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Click here to subscribeCARLTON CLUB. Rules, Regulations, and List of Members of the Carlton Club. London: 1873. 8vo (163 x 100mm.) Numerous ink amendments and annotations by the Club Secretary. (Some light browning.) Original blue morocco, the upper cover blocked and tooled in gilt with a central club motif above ‘Secretary’ (extremities slightly rubbed).
AUTOGRAPHS, Dignitaries. – An album titled in manuscript ‘Autographs Vol. V.’ containing approx 190 clipped signatures or letters mounted recto and verso of 33 leaves. [N.p.: n.d. but most signatures circa 1790-1890.] Folio (276 x 224mm.) The majority of signatures taken from envelope fronts and mounted beside a brief manuscript biography, often accompanied by a manuscript coat-of-arms and occasionally an engraved portrait, all on red- ruled card. (Some light spotting, browning or soiling.) Late 19th Century diced calf (somewhat rubbed, extremities scuffed, spine worn). Note: the signatories include Charles William Vane-Stewart, Earl of Londonderry; Cropley Ashley Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury; Thomas Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle; Sir Dighton Macnaughten Probyn, William Saunders Seebright Lascelles, William Howard Russell, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Sir William Boyd Dawkins, William Harcourt, Sir William Digby Wyatt, etc.
ARMSTRONG, Martin Donisthorpe. 54 Conceits, a Collection of Epigrams and Epitaphs Serious and Comic. London: Martin Secker, 1933. 4to (172 x 128mm.) Title vignette, 54 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Ravilious. (Occasional light browning.) Original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket (dust-jacket lightly spotted and with nicks to edges). (See illustration)
ARMSTRONG, Martin Donisthorpe. Portrait of the Misses Harlowe. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1928. Limited edition of 530 copies, this number 521 of 30 copies for presentation signed by the author, 4to (200 x 141mm.) (Light spotting to fore-edges of a few leaves.) Original boards, dust-jacket (dust-jacket slightly spotted). Note: number four of the Woburn Books series. (See illustration)
WARD, Lynd. Gods’ Man, a Novel in Woodcuts. London, New York & Toronto: 1930. 8vo (205 x 136mm.) Woodcut illustrations throughout. (Light spotting.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (slightly soiled). Note: publishers’ slip loosely inserted states that this is an ‘Advance Copy for Review’. (See illustration)
NONESUCH PRESS (publishers). The Apocrypha reprinted according to the Authorised Version 1611. London & New York: 1924. Limited edition of 1325 copies, this ‘out of series for review’ printed on japon vellum, 8vo (306 x 196mm.) Etched decorative title and occasional etched illustrations. (Light spotting to fore-edges.) Original boards (slightly soiled).
NATURAL HISTORY. – W.J. LUCAS. British Dragonflies (Odonata). London: L. Upcott Gill, 1900. 8vo (225 x 139mm.) 27 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth blocked in black and gilt (extremities bumped, soiled and slightly rubbed). – And forty-one others, all of natural history interest (42).
KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First American edition, 8vo (203 x 127mm.) Frontispiece. (Some light browning.) Original green cloth blocked in black and gilt, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). – And a quantity of others, all fiction, 19th and 20th Century (a quantity).
BRICKDALE, Eleanor Fortescue (illustrator). – Alfred Lord TENNYSON. Idylls of the King. London, New York, etc.: [n.d. but circa 1913.] 4to (265 x 197mm.) Frontispiece and 20 colour plates. (Some light creasing, including frontispiece.) Original cloth (bumped). – And seventeen other illustrated works, including works illustrated by Brickdale and Edmund Dulac (18).
HULME, F. Edward (illustrator). – Shirley HIBBERD. Familiar Garden Flowers. London, Paris, etc.: Cassell and Company, Limited, [n.d. but circa 1895.] Series 1-5 in 5 vols., 8vo (188 x 126mm.) 200 colour plates. (Some light browning or spotting.) Original cloth (extremities slightly bumped).
ALKEN, H. The Beauties & Defects in the Figure of the Horse in a Series of Coloured Plates, Comparatively Delineated. London: [n.d. but circa 1816.] 8vo (262 x 173mm.) Engraved title and 18 hand-coloured plates. (Light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (extremities slightly scuffed, spine rubbed with loss to head and foot). (See illustration)
RICKMAN, Philip (illustrator). – John WALPOLE-BOND. A History of Sussex Birds. London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1938. 3 vols., 4to (245 x 176mm.) 53 colour plates by Rickman. (Light spotting to first few leaves.) Original buckram, t.e.g., dust-jackets (dust-jackets slightly soiled). (See illustration)
FOLIO SOCIETY. – J.R.R. TOLKIEN. The Lord of the Rings illustrated by Ingahild Grathmer, drawn by Eric Fraser. London: 1977. 3 vols., 8vo (221 x 137mm.) Illustrations. Original pale-grey calf-backed cloth, blue endpapers, contained within original slipcase (light scuffing or soiling to spines).
BULL, René (illustrator). The Arabian Nights. London: [n.d.] 4to (223 x 172mm.) 10 colour plates and numerous uncoloured illustrations, all by Bull. (Occasional light browning.) Original cloth (worn). – And a quantity of other illustrated works or part-works, including Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, Willy Pogany, Hugh Thomson, W. Heath Robinson, Edward Ardizzone and others (a quantity).
COPPING, Harold (illustrator). – L.M. ALCOTT. Little Women. London: 1912. 4to (228 x 178mm.) Title printed in red and black, 8 colour plates by Copping. (Occasional light spotting or soiling.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (dust- jacket torn without loss and slightly soiled). (See illustration)
ROBINSON, W. Heath. Bill the Minder. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [n.d. but circa 1912.] 4to (235 x 159mm.) Decorative title, 16 tipped-in colour plates, numerous illustrations, all after Robinson. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth blocked in red and black (extremities slightly bumped, spine slightly faded).
BULL, René (illustrator). – Omar KHAYYAM. Rubaiyat. [London:] Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. but circa 1910.] 4to (278 x 210mm.) Printed in blue and black, 10 colour plates, numerous illustrations (19 colour) all by Bull. (Light spotting.) Original decorated cloth (extremities bumped). – And four other illustrated works (5).
RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – Richard WAGNER. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie… translated by Margaret Armour. London & New York: 1910. 4to (250 x 182mm.) Title printed in brown and black, 34 mounted colour plates. (Occasional light browning or spotting.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (slightly rubbed, head and foot of spine lightly bumped).
RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). – ‘Lewis CARROLL’. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London & New York: [n.d. but 1907.] 4to (202 x 147mm.) 13 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, faded). – And two other works illustrated by Rackham (3).
FLINT, C.S. ?and others (illustrators). Bread and Honey for Little Folk. London & New York: [n.d. but circa 1890.] 4to (214 x 184mm.) Chromolithographed title vignette, numerous illustrations, some chromolithographed by C.S. Flint. (Some light marginal browning.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (torn with some loss).
FROWHAWK, F.W. (illustrator). – Arthur G. BUTLER. British Birds with their Nests and Eggs. London: Brumby & Clarke, Limited, 1896-1899.] 6 vols., 4to (305 x 230mm.) 343 plates (24 chromolithographed). (Occasional light spotting or browning.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (extremities bumped).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Kathleen HALE. Orlando the Marmalade Cat, a Camping Holiday. London & New York: [n.d.] Folio (362 x 255mm.) Printed in colour throughout. (Some light browning.) Original pictorial boards (scuffed and soiled). Provenance: Janet, David and Anne Morgan (presentation inscription signed by Hale). – And twenty- three other children’s books, including six others by Hale (24).
THOMPSON, Robert. The Gardener’s Assistant… new edition. London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1900. 6 vols., 8vo (267 x 179mm.) 18 chromolithographed plates. (Occasional light soiling.) Original decorated cloth (extremities slightly bumped and rubbed). – And nineteen other volumes (25).
FOULIS, T.N. (publisher). – [The Foulis Books]. London & Edinburgh: 1911. 7 vols. only (of 8), 8vo (164 x 104mm. and smaller.) Plates. (Some light spotting.) Original limp reverse calf (1), buckram-backed boards (3), or paper- covered boards (3) (some light scuffing or soiling). Note: this part series comprises Elfick & Harris 147, 185, 263, 160, 350, 26 and 148 (as listed on p. 215). – And sixteen others published by T.N. Foulis (23).
BRAZIL, Angela. A Harum-scarum Schoolgirl. London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, [n.d.] 8vo (186 x 121mm.) Frontispiece and 3 plates after John Campbell. (Occasional light spotting.) Original decorated cloth, dust- jacket. – And a quantity of others by Brazil, Percy F. Westerman, John F.C. Westerman and R.M. Ballantyne (a quantity).
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote… to which is prefixed, some account of the author’s life by T. Smollett… sixth edition. London: 1792. 4 vols., 12mo (169 x 100mm.) 12 engraved plates. (Some light browning.) Contemporary tree-calf. Provenance: Thomas Hallifax (armorial bookplate). – And a quantity of other later works (a quantity).
A COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS ON SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852), WILLIAM HENRY HUNT (1790-1864) AND THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) to include Prout's 'Hints on Light and Shadow', 1876; John Witt, 'William Henry Hunt', 1982; Kenneth J. Westwood, 'Thomas Sidney Cooper his Life and Work', vol. 1, 1991 with various exhibition and auction catalogues featuring the three artists' illustrated works (15)
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