Kaldewey Press.- The Song of Songs, number 16 of 20 specially bound deluxe copies from an edition of 55, illustrated by Gunnar A. Kaldewey with 10 paper cast illustrations in colour, text in Hebrew and English, the former on handmade paper, the latter on architect's vellum, original painted calf by Christian Zwang of Hamburg, with mounted title plaque of etched silver to cover, uncut, housed within original grey cloth drop-back box, gilt, a few very small light marks to cover, otherwise very fine, tall folio (c.501 x 239mm.), Poestenkill, NY, Kaldewey Press, 1990.
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Kaldewey Press.- Kaldewey (Gunnar A.) Changing Waters. Part 1: The Hudson River, one of 40 copies signed by the author in pencil from an edition of 50, colour screen print illustrations, original pale blue calf by Christian Zwang of Hamburg, a few instances of light wear to covers, housed within original grey chemise and slipcase, oblong folio (c.646 x 126mm.), Poestenkill, NY, Kaldewey Press, 1991.
Britain.- Holinshed (Raphael) The First and second volumes of Chronicles, vol.1 and 2 only (of 3) in 1, black letter, divisional titles in woodcut architectural or decorative borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, with all cancels as per ESTC, lacking initial blank, general title, 'A Table of such Chapiters' f., and final blank in vol.2, first few ff. mounted on stubs, wormed, heavier at start and then generally diminishing, some water-staining / staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplate of The Rt. Hon. Thomas Mansel, later blind-ruled panelled calf, spine in compartments and with later paper label, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 13569], folio, At London printed [by Henry Denham] in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre], [January, 1587]. sold not subject to return.
Smeaton (John) Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, second edition, 23 plates and plans, engraved title and dedication page foxed, some light spotting to other plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, rather worn, folio, 1813.
Theatre.- C & W. May, Garrick St. Costumiers.- Crafter (R.) Album containing a collection of 43 original costume designs, with a gentleman dressed in a Pear's soap advertisement costume, six designs for ladies fashion, five of these with fabric swatches, and the others various costumes for theatre and pantomime, watercolours, 8 signed with a few dated, various sizes, all neatly fixed onto album leaves, a few loose, scattered surface dirt, spotting and browning throughout, bound in half purple calf, artist's name to upper cover, gilt, spine gilt, 'Costumes'. C. & W May', very worn, folio, [circa 1890s and slightly later]Provenance:C. & W. May (Theatrical Costumiers based on Garrick St.)⁂ An album containing original costume designs by another artist is held in the Harvard University Library, which also appears to have come from the C. & W. May costume archive, with similar binding.
Theatre.- C & W. May, Garrick St. Costumiers.- Chasemore (A.) Costumes No. 40 [An album containing 42 original costume designs], including costumes for a production of Robin Hood, and numerous other designs of faeries and elaborate characters, watercolours, many signed, extensive inscriptions and annotations throughout, various sizes, all neatly fixed onto album leaves, a few loose, scattered surface dirt, spotting and browning throughout, bound in half purple calf, artist's name to upper cover, gilt, spine gilt, 'Costumes'. C. & W May', slightly rubbed and scuffed, folio, [circa 1890s]Provenance:C. & W. May (Theatrical Costumiers based on Garrick St.)⁂ An album containing original costume designs by another artist is held in the Harvard University Library, which also appears to have come from the C. & W. May costume archive, with similar binding. The V&A also hold a collection of 22 original costume designs by the same hand as the present lot, which they have date to the 1890s.
Folder containing12 high quality photogravures, printed 1979, No. 52 of limited edition of 1000 for the 1979 Venice Photography Exhibition, complete with illustrated introduction in English and Italian. Each print on heavy paper with tissue guards, in black printed folio, images 25cm x 33cm, sheets 30cm x 40cm
Sam Haskins. Cowboy Kate and Other Stories, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1965; November Girl, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1967; Five Girls, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1962 (3). *Condition Report (i) Dust-jacket creased to edges (ii) slightly bowed, slipcase affected by damp (iii) dust-jacket worn to edges with loss, affected by damp. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.
Henri Matisse. Verve, Vol. IX, No.35-36, The Last Works of Henri Matisse, Texts by Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit, 40 coloured lithographs, including 8 double-page and 5 folding, original decorated boards, folio, Paris: E. Teriade, 1958. *Condition Report Occasional light soiling, one folding plate creased at edge, boards soiled, lacking spine. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.
Marc Chagall. Derriere le Miroir, no. 246, lithographs by Marc Chagall, one double-page, original wrappers, folio, Nice: Galerie Maeght, 1981; Hans Erni and Andre Bonnard. Promesse de l'Homme, signed by Bonnard, plates, original wrappers, 4to, Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1953 (2). *Condition Report (i) extremities scuffed (ii) extremities scuffed. **BP 22.5% (inc. VAT) + a lot fee of £8 (inc. VAT) on each lot. VAT is not applicable on books and unframed maps.
The Great War in 1916 by Louis Raemaekers, Edition de Luxe of 1050 copies signed by Louis Raemakers and published by the Fine Art Society Ltd in 1917, together with the Great War , A Neutral's Indictment, 1916, also signed and a limited edition, and The Great War, Victory Volume, 1919 , also signed a limited edition, all three copies with folio blue cases
"A Bibliography of The First Editions of Books by W B Yeats", compiled by A J A Symons, The First Edition Club, 1924 limited edition; "An Episode in the Life of the Queen of Sheba" by A J A Symons, privately printed Christmas 1929, limited edition of 150 for Albert Ehrman & A J A Symons with presentation card; "Emin" by A J A Symons, The Fleurion Ltd, 1928 limited edition No 165 of 300, printed by Oliver Simon and signed by him; "Emin" by A J A Symons, 1950 Flacon Press edition; "The Quest for Corvo" by A J A Symons, 1952 Folio Society edition; "An Anthology of Nineties Verse" edited by A J A Symons, Elkin Matthews & Marrot Ltd, 1928 first edition.
[RELIGION & THEOLOGY] Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments, Pieter en Jacob Keur, Dordreckt, 1730, full panelled leather with brass corner reinforcements and twin clasp fastenings, engraved architectural title page, double-column black letter Dutch text, folio.
T. S. ELIOT - 'OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS', published by Faber & Faber includes Cds or the original cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats' (brand new in shrink wrap), together with C. Van Sandwyk - 'The Meaning of Mice', published by The Folio Society 2021 (2)CONDITION rEPORT:Both in new condition
"British and Indian Troops in Northern France, 70 War Sketches by Paul Sarrut 1914-1915", pub H Delepine 1920, folio size cloth folder title, limited to 250 copies, signed by the artist Paul Sarrut, who was a French officer/artist, a comprehensive study of British and Indian (India) soldiers, including Gurkha and Sikh regiments, intact complete version containing 70 tinted lithographs, 41cm x 31cm, loose plates as issued (Provenance: formerly in a collection in Calais, France)
Albert (Prince, 1819-1861) A printed Great Exhibition, 1851. Juror's medal presentation letter signed Albertto Monsieur M. C. Karmarsch.folio, Windsor castle October 31st 1851, facsimile text, reads I have the honor, as President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to transmit to you a medal that has been struck by order of the Commissioners, in commemoration of the valuable services which you have rendered to the Exhibition, in common with so many eminent men of all countries, in your capacity of Juror. etc.,' Condition: Clear condtion. Marginal yellowing / light staining to right edge. fold lines M C. Karmarsch listed as the Zollverein Juror for Class XXI Cutlery and Edge Tools
Folio Society. Novels to include Byng (John), Rides around Britain, Woodforde (James). The Diary of a Country Parson, Clare (John). Bird Poems, Chambers (David). Joan Hassell, Richardson (Joanna). Lord Byron, Graves (Robert). Goodbye to all That, Maughan (Somerset). Short Stories, Simmonds The Quest for Corvo, Gibbon (Edward). Memoirs of My Life, Marlowe (Christopher). Dr Faustus, and The Grand Tour, each in slip case. (11)
Folio Society. Tolstoy (Leo). Anna Karenina, Mozart, Munthe (Axel). The Story of San Michele, Bestory, Raphael. Of Gods and Men, English Christmas, Catherine the Great, Journal of the Plague of the Year, Cider with Rosie, Ghost Stories, God's Cravers, Aubrey (John). Brief Lives, Tey (Josephine). Brat Farrer, Canterbury Tales, 3 vols, Greene (Graham). Travels with My Aunt, etc. (2 shelves)
Trollope (Anthony). Can You Forgive Her, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, The Warden, Doctor Thorne, Barchester Towers, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister, and The Duke's Children, Folio Society, in four trio packs. (4)
THE BIBLE THAT IS THE HOLY SCRIPTURES CONTAINED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT - Folio Geneva Bible of 1610/11, substantial but incomplete text contained within remnants of a 17th century reversed calf binding, upper board wanting. First leaf is F3 of Psalmes; largely disbound. Engraved general title present and letterpress title page of New Testament dated 1611. Finger marking and soiling, detached leaves throughout. Final leaf, p110 of the Psalms. Sold with all faults, not subject to return (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)
SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSE ALBUM, large oblong folio volume bound in straight grain black morocco, initials of 'J.G.C.' to upper board c1890, albumen photographs of Urrard House, Pitlockry; Glassaugh Portsoy Cassilis House and around a dozen others, several images with signatures probably from country house weekends. Later small format photos of Tintagel dated to 1901 (Est. plus 17.5% premium)
TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA AND TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT, THIS BRITISH ATLAS... IS... MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. LONDON, 1846, Folio engraved title and 43 general and regional maps, contemporary hand colour, contemporary half calf, rubbed (Est. plus 17.5% premium)
CARY'S NEW AND CORRECT ENGLISH ATLAS BEING A NEW SET OF COUNTY MAPS, 1787, John Cary. Small folio bound in worn half black roan over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers; tape repair to recto of frontispiece. Browning throughout but a very good set of 44 English coloured county maps and 2 of Wales together with text (Est. plus 17.5% premium)
Boxes of assorted books to include Warne, The Moths, Butterfly's, Caterpillars of the British Isles, various volumes with plates. The Dorothy L Sayers crime collection. The Folio Society, Jane Austen. Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence. Other various folio society books including The History of the Kings of Britain etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Barnard (Frederick) - Charles Dickens: A gossip about his life, works and character with eighteen full-page character sketches reproduced in photogravure, six parts, whole page illustrations with tissue guards, maroon cloth backed pictorial boards, folio, London: Cassell & Co Ltd [late 19th c] (6) Good condition
A Victorian rosewood adjustable folio stand, with bobbin-turned detail,77cm wide47cm deep106cm highCondition ReportMechanism functional. General knocks, scratches and surface wear commensurate with use. Small amounts of glue repair. Repair to one support around rachet. Some splits and knocks. Dirt and patina. Overall in fair usable order.
Bolton Arthur T " The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-1794" Country Life 1922. ills photographic and other plates, plans, marbled endpapers, green cloth, folio, hinges cracked, boards bumped , rubbed and stained. Bartholomew J.G. " The Citizen's Atlas of the World' John Bartholomew & Co. Edinburgh Geographical Institute 1912, the pages are becoming detached, the maps are clean, and other volumes relating to history, and art ( 2 boxes)
Robbie MacGregor (British, 1955-), twenty illustrations of mainly pre-War Bentley cars,each signed and dated 2021 on watercolour paper, comprising 10 in pen and wash and 10 in pen only, depicting 1928 Bentley 6½ Litre Tourer, 1928 Bentley 3-Litre Blue Label Tourer, 1928 Bentley 4½ Litre Tourer, 1929 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged Tourer, 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre, 1936 Bentley 4¼ Litre, 1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre Sedanca Coupe with James Young Coachwork, 1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre All-Weather Tourer, 1992 Bentley Continental R Coupe, and 2009 Bentley Brooklands Coupe, each 28 x 38cm, contained in plastic folio and ready for framing. Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ANTIQUARIAN BOOK: SECUNDI HISTORIAE MUNDI LIBRI XXXVII by Caii Plinii or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 AD – August 25, 79 AD), better known as Pliny the Elder, folio, leather bound spine and marbled boards, library labels for 'Lady Rodd 1840' and amorial label for Sir J Rennell Rodd, 1615Provenance private collection Swansea
NO RESERVE Shaftesbury (Anthony, Earl of) Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vol., fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignettes, some light scattered foxing, contemporary vellum, [by John Darby], 1727; and 7 others, manners, instruction and moral philosophy, 8vo & folio (10)
NO RESERVE Heylyn (Peter) Ecclesia Restaurata; or, the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, first edition, woodcut initials and head-pieces, errata laid down on c2 verso, with blank T4, light damp-staining, ink ownership inscriptions to head of title and endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, spine chipped at head, repairs to joints and corners, some wear to extremities, [Wing H1701], folio, for H. Twyford &c., 1661.⁂ Provenance: John Jermy of Bayfield (ink inscription); Henry Layard Smith (1869-1949, author and Evelyn scholar; ink inscription).
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