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Click here to subscribe° ° Andrews, John and Others - A Topographical Map of the County of Kent, in twenty five sheets, on a scale of two inches to a mile, from an Actual Survey ...(new, reproduction edition). pictorial engraved title, pictorial engraved dedication/subscribers, and 23 d-page maps, with a key map (for this edition); publisher's cloth with a facsimile printed label, folio. Lympne Castle (Kent): Harry Margary, 1968
° ° Berry, William - County Geneologies, Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, small folio, half green morocco, binding scuffed, Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, London 1830, together with - Parish, W.D (editor) - Domesday Book in Relation to the County of Sussex, edited for The Sussex Archaeological Society, folio, black faux morocco cloth, coloured map frontis, H. Wolff, Lewes 1886, (2)
° ° Grose, F - The Antiquities of England and Wales. New edition, 8 vols, 4to, contemporary diced calf, with engraved vignette title to each volume, large folding map of England and Wales, portrait of Grose, 636 (of 639) engraved plates, 56 half page maps, (2 coloured in outline), some foxing and minor tears, a few repaired, a few marginalia notes in ink, Melchet Court, Romsey circular stamp on several blank leaves, Hooper & Wigstead, London 1784-97
° ° The Steam-Boat Companion; and Stranger's Guide to the Western Islands and Highlands of Scotland....with voyages to Liverpool, and Belfast....and the Lakes in Cumberland. 2nd edition greatly enlarged and improved. folded general map (with large scale inset of the Clyde) and four folded road maps; publisher's gilt lettered roan, rebacked and renewed (preserving original spine and cover lettering), Glasgow, 1825
° ° Whitaker, Rev. John - The History of Manchester....2 vols. 11 plates (mostly folded, incl. plans); contemporary gilt calf, panelled spines with maroon labels, marbled edges, 4to. 1771-75; (?Welsh, John) A Six Days' Tour through the Isle of Man...by A Stranger. folded map, 6 lithographed plates and text engravings; original patterned cloth with printed spine label, 12mo. Douglas, (1836); Gough, Richard - Description of the Beauchamp Chapel....at Warwick; and the monuments of the Earls of Warwick...new edition. 8 plates (mostly d-page or folded); newly rebound half leather and marbled boards. 1809; with other topographies of Northern and Midland counties. (42)
° ° Ordnance Survey Atlas of England and Wales: quarter inch to the mile. engraved title and 24 d-page coloured maps (on linen), errata slip, (2)pp. index map and scales /key, (21)pp. index of places, and extra illustrated with some 21 maps from a contemp. London large scale atlas, mounted on versos of the Ordnance sequence. unlettered cloth, oblong 4to. Southampton: printed at the Ordnance Survey Office, 1922
° ° Jones, Theophilus - A History of the County of Brecknock.... 2 vols. pictorial engraved titles, a folded pictorial map (outline colour), a plan of Brecon, 3 hand coloured armorial plates and 28 others, engraved text illus.; old half calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated spines, 4to. Brecknock, 1805-09
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports TwinRegistration no. 534 CBWFrame no. 61/1734 (see text)Engine no. 237D 10620Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Greeves first twin-cylinder roadsters of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 25D Fleetwing – appeared, powered by the four-speed Villiers 249cc 2T engine. For 1959 the 25D was renamed Sports Twin, its designation changing to 25DB. It cost £199 15s, with the scrambles models' 'paddle fin' hubs an optional extra at £4 10s. For 1961 the 250 and 350 roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame with the one-piece rear sub-frame, becoming the 25DC and 32DC respectively.First registered June 1961 and acquired by Tony East in May 2002, this Greeves Sports Twin is presented in fully restored condition and currently displays a total of 1,258 miles on the odometer. The machine was last taxed in May 2006. Accompanying documentation includes a (copy) old-style continuation logbook (issued 1972); a Norton Villiers engines maintenance manual; BMS workshop manual; SORN paperwork; expired MoT (2005); and old/current V5Cs. One key present. It should be noted that the frame started life in a 24TDS Scottish trials model.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Property of a deceased's estate1979 Laverda 981cc JotaRegistration no. GTL 714TFrame no. 5895Engine no. 1000*5895*Blessed with one of the most evocative names in motorcycling history, the Jota was the bike that really put Laverda on the map. Its direct progenitor was the tuned version of the Italian firm's 3C triple - the 3C(E) - developed for production racing by the UK importer, Slater Brothers. The production Jota was both more highly tuned and quicker, its 140mph top speed making it the world's fastest road-going production motorcycle at the time of its launch for 1976. It was also pretty handy on the racetrack, winning the UK's Avon championship in 1976 and 1978 in the hands of Pete Davies. Few major changes were made to the Jota prior to 1982 when a heavily revised version was introduced, complete with a 120-degree crankshaft that made for a more even firing order than the original's 180-degree 'flat' crank. Today, the Jota is one of the most collectible of Italian classics, particularly the first '180' version. Currently displaying a total of 36,403 miles on the odometer, this desirable '180' Jota benefits from an engine rebuild carried out in 2012 at 34,837 miles (bill on file). Purchased by the late owner in 2014 (sales receipt on file) the machine, which would benefit from detailing, was last used circa 2015 and will require recommissioning to a greater or lesser extent before further use (the last MoT expired in April 2016). The engine turns over. Offered with key. Offered with keyFootnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collectionc.1966 Greeves 249cc 25DC Mk2 Sports TwinRegistration no. BRK 68DFrame no. 25DC464BEngine no. noneGreeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Greeves first twin-cylinder roadsters of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 25D Fleetwing – appeared, powered by the four-speed Villiers 249cc 2T engine. For 1959 the 25D was renamed Sports Twin, its designation changing to 25DB. It cost £199 15s, with the scrambles models' 'paddle fin' hubs an optional extra at £4 10s. For 1961 the roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame and the following year the DC was comprehensively restyled in the fashion of the day to create a new model, the DCX Sportsman, which gained a Perspex-screened handlebar fairing, tank with knee cutaways, fork spats, slightly rear-set footrests and full-width alloy hubs. When the new Villiers 4T engine was adopted for 1964, the DC Sports Twin's model designation changed to 25DC Mk 2. This Sports Twin has been restored throughout and currently displays a total of 1,017 miles on the odometer. The registration 'BRK 68D' is listed in HPI database; however, machine offered without any registration documents. Four keys present.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1963 Greeves 325cc 32DC Sports TwinRegistration no. AJU 663AFrame no. 32DC140Engine no. 222D 1441 (see text)Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'downtube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Greeves first twin-cylinder models of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 250cc 25D Fleetwing - appeared. The roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame for 1961 and the following year were comprehensively restyled in the fashion of the day.The all-new 32DC Sports Twin was one of four roadsters in Greeves line-up for 1961. It was powered by the four-speed 325cc 3T engine, which Villiers had first introduced back in 1957. The 3T was basically a bored-out 250cc 2T and at 16.5bhp was only marginally more powerful but developed considerably more torque. Acquired by Tony East in July 2004, this fully restored Sports Twin received a 'Highly Commended' award at The Classic MotorCycle Mechanics Show at Stafford in 2018 (rosette available). The machine is offered with an old-style V5C Registration Certificate and a Mail Order Catalogue produced by the revived Greeves Motorcycle Company of Chelmsford. It should be noted that the V5C records the engine number as '222D1126'. Offered with keyFootnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports TwinRegistration no. 110 XVWFrame no. 61/3219Engine no. 734B 9136Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Greeves first twin-cylinder roadsters of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 25D Fleetwing – appeared, powered by the four-speed Villiers 249cc 2T engine. For 1959 the 25D was renamed Sports Twin, its designation changing to 25DB. It cost £199 15s, with the scrambles models' 'paddle fin' hubs an optional extra at £4 10s. For 1961 the 250 and 350 roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame with the one-piece rear sub-frame, becoming the 25DC and 32DC respectively.Restored throughout and very nicely presented, this Greeves Sports Twin was judged 'Best Villiers' at the 34th International Classic MotorCycle Show at Stafford in 2014. The accompanying V5C document shows that Tony acquired the machine in 2013 and that previous owner Mr Neil of Hoxton had acquired it in April 1983, while the old-style V5 shows that the owner prior to Mr Neil was a Mr Fowler of Chelmsford. Tony purchased the Greeves from Pete's Bikes at the Kempton Park autojumble. Offered with keyFootnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1968 Greeves 246cc 24DF Police MotorcycleRegistration no. VJJ 982G Frame no. 24DF119Engine no. 161FP1645• The last Greeves roadster built• One of four supplied to City of London Police• Pictured in Greeves The Complete Story by Colin SparrowGreeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Less well known is the fact that Greeves supplied motorcycles for use by the police, the rare example offered here being one of a batch of four 'VJJ'-registered machines supplied to the City of London Police in October 1968. By this time Greeves had effectively abandoned the roadster market to concentrate on their competition models; indeed, in a detailed email on file dated August 2014, Colin Sparrow (author of Greeves The Complete Story) states that 'VJJ 982G' is the last Greeves roadster built. Villiers having by this time ceased to supply engines, Greeves had to purchase some new-old-stock 35A units from Sharpe Commercials, makers of the by-then-defunct Bond Minicar. As the police needed extra generating capacity to power their radios, these engines were fitted with Dynastart units. The quartet of 'VJJ' police motorcycles and their riders, with Tower Bridge in the background, is pictured in Colin's book (page 121). Its original green logbook records City of London Police as first owners of this motorcycle and the next keeper as Mr Paul Darrell, from December 1972. The next keeper listed is the well-known collector Mr Michael Jackson of Ware (change of ownership not dated). In January 1994 the machine was sold to Mr Roger Neal of Cambridgeshire. Presented in restored condition throughout, this historic Greeves police motorcycle is offered with the aforementioned email and further written correspondence; a quantity of Villiers Services invoices; and old-style V5/V5C registration documents.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1968 Greeves 246cc 24DF Police MotorcycleRegistration no. VJJ 980G Frame no. 24DF117Engine no. 161FP1654• One of four supplied to City of London Police• Pictured in Greeves The Complete Story by Colin Sparrow• Authentic police equipmentGreeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Less well known is the fact that Greeves supplied motorcycles for use by the police, the rare example offered here being one of a batch of four 'VJJ'-registered machines supplied to the City of London Police in October 1968. By this time Greeves had effectively abandoned the roadster market to concentrate on their competition models. Villiers having by this time ceased to supply engines, Greeves had to purchase some new-old-stock 35A units from Sharpe Commercials, makers of the by-then-defunct Bond Minicar. As the police needed extra generating capacity to power their radios, these engines were fitted with Dynastart units. The quartet of 'VJJ' police motorcycles and their riders, with Tower Bridge in the background, is pictured in Colin Sparrow's book Greeves The Complete Story (page 121). The photocopy of a buff logbook on file gives the date of this Greeves' first registration as 7th October 1968 to the City of London Police; by 1972 it had passed into private ownership (there is also a photocopy of an MoT certificate from 1974). Also on file is a letter dated 2006 and addressed to Roger Neal (the owner before Tony East) from John Card, authentication officer at the Greeves Riders Association, which goes into some detail regarding what the dispatch records state.In the course of the restoration Tony was able to purchase from a Mr Bill Drummond original police parts taken from his original police Greeves, including the radio, klaxon horn, fire extinguisher, and pannier carriers. The history file also contains other emails and correspondence; various notes concerning the machine's authentication; a quantity of invoices; and a copy of BMS service notes; and a period policeman's uniform. It should be noted that the registration 'VJJ 980G' appears to have lapsed from the DVLA/HPI database.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection; Formerly the property of O B ('Bert') Greeves, MBE1963 Greeves 246cc 24DDS Sports Single PrototypeRegistration no. 901 JOOFrame no. 24DDS101Engine no. 085E WN6• The sole 24DDS prototype made• Kept by Bert Greeves until 1993• Known ownership history• Restored on the 2000s• Acquired by Tony East in 2007Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. Offered here is a Greeves Sports Single variant that never made it into production: the 24DDS. Intended as a 100mph 250cc roadster, and built in the competitions department, the 24DDS was powered by a Villiers 36A-based engine fitted with Greeves' own Challenger competition top-end, also used in its scrambles models and the Silverstone road-racer. The frame used the Silverstone main beam and the steering angle was improved by a straight top-tube, while competition-type strengthening gussets were fitted to the leading-link front suspension. Unfortunately, the model was judged too expensive to be a success, and production never got beyond this solitary prototype. First registered to Greeves' parent company Invacar Ltd on 5th April 1963, this prototype is the only example made and was later registered to 'O B Greeves MBE' (see the original old-style buff logbook and copy old V5 on file). It is believed that Bert's nephew had an accident on the machine which damaged the front wheel, and it was then repaired and laid up until Bert's death in 1993, aged 87. At this point the 24DDS was inherited by Greeves authority Andrew King, who kept the machine in storage until it was purchased in 2002 by Graham Mitchell. Graham restored the Greeves and then sold it on to the immediately preceding owner, David Pink.Tony East acquired the ex-Bert Greeves 24DDS at a UK auction in November 2007. In 2010 the machine was featured in an article in The Classic MotorCycle by Richard Rosenthal (January edition). A partial copy of the article is on file and this unique piece of Greeves' history also comes with a copy of the works record; five MoTs (most recent expired 2011); and old/current V5C Registration Certificates. A framed display board of the aforementioned logbook copies, ownership history and specifications is included in the sale.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
1975 Ducati 750 SSRegistration no. not UK registeredFrame no. 075771Engine no. 075656•Delivered new in Italy•Laid up in dry storage for almost 30 years•Restored in 2016 (bills and photographs available)It was, without question, Paul Smart's famous victory at Imola in April 1972 that really put Ducati's new v-twin on the map. It was a particularly sweet occasion for hitherto un-fancied Ducati, as the Bologna factory defeated not only the race-proven Triumph Tridents of Percy Tait, John Cooper and Ray Pickrell, but also the works 750 MV Agusta of Giacomo Agostini. With such an outstanding pedigree, the 750SS was a natural choice for racing's Superbike category, and later on proved highly competitive in AMA 'Battle of the Twins' (BOTT) and club Super Street racing in the 1980s. Smart's bike was based on the 750 Sport roadster introduced that same year. The racer's cycle parts remained close to stock - even the centre stand lugs were retained! - merely being up-rated with triple Lockheed disc brakes while the engine gained desmodromic cylinder heads, high-compression pistons and stronger con-rods. When the definitive production version - the 750 SS - appeared in 1974 it differed little in overall conception from the Imola '72 bikes, among the most obvious external differences being the adoption of a centre-axle fork and Brembo front brakes. The big 'Imola' fuel tank and humped racing seat both featured on the road bike, which wore a cockpit faring rather than the racer's fuller streamlining. The 750 SS received rave reviews in the motorcycling press, being hailed by Cycle magazine as 'a bike that stands at the farthest reaches of the sporting world - the definitive factory-built café racer'. Today the 750 SS is regarded as a true landmark model and is one of the most sought-after of all Ducatis. One of the last Ducati 750 SS models produced in 1975 (the declaration of conformity is dated 15th December 1975, copy on file), this stunning example was purchased new in January 1976 at a price of 1,870,000 Italian lire. The first registration was 'TO 310904' and the first owner was a resident of Collegno near Turin. He would keep the Ducati until 1976 when it changed hands, passing to another resident of the same town for two million lire, indicating that this model has always been highly regarded. It is reported that the second owner had planned to use the Ducati in some amateur races, but financial restraints kept him from doing so and in any case a lien of 1,165,000 lire had been placed on the bike in favour of a Turin-based company. At the end of 1977 this lien had been resolved and the Ducati changed hands again in 1978, this time for the princely sum of 2.5 million lire, and again in February 1980 for two million lire – still more than the original purchase price, five years later! This last owner kept the Ducati for a long time. Reportedly a flamboyant character, he partially repainted the 750 SS in pink and called it the 'Pink Panther'. In 1986 Italy introduced the obligation to wear a helmet on motorcycles. In the owner's opinion, 'the helmet takes away all the joy of riding a motorcycle' so the Ducati was laid up in a garage in Turin and not used again. Our vendor was able to purchase the bike in 2014 from that very garage where it had spent almost 30 years in storage. He embarked on a comprehensive restoration over two years (pictures and parts invoices on file), guided by the books written by Ian Fallon (the Bevel Twin guru), and returned the Ducati to its former splendour. The engine has been overhauled by an experienced Ducati mechanic, and traces of the red and blue paint as applied by the Ducati mechanics in 1975 were found still on the horizontal cylinder head. According to the vendor, all major parts are original and have been restored. The fuel tank has been internally treated so as to withstand the ethanol content of modern petrol. The Ducati comes with Italian registration documents as well as an FMI (Federazione Motociclistica Italiana) passport. As stated by the vendor: 'it is really fast, very entertaining.. and extremely loud!'Footnotes:Please note that this vehicle is from outside the UK. Our customs agents, CARS UK, will manage all post sale customs administration. A fee of £350+VAT will be charged on the buyer's invoice to administer both import or export customs movements. If this vehicle is to remain in the UK, it will be subject to Import VAT at the reduced rate of 5% on the hammer price. This vehicle will not be available for immediate collection after the sale and will only be released on completion of customs clearance formalities. If you have any questions regarding customs clearance, please contact the Motorcycle Sale Coordinator Annika.morrill@bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 8963 2817All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N MOTORCYCLESIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (SHIPPIO) to undertake the NOVA and C88 (customs) application if applicable on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £125 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.CARSIf purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, whilst the responsibility of submitting the NOVA rests with the Buyer to do so, Bonhams will facilitate the process by engaging an agent (CARS) to undertake the NOVA on the Buyer's behalf. A fee of £250 + VAT to do so will be added to the Buyer's invoice.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection1966 Greeves 197cc 20DC Sports SingleRegistration no. MDX 69DFrame no. 20DC397 (see text)Engine no. 251D 10473Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. The 20DB Sports Single was one of four roadsters in Greeves' 1961 line-up and was powered by the four-speed Villiers 9E engine, which had first featured in the 1956 range powering the preceding D model, the Fleetstar. The model designation changed to 20DC for 1962 and the Sports Single continued in this guise until production ceased at the end of 1966, by which time it was one of only two roadsters left in the range, the other being the 25DC East Coaster twin. From 1967 onwards it would be competition machines only. First registered on 25th January 1966, this late Greeves Sports Single was acquired by Tony East in June 2012. Restored throughout, the machine comes with a V5C document and an undated sheet of hand-written notes detailing its restoration. It should be noted that the frame number has been ground off and restamped.Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
18th century map of the Home Counties, hand coloured engraving, label verso for Baynton- Williams (Fine Antique Maps and Prints), 70 Old Brompton Road, Knightbridge, London, inscribed ' Copper plate engraving, coloured by hand and printed in 1741 by J.B. Homann in Nuremberg ', 50 x 57.5cm, framed and glazed
A finely engraved map of the Lower Alsace region around Stasbourg and covering part of France and Germany (where the North is oriented to the right of the sheet) from a 1607 edition of the Mercator/Hondius 'Atlas Minor' a later edition of 1637 was published in English (1148) frame size 50cm x 58cm
JOHN SPEED, The North and East Riding of Yorkshire, c.1611, double page printed map with later hand-colouring, inset plans of Hull and Richmond, the back with list of places, 39 x 51cmsProvenance: consigned from West WalesComments: double glazed, small marginal loss l.r., vertical central fold crease, slight tinting and fading.
THREE UNFRAMED MAPS, comprising John Stockadale engraved map 'Monmouthshire from the best Authorities', later coloured, with the six hundreds of Wentlooge, Abergavenny, Skenfrith, Ragland & Trelick, Usk, and Caldicot referenced, Cary publ. 1805, (pl) 46.5 x 42cms; unusual double page engraved map 'V. Sheet. Containing the Bristol Channel with the Adjacent Coasts of England and Wales: the Coasts of Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire and Part of Hampshire with the Isle of Wight', (pl) 52 x 71cms; and 'Bacon's map of Monmouthshire', later coloured, (I) 60 x 43cms (3)Provenance: private collection PembrokeshireComments: some marginal foxing and tinting.
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955)Office Love 2001 signed with the artist's signature woven into the reverse; signed, titled, dated 2003, numbered 3/3 and variously inscribed on a label affixed to the reversemohair, acrylic and polyester tapestry341 by 451.6 cm. 134 1/4 by 177 13/16 in. This work was executed in collaboration with Marguerite Stephens in 2003, and is number 3 from an edition of 3 and 2 APs.Footnotes:ProvenanceAnnandale Galleries, SydneyAcquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2004ExhibitedSydney, Annandale Galleries, William Kentridge: Learning The Flute / Automatic Writing, 2004, illustrated on the cover in colourSydney, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2004: The Year in Art, 2004 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, William Kentridge Tapestries, 2007-2008, p. 65, no. 17, another example exhibited and illustrated in colourSydney, University of Technology Sydney, 2010-2015, work on loan to the University Another example of this edition is held in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.Incisively political and yet profoundly poetic, Office Love belongs to a series of tapestries which William Kentridge began in 2001. This present work is from an edition of three that were executed between 2001 and 2005; the first edition of which is held in the permanent collection of the prominent Philadelphia Museum of Art. The monumental scale and intricate execution of this present work, along with the foundations of cultural and historic sensibility, sets Kentridge apart as an artist who has achieved an extraordinary, compelling contribution to the disciplines of 21st century art. Office Love illustrates an intricate map of Johannesburg with almost life size silhouettes dramatically set against the cartographical formality of the chart. The duality of his composition is arresting; the darkness of his silhouettes, or protagonists, as they so boldly encompass the composition, rest atop the delicate pastel threads delicately woven to construct a map of the city, in an almost collaged fashion. The silhouettes depict a stocky businessman with a typewriter for a head, who purposefully approaches three pieces of what one might decipher as 'feminine' office furniture, the largest of which is a transcriber's table. Interestingly, typewriters started to become standardised in the 1890s, shortly after the years in which Johannesburg was founded and developed as a city. It might be considered that everyday objects such as typewriters recall an early 20th-century colonial world as perceived by the artist that would be apparent to a child growing up in the 50s and 60s. The title Office Love contributes to the assertion of male and female receptivity and possibly contains a more profound meaning; perhaps the depiction of the stocky male advancing is sexual tension or perhaps it is simply progress in today's age. Born in Johannesburg in 1955, William Kentridge has become one of the most highly regarded and sought after living contemporary artists. He has produced a searing interdisciplinary body of work ranging from drawing, film, animation, theatre, sculpture, tapestry and even opera, that explores themes of colonial oppression and social conflict, loss and reconciliation, alongside the transient nature of both personal and cultural memory. He seeks to transmute sobering political events into powerful poetic allegories that resonate profoundly, still to this present day. Setting his oeuvre in context, Kentridge was the son of prominent anti-apartheid lawyers; Sir Sydney Kentridge and Felicia Geffen. His father famously defended Nelson Mandela during the Treason Trials of 1956 – 1961, and his mother was a highly respected human rights advocate who set up an organisation to provide free legal support to marginalised members of South African society, that is still in service today. This political background and family lineage proved vital to shaping Kentridge's artistic career. Upon graduating from the prestigious University of Witwatersrand with a bachelor's degree in politics and African studies, Kentridge enrolled at the Johannesburg Art Foundation, where he studied Fine Arts. His interest in African history and politics remained with him and influenced his work. Due to his parents' involvement in South African politics, Kentridge grew up acutely aware of the injustices in the country, and art became a form of expression for him. Reputed perhaps more widely are his compelling animations that reveal the process of their own creation by showing how individual frames have been drawn, adapted, erased, and otherwise transformed from one image to the next; but William Kentridge introduced the medium of tapestry into his repertoire as another way to tell difficult and harrowing stories akin to his native homeland and the period in which he grew up in. Like his animations, Kentridge's tapestries are also developed from his drawings, the first media his artistic practise evolved from. These preparatory collaged drawings conjure shadowy figures from ripped construction paper which he then collaged onto the web-like background of nineteenth-century atlas maps of Europe and Johannesburg. He began making tapestries in collaboration with the Stephens Tapestry Studio, run by the mother and daughter team of Marguerite Stephens and Tina Weavind, whom he would collaborate with for 24 years. The tapestries are woven from mohair harvested from Angora goats farmed in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and in Lesotho. The raw mohair was processed and dyed in northern Eswatini before being transferred to the looms at the studio in Diepsloot on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The mapping of geography across many South African cities to produce these tapestries, perhaps speaks to Kentridge's heritage and underlying political preoccupations that resonated in his art. Kentridge's tapestries, which included the first edition of Office Love, were the subject of an important exhibition dedicated solely to this medium organised by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2007. Exhibited were eleven works from a multiple of series that showcase similar silhouetted figures set against the backdrop of maps, carrying bundles and belongings as they move forward. The backgrounds of the beautifully woven and embroidered maps, along with the juxtaposition of hulking figures couldn't be more direct. The curator of the exhibition, Carlos Basualdo, explained, 'Kentridge initially thought of his tapestries as 'permanent projections. While they evoke the moving image, his tapestries also illuminate the centrality of drawing in his practice. He uses the language of one medium to talk about another medium, while at the same time dealing with societies that are themselves in a state of transition'. (Carlos Basualdo, William Kentridge Tapestries https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/notationswilliam-kentridge-tapestries, 19 September 2023). It is plausible to argue that no other South African artist has achieved greater status than William Kentridge. His career has brought him international recognition as one of today's major living artists. This reputation is confirmed by the stature of the global institutions and art museums that have exhibited his work.
THE WHOLE GENUINE WORKS OF VIRGIL, C.1790 leather bound, hardback, by William Henry Melmoth, printed for Alex Hogg, LondonBinding is sound albeit with heavy general wear; frontispiece is a period engraving; title page is period, pasted but with reverse visible, small later pencil annotation lower right; 30 plates present when including frontispiece as well as Map, the Map is a single leaf; advert and subscriber pages present; overall 26.5cm x 22cm
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, REGNI HISPANIAE POST OMNIUM EDITIONES LOCUPLESSIMA 17TH CENTURY later hand coloured, mounted, framed and under glassIn overall good condition. Some fading to yellow border. Small hairline to section of map. Smallmark to section of water. Card mount with some flaking. Additional images now available.
Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777 Taylor (George); Skinner (Andrew) Taylor (George); Skinner (Andrew). Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, Printed for the Authors as the Act directs 14th Nov 1778, 1st edition, London & DublinRebound, missing fold out map at front cover
De Dion Bouton. An album of circa 69 postcards depicting the 1907 Pekin to Paris, featuring De Dion Bouton cars, by J. Bbarreau, a set of 12. Also, another similar incomplete set. Other images include, colour publicity cards, map cards, a set of 12 factory scenes and other cards. Circa 69 cards. AF
Cyclists' Touring Club Road Books. Nine octavo volumes in limp cloth bindings, all somewhat used, comprising: The British Road Book Volume I, Southern Counties, two copies, 2nd Edition, 1893 (lacking map from front pocket) and 4th Edition, 1897; Volume II, South Midland Counties, Wales & East Anglia, 2nd Edition, 1898 (soiled); Volume III, Northern Counties, 2nd Edition, 1897; Volume IV, Scotland, 1st Edition, 1897; Companion to the British Road Book Volume I, 1st Edition, 1898; Continental Road Books, France Part I, 3rd Edition, 1900 (front endpaper and title page loose, lacking map from front pocket); France Part II, 3rd Edition, 1899; and Germany, 2nd Edition, 1898. Also, The British & Irish Handbook and Guide, 1908. (10)
VARIOUS BOOKS incl. The Life of William III... 2nd.ed. 1703, London, 8vo cont. fl. cf. fldng. Map (torn, but complete) & 8 engrvd. plts. plus BROWN, T. (MOORE, T.) Intercepted Letters.. 2nd. ed. 1813, London, 8vo orig. bds. fr. bd. det. signed as Thos. Brown, plus BEWICK, T. & J. Select Fables 1820, Newcastle, 8vo cont. hf. cf. fr. bd. det. plus 24 others (27)
NORTHCOTE (James) One Hundred Fables, London: Geo. Lawford 1828, 8vo, large paper copy, portrait frontispiece, vignette title and text engravings, modern full red morocco; ROSCOE (Thomas) Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, no date circa 1850, 8vo, with 50 engravings, folding map, full red morocco gilt by Webb, Liverpool (2)
RYMILL (John) Southern Lights, The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937, Chatto and Windus 1938, 1st edition, author's clipped signature to first paste down "With best wishes from John Rymill", plates and maps, very light foxing, original cloth; BACON (G W & Co) Map of England and Wales, 2 folding coloured sheets, 74 x 101cm, and 64 x 101cm, cloth covers
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