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Lot 752

FOLIO SOCIETY CHURCHILL, W.S. The Second World War 6 vols. in 2 s/cases, plus The World Crisis 5 vols. in s/case

Lot 759

LACE MAKING 6 titles, plus 4 Folio Society in s/cases, plus 1 other (11)

Lot 353

Apfelbaum (Apple Tree) (plate, folio 39) from the Klange suite (Sounds), 1911 woodcut in colours from an edition of 300 (Dimensions: 12 x 12cm )(12 x 12cm )Footnote: Provenance With Goldmark Galllery, Uppingham

Lot 356

Portrait bei dieter brusberg signed and dated 'SUGAÏ 67' (lower right) lithograph from an edition of 60 in a folio presentation case,  77 x 57cm; together with three coloured lithographs on card by Karin Szekessy (German, b.1938), each signed in pencil 

Lot 3077

Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Orphan of Pimlico, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876, folio, contemporary half-calf, morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. Together with The Boys' Own Annual (bound volumes of Boys' Own Paper, 1889) in one volume, half-calf (2)

Lot 355

Two Folio society volumes of the Complete Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and fairy tales illustrated by Heath Robinson.

Lot 118

Rhind (W. G.). The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; The Shadow of Heavenly Things, 4th edition, Samuel Baxter, 1845, 4 hand-coloured plates with additional gold and silver, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 155

Crombie (Charles). Laws of Cricket, [1907], 12 chromolithographed plates, Perrier advertisement leaf at end, title and advert leaf browned, original linen-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, spine frayed, oblong folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 1

Atlases. Johnston (W. & A. K. Ltd. publishers), Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1910, title page with old library stamp, numerous colour printed maps, including many double page, partially disbound with contents shaken and loose, slight spotting throughout, all edges gilt, boards and spine covered in later velvet, heavily worn and frayed, folio, together with an earlier edition of 1861, with Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of |England & Wales According to the Ordnance Survey..., published A. Fullarton & Co., circa 1870, sixteen (only) colour printed double page maps, some staining and spotting, text block detached, contemporary half calf gilt, heavily worn and frayed, spine crudely repaired, folio (Qty: 3)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Lot 140

Florence . Galleria Dell' I. E Reale Accademia Delle Belle Arti di Firenze pubblicata con incisioni in rame da Una Societa Artistica..., 1845, Florence, Presso La Societa Artistica, 60 black & white engravings on India paper, decorative text boarders, very minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated half vellum with marbled boards, boards & spine slightly rubbed, split to foot of the front hinge, folio, together with: Ephrussi (Charles) , Albert Durer et Ses Dessins, 1882, Paris, A. Quantin, numerous tinted & monochrome plates & illustrations, top edge gilt, bookplate to front pastedown, some light marginal toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated brown full crushed morocco, spine lightly rubbed, large 4to, and Nolhac (Pierre de) , Les Trianons (Les Grands Palais de France), Paris, circa 1900, 110 black & white plates, some light toning & marks, contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, split to foot of the front hinge, folio, plus other late 19th century & modern Renaissance art & architecture reference & related, including The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes De Ketham Alemanus, facsimilie of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491, published by R. Lier & Co. 1924, Milan, Michelangelo The Medici Chapel, by James Beck et al, reprinted, 2000, some leather & vellum binding, mostly original cloth, 4to/folio (Qty: Approximately 60)

Lot 145

Wyatt (Digby). Metal-Work and its Artistic Design, London: Day & Son, 1852, 50 chromolithographic plates including frontispiece heightened in gold, title-page backed on linen, library stamp to title-page and versos of plates, library plate to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, worn, folio (50 x 33 cm), together with a portfolio of loose chromolithographs from Wyatt's Industrial Arts of the XIXth Century at the Great Exhibition MDCCCLI (1851-3) (Qty: 2)

Lot 104

Illustrated London News, 9 volumes, a broken run, volumes 35, 39-40, 42-43, 45-47 & 49, July-December 1859, July 1861-June 1862, January-December 1863, July 1864-December 1865 & July-December 1866, numerous wood engraved illustrations, modern maroon library cloth, library bookplate of St. Matthias College, Bristol to front endpaper of each volume, folio (Qty: 9)

Lot 139

Rembrandt. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings. Ernst van de Wetering [et al], 2 volumes (of 6), Dordrecht: Springer, 2005-2011, volumes IV and V, numerous illustrations, many colour, some full-page, each with folded illustrated Annex card (loosely inserted), original quarter leathercloth, gilt-lettered spines, folio (Qty: 2)

Lot 108

Mazzinghi (Joseph). Sapho et Phaon, The Grand Ballet, as performed at the King's Theatre Haymarket, composed by Monr: Didelot, The Music Arranged for the Piano-forte & Harp by Joseph Mazzinghi, printed by G. Goulding, No. 6 James Street, Covent Garden, circa 1796-97, together with Paul et Virginie, The Favourite Grand Ballet, as performed at the King's Theatre Haymarket, composed by Sigr: Onorati, The Music by Joseph Mazzinghi, printed for G. Goulding, circa 1797, plus Les Trois Sultanes Performed at the King's Theatre, composed by Sigr: Onorati, arranged for the Pianoforte or Harp, the music chiefly new by I. Mazzinghi, printed by G. Goulding, [1796], 33 engraved pages, 30 engraved pages (plus an additional 23 engraved pages bound in at end, numbered 3-26), and 33 engraved pages respectively, including engraved title to each volume, ownership of Lady Ed. Somerset to head of title of each volume, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed and some marks, small label to centre of each cover removed, slim folio (Qty: 3)

Lot 210

Dollfus (Charles & Bouche , Henri). Histoire de l'Aeronautique , Paris, 1942, colour frontispiece, colour and black & white plates and illustrations, original quarter cloth, spine faded, folio, together with: Bacon (J.M.) , The Dominion of the Air, the Story of Aerial Navigation, London: Cassell & Co., [1902], black & white plates, original pictorial cloth, covers damp mottled, 8vo, Dommett (W.E.) , Aeroplanes and Airships, 3rd edition, 1916, black & white plates and illustrations, original wrappers with adhesive label mark to front cover, spine worn, 8vo, and other mostly aviation related (Qty: a carton)

Lot 5

Nuova Raccolta Colombiana . English edition, Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America, volumes 1-7, 11 & 12, Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato, Libreria Dello Stato, 1990-96, (bound in 13 volumes), colour & monochrome plates and plans (many folding), original printed boards, folio, some contained in original slipcases (Qty: 13)NOTESComprising volume 1 parts I & II, Christopher Columbus - The Journal; volume 2, The Discovery of the New World in the Writings of Peter Martyr of Anghiera; volume 3, Liguria and Genoa at the Time of Columbus (with illustration volume); volume 4 parts I & II, Ferdinand Columbus - Historie concerning the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Don Christopher Columbus; volume 5, Christopher Columbus's Discoveries in the Testimonials of Diego Alvarez Chanca and Andres Bernaldez; volume 6 parts I & II, Christopher Columbus - Accounts and Letters of the Second, Third, and Fourth Voyages; volume 7, The Ships of Christopher Columbus; volume 11, Columbian Iconography; and volume 12, The Genoese Cartographic Tradition and Christopher Columbus.

Lot 252

Kent (Rockwell [illustrator]) . Candide, by Jean François Marie & Arouet de Voltaire, 1930, New York, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original plum cloth, boards & spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with: Schafer (Edward H.) , The Vermilion Bird T'ang images of the South, 1967, University of California Press, U. S. A., 7 black & white illustrations, some minor spotting , original cloth in dust, minor chipping to head of spine, 8vo, and Jewson (Norman) , By Chance I Did Rove, 1952, Cirencester, minor spotting to the text-block, publishers original cloth spine to decorated boards, minor rubbing to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern poetry, illustrated literature & related reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves & 2 cartons)

Lot 280

Kemp-Welch (Lucy E.). In the Open Country, The Work of Lucy E. Kemp-Welch, with an introductory note by Professor Hubert von Herkomer (Artists of the Present Day series, edited by W. Shaw Sparrow), 1905, mounted colour and monochrome reproductions, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, folio, together with Bouchot (Henri). Catherine de Medicis, Paris, Goupil et Cie, 1899, colour frontispiece and numerous photogravure plates, top edge gilt, contemporary full red crushed morocco (by Birdsall, Northampton), with coloured onlay and gilt decoration, incorporating monogram HCC, a little rubbed and partly split to foot of upper joint, 4to, plus Ptolemy's Geographia, Tavistock, West of England Press, 1974, facsimile text including colour title, original brown leather gilt in slipcase, folio, limited edition 13/250, and other miscellaneous books, 19th and 20th century, including George Maliphant, Designs for Sepulchral Monuments, published Josiah Taylor, Architectural Library, circa 1820, 31 engraved plates including title, some spotting and waterstains, upper cover lacking, The Angler's Vade Mecum: or, A Compendious, Yet Full, Discourse of Angling, 2nd edition, 1689 (defective copy lacking plates), George Brettle & Co. Ltd., Manufacturers & Warehousemen, 115 & 119, Wood Street, London E.C.2, Trade Catalogue, Price List 1925-6, colour and monochrome plates of men and women's clothing, original green cloth gilt, some marks, various 19th century architectural folios, etc. (Qty: 3 shelves)

Lot 232

Howard (John) . The State of the Prisons in England and Wales,..., 3rd edition, 1784, Warrington, printed by William Eyres, black & white illustrations & folding plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting & offsetting throughout, later calf spine retaining contemporary spine label & marble boards, boards slightly rubbed, large 8vo, Appendix to the State of the Prisons...., 1780, Warrington, printed by William Eyres, 7 black & white plates, loss to front endpaper, period inscriptions to front endpapers & title page, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 4to, together with: Walker (Joseph C.) . Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards,..., 1786, 3 black & white engraved illustrations including portrait frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, light water marks to head & foot of front endpapers & title page, some light toning, spotting & offsetting, lacks 4 plates of music, contemporary ornately gilt decorated tree calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with: Bernoulli (John) , A Sexcentenary Table;..., 1779, printed by William Richardson, gutters strengthened with tape, some marginal toning & minor chipping throughout, minor water marks to foot of all pages, modern calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated full calf boards, boards rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 4to, plus other 17th - 19th century reference & literature, including Magnum Speculum Exemplorum ex Plusquam Octoginta..., by Ioannis Maioris, 1607, The History of Appian of Alexandria, in Two Parts, by J. D., 1679, mostly leather bindings, some foreign language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 75 volumes, some defective, sold as seen not subject to return

Lot 171

Folio Society . Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 volumes, by Patrick O'Brian, 2008-09, numerous illustrations, publishers original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth in slipcases, 8vo (Qty: 20)

Lot 163

Flint (Sir William Russell). Drawings, 1st edition, 1950, numerous tinted illustrations, many full-page, top edge gilt, original quarter cloth gilt, somewhat dust-soiled, publishers card slipcase, some wear and marks, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition, 76/500 copies, with tinted reproduction drawing of the ballerina Moira Shearer, signed in coloured pencil by Flint.

Lot 134

Great Exhibition. Illustrated London News, volume 18, Jan to June 1851, including supplements such as the 'Exhibition Supplement', numerous wood-engraved illustration, some double page, general title dust-soiled with some edge tears, some spotting and toning (mainly at front and rear), first few leaves with small dampstain to upper margin, a few 'Illustrated London News' red ink stamps to margins, front free endpaper detached, original cloth gilt, soiled and worn, front cover (detached) with gilt lettering and Crystal Palace design, darkened spine detached at front joint, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe first Great Exhibition volume, with many illustrations of the Crystal Palace both during and after construction, including: the folding supplement for March 8 showing a sectional view of the building; views of goods arriving for the exhibition; the Inauguration of the building by Queen Victoria; the Opening of the exhibition; views of the different courts (e.g. the Ceylon Court, the Belgian Court, etc.) and various guides to the exhibition with illustrations of items exhibited.

Lot 130

D'Arco (Carlo). Istoria della Vita e delle Opere di Giulio Pippi Romano, 1st edition, Mantua, 1838, half title, aquatint portrait frontispiece of Giulio Romano by A. Lanzani, 62 engraved plates, the four 'Sala de Giganti' plates in the second state (with legends), many double page, plates towards end with fraying, losses and insect damage to margins at foot, a few closed tears and some light soiling, original boards, some wear and insect predation, folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 258

Austen (John [illustrator]). The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, by Alain-René Lesage, translated by Tobias Smollett, 2 volumes, Limited Editions Club, 1937, Oxford, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, colour and black & white illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original cloth, boards lightly rubbed & marked, large 8vo, limited edition 960/1500, together with: Henderson (Keith [illustrator]) , Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest, limited edition, 1926, Duckworth, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, 35 black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, minor toning to endpapers, original green cloth, 8vo, limited edition 147/165, and Frosch (Thomas R.) , The Awakening of Albion the renovation of the body in the poetry of William Blake, 1st edition, 1974, Cornell University Press, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern literature, history & miscellaneous reference, including A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne, Dead of Saint Paul's, by Geoffrey Keynes Kt., 4th edition, 1973, Oxford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Lot 100

Guillim, John. A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more Easie Access to the Knowledge thereof than hath hitherto been Published by any, through the Benefit of Method..., 4th edition..., faithfully collested by Francis Nower, 1660, ruled in red throughout, numerous woodcut illustrations of armorial bearings, the majority with old hand-colouring, lacks initial and final blanks, a little scattered spotting or dust-soiling, contemporary tree calf, cracked on joints, a little wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 167

Folio Society . My Early Life, A Roving Commission, by Winston S. Churchill, 2007, Into The Dark Continent, the travels of Henry Morton Stanley, by Frank McLynn, 2002, Captain Cook's Voyages 1768 - 1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1997, The Fatal Shore,..., by Robert Hughes, 1998, In Search of Lost Time, 6 volumes, by Marcel Proust, 2000, together with 92 further volumes of Folio Society publications, mostly history reference, all original cloth, 18 without slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 102)

Lot 102

Harford (John Scandrett, editor). Illustrations Architectural and Pictorial of the Genius of Michael Angelo , with Descriptions of the Plates, by the Commendatore Canina, C.R. Cockerell and John S. Harford, Colnaghi and Co., 1857, 19 engraved plates and portraits (two tinted), a little light marginal spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine rubbed with some fading, some damp stains to covers, folio, together with Callcott (Maria Dundas Graham), Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell' Arena; or Giotto's Chapel, in Padua, by Mrs Callcott, Printed for the author, by Thomas Brettell,1835, 18 pages of text, engravings from drawings by A. W. C. [Sir Augustus Wall Callcott], fo lio (Qty: 2)NOTESProfessor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

Lot 92

Cleaveland (E.) A Genealogical History of the Noble and Illustrious Family of Courtenay, in three parts, 1735, occasional toning, contemporary panelled calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

Lot 137

Pilkington (Matthew). The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, 1st edition, 1770, bound without errata leaf, slight marginal toning, presentation inscription to front pastedown, 1856, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, some wear at spine ends and edges, 4to, together with Fuseli (Henry). A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of the art to the present period... new edition with considerable additions..., 1810, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, armorial bookplate with Order of the Garter motto, contemporary calf, edges rubbed, a few stains, 4to, plus others, including J. Hassell, Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland, 1806, Vignola, Traite Elementaire Pratique d'Architecture, Etude des Cinq Ordres, Paris, circa 1850, both bound in contemporary vellum, folio, Lord Lindsay, Sketches of the History of Christian Art, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1847, with bookplate of A.N.L. Munby to front endpaper of each volume, original blindstamped cloth gilt, a little faded to spines and edges, and some fraying to head and foot of spines and extremities, 8vo, etc (Qty: 9)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Lot 144

Turner (J. M. W.). The Turner Gallery, A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A., descriptive text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse, 3 volumes, London: Virtue and Company, c.1860s, additional engraved title to volume 1 (spotted), 120 steel engraved plates after Turner, variable spotting, mainly to margins, hinges strengthened, top edges gilt, contemporary blue half morocco, rubbed with some wear to extremities, spines faded, volume 3 spine slightly cocked, folio (Qty: 3)

Lot 267

Atkins (Jacqueline M. [editor]) . Wearing Propaganda textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945, 2006, Yale, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 4to, together with: Celant (Germano) , Post Zang Tumb Tuuum Art Life Politics Italia 1918-1943, 2018, Milan, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth, large 8vo, and Ward (Laurence) , The London City Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945, reprinted, 2015, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other modern World War II art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Lot 227

Art Reference . A large collection of modern photography, art, antique & book binding reference, including Sir William Russell Flint, a catalogue raisonné..., volume 2 only, limited edition of 1525 copies, Behind The Veil in Bird Land..., by Oliver G. Pike, 1908, A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham, by Richard Riall, 1994, Bath, The Work of Graham Sutherland, by Douglas Cooper, 1st edition, 1961, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Lot 157

Dickens (Charles). [The Works], 16 volumes, London: Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., [1933], numerous black & white illustrations, original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spines, extremities very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Greville (Charles C. F.) , The Greville Memoirs, 3 parts in 8 volumes, mixed editions, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1875-1887, part 1: 4th edition, parts 2 & 3: 1st editions, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted) to volume 1, each volume spotted at front and rear, top edges gilt, contemporary half calf gilt, spines somewhat faded and rubbed, volume 1 rear joint cracked, 8vo, plus 25 others including: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 6 volumes, Fordham edition, Routledge, [1896]; The Second World War, by Winston S. Churchill, 6 volumes, The Folio Society, 2000; The History of England, from the earliest period to the present time..., by David Hume, and Wm. Cooke Stafford, 4 volumes, London Printing and Publishing Company, 1870s (Qty: 49)

Lot 141

Rubens (Peter Paul). La Gallerie du Palais Peinte par Rubens dessinée par les S.rs Nattier, et gravée par les plus illustres graveurs du temps, Duchange, Paris, 1710, engraved title, engraved advertisement leaf, 25 engraved plates, including three double page, some light spotting and water stains, later half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, sheet size 63 x 59 cm (24.75 x 23.25 ins), large folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe 24 paintings known as the 'Marie de' Medici Cycle' by Rubens were commissioned in 1622 for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, and are now kept in the Louvre.

Lot 263

Art Reference . A large collection of art, design, architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, some foreign language, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESAll volumes ex-libris from the Thames & Hudson Library with associated stamps

Lot 129

Boydell (John & Josiah, publishers). A Collection of Prints from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain, John & Josiah Boydell, volume I only, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece of George III, title engraved vignette, 28 engraved plates only (of 48?) after Reynolds, Fuseli , Porter, Opie and others, some light spotting and soiling, occasional small marginal insect damage, contemporary half morocco, some wear to spine and edges, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe full work was published in two volumes from 1803-05 with 96 plates. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.

Lot 244

Sée (R. R. M.) . English Pastels 1750 - 1830, limited edition, 1911, 60 colour and black & white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, publishers original vellum binding, large 4to, limited edition 370/750, together with: Williamson (George C.), Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, miniature painters their lives and their works, 1903, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, original cloth, spine lightly faded, large 8vo, includes a typed letter dated 'January 4th, 1941' signed by the author, and other art & artist reference, including The Life, Letters and Works of Frederic Leighton, 3 volumes, by Mrs. Russell Barrington, 1906, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)

Lot 168

Folio Society . The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White, 2009, A Voyage Round the Coast of Great Britain, by William Daniell, 2008, A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain, 2006, all as new in original plastic wrap, The Arabian Nights, tales from the Thousand and One Nights, illustrated by E. J. Detmold, 3rd printing, 2000, The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 4th printing, 2000, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon..., by Austen Henry Layard, 2011, together with 27 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, some as new in original plastic wrap, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 33)

Lot 211

Literature . A collection of miscellaneous 19th & early 20th literature, including railway reference, John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, circa 1888, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, F/G, 8vo/folio (Qty: A carton)

Lot 132

Flaxman (John). Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus Designed by John Flaxman, Engraved by Thomas Piroli. The Original Drawings in the Possession of the Countess Dowager Spencer, [1795?], engraved title and 30 plates, light scattered spotting, late 19th century quarter morocco, spine slightly rubbed, oblong folio (leaf size 31.5 x 45 cm) (Qty: 1)

Lot 218

Folio Society . Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade A Duty-Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, 2006, Eugene Onegin, by Alexander Pushkin, 2012, The Collected Stories of Nikolai Gogol, 2009, The Isle of Voices and Other Stories, The Body-Snatcher and Other Stories, both by Robert Louis Stevenson, 2007, The Secret Life of Trees how they live and why they matter, by Colin Tudge, 2008, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee an Indian history of the American West, by Dee Brown, 2007, The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire, 8 volumes, by Thomas Hodgkin, 2000, together with 52 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, and 3 volumes without, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 69)

Lot 151

Brunhoff (Jean De). Babar's Travels, 1st edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935, colour illustrations, occasional light finger soiling to margins, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some wear, slim folio, together with: Caldecott (Randolph) , The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott... with a Preface by Austin Dobson, 1887, colour and monochrome illustrations, some spotting, later endpapers, modern cloth retaining remnants of original cloth to boards, marked, large 4to, ibid. , The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to the "Graphic"... with a Preface by Arthur Locker, 1888, monochrome and colour illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original two tone cloth, some damp soiling and marks, light wear, large 4to, and three volumes of Graphic Picture books by Caldecott and Tom O'Shanter by Robert Burns, 1855 (Qty: 7)

Lot 12

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England ..., translated into English with additional notes by N. Tindal ..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-1733, vignette titles printed in red & black, lacking both portrait frontispieces, engraved maps, charts and tables (some folding), 1 folding map lacking lower portion (torn away), 1 folding table very creased and torn, large engraved vignette headpieces, rear of volume 2 with some dampstaining in gutters, some free endpapers detached, contemporary calf gilt, worn, joints cracked, folio, together with: Ecton (John) , Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum, being an account of the valuations of all the ecclesiastical benefices in the several dioceses in England and Wales ..., 2nd edition, London: for J. and P. Knapton [et al], 1754, occasional ink manuscript annotations, title with ink ownership stamp (Rev M. P. F. R. Sparrow) at head, final printed leaf (nearly detached) with old repair at foot, some spotting at front and rear, front free endpaper (detached) with ink presentation inscription (to Montagu Pennington Sparrow) dated 1839, armorial bookplates of: Montagu Pennington Sparrow AM (at rear); Tho's Pennington AM of Bledlow, Bucks; and Cresswell Naesmyth of Posso, contemporary speckled calf, worn, front cover detached, 4to, plus: Bacon (John) , Liber Regis, vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum, London: for the author by John Nichols, 1786, decorative tail pieces, variable spotting, free endpapers detached, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription, armorial bookplate of Cresswell Naesmyth of Posso, contemporary calf, worn, both covers detached, thick 4to (Qty: 4)

Lot 266

Schatborn (Peter & Erik Hinterding) . Rembrandt The complete Drawings and Etchings, 2019, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with: Manuth (Volker et al), Rembrandt The Complete Paintings, 2019, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and Müller (Jürgen & Thomas Schauerte) , Bruegel The Complete Works, 2018, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Goodrich (Lloyd) , Thomas Eakins, 2 volumes, 1982, Harvard University Press, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, publishers uniform original cloth in slipcase, 4to, and other modern 'Old Masters' reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 4 shelves)

Lot 115

Piccolomini (Sylvius Aeneas, Pope Pius II). Opera quae extant omnia, nunc demum post corruptissimas aeditiones summa diligentia castigata et in unum corpus redacta, Basel: ex officina Henricpetrina, [1571], roman type, printer's woodcut device to title-page and verso of final leaf, 18 woodcut maps after Sebastian Münster in text (one full-page), lacking 11 leaves (signatures Fff6-Hhh4), old marginal repair to lower margin of signature 2S1, ink inscription 'Collegii Socis Jesu Ambergae 1658' to title-page, contemporary vellum, supralibros of the Society of Writers to the Signet gilt to sides, yapp fore edges, marked and dust-soiled overall, ties perished, folio (31.2 x 20.2 cm), together with: Plutarch, Parallela en Biois Hellenon te kai Romaion [graece], Basel: [Johann Bebel], 1533, lacking signature a6, a1 loose and with repaired loss to lower outer corner (a few letters replaced in facsimile), light marginal spotting, occasional browning, faint tide-mark to upper outer corners, marginal damp-staining to final few leaves, ink inscription '16 Martii ... Collegii Tolosani Societ. Ihu' to title-page, contemporary limp vellum, folio (30.6 x 20.6 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 3)NOTESAdams P1334 & P1611.

Lot 13

Rayner (Simeon). The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall, Illustrated from numerous highly-finished sketches; by Cattermole: with an account of the Hall in its present state, 1842, mounted hand-coloured lithograph proof portrait frontispiece, 25 lithograph plates (including some proof plates on india paper, and some tinted), some scattered spotting, lacking front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, joints, spine and extremities worn, cover loosening, folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 261

Art Reference . A large collection of art, design, architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, some foreign language, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESAll volumes ex-libris from the Thames & Hudson Library with associated stamps

Lot 136

Mardersteig (Giovanni). Die Officinaa Bodoni ,DassWerkkeinerrHandpressee 1923-1977, 1st edition, Hamburg, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1979, colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt, with card slipcase, folio, together with Merian (Maria Sibylla), NeuesBlumenbuchh (Nurnberg 1680),Faksimileausgabee, 1966, colour illustrations, original quarter vellum gilt, with separate booklet of printed text, and card slipcase, folio, plus Goldschmidt (E.P.). The First Cambridge Press in its European Setting,Sandarss Lectures in Bibliography, 1953, Cambridge University Press, 1955, monochrome frontispiece and several plates, original cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, and BremerPressee. Eranos, Hugo vonHofmannsthall, original etching by Ludwig vonHofmannn, original lithographs by MaxLiebermannn and EmilOrlikk, top edge gilt, original boards, some light soiling andbackstripp deficient, 4to, printed in an edition of 1050 copies, plus other bibliographical interest, history of printing, private press,etcc., including Muller-Krumbach, HarryGraff Kesslerundd die CranachPressee, 1969, HansFurstenbergg,Italienischenn Renaissance-Einbande, 1966, ReneBeehh,M'Barkaa, 1914,Voulliemee,DeutschennDruckerrdessFunfzehntennJahrhundertss,Zweiteeauflagee, 1922,etcc., almost all printed in German, mostly original cloth/boards, mainly 4to/8vo, but including some folios (approximately 40 volumes) (Qty: approx. 40)

Lot 113

Palazzi (Giovanni). Aquila Romana overo Monarchia Occidentale da Carlo Magno d'Occidente Imperador Primo sino alla Coronatione del Glorioso Leopoldo Primo ..., 1st edition, Venice: Giovanni Pare, 1679, 48 full-page copper engravings in letterpress (some with show-through), without frontispiece, title printed in red & black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, first few leaves with minor worming at foot of gutter, front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary vellum, soiled with some wormholes, spine with some losses, lacking ties, folio (Qty: 1)

Lot 109

Muratori (Ludovico Antonio). Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, 6 volumes, Milan, 1738-42, half titles, engraved frontispieces, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, folding engraved plate, occasional minor spotting, bookplates, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, spine and edges rubbed, folio (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

Lot 169

Folio Society . Pagans And Christians, 3 volumes, by Robin Lane Fox, 2010, Sowing The Wind the seeds of conflict in the Middle East, by John Keay, 2016, The Age of Illusion England in the twenties and thirties 1919-1940, by Ronald Blythe, 2015, The Fall of Constantinople 1453, by Steve Runciman, 2013, Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather, 2008, Loving, by Henry Green, 2013, together with 39 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, 6 as new in original plastic wrap, and 4 further volumes without slipcases, 8vo (Qty: 51)

Lot 165

Flint (William Russell, 1880-1969). Drawings, 1st edition, Collins, 1950, containing an original drawing in red chalk on watermarked paper, titled in pencil lower left, 25.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 ins), mounted, tinted illustrations, top edge gilt, original quarter rust-red morocco, a few marks, with glassine overwrapper and printed dust wrapper (the latter with adhesive tape marks to upper and lower margins, with slipcase (some spotting and slight wear), folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition 30/125, signed by William Russell Flint, P.S. Russell Flint and Cecilia Green.

Lot 173

Folio Society . The Toilers of the Sea, by Victor Hugo, limited edition, 2014, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original quarter morocco in book box, 4to, limited edition 53/1250 (Qty: 1)

Lot 90

Charles V (Holy Roman Emporer). Formula Reformationis per Caesaream Maiestatem Statibus Ecclesiasticis in Comitiis Augustanis ad deliberandum proposita..., Mainz: Iuo Schoeffer, [1548], [2], 21 leaves, woodcut vignette to title, lacking final leaf, disbound slim folio, together with: Naturalization (Great Britain) , Some Thoughts on a Bill for General Naturalization: Addressed to those of all denominations who act upon Whig-principles, London: M. Cooper, 1751, 8pp., old horizontal folds to title, disbound folio, Smart (Christopher) , The Hilliad: an Epic Poem, 1st edition, London: Sold by J. Newbery & M. Cooper, 1753, [2], [x], 45, [3]pp., half-title present, ink stamp to title and verso of title, disbound 4to, and other disbound works including The Rout: or a Sketch of Modern Life. From an Academic in the Metropolis to His Friend in the Country, [by Richard Graves], London: J. Dodsley, 1789; Jacob's Return from London, or, His Ramble to Bath, as written, and deliver'd by Mr. Knight, at the Theatre-Royal, Bath, Bath: Printed for the Benefit of the Casualty Hospital, [1789]; The Millenium: or, Chearful Prospects of the Reign of Truth, Peace, and Righteousness, and Serious Reflections on the Commencement of the New Century ... by Thomas Howe, Taunton: Thoams Norris, [1801] (Qty: 7)

Lot 219

Acts of Parliament. A large collection of disbound Acts of Parliament, 18th & 19th century, together with other 19th century Parliamentary & state reports etc., mostly disbound folio (Qty: 4 cartons)

Lot 237

Boaden (James) . The Life of Mrs. Jordan;..., 2 volumes, 1831, printed by Edward Bull, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, folding facsimile letter to front of volume 2, some minor spotting & toning, uniform contemporary boards, some loss to spine labels, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Crane (Walter) , Ideals In Art:..., 1905, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Watkins-Pitchford (Denys 'B B') , The Countryman's Bedside Book, 4th impression, 1947, The Idle Countryman, reprinted, 1948, Confessions of a Carp Fisher, 1st edition, 1950, numerous black & white illustrations by the author, some light spotting & toning, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th century & modern illustrated literature, art & miscellaneous reference, including The Life of William Morris, 2 volumes, by J. W. Mackail, 1899, Animals in Black and White, Volume One The Larger Beasts, by Eric Fitch Daglish, reprinted, 1929, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Lot 245

Priestley (T.) . The New Evangelical Family Bible;..., 2 volumes, circa 1800, sold by Alex Hogg, numerous black & white illustrations & maps, period book stamp to front endpapers, loss to head of volume 1 front endpaper, some marks & toning throughout, uniform contemporary full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, folio, together with: Kitto (John), The Pictorial Bible being the Old and New Testaments..., 4 volumes, new edition, circa 1860, numerous black & white illustrations & maps, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original embossed plum morocco, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th century theology reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth & foreign language, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)

Lot 172

Folio Society . The Works of Charles Dickens, 16 volumes, by Charles Dickens, 1984, The Dickens Encyclopedia, by Arthur L. Hayward, 1989, My Early Times, by Charles Dickens, 1988, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (Qty: 18)

Lot 112

Ovid. Ovid's Metamorphosis. Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures by G(eorge) S(andys), J(ohn) L(egat) for Andrew Hebb, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down), engraved additional title, 15 engraved plates, two plates laid down, letterpress title torn with loss, previous owner signature 'Mark Harley Wade'? at head, a few annotations and a crude ink sketch of a procession to X verso, some marginal insect damage, a few tears and small losses, some soiling and damp stains, bookplates including Simon Wilfrid Blunt, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, some edge wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSabin 76460; STC 18968.

Lot 201

Selborne, Joanna & Newman, Lindsay. Gwen Raverat Wood Engraver, Denby Dale, The Fleece Press, 1996, tipped-in plates, monochrome illustrations, original quarter cloth with marbled boards, paper label to spine, with matching slipcase, folio, VG (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 300 copies, this being one of 260 copies bound in quarter cloth.

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