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Lot 164

NO RESERVE Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol., number 95 of 500 copies, titles in terracotta and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, original russet linen, gilt, uncut, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1931.⁂ The most expensive book produced by the press, bound in Sundour non-fade cloth.

Lot 182

NO RESERVE [Allcot (John)] John Allcott, Marine Artist, one of 500 copies signed by artists son, tipped-in colour plates, tissue-guards, original calf, gilt, slipcase, a little rubbed at extremities, folio, Sydney, 1978.

Lot 177

NO RESERVE Weapons.- Izzard (Sebastian) One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton: Japanese Swords, Sword-Fittings and Accoutrements, full-page illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tear to lower edge, slight creasing to edges, New York, 1992 § Brown (M. L.) Firearms in Colonial America, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tears, tape repairs, a little rubbed, slight creasing to the edges, slipcase, split at top edge, rubbed, Washington, 1980; and another similar, folio & 4to (3).

Lot 143

Shakespeare (William) Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, one of 1000 copies signed by Sidney Lee, list of subscribers, original reversed calf, ties, folio, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1902.⁂ A fine copy of this facsimile of the First Folio.

Lot 29

Louis XIV (King of France, 1638-1715) Letter signed "Louis" summoning the Baron d'Euclem of Terramesnil to Arras, D.s. "Louis" & countersigned by Michel Chamillart, manuscript in French, 1p., small vertical tea (no loss of text)r, folds, slightly browned, folio, Fontainebleau, 8th October 1705.⁂ Michel Chamillart (1652-1721), statesman; minister of Louis XIV.

Lot 267

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 2 vol., second edition, engraved plates and maps, some folding or double-page, extra-illustrated with a few engraved plates from other works, all plates with small square of paper on verso obscuring removal of library stamp (seemingly quite old), similar treatment to a few text leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, worn, 1730; The Antiquities of Coventre, engraved frontispiece (folding at edge), map and 6 plates, some after W. Hollar, illustrations, some light offsetting, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, Coventry, Printed by J. Jones, 1765 § Knowles (Rev. E.H.) The Castle of Kenilworth, first edition, 4 plans, 24 mounted photographic plates, some foxing and marginal browning, modern calf-backed cloth, Warwick, 1872; and 17 others, Warwickshire, including vol.1-8 of the Victoria County History (ie without the Index vol.), folio and 4to (21)

Lot 2

Colines.- Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyræ decem et sex, final f. blank, a few instances of contemporary ink marginalia, inter-linear notes or underlining, title closely trimmed at outer margin, h8 small square neatly cut from outer margin, Paris, Simon de Colines, 1542 bound with (as often) Persius Flaccus (Aulus) Satyræ sex, final 2 ff. blank, title with ink ownership inscription obliterated and chipped at outer margin, Paris, Simon de Colines, 1542, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles within woodcut architectural border, initial spaces with guide-letters, ruled throughout in now faded red, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with worn label, edges worn, rubbed, [Renouard 360 & 361]; and Scapula's Lexicon Graeco-Latinum Novum, 1589, small 8vo & folio (2)

Lot 7

Plutarch. Les Vies Des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains, translated by Jacques Amyot and Charles de l'Escluse, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut medallion portraits within woodcut decorative frames of differing designs, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, lacking colophon f., title with obliterated ink inscription, couple of repaired marginal holes, and neatly strengthened at inner margin with tape, some marginal worming, heavier towards end, occasionally just touching part of the odd letter, final few ff. little frayed, the penultimate f. repaired lower corner with tape, some spotting and staining, antique style calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, [cf. Adams P1625], folio, Lausanne, François Le Preux, 1574.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this lives of eminent classical figures.

Lot 188

NO RESERVE Chow (David) Expressive Flowers "Four Seasons of Love", number 1 of 45 copies, signed by the artist, mounted photographic plates, original cloth, uncut, slip-case, Self Published, 2006; and another by the same artist, 8vo and folio (2)⁂ "Photographs Printed Using Carbon Inks on Cotton Rag Paper, Text printed on Hand made paper, Bound & Sewn By Hand."

Lot 107

BANCROFT & CO. (Pubs).  Alice In Wonderland. Col. pop-up book. Folio. Orig. pict. brds. Artia Production, n.d.

Lot 117

TURBUTT GLADWYN.  A History of Derbyshire. 4 vols. Illus. Folio. Orig. blue cloth in d.w's. 1999.

Lot 118

BORROW ANTONY.  Valley of the Wild Stream, A History of Wildboarclough. 2 vols. Illus. Folio. Orig. blue morocco gilt in d.w's. 2004.

Lot 143

Folio Society.  8 various vols., mainly in d.ws.

Lot 198

BURN MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW, of The Royal Marines.  The Life. Eng. port. frontis. 24mo. Orig. blue cloth, some wear, internal browning & spotting. Lacking front free endpaper. Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d.; also Casualty Roll for The Crimea, folio, in dark cloth gilt, 1976 & 4 other vols.  (6).

Lot 227

ALLASON THOMAS.  Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola in Istria.  Eng. frontis after Turner, 10 eng. plates & 4 eng. vignettes, as called for. With the introductions & descriptions of the plates but lacking the full text. Folio. Half maroon morocco, rubbed. John Murray, 1819. Accompanying plate text lacking in this edition as catalogued. Pgs 22. 

Lot 234

OSTERVALD MR. (Ed).  The Holy Bible Containing the Old & New Testaments. Folio. Calf, brds. det. but present. Carmarthen, 1789; also 1 other vol.  (2).

Lot 261

SMITH R. J. & KNIGHT D. J.  The Uniforms of the Late-Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry & Uniforms of the Imperial & Territorial Force Yeomanry, 1901-1914. 2 vols. Many illus. Folio. Orig. blue bdgs. 2008 & 2012; also J. H. Mayo, Medals & Decorations of the British Army & Navy, 2 vols., illus., rebound red cloth, 1897.  (4).

Lot 262

FOLIO SOCIETY.  Story of the Middle Ages. 5 vols. in slip case & Folk Tales of Britain, 3 vols. in slip case.

Lot 263

FOLIO SOCIETY.  Leo Tolstoy, 3 vols. in slip case & Anton Chekhov, 4 vols. in slip case.

Lot 264

FOLIO SOCIETY.  Pax Britannica, 3 vols. in slip case & The History of Scotland, 2 vols. in slip case.

Lot 265

FOLIO SOCIETY.  Dorothy L. Sayers, 4 vols. in slip case & The Father Brown Stories, 2 vols. in slip case.

Lot 266

FOLIO SOCIETY.  Literature, various. 12 vols. in slip cases.

Lot 269

VOLTAIRE.  Candide. Ltd. ed. 406/1000. Intro by Julian Barnes. Col. plates & other illus. by Quentin Blake. Quarto. Nigerian goatskin gilt, in slip case. Folio Society, 2011.

Lot 28

WATSON KEITH LOVET.  The Hewetson Families of Ravenstonedale. 4 vols. Signed ltd. ed. no. 23 of only 25. Mounted photo illus. Pedigrees. Folio. Orig. green cloth. 1991.

Lot 29

WATSON KEITH LOVET.  A Genealogy of the Watson Family (Co. Durham), Exposition, Development & Coda. 3 vols. Signed ltd. ed. no. 12 of only 15. Many mounted photo illus. Folio. Orig. blue cloth. 1993;  with related correspondence from the author to Maurice Cole.  This & the previous lot are superbly presented very limited editions, many of which, are in public collections thus these are very scarce.

Lot 41

FLOWER WILLIAM.  Heraldic Visitatione of Ye Countye Palatyne of Durham in the Yeare of Our Lorde God 1575. Eng. title & vignettes. Folio. Half dark morocco. N.d. but preface dated Newcastle, 1820.

Lot 55

HEARNE THOMAS.  Antiquities of Great-Britain Illustrated in Views. Eng. plates. Oblong folio. Poor cond. & a.f. 1786; also 3 other vols. with eng. plates & views.  (4).

Lot 6

WHITAKER THOMAS D.  Loidis & Elmete & Ducatus Leodiensis or The Topography of the Ancient & Populus Town & Parish of Leedes. 2 vols. Vol. 1 with eng. plates as called for, plus an additional plate, vol. 2 lacking (as usual) the plate of Gledlaw but with 15 additional India Proofs of the vignettes, plus an Indian Proof of the coin plate in the first vol. Large paper folio. Rebound qtr. leather. Leeds & Wakefield, 1816.

Lot 86

MAGRATH J. R. (Ed).  Liber Obituarius Aulae Reginae in Oxonia. Col. title & text. Folio. Limp vellum. In cloth covered box. Oxford, 1910.

Lot 93

CLARK C. (Pubs).  An Historical & Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster. 3 fldg. eng. plans & an eng. plate. Rubbed half calf. 1811; also Second Edition of Gregson's Fragments Relative to the History & Antiquities ... of Lancaster, folio. rebound red morocco, 1824 & 1 other vol.  (3).

Lot 99

FLETCHER HANSLIP.  Bombed London, A Collection of Thirty-Eight Drawings. Illus. Folio. Orig. pict. cloth. 1947; also various unrelated vols., literature, the countryside, etc.

Lot 215

A folio of watercolour drawings, prints and engravings

Lot 216

A folio of artworks to include numerous original designs of buildings, gardens and car interiors by Gregory Macmillan, maps, prints, watercolours etc.

Lot 1564

The Works of Shakespeare: Imperial Edition, box sleeved, Folio, red leather bound, Vols 1 and 2, Pub. Virtue & Co. 294 City Road

Lot 1567

Books Gerald Durrell: The Overloaded Ark and The Bafut Beagles - sold with other titles including a box sleeved Folio Society copy of 1066 And All That. Hugo Belloc: The Pyrenees, etc.

Lot 1578

Five folio editions of Phaidon Press fine art reference books, comprising Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Michaelangelo, Raphael and Giovanni Bellini - dust covers various condition

Lot 1608

Rembrandt Etchings: box sleeved Folio, Pub. The Aurora Publishers 1973 - Introduction and Catalogue by Yevgeny Levitin - ink inscription

Lot 442

Scrap Albums. A scrap album containing approximately 110 engraved illustrations, mid 19th century, many with contemporary hand-colouring, a few with juvenile colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, some published by Dean and Co. or Dean & Son, other themes include hunting, military, natural history, humerous, moral, castles and other architectural, pastoral, nautical and transport, including an image depicting an early diving bell beneath the sea with hot air balloons above, and an image of an early steam locomotive, occasional generally minor marks or dust-soiling, several creased, a few close-trimmed, one engraving with loss to lower right corner (torn away), one stained, front pastedown with ink manuscript inscription 'Arthur Rogers Winnington-Ingram, from his Aunt [...?], January 2nd 1852', contemporary maroon half morocco, worn, 4to, together with another similar scrap album, mid 19th century, containing approximately 55 engraved illustrations, most with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed and laid down on linen pages, many extracted from Victorian children's books, publishers include Darton and Co., A. Park, W.G. Webb, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the majority depicting animals or birds, including stories involving them such as The Death & Burial of Cock Robin, and some natural history engravings by W.H. Lizars of Edinburgh, some dust-soiling, rubbing and marks, several creased, some fraying and wear to edges, a few losses, original linen wrappers, tied at spine and fore edge with pink silk ribbons, soiled with several losses, slim folio, plus Cinderella, illustrated by Roland Pym, [cover-title], c.1950, 6 peepshow scenes folded in carousel style, each fore edge with single staple (rusting), cloth ties (somewhat frayed), original cloth-backed boards, rubbed with a little wear, 8vo, and 4 other children's books, some defectiveQTY: (7)

Lot 496

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). A Lunatic's Love Song, circa 1950s, pen, coloured inks, watercolour and gouache on artist's board, with mounted type written verse text to lower left, image size 35 x 54cm, sheet size 43.5 x 57cm (17 x 22 1/2 inches), together with a group of approximately 24 original monochrome illustrations by Philip Gough in pen, black ink, grey wash and white body colour, all illustrating nonsense verse featuring anthropomorphic animals (including The Lobster Quadrille, Hoddley, Poddley, Puddle and Fox, The Octopus Enigma Sartorial, The Yak, The Goldfish, etc., mostly on artist's board, but including some on paper, and executed in pencil, plus two large designs for John Gilpin (one in watercolour, the other in pen, black ink and grey wash), each with printed text mounted to lower edge, sheet size 40 x 55.5cm, and a hand-drawn folio mock-up of John Gilpin with pencil illustrations and mounted printed texts, 39 x 28cm QTY: (15)

Lot 544

Crane (Walter). The First of May, A Fairy Masque presented in a series of 52 designs, London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1881, 56 photogravures (numbered I-LVI) on india wove, mounted on thick card, printed by Goupil and Co., lacking the signed limitation leaf, light scattered spotting, a few leaves with marginal damp-stain to upper right, loosely contained in original green morocco portfolio, large oblong folio (500 x 415mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Published in a limited edition of 300 copies, this is considered one of Crane's finest illustrative achievements, and was greatly admired by Burne-Jones, to whom Crane is clearly indebted stylistically.

Lot 556

Leslie (Shane). The Cuckoo Clock and Other Poems, privately printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1987, hand-coloured illustrations by Iris Leslie, original morocco-backed boards, acetate wrapper, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited deluxe edition of 50 from a total edition of 200. This copy inscribed 'Dopsy from Iris, November 1988', with the name Luke Daniel (a new family member) added in manuscript to list of author Shane Leslie's great-grandchildren on the dedication leaf, signed by Iris Leslie, with a photographic portrait taken from an oil painting of the author mound to the front pastedown. A unique copy.

Lot 560

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W.Rolleston, London: G. G. Harrap, [1913], 4 mounted colour plates, illustrations, top edge gilt, deluxe brown full morocco, folio, together with the two other operas by Richard Wagner, illustrated by Pogany in original decorative cloth: Tannhauser, 1911, and Parsifal, 1912 QTY: (3)

Lot 575

Sendak (Maurice). Pictures by Maurice Sendak, London: Bodley Head [cover-title], 1971, 19 colour and black & white illustrations on single sheets, reproduced from books illustrated by Sendak, with four-leaf artist's explanatiory text (with colour illustration at head), with an additional illustrated poster for Dear Mili, by Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (lightly creased), loose as issued in original drop-spine box, upper cover with decorative floral print paper from a design by Sendak, 3 corners somewhat rubbed, short split to spine fold at head, printed paper label to upper cover, folio, (limited edition, 990/1000 copies)QTY: (1)NOTE:Included are illustrations from Where the Wild Things Are, Lullabies and Night Songs, In the Night Kitchen, Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, and others.

Lot 587

Cresset Press. Birds, Beasts and Flowers. Poems by D.H. Lawrence, Cresset Press, 1930, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, suite of 10 proof plates bound-in at rear, top edge gilt, original morocco, splits along joints, slipcase, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition XIII/30, from a total edition of 500.

Lot 593

The Wood Lea Press. The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, compiled by Jeremy Greenwood, limited edition, Liverpool, 1987, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original cloth spine to decorated paper boards in slipcase, limited edition of 750 copies, folioThe Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, compiled by Jeremy Greenwood, limited edition, Woodbridge,1997, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original cloth spine to decorated paper boards in slipcase, limited edition of 490, folio, both volumes in very good conditionQTY: (2)

Lot 612

Dumas (Alexandre). The Three Musketeers, translated by William Robson, 2 volumes, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894, illustrations by J. Huyot after Maurice Leloir, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by Truelove & Hannon, spines decorated in gilt with musket and cross motifs, joints slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Edition de Luxe 750/750

Lot 2761

Schinkel, Carl Friedrich (1781 Neuruppin-Berlin 1841), nach Neuauflage "Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe enthaltend theils Werke, welche ausgeführt sind, theils Gegenstände, deren Ausführung beabsichtigt wurden von Carl Friedrich Schinkel", so Wortlaut des Orginaltitels. Sehr gutes, komplettes Ex. Kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Nachdruck: Ausgabe Berlin, von Exedra Books, Chicago (64 x 50 cm). 2 Bände in Kassette. Orig.-Halblederbände, Quer-Folio. 11 S. und 174 (170 radierte und 4 lithographierte) Tafeln. 1981. Das Architekturwerk ist das bedeutendste Buchwerk Schinkels in einem kompletten Ex. mit allen 174 Tafeln. Die großformatigen Blätter zeigen Pläne und reizvolle Ansichten in Umrissstichen mit landschaftlicher und figürlicher Staffage. Unter den wichtigsten Berliner Ansichten sind das Museum, das Schauspielhaus, die Neue Wache, die Bauschule, Schlösschen Tegel sowie weitere bedeutende Bauwerke aus Berlin und den preußischen Provinzen.

Lot 22

Boobies Boojums and Snarks a catalogue of the ceramic curiosities of the Martin Brothers from the Jordan Volpe Gallery, 1982, loose folio, and an interesting collection of books and catalogues on late nineteenth century and twentieth century design, including; L'Art de la Potterie en France de Rodin a Dufy, Zsolnay, The House of Amphora, Royal Copenhagen, Auguste Delaherche, 1973, J Vieillard & Cie, Cantagalli, Cazaux, Keramik von Emile Galle, Wemyss, WMF, and Emile Decoeur Ceramiste par Guillaume Janneau, 1923, (a lot) Provenance Peter Rose & Albert Gallichan

Lot 559

A polished brass Avery needle packet case 'Easel', floral, easel re-soldered to folio, 12cms high.   Registered 1875. A passion for collecting lasting forty years Part 3

Lot 388

Italian. A large collection of modern Italian language history & art reference books, including Roma Nel Seicento, by Cesare D'Onofrio, 1st edition, Rome: Vallecchi, 1969, folio, Marmora Romana, by Raniero Gnoli, Rome: Edizioni Dell' Elefante, 1971, folio, Vicenza Illustrata, edited by Neri Pozza, Vicenza, 1976, folio, La Sapienza Dei Nostri Padri..., Vicenza: Accademia Olimpica, 2002, 8vo, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Lot 390

WW1. A large collection of early to mid-20th-century WW1 reference books & related, including The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914-1918, 6 volumes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, mixed editions, London: Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1920, uniform blue cloth, 8vo, Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches (December 1915-April 1919), 2 volumes (text & maps), edited by J. H. Boraston, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1919, original uniform red cloth, 8vo, plus others, mostly original cloth, some ex-library copies with associated marks, G, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Lot 392

Zupko (Ronald Edward). Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century, 1st edition, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1981, publishers original boards, 8vo, together with;Vio (Ettore [editor]), St. Mark's, the art and architecture of Church and State in Venice, 1st edition, New York: Riverside Book Company, 2001, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusRuggiero (Guido), Violence in Early Renaissance Venice, 1st edition, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1980, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other Rome, Venice and wider Italy history & art reference books, including publications by Batsford, Ashgate, Penguin, Könemann, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Lot 394

Pinakotheke. Ode To Joy, Russian Porcelain in the Yuri Traisman Collection, Moscow, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with;Shore (Stephen), From Galilee to the Negev, 1st edition, zlondon: Phaidon, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plusArbus (Diane), Untitled, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1995, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, rear cover slightly rubbed & torn, folio, and other art, photography & related reference books, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves )

Lot 397

De Jong (Cees & Erik Mattie). Architectural Competitions 1792-Today, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Taschen, 1994, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, folio, together with;Weale (John [editor]), Monograms, Old Architectural Ornament, Sacred Illustrations, Borders and Alphabets Collected on the Continent and in England, London, circa 1842, colour & monochrome plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, front board & spine partially detached, some spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed, folio, plusPfeiffer (Bruce Brooks), Master Drawings from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1990, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other architecture & interior design reference books, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Lot 398

Wilde (Oscar). De Profundis, 1st edition, London: Methuen and Co., 1905, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, together with;Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth), The Song of Hiawatha, 1st edition, London: David Bogue, 1855, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusParkman (Francis), Francis Parkman's Works, 12 volumes, New Library Edition, Toronto: George N. Morang & Co., 1906, some light toning throughout, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century literature & fiction, including Scots Minstrelsie, a national monument of Scottish song, 6 volumes, edited by John Greig, London: The Caxton Publishing Co., circa 1900, publishers original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, large 8vo, all in original cloth, some decorative & gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Lot 40

Cooke (William Bernard). Source of the Thames [plates from Thames Scenery], London: W.B. Cooke, 1814-19, engraved title (imprint dated 1814) and 74 engraved plates (imprints dated 1814-19), tissue guards (one torn to lower outer corner), some spotting mostly to plate margins, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine titled 'Cooke's Thames Scenery', gilt morocco title to upper board 'Thames Scenery', joints lightly cracked, extremities rubbed, board corners worn and showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Lot 41

Cundy (Nicholas Wilcox). Reports on the Grand Ship Canal from London to Arundel Bay and Portsmouth, with an abstract of Messrs Rennie and Giles's report thereon, London: Thomas Egerton [& others], 1827, two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps and one folding lithograph sectional diagram, occasional damp staining mostly to text, edges untrimmed, original boards with recent cloth spine, 8vo,Cundy (N.W.), Imperial Ship Canal from London to Portsmouth. Mr. Cundy's Reply to Anonymous and other Authors of malignant abuse and misrepresentation, on his projected line, furnishing truth for libel; with plan of surveys, &c., London: Sold by Messrs. Rivington, Parbury, Allen, & Co., 1828, folding lithograph map, some browning to text margins, edges untrimmed, original printed wrappers bound-in, modern blue cloth, slim 8vo, plus Prospectus for making the Grand Imperial Ship Canal from London to Portsmouth. In 40,000 shares of £100 each, [1827], 3pp., folded as issued, folio, plus an unused Grand Imperial Ship Canal share certificate receipt for twenty shares, printed on pink paper, approx. 15 x 33.5 cmQTY: (4)NOTE:Nicholas Wilcocks Cundy, a distinguished civil engineer, proposed the ship canal scheme in 1824 when canal fortunes were at their peak. The scheme was to commence at Rotherhithe, with the line passing through Malden, Epsom, Leatherhead, Dorking, Ockley, Newbridge, Amberley, and Arundel, with a branch to Chichester. The 78-mile long canal was to cost £4 million and being 28ft deep and 150ft wide, would have enabled large vessels to sail from end to end in 12 hours.

Lot 410

Cork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1st editions, London/Berkeley: Gordon Fraser /University of California Press, 1975-76 (respectively), numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, volume 2 dust jacket price-clipped, covers lightly marked, folio, together with;Petrova (Yeugenia), Abstraction in Russia XX Century, 1st edition, St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2001, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, folio, plus Von Vegesack (Alexander), Czech Cubism, architecture, furniture, and decorative arts 1910-1925, Montréal: Laurence King, 1992, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Petrova (Evgeniya et al), Malevich, Artist and Theoretician, Paris: Flammarion, 1990, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other Russian & European modern art reference books, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Lot 414

Goldberg (Norman L.). John Crome the Elder, text and a critical catalogue, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1978, numerous monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly toned, large 8vo, together with;Walton (Paul), Master Drawings by John Ruskin, 1st edition, London: Pilkington Press, 2000, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plusLister (Raymond), Catalogue Rainné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1988, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other modern 19th-century art books, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, & the Universities of Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Lot 417

Haggard (H. Rider). A Farmer's Year being his commonplace book for 1898, limited 'large paper' edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, 37 black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedown, some light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original white & blue paper boards, spine toned & slightly rubbed, boards slightly marked, 4to, 60/100, together with;Campbell (Walter), The Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India..., 2nd edition, London: Jeremiah How, 1845, 7 monochrome engraved plates, bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards lightly marked, spine slightly toned & rubbed, 4to, plusSurtees (Robert S.), Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's Hunt, London: Bradbury Evans, circa 1854, black & white illustrations by John Leech, lacks frontispiece, some water to the title page, some light toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards slightly water damaged & marked, 8vo, and other 19th-century natural history reference, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/ folioQTY: (3 shelves )

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