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Lot 114
Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales Edited by A C Cawley 1970 edition unknown Hardback Book with 607 pages published by J M Dent and Sons Ltd some ageing good conditionSold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 235
Mediterranean Cookbook by Arabella Boxer 1981 First Edition Hardback Book with 256 pages published by J M Dent and Sons Ltd some ageing good conditionSold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 275
Little Women by Louisa M Alcott date and edition unknown Hardback Book with 246 pages published by The Thames Publishing Co some ageing good conditionSold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 28
Information Management State of The Art Report 14:7 Edited by P M Griffiths 1986 First Edition Hardback Book with 362 pages published by Pergamon Infotech Ltd some ageing good conditionSold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 240
Boodles five stone diamond ring, the brilliant cut stones each with De Beers marque, the centre stone with Anchorcert report stating the weight to be 0.31ct, colour F and VVS clarity, all stones are well matched and totalling approx. 1.57ct, set in collet mounts on an 18ct gold ring, size M/N, gross weight approx. 4.48g (Anchorcert report no. 20060332. With De Beers registered diamond certificate dated 1998)
Lot 202
3 Royal Navy Long Service Good Conduct Medals. George V awarded to M.6710 O.E. GARN ORD ART 4 CL HMS VALIANT. ... George VI LX 20413 D. WHITELAW O.C. 2 HMS SABRE. ... EIIR MX. 745908 P.O. EL. A.H. BAKER HMS TERROR. (3 items) Oliver Edward Garn was awarded the LSGC Medal in 1921. Officer’s Cook 2nd Class David Whitelaw was awarded the LSGC Medal in 1943. Petty Officer Arthur Henry Baker awarded 1957 PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 225
WW1 / WW2 Emotive Belgiun Resistance Family Group of Medals Dachau Prisoner. This emotive group records the sacrifice and service of the Joassin family of Herstal Belgium.The medal group of Pierre Joassin a Belgian agent working for the British during WW1 and continued the resistance against the Nazi’s arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp as a political prisoner in February 1945.Comprising: Liege Medal 1914, War Medal, Victory Medal, Medal of Armed Resistance, War Commemoration Medal, British War Medal, P. JOASSIN. Medals loose. This group is accompanied by original Dachau uniform cloth inverted red triangle with printed “B” indicating a Belgian Political Prisoner. ... White cloth uniform strip with stencilled number 141282 (prisoner number confirmed). ... Lapel badge gilt & enamel blue and white strips with triangle and B with initials CNPPA-NCPGR ... Similar badge red enamel triangle with B and Dachau above. Items believed attributed to Michel Pierre Joassin son of Pierre who also served with the resistance and was arrested and killed in 1943.Medal of Armed Resistance ... 1946 dated letter sent as a reply to an equerry from Pierre as to the circumstances and location of his sons death. The address is given as Herstal.Medal Group believed to be the brother of Pierre Joassin.1914, War Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal “M. JOASSIN”. Medals loose.The groups are accompanied by a small number of lapel badges, etc including a small bronze none portable award embossed “LUC-MARC 1940 1945”. Both brothers single entitlement of the British War Medal are confirmed and shown as Belgian Agents. Pierre Joassin was born in 1896, presumably living at Herstal which was the home of the Belgium arms factory Fabrique Nationale. The town was over run by the Germans on the 7th August 1914, ten houses were destroyed and 27 civilians killed. Little is at present known to the work Pierre and his brother undertook for the British during the war. Surviving Pierre continued to live in the town and in 1923 his son Michel-Pierre was born. Pierre’s services against the Germans would once again be needed with the declaration of war once more against German, the arms factory would once more be a wanted price by the Nazi’s. Pierre is confirmed as working for the resistance with his son, however on the 23rd March Pierre was arrested and his son was arrested three days later and killed. Imprisoned by the Nazi’s he was eventually deported to Dachau Concentration Camp arriving on the 16th February 1945 categorised as a Political Prisoner, his prison number confirmed as “141282”. Surviving he was liberated and returned home to Rue Large Voie 83 Herstal to start the search for his son. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 239
WW2 RAF Special Duties Squadron D-Day, Arnhem, Agent Dropping SOE Operations Medals and Archive A rare and historical archive of Flight Lieutenant G.F. Andrews who flew as a navigator with 295 Squadron responsible for the dropping of Paratroopers, SOE agents supplies to Resistance units in occupied Europe, Gliding Towing for D-Day and Operational Market Garden the air assault at Arnhem. Comprising: Medal Group: 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star France & Germany Clasp, War Medal. The group remains in the original forwarding box addressed to F/L G.F. ANDREWS. Aircrew Log Book. Covering a period of 30th November 1942 to 16th June 1946. gives detailed accounts of operations, Agent drops, supply drops, Glider Towing, etc. A remarkable photographic archive showing shots of gliders and aircraft air to air, including gliders on route to Arnhem. Plus other ephemera. Also included are the medals awarded to Flight Lieutenant Andrews father awarded to M. 85189 W R ANDREWS SHPT HMS RENOWN. Comprising: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939/45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal. Mounted as worn, but please note WW2 medals in box of issue. Flight Lieutenant George Frederick Andrews on joining the RAF volunteered for aircrew and trained as a Navigator. His logbook records his first flight on the 30th November 1942. Whilst at 28 OTU he undertook his first operation over enemy territory on the 11th June 1943 a Nickel run to Le Man’s the port engine of the Wellington bomber noted as U/S. In January 1944 he was posted to 295 Squadron although classified as Transport Command the squadron was operational flying the Albemarle twin engineed aircraft. His first mission with 295 was to Le Man’s on the 11 March 1944 6 containers + 2 Packages, the later usually referring to a SOE agent. The squadron undertook Glider towing training and the log reports on the 5/6 June 1944 “Operation Tonga Invasion of continent France 10 Paratroopers 4 containers dropped near Caen at 00.24 No. 4 aircraft”. These would be some of the first Allied troops to land at part of D Day. The log then states for the 6th June “Operation Mallard Horsa tow (7,000 lbs) OX and Bucks 6th Airborne Div Landed at Benouville NE Caen at 20.53 No5 aircraft”. The following moths saw a steady flow of supply and agent dropping and on the 17th September 1944 “Operations Holland Mass Airborne operation on Dutch-German frontier behind enemy lines Horsa tow (Lt Turner + Sgt Hamilton) carrying Portion Airborne HQ landed 10 miles S S W of Nijmegen). This operation is complimented by a number of original photographs showing gliders being towed and also landed on the ground. He would return to the Arnhem area supply drops on the 19th, 20th and 23rd September, each time listing the drop contents and reporting heavy flak. In November he took part in a supply drop to Norway. He ended his tour with the squadron in December 1944 and in February 1945 was posted to 109 OTU and then in June 1945 was seconded as a navigator to BOAC. He was released from the RAF in August 1946 and continued to work as a navigator in the commercial sector. Walter Robert Andrew was a Dockyard Shipwright who enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1915. Remaining with the RN after the end of the Great War, he was pensioned in 1936 and recalled at the outbreak of the second world war. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 241
Royal Navy Japan Yokohama 1923 Earthquake Meritorious Service Medal Group of Four. A rare group awarded to Sick Berth Attendant William Bilton RN who was awarded an immediate Meritorious Service Medal for his work during the Yokohama earthquake disaster of 1923. Comprising: British War Medal, Victory Medal, M. 18103 W BILTON S.B.A. RN, Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVR) S.B.P.O. HMS EGMONT, Meritorious Service Medal (GVR) M.18103 W. BILTON S.B.A. YOKOHAMA SEPTEMBER 1923. The group remains mounted as originally worn. The announcement of the MSM appeared in the London Gazette on the 15th January 1924.Warrant Wardmaster William Bilton enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1915 and was appointed a Sick Berth Attendant, he saw service at Haslar Hospital and sea service onboard HMS Europa and HMS HMS Caesar. Remaining with the RN after the end of the war he served at Dublin in March 1920. On the 7th December he was posted to Yokohama Hospital as part of the China Fleet. On the 1st September 1923 Tokyo and the City of Yokohama were struck by 7.9 earthquake. Bilton’s medical effects in the relief war would earn him along with two other men the award of the MSM recommended by the C-in-C China. In 1931 with the rank of S.B.A. Petty Officer he was awarded the LS&GC Medal. Still serving in WW2 he was commissioned Warrant Wardmaster in 1941 and in 1942 is noted as serving at the Naval Hospital Minterne Magna. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 400
German. WW2 pair of 7 x 50 Kriegsmarine binoculars and case. Bearing stamp 7 x 50 and Beh 455131. Black crackle painted finish, now with small amount of service wear. Complete with part rubber eye piece and complete with leather strap. Housed in original black leather case. Stamped with a Kriegsmarine Eagle and M. Also stamped 1944. Overall condition good, some service wear. (2 parts) Offered as an historical item only; the instrument's accuracy is neither warranted or implied. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 418
German Reichsmarine War flag circa 1933–1935. Good rare example of equal black, white and red horizontally striped cotton printed with central white rimmed black Iron Cross. Hoisting rope stitched through the sleeve with loop both ends; reinforcement to fly edge. Sleeve with ink stampings Reichskriegsflg. 2 x 3.35 and eagle over M. Minor old moth and small tear otherwise VGC (approx. 2 x 3.35 m) PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Lot 1031
After Alexandre Clerget, French, 1865-1931, two pewter figural candlesticks, each modelled as a half-nude maiden holding an oversized tulip to a lily-pad base, each signed A. Clerget with foundry stamp for Siot-Decauville, Paris, each 23.5cm high; together with a pewter figural candlestick-dish, modelled as a recumbent nude maiden holding a flowerhead, signed M. Boccval to the dish, 27cm long, 12cm high (3) Each candlestick overall in good condition with tarnishing and staining consistent with age.
Lot 291
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995Oil on MDF 272.5 x 243cm (107 5/16 x 95 11/16in).Footnotes:Commissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening.For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones, see picture 2. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist.Exhibited: London, The Way We Live Now, Design Museum, November 2011 to March 2012.Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013.London, Allen Jones RA, solo exhibition, The Royal Academy, November 2014 to January 2015. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177.The Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones, 2014, pp.98-99, no. 58.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 292
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995Oil on MDF 272.5 x 209cm (107 5/16 x 82 5/16in).Footnotes:Commissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening.For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones, see picture 2. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist.Exhibited: London, The Way We Live Now, Design Museum, November 2011 to March 2012.Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013.London, Allen Jones RA, solo exhibition, The Royal Academy, November 2014 to January 2015. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177.The Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones, 2014, pp.98-99, no. 58.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 293
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995Oil on MDF 272.5 x 243cm (107 5/16 x 95 11/16in).Footnotes:Commissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening.For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones, see picture 2. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist.Exhibited: London, The Way We Live Now, Design Museum, November 2011 to March 2012.Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013.London, Allen Jones RA, solo exhibition, The Royal Academy, November 2014 to January 2015. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177.The Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones, 2014, pp.98-99, no. 58.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 294
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995Oil on MDF 256 x 159cm (100 13/16 x 62 5/8in).Footnotes:Commissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening.For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones, see picture 2. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist.Exhibited: London, The Way We Live Now, Design Museum, November 2011 to March 2012.Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013.London, Allen Jones RA, solo exhibition, The Royal Academy, November 2014 to January 2015. Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177.The Royal Academy, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones, 2014, pp.98-99, no. 58.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 295
Allen Jones R.A. (British, born 1937)Mezzo Mural, 1995Oil on MDF, in two panels One panel 172 x 241cm (67 11/16 x 94 7/8in); the other 272 x 207cm (107 1/16 x 81 1/2in)Footnotes:Commissioned for Sir Terence Conran's Soho restaurant Mezzo, at 100 Wardour Street, which opened in 1995. The mural was placed on the 'stage' of the downstairs restaurant and acted as a backdrop to music performances throughout the evening.For a preliminary sketch of the design by Allen Jones, see picture 3. ©Allen Jones. Courtesy of the artist.Exhibited: Germany, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, solo exhibition, Institut für Kulturaustausch: this exhibition travelled to Kunsthalle Tübingen, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte, and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, June 2012 to September 2013.Literature: O. Letze, M. Livingstone and N. Rosenthal, exhibition catalogue, Allen Jones - Off The Wall: Pop Art 1957-2009, 2012, pp.176-177.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, 2021, p. 141.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 332
Nicholas Garland (British, born 1935)Annabel's, 1985 The incomplete set of three linocuts, 1985, on Arches wove paper, each signed, titled and numbered 241/250 in pencil, with title and justification pages, list of plates and introduction by Lucian Freud, printed by I. M. Imprimit, London, published by Mark Birley, London, within original black cloth-covered portfolio case, the full sheets, in very good conditionOverall 52.5 x 40.5 x 30cm. (20 5/8 x 16 x 1 1/4in)(Folio)(3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 128
China. Lotter (Tobias Conrad), Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium juxta Recentissimam Delineationem in suas Provincias Disterminatum Cura et Sumtibus, Augsburg, circa 1760, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring and some later enhancement, large allegorical cartouche, very slight staining to margins, 500 x 580 mQTY: (1)NOTE:The map shows China divided into provinces, with an allegorical title cartouche representing European trade with China. It was originally published around 1730 by Matthaus Seutter, but this example was published some thirty years later by Seutter's son-in-law & successor, Tobias Lotter
Lot 158
Le Sage (Emmanuel, Comte de Las Cases). Historical, Genealogical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas, exhibiting all the Royal Families in Europe..., translated from the last and much improved French Edition, to which have been added, six maps, composed by Madame Coindé and never before published, making it a Complete Universal Atlas..., 1813, 17 double-page engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring and 21 double-page chronological historical charts, bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeagh, contemporary half morocco with printed title to the upper siding, upper board detached, heavily worn and frayed, folio, together with Wells (Edward). [Oikoumenes Periegesis], sive Dionysii Geographia, 4th ed., 1726, title page in Greek & Latin, sixteen engraved maps with sparse outline colouring, including two hemispheral world maps and a map of the Americas showing California as an island, later endpapers, modern calf with gilt decorated spine, 8vo, with, Hammerton (J. C. Editor). The Harmsworth Universal Atlas and Gazetteer, circa 1920, frontispiece of the flags of the British Empire, numerous colour lithographic maps, index bound at rear, contemporary half morocco, boards detached, lacking spine, folio, plus, Johnston (W. & A. K. editor). The Cosmographic Atlas of Political, Historical, Classical, Physical and Scriptural Geography and Astronomy, Edinburgh, 1884, printed title, text block detached, shaken and loose, 40 lithographic maps, some maps detached, publisher's cloth, lacking spine, boards detached, worn and frayed, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Lot 19
Doughty (Charles M.). Travels in Arabia Deserta, with an introduction by T. E. Lawrence, new and definitive edition, 2 volumes, London: Johnathan Cape, 1936, maps and illustrations, original cloth (head of volume I spine faded), dust jackets, spines faded, a few chips and tears, 4to, together with Iraq and the Persian Gulf, B.R. 524 (Restricted) Geographical Handbook Series, Naval Intelligence Division, September 1944, numerous folding maps and half-tone illustrations, one folding map contained in rear pocket, bookplate, original cloth, spine and part of upper cover faded, 8vo, plus Guarmani (Carlo). Northern Najd. A Journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim, translated from the Italian by Lady Capel-Cure, London: Argonaut Press, 1938, folding map contained in rear pocket, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, one or two small marks, 4to, with others related including Arabia, HM Stationary Office, 1920, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935, and Arabian Adventure to the Great Nafud in Quest of the Oryx, by Douglas Carruthers, 1935QTY: (19)
Lot 249
* Marine. Sbonski de Passebon (Henri ), Galeasse a la rame, Laurent Bremond, Marseille, circa 1700, hand-coloured engraving by Claude Randon, slight marginal fraying but not affecting image, 440 x 565 mm, mounted with an old Weinreb & Douwma label to verso, together with Isaac (John R.). The Iron Steam Ship Great Britain..., Liverpool, circa 1860, uncoloured lithograph after C. P. Williams, repaired marginal fraying, chipping and closed tears, some affecting the image, 380 x 490 mm, with Lifeboats. The "Captain Hans Busk" Lifeboat (built by Messrs. White of Cowes) was presented by him, whose name she bears, to the Town of Ryde, on the 5th May 1869..., unattributed, uncoloured lithograph, some spotting and slight mount staining, 280 x 310 mm, mounted, plus Stevengraph. Britain's Bulwarks H. M. S. Mars, circa 1900, view of a British warship, woven in silk, contemporary mount with printed title below image on the mountboard, slight spotting, image size 140 x 230 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary maple frame, overall size 365 x 490 mm, and Hamilton Ellis (Cuthbert). Travel in 1885. Furness Railway Steamer "Gondola" on Lake Coniston [British Railways, London Midland Region, 1951], chromolithograph, slight marginal creasing, 210 x 590 mm, mounted, with another five engravings, lithographs and photographs of ships, various sizes and conditionQTY: (10)NOTE:The first described item is from a rare collection of prospects of ships and their architecture that were to be found in the Mediterranean. The volume was called "Plan de Plusieurs Batiments de Mer avec leurs Proportions" and was published in Marseille in 1690. The plates were rapidly re-published by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam between 1693 & 1700 and this is an example from this slightly later edition.
Lot 255
* Oxford. Middiman (Samuel), High Street Oxford. To the Very Reverend John Parsons D. D. Dean of Bristol, Master of Balliol College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. This plate engraved by S. Middiman and John Pye after an original Picture by J. M. W. Turner Esqre. R. A. and Professor of Perspective to the Royal Academy..., James Wyatt, 1812, uncoloured engraving on laid, very slight staining to the image, mount stained, 500 x 650 mmQTY: (1)
Lot 256
* Oxford. Pye (John), A View of Oxford from the Abingdon Road. To the Right Honourable John Scott, Baron Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, High Steward of the University of Oxford. This Plate Engraved by John Pye after an original Picture by J. M. W. Turner Esq. R. A. & Professor of Perspective to the Royal Academy..., James Wyatt, 1818, uncoloured engraving, blind stamp of JW to the lower left corner, slight creasing, 480 x 620 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)
Lot 272
Calvin (Jean). [The Institution of Christian Religion, Written in Latine by M. John Calvine, Translated into English according to the Author's last edition, with Sundry Tables to finde the principall matters intreated of in this Booke, And also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded, by Thomas Norton, London: John Norton, c. 1611], seven preliminary leaves only (of ten, lacking title and two other leaves), first preliminary leaf cut down, torn to lower outer corner with text loss and repaired, final leaf lined with tissue (browned), some damp stains and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, worn, folio (26.7 x 18 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 4424.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Lot 280
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Baskett, and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece (early inscription to verso) and 46 plates, all with near contemporary hand-colouring, bound with (between gatherings M & N of Book of Common Prayer) A Companion to the Altar: shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion..., 7th edition, London: Edmund Parker, 1711, engraved frontispiece, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1715, red-ruled borders throughout volume, browning, spotting, few closed tears and wear, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco with gilt panelled and decorated boards, modern reback, engraved silver clasps, board corners worn, 8vo, together with a similar Book of Common Prayer, London: John Baskett, 1725, title and first few leaves misbound, numerous engraved plates, bound with A Companion to the Altar, 10th edition, 1726 and The Whole Book of Psalms, 1725, some toning and spotting, all edges gilt, early 19th century gilt decorated straight-grain morocco, upper joint cracked, 8voQTY: (2)
Lot 288
Edwards (Bryan). The History civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. To which is added, an historical survey of the French colony in the Island of St. Domingo, abridged from the History written by Bryan Edwards Esq., London: B. Crosby, 1798, folding engraved map, some marks and light soiling to margins, contemporary calf, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, together withSmith (Adam). The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 2 volumes, 9th edition, London: A. Strahan, 1808, light soiling, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed, plusLewis (W.). A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess, 1st edition, London: James Fraser, 1831, some light marks, contemporary half calf, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, and other various antiquarian, including Charles Dickens, Domby & Son, 1st edition, 1848, Robert Bloomfield, the Farmers Boy; a rural poem, 1800 (extra-illustrated), Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1838, William Wilberforce, A Practical View of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians, 1797, John Reeves, History of the English Law, 5 volumes, 1814-29, etc., all volumes with bookplate of Peter M. Scott or the Bibliotheca Domestica, Colwall to front pastedown, mixed leather bindings, mainly 8voQTY: (29)
Lot 293
Cobbett (William). The Woodlands: or a treatise on the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of forest trees and underwoods, 1st edition, London: William Cobbett, 1825, title with ink stamp of the Bibliotheca ex oblatorum S. Caroli, Bayswater, with bookplate of William J, Lescher to front pastedown, and additional bookplate of Peter M. Scott, contemporary half-calf, modern reback, together with Steele (Andrew). The Natural and Agricultural History of Peat-Moss or Turf-Bog, 1st edition, Edinburgh: W. & D. Laing and Adam Black, 1826, half-title, contemporary presentation inscription to head of title 'Lt. Col. Eardle... from Capt A. Duff, R: N:', bookplate of Peter M. Scott to front pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half-calf (by Maltby's of Oxford), plus other various 19th & 20th-century publications including The Book of the Farm, by Henry Stephens, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1876, Lord Dufferin, Letters from High Latitudes, 3rd edition, 1857, A bound collection of 19th-century pamphlets on the Land Question by Henry George, Arnold Toynbee, Havelock Fisher, Charles Bradlaugh, and others, The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1st edition, 1889, Alec Rose, My Lively Lady, 1st edition, 1968, limited signed edition 43/260, etc., all leather bound, 8voQTY: (20)
Lot 397
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1907, 36 tipped-in colour illustrations, each with printed tissue-guard, top edge gilt, gilt-decorated olive green cloth, rubbed and some marks, together with Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, with an introduction by sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1913, 44 tipped-in colour plates, original grey-green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and frayed to joints and corners, plusThe Rhinegold & Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue-guard to each with printed caption, top edge gilt, near-contemporary brown crushed half morocco, a few minor marks, full 4toQTY: (3)
Lot 416
Cook (Frederick A.). My Attainment of the Pole, being the record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909..., 1st edition, New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911, 51 monochrome illustrations, modern endpapers, some minor marginal spotting, original decorated brown cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with:Atkinson (Thomas Witlam), Oriental and Western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures..., London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 20 colour lithographic plates plus monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, modern endpapers, top edge gilt, modern gilt decorated full calf, 8vo, plusStanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent..., 2 volumes bound in 1, London: George Newnes, 1899, monochrome illustrations & maps including a folding map to pp.48, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated black half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel reference & related, some contemporary leather bindings, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 420
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, 3rd impression, London: William Heinemann, 1917, 13 colour illustrations plus monochrome vignettes, some light toning, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voTales from Shakespeare, by Charles & Mary Lamb, reprinted, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927, 12 colour illustrations plus monochrome vignettes, period inscription to the front endpaper, some spotting throughout, original gilt decorated green cloth, 8voA Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, cheaper edition, London: William Heinemann, 1933, 8 colour & 18 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning. original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, reprinted, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1948, 8 colour illustrations plus monochrome in-text illustrations, some minor toning, original red cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with some small tears to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Robinson (Charles, illustrator), The Secret Garden, by Francis Hodgson Burnett, 2nd impression, London: William Heinemann, 1912, 8 colour illustrations, period inscription to the front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other illustrated & juvenile literature & related reference, including Cecil Aldin, Hugh Thomson, Edward Ardizzone, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 437
Rudder (Samuel). The History and Antiquities of Gloucester: including the civil and military affairs of that ancient city;..., Cirencester: printed by S. Rudder, 1781, engraved folding frontispiece, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, some minor toning, additional print stuck down to the rear endpaper, later calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Counsel (G. W.), The History and Description of the City of Gloucester, from the earliest period to teh present time;..., Gloucester: printed by J. Bulgin, 1829, period inscription to the rear endpaper, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, contemporary green cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusSpence (H. D. M.), Dreamland in History , the story of the Norman Dukes, London: Wm. Isbister, 1891, some tape repairs to pp.136-145, Cloister Life in the days of Coeur de Lion, 1892, both with monochrome illustrations by Herbert Railton, bookplates & previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, top edges gilt, both in original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and other 19th-century & modern Gloucestershire reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, plus a collection of 23 framed & glazed Gloucester related prints, including 'Gloster City Thom: Brown Esq Alderman', a plan of Gloucester by Johannes Kip, circa 1720, contemporary hand-colouringQTY: (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 448
Metcalfe (William M.). A History of the County of Renfrew from the Earliest Times, 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1905, bookplate to front pastedown, endpapers toned, folding map with tape repairs to verso, original gilt decorated blue and white cloth, top edge gilt, spine grubby, large 8vo, together with:Rankine (John), A Treaties on the Law of Leases in Scotland, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: W. Green & Son Limited, 1916, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, original blue cloth, covers and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusLubbock (Basil), Barlow's Journal of his life at sea in King's Ships, East & west Indiamen & other Merchantmen from 1659 to 1703, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, 1934, 8 coloured illustrations & 72 coastline drawings, bookplates to front endpapers, text block lightly spotted, original blue cloth, 8vo, and other sailing and Scotland reference and related some original cloth some in dust jackets, 8vo/ large 8vo, G/VGQTY: (6 shelves )
Lot 457
Adams (H. M.). Catalogue of Books printed on the Continent of Europe 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1967, bookplates to the front pastedowns, minor marginal toning, original uniform cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers rubbed with some small tears & loss to head & foot, 4to, together with:Jackson (J. R. de J.), Romantic Poetry by Women, a bibliography 1770-1835, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, original blue cloth, 8vo, plusHazen (A. T.), A Bibliography of Horace Walpole, reprinted, London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1973, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & marked with some loss to the head of the front cover, 4to, and other modern bibliography reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 458
Butler (Arthur G.). British Birds with their Nests and Eggs, 6 volumes, 1st edition, Hull: Bumby & Clarke Limited, 1844-1925, Robert P. Wild bookplate to front pastedowns, some spotting throughout, front endpapers partially detached, colour and monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, boards and spines rubbed with occasional marks, 4to, together with:Pratt (Anne), The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, 6 volumes, London: Frederick Warne And Co., 1806-1893, Numerous colour plates, occasional minor spotting & damp staining, original gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt, some damp staining to back cover of volume 1, spines and covers lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, plusClarke (Maud U.), Nature's Own Gardens, 1st edition, London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1907, numerous colour illustrations, occasional light spotting, endpapers toned, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, rubbed to head and foot of spine, 4to, and other natural history reference and related, mostly original cloth some in dust jackets some leather bindings, G, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves )
Lot 469
Chapbooks. A bound collection of 19 chapbooks, early 19th century, some woodcuts throughout, many with hand-colouring, occasional spotting, contemporary ownership inscription of Riou George Benson, April 9th 1842 to front free endpaper and later Benson inscription to front pastedown, front free endpaper and first 2 leaves detached, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed and some edge and corner wear, 16mo (100 x 64 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The titles comprise: Youthful Martyrs, in Ancient Times, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; Children's Plays, London: J. Davis, no date; The Adventures of William Friendly... , London: J. Davis, no date; The Giant Killer, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; One Thing at a Time, Religious Tract Society, no date; Harry and His Holiday, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Best Scholar in the School, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Idiot, printed by William Tyler, London, no date; The Knife-Grinder, printed by W. Clowes & Sons, no date; The Diamond Necklace, London: Religious Tract Society; Sins Found Out. An Address Delivered to the Children of the Birmingham Sunday School Union, by John Angell James, 2nd edition, Birmingham: T. Groom, 1832; The Way to Finish a Task. The Fire. Phillis and Damaris. And Other Pieces, Stourport: G. Nicholson, no date; A New Year's Gift; Being an Address of a Minister to his Parishioners, Birmingham: J.C. Barlow, 1831; Little Susan and her Lamb, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Vine, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Lord's Prayer, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Bible: The Best Book, by Charlotte Elizabeth, 2nd edition, Dublin: J. & M. Porteous, 1829; The Missionary's Death Bed; Described by the Missionary's Widow, Birmingham: T. Groom, no date.
Lot 471
Chapbooks. A collection of 14 chapbooks, Alnwick: W. Davison, circa 1815-1830, woodcut illustrations, original wrappers (except 1 lacking wrappers), some lightly rubbed or soiled, 1 with spine deficient, including: History of Monkeys; The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; The Story of Blue Beard; The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; The Anecdote Book; The Adventures of the Renowned Robin Hood; Ducks and Green Peas; History of Jack the Giant-Killer; The History of Crazy Jane, etc., together with 7 other similar chapbooks by various publishers including: Oliver & Boyd; S. Wilkinson, G. Miller & Son, J. & M. Robertson, titles including: The British Primer with engravings by T Bewick; The Proverbs of Little Solomon; Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales, etc., all 12mo or 16mo, and a New Battledore (No. 2), published Derby: J. and C. Mozley, single sheet of paper laid on blue card, folded to form 2 leaves with a flap, printed inside with alphabets and letters, and on the outside with animals and birdsQTY: (22)
Lot 489
Harris and Son (publishers). Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, Parts I & II, London: John Harris, 1825, 16 and 17 hand-coloured engravings respectively, plus hand-coloured vignette titles, publisher's advertisements on rear pastedowns, first part with small nick in top edge of page block, second part with adhesive tape repairs to hinges, each part in original printed buff wrappers, rubbed and marked, mostly to Part I (latter re-spined and with ownership name at head of front cover), together withThe Infant's Grammar or a Pic-nic Party of the Parts of Speech, London: John Harris, circa 1830, 11 hand-coloured engravings, some spotting, 1 page publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, original printed buff wrappers, slightly creased, spine rubbed, plusThe Peacock "At Home." By a Lady. And Butterfly's Ball; An Original Poem, by Mr. Roscoe, London: John Harris, 1834, 8 hand-coloured engravings on 4 leaves, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, early book ticket of Georgiana M. T. Dallas on front pastedown, original printed wrappers, dusty and marked, and 4 other chapbooks including: Industry and Idleness, by Mary Belson, 1820; The Flower-Basket, circa 1828; The Rudiments of Grammar, in Verse, by Madame Leinstein, circa 1820; Wonders! Descriptive of Some of the Most Remarkable of Nature and Art, 1821, all worn, slim 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Moon, John Harris, 675 (2); 396 (4); 992 (1).
Lot 61
Staunton (George). An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China... abridged principally from the papers of Earl Macartney, London: John Stockdale, 1797, engraved frontispiece, additional title, 21 plates, 2 folding maps, 3 pp. advertisements at end, one or two plate imprints shaved, some light offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, 8vo, together with Volney (Constantin Francois). Voyage en Syrie ety en Egypte, pendant les annees 1783, 1784 et 1785, 3 volumes, nouvele edition, 1792, 2 folding engraved maps (torn withoit loss), some light spotting, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some small areas of worming, 8vo, with four others including Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W----y M----e [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu] written during her travels in Europe, Asia and Africa..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1763, and Travels through Arabia and other Countries in the East, performed by M. Niebuhr, translated into English by Robert Heron, 1792QTY: (10)
Lot 621
Austen (Jane). The Novels, illustrated by Philip Gough, 6 volumes, London: MacDonald & Co, 1951-61, Emma 4th impression thus, colour frontispieces & illustrations, lightly toned, original red morocco gilt, original glassine wrappers, 8vo, together with:Pride & Prejudice, with preface by Frank Swinnerton and illustrations by Helen Sewell, New York: Heritage Press, 1940, illustrations throughout, bookplate of Celine M King to front pastedown, brown straight-grained morocco-backed boards gilt, 8vo, with slipcase, withThree Evening Prayers, San Francisco: Colt Press, 1940, text printed in red and black, original stitched cloth, fore & bottom edges untrimmed, 8vo, with approximately 45 other volumes on or by Jane AustenQTY: (approx 50)
Lot 671
Hurt (Freda M.) Mr. Twink Takes Charge, 1954; Mr. Twink, Detective, 1957; Mr. Twink & the Kitten Mystery, 1958; Mr. Twink and the Jungle Garden, 1960; Mr. Twink Finds a Family (2 copies), 1961, 1st editions, illustrations by Nina Scott Langley, occasional light spotting, previous owner ink stamp to Detective, Jungle Garden ex-libris, one copy of Finds a Family inscribed by the author, original cloth, dust jackets, some toning to spine, a few chips and tears and light spotting, 8vo, together with other juvenile titles including Andy Goes Abroad, 1960, Andy Wins the Prize, 1961, The Caravan Cat, 1963, Andy and Her Twin, 1963, Andy Meets a Hero, 1964, Crab Island, 1965, Andy Looks for Gold, 1965, and Benny and the Space Boy, 1970 (inscribed by the author), plus some thrillers by the author, including Death by Bequest, 1960, Sweet Death, 1961 (lacking front endpaper), Death and the Bridegroom, 1963, A Cause for Malice, 1966, Seven Year Secret, 1968 (inscribed by the author), Death in the Mist, 1969, Dangeours Visit, 1971 (inscribed), Dark Design, 1972, Fatal Fortune, 1973 (inscribed), and Return to Terror, 1974 (inscribed), plus others including The Weather Imp and the King of Nowhere, Modern Plays for Schools, No. 14, wrapper-bound, 1955, inscribed, plus a few others without jackets, a few inscribed QTY: (37)NOTE:Mary Elizabeth Hurt (1911-1999) wrote under her nom-de-plume Freda Hurt mainly in two genres, children's (mainly the 'Mr. Twink' and 'Andy' series) and crime fiction, mostly featuring Detective Inspector Herbert Broom. A lot of the inscriptions are for Frances, her niece, the collection thence by descent.
Lot 673
King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde, 6th edition, London: Methuen, 1915, colour title, 16 tipped-in colour plates, half-title, previous owner's pencil notes to half-title, a little light spotting, pictorial endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original decorative blue cloth, 4toQTY: (1)
Lot 687
Moveable books. Popeye and the Pirates, New York: Duenewald Printing Corp., 1945, 4 animated plates, first and fourth plates with closed tear to right, second plate missing tab, second leaf detached, some toning and light marks, ownership inscription in pencil on front pastedown, original spiral-bound pictorial boards, dusty and extremities a little worn, oblong 4to, together with:Stand-ups ... Mother Goose, Designed by Sidney Sage, New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1934, 6 colour lithographed plates with characters perforated at the edges, each character with a printed title to verso, all pieces still intact within the page, some minor marks, original pictorial wrappers, some staining and wear, two small staple holes to lower right corner of upper cover penetrating through page block to rear cover, large 4to, plusPlayette Phone Book, created by Larry Wise and M. Goldsmith, illustrated by Dick Briefer, New York: Playette Corp., 1945, all leaves and front cover with circular cut-out for a centre dial of a telephone mounted on rear pastedown (cover with removable handset above attached by string to rear cover), cardboard numbers under dial rubbed with some loss, original spiral-bound pictorial boards, edges rubbed, 4to, and other pop-up and moveable books, circa 1950-1980, including: "Big Top" Circus Book, The Wizard of Oz,The Flowerpot Men, A Twirly Book by Maria Bird, Land, Sea and Air pop-up book, Jolly Jump-Ups Toytown, Puss in Boots illustrated by V Kubašta, Magic Roundabout, Cinderella, Noddy, Snow White, Jack and the Beanstalk etc., a few books in Hungarian, Polish, German and Czech, some defective QTY: (2 boxes)
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Lot 698
Nister (Ernest, publisher). Our Darlings' Surprise Pictures, [1895], 8 full-page colour chromolithographs with tabs (one missing), two leaves detaching, some toning to edges, presentation inscription to front free endpaper, upper and rear hinge tender, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some soiling, 4to, together withHood (Thomas). The Headlong Career and Woful Ending of Precocious Piggy, illustrated by his son, London: Griffith & Farran, 1859, hand-coloured illustrations throughout, publisher's advertisement to rear, coloured endpapers, ownership blind stamp to first three leaves, original cloth-backed pink pictorial boards, edges rubbed, plusGreenaway (Kate). Kate Greenaway Pictures from originals presented to John Ruskin and other personal friends (the other two unpublished), with an appreciation by H. M. Cundall, London: Frederick Warn and Co., 1921, 20 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards, half-title, frontispiece offset to title, green marbled endpapers, original two tone cloth with gilt title, 4to, and 27 other children's and illustrated books including: Une Soirée dans le Monde des Chats, 1877; The Infants' Magazine, 1892; Ups and Downs All Smiles No Frowns, [1880]; Cats of All Sorts by Louis Wain, (defective), Young Maids & Old China, [1888]; etc., QTY: (1 carton)
Lot 707
Rackham (Arthur, Illustrated). The Ring of the Niblung: The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie and Siegfied & the Twilight of the Gods, with a Prelude by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Amour, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939, 48 colour plates, including frontispiece, black and white illustrations, spotting, pictorial endpapers, bookplate of Northage John De Ville Mather on front pastedown, endpapers and edges foxed, original teal cloth, some rubbing and marks, 4to, together with The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esqre., London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1907, 24 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations, spotting to title-page, decorative green endpapers, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine faded, 4to, plusGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Jonathan Swift, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909, 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, 'This Book belongs to' box filled in, contemporary ink inscription to free front endpaper '1st Prize for Swimming', original gilt decorated green cloth, faded, spine ends a trifle frayed, large 8vo, and 3 other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham: Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb, 1909: The Sleeping Beauty told by C.S. Evans, [1920]; and The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, 1933QTY: (6)
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