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Winston Churchill Interest. A large Edwardian album featuring four original photographs of Winston and Clementine on their wedding day. The album contains 216 pictures (miscellaneous family photographs, photographic postcards, photographic prints), including portraits and topographical views; there are several images of Clementine and the Hozier family (two are inscribed/annotated in contemporary ink, including one of Clementine dated August 1908). Other images include the Garden of Airlie, Glamis Castle, Airlie Castle, Castle Leod. Oblong folio, half-leather binding (worn) with cloth boards, bearing gift inscription on front free endpaper to V. Milne, Christmas 1908, from 'a.m.'. Together with an unsigned watercolour depicting Winston Churchill in four different stages of his life, in bird's-eye maple veneer frame; 'Papa', signed limited edition print by Sarah Churchill, numbered 295/750, Cavendish Press, 1977, framed with Liverpool Fine Arts label verso; a watercolour portrait of Churchill, indistinctly signed, framed (4)

The Heads of the Kings of England, for Rapin's History, illustrated by George Vertue, London: James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736. Folio, contemporary paper-covered boards with dust-jacket formed of folded vellum indenture, numerous copper-engraved portraits throughout

Golf Through The Ages: 600 Years of Golfing Art, by Michael Flannery and Richard Leech, limited edition numbered 389 of 1999, Iowa: Golf Links Press, 2004. Presentation copy signed by the authors with dedication in black ink by Flannery, 'For T C Haywood-Lonsdale, Esq. With the author's sincere gratitude for your interest in our work and your generosity in permitting us to reproduce your beautiful and important Jan Steen painting (pp.152/153) of Boors playing Closporte, also known as Bengelen, one of 'Europe's' favourite games over five centuries. Michael Flannery, Neu-Isenburg, October 2005'. Folio, quarter-leather binding with publisher's slipcase

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692-1726). Folio oxblood leather binding (no content) bearing gilt coat-of-arms and date to boards, 1723, with marbled endpapers, reputedly belonging to the Duke of Bourbon who served as prime minister to his kinsman Louis XV from 1723 (the year recorded in gilt on cover) to 1726. The binding contains some later sheets of wove blotting paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (Ford 428 Mill) and loosely inserted handwritten notes attributing the original ownership of blotter to Louis Henri

Royal Navy / Travel & Exploration Interest. Edwardian album containing 215 mounted pictures (original photographs, portraits bearing studio blind-stamps, photographic prints, postcards), most accompanied by pencil annotation recording names/places, 1904-1919 (including WW1). The album includes group portraits of the crew, topographical views/scenery, natives/inhabitants, scenes capturing customs/culture, soldiers on parade/marching, leisure activities. The album includes photographs of HMS Pegasus, HMS Astraea, HMS Implacable, HMS Lord Nelson, HMS Marlborough. Places depicted include Brisbane, Colombo, Tahiti, Cocos Islands, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Klosters, Constantinople. The album includes four original photographs of ruins and bodies, inscribed 'Assassination of Tartar General by bomb, Canton, 25 October 1911' (possibly relating to the Xinhai Chinese Revolution of 1911); original photographs of Grand Duke Nicholas and Empress Maria of Russia on board Lord Nelson; original photographs of Field Marshal Lord Allenby at the British Embassy, Constantinople, and others. Oblong folio, quarter-leather binding, worn with splitting to joints. Together with ten loose album pages bearing mounted photographs depicting steamships (2)

Harris, John. Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, first edition of the second volume, London: Daniel Brown et al., 1710, red & black title page, seven engraved plates (six folding), plus numerous smaller illustrations within the text, 12 pages of subscribers. Folio, full contemporary panelled calf with raised bands, armorial bookplate to front pastedown for Thomas Wallis, M.D., plus ownership inscription for the same on front free endpaper (Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1717). Contents generally very good and bright, occasional pale spotting; binding tight and solid, some wear to calf, lacking title label. Together with another edition of the second volume, published 1736 for J. Walthoe et al., with engraved frontispiece portrait; folio, full contemporary calf with oxblood morocco title label (2)NB: Lexicon Technicum is considered the first alphabetical encyclopedia written in English

Grew, Nehemiah. Musaeum Regalis: Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, [1681]. Association copy bearing owner inscription for Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (former president of the Royal Society) on dedication page. Armorial bookplate for Charles Henry Turner. Engraved frontispiece portrait, dedication, preface, 31 engraved plates, 43 pages of text. Small folio, half-calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; lacking lower board, upper board detached, no title page. Together with The Great Law of Consideration, by Anthony Horneck, second edition, London: Samuel Lowndes, 1678, full calf, upper board detached (2)

Collection of Staffordshire/Potteries business invoices/receipts, 1920s, folded and mounted on large sheets, together with a large bound volume of The Staffordshire Advertiser (January to December, 1850) and a folio book of Leipold Designs, 1966

Collection of topographical/history books, comprising: Antiquities of Great Britain Illustrated in Views Engraved from Drawings made by Thomas Hearne, London: James Phillips, 1786, oblong folio, publisher's paper covers; The Journey from Chester to London, by Thomas Pennant, London: Wilkie & Robinson, 1811, full contemporary calf rebacked; A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester and Lancashire, by William Tunnicliff, Nantwich: E. Snelson, 1787, contemporary paper covered boards; The History of the Cathedral Church at Chester, London: T. & J. Egerton, 1793, paper covers; The Wonders of the Peake, by Charles Cotton, second edition, London: J. Wallis, 1683, full calf; The History of Wales, by W. Wynne, London: M. Clark, 1697, rebound with some facsimile pages; A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire, by Richard Fenton, London: Longman, 1811, later half crushed morocco (7)

Collection of association copies and books with a Staffordshire connection, comprising: Lexicon Manuale Graecum (Greek Lexicon), by Sam Patrick, London: T. Wood, 1739, armorial bookplate and several ink owner inscriptions for John Sneyd, small quarto, full contemporary reverse calf; Young's Night Thoughts, by Rev. George Gilfillan, Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1853, gift inscription to front free endpaper, 'Charles Wigley Wicksted, from his sincere friend, Barclay Field, On his leaving Eton, Election 1855', octavo, full contemporary calf; The History of the Consulate and the Empire of Napoleon, by M. A. Thiers, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850, gift inscription, 'Charles Wigley Wicksted, from his sincere friend, Frederic Festus Kelly, On his leaving Eton, Election 1855', full calf; Sermon, by Thomas, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, London: Joseph Downing, 1724, contemporary ink owner inscription, 'Ex Libris Eliza Tollet, 1724', no covers; The Complete Family Bible, Burslem: J. Tregortha, 1808, folio, full reverse calf; The World to Come, by Isaac Watts, Burslem: John Tregortha, 1815, full calf, board detached; The Annals of Europe, or Regal Register, Shewing the Succession of the Sovereigns, London: G. Robinson, 1779, armorial bookplate for Rev. Charles Jasper Selwyn, Blockley, Worcestershire, owner inscriptions (William Selwyn, 1823; Congreve Selwyn, Ledbury, 1795), full calf (7)

Solon, L. M. The Art of the Old English Potter, two copies, first edition, 1883, limited edition numbered 169/250, and 1885 folio

LIBER BESTIARUN; the MS BODLEY 764 facsimile edition with commentary by Christopher De Hamel and translation by Richard Barber, two volumes, printed by St Edmunds Bury Press and bound by Hunter and Foulis in Heritage cloth, published by The Folio Society of London 2008, in presentation box.Additional InformationWell cared for and cleanly presented with only some minor surface scuffs and dirt.

Moveable. A Day in the Zoo, Realistic Pictures of the Birds Beasts and Fishes, a Stand up Toybook, London: H. Grevel, circa 1900, eight board leaves, hinged and folded concertina-style, the first and last forming the covers, the inner six boards each with a pictorial 'stand 'up scene, most with small repairs to versos, and small losses such as hands, tails, and cage bars (the lioness's tail in the second scene present but folded back), a few breaks to connecting tabs and cage bars, the first scene with the three figures at front detached (but present), the first and fourth scenes each lacking one head, the gates in the final scene lacking 6.5 bars (plus 1.5 bars detached but present), transparent plastic 'water' in aquarium scene somewhat cloudy but intact, front pastedown depicting the pictorial title, pictorial rear pastedown, some wear to folds, pictorial front cover, soiled with some wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAn extremely rare copy of this moveable printed in Germany. The only copy found being held in the Osborne Collection online, but not listed in the printed catalogue.

Moveable. Neues Verwandlungs -Bilderbuch, Esslingen: J. F. Schreiber, [1875], six chromolithographed plates, by W. von Breitschwert, each with a large moveable horizontal flap that transforms the image, with lines of verse below, three flaps creased, finger-soiling throughout, all folds and hinges repaired, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, cloth renewed, boards rubbed with some wear to extremities, a few minor marks, rear board spotted, slim 4to, together with What I'd Like To Be [cover-title], by Bruno Munari, Harvill Press, 1945, four double-page colour illustrations, each with a moveable flap revealing a picture with verse, somewhat toned, mainly to margins, original pictorial boards, somewhat toned, especially to spine, light spotting and soiling, mianly to rear cover, slim folio (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first item is an unusual moveable which illustrates a boy being naughty, the transformed picture revealing the consequences of his actions.

Beardsley (Aubrey). Six Drawings illustrating Theophile Gautier's romance Mademoiselle de Maupin, London, Leonard Smithers & Co., 1898, 6 uncoloured photogravure plates, with printed outer wrapper consisting of title, limitation and list of plate titles (some light soiling and minor fraying to extremities, loosely contained in original publisher's green half cloth portfolio, title printed to upper cover, together with a separate printed leaf advertising the publication of Venus and Tannhauser, 1907 loosely inserted, portfolio covers heavily maked and soiled, lacks ties, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 50 copies, this copy numbered 9. Provenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Disney (Walt). Season's Greetings [cover title], published: Hallmark under exclusive license granted by King Features Syndicate, 1935, 12 leaves, each with full-page colour illustration and lines of verse, inside rear cover with contemporary ink inscription to lower corner, original pictorial printed wrappers, front cover with ink annotation 'wheeeee-' in the same hand as inscription, spine a trifle chipped and torn at foot, oblong slim 8vo, together with Donald & Pluto Movie Book in 10 Reels, Collins, 1939, 10 separate flip-books (complete), toned, bound in original printed wrappers (extremities rubbed, spine ends lightly frayed), with folding flaps containing a description of each flip-book on the inside, and the story on the outside, 'Instructions for use of the Movie Book' slip loosely inserted (somewhat edge-frayed and chipped), 8vo, with another 5 Reels Movie Book (defective), plus Donald Duck, 1st edition (#978), Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1935, 8 leaves, the outer forming the wrappers, colour illustrations, some soiling and marks, each leaf with a 2.5 cm closed tear at head, outer corners of wrapper creased (small loss to rear cover upper outer corner), rear cover fore-edge slightly frayed, spine splitting, slim folio (Qty: 4)NOTESSeason's Greetings : Extremely rare. Hallmark and King Features Syndicate, Disney’s newspaper strip distributor, teamed up to issue a Christmas card in 1935 using various characters from the King Features stable. The booklet-form card gives a humorous take on Clement Moore's classic poem 'The Night Before Christmas', with Mickey Mouse featuring on the first page, and other well-known characters including Popeye, Felix the Cat, and Olive Oyl. Donald Duck : this 1935 comic book is recognised to be the first time that Donald Duck was the main character in his own story.

[Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll']. Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Music by Lucy E. Broadwood, Illustrations by Charles Folkard, London: A. & C. Black, 1921, 11 tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece, some spotting, original blue cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, front cover with mounted colour plate, spine ends a trifle frayed, large slim 8vo, together with Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, illustrated by Ralph Steadman, London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1972, numerous black & white illustrations, many full- or double-page, original boards, spine lettered in silver, dust jacket, fold and spine ends a little frayed, folio, plus Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles Robinson, London: Cassell, 1910, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, two with minor marks to lower margins, gathering L with minor edge-fraying to fore edge centrally, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership inscription, original brown pictorial cloth, rubbed, rear cover partly faded, 8vo, and seven others Alice-related, comprising four books, a plate (repaired), and two jigsaws (Qty: 10)

Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, with a Poem, by William Allingham, 1st edition, 1870, 16 full-page colour illustrations, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, some spotting and marks throughout, juvenile colouring to title-page and a few short marginal closed tears, second text leaf (page 3, verso blank) detached and frayed at margins, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated green cloth, rubbed, some corner wear and fraying along joints and spine ends, folio (Qty: 1)

Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, Frederick Warne, [1928], 13 full-page colour illustrations (one for each month plus frontispiece), patterned endpapers, biro ownership name on front free endpaper, original beige boards with colour illustration inset to covers, lightly dust-soiled and marked, spine rubbed and a little chipped, joints cracked, 12mo, together with Wood (Lawson) , The Hamper of "Mr." Books, 1st edition, Frederick Warne, [1916], complete set of six booklets, each with colour illustrations and pictorial wrappers, staples rusty, plus a Warne advertisement booklet 'A Selected List of Picture Books for Children' (folded), contained together in original cardboard box (rubbed and broken), plus Nister (Ernest, publisher) , Our Darlings Surprise Pictures, circa 1895, eight chromolithograph slatted movable illustrations (all in working order), letterpress vignettes, some spotting and marks, soiled with area of loss to fore-margins (also affecting lower cover), patterned endpapers, hinges split, original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, rubbed and marked, folio, and a quantity of other children's books, including a defective copy in original wrappers of A True History of a Little Old Woman who found a Silver Penny , by Matthew Gregory Lewis, printed for Richard Phillips, 1812, a shaped book entitled Three Little Doggies, four titles by Louis Wain, three little books by Kate Greenaway (one modern), two by Kathleen Ainslie, several Dean Rag Books, and a movable entitled Fun in the Forest published by Raphael Tuck, some defective (Qty: 24)NOTESThe first item is the only Beatrix Potter almanac produced; the author was unhappy with the finished article, and so the planned series of almanacs did not go ahead.

Cranach Press. Aus dem alten Europen Menschen und Städte, von Helen Nostitz, Hamburg: Cranach Press, 1924, original half vellum, sides rubbed and marked, 8vo, number 73 of 150 copies, together with: Werkstatt Lerchenfeld, Gilgamesch, contents browned, original vellum, folio, number 20 of 300 of copies, Strauss (Ludwig), Das Ufer, Berlin: Gotthard Laske bei Otto v. Holten, 1922, book design by E. R. Weiss, original boards, large 4to, number 125 of 300 copies, Officina Serpentis , Tres epistolae Platonis, Berlin: Officina Serpentis, 1926, original boards, sunned, folio, one of 340 copies, and 26 similar works, all German private press and limited editions, including :Hertha Koenig, Sonette, 1917Hans Christian Andersen, Die NachtigallMarchen und Geschichten Unserer Seele, 1926, Limited Edition of 500, Druck der Werkstatten der Stadt Halle in der Burg GiebichsteinDen Am 24 Oktober 1926 zu Leipzig Versammelten Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen Zugeeignet von Anton Kippenberg, No 290 of 350Ernst Stadler, Der Aufbruch, Leipzig, 1914, Verlag der Weissen BucherLobspruche under Lieder auf Hamburg, No 279 of 400Holderlin, Neuaufgefundene Jugendarbeiten, Dr Walter Betzendorfer und Dr Theodor Haering d.J., 1921, Verlag “Der Bund”, Nurnberg, No 695 of 750August Graf Platen, Sonette an FreundeDie Schopfungs Geschichte in Platons, Timaios, Ubertragen von Kurt Hildebrandt, 1925, Limited Edition of 100Vergils Georgikh ins Deutsche Ubertragen von Rudolf Alexander Schroder, Limited Edition of 200Emanuel Swedenborgs Traumtagebuch aus dem Jahre 1744, Hamburgerhanddrucke, 1925, No 20 of 150Joseph Freiherrn Eichendorff, Aus Dem Leben Eines Laugenichts, Munchen, 1914, No 36 of 600 (of which 500 numbered)Albrecht Schaeffer, Holderlins Heimgang oder Der Goldene Wagen, Berlin, 1923, No 329 of 350Albrecht Schaeffer, Heroische Fahrt, Leipzig, 1914Albrecht Schaeffer, Attische Dammrung, Leipzig, 1914Goethes Englische Werke, Limited Edition of 500, Private Press, 1961 (2 copies)Alexander Stauffenberg, Der Tod Des Meisters, 1948, Delfinverlag, No 5353 of 5477Alfred Schuler, Dichtungen, Munchen, 1930, No 71 of 400 (of which 100 numbered)Charles de Villers, Philosophie De Kant, Hamburg University, No 20 of 200Das Niebelungenlied, Verlegt von Julius Bard in Berlin, 1911, Leipzig, Limited Edition of 150Klopstocks Denkmale Der Deutschen, als Linzelwerf gedruckt, 1927, Hamburg, No 265 of 400Intermezzi Scandalosi aus Goethes Leben, Berlin, 1925, Zwolfterbertholddruck, No 267 of 350B.G. Niebuhr, Carsten Niebuhrs Leben, 1920/21, No 64 of 150 Gertrud Von Le Fort, Hymnen An Die Kirche, Franz Ehrenwirth Verlag, Munchen, 1948Homerische Hymnen, Verdeutscht von Eduard Morike, Hamburger Handdrucke, 1923, No 20 of 300(Qty: 30)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian.

Einhorn Presse. Herrschaft und Dienst von Friedrich Wolters, Opus I der Einhorn-Presse, Berlin, 1909, colophon printed in red at front of volume, double-page decorative title, 3 large pictorial woodcut initials, and 60 small woodcut initials to text, designed by Melchior Lechter, untrimmed, marbled endpapers, original publisher's full vellum, with design in gilt to upper cover incorporating a unicorn's head within a triangle and circle with the letters EHP, title lettered in gilt to spine, some light marks and minor discolouration to edges (generally a very good copy), folio, together with Melchior Lechter , Tagebuch der Indischen Reise, Opus II der Einhorn-Presse, Berlin, 1912, elaborate oriental-style border decorations throughout, double-page title and colophon printed in green and black, all edges gilt, turquoise-green full morocco with inset dark blue roundel to upper cover decorated in gilt, and spine label lettered in gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some fading and consequent discolouration to edges, spine faded to brown and scuffed, folio (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Raub A81, A97; Landmann 304, 377. First work: Limited edition 44/500. Second work: Limited edition 173/333, numbered and signed with monogram by Melchior Lechter. Herrschaft und Dienst ('Rule and Service'), the first publication of the Einhorn Presse, is an essay on the poetry and philosophy of Stefan George, written by one of the key members of the George Circle, Friedrich Wolters (1876-1930). Tagebuch der Indischen Reise is a diary of a journey to India undertaken by Melchior Lechter in 1910 with Karl Wolfskehl to India, Madras and Ceylon.

Felixmüller (Conrad). ABC. Ein geschütteltes geknütteltes Alphabet in Bildern mit Versen von Londa und Conrad Felixmüller, Dresden: F. Emil Boden for the artist, 1925, 16 full-page hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, original wrappers, stitched as issued, with title design to upper cover printed in red and blue, slightly rubbed to edges, and some minor marks and light spots, oblong folio (26 x 34 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian, and close friend of Felixmüller. Jentsch 154; Rifkind 617; Söhn 348-363. One of perhaps 10 copies hand-coloured by the artist, from the total edition of 350, comprising 100 copies on Bütten paper, numbered and signed by the artist, and bound in cloth, and 250 copies on Ingres paper and bound in wrappers. This copy is from the Ingres issue, and is inscribed by the artist 'Eigenhandig coloriert C. Felixmüller' on the title-page, though the few other hand-coloured copies traced have all been on Bütten. Created for his sons Luca and Titus and the children of his friends, and printed by master printer Zielinski in December 1925 under the supervision of the artist, Felixmüller's glowingly hand-coloured picture book is one of the most significant artist's books of German Expressionism. Partly as a result of the straightened circumstances brought on by the catastrophic economic decline in Germany in the 1920's, Felixmüller took overall control of all aspects of the production of this book, thereby keeping costs to a minimum, but at the same time enhancing significantly the quality and harmony of all aspects of production.

Felixmüller (Conrad). Das Maler-Leben, 16 Originallithographien mit Pinsel und feder von Conrad Felixmüller, Dresden: Rau und Sohn for the artist, 1927, 16 full-page lithographs, including title and colophon, printed by the master printer May at Rau und Sohn in November 1927, contemporary plain green cloth, slightly rubbed, with some overall spotting and discolouration to covers, folio (34.8 x 24.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian, and close friend of Felixmüller. Söhn 386; Lindenau-Museum 565-580. Limited edition of 160 copies, the first 30 copies with every lithograph signed. This copy is numbered 26, but the prints are unsigned. The colophon however is signed and inscribed bu the artist in blue ink to Eduard Rosenbaum 'Herrn und frau Dr. Ed. Rosenbaum herzlich und dankbar 25.6.1930, C Felixmüller'. Dedicated to his friend the poet Carl Sternheim, Felixmüller's Maler-Leben tells the autobiographical story of the artist's life in vivid, childlike images, from the boy sketching from his window, to painting the nude and selling works to a dealer.

George (Stefan). Maximin, Ein Gedenkbuch herausgegeben von Stefan George, Berlin: Blaetter fur die Kunst, 1907, book design by Melchior Lechter, with portrait frontispiece of Maximin (Maximilien Kronberger) after a photograph by Stefan George, decorative title-page printed in red and black, text printed in red and black, with elaborate decorative border deisgns by Lechter, all edges gilt, original full vellum decorated in gilt designed by Melchior Lechter, some minor handling marks and light soiling (generally a very good copy), folio (34.5 x 26.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Horst Kretschmann Winckelmann, with his circular printed bookplate to recto of limitation leaf before title. 2) Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Landmann 209; Raub A 63. Number 164 of 200 copies. A lavish poetic tribute to the young Munich student, gymnast and budding poet Maximilian Kronberger (1888-1904), who died of meningitis a day after his sixteenth birthday. Kronberger joined the literary circle around Stefan George in 1902, and developed an intense homoerotic friendship with George, who idolised the youth and beauty of the young man. Following his death, George immortalised Maximin in this collection of poems by Kronberger himself, Stefan George, Friedrich Gundolf, Karl Wolfskehl, Lothar Treuge and Oskar Dietrich, and the ensuing myth of the doomed young poet became a central theme of the George Kreis or Circle.

Gilchrist (Alexander). Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus." With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1863, all plates as called for, occasional spotting, contemporary ownership inscriptions effaced from half-titles, original pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded and rolled, headcaps frayed, tips slightly bumped and worn, 8vo, together with: Nonesuch Press, Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, complete in one volume, London: Nonesuch Press, 1927, original limp orange vellum, spine faded, 8vo, ibid., The Note-Book of William Blake called the Rossetti Manuscript. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes, London: Nonesuch Press, 1935, original blue cloth, spine faded, 4to, number 158 of 650 copies, ibid., The Life of William Blake by Mona Wilson, London: Nonesuch Press, 1927, 23 plates (of 24: lacking plate 17), top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter vellum, folio, number 388 of 1480 copies, and 3 others, all on William Blake (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian.

Gundolf (Friedrich). Zwiegespraeche, 1st edition, Berlin: Blaetter für die Kunst, 1905, inscribed 'Herrn Professor Kurt Breysig [...] vom Verfasser' on the initial blank, original wrappers bound in, contemporary half sheep, 4to, one of 300 copies, together with: Hofmannsthal (Hugo von), Ausgewaehlte Gedichte, 1st edition, Berlin: Blaetter fuer die Kunst, 1903, pictorial title-page designed by Ludwig von Hofmann, edges untrimmed, original boards, 4to, one of 300 copies, ibid., Kleine Dramen, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1907, original quarter vellum, 8vo, Kommerell (Max), Gespräche aus der Zeit der deutschen Wiedergeburt, Berlin: Blätter für die Kunst, 1929, original wrappers bound in, contemporary full vellum, folio, number 69 of 300 copies, and approximately 30 others, all German literature (Qty: 36)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian.

Liebermann (Max). Hollandisches Skizzenbuch, Text von Oscar Bie, Berlin: Verlag von Julius Bard, 1911, original lithograph frontispiece depicting the artist sketching in a landscape, 83 photolithographic illustrations, including some full-page, untrimmed, original publisher's linen, with pictorial upper cover, lightly rubbed with some light soiling and discolouration, ties present, oblong folio (26 x 32 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian. Schiefler 110, iii. Number 435 of 500 copies.

Gill (Eric, illustrator). The Engravings of Eric Gill, by Christopher Skelton, Wellingborough: Skelton's Press, 1983, numerous reproduction illustrations throughout, including some folding plates, original cloth in slipcase, folio (limited edition, one of 1350 copies), together with The Engraved Work of Eric Gill, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2nd edition, 2nd impression, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1980, Large Picture Book no. 17, 220 wood-engraved illustrations, inside front cover with book ticket to lower corner, original printed wrappers, front cover with wood-engraved illustration, 8vo, plus Gill (Evan R.) , Bibliography of Eric Gill, Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1973, frontispiece and a few illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESGill 636.113, 636.29 & 636.3 respectively.

Golden Cockerel Press. Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales, 4 volumes, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31, wood engraved part-titles, head-pieces, borders, initials and other decorations by Eric Gill, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter brown morocco over patterned boards (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), volume 1 with a few scuffs and very small chip to base of rear joint, volume 4 with very small puncture to base of spine, some other marks and slightly rubbed to extremities (generally a good copy), folio (Qty: 4)NOTESLimited edition 480/485, from a total edition of 500, on handmade paper. Chanticleer 63; Evan Gill 281. Printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings, Eric Gill’s profusely illustrated edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, one of three lavish large-format editions from the press, followed in the wake of Troilus and Criseyde of 1927, and Keats’ Lamia (1928).

Matrix. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles, numbers 9, 10, 14, 16-19, 21-22, 24-26 & 30, Whittington Press, 1989-2011, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original wrappers (number 9 spine faded), 4to, limited editions of between 725 & 925 copies, together with Type & Typography. Highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles, 2003 (signed by contributor John Randle), one of 80 special editions with separate folio of type specimens, slipcase (Qty: 14)

Steadman (Ralph, illustrator). Inspector Mouse, by Bernard Stone, 1st edition, London: Andersen Press, 1980, colour illustrations throughout, verso of front free endpaper inscribed by the artist 'From Ralph Steadman 21 Oct 85, and facing leaf with sketch of a mouse incorporating the printed illustration of eye and magnifying glass, original pictorial boards, 4to, together with Emergency Mouse, A Story by Bernard Stone, 1st edition, London: Andersen Press, 1978, colour illustrations throughout, signed by the artist in gold ink across the front endpapers, original pictorial boards, 4to, plus two copies of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman, 1985, both original boards gilt in dust jacket, one copy with small closed tear in rear panel of jacket, both signed by the artist in gold ink across the front endpapers, small folio (Qty: 4)

NORWICH, John Julius Viscount Norwich Christmas Crackers a commonplace selection, wrappers, fine, not paginated, average 22 pp., inscr. by John Julius CC for 1982 to John Letts, director Folio Society. Good condition Est.

NORWICH, John Julius Viscount Norwich Christmas Crackers a commonplace selection, wrappers, fine, not paginated, average 22 pp., inscr. by John Julius CC for 1988 to Sue Folio Society. Good condition Est.

NORWICH, John Julius Viscount Norwich Christmas Crackers a commonplace selection, wrappers, fine, not paginated, average 22 pp., inscr. by John Julius CC for 1989 to Simon Gavron, Folio Society. Good condition Est.

Folio of paintings and prints, artist's sketch pad Leicester College of Arts Diplomas etc

23 volumes of folio books mainly in slipcases

Lge folio early Architectural Photographs of Rome (quantity 14).

David Hockney (British b.1937), 'A Bigger Splash 1967, folio giclee print on Somerset Enhanced cotton rag paper, published by The Tate; sheet: 45 x 35cm ARR

David Hockney (born 1937)Rain on the Studio Window Inkjet printed computer drawing, 2009, on Epson Hot Press Natural paper, signed, dated and numbered 30/75 in pencil, the full sheet, loose (as issued), together with the volume David Hockney My Yorkshire: Conversations with Marco Livingstone, the colophon page signed and numbered 30/75 in pencil, the deluxe edition published in 2011 by Enitharmon Editions (there was also a regular edition of 5000), within the original green fabric folio case, in very good condition Sheet 559 x 432mm. (22 x 17in.); Portfolio 588 x 458 x 30mm. (23 1/8 x 18 x 11 3/4in.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR

John Baldessari (born 1931)Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts) The complete portfolio of twelve offset lithographs in colours, 1973, on coated stock paper, with title and justification, numbered 60 in ball-point pen on the justification page, one of 500 publisher's sets (aside from the edition of 2000), co-published by Edizioni Giampaolo Prearo and Galleria Toselli, Milan, the full sheets, loose (as issued), in very good condition, with the original letterpress paper folio with die-cut window opening, within the original blue cloth-bound slipcase with gold letteringPortfolio 261 x 343mm. (10 1/4 x 13 1/2in.)

δ Various ArtistsFig-1 50 projects in 50 weeks: Richard Hamilton, Gavin Turk, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Grayson Perry, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Wolfgang Tilmans, Gilbert & George, Howard Hodgkin, Harland Miller, Peter Doig, Michael Craig-Martin, Jeremy Deller, Bridget Riley and othersThe rare deluxe portfolio, 2000-01, comprising 50 offset lithographs, each signed in ink, very few were signed by the participating artists, published by Fig-1 2000 Ltd., and Spafax Publishing, London, with title-page and text, the sheets folded as issued in the original silver solander box with debossed cover and spine, each sheet, 419 x 595mm (16 ¼ x 23 1/4in) (folio)Fig-1 was an audacious project held in 2000 curated by Mark Francis and Jay Jopling. The concept was simple, to take a disused building in London's Soho and to hold a different exhibition a week for 50 weeks, the project featured 49 artists with Richard Hamilton exhibiting twice bookending the project in the first and last week. Fig-1 was a cultural phenomenon, and weekly the space was mobbed by the great and the good of the London art scene, flocking to see work by the old guard of London such as Richard Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Bridget Riley, the established YBAs including Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, and up and coming soon to be megastars such as Peter Doig, Grayson Perry and Harland Miller all brought together in a constantly evolving melange of gallery, studio and museum, it was a tremendous success and in many respects came to define the manner in which art is presented in the new millennium. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)Evermore (Heenk pp. 218-219)The rare complete deluxe blue edition, 1996-1997, comprising the two loose etchings with aquatint and extensive hand-colouring in acrylics, each initialled, dated and numbered from the deluxe edition of 50 in pencil verso, unbound as issued, and the volume with the frontispiece hand-painted in acrylics in colours, and a further six etchings with aquatint and hand-colouring in acrylics, all on Aquarelle Arches wove paper, together with the title, justification and text pages, the justification page signed and dated in pencil by the artist and further signed, numbered and inscribed with the poem 'No More Dawns...' in black ink by the author, printed by the 107 Workshop, Wiltshire, published by Palawan Press, London, all bound within the original hand-dyed paper wrappers and silver papercovered boards and matching slip-case, overall size 259 x 335 mm (10 ¼ x 13 ⅛ in) (folio)The present example is number 1/50 of the deluxe blue edition copies. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

A collection of Folio Society Books including The Canterbury Tales, Robinson Crusoe, Little Dorrit, Ann Radcliffe novels, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Secret Garden, Moby Dick, The Wessex Tales etc

A collection of Folio Society Books including Francisco Goya Paintings, Drawings and prints, Young Tom Hall, Pepys Diary, The best of Dorothy Parker, Melmoth the Wanderer, The Nun, The Scarlet Letter, Elizabeth I, Mozart, Martin Chuzzelwit, Oscar Wilde etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including Poems of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Lord Jim, The Father Brown Stories, The Divine Comedy, The War in Grenada, Commando, Poems of Love, The History of England etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including The Odyssey, Revolt in the Desert, The Trial of Charles I, The Devils of Loundon, The Mill on the Floss, The Scarlet Pimpernell. English Journeys, French Short Stories, Ulysses, Anthony Trollope novels, Doctor Zhivago etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including The Goodman of Paris, Rumpole, The Guns of August, War and Peace, Dumas on food, The French Revolution, The Hundred years war, etc

A large collection of Folio Society Books and other books including The English Opium Eater, The Discovery of Tahiti, THe Old Curiosity Shop, 1066 and all that, The Second Jungle Book, dream Street, Kidnapped, Hours in a library, Just So Stories, Brideshead revisited, treasure Island, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities etc

A large quantity of Folio Society Books and other books including Doctor Faustus, Lord Byron, Charles Darwin works, The making of a miracle, Alexander the Great, Huckleberry Finn, Graham Greene novels, Sherlock Homes novels etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including The Pick of Punch, Anthony Trollope novels, the Vikings, Lark Rise, Far From The Madding Crowd, Undertones of War, etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including The Fixed Period, No Man is an island, The portrait of a lady, Darkness at noon, After Many a Summer, Clarissa, Gentlemen prefer Blondes, Bestiary, The Norse Myths The Travels of Marco Polo, etc

A large collection of Folio Society books and other books including Shirley, The reign of Henry VII, The Professor, My Cousin Rachel, The Lost World, The Tempest, Shakespeare plays, The Canterbury Tales, Kim, Hassan, Brave New World, The Torrents of Sring, Mother Courae, The Son Tiki Expedition, Captains Courageous etc

A Merrythought teddy bear together with a Paddington Bear, other teddy bears, sunflower print, Folio Society C.S Lewis books, Winnie the Pooh Story book box and other children's books

ONE SHELF OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, INCLUDING BEETHOVEN, MOZART, THE FATHER BROWN STORIES, VIRGINIA WOLF, GEORGE ELIOT AND OTHERS

A large quantity of miscellaneous hardback books to include mixed books on Jazz and movie stars and a quantity of miscellaneous Folio Society books

A large quantity of miscellaneous hardback books to include Folio Society books

FOLIO SOCIETY, THREE VOLUME SET PLUS FIVE OTHERS

‡ Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE, RA (Scottish 1924-2005) Underground Design Includes and original coloured lithograph signed by the artist, eighteen further black and white prints, introductory essay by Peter Cook, conversations between Eduardo Paolozzi and Alvin Boyarsky, and script by Eduardo Paolozzi Architectural Association, 1986, Folio X, loose plates and bound catalogue issued in original box Sheets 30.4 x 30.4cm; Box 32 x 32cm Produced to coincide with an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Paolozzi's designs for murals for Tottenham Court Road Underground Station.

Hsu Pei Hung (1893 - 1953) Folio of 20 selected ink paintings in colour and Chinese captions (with title table) published by Beijing 195426 x 36.5 cm

Gillian Whaite (1934-2012) - Folio of linocuts, pencil sketches etc and B Forder - A large folio of watercolours including still life studies, landscapes, pencil sketches of flowers, architectural components etc