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Click here to subscribeA collection of volumes on Caucasian Rugs, Carpets and Textiles to include: Kerimov (Lyatif) Folk Designs from the Caucasus for Weaving and Needework, London: Dover, 1974; [Exhibition Catalogue] Rugs of the Caucasus, Washington: Arts Club, 1967, folio; amongst others volumes on Caucasian rugs, carpets, textiles and weavings (qty)The Library of Raymond Benardout
Two Early Exhibition Catalogues of Carpets in America to include: Catalogue of Oriental Rugs in the Collection of James F. Ballard, Indianapolis: The John Herron Art Institute, 1924, folio, rebound in green cloth gilt, half title, photographic frontispiece portrait, numerous colour and black and white plates; Pope (Arthur Upham) Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Early Oriental Carpets, Chicago: The Art Club of Chicago, 1926, folio, rebound in green cloth gilt, colour frontispiece and half title, retaining original wrappers, numerous black and white plates; Persian Art, Hudson & Kearns for The Executive Committee of the Exhibtion, 1931, 8vo, original wrappers and later cloth case; Iran Company, A Handbook of Oriental rugs, Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1905, 8vo, original printed wrappers; Pushman Brothers, Art Panels from the Handlooms of the Far Orient, Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1905; Pushman Brothers, Art Panels from the Handlooms of the Far Orient, Chicago: R. R. Donnelly & Sons, 1911; Suleeba (E. S.) Rugs from the Handlooms of the Far Orient, Kansas City: n.p., 1909 (7)The Library of Raymond Benardout
A collection of uniformly rebound books on Tapestries and Embroidery in brown half calf with orange cloth boards to include: Blazkova (J.) Wandteppiche, Prague: Artia, 1957, folio; Goebel (Heinrich) Tapestries of the Lowlands, New York: Brentanos, 1924, folio; Thomson (W. G.) A History of Tapestry, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906, 4to; Kendrick (A. F.) A Book of Old Embroidery, London: The Studio, 1921, 4to; Vallance (Aymer) William Morris, London: George Bell, 1909, 4to; Hunter (George Leland) Decorative Textiles, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1918, folio; Thomson (W. G.) Tapestry Weaving in England, London: Batsford, 1914, folio (7)The Library of Raymond Benardout
A collection of books on Chinese and Tibetan carpets and textiles to include: The Tiffany Studios Collection of Antique Chinese Rugs, New York: The Tiffany Studios, 1908, 8vo, limited hand-numbered edition 445/1000 presented to Miss Rebecca Knruttschnitt, May 1909'; Guerinet (Armand) Tapis de la Chine, Paris: n. d.; large folio; amongst other volumes relating to Chinese and Tibetan weavings (qty)The Library of Raymond Benardout
Farrow (George) The George Farrow Collection of Silk Rugs & Carpets, Privately Published, 1991, two volumes, folio, second edition "limited to 5 copies and and six personalised copies", signed and numbered 'to Raymond' and dated 1992, bound in green leatherette gilt and stamped Raymond Bernadout to cover, Volume 1 on Turkish Rugs, Volume 2 on Persian Rugs (2)The Library of Raymond Benardout
A collection of books on Turkoman rugs, carpets and textiles to include: H.C.S. [Exner (Herbert] Grosse Taschen, Kleine Taschen: Miniaturkunst der Turkmenen, Hodenhagen: Privately Published, 1997; 4to, photographic album containing images of a collection of Turkmen trappings and bags; Weavings of the Tribes in Afghanistan, Christmas Exhibition, Washington: Cosmos Club, 1972, folio, printed paper boards and ring bound; amongst other volumes on Afghan, Belouch and Turkoman [Turkmen] weavings (qty)The Library of Raymond Benardout
Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the County of Dorset from an actual Survey made in the Years 1825 & 1826 ... London: Greenwood, Pringle & Co, 1826, large folio (58cm x 64.5cm), part calf and marbled boards, 6 engraved plates of the map sections, including a vignette of 'Melcombe Regis near Weymouth' A Gloucestershire book collectorChorley's, December 2009, lot 70; Christie's, September 1985, Lot 47 Front board detached, spine gilt and worn with losses, interior clean with some marginal wear
OSSIP ZADKINE (RUSSIA 1890-1967) TWO FIGURES, a limited edition print depicting two Cubist style figures, numbered 33/65 with artist blind stamp to lower edge, printed on BFK Rives paper, approximate size 51cm x 65cm, together with a soft artist folio holder, Condition Report: two horizontal lines of staining, dirty marks in places
A miscellaneous selection of items including a large wooden cabinet style jewellery box, a reproduction Bosons whistle in a wooden presentation case, a retro Taunton Vale tea/coffee caddy, approximately seven first day covers, a Grimm's Fairy Tales Folio Society Book, a Burleigh Ironstone Mr Pickwick Toby jug and four vintage cigarette lighters, etc.
A BURMESE KAMMAVACA LACQUERED MANUSCRIPT Sixteen monastic ordination folio palm leaves, gilt red lacquered ground, thick black lacquered 'magyi-zi' text, the two covers in red lacquered and gilt teak 55.5 x 13.5cm Condition: Condition Report Both teak covers have a chip at the corner. There are other minor surface lacquer chips near the edges. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
British history: Knight (Charles ed.) - Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities, pub. James Sangster & Co., London, n.d. (c.1845), 2 vols, numerous chromolithograph plates and monochrome illustrations throughout, folio, half calf over marbled boards, worn.
Two early 20th century folios of Russian State museum collections - pub. Moscow and Leningrad, State Art Publishers, 1939, one titled 'The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts' to the spine of the embossed maroon faux-leather folio, with 17 of the original 20 colour reproductions of significant artifacts and works from the collection, with an explantory booklet of notes; the other titled 'The Tretyakov State Gallery', in tan faux-leather folio, with 19 of the original 24 colour reproductions, plus accompanying booklet, both 37 x 28.5cm.
Natural History: Anon, pub. Charles Knight & Co., London - The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, n. d. (c.1856), 2 vols, folio, Vol. 1 Mammalia, Birds, Vol II Birds, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects, profusely illustrated throughout, bookplates C. J. Fletcher, Dale Park, tan half calf, marbled e.p. (vol. 1 lacks colour frontis)
Ɵ Russell (W.H.) A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark, half-title and dedication in green and grey, chromolithograph title and 42 chromolithograph plates, illustrations, foxing, contemporary black half morocco, gilt, worn, foot of spine defective, folio, 1864
Ɵ Liddell (Hon. Thomas) Studies and Compositions engraved from drawings, engraved title and 10 plates, the last trimmed and mounted, foxing, sometimes heavy, ink inscription of Susan, Countess of Hardwicke to front free endpaper, ?presentation binding of dark green morocco by T. Hatchard, lettered in gilt on upper cover, rubbed, folio, 1834
Mixed pictures to include Napoleon and war related prints, an 1811 coloured plate 'A view of Somerset' published by Dighton and Carte Vernet Napoleon prints within a folio, S.E Whitehouse- A pair of Victorian watercolours signed lower and right respectively, 18x26, mounted in glazed gilt frames, along with Victorian lithographic prints, one depicting a boy fishing in a river, the other a young woman with a dog seated in a rural landscape scene with sheep to the distanceLocation:BWR/RAFIf there is no condition report shown, please request
*Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). Three photographs of carved stone figures by Robert Gibbings, circa 1930s, each inscribed by the artist in green ink to verso 'Portland Stone or Bath Stone', and the size of the original work, and each signed by the artist, each 148 x 117 mm, together with seven photographs of Robert Gibbings, his wife and daughter, Patrick Gibbings, and others on the Thames at Moss' Boatyard, Reading, 27th July 1939, each annotated in pencil to verso (probably by Patience Empson), identifying the figures in each photograph, 83 x 120 mm, plus a Christmas card wood engraving of a toad by Robert Gibbings, circa 1930s, a copy of the Society of Wood Engravers 29th Exhibition, 29 September-1 November 1958, 19 mostly typewritten letters from Patience Empson to Lieutenant R. B. Goodden, Falmouth, almost all on headed pale blue note paper from Footbridge Cottage, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire (Gibbings' home), mainly discussing wood engravings by Robert Gibbings and Golden Cockerel Press publications, 9 printed publicity brochures for Golden Cockerel Press, circa 1931-1959, and an unsigned wood engraving by Gibbings, Mid Coral Caves, Bermuda (framed and glazed) and a folio scrap book on Robert Gibbings compliled by Gwendolen Young, circa 1950s, containing news cuttings and printed articles by Gibbings, several reproductions of his work, and an autograph name and address for the artist in his own hand in pencil (mounted front)QTY: (30)NOTE:Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blundell Goodden (1881-1972), Welsh Regiment, and British Military Attaché, Bucharest. Goodden had met Robert Gibbings on a troop ship during the First World War. In 1934 he offered Gibbings the use of his cottage Tresue at Maenporth near Falmouth, for him and his pregnant new partner Elisabeth Empson. See Martin J. Andrews The Life and Work of Robert Gibbings, page 181; thence by descent.
* Hennell (Thomas, 1903-1945), British artist and writer. A series of 8 autograph letters signed 'Thomas Hennell', Orchard Cottage, Ridley, Wrotham, Kent, 30 June 1941 to 13 May 1942, all to Mr Wilson and largely concerning drawings done for Mr Wilson and payments for them, the first thanking for payment of £3 and apologising for not having signed the four drawings which he will do when next in London; the second letter thanking for a payment and telling that he will bring 'some fresh drawings, also what books I can lay hands on between now and then, although I doubt if I shall be able to get the poems with Ravilious' woodcuts. At the moment I am quite busy, having some work to do for the Ministry of Information which is exactly my cup of tea: if only I have good luck and do it well enough' (17 August 1941); the third letter damp damaged with some paper loss affecting text and signature, referring to drawings including two avenues he drew for the Pilgrim Trust in Hampshire (1 November 1941); the fourth letter thanking him for his payment of 10 guineas and talking of some writing he is doing on tool-making in Sheffield, charcoal burning, cider-making, also telling of the loss of his father the previous week and that 'At such a time it is the greatest possible help to be given a motive for working' (8 December 1941); the fifth letter reporting that he has lately been mainly drawing subjects of work on the land, 'clearing hedges, felling trees, threshing, and picking brussels sprouts... ' (4 February 1942); the sixth letter referring to a book he is working on on English crafts and later saying that he should be glad to have Gilchrist's 'Blake' at the price of £3 'if I can have it against drawings of that value. But I am not sure whether I can afford Maund as well... ', (15 February 1942); the seventh letter referring to Maund and Gilchrist again and saying that when he calls on Saturday and does not find him in 'would you be willing to leave out the faggot-heap drawing? I think a touch or two of grey will make the thing right', some damp staining (20 February 1942), the final letter referring to some further drawings done for Mr Wilson, 'My own belief is that the last drawing of Elizabeth was the best, that it was one of which neither you nor she nor I need feel ashamed. One does not get all the attractive aspects of a sitter into one drawing. I should hate any of my drawings to remain in your house to be disliked... ', some occasional old damp staining, creasing and spotting, a total of 12 pages, mostly folio, together with 2 Autograph Letters Signed from Thérèse Sickert, St George's Hill, Bathampton, Bath, 16 March 1942 & 27 April 1942, also to Mr Wilson, the first torn with loss, reporting that she can send him 3 of the Bath scenes he remembers, the second saying that she will send the little circus canvases, etc., some soiling and creasing, 4 pp., 8voQTY: (10)
* Style of Michelangelo Maestri (1741-1812). An album of original paintings taken from frescoes at Pompeii & Herculaneum, circa 1830s/40s, 44 gouache paintings on wove paper, depicting various classical deities, scenes, and animals, occasional small marks, and one or two corners chipped, 24.5 x 16 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 ins) and smaller, and 3 albumen prints of Pompeii, paintings and prints tipped-in singly on recto of album leaves (some foxing and marks to latter), all edges gilt, leaf size 27.5 x 37.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/4 ins), gutta-percha perished and leaves detached in contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, gilt decorated spine with paper label lettered in ink 'Pompeii and Herculaneum Paintings', oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Michelangelo Maestri is best known for his designs based on the then recently discovered wall frescoes at Pompeii, which became popular with travellers on the Grand Tour, of which the finely-executed works in this album are likely a product.
Harris, Moses. The Aurelian A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies together with the Plants on which they feed. Also a faithful account of their respective changes, their usual haunts when in the winged state, and their standard names as established by the Society of Aurelians. London, J Edwards, 1766 but 1839, Lisney 236. fourth edition proof copy with text of Lisney 231. 2nd edition 1st issue, hand coloured engraved frontispiece, hand coloured engraved key plate, 44 hand coloured engraved plates, of which some with watermarks for J Whatman 1837, English and French titles, text in English and French in double column, blank guards, folio, gilt edged, contemporary half red morocco with marbled boards and gilt tooled spine, pp.90Condition:scuffs and bumps to corners. Hinges cracking but strong and a little dry rubbing to boards. Toning and occasional spotting. Some text pages with heavier darker spotting. blanks too Occasional feint offsetting
Topography – Blackie (W. G., PhD (ed.)) The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical; and Descriptive, 2 Vols., Glasgow, Blackie & Son., 1855, marbled edges, brown endpapers, bound embossed calf, spine with four raised bands with gilt titles to black reserve, rubbed, Vol I: A to I, 1308pp 700 woodcuts, plan, maps and diagrams, Vol II: J to Z 1288pp, over 700 woodcut illustrations etc., spine splitting; Illustrated London News, Vol. 14 for 1849 bound as one volume, London, William Little, 1849, numerous woodcuts and appendix, bound folio quarter moquette over brown boards, embossed spine, five raised bands, spine splitting; England – Montague (William Henry), A New Universal History of England from the Earliest Authentic Accounts to the end of the Year 1772, Vol. I of two, London, J. Cook, n. d. (1773), large 4to, 570pp with index, engr. frontis., numerous engraved plates, bound quarter calf over marbled boards, six raised bands, gilt lines and titles on red reserve to spine; Cassell & Co.’s Picturesque Europe, The British Isles, London, Cassell & Co., n. d. 4to 288pp, steel engr. frontis. with 12 other plates and numerous woodcuts, black endpapers, coloured embossed green boards, gilt titles with gilt titles to spine, boards loosening; Oliver Wendell Homes – Homes (Oliver Wendell, Sr., 1809-1894), The Poet of the Breakfast Table, London, Walter Scott, n. d. 320pp frontis photograph; The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 271pp photographic frontis. of author; Elsie Venner: a Romance of Destiny, 362pp, all three 12mo, bound with en suite publisher’s maroon boards, gilt lines and titles to spines; also Orczy de Orci (Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála, 1865-1947), The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the Seventeenth Century, popular edn., London, Greening, 1911, 12mo, 320pp, frontis, bound embossed red boards black vignette and titles, also to spine (9)
A box of books to include WILLIAM NAPIER "The War in the Peninsula", published The Folio Society, "Beowulf" translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland, published The Folio Society, ALDUS HUXLEY "Brave New World", published The Folio Society, "101 Dalmatians", published Heinemann 1958, together with IAN FLEMING "You Only Live Twice", published Jonathan Cape 1964 (no dust jacket), etc. (1 box)
ART HISTORY An extensive selection selection of titles on art history, to include two-volume slipcased sets on Picasso and Van Gogh, a numbered copy of Joseph Crawhall: The Man and the Artist by Adrian Bury, two folio volumes of Inside Africa published by Taschen etc. (5 boxes) Condition Report:Available upon request
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