KASHMIRCOLE (HENRY HARDY) Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India, FIRST EDITION, 43 mounted carbon autotype prints (numbered 1-44), 14 plates, one colour-printed lithographed map ('Skeleton Map of Kashmir') by W. Griggs after Cole, publisher's orange cloth gilt, g.e., rebacked [cf. Gernsheim 485, recording 2 editions of that year], folio (335 x 245mm.), W.H. Allen, Publishers to the India Museum, 1869Footnotes:The fine photographs were taken by John Burke (1843-1900), a commercial photographer operating from Murree and Peshawar. He accompanied, alongside two 'native surveyors, Thakoor Dass and Habeeb-oo-lah', Cole's expedition to the Kashmir Valley in October 1868 to survey the great pre-Islamic temples scattered through the region.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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TAYLER (WILLIAM)Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians & Anglo Indians Drawn on Stone from the Original Drawings from Life, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, title, dedication leaf to Lady William Bentinck, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Bouvier after Tayler, each with letterpress description, some toning to plates (3 with minor loss to lower fore-corner), some spotting and foxing to text leaves, contents loose in publisher's cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover, rebacked [Abbey Travel 465; Colas 2858], folio (538 x 264mm.), Thomas McLean, 1842Footnotes:RARE suite of plates, captioned: The Young Civilian's Toilet; The Young Lady's Toilet; The Breakfast; The Women Grinding at the Mill; The Sunyasees; The Village Barber.William Tayler (1808–1892), educated at Charterhouse, arrived in Bengal in 1829, where he served in various capacities for the East India Company. 'A keen amateur dramatist and skilful caricaturist, but while his witty portraits of Anglo-Indian notables won him some influential friends in Calcutta, the light-hearted nature of his artistic pursuits earned for him a reputation as a somewhat flighty, unserious officer' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROBERTS (DAVID)The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vol. bound in 3, 248 tinted lithographed plates (including pictorial titles and portrait), 2 engraved maps, early red morocco gilt by J. Leighton, g.e., a few ink stains on upper cover of the first volume, rubbed at extremities [cf. Abbey Travel 272, 385 & 388, folio edition], 4to (290 x 200mm.), Day & Son, 1855-1856Footnotes:An exceptionally clean copy.Provenance: Mary Banting, presentation inscription from her husband W. Banting (3 February 1857) on blank verso of opening plate in first and third volumes, and in upper margin of the title-page to volume 3.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two boxes of books to include folio society, three volumes Pagans and Christians by Robin Rayner Fox, John Galsworthy, three vols. by the Folio society 'The Forsyte Saga', Angie Debo 'The History of the Indians of the United States' published by the Folio society, Burkholder Grout & Palsica 'History of Western Music' folio society, Agatha Christie 'Curtain- Poirot's last case', book club associates London 1975, Oliver Warner (ed) 'An account of the discovery of Tahiti' published by the Folio society 1955, John Lothrop Motley 'The rise of the Dutch Republic' in three volumes published London by Routledge, Warner & Routledge 1861, M.I. Ebbutt 'Hero, Myths & Legends of the British Race' published London George Harrap London 1912 and two similar and John Hooper and Rodney Hooper 'Modern furniture and fittings' published London Baxford Ltd second edition, two volumes by George Voux mathematics titles published London 1709 bound in brown leather vols. 1 & 2 etc (2 boxes)
Music interest to include:-Reid, Charles"Malcolm Sargent""The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin"Kennedy, Nigel"Always Playing" and a box of assorted volumes on different subjects to include topography, sport, etc (2 boxes) andCescinsky Herbert and Gribble Ernest "Early English Furniture and woodwork", vols 1 and 11 bound as one, George Routledge, photographic plates, folio, with Jourdain M "English interiors of Smaller Houses 1660-1830" Batsford 1933, green cloth, gilt titles (2 boxes)
A 16th century large PsalterIn a leather and brass embossed outer cover labelled 'Graduate Sanctorum', the inner pages rebound in a separate green half Morocco binding with marbled boards, ex Dartington Hall, incomplete, folioThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Holland & Sons rosewood Clerk's folio stand, the rectangular top with a fold over writing slope with black leather skiver and a drop flap to the back, with a stationery drawer to each end, one stamped with makers mark, over a set of four fallfront folio drawers, supported by twin columns, on a stylised feet, 120 x 69cm
Three extremely interesting and complete Revolutionary Newspapers. As described by Henry Southern in his catalogue 1911 (clipping tipped in to end papers) THE UNITED IRISHMAN, complete from its beginning on Febuary 12th to its conclusion on May 27th 1848, edited by John Mitchell, 16 nos.; together with THE IRISH FELON, successor to The United Irishman, complete from its beginning on June 24th to its conclusion on July 22nd 1848, edited by John Martin, 5 nos.; and the IRISH TRIBUNE, nos. 1 June 10th to no. 5, July 8th 1848; bound in one folio volume, green half calf gilt, covers stained, slightly worn, minor wear to contents, otherwise VG. Possibly unique.
Dunraven, Caroline Countess of. Memorials of Adare Manor, with Historical Notices of Adare by Her Son The Earl of Dunraven, Presentation copy to "Mrs Bernard with the kind regards of the authors" Printed for Private circulation by Parker, Oxford, 1845, "Mrs Bernard with the kind regards of the authors", profusely illustrated, map, folio, green cloth gilt embossed armorial, covers show some wear, bumping and rubbing, some slight staining, some foxing, otherwise a good tight copy, G.
Joyce, James. Dubliners. Folio society, London, 2003, 8vo, brown cloth, book F in F slipcase, together with, Joyce, James. The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Folio Society, London, 1965, 8vo, brown cloth decorated front cover, book F in nF slipcase, and Joyce, James. Giacomo Joyce. Viking, New York, 1968, 8vo, maroon spine with grey boards, book F in nF slipcase. (3)
The Book of Kells. (With a study by Francoise Henry). Thames & Hudson, London, 1974, folio . Finely bound in brown buckram, in VG similar slipcase, together with, Henry, Francoise. L?Art Irlandais. 3 volumes, in French, 1963/4, first editions, numerous plates, 8vo. Books VG, dustjackets VG. (4)
Kennedy, SB. Paul Henry paintings drawings illustrations. Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2007, first edition, folio, signed by author, book F dustjacket F, together with, Crookshank, Anne and the Knight of Glin. Ireland?s Painters 1600 ? 1940. Yale University Press, 2002, first edition, folio, signed By Anne Crookshank, book F dustjacket F. (2)
Irish Art Interest. Walker, Dorothy. Louis le Brocquy. Ward River Press, 1981, first edition. Book F, dustjacket F., together with Crookshank, Anne., and The Knight of Glin. The Painters of Ireland. Barrie & Jenkins, 1978, folio, first edition, some staining to front end page, ow book VG, dustjacket VG., and Butler, Patricia. Three Hundred Years of Irish Watercolours and Drawings. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1990, first edition, folio, book F, dustjacket F. (3)
Parliamentary paper, 'Testa De Neville, Sive Liber Feodorum in Curia Scaccarii, Temp. HEN. III & EDW. I., Printed by Command of His Majesty King George III, in pursuance of an address of The House of Commons of Great Britain', 1807, calf half bound to linen board, Demy folio, together with Septimii Florintis Tertulliani's 'Opera Ad Vetustissimorum Exemplarium, Fidem Sedulo Emendata, Diligentia', with woodcuts, published 1675. (2)
Twelve Folio Society volumes, mostly historical. Four still with their cellophane: ‘Revolt in the Desert’ – T E Lawrence; ‘Enigma’ – Hugh Sebag-Montefiore; ‘Arabian Sands’ – Wilfred Thesiger and ‘SOE’ – MRD Foot. Without cellophane: ‘A Man of Singular Virtue’- A L Rowse; ‘Bed 29 and Other Stories’ – Maupassant; ‘Eminent Victorians’ – Lytton Strachey; ‘Nelson and Emma’ – Roger Hudson; ‘Galley Slave’ – Jean Marteilhe and ‘Elizabeth I’ – Maria Perry. Two without box covers: ‘Venice’ – George Bull and ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ (with dust jacket) (12)
A SMALL COLLECTION OF MINIATURE AND POCKET SIZED BOOKS to include The Folio Society - Alfred Lord Tennyson 'The Lady of Shalott' in slip case, Burges & Bowes 'Midget English Dictionary', Leopold B. Hill - 'A Christmas Carol', Collins Clear Type Press - 'A Christmas Carol' and 'The Haunted Man', Mrs L. Burke - 'The Language of Flowers', George G. Harrap & Company - 'The haunted Man' and two copies of 'In Green Pastures' (9)
FOLIO SOCIETY - 'THE FOUR GOSPELS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST' engravings by Eric Gill, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition, published by The Folio Society in 2007 as a limited edition 1726 / 2750 together with John Dreyfus / Robert Gibbings slim volume both in a fitted caseCondition Report:Excellent condition
CHARLES NICHOLS WOOLNOTH (BRITISH, 1815-1906)Lakeland scene with figures and cattlesigned ‘C Woolnoth’ (lower left)watercolour and bodycolour on paper38 x 54.5cm(unframed)together with a folio of topographical drawings and watercoloursvarious sizes, (all unframed); Manner of Antoni Clave, Ballets de Paris - Roland Petit, acrylic and watercolour on paper, 61 x 41cm, (unframed); and a folio of drawings and watercolours, various sizes, (all unframed)(qty)
A large collection of Modern British School unframed folio works, to include sundry watercolours and colour lithographs, containing works by Allen Jones - Fast Car 13/30, Francis Kelly, William Gear, Harrison etc, overall subjected to water damage and with residue mould and further staining, particularly to lithograph printed studies, approx 40-50 in totalCondition report: Overall poor condition throughout.
Field sports, antiquarian literature and British topography. A small collection of books, including: 1) West (Thomas). The Antiquities of Furness, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1774. 4to, contemporary marbled calf, front board detached, folding map repaired, 2) 'Land Surveying continued, by William Stilling', 1847. Folio, contemporary marbled wrappers, manuscript, approx. 30 ff., various pen-and-ink sketches and diagrams (one folding diagram with section near-detached), 3) Everitt (Nicholas). Shots from a Lawyer's Gun, 5th edition. London: Everett & Co., 1910. 8vo, original cloth, plates 4) Radcliffe (William). Fishing from the Earliest Times, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1926. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, plates, and various similar works (qty: 4 boxes) Sold as seen, not subject to return.
Antiquarian literature. A large collection of antiquarian literature, including: 1) Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish. To which is prefixed, some Account of the Author's Life. By T. Smollett. A New Edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Allardice and Co., 1825. 4 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, joints cracked, volume 1 with loss to head of spine, 2) Duncan (Archibald). The British Trident: or, Register of Naval Actions, London: James Cundee, 1809. 6 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, wear to spines, 3) Temple (William). The Works, London: for J. Brotherton [and others], 1770. 4 volumes, contemporary calf (volumes 1-2 rebacked), engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription 'Charles Bathurst, Winchester College 1805' to front pastedown, 4) Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lord). [The Works], London: George Routledge & Sons, c.1870. 23 volumes, small 8vo, contemporary half calf, 5) Bible. The Christian's New and Complete Universal Family Bible, London: Alex. Hogg, c.1790. Folio, contemporary reversed calf, engraved frontispiece, additional title-page and plates, together with numerous similar works, nearly all leather-bound (qty: six boxes) Sold as seen, not subject to return. Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (armorial bookplates).
Ornithology, British topography and general literature. A large quantity of books, including: 1) Bain (Iain, editor). The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and his Workshop Apprentices, London: George Fraser, 1981. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, slipcase, 2) Fuertes (Louis Agassiz, & Allan Brooks). Portraits of new England Birds, [Boston]: published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1932. 4to, original cloth, colour plates, 3) Priestley (Mary). A Book of Birds. With 82 Wood Engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. 8vo, contemporary crushed black morocco, all edges gilt, 4) Detmold (E. J., illustrator). Hours of Gladness, by M. Maeterlinck. Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1912. 4to, original cream cloth decorated in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, mounted colour plates, 5) Sutcliffe (Halliwell). The Striding Dales. With Twelve Plates in Colour and Seventy-Four Line Illustrations by A. Reginald Smith, London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1929. 4to, original green buckram, dust jacket, plates, 6) Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped), 7) Yarrell (William). A History of British Birds, 4th edition, London: John van Voorst, 1871-4. 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth (headcaps strengthened), 8) Macpherson (H. A., & William Duckworth). The Birds of Cumberland critically studied, including osme Notes on the Birds of Westmorland, Carlisle: Chas. Thurnam & Sons, 1886. 8vo, original cloth, hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece by J. G. Keulemans, folding map, and numerous others similar, including Folio Society (qty: twelve boxes) Sold as seen, not subject to return.
Hubertus Quellinus (Flemish 1619 - 1687) After Artus Quellenus the Elder (Flemish 1609-1668): 'Part II of the publication of the New City Hall of Amsterdam, the main statues and ornaments of the Amsterdam City Hall mostly made in marble by Artus Quellinus', Vellum folio comprising 30 engravings including Venus and Cupid, Magna Mater, Saturn, Mercury, Diana, Medusa, Apollo, Jupiter, Mars etc. pub. by Frederick de Widt 1663 Amsterdam 57cm x 39cm
Pictorial Gallery of Arts,Pictorial Gallery of Arts, published London by Charles Cox, 12 King William Street, Strand, 1847. 2 folio volumes in one; 390, 406 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with almost 4,000 wood engraved images and 18 steel engraved plates on heavy paper, period 1/2 leather binding, raised gilt bands, marbled edges. A monumental book packed with endless interesting wood engraved images covering a wide range of topics and eras
Randle (John, editor) The Wood-Engravings of Gwenda Morgan, number 25 of 335 copies signed by the artist, with an original wood-engraving 'Moonlight' loosely inserted, original cloth, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1985 § Wells (Margaret) A Selection of her Wood Engravings, one of 200 copies, original cloth, Wakefield, Fleece Press, 1985 § Greenwood (Jeremy) Margaret Bruce Wells: The Complete Wood-engravings and Linocuts, one of 300 copies, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, slip-case, Woodbridge, Wood Lea Press, 2000 § Sandford (Lettice) Wood Engravings, number 76 of 100 copies signed by the artist, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1985 § Skempton (Mary) The Wood Engravings..., number 8 of 15 specially-bound copies with an original wood-engraving, from an edition limited to 150, original morocco-backed boards, additional engraving loose in wrapper, with a bundle of c.20 wood-engravings by Skempton (most initialled in pencil, all mounted on card) loosely inserted, together in original cloth drop-back box (water-stained), Marlborough, Libanus Press, 1989, plates and illustrations, many wood-engraved, 4to & folio (5)
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