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A book of prayers, possibly a copy of the Dalail=Khayrat, North Africa, 19th century, Al-Jazuli's renowned work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, 253ff., incomplete, with 8ll. of sepia maghrebi script per page, important words in gold, vocalization in blue and red, numerous polychrome and gold decorated heads each with orange protective paper, numerous full page polychrome and gold full page illustration including the Ka'aba with protective red page, lacking binding, folio 9 x 10.1cmProvenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Please refer to department for condition report

A Provincial Ottoman collection of prayers and religious commentary, copied by Ahmad Hegazi Ismail, dated 1274 AH/1857-58 AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 291ff., with 17 lines of neat black naskh per page within a gold border, important words in red, opening folio with gold and polychrome floral decoration, red morocco binding with flap and gilt decoration, red outer slip cover, folio 20.4 x 12.6cmProvenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Please refer to department for condition report

An Ottoman collection of prayers, including Al-Jazuli’s Dala'il Al-Khayrat, Turkey, late 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 111ff. with 13 lines of neat black naskh per page, verse markers in gold and polychrome, gold and polychrome floral headers, two full illustrations of mosque interiors, red morocco binding with flap, with large gilt-decorated cusped medallion and spandrels containing arabesques, folio 16.4 x 11.3cm. Provenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Please refer to department for condition report

An unusual Ottoman Qur'an, Turkey, late 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 92ff., with 35 lines of diagonal black naksh per page, verse markers in red, headers in red, in green morocco binding with gilded tooling, in red leather slip cover, folio 12 x 9.3cm. Provenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Please refer to department for condition report

A work on enigmas and riddles by Sadiq Rutni, Persia, copied in Rajab 964 AH/ April 1557 AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 117ff., with 16 lines of black nasta'liq per page, important words in red, two diagrams in red and black ink, some folios replaced, in later Qajar lacquered papier mache binding, with polychrome floral decoration, folio 17 x 10.5cm. Provenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Binding scuffed and with numerous losses, some folios repaced

An Ottoman collection of prayers, including Muhammad bin Sulayman Al-Jazuli؛’s Dala'il Al-Khayrat, copied by Hafiz Mehmet Amin al-Rushdi, dated 1239 AH/1823-4 AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 117ff., with 11 lines of black naskh per page, gold roundel verse markers, opening folio with polychrome and gold decorated header and text on gold, further heads in white naskkh on gold with floral detail, two full page illustrations in gouache on Mecca and Medina, binding of red morocco with gilt border and floral detail to centre, folio 16 x 9.7cm.Provenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Binding in poor condition, coming away from main book

An Ottoman collection of prayers, copied by Uthman bin Abu Bakr al-Tuqati known as Hajj 'Abd Mirzadeh, dated 950AH/1543-44AD, including Muhammad bin Sulayman Al-Jazuli؛’s Dala'il Al-Khayrat, Arabic manuscript on paper, 91ff., with 11 lines of elegant black naskh script per page, gold and polychrome verse roundels, headings blank on gold illuminated panels, text panels within gold and polychrome rules, the opening folio with a gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, gold and polychrome marginal section markers, with double-page illustration depicting the interior of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina in gold and polychrome, in red morocco with tooled cusped medallion filled with black flowering tendrils on a gold ground, within a gold and black repeating border, folio 15.5 x 10cm. Provenance: The Private collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)Please refer to department for condition report

Juz 20 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah an-Naml (27), v.60 to surah al-‘Ankabūt (29), v.44, Arabic manuscript on paper, 47ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, headers in gold, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio in polychrome pink and green, in a brown tooled and stamped binding, folio 29.5 x 19cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 20 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah An-Naml (27), v.60; to surah al-‘Ankabūt (29), v.44., Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, headers in gold, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, in a brown tooled and stamped binding, folio 25.6 x 18.4cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 22 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah al-Aḥzāb (33), v.31 to surah Yā Sīn (36), v.27, Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black and red, headers in red, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, in a brown tooled and stamped binding, folio 25.1 x 18.5cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 22 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah al-Aḥzāb (33), v.31 to surah Yā Sīn (36), v.27, Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, headers in red, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome with floral detail, in a brown tooled and stamped binding, restored, folio 27 x 20cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 28 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century, Surah al-Mujādilah (58), v.1 to surah at-Taḥrīm (66), v.12, Arabic manuscript on paper, 63ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, surah headers in red, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, in a brown tooled and stamped binding with flap, folio 25.1 x 18cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 17 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah al-Anbiyāʼ (21), v.1 to surah al-Ḥajj (22), v.78, Arabic manuscript on paper, 50ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, headers in gold, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, in a brown tooled and stamped binding with flap, folio 29.8 x 19cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 11 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century,Surah at-Tawbah (9), v.94 to surah Hūd (11), v.5. Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, headers in gold, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, in a brown tooled and stamped binding with flap, folio 29.2 x 18cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 14 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, Surah al-Hijr (15), v.1 to surah an-Naḥl (16), v.12, Arabic manuscript on paper, 57ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, vowel markers in black, gold rosette verse markers, gold vase-shaped and rosette marginal decoration, headers in red on gold, opening bifolio decorated in gold and polychrome, closing bifolio with colophon dated Ramadan 950 AH/November 1593AD in gold cartouche, in a brown tooled and stamped binding with flap, folio 23.5 x 17.5cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 10 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 18th century,Surah al-Anfāl (8), v. 41 to surah at-Tawbah (9), v.93, Arabic manuscript on paper, 57ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page within red rule, corrections in red and diacriticals in black, surah headers in red and gold, with gold rosette verse markers, opening bifolio with illuminated panels of gold, red and green surrounding three lines of text, final bifolio with blue, yellow and red gouache floral panels surrounding three lines of text, in brown cloth binding with flap, folio 30.2 x 20.5cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 3 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 18th century, Surah al-Baqarah (2), v.253 to surah Āli ‘Imrān (3), v.91, Arabic manuscript on paper, 58ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page within red rule, corrections in red and diacriticals in black, surah headers in red and gold, with gold rosette verse markers, opening bifolio with illuminated panels of gold, red and green surrounding three lines of text, final bifolio with blue, yellow and red gouache floral panels surrounding three lines of text, in brown cloth binding with flap, folio 30 x 19cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 20 of a Chinese Qur'an, China 18th century, Surah an-Naml (27), v.60 to sura al-‘Ankabūt (29), v.44, Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page within red rule, corrections in red and diacriticals in black, surah headers in gold, with gold rosette verse markers, opening bifolio with illuminated panels of gold, red and green surrounding three lines of text, final bifolio with blue, yellow and red gouache floral panels surrounding three lines of text, in brown cloth binding with flap, folio 30.6 x 20.3cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection in the 1960s and 70sGood overall, pages stained, minor ink smudging, nibbles to cloth binding

Juz 28 of a Chinese Qur'an, Surah al-Mujādilah (58), v.1 to surah at-Taḥrīm (66), v.12, China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., each with 5ll. of bold black sini script, punctuation in red, gold verse markers outlined in black and red, sura headers in red, opening bifolio with gold, red, green illuminated panels around three lines of text, final bifolio with design of grape vine and flowers in red, green and gold, stamped brown leather binding with flap, folio 27.5 x 19.1cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 4 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., with 5 lines of black sini script to the page, vowel markers in black and corrections in red, with gold rosette verse markers, with an illuminated double page frontispiece 'Unwan decorated with floral and geometrical designs in gold and colours in a typical Yunnan style, original leather binding with blind tooled designs, folio 21.3 x 17.3 cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sPlease refer to department for condition report

Juz 19 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, dated 953AH/1546AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., with 5 lines of black sini script to the page, vowel markers in black and corrections in red, surah headers in red, illuminated double page frontispiece 'Unwan decorated with geometrical and floral designs in gold and colours in a typical Yunnan style of mainly gold on a red ground highlighted with green and blue, original leather binding with blind tooled Islamic and Chinese influenced design, folio 25.5 x 19 cm.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 70sAn excellent example of the Islamic Chinese style of Qur'anic calligraphy and illuminationThe colophon statement in red script on the last folio reads: It was copied by Shams al-Din ibn Musa al-Sini in the month of Safar of the year 953 AH (1546 AD) in the city of Yunnan one of the Chinese cities which has been honoured and blessed by Islam. Please refer to department for condition report

Juz 18 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, late 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 63ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page, with an illuniated frontispiece of geometricl and floral design, central rectangles bearing the text of Surat al Mu'minum, surah headings in white thuluth script on a gold ground, gold rosette verse markers, with illuminated bifolio at end, in original blind tooled binding, folio 27.5 x 10cm. Provenance: Bonhams, Islamic Works of Art, 13 October 1999 Please refer to department for condition report

Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209 AD, Khamsa, Persia, 15th century, several drawings and one miniature painting, Persian manuscript on paper, 126ff. with, 25 ll. of fine black nast'liq arranged in four vertical columns within gold borders, text headings alernating in red, gold and blue muhaqqaq script, in later green binding, folio 20.8 cm x 13.3 cm.Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 06/10/2008, lot 294This work was in all likelihood originally a commission by a member of royalty or an elite member of society. The finely and precisely executed calligraphy is of high quality, and the drawings have been carefully rendered in a pale sepia ink before they would have been completed with pigment. The miniature painting on f 102r, which is almost complete, shows the fine detail and artistry for which Persian painting is renowned. Please refer to department for condition report

A misbound illuminated section from a Sultanate Qur’an with verses from juz 7 and 24, India, 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 19ff., the opening bifolium is the beginning of juz 7 (surah al-Ma'idah (5), vv.82-88); the rest of the volume with extract from juz 24, with verses from surah az-Zumar (39), surah Ghafir (40) and surah Fussilat (41), 9ll. per page written in thuluth script in alternating blue and gold with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs decorated with green and red dots between verses, red cross-hatching throughout, margins ruled in blue and gold, sura headings in gold on illuminated panels, illuminated devices in margins, opening illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, badly wormed, text has been retraced in gold and blue throughout, modern blind-stamped red morocco gilt, rebacked, folio 28 x 22cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970sMisbound, worming throughout, pages rebacked and restored, text has been retraced in gold and blue throughout

Sura al-In'am with prayers, Ottoman Turkey, early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 6ff., with 17ll. of alternating gold thuluth and black muhaqqaq, the remainder of the text on each page written in small elegant naskhi script with diacritics in black, gold florets decorated with alternating blue and red dots between verses, interlinear and intercolumnar rules in gold throughout, margins ruled in black and gold, outer borders of cream coloured paper sprinkled with gold, two illuminated headpieces in colours and gold, water stained, some repairs, loose, discoloration, in red morocco gilt binding, slightly worn., folio 24 cm x 15.4 cm Please refer to department for condition report

Juz 28 of a Safavid Qur’an, Persia, late 16th century, Surah al-Mujādilah (58), v.1 to surah at-Taḥrīm (66), v.7, Arabic manuscript on paper, 16ff., incomplete at end, missing final folio, 10ll. of neat black naskh script per page, with vocalization in black and red, gold and polychrome verse marker roundels, verse headers in white naskh on a gold cartouche with floral polychrome and gold decoration on cobalt and black ground, opening folio with gold and polychrome decoration, marginal decoration with roundels in gold and polychrome, modern red binding, within red cloth and board box, folio 24.1 x 6.6cm.Provenance: Spink & SonPlease refer to department for condition report

A manuscript with the names of God, possibly on jurispridence, East Africa, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on thick paper, with 19ll. of black and red naskh script, many folios written in point form, with some polychrome geometric decoration, board covers, folio 36.5 x 22.5cm. Provenance: Roman Dino Bedry, 2008Please refer to department for condition report

A work on jurisprudence, Ethiopia, possibly Gondar or Harar, 19th century, 149ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 19ll. of sepia and red script per page, some marginal notes in red, , in brown leather covered board covers, folio 36 x 25cm. Provenance: Uk Book Trade, 2010Please refer to department for condition report

Juz 19 of an Ottoman Qur’an, Surah Al-Furqān (25), v.21 to surah al-Naml (27), v.55, Turkey, 16th century or later, fancifully signed by Shaykh Hamdullah (b. circa 1436-37, d. 1520) known as Ibn Al-Sahykh Al-Amasi, Arabic manuscript on paper, 30ff., with 7ll. of gold naskh outlined in black per page, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, the opening folio with a polychrome blue and red header, in brown leather binding with flap and tooled medallion, folio 28 x 19.5cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection formed in the 1960s and 70sFor other similar Qur'an sections, see Bonhams 8 April 2014 lots 7 and 10 and Bonhams 10 April 2008, lot 30.Some pages restored

A scientific treatise including an early map of the world, India, late 18th century, 315ff., Persian manuscript on paper, in calf binding, pages restored, with owner's seal to opening page, folio 31cm x 25cm. Most pages restored, most pages with worm holing

A Qajar miniature Qur’an and Qajar fitted steel case, Iran, circa 1880, Arabic manuscript on paper, 196ff., with 20ll. of neat black naskh within gold border per page, gold roundel verse markers, surah headers in red on a gold ground, opening bifolio and closing bifolio decorated with gold and polychrome,within the original steel casket with openwork clasp, the lacquered binding covers decorated with flowers within an outer border of qur'anic text contained in cartouches, the interiors with very fine dense pattern of flowers and leaves, folio 8.8 x 5.4cmProvenance: Private family collection, USBottom left corner of the final gilt and polychrome decorated bifolio missing.

Two prayer volumes, Sub-Saharan East Africa, probably Ethiopia or Yemen, second half 19th /first half 20th centuryTwo volumes including ‘Abd al-Jalil bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin ‘Azum al-Muradi al Qayrawani (d.1553 AD), Kitab tanbih al-anam, on paper watermarked ‘Beyad Abu Subbak Istambuli/ ’ali asili’, incomplete, 20 lines to the page, written in black with the name of God and the Prophet Muhammad in red, in brown leather binding with flap, the other volume on European watermarked paper written in black with the name of God in red or purple, in brown leather binding with flap, a note at the end stating that it was started on the first day of Shawwal and it took six days to copy, folio 36 by 25cm. and 35 by 26.5 (2)The paper used in one of the two volumes bears a watermark which reads ‘Beyad Abu Subbak Istambuli/ ’ali asili’; for a further discussion on this particular watermark and its diffusion in the region of Ethiopia and Yemen, see Anne Regourd, “Manuscrits de la mer Rouge (première moitié du XX siècle): papiers Abu Subbak du Yémen et d’Éthiopie”, in A. Regourd (ed.) The Trade in Papers Marked with Non-Latin Characters, Leiden, 2018, pp.81-140.Please refer to department for condition report

An illustrated folio from the Freer Small Shahnameh, Sawa Shah slain in battle by Bahram Chubina, Iran, circa 1300-1340, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold and silver, with 31ll. of black naskh arranged in six columns within red rule, verso with 31ll. and a header in gold naskh, folio 30.4 x 21.8cm. The widely dispersed “Freer” Shahnameh (Book of Kings), is the third of the earliest surviving illustrated copies of the Persian national epic, the work of Abu’l-Qasim Mansur Firdausi (d. 1020). Composed around the turn of the 11th century, the Shahnameh conveys through 50,000 rhyming couplets the lives of 50 Iranian kings before the arrival of Islam. The name “Freer Small” reflects the fact that most of the manuscript (text-pages and 45 illustrations) has been in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC, for much of the 20th century. Other illustrated folios from this manuscript are in the Aga Khan Museum (AKM20, AKM21, AKM22)In many ways, however, the “Freer” manuscript is unlike the other two, the “First” and the “Second Small” Shahnameh manuscript apart from also being copied in six columns of text. The illustrations, too, are differently treated, they are squarish in shape. Please refer to department for condition report

A illustrated folio from a small Shahnameh, India, Deccan, Bijapur, circa 1610, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with four vertical columns of black Persian nasta'liq script on a gold ground, painting 8cm. x 7cm., folio 20.4 x 12.4cm. Provenance: Acquired at Spink and SonOther folios from this manuscript are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ( 1985.404.1/ 1985.405.1/ 1983.354.1/ 1982.476.3)Although all the known pages from this manuscript were at some point remargined with a brittle, brown paper that has a glossy, oily look, their original main support is a very thin, high-quality, cream-colored paper, sprinkled with gold. Four columns of nasta’liq script have been inscribed on this lush surface, separated from one another by gold rules. Pages with paintings bear even more gold, since the text is surrounded by gilt cloud bands. There is no evidence, as yet, that the manuscript was produced for Bijapur’s royal family, but the abundance of expensive materials suggests its sponsor was a high-ranking member of courtly society.Please refer to department for condition report

Majma’ al-Ansab, a genealogy of the Prophet, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1715, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 59ff., with names written in black and red naskh script within blue, orange and green circles linked by red lines, comments in black naskh, in brown morocco binding, with flap, tooled medallion, folio 24.5 x 17cm. Provenance: Christie’s, London, 28 April 1998, lot 68.This manuscript of genealogical tables starts with Adam, and traces the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants, the rulers of Persia, the Ottoman sultans (ending with Ahmed III, r.1703-30), and the Qadirite Sufis. The final date given is 1127 AH/1715 AD, although the later roundel giving the name of Sultan Mahmud I and the date 1135 AH/1722 AD, may have been added by a later owner. Please refer to department for condition report

Six illustrated pages from Jalal al-Din Rumi (d.1273 AD): Mathnawi, India, late 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper in ink and gouache, folio 23 x 14cm. (6) Margins with brownish stains and foxing, light smudges to ink, nibbles to edges of pages

ERIC JAMES MELLON (1925-2014); a pair of signed monotypes on the theme of the bicycle, made 1982, 29.5 x 38.5cm, mounted (2). (D)Mellon took the bicycle theme and used it to represent the eternal cycle of love and birth. These monotypes show the development of Mellon's composition style and imagery that he later copied onto his ceramic work.Literature: For a similar example, see Eric James Mellon and Paul Foster, 'Decorating Stoneware: Ash Glazes and the Art of the Brush' (University of Chichester, 2007), p. 89.Provenance: The artist's estate.Additional InformationSome damp spots due to storage in Mellon's unheated studio, stored in a folio since 2014 and mounted in 2015, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.uk or https://artistscollectingsociety.org

ERIC JAMES MELLON (1925-2014); 'Pluto and Persephone Sitting in a Music Room', a signed and dated monotype, made 1976, 42 x 32cm, mounted, and another 'Embracing Lovers; Mermaid and Fox and Flautist Riding a Horse', made 1982 (2). (D)These monotypes show the development of Mellon's composition style and imagery that he later copied onto his ceramic work.Literature: For a similar example on the Pluto and Persephone theme, see Eric James Mellon 'The Ceramist as Artist' (Chichester, 2000), p. 24.Provenance: The artist's estate.Additional InformationSame damp spots due to storage in Mellon's unheated studio, stored in a folio since 2014 and mounted in 2015, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.uk or https://artistscollectingsociety.org

Folio containing a quantity of mostly world maps, some from 1854 Maps book Principal Places In The World.

R. Simkin "Life in the Army", L, Chapman & Hall, Victoiran title with 20 chrome litho plates as called for, oblong folio, original pictorial boards

The Audubon Folio Containing Nine (of Thirty) Images, plus twelve frame examples

Folio of assorted prints and engravings, inc. 19th c. etching from a Peter Paul Rubbens (Rubens) picture

Howard (Paul) & Gebbie (George) edit., The Stage and Its Stars, Past and Present, late 19th cent., two folio volumes, portrait plates throughout, all edges gilt, full leather bindings, with 16 volumes of the English Dramatists series. (18)

Twenty Folio Society Volumes

Eric Gill ARA (1882-1940), The Engravings of Eric Gill, one of 1350 copies, with original cloth and slipcase, folio, Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983

Picasso (Pablo) Verve, Volume VIII No. 29/30, Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso, 28 Nov. 1953 to 3 Feb. 1954, Paris, 1954, folio, a special double number of Verve devoted to Picasso, English text, chromolithograph and Heliogravure illustrations, original illustrated boardsComplete with all illustrations

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, MAINLY NOVELS

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903), Rotherhithe, original etching, signed & dated within the plate 1860, Kennedy 66 iii, image 27cm x 19.5cmThe collection of Joan Elizabeth Mary Streeter. Purchased Elizabeth Harvey - Lee, December 2000.Unframed, mounted in a card folio with hinged mounting tape. Elizabeth Harvey-Lee stock number in pencil bottom right, some paper discolouring with age, slight foxing and creases to the edge of the paper. With original invoice from Elizabeth Harvey-Lee dated 2000.

Jacques Callot (1592 – 1635) The Crucifixion of Christ, copper plate engraving, plate 7.5cm x 6cm; together with Georg Jahn (1869 – 1941) Portrait of a woman in old Silesian national costume, original etching, circa 1900, image 28.5cm x 22.5cm; and Ethel Gabain (1883 - 1950) The Recluse, signed & titled in pencil, lithograph, proof edition of 12, image 37cm x 25.5cmQty: 3The collection of Joan Elizabeth Mary Streeter. Jahn purchased Elizabeth Harvey - Lee, November 2002. Gabain purchased Craddock & Barnard, December 1979.Gabain printed on thin brown paper, some paper discolouring showing signs of previous mounting, good wide border. Some whiter spots to the border and tears to the corners. Professionally repaired tear to the bottom of the border. Now mounted in a card folio with acetate front (not framed)Jacques Callot mounted on card (not framed), Georg Jahn mounted in a card folio with a loose acetate front (not framed)

Jozef Israels (1824 – 1911) The Old Couple, etching, circa 1870, Hubert VIII, Zilcken 7, plate 10cm x 15cm; Child in the Cradle, etching, initialed within the plate, circa 1875, Hubert XXII, Zilcken 17, plate 10cm x 15cm & Enfants sur la Plage, etching, published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1879, Hubert 5, Zilcken, image 15cm x 23cmQty: 3The collection of Joan Elizabeth Mary Streeter. All purchased Elizabeth Harvey - Lee, November 1999 & June 2006All unframed, but each mounted in a card folio, attached by hinged mounting tape. Each with Elizabeth Harvey-Lee stock number in pencil.The Old Couple, printed on Arches paper, with original invoice from Elizabeth Harvey-Lee dated 2006Child in the cradle, printed on thicker discoloured paper, on the same original invoice as the above item.Enfants Sur La Plage, printed on paper with an unidentified watermark, one mount hinge broken, with original invoice from Elizabeth Harvey-Lee dated 1999.

Ravilious, Eric [and] Richards, J. M.; The Wood Engravings of Eric Ravilious. Limited edition, numbered 27 of 500, complete with 113 plates most with numerous illustrations and 3 of which are folding. With folding index and limitation pages. Original illustrated hessian covers, Printed endpapers, Folio. Lion and Unicorn Press, London, 1972.No slipcase present. In good overall condition, with no apparent damage. Binding good. Some slight foxing to page edges.

A folio containing a collection of unframed fabric designs (approx. 30), mixed media, early 20th century and later.

A folio containing a large collection of unframed watercolour landscapes, townscapes and architectural themes, (approx. 50), including many by Ian G. Walker.Ex Christies, Lot 135, 3rd December 2003

Collection of books to include Folio Society

Bob Carlos Clarke (British, 1950-2006), Untitled Chromogenic print, signed in black ink lower right and numbered 85/150 lower left, label on reverse for the Agfa Collection confirming that "This limited edition print by Bob Carlos Clarke is number 85 of 150. It was taken in 1984 on Agfacolor Optima 125 and printed on Agfacolor paper", with 'Agfa Collection 1994 blind stamp lower left. (40.6 x 28.8cm.). In original black folio with brochure

A quantity of books to include Folio Society The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White 2012 and others, Location: 2:3

Books - Folio Society to include a five book box set of Sherlock Holmes, a four book set and a seven book set, Location: RAB

Books - Folio Society to include Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Arabian Nights and other books, Location: BWR

A late Victorian Aesthetic Movement period ebonised and brass artist’s folio stand, 97cm high, 81.5cm wide (closed), c.1890

Frank Debenham, British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, Report on the Maps and Surveys, being a folio of 15 folding maps, including The South Polar Chart (issued by the Admiralty, 1926), all loose as issued in pocket at end, publisher's cloth cover spine and sides faded, Pub Harrison and Son, 1923. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)