Carruthers (Jane) MELTON PRIOR 4to (310 x 245 mm) War Artist in Southern Africa 1895 to 1900. 279 pages, frontispiece portrait, 89 illustrations from Prior`s sketches, top edge gilt, half leather, marbled boards, contained in a cloth slipcase. This copy was specially bound by Peter Carstens for presentation to speakers at the Financial Mail`s Investment in 1988 conference held at the Carlton Hotel, Johannesburg, on November 12 and 13 1987. Brenthurst Press Second Series No. 3. `The drawings of Melton Prior reflect a working life spent in the trouble spots of the British Empire. As a war artist employed by the Illustrated London News, Prior recorded both memorable moments and everyday events in the lives of colonials, soldiers and their opponents. In 1878 he was sent to Southern Africa for the first time, to cover the Eastern Cape frontier war. By the end of his career he had witnessed and recorded military campaigns in Basutoland, the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the Transvaal War of 1880 to 1881, the Jameson Raid, the 1896 rebellion in Matabeleland, and the South African War of 1899 to 1902.` Editor`s note. Very good Johannesburg Brenthurst Press 1987 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
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Marsh, Anthony S. Fourteen Years in the African Bush (Signed Limited Edition) 235mm x 157mm Copy number 141 of 1,000 signed copies. This is the twenty fourth title in the `Classics in African Hunting` series issued by the Safari Press. Contained in the original light blue cloth covered slip case. Original blue cloth boards with black titling on the spine and the upper board with a decorative elephant device. Decorated end papers. The limitation page is light yellow, 10 prelims, 300 pages, black and white illustrations. CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used copy that is still clean and fresh. A clean copy Long Beach, California Safari Press 1998 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Pearson, H.H.W. And Bolus, H. M. L. The Annals of the Bolus Herbarium. (Four volumes in 16 parts complete). Book Description: Cambridge University Press : London. January 1914 – April 1928. First Editions. Royal Octavo`s. Printed wrappers. Soft-cover. 4 volumes with 16 parts (complete). 5 portraits, 65 plates (15 are chromolithographs of orchids; light foxing to 1) and 21 text-figures. Volume I, part 1. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). January, 1914. 40 pp. + frontispiece. 6 black and white plates + 2 pp. Sheets uncut, loose plates and frontispiece at the rear. Very good +. 1 cm. lose to the base of the wrapper of the spine. Wrapper slightly browned. Small crease in the top of the front panel. Volume I, part II. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). November 1914. 41 – 84 + 3 pp + 3 black and white plates at rear. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Near fine. Wrappers slightly browned. Slight wear to the edge of the front panel. Topics discussed include Euphorbia virosa and Aloe dichotoma. Volume I, part III. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). October 1915. 87 - 142 pp. + plates X - XVII at rear. Plate XVII coloured. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Wrappers slightly browned. Articles by L. Bolus and I.B. Pole Evans amongst others. Volume I, part IV. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). November 1915. x + 143 - 199 pp. + 2 pp. + plates XVIII - XXVI at rear. Sheets uncut, loose plates. Wrappers slightly browned. Edges slightly creased. 3 cm loss at the the top edge of the front panels. Plates creased at the base. Volume II, Part I. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). March 1916. 1 – 40 pp. Plate I at rear. Sheets uncut. Wrappers slightly browned, 1.5 cm closed tear to the front panel else lovely copy. Volume II, Part II. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). June 1916. 42- 86 pp. Plates II - Plate VIII. Pages uncut. Spine slightly browned. African species of Crassula and a note on the wood of Getum Gnemon. Volume II, Part III. Pearson, H.H. W. (edited by). July, 1917. 87 - 147 pp. Pages uncut. Loose plate of Pearson at rear. Lovely copy. A short essay in memoriam of H. H. W. Pearson. Volume II, Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). June 1918. viii + 149 – 201pp. Plates IX - XIII. Pages uncut. Volume III, Part I. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). May 1920. 1 - 66 pp + 2 plates. A near fine copy with no visible defects. Volume III, Part II. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). December 1921. 67 - 122 pp. Portrait of W. Tyson + Plates III-V. A near fine copy. Volume III, Part III. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). September 1922. 123 - 158 pp. Plate VI. A lovely, near fine copy. Volume III, Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). September 1923. 159 - 186 + xii pp. Plates VII- IX + portrait of H.G. Flanagan. Near fine copy. Very minor oil marks on the front wrapper. IV. Part I. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). January, 1925. 1-36pp. 2 figures + plates I - VI including 5 cchromolithographs at rear. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part II. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). January, 1926. 37 - 67 pp. Portrait Mary M. Page Plates VII - XI (chromolithographs). Titles of plates changed by publisher. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part III. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). April, 1927. 69 - 122 pp. No plates. A near fine copy. Volume IV. Part IV. Bolus, H.M.L.. (edited by). April, 1928. 123 – 142 + 4 colour plates + xii pp. Plates XII - XVII. South African Orchids. A near fine copy. Slight crease at the base of the rear wrapper. Very Good + London Cambridge University Press Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Nel, C.G. The Gibbaeum Handbook 253mm x 194mm `...A genus of highly succulent plants, native to South Africa.` Original dust jacket. Original brown coloured cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. 117 pages, 7 tipped-in colour plates, 50 black and white drawings and photographs. CONDITION DETAILS: Pen name of previous owner on the free front end paper. Internally clean. The dust jacket has several worm holes, a couple of tears and soiling. A reasonable copy London Blandford Press 1953 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Williamson (Graham) RICHTERSVELD - THE ENCHANTED WILDERNESS 310mm x 274mm x 24mm Foreword by Sir David Attenborough. 258 pp. Black Cloth Hardcover with Gilt title to spine and DW. Beautifully illustrated in colour. Illustrated end-papers. `Located in the north west corner, with the Orange River as its northern boundary, the Richtersveld is South Africa`s only true desert. This all encompassing natural history work vividly describes the landscape of this area - from its great sand plains to the rugged mountains that change dramatically with the varying light of day and seasons of the year. Original thoughts and observations fill the chapters on the plants, where the author brings habitats, pollination, flowers and evolution to life. These sections are highly illustrated and a checklist of more than 1700 plants is also included. Further chapters cover the fossil sites, the weather and the geology - with its ancient rocks and jagged mountains dating back more than 2000 million years. The Richtersveld is also home to the last remaining traditional nomadic herders in South Africa, who are sympathetically described and photographed. The epilogue discusses the environmental status of the Richtersveld from pre-historic times to the present, and puts the onslaught by man on this fragile ecosystem into perspective. Author Graham Williamson has created an all encompassing work: a guide to tempt the traveller; a source book on the history of the people and the geology of the area; and an illustrated reference work of the flora and fauna of this enchanted African wilderness`. Fine Hatfield, South Africa Umdaus Press 2000 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
Williamson, Graham Richtersveld - The Enchanted Wilderness 303mm x 273mm Foreword by Sir david Attenborough. Original dust jacket. Original black cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. Decorated end papers. 258 pages, profusely illustrated in full colour. CONDITION DETAILS: A clean copy with minor signs of wear. An attractive copy Hatfield, Pretoria Umdaus Press 2000 Click here to view further details and images and to bid
A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKBINDING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING: Dryad book press, large laying press, finishing press, spring dividers, bone folders x 4, book boards, book binding shears and flat top shears,type holder, glue brush, natural sponges, finishing stove, two-piece boiling stove, Dryad gold leaf cushion, awl(2), clip-point knives (2), backing hammer, interscrew (various sizes), precision tweezers, band nippers, Dryad small saw, leather tooling tools (4), knife, polishing iron, rosewood book blocks (2) and rosewood backing boards (6), plough, needles and threads, dowls, Armenian bole 250-dye, wax, set squares and angles, leather, card and paper stock, (Comprehensive list upon request). See illustration
MINCHIN (H. COTTON) edit. The Legion Book, 1929, private printing Curwen Press, number 18 of a limited edition of 100, gift of the Prince of Wales, signed on five leaves by contributors including Eric Ravilious, W. Heath Robinson, Rudyard Kipling, Laura Knight, Augustus John, P. G. Wodehouse, etc., 18 engraved or etched plates, some signed and 32 collotypes, t.e.g., cream hide with impressed gilt dec., in red slip box. See illustration
BINDING: SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) - The Complete Works, 1935, Oxford University Press, red silk doublures and gilt tooled dentelles, red morocco richly gilt by unnamed but known to be by Bayntun of Bath, with a hand painted portrait miniature of Shakespeare reverse of upper cover, behind glass, upper cover with armorial against a gilt tooled foliate panel and inscribed on banners "He Was Not Of An Age But For All Time", a.e.g., red slip box. See illustration
FREEMAN (EDWARD A.) - The History of The Norman Conquest of England, 6 vols. 1869, Clarendon Press, half calf marble boards, tog. with The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry The First, 2 vols. 1882, Clarendon Press, full dark brown calf with gilt armorial and CHRONICA JURIDICIALIA or a General Calendar of the Years Of Our Good Lord God and those of the several Kings Of England.... K. James II 1685, fall calf (9)
Original Costume Sketches by Acclaimed designer Joan Ellacott from 1965- 1978 mainly for BBC TV prime time costume dramas including The Forsyte Saga, Vanity Fair, The First Churchills Road, to Freedom and Emma. Press cuttings with some B & W production photos of the stars in costume included in the designers own album. With research costume photos from Althorpe and from BBC Forsyte Saga. Approximately 440 sketches
Fourteen Charles Dickens volumes pub. by Chapman and Hall together with The Cricket on the Hearth pub. Routledge, 1894, and The posthumous papers of The Pickwick Papers vol II pub. The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1932. Chapman and Hall pub. editions; American Notes, 1868; Bleak House, 1868; Dombey and Son, undated; David Copperfield, undated; Martin Chuzzlewit, 1867; Our Mutual Friend, 1868; Christmas Books, 1868; Great Expectations, 1868; The Old Curiosity Shop, 1867; Nicholas Nickleby, 1867; Little Dorrit, 1868; Hard Times and Pictures from Italy, 1868; Barnaby Rudge, 1868; A Child`s History of England, undated.
Dickens (Charles). `The Nonesuch Dickens` complete works in 23 volumes, published by Nonesuch Press 1937, edited by Waugh, Walpole, Dexter and Hatton, also an illustrative steel plate entitled `Early Coaches` after George Cruikshank for Messrs Chapman & Hall Ltd and a copy of Nonesuch Dickensiana (Retrospectus and Prospectus). This lot was purchased from a library of books and offered as lot 435 by Messrs Warner Sheppard & Wade at a house sale of The Pantiles, Gartree Road, Leicester, September 1976.
Barometers, scientific instruments and mechanical music - twelve volumes: Banfield, Edwin - three works BAROMETERS: Stick or Cistern Tube, BAROMETERS: Wheel or Banjo and BAROMETERS: Aneroid and Barographs, each published by Baros Books, Trowbridge 1985 and with dj; Collins, Philip R. CARE AND RESTORATION OF BAROMETERS Baros Books, Trowbridge 1993, softbound (two copies); Belville, John Henry Manual of the Mercurial and Aneroid Barometers (1858) facsimile reprint, Turner and Devereux, London 1975, softbound; Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Cassell and Company, London, 1969, dj; Pearsall, Ronald Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments David and Charles, Newton Abbot, London 1974, dj; Michel, Henri SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS in art and history Barrie and Rockliff, London 1967, dj; Clark, John E.T. MUSICAL BOXES A History and an Appreciation George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London 1961, dj; Ord-Hume - two works clockwork music and Collecting MUSICAL BOXES and How To Repair Them each published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London 1973 and 1967 respectively, both with dj with a copy of Goodison, Nicholas Ormolu: The work of Matthew Boulton Phaidon Press Limited, London 1974, dj and two other sundry publications (15)
British clockmaking - six volumes Snell, Michael Clocks & Clockmakers of Salisbury Hobnob Press, Salisbury, signed by the author 1986, dj; Loomes, Brian Yorkshire Clockmakers George Kelsall, Littleborough 1985, dj; Mason, Bernard Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester Country Life, London 1969, dj (no slipcase); Baillie, G.H., Clutton, C. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN`S OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS Bonanza Books facsimile of the 1956 edition, New York 1984, dj; Baillie, G.H. WATCHMAKERS & CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD N.A.G. Press, London 1966, dj, and a copy of Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 N.A.G. Press, London 1976, dj, (6).
General horological reference - twenty two volumes: Cescinsky, Herbert and Webster, Malcolm R. ENGLISH DOMESTIC CLOCKS Spring Books, facsimile of the 1913 edition, London 1969, dj; Rose, Ronald E. ENGLISH DIAL CLOCKS Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1978, dj; Edwards, Ernest E. The Grandfather Clock John Sherratt and Son Ltd, Altrincham, third edition 1971, dj; Palmer, Brooks THE BOOK OF AMERICAN CLOCKS The Macmillan Company, New York, eleventh edition 1972, dj; Guye, Samuel and Michel, Henri TIME & SPACE Measuring Instruments from the 15th to the 19th Century Pall Mall Press, London 1971, dj; Beeson, C.F.C. English Church Clocks Phillimore, London and Chichester 1971, dj; Bruton, Eric Clocks & Watches 1400-1900 Arthur Barker Limited, London 1967, dj; Thorpe, Nicholas M. The French Marble Clock N.A.G. Press, Colchester, signed by the author 1990, dj; Dombay, Philip and Bernard FRENCH ANTIQUE CLOCKS selling exhibition catalogue, undated, softbound; Shenton, Alan and Rita The PRICE GUIDE to CLOCKS 1840-1940 Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1977, dj (without later price supplement); Wenham, Edward OLD CLOCKS Spring Books, London 1965, dj; Shenton, Rita CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK and his Family Brant Wright Associates Limited, London 1976; Carle, Donald D. CLOCKS AND THEIR VALUE With a unique chart of Thomas Tompion clocks N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1968, dj; Britten, F.J. OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS S.R. Publishers Limited, facsimile of the 1932 edition, Wakefield 1971, dj; Curtis, Tony (ed.) ANTIQUES AND THEIR VALUES, CLOCKS & WATCHES Lyle Publications, Glenmayne 1976; Lloyd, Alan H. THE COLLECTOR`S DICTIONARY OF CLOCKS Country Life Limited, London 1964, dj; Bruton, Eric CLOCKS & WATCHES Paul Hamlyn, Feltham 1968, dj; Tyler E.J. Clocks & Watches Sampson Low, Maidenhead 1975, dj; Camerer Cuss, T.P. The Country Life Book of WATCHES Country Life, London 1967, dj; Cumhaill, P.W. INVESTING IN CLOCKS AND WATCHES Barrie and Rockliff, London, (two copies) first impression 1967 and third impression 1970, each with dj and a copy of Britten, F.J. OLD ENGLISH CLOCKS, THE WETHERFIELD COLLECTION numbered 397 from a limited edition of 1000 copies, The Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1908, (22).
Clock and Watchmaking - seventeen volumes: Saunier, Claudius TREATISE ON HOROLOGY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE (translated from French by Julien Trippin and Edward Rigg) W. and G. Foyle Limited, London 1952; Anonymous ELECTRICAL CLOCKS AND CHIMES, A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, Percival Marshall and Company Limited, undated but circa 1938, softbound; Kochmann, K. THE GUSTAVE BECKER STORY Antique Clock Publishing, Concord CA 1974, softbound; Robinson, T.R. MODERN CLOCKS, Their Repair and Maintenance N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1942; Weiss, Leonard WATCHMAKING IN ENGLAND 1760-1820 Robert Hale, London 1982, dj; Saunier, Claudius THE WATCHMAKER`S HAND-BOOK (translated from French by Julien Trippin and Edward Rigg) The Technical Press Limited, London 1948; Terwilliger, Charles THE HOROLOVAR 400-DAY CLOCK REPAIR GUIDE The Horolovar Company, Bronxville NY 1965, dj; Gazeley, W.J. WATCH AND CLOCK MAKING AND REPAIRING Heywood, Books, London 1973, dj; Carle, Donald de PRACTICAL CLOCK REPAIRING N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1972, dj; Borer, E. MODERN WATCH REPAIRING AND ADJUSTING N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1943; Carle, Donald de CLOCK AND WATCH REPAIRING Including Complicated Watches Pitman Publishing, London 1969; Gazeley, W.J. CLOCK AND WATCH ESCAPEMENTS Newnes-Butterworths, London 1973, dj; Carle, Donald de DE CARLE`S WATCH & CLOCK ENCYCLOPEDIA N.A.G. Press, London 1965, dj; Tyler, E.J. THE CRAFT OF THE CLOCKMAKER Ward Lock Limited, London 1973, dj; Taylor, V.J. and Babb, H.A. MAKING AND REPAIRING WOODEN CLOCK CASES David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1991 dj; Britten, F.W. HOROLOGICAL HINTS and HELPS Baron Publishing, Woodbridge 1977, dj; Penman, Laurie The Clock Repairer`s Handbook David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1988, dj; Wilding, John How to make a Weight Driven 8 day Wall Clock Brant Wright Associates Limited, Ashford 1973, dj; Rees, Abraham Rees`s Clocks, Watches and Chronometers (1819-20) David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1970 reprint of the 1819-20 edition, dj; Carle, Donald de The Watchmaker`s Lathe and how too use it Robert Hale and Company, London 1971, dj; and seven related sundry publications, (24).
Nineteenth century clockmaking - three volumes: Hawkins, J.B. THOMAS COLE & VICTORIAN CLOCKMAKING Published by the author, Sydney 1975, dj; Allix, Charles and Bonnert Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development Antique Collectors` Club, Woodbridge 1974, dj and Royer-Collard, F.B. SKELETON CLOCKS N.A.G. Press Ltd, London 1969, dj, (3).
A pair of mahogany wall mirrors, probably Irish, 19th century, shaped rectangular plates, acanthus and scroll carved frame, with marginal and arched upper section, 129cm high, 57cm wide Provenance: Major General G J Hamilton whose family seat is at Hamwood, County Meath. General Hamilton`s father, Frederick, his uncle Charles and five maiden aunts grew up at Hamwood. General Hamilton inherited a large collection of furniture and art from the five aunts, who raised him as a boy in Ireland while his parents were in India. Two of the aunts are well known Irish artists, Letitia Marion Hamilton and Eva Hamilton, both of whom are exhibited at the National Gallery in Dublin. The two mirrors have been passed down through the family and are originally from Hamwood. For the images of three Irish mirrors believed to have belonged to the Charles Hamilton (1734-1818) and members of the Hamilton family, Hamwood, see Irish Furniture, The Knight of Glin, and James Peill, Yale University Press 2007, page 269, Pl. 215, page 264. Pl. 239 & 240. These two mirrors may have been supplied following the completion of Hamwood in 1794.
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