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Click here to subscribeBible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: printed at the University Press, 1847, upper pastedown with gilt morocco presentation label ÒPresented to the Revd. Charles Blaithwayt, A.M. by the Parishioners of Beckington and Standerwick, Somersetshire, as a Token of Respect and Esteem, February, 1850Ó, a.e.g., contemp. full morocco by Hayday, brass corner bosses to boards and brass clasps, large 4to (1)
Gibbings (Robert). Fourteen Wood Engravings, Golden Cockerel Press, [1932], fourteen full-page wood-engravings, original red morocco-backed boards (spine faded, lacking wrapper), slipcase, 4to, together with Crotty Shinkwin... [and] The Beauty Spot, by A.E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, bookplate, t.e.g., original calf-backed boards, spine faded, 8vo, limited edition, 373/500, with four others including Songs & Poems by Henry Carey (limited edition, 242/350) and Myfanwy Piper`s The Wood-Engravings of Reynolds Stone, 1951, inscribed by the author (6)
Piper (John, illust.). On the Making of Gardens, by Sir George Sitwell, Dropmore Press, 1949, colour illustrations, original green buckram gilt, d.j., spine faded, a few spots, 8vo, limited edition, 925/1000, together with two others illustrated by Piper: The Castles on the Ground, 1946 and Poems in the Porch, 1954 (3)
Shirley (Rodney W.). The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, 1st ed., Holland Press, 1983, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, together with Chubb (Thomas), The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland. A Bibliography, 1579-1870, 1st ed., 1927, frontis., half-tone plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, thick 4to, with other map reference and bibliography, including catalogues for the Bradley Martin, Estelle Doheny and Blackmer sales, a few Kraus and Maggs catalogues, etc. (approx. 70)
Stone (Reynolds). Reynolds Stone Engravings, With an Introduction by the Artist and an Appreciation by Kenneth Clark, Curwen Press, 1977, numerous colour and b & w illustrations, original blue buckram, (spine faded), slipcase, folio. Limited edition, 56/150 signed by the artist, with an original loose wood-engraving of Waterfall, Prescelly Mountains, South Wales, signed by the artist in pencil. (1)
Whistler (Rex, illust.). The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, Cobden-Sanderson, 1929, four colour plates, illustrations, bookplate, original blue half vellum (spine faded as often), 8vo, limited edition, 195/350 signed by the artist, together with Rex Whistler. The Konismark Drawings, Richard Press, 1952, ten tipped-in facsimile plates, light spots to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, 4to, limited edition, 591/1000, plus Songs From ÒNow We Are SixÓ, Words by A.A. Milne, Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1927, one or two light spots, presentation inscription, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover (light spots), 4to, with others illustrated by Whistler, Edward Lear and Mervyn Peake (12)
* Military Archive. A good and comprehensive archive relating to the military career of Colonel A. Wright, Royal Artillery, Territorial Division, c. 1950-1970, including many training manuals relating to the Cold War, to include "The Corps Tactical Battle in Nuclear War 1958`, "Training for War`, "Manual of Army Health 1954`, "Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defence Training Volume 1`, numerous press b & w photographs including on parade, group photographs of officers, exercises, and family photos, various commission certificates and an array of correspondence, military procedures, etc., the lot includes a canvas camp bed, ammunition box, water bottle, and various charts (-)
Day Lewis (Cecil). Noah and the Waters, Hogarth Press, 1936, minor spots to endpapers, original cloth (upper cover with offsetting from d.j.), d.j., light spots, spine a little faded, 8vo, limited edition, one of 100 copies, (this copy unsigned and unumbered), together with A Sampler of Castile, by Roger Fry, Hogarth Press, 1923, 16 b & w illustrations, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, limited edition, 194/550, plus The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, by Virginia Woolf, 1st ed., 1942, p.155 with short marginal tear, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, d.j., some tears and repairs to verso, 8vo, with other Hogarth Press including John Hampson`s O Providence, 1932, inscribed by the author, Virginia Woolf`s Orlando, 1928 and A Letter to a Yong Poet, 1932 (35)
Golden Cockerel Press. The Green Ship, by Patrick Miller, 1936, double-page wood-engraved title by Eric Gill, illustrations, small bookplate, t.e.g., original green morocco-backed boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, 4to, limited edition, 82/134, together with Glue and Lacquer. Four Cautionary Tales Translated from the Chinese by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-Hsieh, 1941, copperplate illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier after Eric Gill, a few spots, bookplate, t.e.g., original blue morocco-backed boards, spine faded, 4to, plus Mademoiselle de Maupin. A Romance by Theophile Gautier, Translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers, 1938, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, two loose prospectus, t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, one or two light stains, 4to, limited edition, 108/500, with six other Golden Cockerel Press including Pictor Ignotus Fra Lippo Lippi Andrea del Sarto, by Robert Browning, 1925 (limited edition, 248/360), Apollonius of Tyre, 1956 (limited edition, 94/300) and Laus Veneris, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1948 (limited edition, 437/750) (9)
Hughes (Ted). Animal Poems, pub. Gilbertson, Crediton, Devon, [1967], original wrapper, 4to, limited edition, 89/100 signed by the author, together with Wolf-Watching, pub. Morrigu Press, 1982, original wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, 14/75 signed by the author, plus Weasels at Work, pub. Morrigu Press, 1983, original wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, 69/75 signed by the author, with five others by Ted Hughes including The Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People, 1963 and River. Poems by Ted Hughes, 1983, signed by the photographer Peter Keen (8)
Joyce (James). Ulysses, 1st English ed., John Rodker for the Egoist Press, Paris, 1922, minor marginal toning, previous owner signature to front endpaper (with short closed tear), original wrapper, chips and losses to spine ends, a few small nicks to edges, with loose 8pp. errata leaves and loose 4pp. Extracts from Press Notices leaflet (with short closed tear), custom made blue morocco-backed foldover case, 4to. Limited edition, 1615/2000 copies. Slocum & Cahoon A18. (1)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Pogany (Willy, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. George Harrap, 1930, number 737 of 750 signed copies printed for England, additional etched frontispiece signed in pencil, twelve mounted colour plates, b & w illustrations, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original full turquoise morocco with gilt floral roundel to upper cover, contained in original card book-box (darkened with some edge wear), 4to, together with The Whittington Press. The Mirror & the Eye; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...illustrated by Richard Kennedy, 1984, number 85 of 126 copies signed by the artist and translator, lithograph plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, contained in original slipcase, folio, and Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stougton, [1909], mounted colour plates, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated cream cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Fish (Anne Harriet, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Bodley Head, 1922, colour plates heightened in gold and silver, decorative endpapers, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed to extremities, 4to, and Bull (Rene), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910), mounted colour plates, illustrations to text, original light-brown cloth blocked in red and blue, a little fraying to extremities, 4to, plus Vedder (Elihu), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Boston & London, [1884], b & w lithograph illustrations, original decorated cloth, faded and some edge fraying, folio, plus a collection of other copies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam including many illustrated editions (40)
Sackville-West (Victoria). The Heir. A Love Story, 1st ed., 1922, port. frontis. signed by the author, untrimmed, orig. two-tone cloth, 8vo (limited edition 9/100), together with Constantinople. Eight Poems, pub. Complete Press, 1915, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, plus Orchard and Vineyard, 1921, inscribed by the author`s mother, occ. spotting, orig. cloth-backed boards, 8vo, plus Poems of West & East, 1917, b&w frontis., orig. cloth-backed boards, 8vo (4)
Sackville-West (V.). Twelve Days. An Account of a Journey Across the Bakhtiari Mountains in the South-western Persia, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1928, b&w illusts. and photos, some minor scattered spotting, orig. mottled cloth, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, together with The Edwardians, by V. Sackville-West, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1930, lacks f.e.p., orig. orange cloth gilt, a little soiled, orig. d.j., sl. frayed and markd, 8vo, plus Fry (Roger), Cezanne. A Study of His Development, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1927, forty b&w plts., orig. linen-backed printed boards, a little soiled and corners bumped, 4to, and others, mostly Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf interest (43)
Yeats (W.B.). October Blast, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1927, woodcut device to title, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, one or two light stains, 8vo, limited edition, one of 350 copies, together with A Packet for Ezra Pound, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1929, woodcut device to title, lacking blue front endpaper, one or two spots, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, minor stains, 8vo, limited edition, one of 425 copies, plus three others (5)
Gill (Evan R.). Bibliography of Eric Gill, Foreword by Walter Shewring, 1st ed., 1953, port. frontis., b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Harrop (Dorothy A.), A History of the Gregynog Press, pub. Private Libraries Association, 1980, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, tall 8vo (2500 copies printed), plus Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Stories from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman, H. & S. for Boots, n.d., c. 1920, twenty tipped in col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, and other miscellaneous books, mostly bibliography and related, including Soho Bibliographies (3 shelves)
Poem-of-the-Month Club, printed John Roberts Press Ltd., c. 1970-74, twenty-six sheets printed rectos only, each signed by the poet, including Harold Massingham, D.J. Enright, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Julian Symons, James Reeves, Geoffrey Grigson, C. Day Lewis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller et al, loosely contained in orig. half morocco folder with ties, worn, folio, together with Golding (William), The Inheritors, 1955, Freefall, 1959, both 1st eds., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly literature, including Folio Society, Bob Dylan, and a bronzed plaster-cast medallion portrait of Hemingway, with raised lettering "Hemingway Centennial Prize 1899-1999` and incised lettering verso "The Official Hemingway Centennial Prize Final State Medal Rendering La Finca Vigia Habana Cuba`, 13 ins (33cm) diam. (3 shelves)
Hussey (Christopher). English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1967, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. torn and soiled d.j., 4to, together with Stroud (Dorothy), Capability Brown, with an Introduction by Christopher Hussey, Faber, 1975, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Jellicoe (Geoffrey), The Collected Works of Geoffrey Jellicoe. The Studies of a Landscape Designer Over 80 Years, 3 vols., Garden Art Press, 1993-6, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and others of landscape and garden design interest, mostly recent publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves)
Chiswick Press. The Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1904, inscribed on flyleaf "To J.T. Sheppard producer of the Oristeia in Cambridge 1921, from S.C. Cockerell Feb. 17 1921`, Greek text printed in red and black, orig. holland-backed boards with paper label to spine, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo (225 copies printed), together with De La More Press., The Percy Folio of Old English Ballads and Romances, from the Text of Dr. F.J. Furnivall and Prof. J.W. Hales, 4 vols., King`s Library series, 1905-10, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. linen-backed boards with paper label to spines, a little rubbed and soiled, folio (limited edition 96/320), with other miscellaneous history and literature etc., including vintage (but not 1st eds.) Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse (6 shelves)
Woolf (Leonard). Diaries in Ceylon, 1908-1911. Records of a Colonial Administrator. Being the Official Diaries Maintained by Leonard Woolf While Assistant Government Agent of the Hambantota District, Ceylon, During the Period August 1908 to May 1911, edited with a Preface by Leonard Woolf & Stories from the East, Three Short Stories on Ceylon by Leonard Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1963, first published in the Ceylon Historical Journal, February, 1962, port. frontis., four other b & w illusts., folding map, orig. boards in frayed d.j., 8vo, together with Tyacke (Lieutenant-Colonel R.H.), The Sportsman`s Manual in Quest of Game in Kulu, Lahoul & Ladak to the Tso Morari Lake. With Notes on Shooting in Spiti, Bara Bagahal, Chamba & Kashmir, and a Detailed Description of Sport in More Than 130 Nalas, pub. Calcutta, 1907, eight folding maps, commercial ads both front and rear, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, small 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, including Ceylon interest, Folio Society, etc. (3 shelves)
Willis (Peter). Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden, reprinted with supplementary plates and a catalogue of additional documents, drawings and attributions, Newcastle upon Tyne, Elysium Press, 2002, colour frontis., numerous b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Leach (Peter), James Paine (Studies in Architecture series), 1st ed., pub. Zwemmer, 1988, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, plus MacDougall (Elisabeth Blair), Fountains, Statues, and Flowers, Studies in Italian Gardens of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Washington, Dunbarton Oaks, 1994, b&w illusts. etc., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, and Crook (J. Mordaunt), The Dilemma of Style, Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern, 1st ed., 1987, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, VG, plus others on the history of architecture, garden design, art and antiques. (6 shelves)
Swaysland (William). Familiar Wild Birds, 4 vols., 1st-4th Series, pub. Cassell, 1883, numerous chromo. plts., a.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed (generally in bright condition), together with Step (Edward), Wild Flowers Month by Month in their Natural Haunts, 2 vols., pub. Warne, 1905, colour frontis. to each vol., numerous b&w plts., orig. gilt-dec. green cloth, spines very sl. faded (generally in bright condition), plus Tegetmeier (W. B.), Pheasants, Their Natural History & Practical Management, ed. Eric Parker, pub. The Field Press, n.d., c. 1910, colour frontis., b&w illusts., orig. green cloth gilt, spine very sl. darkened, and others incl. fourteen titles by Stephen Jay Gould, etc., all 8vo, generally G/VG. (3 shelves)
Jackson (Major-General Sir Louis C.). History of the United Service Club, 1st ed., 1937, colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Westlake (Ray), British Batallions on the Western Front, January to June 1915, 1st ed., 2001, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Brown (Malcolm), The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918, Year of Victory, 1st ed., 1998, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Harvey (A. D.), A Muse of Fire, Literature, Art and War, 1st ed., Hambledon Press, 1998, orig. cloth in d.j., plus other First World War and Second World War history, all recent publications, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo (3 shelves)
Thorburn (Archibald). A Naturalist`s Sketch Book, 1st ed., 1919, sixty colour plates, t.e.g., orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, library bookplates to endpapers (otherwise unmarked), 4to, together with Mrs Basil Taylor, Japanese Gardens, New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1912, colour plts., some light scattered spotting, t.e.g., orig. green cloth-backed boards, rubbed and some marks, and damp discolouration to fore-edges, 4to, plus Watson (William), The Gardener`s Assistant, 6 vols., reprinted, Gresham Publishing Company, 1933, colour and b&w plts., orig. uniform cloth gilt, a little rubbed, some marks, 4to, and other gardening and botanical interest, including Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticulture Literature before 1800, 3 vols., Oxford University Press, 1975, etc., mostly late 19th and early 20th c., 4to/8vo (3 shelves)
An album of 23 press release photographs of the British airship R34, completed in March 1919. These show stages of construction, group photos (identified) of the production team, and crowds of male & female cheering workers. Also shown is the airship being hauled from its hanger, close-up views of the hull and gondolas, first flight etc. In grey card album with R34 stamped on front cover. GC. Plate. 13
An RSTK `Amphora` pottery portrait vase Circa 1897, Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel, design attributed to Nikolaus Kannhauser, with impressed mark ``Amphora`` within an oval and model number ``2039``, the wide mouth over a tapering cylindrical body on a bulbous foot, polychrome glazed and gilt decorated with a portrait of a maiden, the Winter Queen, wearing a veil and a ``jeweled`` crown, centered on a banded ground comprising a mottled gilt middle section between narrower bands of black and ivory stripes, with a lavender landscape frieze above and a green band with a garland of ``jeweled`` roses below, 9.25`` H x 4`` Dia. Literature: This decorative scheme was executed on vases of a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For illustrated examples with same decorative scheme, of differing shapes, see: Byron Vreeland: ``Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era``, Los Angeles: Fledermaus Press, 2003, pp. 64-66. Condition: Overall good condition. Rubbing and wear commensurate with age. A few re-gilded minor nicks to rim. An inherent flaw, likely a burst bubble, to foot (.25`` Dia.).Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A fine collection of memorabilia relating to the British 1908 London Olympic Games boxing champion Richard K Gunn including his cased Olympic gold prize medal and winner’s diploma, the lot comprising: i) a 1908 Olympic Games gold prize medal designed by Bertram Mackennal, manufactured by Vaughton of Birmingham in hallmarked gold, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WINNER, FEATHER-WEIGHT BOXING, in original red leather fitted case with maroon velvet lining, the lid inscribed gilt OLYMPIC GAMES, WINNER, FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING, LONDON, 1908; ii) a 1908 Olympic Games winner’s diploma named to R K GUNN, framed & glazed, overall 47 by 56cm., 18 1/2 by 22in.; iii) a large 22 by 15in. signed photographic portrait of Richard Gunn posed in boxing vest and trunks, signed in ink lower left and inscribed by hand OLYMPIC GAMES, 1908; iv) R K Gunn’s 1908 Olympic Games competitor’s card v) ephemera relating to Gunn’s Olympic success including congratulatory letters and telegrams and a menu for a complimentary dinner held in appreciation of his Olympic achievement, at Anderton’s Hotel; together with non-Olympic boxing memorabilia relating to Richard Gunn, comprising: a) hallmarked silver salver of octagonal form with presentation inscription dated July 1950 reading PRESENTED TO R.R. (DICK) GUNN BY THE AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG AND VALUABLE SERVICES ON THE COUNCIL AS A MEMBER LIFE PRESIDENT AND HON. TREASURER, A.B.A. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1894, 1895 & 1896, 30.5cm., 12in. diameter b) a framed prize diploma named to Gunn and presented by the German Gymnasium c) scrapbooks press cuttings and other ephemera relating to the career of R K Gunn Richard Kenneth Gunn (1871-1961) is the oldest man ever to have been crowned as an Olympic boxing champion. He achieved this feat in the featherweight division of the boxing tournament at the London Games of 1908 aged 37 years and 254 days. He had in fact retired when still British amateur featherweight champion in 1896, a title he had held for three consecutive years. This retirement was actually at the request of the ABA as Gunn was far the superior of any of his rivals. In return Gunn served on the ABA Council for more than ten years. When the fighter learned that the Olympic Games were coming to London he resumed training, returned to the ring and won the gold meal at the 1908 Games, before hanging up his gloves for good immediately thereafter. He only ever suffered one defeat in 15 years of boxing. Gunn was born in Charing Cross, London, 16th February 1871 and died at Lambeth, London, 23rd June 1961 aged 90.
A interesting group of ephemera relating to Miss Florence Sandell and the Ladies Gymnastics Display at the 1908 London Olympic Games, including Miss Sandell’s stadium admittance pass for her participation in the gymnastics display on 17th July together with a counterfoil from a ticket stub allowing her admittance to the competitors’ seats in the stadium grandstand; an instructions sheet issued to those participating in the display; two letters of congratulation to Miss Sandell from J E K Studd, President of the Polytechnic Club; and some press clippings and miscellaneous items A newspaper cutting in this lot describes the following scene: Perhaps, however, the most pleasing incident was provided by the girl gymnasts. They had gone through a hoop drill, which included some graceful movements, in a smart manner, and a large squad then advanced well towards the front carrying double-staffed flags of self colours in red, white and blue. Their purpose was quickly made apparent. A few deft passes and a huge tri-colour sprang into existence, behind which the girls were completely sheltered. Piquancy was added to the graceful and effective compliment to the attending French President by the ‘Marseillaise” played by the band, while there was an unrestrained spontaneous outburst of cheering from the bow large concourse of spectators. It was an artistic triumph, a happily conceived idea carried into practice with perfect execution. That M. Fallieres appreciated this delicate friendly homage to the French flag was unmistakable, for his pleasure was expressed in the smiles which chased each other over his expressive countenance.’ Men’s gymnastics has been a feature of the Olympic Games since Paris in 1900. Women’s participation, however, was not allowed until the Amsterdam Games of 1928.
A 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games cased bronze prize medal and diploma presented to Guy Dugdale for the Great Britain four-man bobsleigh, the large medal, 10cm., 4in. diameter, designed with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga above winter sports motifs and inscribed GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, the reverse with Olympic Rings and the legend IV OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936, in original presentation case; sold together with Dugdale’s bronze medal diploma; 8 b&w press photographs from the Games; and a congratulatory telegram from Carol Dugdale (11) Guy Carol Dugdale (1905-1982) was a British bobsleigher in the 1930s and won this Bronze medal at the 1936 Winter Games in the four-man bobsleigh. His team-mates were Frederick McEvoy, James Cardno and Charles Green. This was one of only three medals that Great Britain secured at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Famously they won gold in the ice hockey, whilst Cecilia Colledge claimed silver in the women’s singles figure skating.
A signed photograph of Fanny Blankers-Koen, portraying the legendary Dutch athlete on the way to victory in the 80m hurdles, the signature in blue pen written along the line of a hurdle in the shot, a period 6 by 8in. press photograph, pasted caption to reverse For the first time in Olympic history the star of the track and field was a woman. Fanny Blankers-Koen, known as ‘The Flying Housewife’, was the most successful competitor at the 1948 London Olympic Games winning four gold medals all on the track in the 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles and 4x100m relay.
A small archive of material relating to the London 1948 Olympic Games, believed to have originally been from the office of Arthur Elvin the owner of Wembley Stadium and including a copy of a letter from him dated 18th May 1948 writing to Lord Portal expressing his dismay of a poorly organised athletics meeting at White City which had been billed beforehand as a “Pre Olympics Games Try-Out’, thereby giving pressmen a field day, the archive mostly of press cuttings but also Olympic Bulletins, a forecast for lost ticket revenues at Wembley Stadium through the issue of complimentary seat tickets to dignitaries, competitors, press, BBC, choir and bands, calculated to be a loss of potential revenue through ticket sales of £41,293; also a general regulations programme
A Linford Christie running suit worn at the Dairy Crest Games at Gateshead International Stadium 14th August 1988, a rainbow & yellow lycra one piece running suit by Denni-Vee; sold with a press cutting reporting that Christie threw the suit into the crowd after winning his race, where it was caught by the present vendor; a programme for the athletics event is also included in the lot (3)
Edward Wadsworth NEA ARA, British 1889-1949- "Marine Screw Propellers of the `Napolean` 1843" and "Model of a Cubic Surface", London Transport Posters for the South Kensington Museums, 1936, publ. Curwen Press; lithographs printed in colours, two, in matching frames, ea. 99.5x62cm, (2), (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Richard William Hamilton CH, British 1922-2011- `Five Tyres Remoulded`, suite of eight, published 1972 Professional Prints & Eye Editions, Switzerland, distributed by Petersburg Press, London; one relief cast in white silicone elastomer, signed and numbered 1/150 to the reverse, seven serigraphs in monochrome on translucent mylar sheeting, one signed and numbered 1/150, with the text sheet, ea. 60x85cm, (9) (part in matching frames) (part unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: "This suite of screenprints, which began with a drawing copied, in 1963, from an illustration of the development of tyre treads from 1902 -1950, in a 1951 edition of the magazine `Technique et Architecture`, demonstrates his interest in design technology… He developed the drawing first as a single screenprint in 1964 and again in 1970 when he was offered the services of an American computer programmer to plot the perspective of the drawings. A 3-d relief cast was produced as part of the suite and textual documentation is also an integral part of the work." Taken from V & A Collections description
Follower of James Lloyd, British 1905-1974- The Claxton Press; oil on canvas, 83x76cm: together with one other painting of two elderly ladies on a woodland path by the same hand, 90x71cm: Attributed to Edith Smith, Modern British, mid 20th century- Portrait of a lady standing half-length; oil on canvas, 45.5x35cm: P Scott, British, late 20th century- Gasometers; pastel, 25.5x36.5cm: Lucas, late 20th century- Village street; oil on canvas board, signed, 39.5x30.5cm, (5) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
O gauge, Hornby: consists of clockwork 0-4-0 tank locomotive (F, working at time of going to press); four rolling stock (three missing wheels); LMS passenger coach (P/F). Together with OO gauge Hornby R670 Rural Rambler set (F, boxed missing locomotive); N gauge Model Power `Shifty Sam` set (F/G, boxed).
SITWELL, Maj. Gen. H.D.W. The Crown Jewels...in the Tower of London, Dropmore Press, 1953. Signed by the author on title. Folio, orig. cloth, d.w. (d.w. torn and soiled). Colour plates -- PHILLIPS, HUGH. Mid-Georgian London, 1964. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. Illustrated. With vols. 1 - 35 of the London Record Society, 1965 - 2000. 8vo., orig. cloth, and 6 others on London. (43)
MAXWELL, WILLIAM. The Dun Emer Press...The Cuala Press, P.P., 1932. -- GASKELL, PHILIP. John Baskerville A Bibliography, Cambridge 1959 -- HARROP, DOROTHY A. A History of the Gregynog Press, Private Libraries Association 1980. With 2 others on the same press, and 3 other volumes. Various sizes, orig. bindings. (8)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. Sandford, Christopher and Lettice. The Magic Forest. No. 3 of 100 copies, signed by the authors, 1931 (spine faded, mark on upper cover) -- Rutter, Owen. We Happy Few, 1946. No. 486 of 750 copies. 11 engravings by John O`Connor. With Cockalorum [1951]. A Note on the Press, 1946 loosely inserted and Cock-A-Hoop [1962], unlimited editions, d.ws. 8vo., orig. bindings. (4)
MILLS, CLIFFORD, author of Where the Rainbow Ends, (1861 - 1933). The archive of Emilie Clifford (nee Bennet, married Harold Mills Clifford in 1889) who used a variant of her husband`s name in order to get her work published. Contained in a large trunk, comprising: Where the Rainbow Ends, the original manuscript, c. 1911, approx. 130 pp. in ink including rough stage sketches; 2 typescripts of the same, one with ms. alterations and stage instructions; typescript of the book, published by Hodder & Stoughton; typescript of the revised edition by her daughter Evelyn Shillington, 1972; file of correspondence, contracts, press cuttings, poster, periodicals etc.; photographs including signed photograph of Anton Dolin (real name Patrick Kay, a famous St. George); Evelyn Shillington`s autograph album with signatures, and drawings including four watercolours of Red Indian head-dresses, signed photographs etc. of actors and others relating to performances of the play which was first produced on 21st December 1911, including two signatures of Noel Coward (William the page boy), Reginald Owen (St. George), Charles Hawtrey, (producer), Roger Quilter, (composer, with line of musical notation), John Gilpin, Valentine Dyall, Italia Conti and Alicia Markova. The original manuscript of The Basker, [1916] with typescript; The Luck of the Navy [1919], various typescripts, including screen adaptation by Evelyn Shillington, programme for the film, and printed version. Typescripts of seven further plays including Dr. Johnson at Home and The Dream Ship (2 of them incomplete). The original manuscripts of two short stories: The Departure of the Subaltern and God`s Sparrows, with typescripts of the same; typescripts of 6 further short stories, and a bundle of the periodicals in which they were published. Three printed copies of Dear Mr. Ghost, A Christmas Story, Dean & Son,n.d. (2 of them lacking a wrapper). Also included are typescripts of seventeen fairy stories by Evelyn Shillington, and two bundles of typescript diaries, 1931 - 47, with accounts of travels in Japan and China in 1934, and time spent in Italy after the war with her husband Brig. Rex Shillington, including an eye witness account of the trial of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring in Venice. The play Where the Rainbow Ends was phenomenally successful. It became an annual Christmas event, a rival to Peter Pan, and was staged every year until the early 1950`s. See illustrations.
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