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Lot 460

Graham (Rigby). Poems and Drawings in Mud Time, Orpheus Press/Brewhouse Press, 1967, illustrations, colour endpapers and pastedowns, original brown morocco by Rigby Graham and Trevor Hickman, upper cover with onlay design in gold, peach and green, slipcase, 8vo, one of four specially bound copies signed by Graham, with a loose 2 pp. autograph letter from Graham, together with An Alderney Afternoon, by Rigby Graham, Brewhouse, 1970, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, oblong 4to, limited edition of 30 signed by Graham and Hickman, plus Miriam Macgregor's Country Chaos, Whittington Press, 1980, signed limited edition 22/30, hand-coloured by the artist (3)

Lot 335

Lovell (Robert & Robert Southey). Poems: Containing the Retrospect, Odes, Elegies, Sonnets &c., 1st edition, Bath, printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Dilly, 1795, half-title present, light marginal discolouration to final few leaves, contemporary ink signature of F. Sellwood to front pastedown, and slightly later ownership signature of J. Field to front endpaper, contemporary sprinkled full calf, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, outer edges with old damp marking, 8vo, together with [Gifford, William, editor], The Beauties of the Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner; containing every article of permanent utility in that valuable and highly esteemed paper, literary and political; the whole of the excellent poetry; together with explanatory notes, biographical anecdotes and a preforatory advertisement, by the editor, printed by J. Plymsell, at the Anti-Jacobin Press, 1799, light spotting to title and final leaf of text, untrimmed, early ink signature of Borlase Adams to front endpaper, original boards, soiled and somewhat worn, with upper cover detached, 8vo Tinker 1948. Wise, Two Lake Poets, 59-60. The first appearance in book form of both authors, the poem entitled The Faded Flower on page 68 was written by S.T. Coleridge, although signed in the text with Southey's nom de plume Bion. (2)

Lot 298

Baskerville Press. Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii, John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1772, presentation inscription to front endpaper, 1796, bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with green labels and gilt arrow decorations, 8vo (Gaskell 45), together with The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, 2 volumes, 1764, engraved frontispieces, titles with engraved vignettes, folding plan to volume II, water stain at front of volume II, light toning and spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracking, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, plus The Letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, 1809-13, small oval portrit frontispiece to volume I, contemporary calf, spines with green labels and gilt decoration, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with six others including Plautus' [Ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium libraorum manuscriptorum opera, edited by Denis Lambin, Paris circa 1576, lacking title], The Book of English Trades, and Library of the Useful Arts, new edition, 1821 and John Murray's A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in its Western Course, 1862 (13)

Lot 464

Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1888). An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil, with illustrations by the author, 2nd edition, Seeley & Company, 1884, half-title and title printed in red and black, 9 (of 14) plates, (lacking all 5 original etchings), contemporary vellum gilt, rubbed and some soiling, folio, together with Haden (Seymour), About Etching, Fine Art Society, 1879, lacking the etched frontispiece by Haden, etched reproduction plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, plus a bound folio volume of lithographed caricatures by John Doyle (somewhat worn), an 1808 edition of Allan Ramsay's The Gentle Shepherd, Edinburgh, A Memoir of the Printer and Publisher Richard Bentley, reprinted from Le Livre of October 1885, privately printed in July 1886, with autograph presentation inscription to S.M. Ellis from Michael Bentley, dated November 1907, plus a handwritten letter from Michael Bentley to S.M. Ellis dated June 1932, loosely inserted, and The Ghosts of the Slain by R.L. Outhwaite, M.P., with drawings by Joseph E. Southall, Manchester, National Labour Press, 1915, bound in original printed wrappers (6)

Lot 503

Joyce (James). Ulysses, 8th printing, Shakespeare and Company, Paris, 1926, some light spotting and soiling, original wrappers, lacking part of spine (reinforced and splitting), some soiling and short tears, 4to, together with Our Exagmination round his Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress, by Samuel Beckett and others, 1st edition, [1929], a little light toning, original cloth a few faint spots, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little toned with small nicks, slight soiling, 8vo, plus The Cat and the Devil, 1st edition, 1965, illustrations by Gerald Rose, original boards, price-clipped dust jacket, small 4to, with others including 'James Joyce's Tower' Sandycove, by Rigby Graham, Brewhouse Press, 1975, limited edition of 80, Letters of James Joyce, edited by Stuart Gilbert and Richard Ellmann, volumes I-III, 1957-66, issues 1-4 of Two Worlds, 1925-26 and five volumes of Transition, a Quarterly Review, 1928-36 (20)

Lot 414

Horblit (Harrison D.). One Hundred Books Famous in Science, Based on an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club, New York, 1964, numerous plates, mostly black and white, original cloth in slipcase (one of 1000 copies), together with Eimas (Richard), Heirs of Hippocrates, 3rd edition, University of Iowa Press, 1990, black and white and some colour plates including frontispiece, black and white plates and illustrations, original cloth in frayed dust jacket, plus Roberts (K.B. & Tomlinson, J.D.W.), The Fabric of the Body, European Traditions of Anatomical Illustration, 1st edition, Oxford, 1992, black and white and some colour plates, original cloth gilt in pictorial card slipcase, all 4to, plus other medical bibliography including a few catalogues (22)

Lot 569

Jackson (Holbrook). The Anatomy of Bibliomania, volumes 1 & 2, The Soncino Press, 1930, some minor toning, uniform original red cloth, spines lightly faded, boards slightly marked, 8vo, together with Goldsmith (Edmund), A Bibliographical Sketch of The Aldine Press at Venice..., parts 1 - 3 (bound in one), Edinburgh, 1887, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, split front guttering, contemporary gilt decorated green cloth, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Goldman (Paul), Beyond Decoration, The Illustrations of John Everett Millais, 1st edition, Oak Knoll Press, 2005, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, tall 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern bibliographical reference and related, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Lot 538

Railway. A large collection of modern railway and locomotive reference and related, including publications by David & Charles, O.P.C., Ian Allan, Sutton, Oakwood Press, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Lot 493

Folio Society. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted, facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer, Folio Society, 2002, monochrome illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, border decorations by William Morris, woodcut initial letters throughout, titles and headings printed in red, original gilt decorated cream Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, Otley, to a design by David Eccles after T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's original binding bound at the Doves Bindery for the Kelmscott Press in 1900, together with a loosely inserted advice slip concerning storage and handling, and an accompanying printed pamphlet with an Essay by William S. Peterson on the Kelmscott Chaucer, all contained in original blue buckram solander box, with gilt lettered morocco spine label, large folio Limited edition 204/1010. (1)

Lot 548

Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D., volumes 1-3, The Navarre Society, 1925, black and white illustrations and facsimiles, some light spotting, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, 8vo, together with The Florence Press, publisher, The Lyrical Poems and Translations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Arranged in Chronological Order, 1918, some minor toning, original vellum, boards and spine lightly spotted, 4to, and Bacon (Francis), The Essays Colours of Good and Evil & Advancement of Learning, reprint edition, 1925, some minor spotting, original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and early 20th century literature and picture cloth fiction, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Lot 542

Bradley (E.T.). Annals of Westminster Abbey, 1898, black and white engraved frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations, frontispiece heavily spotted, some light marks, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Henty (G.A.), When London Burned, A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire, 1895, 12 black and white illustrations, period inscription to verso of frontispiece, original bright, gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Leyland (John), The Thames Illustrated, a picturesque journeying from Richmond to Oxford, circa 1897, numerous black and white illustrations, with advertisements to the rear, period inscription to front pastedown, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards lightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other mostly 20th century London & Thames reference and related, including publications by A. & C. Black, Batsford, Cambridge University Press, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Lot 568

Hersey (John). The Wall, 4th impression, 1951, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, designed by Barnett Freedman, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Williams (Raymond), Border Country, 1st edition, 1960, original red cloth in dust jacket designed by G.J. Galsworthy, 8vo, and Arpino (Giovanni), The Novice, 1st UK edition, 1961, original cloth in dust jacket designed by David Knight, 8vo, plus other 1950s/60s fiction and 1st editions, including Gerald Durrell, Hammond Innes, William Faulkner and publications by The Crime Club, The Hogarth Press, Gollancz, all orignial cloth in illustrated dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)

Lot 4

Boxer (C.R., editor). A True Description of the Mighty Kingdoms of Japan & Siam, by Francois Caron & Joost Schouten, Reprinted from the English edition of 1663, Argonaut Press, 1935, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, original vellum-backed boards, 4to, limited edition 263/475, together with Haiku, by R.H. Blyth, 4 volumes, Hokuseido, 1951-52, illustrations, some toning, original cloth, spines a little faded, 8vo, with others related including R.H. Blyth's A History of Haiku, 2 volumes, 1963-64, Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Japan, 8th edition revised, 1907, Richard Gordon Smith's Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan, circa 1908, Ella Du Caine's The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, 1908, Herbert Ponting's In Lotus-Land Japan, new edition, 1922 and Ayame-San. A Japanese Romance of the 23rd Year of Meiji (1890) [by J.A. Murdoch], Sampson, Low, circa 1892 (18)

Lot 498

Golden Cockerel Press. Sermons by Artists..., 1934, frontispiece, decorations by Elizabeth Corsellis, free endpapers browned, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, spine faintly sunned, patterned covers a little toned and paper to upper cover slightly creased, some minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, 8vo, (limited edition, 22/300 copies), together with When Thou Wast Naked, A Story by T.E. Powys, with Engravings by John Nash, 1931, wood engravings on letterpress, a few marginal spots, label removed from front pastedown (offset to free endpaper), top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, spine a trifle faded, (limited edition, 449/500 copies), plus A Crime Against Cania, by Arthur Calder-Marshall, 1934, wood engravings on letterpress by Blair Hughes-Stanton, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, book ticket of Nigel Temple on front pastedown, original black morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, 8vo (limited edition, 236/250 copies, signed by the author) (3)

Lot 331

Knox (John, 1514-1572). The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland; containing five books: together with some treatises conducing to the history, 1st edition, printed by John Ralworth, for George Thomason, and Octavian Pullen, 1644, half-title, printed title with woodcut decorative border, text in clean condition with good margins, 17th century gilt-decorated mottled full calf, with gilt John Evelyn's gilt armorial to centre of each cover within gilt ruled border, and Evelyn's monogram to each corner, and gilt-ruled outer borders, slightly rubbed and minor wear to extremities, with upper joint partly cracked, spine richly gilt-decorated with morocco title label, and Evelyn's monogram and lion motif in compartments, folio Wing K738. Ex libris John Evelyn (1620-1706) with press-mark G.173 (deleted) and E.24 in brown ink to front endpaper, bound for John Evelyn, probably in Paris (prior to Evelyn's return to England in 1652), with gilt decorations from tools designed by Abraham Bosse. Sold Christie's The Evelyn Library, Part II, November 30-December 1, 1977, lot 856. (1)

Lot 444

Lady Gregory, The Kiltartan Poetry Book, 1918, Cuala Press, 1st Edition, signed by Irish writer, ROBERT LYND

Lot 701

Large Victorian Pine Linen Press (stripped), two central panelled doors enclosing shelves and an arrangement of 5 drawers on either side, platform base, 7ft wide by 2ft d x 6fth

Lot 772

Old Singer Foot Sewing Machine in press & modern electric Singer “Magic Steam Press” (2)

Lot 700

Tipperary Antique Pine Press with two panelled doors, in original brown and cream paint, 57”w x 75”h

Lot 520

The Buffs, East Kent Regiment cloth pagri badge. Red felt diamond bearing white embroidered serif “BUFFS”. Press studs Service wear. GC

Lot 585

India Command scarce WW2 formation sign. Felt shield divided vertically Navy blue, scarlet and light blue; each bearing a relevant bullion crest of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF. Evidence of 3 press studs Minor service wear. VGC

Lot 589

31st Indian Armoured Division WW2 cloth formation sign. Black elephant with white tusks printed on green rectangle. Press studs GC Raised 1941, later also saw service in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Egypt; redesignated 1st Indian Armoured Division in 1945

Lot 135

An early 20thC Rotary Duplicator rotating printing press, with articulated front, open paper stand and fitted metal case, with fixed handle, 55cm high.

Lot 149

ELZEVIER PRESS : Respublica sive Status Regni Scotiae et Hiberniae, vellum text detached, 12mo, 1627. Plinius, Epistolae et Panegyricus, calf rebacked, 12mo, 1659. Claudianus, (opera) Quae Exstant, calf worn board detached, 8vo, 1665. Gronovius, Ad L. & M. Annaeos Senecas Notae, calf rubbed, small 8vo, 1658. With one other.(5)

Lot 611

URQUHART, Beryl Leslie [edit] - The Camellia : 20 coloured plates, org. half cloth in d/w, folio, Urquhart Press,1956. With 3 volumes of Redoute's Roses, and Redoute's Fruits and Flowers, all Ariel Press.(5)

Lot 179

LAWRENCE, T. E : Prys-Jones, A.G - A Memory of T.E. Lawrence, portrait frontispiece, decorative boards, small 4to, limited ed. of 150 copies, Hermit Press, 1997. With - Annotations on Some Minor Writings of "T.E. Lawrence" by G : frontispiece, org. cloth in d/w, 8vo, limited ed. of 500 copies, Eric Partridge Ltd, 1935.(2)

Lot 208

PRIVATE PRESS : Twenty-six Sonnets of the Divine Poet M. Francesco Petrarca ... by William J. Ibbett , org. cloth backed boards, 4to, limited ed 165 copies, High House Press. With 13 other works of literature.(14)

Lot 33

CRANE, Walter - Cartoons For The Cause 1886. 1896 : org. printed wrappers [defective], title-page, 24 plates, some corners torn, folio, The Twentieth Century Press, 1907.

Lot 175

KEROUAC, Jack - On The Road : org. black cloth with white lettering on the spine and upper cover, affected by damp but not affecting the lettering, in price-clipped and edge worn d/w, 8vo, 310 pages, small ownership inscription on front pastedown, first ed, Viking Press, 1957

Lot 186

MARLOWE, Christopher - Doctor Faustus : decorated by Charles Ricketts, org. cloth, tall 8vo, Ballantyne Press, 1902. With 4 other novels.(5)

Lot 174

KAFKA, Franz - The Metamorphosis : translated by A.L. Lloyd, org. blue cloth backed grey boards with printed paper title label, glassine (original?) dust wrapper, small 4to, The Parton Press, first ed, 1937. With a first edition of The Castle (no d/w).* a very nice copy(2)

Lot 85

BERLIN, Sven - The Dark Monarch : cloth in d/w, 8vo, The Galley Press, first ed, 1962.* this book was banned by the High Court soon after publication

Lot 390

DAMPIER, William - A New Voyage Round the World : org. vellum backed cloth, 4to, Argonaut Press, limited 975 copies, 1927. With 2 others in the same series.(3)

Lot 470

KAIN, Roger & RAVENHILL, William - Historical Atlas of South-West England : cloth in slipcase, University of Exeter Press, 1999. With 2 boxes of books relating to Devon, inc. Halsgrove town histories.

Lot 160

HAFOD PRESS : The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet ... translated by Thomas Johnes, 5 vols, calf boards detached, 4to, 1809.

Lot 75

ALDINE PRESS : Ovidii Metamorphoseon Libri XV - vellum backed boards, 8vo, [anchor & dolphin device on title-page] (xliii); (blank); (xvii); (blank); 2-204 lfs inc. colophon, Venice, 1534.

Lot 416

ADAMS, Mary - Some Hampstead Memories : illustrated by Frederick Adcock, org. cloth, 4to, The Priory Press, 1909. With others on Hampstead and Highgate.(19)

Lot 236

WAUGH, Evelyn - The Holy Places : wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, red buckram in complete dust wrapper, 4to, limited edition unnumbered copy, The Queen Anne Press, 1953. With - Wine in Peace and War, decorations by Rex Whistler, org. boards in glassine d/w, 8vo, Saccone & Speed, (1947). With a soiled copy of T. S. Eliot, Animula, (3)

Lot 212

ROSSIGNOL, Ethel Le - A Goodly Company : a series of psychic drawings given through the hand of Ethel Le Rossignol, 42 illustrations inc. seven in colour, cloth, folio, Chiswick Press, c1932s.

Lot 83

BASKIN, Leonard - Jonathan Swift a Modest Proposal : illustrated by Leonard Baskin, org. cloth printed paper label on the upper cover, folio, Grossman Publishers, signed presentation copy, 1969. With 14 other private press and limited edition books.(15)

Lot 148

DUNSANY, Lord - Lord Adrian : illust. Robert Gibbings, org. leather backed cloth worn, 8vo, limited ed. 325 copies, Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. With 3 boxes of Irish Literature inc. Lynne Doyle, W. B. Yeats, etc.

Lot 9

GARWOOD, Tirzah - Long Live Great Bardfield & love to you all her Autobiography, 1908-43 : well illustrated, org. cloth backed decorated paper covered boards, large 4to, limited ed 550 copies, Fleece Press, 2012.* the wife of Eric Ravilious

Lot 206

PLANTIN PRESS : Epistolae Decretales Summorum Pontificum,a Gregorio Nono Pontifice Maximo collectae, cont. calf worn, 8vo, Christophe Plantin, Antwerp, 1570. With one other later work by Caesar.(2)

Lot 25

YORKE, Malcolm - To War with Paper & Brush Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist : illust, org. buckram with slipcase, oblong 4to, limited ed. of 700 copies, prospectus loosely inserted, Fleece Press, 2007. With one other.(2)

Lot 10

GOLDBERG, Norman L - John Crome the Elder : 2 vols, well illustrated, cloth in d/w, Phaidon Press, 1978. With a box of art reference books inc. East Anglian school of painters.(box)

Lot 629

AIRCRAFT : a photograph album of 1930s biplanes, 270 small photographs in an album neatly captioned, Avro, Fairey-Napier, Gloster, Hawker Horsley, Bristol Bulldog, Hawker Woodcock, Blackburn Bluebird, etc, etc. a number at the rear show various accidents.* loose are 18 larger press photographs which includes a biplane using a torpedo

Lot 243

YEATS, William Butler - The Words Upon The Window Pane : org. buckram backed paper covered boards, 8vo, 350 copies printed, Cuala Press, 1934. With two others of Irish interest.(3)

Lot 164

HEMINGWAY, Ernest - The Sun Also Rises : org. cloth, 8vo, first edition, second issue {stoppped corrected], Charles Scribner's, New York, 1926. With - Miller, Henry, Tropic of Capricorn, org. wrappers, 8vo, Obelisk Press, Paris, 1950. With - Joyce, James, Ulysses, 2 vols, org. wrappers, 8vo, Odyssey Press, 1935.(4)

Lot 230

THOMAS, Edward - Rose Acre Papers : org. cloth backed boards, small 8vo, Lanthorn Press, first ed, 1904. With - Thomas, Edward, Last Poems, org. boards paper label, 8vo, Selwyn & Blount, first ed [no adverts], 1918 (2).

Lot 735

A GEORGIAN OAK PRESS CUPBOARD, early 19th century, the cavetto moulded cornice over two ogee twin panelled doors now enclosing a hanging space, and flanked by quarter columns, two short over two long drawers below, now with oval brass drop handles, moulded base and bracket feet, 43 3/4" x 21 1/2" x 75" (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

Lot 684

A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, early 19th century, the cavetto moulded cornice and plain frieze over two brass trimmed doors with crossbanding and applied beaded cut corner panelling, the base with a deep drawer over three further drawers, turned wood handles, moulded base and turned feet, 51 1/2" x 24" x 86 1/2" (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)

Lot 722

Mahogany Press Cupboard Top

Lot 621

Early 19th Century Welsh oak two stage press cupboard, having moulded cornice over two blind panelled doors, three dummy drawers below on a projecting base, with two short and two long drawers on turned baluster feet. Bone escutcheons and turned knobs. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Front leg is detached but available. 2 door knobs are missing along with 1 escutcheon. Rather dry in places and has splits to side panels. Also some damage to cornice and around drawers. Overall seen better days I am afraid

Lot 1027

A large Antique stained wood book press.

Lot 629

30 Automobile Press kits including Cadillac and Porsche.

Lot 280

Fishing reel, tie press, pinking shears, etc.

Lot 1985

A William IV mahogany linen press, the moulded cornice over a pair of panelled doors and three long drawers, on melon carved feet, 136cm wide x 201cm high.

Lot 1319

WORLD WAR 2 - Weimacht; approx. 50 press photos. approx. 13 x 18cms., by Hitler's sometime official photographer, Heinrich Hoffman; includes entrenched troops (? Russian Front), wounded soldiers & some camp interiors. * verso copyright & Graphopresse (Bruxelles) stamps, also most with typescript German captions.

Lot 1864

A mid-18th century oak press cupboard, the pair of arch panel doors over six various drawers, on shaped plinth base, 144cm wide x 190cm high.

Lot 1939

A 19th century mahogany bowfront linen press, the pair of panel doors over two short and two long graduated drawers, on splayed bracket feet, 94cm wide x 193cm high.

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