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Click here to subscribeGEORGE F. HARRISON (b. 1863, fl.c.1884-1886) A FOLIO OF 53 TECHNICAL COLOURED DRAWINGS FOR MASONRY, JOINERY, BUILDING, ROOFING ETC Fifty three, approx sixteen signed, all inscribed and/or annotated, many with examiner's dated stamp, pen and ink and wash, unframed Each sheet 37 x 55cm approx. (53) ++ Generally good; some foxed, discoloured, stained; some other minor damages
•TOM PHILLIPS, CBE, RA (b.1937) A SELECTION OF PRINTS Twenty two, various media, to include Golden Flower Piece for Keyboard, 1976; The Source of the Dove, proof; Jigsaw Pieces (annotated `proof with rough indications of gradation`), 1977; Seven Miniatures, folder, 1970; Roy Fisher's `Metamorphoses`, containing a single etching; Four Pieces for John Tilbury, 1976; five unframed subjects and three framed subjects from the `After Bamforth` series of the Mappin Art Gallery project, 1973-4; and other items, c.1965-76; eighteen items signed, some items duplicated (folio and four frames) ++ Generally good; some with handling creases, slight fading etc
§ HENRI MATISSE (FRENCH 1869-1954) VERVE, VOLUME IX, NOS. 35 ET 36: DERNIERES OEUVRES DE MATISSE The complete folio, comprising forty lithographs mostly in colours, with title page, text and reproductions, printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, published by Editions de la Revue Verve, Paris, the sheets bound as issued within the original illustrated orange boards, variant binding with Matisse's facsimilie signature to the upper cover(overall 36.5cm x 27cm (14.5in x 10.5in))
Five various book sets, as published by The Folio Society, being George Eliot x2 comprising seven volumes, John Buchan x1 comprising five volumes, Domesday Book comprising three volumes, and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in five volumesCondition report: Buchan box has bending to the sides. General wear to all of the slip cases and some minor bending to sides. No smell. Books themselves all look in very good condition.
Japanese Art. One Hundred Masterpieces of Japanese Pictorial Art, selected by Members of the Faculty of the Tokyo Fine Art School, Tokyo: The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd., 1913-09. 2 volumes, large folio, original printed boards, rush chemises (wear to extremities), 100 collotype plates (many in colour, mounted; many folding) (qty: 2)
Picart (Bernard). The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World … Vol. I [only]. Containing the Ceremonies of the Jews, and the Roman Catholicks … Faithfully translated into English, by a Gentleman, some time since of St. John’s College in Oxford, London: William Jackson for Claude Du Bosc, 1733. Folio, contemporary calf (rebacked and relined), half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication leaf, plates, headpieces and initials, full collation not established (qty: 1) Footnote: ESTC T137604.
Quilter (Harry). Preferences in Art, Life, and Literature, 1st edition, number 169 of 280 copies signed by the author, London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1892. 4to, original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, plates,Gibb (William). Naval and Military Trophies and Personal Relics of British Heroes. A Series of Water Colour Drawings, the Descriptive Notes by Richard R. Holmes, London: John C. Nimmo, 1896. Large 4to, original red pictorial cloth gilt, chromolithographic plates, Vierge (Daniel, illustrator). Pablo de Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. Translated from the Original of Francisco de Quevedo-Villegas, London: by Unwin Brothers at the Gresham Press for T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Large 4to, original vellum, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, wood-engraved plates, McEvoy (Ambose). The Work of Ambrose McEvoy. [Born August 12th, 1878]. Compiled by Wigs, 1st edition, number 404 of 1500 copies only, London: Colour Magazine, 1923. 4to, original cloth-backed boards, Herkomer (Hubert). Etching and Mezzotint Engraving. Lectures delivered at Oxford, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. 4to, original cloth, and 7 others similar, 4to and folio, the lot not fully collated and sold as seen (qty: 12)
Holbein (Hans, the younger). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Reproduced in Imitation of the Original Drawings in the Collection of Her Majesty. With a Short Historical Introduction by Richard R. Holmes, London: Franz Hanfstaengl, c.1900. Folio, original half vellum, printed on Japanese paper, edges untrimmed, Cole (Timothy). Old Dutch and Fleming Masters. Engraved by Timothy Cole, with Critical Notes by John C. Van Dyke and Comments by the Engraver, number 2 of 45 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the printer, New York: The Century Co., 1895. Folio, original quarter vellum, engraved plates on india paper (mounted), Conway (Sir Martin, editor). Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art, Burlington House, London, 1927, 1st edition, number 810 of 1000 copies only, London: Country Life Ltd, 1927. 4to, original wrappers, slipcase, edges untrimmed,Rubens (Peter Paul). Musée du Louvre. Galerie de Rubens, Paris: Gustave Guérin, c.1900. Large folio, original red quarter morocco, engraved plates on india paper (mounted), and one other on Flemish art (qty: 5)Condition report: Heavy wear from use. Some damage to bindings and fading.
Shakespeare (William). A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Robert Anning Bell. Edited with an Introduction by Israel Gollancz, London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1895. 4to, original white buckram over bevelled boards, title and Art Nouveau decoration gilt to front, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, with an additional suite of 12 wood-engravings on india paper, mounted (comprising duplicates of the frontispiece, title-page, 9 plates and the tailpiece; requisite number unknown), partly unopened, tear to duplicate plate facing p. 31, Wyndham (Richard). A Book of Towers and Other Buildings of Southern Europe. A Series of Dry-Points. With an Introduction and Brief descriptions by Sacheverell Sitwell, London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. Folio, original yellow half vellum, edges untrimmed, half-title, engraved additional title-page, 24 engraved plates, with original slipcase (sunned and worn),Lawrence (John). John Clare. The Shepherd’s Calendar, London: Paradine, 1978. 4to, original quarter cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 13 tipped-in woodcut headpieces, laid-in tissue-guards, original slipcase, Krutch (Joseph Wood). Edgar Allan Poe. A Study in Genius, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 8vo, original vellum-backed patterned boards, edges untrimmed, 12 halftone photograph plates, unopened,Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The Chase by William Somerville. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1735, with a Memoir of the Author, London: George Redway, 1896. 4to, original quarter vellum, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, printed on japon,and one other (Arthur Rackham, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1911, browned, frontispiece tissue-guard loose, not collated) (qty: 6)Footnote: Shakespeare: first edition thus, deluxe issue, number 4 of 50 copies on hand-made paper.Wyndham: first edition, number 325 of 350 copies only, printed on Zanders hand-made paper.Lawrence: first edition thus, number 218 of 400 copies (numbered 101-500) signed by the artist and printer.Krutch: first edition, number 111 of 140 copies on Borzoi rag paper signed by the author, from the total edition of 150 copies.
French poetry. Oeuvres poétiques de Paul Verlaine […] Charles Baudelaire […] Arthur Rimbaud, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1967-8; 1971; 1972. 3 works, respectively in 4, 3 and 2 volumes, 4to, all in original red morocco, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, colour lithographic plates by Jean-Pierre Tertre, Tritsch, Rena Tzolakis, and others, together with: Petrarca (Francesca). Canzoniere … Texto critic, saggio introduttivo e nota finale di Gianfranco Contini, number 405 of 470 copies, [Paris]: Alberto Tallone, 1974. Folio, original wrappers, glassine dust jacket, custom orange morocco slipcase and chemise (qty: 10)Footnote: Limited editions, respectively one of 3300 copies on vélin filigrané Vercors des papeteries Barjon de Moirans (Verlaine), one of 3330 copies on vélin Daguerre (Baudelaire and Rimbaud), and one of 470 copies on handmade paper (Petrarca).
Johnston (Reginald F.). Twilight in the Forbidden City, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1934. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (some loss), halftone photographic plates and tables (several folding),Miyamori (Asatoro). An Anthology of Haiku Ancient and Modern, 1st edition, Tokyo: Maruzen Company Ltd, 1932. 8vo, original cloth, plates (many in colour), rear inner hinge cracked and tender, Graetz (Heinrich von). History of the Jews, 1st edition in English, London: David Nutt, 1891-2. 5 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, Temple (Sir Richard). Palestine Illustrated, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1888. Folio, original cloth, chromolithographic plates, Doré (Gustave, illustrator). Spain, by the Baron Ch. D’Avillier. Translated by J. Thomson, London: Bickers & Son, 1881. Folio, original blue decorative cloth gilt (qty: 9)
Olympiazeitung Offizielles Organ der XI. Olympischen Spiele in Berlin, herausgeg. v. Reichssportverlag, m. sehr zahlr. Abb., vollständig m. Heft 1 vom 21. Juli 1936 bis Heft vom 19. August 1936, unterschiedlicher Seitenumfang d. Hefte, 624 S. in Orig.-Klemmmappe in OSchuber, Folio, §86/86a StGB, Schuber beschädigt
Bible illustration.- Figures de la Bible, 2 fine engraved pictorial titles and 207 (of 212) fine plates after Bernard Picart, Gérard Hoet and Arnold Houbraken, some double-page, lacking 2 dedication ff., some water-staining, mostly marginal, but encroaching within platemark in places, occasional spotting, 19th century morocco, lower cover detached, worn, folio, The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1728. sold not subject to return.
Jonson (Ben) The divell is an asse. A comedie acted in the yeare, 1616. By His Majesties servants, title with small woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, marginal soiling to title, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned, modern buckram-backed marbled boards, [Wing J1011], folio, Imprinted at London, 1641.
More (Henry) A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings, second edition, title in red and black, short tears with expert repairs to verso, 3G1 with small hole affecting odd letter, 3T6 with short tear to head, scattered faint spotting, lacking pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, [Wing M2646], folio, by James Flesher, for William Morden, 1662.
Davenant (William) The Works of Sr William Davenant Kt, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, small marginal paper defect to first T2, tiny marginal rust holes to second T3, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Wing D320], folio, by T.N. for Henry Herrington, 1673.
NO RESERVE Taylor (Jeremy) Ductor Dubitantium: or, The Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures ..., engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to blank, near contemporary speckled calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners, [Wing T327], folio, J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1696.
Scottish Union.- Defoe (Daniel) The History of the union of Great Britain, first edition, woodcut royal arms to title, title soiled, some soiling and staining, mostly marginal, spotting in places, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 4528; Hanson 983; Moore 161], folio, Edinburgh, Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1709.
NO RESERVE Trials.- Tryal of William Sacheverell Esq (The); and Several other Gentlemen for a Riot Committed at Nottingham on the Election of a Mayor of that Town, 2 tears to title, old tape repairs, damp-stain to edge, soiling to title and final leaf, ex-library with discreet blind-stamp to title, scattered faint spotting, modern cloth, title in neat manuscript to upper cover, ex-library stamp to upper cover, folio, by John Darby, 1720.⁂ William Sacheverell was a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1670 and 1691. He argued for the exclusion of the Catholic James, Duke of York from the line of succession.
Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in the County of Essex, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, folding plan and 7 plates, one folding with small tear, ink ownership inscription to title, preface leaf working loose, some foxing, the odd marginal tear, occasional small worm hole, not affecting text, later half morocco, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., folio, printed by W. Bowyer, 1748.⁂ Subscribers include George Vertue and Dr Richard Mead.
Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., 9 folding engraved maps and one plan, 22 engraved plates only (of 23), several folding, bookplates to pastedowns, damp-staining throughout, odd small tear and hole, trimmed, occasionally shaving catch-word, vol 2. with tear to A1 neatly repaired, rear hinge cracked, but holding, later mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt spines, folio, for T. Osborne [& Others], 1768.⁂ Both volumes contain the bookplate Marsh of Gaynes Park, an estate near Theydon Bois.
Thomson (James) The Poetical Works, 2 vol., list of subscribers at end vol. 1., faint ink-stamp to titles, ex-library with ink-stamp to front free endpapers, contemporary tree calf, cracked upper joints but holding firm, a little rubbed, Glasgow, Andrew Foulis, 1784; The Seasons, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title, extra illustrated with 49 plates, tissue-guards, occasional browning and spotting, bookplate, later calf, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 1792; folio & 8vo (3)
Music.- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.- Hook (James) A Collection [-second collection] of Favorite Songs Sung by Mr. Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Franklin, the Two Miss Howells, & Mrs. Mountain, at Vauxhall Gardens, 2 parts in 1, engraved throughout, titles with different engraved vignettes of Vauxhall Gardens, musical notation, part 1 repaired tear to final f. with minor loss, part 2 p.11 small piece from outer margin, both parts some spotting and lightly browned, 20th century red cloth, spine gilt, spine chipped, folio, A. Bland and Weller's, 1798.⁂ Rare, with these editions not found in ESTC. WorldCat records one copy for the first part and three for the second. Hook was the musical director and organist at Vauxhall Gardens from 1774-1820. Provenance: 'A.M. Broadley, The Knapp, Bradpole' - Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916), British barrister and bibliophile.
Playbills.- Royal Circus and Surrey Theatre. The Vicar of Wakefield... Don Giovanni... Harlequin Patchwork..., 325 x 208mm., 1817 [&] 5. 6 7. Or, Pay Me My Wages... Three Talismans... Sir Lancelot Greaves... The Duke and the Devil!, 310 x 207mm., 1818, 2 printed playbills, folds, slightly creased and browned, folio (2).
NO RESERVE Harper (Charles G.) Half-Hours with the Highwaymen, 2 vol., illustrations, contemporary half-morocco, 1908; The Manchester and Glasgow Road, 2 vol., frontispieces, plates, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, 1907 § Felton (William) Felton's Carriages, number 4 of 250 copies signed by artist, full-page illustrations by Alan Osbahr, original morocco, gilt, housed in cloth slipcase, a little rubbed, 1962; and 4 others similar. 8vo & oblong folio (9)
Bibliography.- Hassall (W.O., editor) The Holkham Library. Illuminations and Illustrations in the Manuscript Library of the Earl of Leicester, half-title, 160 plates, of which 12 colour, some light spotting to rear endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, folio, for presentation to The Roxburghe Club, 1970.
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette.- Placets de l'officer Desbans, illustrated by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, with a preface by Neil MacGregor, 23 leaves of colour facsimiles, original cloth, gilt armorial device, New York, for presentation to members of The Roxburghe Club, 2007; and another for The Roxburghe Club, folio (2) ⁂ 'This little book, made in Paris in 1775, was intended for two readers only: Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. It is an astonishing hybrid [...] It is an epitome of fashionable thought, feeling and taste in Paris of the mid 1770s' (Neil MacGregor, p.11). The coat of arms belong to Marie Antoinette. This edition was designed by Bruce Campbell and produced by Santiago Saavedra, Ediciones El Viso in Madrid.
NO RESERVE Curwen Press.- Windeler (Bernard) Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, one of 450 copies, additional engraved letterpress title, 18 engraved copper plates by Edward Wadsworth, most hand-coloured, engraved vignettes, some hand-coloured, small marginal tear to limitation page, very occasional spotting, endpapers a little browned, original pictorial cloth, uncut, folio, The Curwen Press, 1926.
NO RESERVE [Duveen (Charles Joel)], "C.J.Charles". Elizabethan Interiors, third edition, one of 500 copies, signed & inscribed by the author "To Mr. & Mrs. Jansen Noyes Arpril 19. 1928 Charles J.Duveen" on front free endpaper, printed on rectos only, tipped-in plates, tissue guards, original half parchment, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, folio, New York, [c.1920].⁂ Charles Duveen was the younger brother of the art dealer Joseph Duveen. He operated as an interior designer and antique dealer under the name Charles of London, furnishing interiors in the popular Tudor and Jacobean styles, and worked for William Randolph Hearst and John D.Rockefeller amongst others. Jansen Noyes was an investment banker on Wall St. and was presumably another customer.
Furniture.- Hepplewhite (A[lice]) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, second edition, 126 engraved plates, one double-page, advertisement leaf at end, title and Preface leaf creased and loose (stained at inner margin from old sticky tape), some spotting to plates, double-page plate lightly stained and torn at fold & fore-edge just extending into image, another torn at inner margin, one bound upside down, contemporary tree calf, worn, upper cover detached, traces of tape marks, [Berlin Kat. 1233], folio, by I. and J. Taylor, 1789.⁂ One of the three great furniture pattern books of the 18th century. This second edition includes an additional plate.
[Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo)] [A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge], translated by Richard Haydock, first edition in English, lacking engraved title-page and all the 13 plates, with woodcut initials and numerous typographical ornaments, colophon with large woodcut device, with several near contemporary manuscript notes on the book & the translator to front free endpaper and one or two leaves, first leaf of text with traces of old inscription at head (most cut away), H4 slightly short, Kk1 with small paper flaw tear affecting a few letters but not sense, one or two stains but generally very clean, modern bookplate of Donald Adair Pavey, later half roan, a little worn, spine torn, [Harris 519; STC 16698], small folio, [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for R.H.], [1598]; sold not subject to return⁂ First English translation of Lamazzo's Mannerist treatise, dedicated to Thomas Bodley and one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p.297.
Percier (Charles) & P.F.L.Fontaine. Raccolta di Decorazioni Interne; Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, translated by Francesco Lazzari, edited by Giuseppe Borsato, titles and text in Italian and French, titles with engraved vignette,120 engraved plates including the 48 supplementary plates after Borsato, some foxing (mostly to text) and light marginal water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine repaired, [Berlin Kat. 4057], folio, Venice, 1843.⁂ Important Empire style pattern book by the creators of the style and coiners of the term "interior decoration", featuring interiors and furniture executed for notable clients including Napoleon at the Tuileries. The work was first published in 1801 but this is the first edition to contain the supplementary plates.
Textiles.- Album of fabric swatches, over 300 textile samples mounted on 27 leaves, mostly floral, ink stamp "à Alsace Matérial France" to most leaves, glue stains to margins, a little brittle and frayed at edges, modern half cloth, uncut, manuscript label "20th century florals" taped to spine, folio, [mid-late 20th century].
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