The Atlas to Guthrie's System of Geography, c. 1785. Folio, cont. half calf (spine worn). Engraved plate of an armillary sphere and 24 double page or folding engraved maps, hand coloured in outline. Additional hand coloured folding map of Upper and Lower Canada, 1832 at end/Provenance: Spetchley Park/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: maps clean
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History. Dugdale, Sir William. A Short View of the late Troubles in England, Oxford 1681. Engraved portrait frontispiece (upper cover detached) - Scott, David. The History of Scotland, Westminster 1727. Engraved frontispiece - Johnston, N. A Large Historical Account of Monarchical Government…, 1712. All folio, cont. calf. With 3 others (6)/Provenance: Spetchley Park
Cowley, Abraham. Poems, 1656 - Boyle, Roger, Earl of Orrery. Parthenissa, 1676 - Butler, Samuel. Hudibras, 3 vols., 4to., 1793. Engraved portrait, title vignettes (title of vol l and portrait stained) -Addison, J. A Collection of Anecdotes…, Printed for the Author, 1793. (worn). Folio, cont. half calf, and 3 others (8)/Provenance: Spetchley Park
Natalis, Hieronymus. Evangelicae Historie Imagines, Antwerp 1593. Folio, old black morocco gilt, a.e.g. Engraved title and 153 plates (some staining to lower margins) -- Biblia Sacra, Antwerp 1605. 4to., cont. calf (upper cover detached). With 8 others, religion (10)/Provenance: Spetchley Park/see illustration
Caussin, Nicolas. The Holy Court, Third Edition, 1663 (some wear). Portraits in text - Dodd, Charles. The Church History of England, 3 vols., Brussels [England] 1737; another edition, ed. by the Rev. M.A. Tierney, 5 vols., 8vo. 1839 - Clarke, Samuel. The Sermons, Fifth Edition, 2 vols., 1742. Engraved frontispiece in vol 1. With 3 others, mostly folio, cont. calf (14)/Provenance: Spetchley Park
A collection of late 19th / early 20th century coloured and uncoloured signed engravings - some artist-type, others removed from books. Various subjects, to include; Olaves Grammar School (London, by AJ Myer), a folio of ' Edinboro ' (Edinburgh) engravings by a Royal Academy artist (signature illegible), some 18th century pictorial frontis pages removed from books showing; Lord John Finch, Bertie Earl Of Lindsey, Francis Bacon, William Pitt, Wellington and others. Interesting collection.
A folio of prints to include: Hughs II, 64.5 x 52cm Abstract in blue, 64 x 90cm Emmanuel, 76 x 56cm* Speed and Magic, 76 x 52.5cm* The Aesthete, 76 x 64cm* Cages, 68.5 x 72.5cm* Neptune, 77 x 57cm* Three Little Bits of Heaven, 84 x 59.5cm* Gwen, 63 x 47cm Latin Spirit, 56 x 77cm* (10) *Multiples available
A folio of prints to include: There are Reasons for Strife, 56.5 x 76cm* Escaping the Cage, 89 x 64cm* The Enemy, 65 x 51.5cm Spectator Parody, 85 x 61cm Three Shod, 84 x 60cm Asa, 80 x 58.5cm Pages, 59.5 x 84cm Coda II, 84 x 59.5cm* Cuddles and Clematis, 80 x 59cm* Lupin Diamond, 76 x 56cm* (10) *Multiples available
A folio of prints to include: In Proportion, 45 x 55cm* Sic Itus Ad Asta, 46.5 x 55cm* Magic and Diving, 78 x 56cm* Piccadilly, 51 x 76.5cm* Veil, 85 x 59.5cm* Portrait (unsigned), 84 x 59cm* Magic, Tools of the Trade, 76 x 56cm* Window, 76 x 56cm* Baby Grand, 63.5 x 52cm* Lupin Diamond, 76 x 56cm* Swimming Pool (unsigned), 59.5 x 84.5cm* No Two Things Are Alike, 83 x 59cm* (12) *Multiples available
A folio of prints to include: Umbra-Penumbra, 63 x 89cm* Road, 59 x 84cm* 4 Variants, 59 x 84cm* Wildlife/Cages, 70 x 66.5cm* Roman, 81 x 61cm* Primateria, 84 x 59.5cm* Narcissus, 76 x 56.5cm* Table, 61 x 51.5cm* Dreams, Memories, Reflections (unsigned), 84 x 59.5cm* Korean Fighters, 76 x 56cm* (10) *Multiples available
A folio of prints to include: Bridge in pink (unsigned), 50 x 76cm Above and Below, 50 x 39cm* Fagpack Cowboy, 68 x 53cm* XXXXX, 56 x 38cm* Sitting Bull, 55.5 x 62cm* Henchman/Hangman, 64 x 44.5cm In Proportion, 35 x 55cm* Reds, 50 x 56.5cm* The Flower-Scalpel, 50 x 38cm* Abstract I, 30.5 x 21.5cm* Abstract II, 38 x 25cm* (11) *Multiples available
A folio of pritns to include: The Aesthete, 76 x 64cm* Dark Shadows for a weak memory, 48.5 x 55cm* We were like stone, 76 x 56cm* Coda 2, 84 x 59cm* Twins, 76.5 x 56cm* Castello Cutout (unsigned), 58.5 x 91cm* Coda 1 (unsigned), 84 x 59.5cm* Daniel, 76 x 57cm* How Things Work (unsigned), 84 x 59.5cm* Small Ads, 84 x 59.5cm* (10) *multiples available
A folio of Kip Gresham prints and drawings, to include 19 charcoal sketches of a gymnast at the horizontal bars, studies for 'Latin Spirit', 51 x 76cm; together with Portrait of D Grey, 1987 signed, dated and numbered 14/19, screenprint and an original gouache and chalk drawing for Portrait of D Grey, signed 'Kip Gresham' (lower left), 31 x 28cm (21)
A folio containing a variety of documents and newspapers including a Stamp Office certificate for Annual Hair Powder Duty, 1799, an 1840 American bank note for $1000, insurance policies, receipts, cheque books and newspapers from mid 20thc marking for example WWII and the Queen's Silver Jubilee (a lot)
HELLEU, Paul. A Gallery of Portraits Reproduced form Original Etchings. Edward Arnold, London, 1907 1st ed. Folio. A collection of 24 tissue guarded and captioned full-page plates. In original publisher’s quarter cloth. Gilt titling to front board and spine.Condition report: Area of damp staining to top left of front board.Slight warping to board.Free endpapers somewhat browned.Plates in very clean condition.Titling to spine a little faded.
DE BOCK, Thomas. Jacob Maris. The De La More Press, Alexander Moring Limited, Folio, limited to 100 copies on hand made paper. 181pp. With 90 photogravures of the artist’s work throughout the text. In original publisher’s cloth with gilt and blind stamped decoration.Condition report: Covers soiled and stained. Wear to edges.Backstrip detached, held in place with Sellotape.Internally clean.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Folio Society, London 2008 reprint. A faithful facsimile of the famous 150 Kelmscott Edition., 559pp. Presented in brown buckram with elaborate gilt decoration to front board and spine. Housed in purpose made slipcase with titling to front board. Printed on Oxenford twin wire laid paper. Teg.200Condition report: Book and slipcase in very good order.
The First Folio of Shakespeare, Norton Facsimile. Norton & Co New York and Folio Society, London. 1996 2nd edition. This special limited Folio Society edition is number 496/1000. Presented in half Wassa Goatskin, with marbled paper boards. Teg. 928pp. Housed in purpose built slipcase.Condition report: Book in very good order.Small dent to front edge, right side of slipcase.
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit. Folio Society, 1976 Deluxe Edition. Presented in quarter leather, cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and spine. Illustrated. Housed in slipcase. Together with The Lord of the Rings, (3 vol set) Folio Society, 1977. Presented in quarter leather with cloth boards, with gilt decoration to front boards and spines. Housed in slipcase.Condition report: Hobbit: Some splitting to rear of slipcase. Book in very good order.Lord of the Rings: Some discoloration to front edges of slipcase. Books in very good order.
[GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997)]. A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising: Collected Poems 1947-1980. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. FIRST EDITION. -- MILES, Barry, editor. Howl. Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions.... New York: Harper & Row, 1986. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, 28 March 1991. -- Allen Ginsberg: Photographs. Altadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1990. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, 28 March 1991. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, folio or smaller, all in original cloth and dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG where indicated, condition generally fine. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
[NATURAL HISTORY & TRAVEL]. A group of 5 works, comprising: LYTTON, Edward George Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton. Last Days of Pompeii. London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 3 volumes. Contemporary half brown morocco gilt. Provenance: William Forbes Morgan (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. -- DU CHAILLU, Paul Belloni. The Viking Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 2 volumes. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- MATTHIESSEN, Peter and Eliot Porter. The Tree Where Man Was Born. The African Experience. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Original cloth and dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- PETERSON, Roger Tory. The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1990. 2 volumes, folio. Publisher's leather gilt. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY PETERSON -- ALEXANDER, Caroline. The Endurance. Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. Later edition. -- Together, 5 works in 9 volumes, publisher's bindings as indicated, most FIRST EDITIONS where indicated, condition generally fine. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
[PHOTOBOOKS]. LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b. 1949). A group of 3 works by Leibovitz, comprising: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. -- A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. New York: Random House, 2006. -- Annie Leibovitz at Work. New York: Random House, 2008. Original wrap around band. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, folio or 4to, all FIRST EDITIONS SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY LEIBOVITZ, all in original cloth or boards and in original dust jackets, condition generally fine.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
[PHOTOBOOKS]. MANN, Sally (b. 1951). At Twelve. Portraits of Young Women. New York: Aperture, 1988.Folio. Numerous photographic reproductions. Original beige cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MANN. [With:]MANN, Sally. Immediate Family. New York: Aperture, 1992. Folio. Numerous photographic reproductions. Original light gray cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY MANN. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
[PHOTOBOOKS & ARTISTS' BOOKS]. A group of 7 photobooks and artists' books, comprising: BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret and Sean Callahan, editor. The Photographs of Margaret Bourke White. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1972. FIRST EDITION. -- JAIN, Kelley. Nude Theory. New York: Lustrum, 1979. FIRST EDITION. -- ERTE and Marshall Lee, editor. Erte at Ninety. The Complete Graphics. The Complete Graphics. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1982. Later edition. -- STEINEM, Gloria. Marilyn. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1986. -- FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STEINEM. -- ERTE and Marshall Lee, editor. Erte. Art To Wear. The Complete Jewelry. New York: Dutton Studio Books, 1991. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. -- MCDOWELL, Roddy. Double Exposure, Take Three. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MCDOWELL. -- CONNERY, Sean and Murray Grigor Being a Scot. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2008. Slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Paper slip SIGNED BY CONNERY laid in. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, folio or 4to, all in original publisher's cloth or cloth-backed boards with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITIONS where indicated, signed or inscribed where indicated, condition generally fine. For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, et al: The American Publishing Company, 1876.8vo (212 x 165 mm). Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Some spotting and soiling, a few leaves frayed and becoming disbound.) Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt (recased, endpapers renewed, a touch of wear to spine ends and corners, otherwise bright); slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, presumed third printing (printed on laid paper with printed pagination on folio XVI, but with end leaves lacking). BAL 3367; Johnson, pp.27-30.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
AVEDON, Richard (1923-2004). An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1993.Folio. Numerous photographic reproductions. Original brown cloth lettered in red; original printed acetate dust jacket (creased); original publisher's cardboard box (a few tape repairs). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY AVEDON, 1993.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
[FINE PRESS BOOKS]. A group of 5 works, comprising:CERVANTES, Miguel de The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Jean de Bosschère, illustrator. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1922. FIRST EDITION. -- SWIFT, Jonathan. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 2 volumes. Provenance: A. H. Spencer (bookseller's label). LIMITED EDITION, number 70 of 480 copies. -- SKOTNES, Cecil and Stephen GRAY. The Assassination of Shaka. Johannesburg: McGraw-Hill, 1974. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 70 of 250 copies SIGNED BY SKOTNES AND GRAY. -- MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick, or the Whale. Mount Vernon, NY: The Artist's Limited Edition, 1975. 13 plates. (Lacking serigraph frontispiece.) LIMITED EDIITON, number 888 of 1,500 copies. -- WILDE, Oscar and William FOGG. The Harlot's House. Fullerton, CA: Greybeard Press, 2004. 6 tipped-in illustrations by Fogg. [Laid in:] Original black and white print SIGNED BY FOGG in ink lower margin, matted. Publisher's prospectus. LIMITED EDITION, number 8 of 50 copies SIGNED BY FOGG. -- Together, 5 works in 6 volumes, all folio or 4to, all in original publisher's bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS OR LIMITED EDITIONS where indicated, condition generally fine.For condition inquiries please contact Gretchen Hause at gretchenhause@hindmanauctions.com
Ptolemaeus, Claudius: Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum veteribus cogniti. Utrecht: F. Halma und W. vande Water / Franeker: L. Strick, 1698. 43 x 28 cm. Mit kolor. illustr. Kupfertitel von F. V. Vianen und 28 doppelblattgr. kolor. Kupferkarten. 1 Bl. Index tabularum mit Druckvermerk. Mod. HLdr. auf sechs Bünden mit Goldfileten. (Eine Karte mit schmalem Wasserrand am oberen Rand, Im Falz teilw. leicht leimschattig. Wenig kleine Rand- oder Falzreparaturen. Schwach gebräunt.) Phillips I, 526. Koeman II, Me 6. Van der Krogt I, 1:522. STCN 833667637. - Bis auf den Druckvermerk identisch mit der Ausgabe Franeker/Utrecht 1695. - Die 28 Karten von Gerhard Mercator stammen aus der Ptolemaeus-Ausgabe von 1575, deren Platten 1694 wohl von Frans Halma erworben und für drei Ptolemaeus-Ausgaben von 1695 bis 1704 benutzt wurden. Die Platten wurden überarbeitet, mit modernen Kartuschen und einigen kleineren Änderungen versehen.Auf der Titelrückseite der Exlibrisstempel von Dr. Daniel Williams (ca. 1643-1716): "Dr. D. Williams's Library / Red Cross Street / London". In Williams' Bibliothek befand sich u.a. ein Shakespeare First Folio.Schönes Exemplar mit ansprechendem neueren Kolorit im Stil der Zeit.
JOHN CHRISTIAN ZEITER: RUDIMENTS FOR DRAWING THE HORSE, ENGRAVED BY J C ZEITER FROM DESIGNS BY H ALKEN AND J C ZEITER, London, R Ackermann at the Eclipse Sporting Gallery and New Sporting Magazine office, 1837, 1st edition, 3 original parts complete, 12 etched plates as called for, some marginal water staining particularly in part 1, oblong folio, original printed wraps worn and soiled, part 1 top wrap with long closed tear, scarce, one copy on COPAC held at The Victoria & Albert Museum Library, (3)
PAUL RAPIN DE THOYRAS: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, trans John Kelly, London for James Mechell, 1732-37, 3 vols (vol 2 trans Joseph Morgan, the reigns of King William III and Queen Mary and also that of Queen Anne continued by Thomas Legard), 45 engraved plates, mainly portraits, 5 maps, 7 pedigrees, vol 2 with some substantial water staining at end affecting some text (no plates affected), folio, contemporary calf worn, vol 1 top board detached (3)
ARCENGELLO CORELLI: 4 works: CONCERTI GROSSI... OPERTA SEXTA-QUINTA - SECONDA - TERZA, 1st work, London for I Walsh and I Hare, circa 1725, 2nd work London for I Walsh, circa 1736 (2 parts with separate title pages), 3rd work, London, printed for the author and sold by I Walsh, circa 1732, 4th work, London for I Walsh, 1735, all works for 2nd violin only, bound in with 8 other works for 2nd violin, comprising PIETRO CASTRUCCI: CONCERTI GROSSI..., London for John Walsh, circa 1736, JOHN HUMPHRES: XII CONCERTOS IN SEVEN PARTS... OPERA SECONDA, London, B Cooke, circa 1741, GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI: VI CONCERTI GROSSI... OPERA SECONDA, London for J Simpson, circa 1745; RICHARD MUDGE: SIX CONCERTOS IN SEVEN PARTS...TO WHICH IS ADDED NON NOBIS DOMINE..., London for I Walsh, circa 1749; JOHN STANLEY: SIX CONCERTOS IN SEVEN PARTS..., London for I Walsh, circa 1745; CHARLES AVISON: TWELVE CONCERTOS IN SEVEN PARTS..., London, Joseph Barber for the author, 1744; ANTONIO VIVALDI: 2 works: SELECT HARMONY BEING XII CONCERTOS IN SIX PARTS..., London for I Walsh circa 1732; TWO CELEBRATED CONCERTOS, THE ONE COMMONLY CALLED THE CUCKOW AND THE OTHER EXTRAVAGANZA, London for I Walsh, circa 1730, all works engraved throughout, folio, contemporary reverse calf worn, top board with inset morocco gilt panel, titled "Violino Secondo"
FRANCOIS EUDES DE MEZERAY: A GENERAL CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF FRANCE BEGINNING BEFORE THE REIGN OF KING PHARAMOND AND ENDING WITH THE REIGN OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH..., trans John Bulteel, printed by T N for Thomas Basset, Samuel Lowndes, Christopher Wilkinson, William Cademan and Jacob Tonson, 1683, 3 vols in one with separate title pages, added engraved title reinforced, some water staining, folio, contemporary calf v worn, armorial book plate of Edward Herbert, Earl of Powis
LLYFR JONAS [THE BOOK OF JONAH], ill Colin Paynton, Gregynog Press, 1988, (250) numbered (187), folio, original wraps gilt + HARRI WEBB: A CROWN FOR BRANWEN, ill Yvonne Skargon, Gregynog Press, [1988] (400) numbered (126), original wraps + ALUN LLEWELLYN-WILLIAMS: SEREN BETHLEHEM, ill Harry Brockway, Gregynog Press [1989] (400) numbered (263), original wraps + DAVID ESSLEMONT AND GLYN TEGAL HUGHES (EDS): THE GLAS GREGYNOG, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PRINTING AT GREGYNOG 1970-1990, Gregynog Press, 1990, (900) (755) numbered (20), folio, original cloth backed wraps, d/w + THE MISS MARGARET SIDNEY DAVIES COMPLETE COLLECTION OF SPECIAL GRYGYNOG BINDINGS, Antwerp de Zilverdistal Rare Books, 1995, (1500), prospectus and ephemera loosely inserted, original cloth gilt, d/w + EIRENE WHITE: THE LADIES OF GREGYNOG, University of Wales Press, 2011, original pictorial wraps, all titles vgc, from the collection of Derek Cottam (6)
JEREMY GREENWOOD (ED): 2 titles: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN NASH, Liverpool, The Wood Lea Press, 1987 (750), folio, original quarter green cloth, floral pattern paper boards, slip-case; THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF PAUL NASH, Woodbridge, The Wood Lea Press, 1997, (490), folio, original quarter grey cloth, patterned paper boards, slip-case, both titles vgc, from the collection of Derek Cottam (2)
LETTICE SANDFORD: COO MY DOO, London, Frederick Muller, 1943, 1st edition, contemporary inscription on slip pasted down on ffep, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn + THOMAS MALORY: LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE, ill Lettice Sandford, London, Folio Society 1953, 1st edition, original cloth + FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON (TRANS): AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE, ill Lettice Sandford, London, Folio Society, 1947, 1st edition, original cloth backed decorative boards + JEREMY SANDFORD: FIGURES AND LANDSCAPES, THE ART OF LETTICE SANDFORD, London, Roc Sandford, 1991, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + DAVID CHAMBERS: LETTICE SANDFORD~S ENGRAVINGS, circa 1984, off print from "Matrix 4", folio wraps, printed paper label, all titles from the collection of Derek Cottam (5)
MONICA POOLE: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH, Henley-on-Thames, Gresham Books, 1985, 1st edition, folio, original cloth, d/w + IAN ROGERSON: THE JOHN FARLEIGH COLLECTION, Manchester Metropolitan University Library 1993, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps + PATIENCE EMPSON (ED): THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ROBERT GIBBINGS, London, J M Dent, 1959, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, mylar d/w, book plate on front paste down, all titles vgc, from the collection of Derek Cottam with his bookplate on ffep of 1st title (3)
EVADNE LASCARIS (PSEUD): THE GOLDEN BED OF KYDNO, ill Lettice Sandford, [Waltham St Lawrence], Golden Cockerel Press, 1935, prospectus and subscription form loosely inserted, folio, original pictorial wraps + 6 plates in the book, 2 signed in pencil comprising title page (uncaptioned) and the plates opposite pages 11, 18, 35, 36, and 41, from the collection of Derek Cottam (7)
FRANK LAURENCE LUCAS (ED): THE GOLDEN COCKEREL GREEK ANTHOLOGY, ill Lettice Sandford, [London], Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, (206) (74), numbered (48), "Special" copy, 20 zinc-engraved ills, mainly full page, uncut, folio, original half black pigskin, pictorial cloth gilt panels, top edges gilt by Zaehnsdorf, some light browning to edges of leaves, otherwise vgc, prospectus loosely inserted, cloth slip-case + 2 proof plates for "Greek Anthology" but not used in the book, paper size 380 x 278mm, from the collection of Derek Cottam (3)
EVADNE LASCARIS (PSEUD): THE GOLDEN BED OF KYDNO, trans Powys Mathers, ill Lettice Sandford [Waltham St Lawrence], Golden Cockerel Press, 1935, (200) (60) numbered (31) and signed by Mathers, limitation leaf with "and accompanied by signed set of the prints" erased in ink therefore not a "special" copy, folio, original crushed crimson pictorial morocco gilt, top edges gilt by Henry T Wood Ltd, lower board with small ink mark at lower right otherwise vgc + a reverse trial wood engraved proof in black for the illustration on page 26 of the book, paper size 380 x 255mm, from the collection of Derek Cottam (2)
MARK SEVERIN: GRAPHISTE/GRAPHISCH ONTWERPER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Belgium, Editions de la Dyle, 1983, 1st edition in French, Dutch and English, 4to, original cloth, d/w + ANNE ULLMAN (ED): THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS OF TIRZAH RAVILIOUS, London, Gordon Fraser, 1987 (1000), numbered (285), folio, original patterned wraps + LINDA CLARK MCGOLDRICK: NORA S UNWIN, ARTIST AND WOOD ENGRAVER, Dublin, New Hampshire, William L Bauhan, 1990, 1st edition, published for The Sharon Arts Center, 4to, original cloth gilt, d/w + CATHERINE EUSTACE (ED): THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF GERTRUDE HERMES AND BLAIR HUGHES-STANTON, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1995, 1st edition, original wraps, all titles vgc and from the collection of Derek Cottam (5)
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT, trans Powyn Mathers, ill Eric Fraser and Frank Martin, Folio Society, 1958, 1st edition, 4 vols, original vellum backed patterned boards + FRANK MARTIN: DRAWN FROM LIFE, Chiswick, Grove Park Press, 2004, (148) (100) numbered (60) and signed, 4to, original pictorial wraps + VICTOR ARWAS & JOHN KOBAL: FRANK MARTIN, HOLLYWOOD-CONTINENTAL, London, Academy Editions, 1998, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc and from the collection of Derek Cottam with his book plate on ffep of final title, (5)
LANCE BARTON (ED): BOOK DESIGNS OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE, EDITIONS OF MAYAKOVSKY, Kansas City, Graphik Archive Publishing, 2000 (700) (200) numbered (45), original cloth + SUSAN COMPTON: 2 titles: THE WORLD BACKWARDS, RUSSIAN FUTURIST BOOKS 1912-16, London, The British Library, 1978, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOKS 1917-34, London, The British Library, 1992, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w + SVETLANA STRIZHNYOVA (ED): THE BOOKS BY A YE KRUCHYONYKH OF THE CAUCASIAN PERIOD FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE V V MAYAKOVSKY STATE MUSEUM, Moscow, 2002, 1st edition, in Russian and English, original pictorial wraps + VLADIMIR KRICHEVSKI: THE BOOK COVER, THE GRAPHIC FACE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ONSLAUGHT EPOCH 1917-1937, Moscow, 2002, 1st edition in Russian, English text on front flap, original pictorial wraps + mimeographied English translation (text only) of the latter title, folio wraps, all titles from the collection of Derek Cottam, with his bookplate in the two titles by Susan Compton (6)
MUIRHEAD BONE 'WAR DRAWINGS PART II', a folio of eleven prints dated 1917, contents as listed XI - XX with another numbered XXI, together with a couple of Bruce Bairnfather's 'Fragments' and some loose pagesCondition Report:Muirhead Bone - some of the prints are a bit grubby just on the margins
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