): 'The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast; The Peacock "At Home"; The Lion's Masquerade; The Elephant's Ball', Griffith & Farran, 1883, 4 works bound in 1, facsimiles of the editions of 1807/08, 4to, contemporary half calf gilt, each with printed wraps bound in at end; Charles Kingsley: 'The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children', Cambridge, Macmillan, 1856, 1st edition, 8 plates, original decorative cloth gilt (7)

Lot 9287

'Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural History, with a Short Description Annexed to Each Plate. Part 1', London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1840, 30 hand coloured engraved plates of animals as called for, each with corresponding printed description at foot of page and cloth tissue guards, plates comprise: Bat--Rhinoceros--Hyaena--Lion--Tiger--Leopard--Brown bear--Hedgehog--Beaver--Squirrel--Llama--Deer--Giraffe--Goat--Bison--Ass-Hippopotamus--Eagle--Owl--Peacock--Cassowary--Emeu [sic, i.e. Emu]--White stork--Woodcock--Toad--Crocodile--Common snake--Salmon--Sturgeon--Mackerel, oblong folio, original blindstamped cloth gilt (slightly worn)

Lot 9288

Richard Doyle: 'In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, with a poem by William Allingham', London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870, 1st edition, 16 wood engraved colour plates by Doyle and printed by Edmund Evans as called for, [4],31,[5]pp, gutta percha perished, leaves loose, but plates and leaves generally very clean/VGC, folio, original green cloth gilt, boards unfortunately soiled, slightly bumped at corners, but else generally VGC. An internally clean copy of one of the masterpieces of Victorian colour printing

Lot 9356

P.G. Wodehouse, works, folio society, 20 volumes in four slipcases, comprising 'Jeeves & Wooster' novels, 14 volumes in 3 slipcases, and 'Best of Blandings', 6 volumes in slipcase, each original pictorial cloth gilt, plus 'Leave it to Psmith', Folio Society, 1989, original pictorial cloth, slipcase (21)

Lot 9361

Folio Society, 31 assorted volumes, including Kay Nielsen 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon'; Apsley Cherry-Garrard 'The Worst Journey in the World', in original shrink wrap; 'Seamus Heaney 'Beowulf'; Luo Guanzhong 'Three Kingdoms', four volumes in slipcase; Jacob Bronowski 'The Ascent of Man'; George MacDonald 'At the Back of the North Wind', etc (31)

Lot 9362

Folio Society, 36 assorted volumes, including George Orwell 'Nineteen Eighty Four' & 'Animal Farm'; 'Perraults Fairy Tales Illustrated by Edmund Dulac'; Graham Greene 'Travels With My Aunt'; TE Lawrence 'Crusader Castles'; Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', etc (36)

Lot 9363

Folio Society, 41 assorted volumes, including 'The Quest for the North-West Passage'; Hughes 'The Fatal Shore'; James Fenimore Cooper 'The Last of the Mohicans'; Eric Newby 'A Book of Travellers Tales' & 'Love and War in the Apennines'; Sebag Montefiore 'Enigma'; Martin Gilbert 'The First World War', 2 volumes in slipcase, etc (41)

Lot 9364

Folio Society, 21 assorted volumes, including L. Frank Baum 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'; Douglas Adams 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' & 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'; Kahlil Gibran 'The Prophet'; TE Lawrence 'Crusader Castles'; Nancy Mitford 'Love in a Cold Climate' & 'The Pursuit of Love'; Ian Seraillier 'The Silver Sword', etc (21)

Lot 9365

Folio Society, 33 assorted volumes, including Evelyn Waugh 'Black Mischief'; Kazuo Ishiguro 'The Remains of the Day'; Robert Byron 'The Road to Oxiana'; Eric Newby 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush'; Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur 'The Baburnama'; 'The Silk Road'; 'The Travels of Ibn Battutah'; 'The Icelandic Sagas'; 'History of Venice', etc (33)

Lot 1

A selection of approximately 35 various Folio Society volumes, mainly boxed

Lot 9016

A collection of 50+ books on the Middle East, Arabia, Turkey, The Holy-Land, Persia etc, From the library of Penny Young, freelance writer and journalist who worked and travelled extensively in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa, and set up Twopenny Press in South Lopham, Norfolk in 2009, titles include Lane: 'The Arabian Nights', 1865, 3 volumes; Freya Stark: 'A Winter in Arabia'; Wilfrid Thesiger: 'The Marsh Arabs' & 'Arabian Sands'; Porter 'The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places', 1886; Costas Stamatopoulos: 'Constantinople through the lens of Achilles Samandji and Eugene Dalleggio', Umberto Allemandi & C, 2009, profusely photographically illustrated throughout, folio, original cloth, dust wrapper, original slipcase; Thomson: 'The Land and the Book. Lebanon, Damascus and beyond Jordan', 1886; Doughty: 'Wanderings in Arabia'; Edwin Munsell Bliss: 'Turkey and the Armenian Atrocities', Edgewood, 1896, original pictorial cloth; Lilo Linke: 'Allah Dethroned. A Journey through Modern Turkey', 1937, 1st edition; Bilal N. Simsir: 'British Documents on Ataturk 1919-1938', Ankara, 1973-75, 2 volumes, in Turkish and English, ex library, laminated cloth bindings; Volney's Ruins, 1807, 5th edition, engraved plates, old half calf; plus others Freya Stark, Syria, Lebanon, arhaeological excavations, etc etc, and several copies of books written by Penny Young and published at her Twopenny Press in South Lopham, including: 'Ups and Downs along the Black Sea in the reverse footsteps of Xenophon', 2010, 1st edition, a remarkable account of the author's solo bicycle tour along Turkey's Black Sea coast in the summer of 1997, from Polonezkoy near Istanbul, to Trabzon, then inland over the Pontic Mountains to Bayburt and Caykara; 'Dura Europos: A City for Everyman', 2014, 1st edition, "the controversial story of this little lost city on the edge of Mesopotamia"; Peter Clark: 'Coffeehouse Footnotes', Twopenny Press, 2010, 1st edition, a series of essays and reviews offering a wide ranging perspective on the Middle East, including literary and historical figures, fascinating and eccentric individuals, great people, travellers and explorers (50+ titles)

Lot 9018

(Ancient Greece, Antiquity), Adolf Maichaelis: 'Der Parthenon', Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, 1870-1871, 1st edition, 2 volumes (text and plate atlas complete), text volume 8vo, xvi,370pp, engraved folding plate at end, atlas volume folio, 15 double page engraved plates as called for, ex King's College Cambridge prize 1887 inscription and later Repton School library (c.1908), contemporary uniform half morocco gilt by Bumpus, King's College Cambridge arms in gilt to front covers (2)

Lot 9019

G.H. Swanston: 'The Companion Atlas to The Gazetteer of the World, comprehending Forty-Eight beautifully Coloured Maps engraved in the first style of art according to the latest & most authentic information by G.H. Swanston', London, A. Fullarton, [1860], 48 double page engraved maps as called for, each contemporary hand coloured in outline, many show inset details including relative heights of mountains, river basins, railways around London etc, folio, original full morocco gilt (rubbed and worn), all edges gilt

Lot 9055

Walter Rye, 4 titles: '', Norwich, Agas H Goose, 1889, limited to 50 copies only (this copy being number 31), 1st edition, 34,[1]pp + 14 leaves of plates at end as called for, folio, original cloth backed boards (worn); WALTER RYE: 2 titles: AN INDEX TO NORFOLK TOPOGRAPHY, London, Longmans, Green & Co for the Index Society, 1881, 1st edition, original decorative cloth gilt; RECORDS AND RECORD SEARCHING, A GUIDE TO THE GENEALOGIST AND TOPOGRAPHER, 1897, 2nd edn, original cloth gilt; 'A History of Norfolk', 1885, 1st edition, contains 30pp chapter "The Broads and Marshes", original two tone cloth gilt. From the collection of Father Peter Harris (4)

Lot 9057

A small collection of Norwich interest titles, including Edward Preston Willins: 'Quaint Old Norwich', 1884, limited edition (421/500), numbered, frontis + 50 plates as called for, folio, original full vellum (worn); plus Augustus Jessopp & M.R. James: 'The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich', Cambridge University Press, 1896, 1st edition, 5 plates + map as called for, original cloth gilt; plus Helen Caroline Colman: 'Jeremiah James Colman, A Memoir', 1905, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, frontis + 28 illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt; Robert Fitch: 'Views of the Gates of Norwich, Made in the Years 1792-3, by the late John Ninham, with an Historical Introduction...', Norwich, printed by Cundall Miller & Leavins, 1861, 22 plates as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt; 'Illustrated Record of the Great Flood, of August, 1912', Norwich, Roberts & Co, [1912], 16 illustrations from photos, 16pp, original printed wraps (VGC); plus 2 others similar (7)

Lot 9059

John Hervey: 'Ickworth Survey Book 1665', Ickworth, Privately Published, 1893, signed & inscribed by author "Caroline Augusta Hervey from John Hervey", [10],97pp, folio, rebound half morocoo gilt, ownership signature of Norman Scarfe, 6pp booklet 'A Critique on The Eton Observer' by Lord John Hervey loosely inserted

Lot 162

Houghton (Rev. W.) British Fresh-Water Fishes, one vol folio 1879 complete with 41 coloured plates with tissue guards, half calf spine replaced

Lot 2840

A folio of watercolours, sketches etc, various subjects including landscapes and abstracts

Lot 2180

EILEEN ALICE SOPER (1905-1990) TWENTY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN A FOLIO ‡ Each work authenticated verso as being part of the estate of George and Eileen Soper.Pen, ink, pencil and charcoal Various sizesQty: 20

Lot 90

Charles Lewis after Landseer, A folio of etchings of animal subjects, 'The Mothers', set of eight, plate size each 5.5" x 7", (14x18cm) and a further collection of animal studies after Landseer,(16) sizes from 3.25" x 4.75", (8x12cm) to 9.75" x 13.75", (25x35cm) (unframed) (24).

Lot 323

Y A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD ADJUSTABLE FOLIO STAND CIRCA 1830 112cm high, 68cm wide, 72cm deep

Lot 515

A folio of amateur watercolours and pencil drawings together with other unframed and framed pictures all housed in a vintage suitcaseLocation: LWB

Lot 1708

Mining Interest - The Mining Journal and Commercial Gazette: A Journal of Geology, Metallurgy, and Mineralogy, conducted by Henry English, editor of 'The Mining Review', Vol. III to VIII, a six volume run, pub. London July 1836 to June 1839, bound in two volumes, half calf with marbled borders, tall folio, each volume with pencil presentation inscription from the editor to J. T. Treffry. (2) * Joseph Thomas Treffrey (1782-1850) was born Joseph Thomas Austen in Plymouth, changing his name by deed poll when he inherited the family estate at Place House, Fowey. He was a notable engineer, mine owner and industrialist, later serving as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1839-1840. ** First published in 1835, this important journal was the first mining paper published and a pioneer technical / trade press publication. Early, bound runs are rare and seldom appear for sale. Good quality recent part re-binding with new leather to spine and corners. Original boards with some rubbing to edges one one folio, and heavier wear to the other folio. Small tear to marbled paper to front of one folio. New ffep. Light spotting. Heavier spotting to first few and end pages of Vol.VIII, with a few chips to pages edges.

Lot 1730

Bayntun of Bath binding - Ainsworth (Henry), Annotations vpon the Five Bookes of Moses, the Booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or Canticles, Wherein the Hebrew Words and Sentences, are compared with, and explained, by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee Versions..., London, M. Parsons for John Bellamie, 1639, first edition, seven parts, each with separate title page and separate pagination, 20th century half calf with marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath, folio. End papers replaced, with light spotting. Small repair top left of general title and repair top right corner of final page, toning and chipping to edges, spotting and light creasing throughout, water marking top right edge throughout. General title with contemp. ink ownership inscription at top.

Lot 1731

Bayntun of Bath binding - Raleigh (Sir Walter, 1552-1618), The History of The World, London: Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, 1614, engraved pictorial title by R. Elstrack, lacks letterpress title, includes 4 double page maps (of 6) and 2 double page plans, one laid down, end papers replaced, "Minde of the Front" leaf before title and pictorial title laid down, some corners and edges reinforced, some chipping to edges, some toning and spotting, water staining to page edges Chapter 6 and top edge of pages Chapter 1 to 3, minor ink graffiti to blank pages/reverse of maps, 20th century half calf with marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath, folio.

Lot 1736

L'Estrange (Sir Roger): The Observator in Dialogue - The First Volume, bound volume of newspapers, starting at issue no., Wednesday 13th April 1681 through to issue no. 374, Wednesday January 9th 1684 (mis-printed as 1683), including 470 issues, single folio sheet to each issue, double-column text, contemp. panelled calf, all edges red, folio, rubbed and peeling, cracking at spine, losses to spine ends and corners, 'Melville' bookplate to f.e.p., ink date to f.f.e.ps.,tipped in engraved portrait frontispiece, contemp. ink ownership inscription to title, some minor losses and tiny tears to page edges, cracked at issue 181, some toning and creasing. Rubbed and peeling, cracking at spine, losses to spine ends and corners, 'Melville' bookplate to f.e.p., ink date to f.f.e.ps.,tipped in engraved portrait frontispiece, contemp. ink ownership inscription to title, some minor losses and tiny tears to page edges, cracked at issue 181, some toning and creasing, modern pencil notes to ffep.

Lot 575

Two tan leather-bound volumes of Tropical Agriculture (Government Printing Office pub., Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 1930); together with Folio Society editions of A History of England (Hunter Blair, Clanchy and Keen) and Cities and Civilisations (Cristopher Hibbert) Condition Report:Available upon request

Lot 117

Patrick Caulfield CBE RA, British 1936-2005- Some Poems of Jules Laforgue [Cristea 38], Edition B, 1973; the complete portfolio of twenty-two screenprints in colours on wove, signed and numbered 36/200 in pencil to the justification, each sheet bound as issued, together with the suite of six screenprints in colours, each signed and numbered 36/200 in pencil verso, sheets loose as issued, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, each sheet 40 x 35cm, in a light blue original leather folio; overall 42 x 36.2 x 6 cm, (ARR) (folio) Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 188

John Baldessari, American 1931–2020, Give me a B, Give me an A..., 2009; 10-part leporello, digital pigment print (Ditone) on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, presented in a folio,signed in ink and numbered 33/75 in pencil on a label attached to the reverse, stamped Forty Are Better Than One 2009, published by Schellmann Art Production, Munich & New York, folded dimensions: 32 x 25 cm, complete sheet: 32 × 250 cm, (unframed) Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 189

John Baldessari, American 1931-2020- Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), 1973; the complete portfolio of twelve offset lithographic photos in colours on gloss wove, numbered 268/500 in black ballpoint pen to colophon, published by Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan, each sheet loose as issued, contained within original paper slip, with original navy clothbound solander box, each sheet: 32.5 x 24.3 cm, (folio)Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 424

The Connor Brothers, British b.1968- A Dangerous Idea (Box Set), 2019; (i) unique giclée screenprint, acrylic and oil with hand-applied varnish on wove, signed and dated in silver marker, (ii) the complete portfolio of six pigment prints in colours on archival wove, each signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil, each sheet loose as issued, contained within original clothbound folio case, each sheet 83 x 56.2cm, overall 85 x 58 x 2.5 cm, (folio) (ARR) (7) Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 428

Mimmo Paladino, Italian b. 1948, Flores Seraphici, the complete set of 15 hand-coloured etchings, 1992-1995; each etching in colours with drypoint and photoengraving on Magnani wove paper, each signed, dated '93 and numbered AP 3/10, edition of 25, published by Waddington Graphics, London, eight plates: 27 x 19 cm, five plates: 27 x 18.5 cm, one plate: 27.5 x 9 cm, one plate: 29.5 x 19 cm, (framed) (ARR) together with etched frontispiece and a poem by Giuseppe Conte in cloth-bound folio case, (16) Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 97

John Walker, British b.1939- The Forge, 1990; the complete portfolio of twelve screenprints with wood block in colours on wove, each signed, dated and numbered 8/8 AP in pencil, each Artist's Proofs aside from the edition of 20, printed at Advanced Graphics, published by Waddington Graphics, each sheet loose as issued, contained in a leather and clothbound portfolio, each sheet 57 x 54 cm, (ARR) (folio) Please refer to department for condition report

Lot 690

FOLIO OF VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN UNFRAMED WATERCOLOURS, also reference book "An Artist's War",Morris and Alice Meredith Williams, also painted landscape matchbox

Lot 39

A collection of Folio Society books

Lot 848

ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) A FRAMED SET OF FOUR 20TH CENTURY LITHOGRAPHS DEPICTING SUBMARINE AND DEEP SEA DIVING EXERCISES mounted in a glazed wood frame.31.5cm by 28cm each We have since looked at these and have changed the description, these are lithographs. They are individual sheets which came out of a limited edition folio. We have uploaded additional images to our website. In very good undamaged condition.

Lot 325

A New Family Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, by Rev. E. Blomfield, in two volumes, Bungay: C Brightly & T. Kinnersley, 1808, quarto, worn morocco lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece to each volume and numerous plates within the text. Together with Cruikshank's Engravings, oblong folio, 30pp., lacking title, morocco boards lettered in gilt. Sold with all faults (3)

Lot 364

Illustrated London News, 1854 & 1856, four volumes, half-calf, folio, sold with all faults (4)

Lot 5477

Jenewein, Felix -- Die Pest. Ein Cyklus von Sechs Bildern. Vorsatz, Titel und 4 Seiten Text von Karel B. Mádl, 6 Farblithographien. Folio. Lose Blatt in Orig. Leinenmappe mit aufmontierter Lithographie. Prag, Kunst-Verlag B. Koci, 1901.Ausgezeichnete Drucke sämtlich mit Rand. Geringfügig stockfleckig, das Papier leicht vergilbt, die Lithographien mit geringen Schäden im weißen Rand, sonst gut erhalten. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot 5609

Graphik -- A Collection of Original Etchings. Ca. 195 Blatt, original montiert auf 65 Seiten, zzgl. gedrucktem Inhaltsverzeichnis, gebunden im Leder d.Z., gold- und blindgeprägt, mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (Kratzer, Ränder u. Kanten berieben bzw. bestoßen). Folio. London, M'Creery, 1816.Recueil mit Abzügen u.a. von und nach: della Bella, Bega, Dujardin, Hollar, van Kessel, de Laer, Lorraine, Rembrandt, van Vliet, Ruisdael. Insgesamt etwas angeschmutzt und gebrauchsspurig, kleine Erhaltungsmängel, die Ecken der Drucke meist montierungsbedingt knittrig, manche Seiten partiell lose, die Drucke jedoch überwiegend in guter bis sehr guter Erhaltung. Aus der Sammlung William Bovill (dessen Exlibris im Spiegel). Beigegeben zwei weitere gebundene Exemplare desselben Recueils, ein Exemplar mit derselben Zusammenstellung, das andere (London, Schuze and Dean, 1816) teils beschnitten und mit losen Seiten und ca. 109 Blatt. Weiterhin beigegeben zwei gebundene Exemplare einer späteren, sich in der Zusammenstellung leicht unterscheidenden Edition, betitelt "A Collection of Original Prints" (London, J. Kay, (1825)), je mit ca. 195 Blatt u.a. von und nach: della Bella, Castiglione, Dujardin, Hollar, Lorraine, Rembrandt, Runcinam, Silvestre. Insgesamt fünf Bände. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

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