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Lot 216
Three interesting historical oak relic fragmentsComprising: a fragment of oak from Shakespeare’s birth place mounted in a glazed frame with a reproduction of the portrait by Droeshout from the first folio and the original paper that the fragment was wrapped in, written on the wood itself is Shakepeare’s House 1857, on the paper in which the wood was originally wrapped in is written, Autumn 1857 Stratford on Avon-piece of the beam supporting the bedroom in wh(ich) Shakespeare is said to have been born at Stratford Apl, 23, 1564 died 1616 - The house was in the hands of restorers and a labourer had driven his pick into the beam leaving this bit hanging by a fibre-23cm wide, together with ’A piece of floorboard from the Whitehead house in Southampton County in southeastern Virginia where the only successful, American Negro slave rising occurred, in August 1831 led by the infamous Nat Turner. The floorboard is stained with the blood of a victim of that rising which claimed the lives of fifty-five Whites’, 19cm wide and a bullet encased within a piece of wood inscribed, ‘Gettysburg’, 12cm wide. (3)
Lot 35
1906 to 1910 Elections in Hastings and Ducross: four bronze figures by Elkington & Co depicting running newspaper boys holding a folio (originally to contain the calendar cards) and a poster being a framed silver plaque engraved with the results for the general elections of 1906 and the two of 1910 also the by-election of 1908, the octagonal bases with maker’s name, 151mm together with a framed poster of Harvey Ducross (5) * In each of these elections a member of the Ducross family was returned for Hastings for the Conservatives. In that of 1906 it was Harvey who was Chairman of the Dunlop Tyre Company. He was succeeded by his son Arthur who held the seat until 1918 and who became Life President of Dunlop. (commemorative, commemorate, political)
Lot 87
1902 Coronation: a folio sized edition of ‘The Historical Record of the Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties…’ compiled by H. Farnham Burke CVO, Somerset Herald, printed by Harrison & Sons, containing 31 plates by Harold Byam Shaw, bound in red half morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, 644 x 508mm (commemorative, commemorate, royal)
Lot 301
JOYCE, JAMES: ULYSSES, ILL. MIMMO PALADINO, FOLIO SOCIETY, 1998, 670 (1750) NUMBERED, WITH EIGHTEEN ETCHINGS IN BLACK, WHITE, AND GOLD BY MIMMO PALADINO BOUND IN FULL TURQUOISE-BLUE MOROCCO FROM A DESIGN BY JEFF CLEMENTS. THIS EDITION OF ULYSSES HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE FOLIO SOCIETY ON 16 JUNE 2004 TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE DAY ON WHICH THE ACTION OF THE BOOK IS SET. SMALL QUARTO (235 x 165 mm.). XXII, 735, [1, BLANK) pp. SOLANDER BOX.
Lot 1773
WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF DEER - G.R.R POOLE Sketches of Some Deer, 12 watercolour drawings drawn to scale, each titled on the reverse and neatly mounted. Each 296mm x 250mm, with 8 leaves of prefatory typescript text laid down to size, contemporary full morocco cover by Riviere & Son, all edges gilt, oblong folio.
Lot 1774
WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF DEER - G.R.R POOLE Sketches of Some Deer, 12 watercolour drawings each titled on the reverse, all mounted neatly, each 286mm by 228mm or smaller. With 10 leaves of descriptive text laid down to size, contemporary full morocco binding by Riviere & Son for the Army and Navy, all edges gilt, oblong folio.
Lot 80
A pair of Chinese bamboo brush pots carved with figures in punt together with another similar two dark stained with figure of a toad catching flies and landscape scene together with a modern framed and glazed colour print after Sir William Russell Flint depicting a naked model reading a folio
Lot 140
NO RESERVE Shipp (Horace) Edward Seago: Painter in the English Tradition, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, subscribers list, occasional faint spotting, related cuttings and marked-up exhibition catalogues loosely inserted, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1952 § Hawcroft (Francis W.) Edward Seago: a Review of the Years 1953-1964, first edition, subscribers list, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipping and creasing to edges, 1965 § Borenius (Prof. T) Rembrandt: selected paintings, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, Illustrated London News cutting loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, areas of loss, 1942 § Raphael, first edition, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1941; and 5 others similar, folio (9)
![Bodoni.- La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de) Maximes et Reflexions Morales, [one of 125 copies], half-title, very light foxin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e8124356-908c-4fd6-9085-aafd009f3f0a/155ccbd5-c70d-4f3e-acff-aafd00a284e1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 17
Bodoni.- La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de) Maximes et Reflexions Morales, [one of 125 copies], half-title, very light foxing to a few leaves but an excellent copy in handsome contemporary cats paw calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, mainly edges and corners, scuff to upper cover, upper joint cracked, spine chipped at head, [Brooks 1104], folio, Parma, Bodoni, 1811.
Lot 200
Street trades.- Page (John), "Felix Folio". The Hawkers and Street Dealers of the North of England Manufacturing Districts, second edition, signed presentation copy from the author, 6pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, original yellow wood-engraved pictorial wrappers, spine worn, some creasing and staining, 8vo, Manchester & London, 1858.
Lot 22
Browne (Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica..., second edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title spotted, some browning, cropped, modern half calf, [Keynes 74; Wing B5160], folio, by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650.⁂ The first edition to include the entertaining "Table Alphabeticall" by the Rev. Whitefoot.
Lot 3
Vulson de la Colombière (Marc de) La Science Heroique, traitant de la Noblesse de l'Origine des Armes, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved allegorical frontispiece, plates and coats-of-arms, some pasted onto blank leaves, coat-of-arms cut out of centre of p.441 leaving large hole, title soiled, browned, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern half calf, folio, Paris, Sebastien & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1644; sold not subject to return
Lot 63
Palmer (Samuel) An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil, half-title, title in red & black, 14 plates including 5 original etchings by Palmer, some finished by his son, endpapers spotted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, uncut, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn otherwise a very good copy, small folio, 1883.
Lot 70
England.- Repton (Humphry).- Malins (Edward) The Red Books of Humphry Repton, 4 vol., number 305 of 515 sets, plates, some colour and with overlays, a few mounted, original red morocco-backed marbled boards, slip-cases, housed together in large slip-case, folio & oblong 4to, Basilisk Press, 1976.⁂ Including facsimiles of Repton's red books of Sheringham Hall, Antony House and Attingham Park.
Lot 74
London.- Reports relating to the Entertainment of Her Majesty the Queen, in the Guildhall of the City of London, on Lord Mayor's Day, 1837, title in red & black, 3 engraved plates of tickets and carriage passes (the latter with 2 to a page, one hand-tinted yellow, one blue), large folding plate of table plan printed in brown and black, engraved plate of coins on india paper and mounted, folding letterpress key to table plan, with duplicates of the 2 hand-tinted plates of tickets towards end, illustrations of tickets, menus etc. printed in black and red or green, original cloth, worn and faded, spine torn and defective, folio, 1838.⁂ Fascinating record of Queen Victoria's first Lord Mayor's Banquet.
Lot 79
Germany.- Cluverius (Philippus) Germaniae Antiquae libri tres, engraved allegorical title, 11 double-page maps, and 26 plates, 4 double-page, lacking half-title, title with old ink signature and small hole, water-stained at beginning, first few leaves a little creased and frayed at edges, contemporary vellum, soiled and stained, lacking ties, spine worn and defective at head, [Willems 108], folio, Leiden, Louis Elzevier, 1616.⁂ The first systematic regional geography.
Lot 8
Agriculture.- Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique...., edited by J.Marret, 4 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement bound in 2, third edition, titles in red and black, engraved dedication and 11 plates by B.Picart, 2 folding, one double-page, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, contemporary ink note at foot of titles, some browning, mostly light, small ink stain to upper edge of a few leaves first volume, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and black roan labels, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn and with some repairs, [Vicaire 172], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier, 1732-1740.⁂ An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink, agriculture, horticulture, and hunting, and with sections on bees, falconry and horses.
Lot 81
Paris.- Berty (Adolphe) Topographie Historique du Vieux Paris: Région du Louvre et des Tuileries, 2 vol., engraved plates and plans, some double-page, some spotting, later half mottled calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed at edges, folio, Paris, 1866-68.⁂ The most comprehensive volumes (complete in themselves) of Topographie Historique du Vieux Paris, itself part of a larger series entitled 'Histoire Générales de Paris' conceived by Baron Haussman.
Lot 96
Japan.- Milne (John) and W.K.Burton. The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891, second edition, 30 photographic plates by Kazumasa Ogawa, printed on paper made in Echizen, captioned tissue guards, map, a few plates with light water-staining to lower margin, original cloth, rubbed and damp-stained, oblong folio, Yokohama, 1894.⁂ Superb photographic record of the devastating earthquake in Japan.
![Alex Garland and Salman Rushdie, two limited edition publications [1989 and 2004] two volumes, comprising: Alex Garland, The](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0ce64e7-2da1-4525-954b-aae700e19752/32e52eb0-615f-4724-add8-aae700e4956e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 31
Alex Garland and Salman Rushdie, two limited edition publications [1989 and 2004] two volumes, comprising: Alex Garland, The Coma (2004, number 8 of 50 signed by the author and artist, accompanied by one of Nicholas Garland's woodcuts, cloth-backed boards, original cloth drop-box, a little faded, folio), Salman Rushdie, Two Stories (1989, number 52 of 60 copies bound in cloth and signee by the author, in original slip-case, near-mint copy, large 4to)
Lot 9
William Boyd, Publisher's file copy photocopy of School Ties typescript, signed by Boyd with a photograph and self-portrait of Boyd, both also signed [UK, c. 1985] 29 leaves of typescript, first leaf signed by Boyd, together with a single black and white photograph of Boyd, and a pencil drawing entitled self also signed by Boyd, all loosely inserted into plastic wallet, each folio c. 295 by 210 mm.
Lot 101
Various Artists 2012 Olympic Games Limited Edition Box SetThe complete deluxe set of twelve digital prints in colours, 2012, each on wove paper, all housed within the original clamshell box, the box numbered from the edition of 2012, published by Olympics, London, each sheet 400 x 300mm ( 15 3/4 x 11 7/8in) (folio)Artists include: Rachel Whiteread, Chris Ofili, Howard Hodgkin, Anthea Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Michael Craig-Martin, Sarah Morris, Fiona Banner, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Gary Hume.
Lot 102
Agnes Martin (1912-2004)Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990 (suite of 10)The complete set of 10 lithographs printed in colours, 1991, from the edition of 2500, on vellum transparency paper, printed by Lecturis, Eindhoven and published by Nemela & Lenzen GmbH, Monchengladback and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, housed within the original grey card portfolio, each sheet 298 x 298mm (11 3/4 x 11 3/4in) (folio) (10)This set was published to celebrate the artist's 1991 retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Lot 45
Peach's Motor Annual 1905. Published by Messer's Frank Peach & Co, a folio with 66 illustrated editorial pages, and full-page advertisements. A promotional book covering all forms of road transport, including motor launches, with alphabetical specifications, prices and delightful monochrome illustrations of named vehicles from Albion to Wolseley. With a red card cover, some damage to the spine and sticky tape, but will respond to repair.
Lot 66
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. A 1953 folio-size brochure in magnificent condition, with 12pp of well-defined images of component parts, gilt embellishments and specification text, with an opening rear pocket with a price card and five double-sided coachbuilders style cards (the James Young card is missing). Slight bumping to the lower corner. Also, a 1949 12pp, wire-spined brochure retaining its laminated card cover; a 1955 linear style 8pp book with eight style cards and a price card; 'Abridged Particulars' dating c1952, and a black laminated folder with style booklets for James Young, Mulliner, Hooper, Park Ward and specification booklet, the cover a little creased on the top corner. (5)
Lot 257
A VERY FINE HALLMARKED SILVER PRESENTATION SWORD TO SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON KCMG GCMG, 84cm blade by MAPPIN & WEBB, finely and profusely etched to the tip with scrolling foliage, strapwork, a stand of arms, crowned VR cypher, strung bugle horn, owner's crest and the inscription PRESENTED TO COLNL. SIR T. FOWELL BUXTON BART. BYT THE OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 2ND TOWER HAMLETS RIFLE VOLUNTEERS AS A MEMENTO OF THEIR REGARD & ESTEEM ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE COMMAND AFTER NEARLY 25 YEARS SERVICE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECOMING THEIR HONY' COLONEL 9TH FEBY 1884, regulation hallmarked silver Gothic hilt profusely chased with acanthus scrolls and incorporating the owner's crest, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its hallmarked silver scabbard with finely chased acanthus mounts and scroll engraved to match. Educated at Harrow Sir Thomas served as Captains Commandant 1860, Major 1863, Lt. Col 1864 and Honorary Colonel 1884. Sold with a small folio of research and images.
Lot 258
AN EAST NORFOLK REGIMENT OF MILITIA OFFICER'S PRESENTATION SWORD, 81.5cm blade by Thurkle, profusely and finely etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cypher, a laurel spray, owner's crest and initials and the inscription PRESENTED TO W.M.R. HAGGARD OF WEST BRADENHAM HALL IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK ESQR BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AS A MARK OF ESTEEM AND AFFECTION ON THE OCCASION OF HIS JOINING THE EAST NORFOLK REGT OF MILITIA WHEN EMBODIED DECR. 27TH 1854 IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA FOR PERMAMENT AND ACTIVE SERVICE, characteristic gilt brass Gothic hilt incorporating a crowned VR cypher and profusely chased over all with oak leaves and scrolling foliage, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Sold with a folio of research and photographs. It is interesting to note that one element of the inscription mentions the sword was presented in consequence of the war with Russia, given that Haggard was born in St Petersburg in Russia.
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