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[Stevenson, Robert Louis]. The History of Edinburgh, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..by Alexander Kincaid, pub. Edinburgh, 1787, contains one folding map only (of two), contemp. half calf, heavily rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with Hamilton (Clayton), On the Trail of Stevenson, New York, 1915, b & w illusts., pencil notes to endpapers, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with paper labels, rubbed, large 8vo The former contains the ink signature of Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), the celebrated engineer, to the title page and the bookplate of his grandson the author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). A portrait plate of the senior Robert Stevenson has also been tipped-in onto the first blank. (2)
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Miles (W.J.). Modern Practical Farriery. A Complete Guide to All that Relates to the Horse .., n.d., c. 1870, eng. plts., some hand-col., some minor scattered spotting, contemp. half-calf gilt, front inner hinge broken, 4to, together with Wood, Rev. J. G., The New Illustrated Natural History, pub. George Routledge, n.d., c.1880, num. wood eng. illusts., a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, re-cased with orig. spine laid down, large thick 8vo., plus Moore (Thomas, and Ayres, William P.), The Gardener's Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Science, pub William S. Orr & Co., 1855, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, minor foxing to title, orig. cloth gilt, recased with orig. spine laid down, thick 4to, and four others of natural history interest, incl. The Insets, by Jules Michelet, illusts. Giacomelli, 1875, The Bird World described with pen and pencil, by W. H. Davenport Adams and H. Giacomelli, 1880, Birds of Town and Village, paintings by Basil Ede, text. by W. D. Campbell, pub. Country Life Books, 6th imp., 1975, etc. (7)
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[Botany]. An Album containing forty-one carefully executed watercolour studies of British wild flowers, lichen and leaves, etc., c. 1877-79, mostly painted two per page (on one side of the page only), the specimens not identified but each captioned with the date and the name of the place where the specimen was found (Grasmere, summit of Helvellyn, Coniston Lake, Evesham, Bolton Abbey, Clevedon, Ross, Isle of Wight, etc.), page size approx. 18 x 25 cm., orig. quarter morocco gilt, spine repaired with sellotape, oblong 4to The artist was probably M. E. Brown, Cotswold House, Evesham, whose ownership inscription is written in pencil inside the front cover. (1)
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Hartnoll (Norman, 1901-78). Three original pencil & watercolour designs for court gowns, designed for H. M. The Queen Mother, late 1930s, together three pencil costume designs, with watercolour and bodycolour, each signed, one with pencil caption 'specially designed for: Her Majesty The Queen', the others marked 'Sketch I. Phoebe', and 'Sketch II (Mollie)', sheet size approx. 360 x 250 mm, with swatch of silver fabric, formerly attached to the first design, also included Previously sold at Sotheby's Olympia, 27th November 2003, lot 76, for £700 (catalogue included). (3)
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Original artwork. A collection of approx. sixty original pen & ink drawings, illustrations, and other artwork, mainly early 20th-c., including a pen & ink illustration by Gerald Waltho, titled Passing Show, with caption to lower margin, signed and dated 1922, approx. 300 x 195 mm, a pencil sketch of a workman, attributed to Francis Dodd R.A., sheet size approx. 275 x 175 mm, a pen & ink architectural view of a church tower and town buildings, possibly in Belgium, by A. E. Pearce, early 20th c., approx. 285 x 180 mm, a small watercolour view of a coastline, possibly North Africa, signed Geo, approx. 90 x 138 mm, and others similar, incl. book illustrations, advertising, small portrait sketches, a pen & ink design for the Savage Club House Dinner, January 1928, by Alfred Leese, etc. (approx. 60)
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De Morgan (Augustus, 1806-1871). Autograph Algebraic Equation Signed ('ADeMorgan'), [December 1864] , with a characteristic autograph note signed with initials ('Asked to put date, but will not, because the above is true at all dates'), 1 page, tipped onto an album leaf, pencil date in another contemporary hand, 8vo Autograph material by De Morgan is rare. He was the first person to define the name 'mathematical induction' and developed De Morgan's rule to determine the convergence of a mathematical series. (1)
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Heseltine (Philip, "Peter Warlock"). Autograph Musical Fragment, c. 1918, three staves of music titled 'Lagan Love' in Heseltine's hand with a pencil note below [by writer Stephen MacKenna], 'Written for me from his Manx notes by Ph. Heseltine (i.e. Peter Warlock) in Dublin wartime', some spotting across the whole page, 1 page, folioStephen MacKenna was deeply interested in early music, notably the folk music of the British Isles. Heseltine was a collector of such folk music and would have written this for MacKenna while both were in Dublin for a year from August 1917. (1)
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Irving (Henry & Terry, Ellen). Irving's personal working prompt copy of the play 'Charles IX' by J. Comyns Carr, c.1885, lacking title page, some preliminaries detached, with pencil annotations by Henry Irving in pencil and Ellen Terry in ink, also a contemp. tipped-in letter by J. Comyns Carr to the theatre critic William Winter, contemp. qtr. calf, worn to spine, 8vo Bookplate of William Winter to front pastedown. Some of the annotations by Ellen Terry are humourous and softly mocking of the play. After a line that reads 'Still the plot hangs' the answer in ink -'By jove it does!!' (1)
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Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). Head and shoulders portrait by Harold Bird, c. 1941, small original pencil drawing (approx. 8 x 7 cm) on an album leaf, signed lower right in capitals, a littel dusty, unrelated sketch (by Bird) to verso, signed and dated 1941, remains of mounting marks to corners, approx. 17 x 12 cm Harold Bird was born in Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire on 20th June 1920. He was an artist, model maker and military historian who served in the Far EAst for part of WWII [from information supplied by the vendor]. (1)
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Bible [Massachuset]. Single leaf from the 1st edition of John Eliot's Indian Old Testament, 1663, comprising leaf Tttt3 from the Book of Jeremiah, fraying to margins and trimmed to upper margin just into text, the leaf approx. 170 x 140 mm, together with four other leaves from the New and the Old Testament of the 2nd edition, dated 1680 and 1685 respec., all toned with some marks Each leaf has notes in pencil to the margin, in the hand of a former owner, regarding the edition. (5)
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[Cox, David]. A Series of Progressive Lessons Intended to Elucidate the Art of Painting in Water Colours. With Introductory Illustrations on Perspective and Drawing with Pencil, pub. Ackermann & Co., 1845, eighteen plts. (inc. 3 eng., 4 litho, 1 aqua and 10 hand-col. aqua. plts., orig. green qtr. morocco, gilt title to upper board, slight wear to joints, repair at foot of upper joint, oblong 4to (1)
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Society of Antiquaries. Illustrated Catalogue of The Exhibition of English Medieval Alabaster Work held in the Rooms of the Society of Antiquaries, 26 May to 30 June, 1910, pub. 1913, b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Harding (J. D.), Elementary Art: Or, the Use of the Chalk and Lead Pencil, Advocated and Explained, 3rd ed., 1846, uncol. soft-ground lithos., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, worn on spine, folio, plus Albrecht Durer Kupferftiche. In getreuen Nachbildungen mit einer Einleitung herausgegeben von Jaro Springer, Munich, 1920, 102 b&w mounted plts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, tall folio, and others, various (10)
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Prints. Barraud (F.P.), 'Radley-"The Exterior"', pub. Dickinson & Foster, March 2nd, 1891, etching by F.Hunter after Barraud of boys practicing in the nets with Radley beyond, approx. 330 x 490 mm, signed in pencil by the artist and engraver to lower margin, laid onto card, mounted, together with a mid 19th century uncoloured litho. entitled 'International Cricket Match, at Kensington Oval', approx. 195 x 230 (2)
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Album. An early 20th c. album of croquet sketches and player portraits, mainly in watercolour and pencil, dated 1904-07, mostly captioned with the names of the participants, and their location (Malvern, Windlesham, Reading, Eastbourne, Ascot, Folkstone, etc), mostly miniature humorous caricatures, etc., orig. cloth, a little rubbed, small oblong, 8vo (approx. 90 x 125 mm) (1)
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Scorecard. All England Croquet Club Championship Meeting, June 27, 1876, and Following Days, folding card printed to both sides, with scores completed in pencil, approx. 130 x 90mm, together with Advertisement card, J. Buchanan, 215, Piccadilly.., Reduced Price List for Cash, n.d., c.1870, single folded card, printed to both sides with list of archery and croquet items, approx. 115 x 75mm (2)
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Fougasse (pseud., really Cyril Kenneth Bird, 1887-1965). A collection of original artwork by Fougasse for the Rugby Football Union, c.1960, consisting of four watercolour and gouache designs on card, and eighteen b & w designs on card, (incl. some small-format), in total, the majority for the R.F.U.'s manual Training for Rugby Football, first published in 1962, but including two col. designs for The Basic Skills in Rugby Football, published 1961 (approx. 280 x 190mm), and a col. design for a poster advertising Official Rugby Union Publications (approx. 410 x 295mm), all with instructions for the printer in pencil, together with a similar pamphlet entitled Why The Whistle Went, pub. Rugby Football Union, revised July 1948, with illusts. by Fougasse, orig. printed wrappers, slim 8vo (18)
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Burke (Robert O'Hara, & Wills, William James,). The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition; An Account of the Crossing the Continent of Australia, from Cooper's Creek to Carpentaria. Reprinted from "The Argus", Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 1861, iv + 32pp., double-col. text with occasional pencil marks, orig. printed salmon wrappers, stitched as issued, some soiling and wear, slim 8vo. Ferguson 7702. (1)
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A mixed lot comprising: an Edwardian facet cut Scent Bottle with hinged lid and ground in stopper, Birmingham 1902; Together with a cut glass and silver mounted Hair Tidy, Birmingham 1908 and gilt metal mounted and hard stone Box with side slide for a pencil to a hinged lid and vacant interior, (3)
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An Edwardian silver card case, S Blackensee & Son, Birmingham 1904, the cover decorated in relief with five cherub masks against a cloudy backdrop, 9cm long Another silver card case and aide memoire, decorated on both sides with vacant rocaille cartouche, surrounded by spiral fluting within a foliate border, probably H Matthews, Birmingham 1902, green silk lined with ivory aide memoire and propelling pencil 10cm long (2)
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Midshipman's Log and subsequent journal, a mid 19th century manuscript log compiled by Midshipman (later Vice-Admiral) Martin J. Dunlop, Royal Navy, and covering the officers' lengthy training in H. M. Ships 'Victory', 'Ajax', 'Falcon', 'Styx', 'Devastation' and 'Royal Albert', October 1853 - August 1860, the entries mostly of a routine nature but also detailing Dunlop's experiences during the Baltic campaign of 1854-55, with hand drawn charts tipped in throughout and one pencil sketch of the paddle
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AFTER SNAFFLES (Charles Johnson Payne) "The Staff Drag Hunt", the central colour print depicting huntsmen on horseback and hounds coming up to a stile, entitled in pencil, "Hold 'em Back Rammer", the border with seven cartouche scenes entitled in pencil, "Tom Newman", "Yoi over! - the master 1926 - 7", "Jack with the Smell", "That'll larn 'em," "Tiny hacking his way through", "The Arborfield Brook - asking the Government hairies the question", "The Pilot 1925 - 6", some cartouches heightened with pencil drawing, unsigned, and no studio stamp, 55 x 70.5 cm
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