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Mihail Chemiakin (New York, Russia born 1943) "Untitled VIII" Color serigraph. Numbered (27/225) lower left. Signed lower right. Watermark "Arches France". Chemiakin's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Yad Vashem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, as well as smaller museums throughout Russia and the United States. Image Size: 20 x 17.25 in. Sheet Size: 30 x 21 in.Unframed.

Mihail Chemiakin (New York, Russia born 1943) "Untitled VII" Color serigraph. Numbered (27/225) lower left. Pencil Signed lower right. Watermark "Arches France". Chemiakin's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Yad Vashem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, as well as smaller museums throughout Russia and the United States. Image Size: 19 x 16.5 in. Sheet Size: 30 x 21 in. Unframed.

A rare New York museum pair of modern art Vases. 2001

AFTER FELIX TOPOLSKI A LIMITED EDITION SCREEN PRINT ON ARCHES PAPER TITLED "THE LAW COURTS" published in 1983, 60cm x 45cm signed and numbered 206 of 250, glazed in slender modern black frame with Christie's Contemporary Art labels en verso

Five books on later Japanese samurai swords and their manufacture including Kapp et al, "Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths", 2002; ibid, "The Craft of the Japanese Sword", 1987; Takaiwa et al, "The Art of Japanese Sword Polishing", 2006; Tsuchiko, "The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths", 2002; Kishida, "The Yasukini Swords", 2004

*** Montena (19th Century) Atmospheric Colourist street scene, oil on canvas, with a black ink stamp to the stretcher bearing the name of The Little Gallery, East Newark, NJ, early 20th century, 51 x 40.5 cm The Little Review Gallery was a small Modern Art gallery associated with the American literary magazine 'The Little Review'. The gallery was owned and operated from 1924-1927 by Jane Heap, acting editor of the magazine at the time. The gallery was primarily devoted to Constructivism, Dadaism and machine-inspired art, and it featured works by Man Ray and Kurt Schwitters among others. In December 1925 the gallery was moved to a larger, more permanent location on Fifth Avenue, New York. According to an advert in the New York Tribune in March 1925, The Little Review Gallery was "Founded by artists in the interest of artists" and housed "paintings, sculptures and constructions".

WW2 British NAAFI marked Players Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, with 10 original Cigarettes in each packet with wrappers: WW2 British hallmarked silver ARP lapel badge: WW2 "Monty" lapel badge in composition material, pinbacked: WW2 Australian trench art cap made from a 1942 dated Aussie Penny, pinbacked: three WW2 US ribbon bars: WW2 US Good Conduct medal with ribbon: WW2 US Pacific Campaign medal with ribbon and bar: Reproduction D Day ACME "Criket" in box: reproduction brass pocket Compass marked "T Cook, London": modern British MP cloth shoulder flash and Queens Crown Royal Irish Regt cap badge on red felt backing. Pair of US Army Airmobile Helicopter wings marked "G-23".

Cookery.- [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, made Plain and Easy, sixth edition, a little browned, a few stains, title slightly frayed at edges, contemporary ink inscription "Mrs. Bridget Edwardes her Book Feb the 16 1790" to front free endpaper, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, [Maclean p.59; this edition not in Bitting, Cagle or Vicaire], for the Author...sold by A.Millar...and T.Trye, 1758; and another, 8vo (2)

Cookery.- King (William) The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. With some letters to Dr. Lister, and others: Occasion'd principally by the Title of a Book publish'd by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Coelius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Antients, first edition, half-title, some browning and water-staining, occasional spotting, modern boards, red leather label to spine, [Bitting p.260; Cagle 794; Maclean p.84; Oxford p.51; Simon BG 908; Vicaire 475], 8vo, Printed for Bernard Lintott, [1708].

A Large Collection Of Decorative Glass And Metal Items To include small, modern cloisonne bud vase, various flutes, drinking glasses etc, Venetian glass, continental coloured glass, two decanters, Mdina art glass, bowls etc. Please see image

Mid Century Modern San Marino Italian Lave Art Pottery Vase Marked to base, height 13 1/2 inches, circa 1950's ewer/vase with stylised leaping horse handle and monochrome glaze with painted landscape vignette to front centre body.

David Hockney (b.1937) (after)A poster for The Modern Art Department: David HockneyOffset lithographic poster printed in colours, on glossy wove paper, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on the occasion of the artist's exhibition, the full sheet printed to the edges, 715 x 1070mm (28 1/5 x 42in) (unframed)

A modern Art Deco style mirror table lamp.

Lewis (John & Griselda) . Pratt Ware, English and Scottish relief decorated and underglazed coloured earthenware 1789-1840, 1st edition, 1984, Antique Collectors' Club, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Pope (John Alexander) , Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, 2nd edition, 1981, Sotheby Parke Bernet, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded & rubbed to foot, 4to, and MacQuoid (Percy) , A History of English Furniture..., 1988, Bracken Books, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other modern art & antique reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 5 shelves )

Tinker (Chauncey Brewster) . Letters of James Boswell, 2 volumes, 1924, Oxford, black & white frontispiece and tipped in facsimile letter to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedown, some light toning and minor spotting, uniform original red cloth, boards lightly marked, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Scholes (France V. & Roys , Ralph L.) , The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel..., 2nd edition, 1968, University of Oklahoma Press, 17 facsimile pages and 4 folding maps, previous owners blind stamp to the foot of the title page, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with tear to rear cover, 8vo, and Fox (Celina [editor]) , London - World City, 1800-1840, 1992, Yale University Press, numerous colour and black & white illustrations,original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern history, biography and art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)

Allingham (Helen [illustrator]) . The Homes of Tennyson, by Arthur Paterson, 1905, 20 colour illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some marginal spotting, original decorative cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Hanson (T.W.) , The Lodge of Probity No. 61, 1738-1938, limited edition 380/500, 1939, Halifax, signed by the author to the limitation page, 30 black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, original blue cloth, includes original specimen page & order form, 8vo, and Richter (Louise M.) , Chantilly in History and Art, 1913, 79 black & white plates, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot with minor loss, 8vo, plus other late 19th century & modern history reference & Masonic interest, including publications by A. & C. Black, Oxford, Routledge, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Godden (Geoffrey A.) . Caughley and Worcester Porcelains 1775-1880, reprint edition, 1981, Antique Collectors' Club, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Faraday (Cornelia Bateman) , European and American Carpets and Rugs, 1st edition, 1990, Antique Collectors' Club, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and le Corbeiller(Clare) , European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, 1st edition, 1966, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, large 4to, plus other modern antique & decorative art reference & related, Some ex-library copies with associated marks, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves)

Harris (John) . Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, 1st edition, 1970, The Pennsylvania State University Press, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Alberti (Leon Battista) , On the Art of Building in Ten Books, 1988, MIT Press, U.S.A., black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Pickett (Douglas) , Early Persian Tilework, the medieval flowering of K?sh?, 1997, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Chapbooks. The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, The Conjuror Unmasked: Containing Instructions how to Perform Tricks with Dice, Cards, Birds, Eggs, Cups, Balls, &c, by the most Celebrated Professors, Derby: Thomas Richardson, no date, circa 1830, hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, 24 pp., small stain touching first word of title, uncut, original printed pink wrappers, slight fading and dust-soiling, small marginal split to lower wrapper, bound with four other chapbooks including three others published by Thomas Richardson of Derby, The Life of David Hoggett. [1821]; The Murderer, Alias M'c Colgan Alias Daniel O'Brian; Related by Himself, while under Sentence of Death. This unhappy youth was executed at Edinburgh, on the 18th July, 1821, for the murder of Morrin, one of the turnkeys of Dumfries Gaol; The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic, Containing all the most Popular and new Puns, Jests, Witty Sayings of the most Eminent Men, by Godfrey Gimcrackiana; The Life of Wolfe, a notorious robber and murderer; who was captain of a desperate gang of thieves inhabiting the haunted castle, in the Black Forest, with an account of the singular manner in which he was last taken for robbing a church, and his full confession at his trial; Visits from the world of spirits; or, Secrets of the grave laid open; Being a collection of facts relative to the appearances of ghosts, spectres, and apparitions; Warnings and Notices of Death; Discoveries of Murder, &c, attested by persons of credit and respectability, Dean & Munday, circa 1830, the first three Richardson publications each with hand-coloured folding frontispiece, uncoloured lithographic folding frontispiece to last title (some old dampstaining), each 24 pp. (the last paginated [3]-26), frontispiece to Life of Wolfe offset to title, some occasional spotting and minor soiling, all uncut with original printed wrappers retained, a few minor marginal splits and tears, wrappers to last two titles somewhat soiled, modern cloth, 12mo (Qty: 1)

Book Of Common Prayer . And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England:..., 1762, printed by Joseph Bentham, later endpapers, minor repair to foot of the title page, slight marks & toning, contemporary full calf, boards & spine heavily rubbed, folio, together with Doré (Gustave) , The Doré Gallery, 10 volumes (bound in 7), circa 1890, 250 black & white engravings, modern endpapers, slightly marked, uniform modern green quarter calf, folio, and other 19th century literature & art reference, including The Holy Bible;..., 6 volumes, by Thomas Scott, 1861, mostly leather bindings, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 26)

Modern black painted iron garden gate in Art Deco style, 66ins high, 38ins wide

Sculpted, painted art vase by famed Connecticut artist Gail Markiewicz. Signed on underside.Modern, organic-styled, hand created vase. Slab and coil construction of a tear shape form laid on its side, creates a hollowed trunk like structure on a abstract scalloped edge base. Curling tendril delicate handle attached on side. Piece is incised and molded on body to create a network of small erratic shapes and designs to add to the bold amorphous nature. The artwork is painted, glazed and fired to create a unique one of a kind sculptural but utilitarian ceramic vessel. Vase exudes artist's signature eclectic, well known expressive color pallet in muted rose, varying degrees of green from teal to olive, earth tomes of brown, bone and gold. Issued: Late 20th Century Dimensions: 6.5"HCondition: Overall good

Original Watercolour by GR Wilson titled ' Cul Beag & Cul Moi' fitted with a modern gilt frame. Art work measures 34.5x50cm

Clarice Cliff 1934 Harrods bowl by Allan Walton handpainted, designed for the 1934 'Modern Art for the table' (Art in Industry) exhibition held at Harrods, 20cm diameter approx.

GUIDE FOR THE 1902 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN DECORATIVE ART, TURIN, thirty-two pace official guide with pull-out map, including 'Scozia' Note: The First International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art was held in Turin from May to November 1902. The ‘Scottish Section’ was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In addition, one of the three rooms was dedicated to his and Margaret Macdonald’s work; in one half of the space they created the room setting for the famous ‘The Rose Boudoir’. The Guide fully covers the Exhibition and has a section titled ‘Scozia’ which mentions Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald, the head of Glasgow School of Art’s Francis H. (‘Fra’) Newbery, and the Glasgow School artists Herbert McNair, Frances Macdonald and Ann MacBeth, as well as others

Modern Etching and Engraving, Charles Holme, 1902, together with The Art Journal, 1906 (2)

Modern Practical Farriery: A Complete System of the Veterinary Art, by W. J. Miles, London: William Mackenzie, [c.1880], contemporary half crushed morocco. Together with Farriery Improv'd: A Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery, by Henry Bracken, second edition, London: J. Clarke, 1739, board detached as found (2)

Modern Art Deco Style Satinwood Console Table. Measures 32-1/4" H x 60" W x 16" Depth. Provenance: Collection from 2100 South Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida. A luxury condominium in the Historic Sloan's Curve Area of Palm Beach. Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.

Modern Art Deco Style Satinwood Console Table. Measures 32-1/4" H x 60" W x 16" Depth. Provenance: Collection from 2100 South Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida. A luxury condominium in the Historic Sloan's Curve Area of Palm Beach. Condition: Good condition. Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party.

Postcards, a collection of cards in 3 albums with 1 vintage album containing 285 multi-view cards, various ages and locations, a small modern album containing approx. 80 cards of London and suburbs, mostly vintage, & one other album containing approx. 140 modern cards inc. adverts, comic, art nouveau etc (mixed condition, fair/gd)

Two Glazed Modern Art Ceramic Items

Modern Diecast Vehicles, vintage and modern private and commercial vehicles, boxed examples including, Corgi Classics and other Corgis (11), Lledo and similar (8), Minichamps (1) Creative Master Northcord (1) and other 1:43 scale and smaller vehicles (11), together with 1:18 scale Corgi 95100 MGF, UT Models Ferrari F355, Pauls Model Art Damon Hill Williams Renault (paint loss to rear spoiler, partially boxed), a Mercedes SLK 230 by Maisto for Mercedes and a group of playworn/unboxed models, P-E, Boxes (P-G) (Qty) in two

FOUR BOXES OF CERAMICS AND GLASS, etc, to include Portmeirion 'Totem' in the blue colourway, Shelley powder bowl with lid, tea wares, Royal Doulton 'cynthia', Mary Gregory jug, Art Deco dressing table set, modern Chinese ceramics etc

Two modern prints on art paper with astrological motifs.

Victorian walnut desk stand with two glass inkwells, modern table lamp with mottled globular glass shade, Art Deco moulded amber glass, Bohemian overlay vase, 19th century Rococo & Poppy pattern tea ware, pair 19th century baluster vases etc Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

HELENA MARKSON (1934-2012): "Everton from Brow Side" 1965/5 etching and aquatint 4/100, printed by Editions Alecto as part of the Liverpool Suite (six colour etchings) on handmade Chrisbrook paper. The Tate Gallery, the National Museum of Wales and the Museum of Modern Art, New York hold her work, plate size 42cm x 55cm

A collection of 1960's-70's issues of 'Studio International Journal of Modern Art' magazines and a few 'Art International' magazines

Two Nao figure groups of kittens and puppies, another Spanish musical figure group of puppies, a modern Regency figure group of a Tiger and cubs, another of a Japanese lady, Westland Painted Pony 'Cheyenne Rawhide Pony', Bohemia crystal tankard, resin figure of Buddha, art glass vase etc Condition Report: Available upon request

An Art Deco style modern sculpture of female with whippet, on marble base, height 39cm, width 60cm.

Conjuring.- Hocus Pocus, or the Art of Conjuration..., half-title, ?lacking engraved plate, contemporary ink signature to title, half-title, title & final leaf slightly short at fore-edge, small portion torn away from fore-margin of D12, final leaf torn and repaired, modern blue crushed morocco, slight spotting and worming, spine faded, 12mo, W.Lane, 1795.⁂ Unrecorded edition. ESTC does not list this title at all and we have been able to find only 2 copies of the work on WorldCat (University of Alberta & University of California), both 1792 edition and calling for an engraved plate.

Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece of 3 plates on 2 sheets (one of anglers, 2 of fish & hooks), one bound separately, tear to fold between 2 plates, engraving of anglers shaved at foot, some light soiling or browning, modern calf, gilt, [Westwood & Satchell p.62], 12mo, for R.Bassam [& others], 1795.

Language.- Military.- Wilson (James) The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; containing all the terms that belong to the military art; words of command..., no printer, water-stained, modern marbled boards, oblong 8vo, Printed in the Year M.DCC.XCIX [1799].⁂ Rare. ESTC lists four copies only, with none in the USA.

Mexico.- Castro (Casimiro) and Garcia Cubas (Antonio). Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano, Coleccion de vistas pintadas del naturel, titles and text in Spanish and English, French summary at end, 25 chromolithograph plates including pictorial title by Castro and Sigogne after Castro, text by Cubas, lacking the double-page map, a little marginal spotting, the half-title inscribed to Dr. E.F. Cleveland of Dundee, Illinois by Dr. Jesus Diaz de Leon (1851-1919), polymath member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, modern morocco-backed cloth, tissue guards, [Palau 98733; Mathes, Mexico on Stone p.18 et seq., "Some of the finest examples of the lithographer's art during the latter part of the century"], oblong folio, Mexico, Establecimiento Litografico de Victor Debray, 1877

An Edwardian diamond and turquoise brooch, of crossover design showing Art Nouveau influence, unmarked, the two old brilliant cut totalling approximately 0.3 carats, brooch 3.7cm long, 3.8g grossCondition Report: The gold is not hallmarked. It is totally unmarked. Would suggest it is 9ct. The catch has been replaced with a modern roller catch. One diamond has slight chips to the girdle. No issues, breaks or repairs detected.

Twenty One Books or Catalogues on Japanese Mingei, Studio or Contemporary Ceramics, including; 'Folk Arts and Crafts of Japan' by Kageo Muraoka and Kichiemon Okamura; 'The Art of Bernard Leach' Edited by Carol Hogben; 'Beyond East and West' by Bernard Leach; 'The Retrospective Exhibition of Shoji Hamada/The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo/1977'; Christie's Studio Pottery catalogue 15.11.2000; Chris Carter catalogue/2008; 'Pioneer Studio Pottery/The Milner White Collection' by Sarah Riddick; 'Studio Porcelain' by Peter Lane/Foreword by David Leach; 'The Potter's Directory of Shape & Form' by Neal French; 'Ceramics of the Twentieth Century' by Tamara Preaud/Serge Gauthier; Bonhams Contemporary Ceramics Catalogue/19th July; 'Pottery, A complete step-by-step guide' by Geraldine Christy and Sara Pearch; 'Concept and Form'/Bernard Leach Exhibition Catalogue curated by Emmanuel Cooper; 'The New Ceramics/Trends and Traditions' by Peter Dormer; 'Michael Cardew/A collection of essays with an introduction' by Bernard Leach; together with eight Bonhams Contemporary Ceramics Catalogues, and a quantity of Japanese text ceramic books (lot). Please note that this is a group lot where condition may vary; some areas of deterioration, wear and/or soiling extant.. Please note that this is a group lot where condition may vary; some areas of deterioration, wear and/or soiling extant.

A modern framed and glazed Art poster of "Caryatide" by Amedeo Modigliani. Frame size approx. 81cm x 61cm.

Modern Art - Man on Penny Farthing

IRVING PENN (1917 - 2009) a group of two Fine Art prints and two posters. 1987 - 2010; prints include Marlene Dietrich, New York, 1948, 54cm x 42.3cm. and Saul Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York, 1966, 46.5cm x 46cm, Irving Penn Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010, the posters - Mouth for L'Oreal, NY. 1986 / 92, Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996, signed by photographer lower r.h. margin, 49cm x 49cm, unframed; and Irving Penn Photography, V & A, London / Museum of Modern Art New York, 1987, the image Two Guedras, Morocco, 1971, V&A Design Centre, printed PPS, 76cm x 51cm, all unframed. (4) DDS

An Art Nouveau style modern bronzed, composition figural table lamp with stained glass panelled shade A/F, along with two metal side lamps

18CT WHITE GOLD FLORAL PENDANT, set with diamond emerald, ruby & sapphire, Art Deco design pendant with diamond encrusted ribbons & swags set with central basket of precious stones, set flowers mounted en tremblant with pearl drop, the pendant is set on modern 18ct white gold flat curb chain but supplied with possibly original period chain

Two boxes of modern and vintage style ornamental ware including an Art Deco style lamp with iridescent glass shade

Selection of vintage seashells and coral, a modern desktop amuser and an art glass vase

Cigarette Cards, Wills, a collection of L sized sets in a modern ringbinder, to name Old Inns 1st & 2nd Series, British Castles, Beautiful Homes, Famous British Authors, Dogs 2nd Series, Old Sun Dials and Animals & Their Furs, also including smaller sets English Period Costumes and Rugby Internationals, Roses, Old Inns A & 2nd Series, British Castles, The Kings Art Treasures, Old Furniture 1st & 2nd Series, English Period Costumes, Garden Flowers New Varieties A & 2nd Series (gd/vg)(20)

Cigarette Cards, Millhoff De Reszke, a collection in a modern ringbinder to include, Antique Pottery, Zoological Studies, Reproductions of Celebrated Oil Paintings and Art Treasures, toegeth with L sized England Historic and Picturesque, Gallery Pictures, Roses, Art Treasures, (gen gd)(8)

A Modern Art Oil on Canvas Depicting Street Scene, 163cm Wide

Exhibition poster ANDY WARHOL - A RETROSPECTIVE The Museum of Modern Art, New York 98 x 65.5cm, framed

* TIM MARA (IRISH 1948 - 1997), PLASTIC FUNNEL, MORTAR AND PESTLE screenprint, signed, titled, dated 1992 and numbered 46/50 in pencil 76cm x 57cm Framed and under glass. Note: Published as part of Six Artists: The 1992 Royal College of Art (London) Portfolio of (6) Prints as a limited edition of 50. The other artists selected for this portfolio were John Bellany RA, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA, Nana Shiomi RE, Dame Paula Rego RA and Sir Terry Frost RA. Tim Mara worked as an artist and as a teacher for 25 years teaching at NCAD Dublin, later becoming Head of Printmaking at the Royal Collage of Art, London. He was particularly noted for his use of screenprinting, etching and lithography and was awarded numerous pretigious awards and prizes. In 1978 he was commissioned to write the Thames and Hudson Manual of Screen Printing . Born in Dublin in 1948, Tim Mara moved with his family to England in 1953 where he continued to live and work. Mara's prints are included in collections at the Tate London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Irish Museum of Modern Art as well as many other galleries and private collections worldwide.

OLIPHANT (Laurence) Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 1859, first edition 8vo, in 2 vols., maps and coloured lithograph plates, (lacking map of china), rather toned, modern binding; MAXWELL (Sir H) Fishing at Home and Abroad, 1913, 4to, plates, cloth; together with various others including illustrated topography and scenery, sporting, art and architecture. Sold not subject to return (quantity)

Vertue (George) A Catalogue and Description of King Charles the First's Capital Collection of Pictures, Limnings, Statues, Bronzes, Medals, and other Curiosities, 1757; A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, &c. belonging to James the Second; to which is added, A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Closet of the late Queen Caroline..., 4 double-page engraved plans of the picture hangings, 1758, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, the second with annotations in pencil and ink, mostly to the second part (references to Parker's Drawings of Holbein at Windsor Castle and R.A. exhibition of Holbein 1950), some browning, modern morocco-backed cloth, 4to, for W.Bathoe; and 5 others relating to the collection of Charles I, 4to (6)⁂ The magnificent art collection of Charles I was probably the finest collection ever assembled in England, but following his execution the paintings and other treasures were dispersed by Cromwell.The first work was compiled by Abraham Vanderdoort, translated into English by Vertue (from a manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum), and edited by Horace Walpole; the first part of the second work is signed "Will.Chiffinch" and the second part was compiled by Vertue.

NO RESERVE British Museum.- Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum, fourteenth edition, modern cloth-backed boards, 1818 § Guide (A) to the Beauties of the British Musuem..., stitched, uncut, first and last leaves lightly soiled and frayed at edges, preserved in modern marbled drop-back box, 1826 § Statutes and Rules for the British Musuem, cloth, 1856 § Ellis (Sir Henry) The Townley Gallery of Classic Sculpture in the British Museum, 2 vol., illustrations, with loosely inserted, original green cloth, spine faded and a little worn at ends, [1846] § O'Donoghue (Frank M.) Catalogue of the Collection of Playing Cards bequeathed to...the British Museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber, original cloth, spine ends a little worn, 1901 § Read (Charles Hercules) The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P. 1898, 1902 § Charles Hercules Read: A Tribute...and a Record of Additions to the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography...1896-1921, plates, marginal staining to a few leaves, original morocco-backed cloth, 1921 § British Museum Quarterly (The), vol.1-14 in 55 only (lacking vol.XIII no.2) plus a few later issues, original wrappers, uncut, loose in original cloth-backed board annual folders, some damp-staining (particularly vol.I), 1927-40 § Miller (E.) That Noble Cabinet: A History of the British Museum, 1973 § Caygill (M.) & John Cherry. A.W.Franks: Nineteenth-Century Collecting and the British Museum, 1997, the last two original boards with dust-jackets, the rest rubbed; and a small quantity of others relating to the British Museum, 8vo & 4to (c.60)⁂ Loosely inserted in the fourth is a 4pp. A.L.s. from the author, the principal librarian, to Rt.Hon. Thomas Grenville, a major benefactor to the library, explaining why he had refused admittance to the Reading Room of a Mr. Lewis's son (due to his being under eighteen).