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Click here to subscribeREPTON, John Adey. Norwich Cathedral at the End of the Eighteenth Century. Farnborough, Hants.: Gregg Press, 1965. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this number 147, elephant folio (610 x 428mm.) Numerous plates. (Some folding, 2 plates spotted, soiled and browned, 1 plate loosely inserted.) Original cloth, slipcase.
An early 18th century, oak press cupboard, the upper section with carved frieze bearing the date 1708 and monogram `A R`, with a carved central panel below depicting two doves, with two small fielded panel doors either side, the base with moulded top, over a carved frieze, with single panelled door below, flanked by two panels with carved scroll motifs, raised on stile supports, 152 x 155 x 56 cm.
Two pairs of clear glass candlesticks, modelled with flared sconces with drip pans above baluster formed bodies with circular foot rings, tallest 34 cm, together with a pair of squat clear glass candlesticks, height 17 cm, four clear glass decanters with loop handles and baluster bodies, two further clear glass decanters, three water jugs and a ruby glass and gilt apple dish with cover and saucer and a ruby glass butter press, A/F, (18).
Legal – the Captain Jack Broome libel case album of press cuttings concerning the famous case of Captain Jack Broome who successfully sued for libel against the accusation that he had been responsible for the demise of the ill fated Convoy PQ -17 convoy during WWII – at the time the damages awarded of some £40000 was the highest ever awarded in legal history. The album includes an als of Broome written in the aftermath of the case as well as two other letters concerning it. In his letter Broome says : ‘...I have come out of it all without a scratch really...every libel case for the next 50 years at least will reverberate with references to Broome v Irving and Cassell...’
A COLLECTION OF OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROYALTY 1935 ALONG WITH LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRISTOL AND WILLENHALL TIMES BY ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHERS VANDYK. INCLUDING HRH DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, THE KING IN ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET UNIFORM, PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN, PORTRAIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN, HRH DUKE OF YORK
John Piper (1903-1992), Llangloffan, two offset lithographs printed in colours, 1980, each signed in pencil, from the edition of 750, published by The Cavendish Collection, printed by The Cavendish Press, Leicester, each with the Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp, on wove paper, with full margins, 395 x 574mm (15.5 x 225/8in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Ah! this Life is so everyday, from Some Poems by Jules Laforgue (c.38a), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil, numbered 33/100, from Edition C, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, with full margins, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Crying to the walls: My God! My God! will she relent?, from Some Poems by Jules Laforgue (c.38g), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil, numbered 65/100, from Edition C, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, with full margins, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), All these confessions..., from Some Poems by Jules Laforgue (c.38h), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil, numbered 88/100, from Edition C, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, with full margins, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Ah! this Life is so everyday (c.38a), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil verso, numbered 125/200, from Edition A, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, the sheet printed to the edges, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), She’ll have forgotten her scarf, from Some Poems of Jules Laforgue (c.38q), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil verso, numbered 125/200, from Edition A, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, the sheet printed to the edges, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), You’ll be sick if you spend all your time indoors (c.38f), silkscreen printed in colours, 1973, signed in pencil verso, numbered 125/200, from Edition A, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, the sheet printed to the edges, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Some Poems of Jules Laforgue, the book containing four loose silkscreens printed in colours, signed in pencil, inscribed Edition A, numbered 125/200, published by Petersburg Press in association with Waddington Galleries, London, on stiff wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, 405 x 355mm (16 x 14in)
Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form, by T.W. Rolleston, Harrap, [1911], sixteen tipped-in col. plts., numerous illusts. and decorations to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, front hinge splitting, orig. blind-stamped morocco, rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine and recornered, sm. folio (limited edition 227/525 copies, signed by Pogany), together with Mandrake Press, Amorous Fiammetta, by Giovanni Boccaccio... now edited, with an Introduction, by K.H. Josling and Decorated in Colour by M. Leone, 1929, twenty col. plts., col. illusts. on letterpress, a.e.g., small nick in fore-edge affecting a few leaves, orig. green dyed vellum gilt, yapp fore-edges, somewhat rubbed and marked, with spine sun-mottled and adhesive stain on upper cover, 4to (limited edition 379/550 copies), plus Robinson (Charles), The Four Gardens by Handasyde, Heinemann, 1912, eight col. plts., incl. frontis., bookplate of Minnie Cochrane on front pastedown, orig. gilt dec. cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, spine faded and frayed at ends, sm. 4to, plus twelve other misc. books, incl. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw, 1st ed., 1932, seven Impressions of the Russian Ballet booklets, and two books illust. by Robert Gibbings. (17)
Raven Press. The Book of Tobit from the Apocrypha, According to the Authorised Version, Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, 1931, hand-col. wood engs. by Horace Walter Bray, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. Japanese vellum gilt, in slipcase (some wear), 8vo, Limited ed. 49/275, together with Golden Cockerel Press, Songs & Poems by Henry Carey, 1924, decorations by Robert Gibbings, orig. qtr. Japanese vellum, slightly rubbed, 4to, Limited ed. 96/380, plus Fanfrolico Press, The Mimiambs of Herondas, Translated by Jack Lindsay, [1929], review copy, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, 4to, Limited ed. of 375 copies, plus seven other similar. (10)
Woolf (Virginia). To the Lighthouse, 1st ed., pub. Hogarth Press, 1927, scattered spotting, original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Graves (Robert), I, Claudius, 1st ed., 1934, folding table at end, one or two spots, original black cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo. (2)
Gooden (Stephen, illust.). Anacreon done into English out of the Original Greek, by Abraham Cowley and S.B., 1683, pub. Nonesuch Press, 1923, copperplate engs. by Stephen Gooden, orig. vellum-backed gold-coloured boards in frayed and torn d.j., slim 8vo (limited edition 578/725), together with The Rider on the Pale Horse, uncoloured engraving by Stephen Gooden, signed in pencil by the artist and dated 1939, clip frame, with other miscellaneous books, including illustrated and juvenile works, antiques reference, several modern plastic files containing printed ephemera and a few engravings, plus a small quantity of Oz magazine and older newspapers, etc. (5 cartons)
Truettner (William H. ). The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin’s Indian Gallery, pub. Washington, 1979, num. col. and b & w illusts., map endpapers, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and torn d.j., square 4to, together with Tiger (Peggy and Babcock, Molly), The Life and Art of Jerome Tiger. War to Peace, Death to Life, Foreword by Paul A. Rossi, 1st ed., 1980, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. quarter mock morocco with d.j., folio, plus Hunt (David C.), The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson, University of Oklahoma Press, 1989, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and others, mostly native American Indian related. (3 cartons)
Barker (Nicolas). The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning 1478-1978. An Illustrated History, 1st ed., 1978, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Pollard (A.W. and Redgrave, G.R.), A Short-Title Catalogues of Books Printed in England, Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640, 2 vols., 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, pub. Bibliographical Society, 1986 & 1976 respec., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with other bibliography and printing and publishing history, etc., mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Johnson (Samuel). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, edited Bruce Redford, The Hyde Edition, 5 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992, frontis. to each, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Boswell’s Life of Johnson, edited George Birkbeck Hill, revised and enlarged by L.F. Powell, 6 vols., Oxford, 1971, orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, plus Everybody’s Boswell. Being the Life of Samuel Johnson Abridged from James Boswell’s Complete Text, Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, 1930, b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo (limited large paper edition 144/350, signed by Shepard), with other 18th c. history and biographies, including Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Fanny Burney and David Garrick, G/VG. (3 shelves)
Bibliography. Tomasi (Lucia Tongiorgi). An Oak Spring Flora. Flower Illustration from the 15th Century to the Present Time. A Selection of the Rare Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art in the Collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon, pub. Upperville, Virginia, 1997, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Sinkankas (John), Gemology. An Annotated Bibliography, 2 vols., Scarecrow Press, 1993, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Catalogue of the Crawford Library of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, published in 1890, reprinted 2001, orig. cloth gilt, 4to (limited to 75 copies), with other bibliography and related, including Kraus catalogues, all VG. (3 shelves)
Bibliography. The Huth Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, Collected by Henry Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions, 5 vols., Martino Publishing reprint, 2003, orig. cloth gilt, small 4to, together with Brooks (H.C.), Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, Frienze, 1927, Martino Publishing reprint, 2004, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Walsdorf (John J.), William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and about William Morris 1891-1981, pub. Oryx Press, 1983, b & w illusts. and facsimile title pages, orig. cloth-backed boards with slipcase, large 8vo, with other bibliography and related, including a few Maggs catalogues, mostly VG. (3 shelves)
Audubon (John James). The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America. Reproduced in Colour for the First Time from the Collection at the New-York Historical Society, Introductin by Marshall B. Davidson, 2 vols., 1966, port. frontis., num. col. plts., some folding, orig. cloth with slipcase (slipcase damaged), 4to, together with Brockie (Keith), Drawn from Nature, pub. Arlequin Press, 1995, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to (limited edition 364/1000, signed by the artist), plus Wells (David R.), The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Covering Burma and Thailand South of the Eleventh Parallel, Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore, vol. 1 only (Non-Passerines), pub. Academic Press, 1999, num. col. illusts. and distribution maps to text, orig. boards in d.j., thick 4to, and other ornithology and natural history, etc.. (3 shelves)
Cuneo (Terence). The Mouse & His Master. The Life and Work of Terence Cuneo, pub. New Cavendish Books, 1977, num. col. illusts., a.e.g., orig. three-quarter morocco with suede boards and matching slipcase, oblong 4to (limited edition 212/250, signed by the artist), together with McEwan (Peter J.M.), The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture, Glengarden Press, 2004, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick folio, with other art reference and related, mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Woolf (Virginia). The Letters of Virginia Woolf, 1888-1941, 6 vols., Hogarth Press, 1975-80, together with The Diary of Virginia Woolf, 1915-1941, 5 vols., Hogarth Press, 1977-84, a few b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with others of Bloomsbury Group interest, mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Mylonas (George E.). Mycenae and the Mycenean Age, Princeton University Press, 1966, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Ortenburger (Rick), Vienna Regulators and Factory Clocks, pub. Pennsylvania, 1990, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with other art, architecture and antiques reference, mostly G/VG. (3 shelves)
Pelikan (Jarosalv). The Christian Tradition, A History of the Development of Doctrine, 5 vols., University of Chicago Press, 1971-89, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Dudden (Frederick H.), Gregory the Great, His Place in History and Thought, 2 vols., New York, reprinted, 1967, orig. cloth gilt, plus Colgrave (Bertram, & Mynors, R. A. B., eds.), Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People, reprinted Oxford University Press, 1998, orig. cloth gilt, and Friend (W. H. C.), The Donatist Church, A Movement of Protest in Roman North Africa, Oxford University Press, 1952, orig. cloth gilt, plus other theological studies, various, mostly 20th c. pubs., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo. (3 shelves)
Knowles (David). The Religious Orders in England, 3 vols., Cambridge University Press, c. 1980, orig. cloth in d.j.s, together with Runciman (Steven), A History of the Crusades, 3 vols., Cambridge University Press, reprinted 1962, library stamp to front endpaper of each vol. only, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. frayed d.j.s, plus King (Archdale A.), The Rites of Eastern Christendom, 2 vols., pub. Catholic Book Agency, Rome, 1947, later cloth gilt, and Vicaire (M. H.), St. Dominic and His Times, 1st English ed., 1964, orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, plus other theological studies, including biographies, Church fathers, and early Christian writers, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo. (3 shelves)
Berardino (Angelo di, ed.). Encyclopedia of the Early Church, 2 vols., New York, Oxford University Press, 1992, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Lampe (G. W. H., ed.), A Patristic Greek Lexicon, reprinted Oxford University Press, 2000, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, thick 4to, plus Riley (Hugh M.), Christian Initiation, A Comparative Study of the Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy ..., Catholic University of America Press, 1974, orig. cloth in d.j., and Fergusson (Everett, ed.), Encyclopaedia of Early Christianity, St. James Press, 1990, orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus other theological studies, various, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo/4to. (3 shelves)
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