Stanyan (Temple). The Grecian History, from the original of Greece, to the death of Philip of Macedon, 2 volumes, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1751, frontispieces, folding map to volume 2, armorial bookplates of Hugall to front pastedowns, light spotted and toned, a few leaves marginally damp-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo, together with:Major (George). Sententiae Veterum Poetarum..., Barcelona: Lelij Marini Veneti, 1596, engraved title vignette, contemporary notations to front free endpaper, worming and marginal damp-staining affecting some leaves, contemporary vellum, sticker to backstrip, worn and marked, 8vo, withPatterson (John Brown). On the National Character of the Athenians, Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1828, lightly spotted, rear free endpaper with small tear, poem in pencil to front pastedown, contemporary brown calf over marbled boards, worn, 8vo with 17 others relatedQty: (21)
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![The Annual Register. or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature, a complete run of 31 volumes [1758-89], mixed editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/62c44f16-1918-4124-9bca-ae6000e8a93f/468x382.jpg)
The Annual Register. or a View of the History, Politicks and Literature, a complete run of 31 volumes [1758-89], mixed editions, London: printed for R. And J. Dodsley, 1764-92, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf with green & black calf spine labels, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (31)
Montgomery (James, James Grahame and E. Benger). Poems on The Abolition of the Slave Trade;, London: printed for R. Bowyer, 1809., black & white engraved half-title, bookplates to the front pastedown, modern endpapers, some water marks & light toning throughout, modern calf spine retaining contemporary half calf marbled boards, original boards slightly rubbed, large 4to, toegther with;printed for J. Wright, Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, London, 1799, later inscription to the head of the title page, later endpapers, some minor marginal toning, later quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFowler (J.), The Last Guinea; A Poem, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Jauncy, 1720, 18 pages plus a catalogue to the rear, later endpapers, later quarter morocco, slim 8vo, andprinted for J. Walthoe, A Collection of Epigrams. To which is Prefix'd, A Critcal Dissertation o the Species of Poetry, London, 1727, some light spotting & toning, later endpapers, later blue quarter morocco, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, plus other 18th & 19th-century poetry, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQty: (38)
Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Hellas. A lyrical drama, 1st edition, London: Charles & James Ollier, 1822, xi, 60pp., half-title ("Printed by S. and R. Bentley ..." to verso) and with the final leaf "Written on Hearing the News of the Death of Napoleon.", edges untrimmed, original paper wrappers, printed label on upper wrapper, lightly dust-soiled and a little darkened to spine, cracked to upper joint and spine chipped at head & foot, slim 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Tinker 1903; Granniss pp.73-76; Wise Shelley p.66-67; Sterling 772.The first edition of the last work published in Shelley's lifetime. In April of 1822 Shelley wrote to his friend John Gisborne: "I have received Hellas, which is prettily printed and with fewer mistakes than any poem I ever published [sic]. Am I to thank you for the revision of the press?" Three months later, on 8 July 1822, he drowned in the Bay of Spezia.
Charles II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland (1660-85). A fine Letter Signed, ‘Charles R’, with holograph subscription, Paris, 31 October 1652, to Baron de Serteville, in French, the King expresses gratitude to his correspondent for their goodwill and the favourable reception of his ships and men of war at the ports of Normandy near Cherbourg, where de Serteville has all power and authority, the King further explains that the bearer of the letter, Chevalier Brun, his representative with ‘my dear Brother the very Christian King’ will testify ‘to you more particularly to which I beg you to add faith in everything he tells you’, 1 page with integral address leaf, small area neatly excised from the base and two light stains caused by the original seal, 4toQty: (1)
Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603. A fine early Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, Given at the queen’s manor of Greenwich, 7 September 1562, manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, ordering John Mason, Treasurer of the queen’s Chamber, to deliver £15 2s 6d to the queen’s servant Martyn Almayne, marshal of the Royal Stable, for 'dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries…’, (£8 6s 6d between 25 December 1559 and 6 April 1561, and £6 16s 0d between 6 April 1561 and 29 September 1562), signed at head with usual pen flourishes, some spotting and soiling, especially on the reverse, lacking the original seal at foot, multiple pin-holes in the left margin (by which the paper vouchers in support of the expenditure may have been attached to the warrant), 1 page, oblong folio (15.5 x 25cm), endorsed with a receipt by Anthony Lambych [?] on behalf of Martin Almayne, 21 September 1562, with a final mark perhaps intended to represent a bit and bridleQty: (1)Footnote:'...[We] will and comaunde you that of suche o[u]r treasure as remaynithe in your handes you do deliv[er] or cause to be deliv[er]id to o[u]r servaunt Martyne Almayne marshall of o[u]r Stable the somme of fyftene pounds two shillinges sixe pence for dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries by him provided for that purpose. That is to say from the feaste of the nativitie of o[u]r Lord god in the seconde yere of o[u]r reign until the feaste of Easter in the thirde yere of o[u]r reign ... [i.e. 25 December 1559 to 6 April 1561]'. The payment for the royal veterinary surgeon was therefore rather in arrears.Sir John Mason (1502/03-1566):'Upon the accession of Elizabeth in November 1558 Mason was the sole senior household officer (treasurer of the chamber) to retain his post (and also the richest): testimony to his strong administrative ability and sound political judgement.’ (ODNB).Martin Almayne:'29 Sep 1562: Martin Almayne’s accounts ‘for dressing of the Queen’s Majesty’s Coursers’, Christmas 1560-Michaelmas 1562. Among the horses receiving treatment were: Bayard Count, Bayard Hastings, Bayard Prince, Bayard Star; Bay Pilgrim; Dun Arundell; Gennet Granado; Grey Antony, Grey Savoy, Grey Sparrow; Morell Speedwell, Morell Tempest; a black pied colt. Expenses included: ‘Laid out for the horses in medicine and other necessary things for the same horses when the Queen’s Majesty rode on progress to Portsmouth [in 1560], 10s; dressing of Coleprick’s eyes, 2s; dressing Valentine’s hinder leg, 5s’. Total claimed: £15 2s 6d. Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Horse, signed the accounts.’ [TNA SP12/24/59].‘In 1567 and 1585 he was certified as liable for taxation in the royal household, the latter as Martin Almaine otherwise Galoe, an alien.’ (TNA E115/440/9, E115/2/117).
George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document signed, 'George R', St James's, 1 October 1795, a pre-printed commission on vellum, completed in brown ink and appointing Philip Shepherd to be Captain of the Hampton Corps of Gentlemen and Yeomanry, 'but not to take rank in Our Army except during the time of the said Corps being called out into Actual Service', papered wax seal and duty seal to left margin, a few ink burn spots and light dampstaining lower right, counter signatures now somewhat indistinct, some wrinkling, 28.5 x 39 cm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Henrietta Maria (Queen & Consort of Charles I, 1609-1669). Large vellum document signed 'Henrietta Maria R', 16 January 1666, folded vellum indenture, being a lease of fields at Caldecott in Northamptonshire in the county of Northampton, to Robert Lambe, yeoman, at a cost of thirty-two pounds, large title cartouche including portrait of Henrietta Maria, the first three words supplied in large gold script, signed Henrietta Maria R to upper right, additionally signed by Sir John Wintour (twice), Principal Secretary, Sir Charles Harbord, Surveyor Generall, Sir Henry Wood, Treasurer to Henrietta Maria, and Sir Peter Balls, Attorney Generall, with remains of large Royal seal attached at foot, and six additional smaller seals, some marks and generally light soiling, one or two small holes, not affecting legibility, overall size approximately 63 x 71 cmQty: (1)
Henry VIII (1491-1547). King of England and Ireland, 1509-1547. A fine early Document Signed, 'Henry R', as King of England, at the manor of Greenwich, 30 June 'thyrd year of our reign' [1511], manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, to Andrew Windsor [‘Wyndesore’], keeper of the great wardrobe, ‘to deliver two dozen lyams [leashes] and collars for hounds, six chains to tie hounds and 40 ells [in England one ell would have been 45 ins [or 1.143 m] of canvas to cover a cart for carriage of the king’s hounds, to Thomas Carmynow, gentleman usher of the king’s chamber, William Rolt, yeoman of the chamber, or the bearer of the warrant’, traces of the king’s signet can be seen at the foot, 1 page, slightly irregular shape, approximately 102 x 255mmQty: (1)Footnote:Andrew Windsor (c.1467-1543) of Stanwell, Middlesex, succeeded to the office of Keeper of the Great Wardrobe in 1506, during the reign of Henry VII, retaining that position under Henry VIII, until his death. For a good account of Windsor see History of Parliament Online:‘… As keeper of the wardrobe [Windsor] was concerned with all the ceremonies of state, at several of which his attendance is recorded. He witnessed the marriage of Princess Mary to Louis XII in 1514, signed the peace and marriage treaties with France in 1518, and two years later accompanied the King to the Field of Cloth of Gold. On 1 Sept. 1524 he was at Blackheath to greet the papal envoy, who was bearing Henry VIII the gift of a sacred rose.’‘Thomas Carminow was of Respryn in Cornwall and the Middle Temple. He married Elizabeth Cheesman; two of their sons, John and Nicholas, sat as MPs for Cornish constituencies. He was already gentleman usher of the privy chamber by 1509 (Letters and Papers 1 82). Thomas made his will on 16 February 1528, requesting burial in the Greyfriars church at Bodmin before the alter of John Carminow, and bequeathed all his tinworks in Cornwall to his wife. He died between 12 June 1528, when he wrote a codicil to his will, and 15 May 1529 when it was proved.’ [TNA PROB 11/23/53].‘William Rolte was appointed to the next vacancy as a sergeant-at-arms in November 1511 ‘in consideration of the daily service done unto us’ [TNA E101/417/7 m128]. IN 1521 he was a ranger of Waltham Forest, bailiff of Topsham and Cullompton in Devon and keeper of the park of Cullompton; to trace, but can probably be identified with the individual of that name, referred to as a serjeant-at-arms, who received crown grants of the Essex manors of Chigwell and Westhatch in 1537 and 1538. His will of 19 September 1541, in which he describes himself as of Chigwell, ‘serjeant-at-arms unto our said sovereign lord [the king]’, was proved on 10 November 1541.’ [TNA PROB 11/28/286].A group entry for Henry VIII’s privy chamber is to be found in ODNB, and begins:‘Henry VIII, privy chamber of (act. 1509–1547), body of personal servants to the king, was an institution whose importance has only recently been fully appreciated. Developments at the royal court from the mid-fifteenth century put in place new living arrangements for the king—a private suite known (from its most important room) as ‘the privy chamber’. In turn this led by the end of the first decade of the reign of Henry VIII to the appearance of a new category of gentle-born courtiers who alone attended the sovereign there and provided the social milieu in which he spent much of his time when away from the public eye. The benefits of belonging to the privy chamber circle meant that there was a constant pressure for growth in numbers; the ten of 1526 had more than doubled by the time of the king's death on 28 January 1547.’Henry VIII kept lots of animals including canaries, nightingales and ferrets, but his ‘favourite pets were his dogs, especially beagles, spaniels and greyhounds; the latter were considered a particularly noble breed. Over the years the King sent hundreds of such dogs, all 'garnished with a good iron collar', as gifts to the Emperor and the King of France. Henry’s own dogs wore decorative collars of velvet – only permitted to royal dogs – and kid, with or without torettes (spikes) of silver and gold; some were adorned with pearls all the King’s arms and his portcullis and rose badges; his dogs coats’ were of white silk, and they had their fur regularly rubbed down with 'hair cloth'. Sixty-five dog leashes were found in Henry's closet after his death. Pets dogs were fed bread, not meat, to discourage them from developing hunting instincts. Two of Henry’s dogs, Cut and Ball, were prone to getting lost, and he paid out the huge sum of nearly 15s. (about £225 today) in rewards to those who brought them back.’ Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court, Random House, 2001, p. 31.
James II (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. Document Signed, ‘James R’, as King, at the head of the second page, Court at Whitehall, 11th May 1685, the first page of the manuscript document, dated February 1683, is an order to pay unto Sir John James the sum of ‘Fifteen hundred ninety nine pounds, fifteen shillings two pence’ as the balance, of £29,099.15.02, ‘of the Principall account of the New Forest’ and is signed in the margin by various Lord High Treasurers comprising Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, British politician who served as First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 and as Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), John Ernle (1620-1697, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-89), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80), Dudley North (1641-1691, English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade) and Henry Frederick Thynne (1644-1705, Clerk of Privy Counsellors) and further signed at the foot by Robert Howard (1626-1698, English playwright and politician who fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War), the second page of the document is a warrant addressed to the Lord High Treasurer and stating, in part, ‘Whereas the Summe of five hundred Pounds wch. remaines due upon….the written Order and to compleate the Payment of the whole Summe of Twenty Nyne thousand & Nynety Nyne Pounds, fifteen shillings & two pence therein menconed cannot by reason of the Death of Our late Royall Brother of blessed memory be paid to the within named Sir John James without Direccon & Authority from us. And it being Our Royall Pleasure that the Said Summe….shalbe paid unto them….’, countersigned twice at the foot by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) English statesman and writer, uncle of Queen Anne, and originally a supporter of King James II, although later supporting the Glorious Revolution in 1688, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, extensive splits to folds (integral leaf almost completely detached) and some light staining, tears and areas of paper loss to edges, slightly affecting text and some signatures, folioQty: (1)
Portuguese Musicians & Artists. A series of 16 autographs in an album (4 unknown), relating to important figures in the cultural life of Portugal during the 1920s, the twelve identified being De Freitas Branco, Luis Maria da Costa (1890-1955). Composer who is widely considered to be the ‘father’ of 20th century classical music in Portugal. A very rare Autograph Musical Quotation Signed (‘Luis Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco’) of the opening 5 bars of his 1st Symphony written on 3 staves; Serafin, Tullio (1868-1958). Italian conductor. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed of 2 notes, suggestive of the range of an instrument (probably a violin); Suggia, Guilhermina (1885-1950). Cellist. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed (‘Guilhermina Suggia’) from J. S. Bach’s 3rd ‘Cello Suite; De Lacerada, Francisco (1869-1934). Composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed from an unidentified work; Lassalle, Jose (1876-1937). Conductor. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed from an unidentified work; Lopes, Antonio Teixeira (1866-1942). Sculptor. Signature (‘Teixeira Lopes’) with a two-line inscription and place and date; Arroio, Antonio (1856-1934). Engineer who wrote about literature, music and fine-art. Signature (‘Ant. Arroio') with a two-line inscription and place and date; Virgani, Vera (1895-1989). Actress. Signature (‘Vera Virgani’) with place and date; Robinne, Gabrielle (1886-1980) Actress. Alexandre, Rene (1885-1946) Actor and husband of Robinne. Both signatures on the same page (‘R Alexandre’ and ‘Gabrielle Robinne’) with place and date; Sergio, Antonio (1883-1969). Educationalist, philosopher, journalist, sociologist and essayist. Being a 4 stanza poem in translation - the original being by René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme and signed at the end (‘Antonio Sergio’); De Campos, Augustinho (1870-1944). Sculptor. 4 line sentiment or poem signed (‘Augustinho de Campos’); and three other unidentified signed Autograph Musical Quotations and a four-line sentiment/poem, all inscribed to rectos only with some news cuttings and blank leaves at rear, contemporary marbled wrappers, oblong 8vo, together with a loosely inserted unsigned programme andRey Colaco, Alexandre (1854-1928). Pianist and composer, whose works were among the first to incorporate popular themes of a Portuguese national character. Two Autograph Letters Signed (‘Alexandre Rey Colaco’), relating to a concert at the Automobile Club in Lisbon, which is to be given by his daughter Alice with the pianist Beatrix Coelho (to whom the autograph album appears to have belonged), further informing the recipient of their complete programme, both 2 pages, 8voQty: (1)
![[Lucas, Samuel]. Dacoitee in Excelsis; or, The Spoliation of Oude, by The East India Company, London: J. R. Taylor [1857], ow](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/ded87e52-1b1a-4566-b76d-ae6000e85026/468x382.jpg)
Postal History: Persian Gulf/Mesopotamia. A Collection of E.F. Overprints Covers & Stamps, incl. unused set of 10 from 3pi to 1r, same set used on 17 Jan. 1915 env. registered to London (“OFFICE D” h.s. on R label), 22 Jan. 1915 philatelic env. regd. to London with low values (same R label), attractive stampless 5 Mar. 1918 “On Active Service” env. to Bombay with v. fine giant 2-ring purple Bushire “CENSORED/D/*” mark, and varied IEF frankings on covers to India (8; with BASE OFFICE/H or FPO 308 cds’s, etc.). (Plus 4 other covers with forged purple IEF overprints) Qty: (various)
A & C Black. Edinburgh, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), advertisements to rear, lightly spotted and toned, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a few light marks to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, number 240 of 250 copies together with:The Alps, described by W Martin Conway, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), hinges cracked, spotted to preliminaries, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a couple of small water-stains to boards, binding lightly marked and worn, 4to, number 274 of 300 copies, with Egypt, Painted and Described by R Talbot Kelly, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1902, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), lightly spotted, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, faintly rubbed to extremities, 4to number 30 of 500 copies, with 21 other works published by A & C BlackQty: (24)
![Edward VII. [Prayer Book]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, & other rites and ceremonies](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/1b430c86-d9de-404f-bcdb-ae60010fbd65/468x382.jpg)
Edward VII. [Prayer Book]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, & other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, 1st US edition, in association with the Essex House Press, the Guild of Handicraft of London, & Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1904, printed in red and black after designs by C. R. Ashbee, presentation inscription, 1947 at front, top edge gilt, original decorative cloth, some fading to spine, edges rubbed, folio, together with Beedham (R. John). Wood Engraving, with an introduction and appendix by Eric Gill, S. Dominic's Press, Ditchling, 1920, wood-engraved illustrations, original linen-backed printed boards, remnants of glassine wrapper, small stain at head of spine, 8vo, plus Rossetti (Dante Gabriel). Hand and Soul, [Brmingham School of Printing, 1944], designed and printed in red and black by Leonard Jay, original cloth gilt, small folio, limited edition of 65, with four others: Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, Birmingham School of Printing 1944, limited edition of 65, The Song of Songs (2 copies), City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1937, and The Immortal Hour, by Fiona McLeod (William Sharp), 1939 Qty: (7)
Hodson (V. C. P.). Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard, 1st edition, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1910, 7 colour & 13 monochrome illustrations, ex-library/museum ink stamp to the foot of the front endpaper, some marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full red morocco, boards & spine faded & slightly rubbed, 4to, together with;Cannon (Richard), Historical Record of The Forty-Sixth, or The South Devonshire, Regiment of Foot:..., London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1851, 2 colour illustrations, some toning & spotting, contemporary marginal annotations to pp.24 & 25, modern endpapers with previous owner inscription, modern half claf to marbeled boards, 8vo, plusRudd (R), The Early Historu of the 17th (North) Middlesex Volunteer Rifles (formerly the 29th) 1859 to 1889, London: R. and J. Widdicombe, 1895, black & white illustrations, front gutter cracked, rear gutter re-enforced with tape, some light toning, contemporary black quarter calf, 8vo, and other regimental histories, including A History of the Formation and Development of The Volunteer Infantry,.., by Robert Potter Berry, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1903, 8vo, Hiistorical Records of teh 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment), by H. Walrond, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897, 8vo, plus others similar, 8voQty: (18)
Davila (H. C.). The Historie of the Civill Warres of France..., translated out of the original, London: printed by R. Raworth, 1647, contemporary inscriptions to the original frint endpaper, original front endpapers have some repaired tears & loss, the title page slightly torn with loss to the foot some including publication text, some general wear to the text block, marginal toning throughout, modern front & rear endpapers, modern gilt decorated half calf, folio, together with;Elstobb (W.), An Historical Account of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, and other Fens, Marshes and Low-Lands in this Kingdom, and other Places;..., London: printed by W. Whittingham, 1793, colour folding map with some toning & small tears to the margins, later previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some spotting & toning, 19th century gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus"The Daily News", Diary of The Beseiged Resident in Paris, 2nd edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting & light toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated red & green morocco bound by Hammond, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 17th - 19th-century literature & reference, including The History of the Council of Trent..., by Pietro Soave Polano, translated by Nathanael Brent, London: printed by J. Macock, 1676, folio, and some French language, all leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 80 volumesQty: (5 shelves)
Dmytryshyn (Basil et al). Three Centuries of Russian Eastward Expansion, 3 volumes, 2nd printing, Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with;Christian (R. F. [editor]), Tolstoy's Diaries, 2 volumes, New York: Charles Scribners & Son, 1985, original uniform cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, 'as new' in original plastic wrap, 8vo, plusMasaryk (Thomas Garrigue), The Spirit of Russia, studies in history, literature and philosophy, 3 volumes, 4th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968, some minor toning original uniform cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern Russian history & reference, some Russian language, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves )
McEwan (Ian). Atonement, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 2001, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Gekoski (R. A. & P. A. Grogan), William Golding, a Bibliography 1934-1993, limited edition, London: André Deutsch, 1994, signed by William Golding plus 'an Erratum' insert to the limitation page, colour illustrations, all edges gilt, publishers original quarter blue morocco in slipcase, 8vo, 99/1000, plusMurakami (Haruki), Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, limited edition, London: Harvill Secker, 2006, signed by the author to the half-title limitation insert, publishers original decorated boards & black cloth spine in slipcase, 8vo, 684/1000 andFaulks (Sebastian), Devil May Care, 1st edition, London: Penguin, 2008, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern fiction, 1st editions, & biography, including works by Ross Kemp, J. G. Ballard, Terry Pratchet, Alan Bennett, Kazuo Ishiguro, Philip Pullman, some limited editions, some many signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, some 'as new' in original plastic wrap, some duplicate copies, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
![Reiman (Donald H. [editor]). Shelly and his Circle 1773-1822 [The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, volumes 7-8], 2 volumes, Cambr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/7f158b8f-5c53-4613-8aa9-ae6000e93bf7/468x382.jpg)
Reiman (Donald H. [editor]). Shelly and his Circle 1773-1822 [The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, volumes 7-8], 2 volumes, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986, monochrome illustrations, publishers uniform original red cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, together with;Fehrenbach (R. J. [editor]), Private Libraries in Renaissance England, a collection and catalogue of Tudir and Early Stewart book-lists [Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies], 6 volumes, Binghamton: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1992-2004, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, publishers uniform original blue cloth, 8vo, plus, Latham (Robert [editor]), Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, 5 volumes, facsimile edition, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987, numerous black & white facsimile pages, publishers original uniform black cloth, large 4to, and other modern & scholarly bibliography & libraries reference & related, including Short-Title Catalogue of books printed in England,..., 1641-1700, 4 volumes, by Donald Wing, New York: The Modern Language Association of America, large 4to, & A History of Russian Hand Paper-Mills and their Watermarks, by Zoya Vadil'Evna Uchastkina, Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1962, folio, mostly original cloth, some in dustjackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio Qty: (3 shelves )
Woudhuysen (H. R.). Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts 1558-1640, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, together with;Vigne (Randolph & Charles Littleton), From Strangers to Citizens,..., 1st edition, Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001, colour illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusVose (Robin), Dominicans, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Crown of Aragon, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 2009, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Ullman (Richard H.), Intervention and the War [Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1917-1921], 2 volumes, 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 1961, monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform blue cloth, 8vo, plus other modern scholarly refer & university publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4to Qty: (3 shelves )
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Burkhardt (Frederick et al [editors]). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin 1821-1860 [Anniversary Set], 8 volumes, Cambridge: University Press, 2009, all in the publishers original wrappers, 8vo, together with; Benson (D. Frank & Alfredo Ardila), Aphasia, a clinical perspective, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1996, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusCheke (Anthony & Julian Hume), Lost Land of the Dodo,..., 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Dunstan (G. R.), The Human Embryo, Aristotle and the Arabic and European Traditions, 1st edition, Exeter: University Press, 1990, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original uniform cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern science, natural history, & medicine reference, including publications by Scholar Press, Harvard, Chicago, Routledge, Cambridge, many original cloth in dust jackets, sone paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves )
Kitto (John V.). St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The Accounts of The Churchwardens 1525-1603, limited edition, London: Simpkin Marshall Kent Hamilton & Co., hand written & signed letter by the author stuck down to the front pastedown, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning throughout, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked with slight loss to the foot of the front board, large 8vo, 53/250, together with;Sharpe (Reginald R.), Calendar of Wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-1688, 2 volumes, London: printed for the Corporationof London, 1889-90, some light toning throughout, top edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated maroon cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusHumphreys (Arthur L.), East Hendred, a Berkshire Parish Historically Treated, 1st edition, London: Hatchards, 1923, monochrome frontispiece, some light toning throughout, modern red cloth retaining original spine & front board labels, 4to, and other 19th-century & modern English county history & related, including Harlean Society, 41 volumes, 1886-2019, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Scott (R. F.). Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, later uniform brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with;Henry (Blanche), British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1975, colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other early 20th-century & modern miscellaneous literature, includingKindler's Neues Literatur Lexicon, 21 volumes, München: Kindler Verlag, 1988, publishers original wrappers in slipcases, 8vo, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo Qty: (6 shelves )
ROBERT NATKIN (AMERICAN 1930-2010) UNTITLED (ABSTRACT), C.1950s Oil on canvas(100cm x 85cm (39.5in x 33.5in))Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA 1990 Note: Robert Natkin was born into a dysfunctional, impoverished Chicago family in 1930. The cinema and theatre proved a welcome distraction which the young Natkin would enjoy up to six times a week, often with his father, a rag-dealer (and, as he enjoyed recalling, a failed tap dancer). An encounter with a book of Paul Klee’s paintings in 1947 proved pivotal for Natkin, who found the vibrant evocations of the subconscious revelatory. Against his parents’ protestations, he resolved to become an artist. Klee’s influence is evident in the rhythmic, structural forms of ‘Untitled (Abstract)’, which is understood to date to the 1950s. Natkin stated that during this period he was influenced by the artificial lighting of theatre sets and Technicolour musicals, by turns dramatic and lurid, that had illuminated so much of his childhood. In this early work, intermingled pigments are pushed across the canvas, eliciting broad passages of moody, earthier tones, which are punctuated by flashes of pure cerulean, vermillion and tangerine. The bold linear mark-making anticipates the vertical planes that would dominate Natkin’s output throughout the 1960s, dubbed the ‘Apollo series’. Yet while his ‘Apollo’ paintings contrasted adjoining bands of solid colour to catalyse what he termed a ‘visual vibrato’, his earlier abstracts demonstrate an inquisitive and playful approach to his palette, as if he were testing his ability to manipulate colour and light. Robert Natkin studied at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1948 and 1952, where he was afforded access to their collection of Post-Impressionist paintings. In the early 1950s Natkin moved to New York to commence a successful and varied exhibiting career, and immerse himself in the contemporary art scene, which at the time was preoccupied with Abstract Expressionism. Natkin recalled that he was first exposed to the style when reading Life magazine’s 1949 spread on Jackson Pollock, which asked readers ‘Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?’; Natkin professed to never having warmed to Pollock’s work, instead preferring Willem de Kooning, but above all remaining committed to European abstraction. His most celebrated commission came in 1992, when he was invited to create a mural for the lobby of 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York. Situated on the corner of the Rockefeller Centre, the vast composition is visible from the street, and has become a beloved local landmark. By this point Natkin was in his 60s and living with his family in Connecticut, but in the summer of 1991 he relocated to New York to work on the mural full-time upon an elevated scaffold. Natkin was commissioned to fill a space measuring twenty by forty-two feet, and preparatory studies therefore proved integral to the successful fulfilment of the commission; he was adamant that his composition should retain its emotional intensity and integrity when transcribed from the smaller studies to the towering lobby wall. By this point his palette was lighter, and his forms softer and more luscious, influenced by a particularly fruitful stay in England in 1974. ‘Study for “1211 – Mural”’ provides an intriguing insight into the developing composition, and evidences a concern for textural mark-making and architectural form. Robert Natkin died in Connecticut in 2010, and is remembered as an important name in the development of American abstraction. He is well-represented in important national collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Centre Pompidou.Footnote: Exhibited: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago
ROBERT NATKIN (AMERICAN 1930-2010) STUDY FOR "1211 - MURAL", 1992 Signed and inscribed with title and dated lower edge, acrylic on board(29cm x 59cm (11.5in x 23.25in))Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the present ownerFootnote: Note: Robert Natkin was born into a dysfunctional, impoverished Chicago family in 1930. The cinema and theatre proved a welcome distraction which the young Natkin would enjoy up to six times a week, often with his father, a rag-dealer (and, as he enjoyed recalling, a failed tap dancer). An encounter with a book of Paul Klee’s paintings in 1947 proved pivotal for Natkin, who found the vibrant evocations of the subconscious revelatory. Against his parents’ protestations, he resolved to become an artist. Klee’s influence is evident in the rhythmic, structural forms of ‘Untitled (Abstract)’, which is understood to date to the 1950s. Natkin stated that during this period he was influenced by the artificial lighting of theatre sets and Technicolour musicals, by turns dramatic and lurid, that had illuminated so much of his childhood. In this early work, intermingled pigments are pushed across the canvas, eliciting broad passages of moody, earthier tones, which are punctuated by flashes of pure cerulean, vermillion and tangerine. The bold linear mark-making anticipates the vertical planes that would dominate Natkin’s output throughout the 1960s, dubbed the ‘Apollo series’. Yet while his ‘Apollo’ paintings contrasted adjoining bands of solid colour to catalyse what he termed a ‘visual vibrato’, his earlier abstracts demonstrate an inquisitive and playful approach to his palette, as if he were testing his ability to manipulate colour and light. Robert Natkin studied at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1948 and 1952, where he was afforded access to their collection of Post-Impressionist paintings. In the early 1950s Natkin moved to New York to commence a successful and varied exhibiting career, and immerse himself in the contemporary art scene, which at the time was preoccupied with Abstract Expressionism. Natkin recalled that he was first exposed to the style when reading Life magazine’s 1949 spread on Jackson Pollock, which asked readers ‘Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?’; Natkin professed to never having warmed to Pollock’s work, instead preferring Willem de Kooning, but above all remaining committed to European abstraction. His most celebrated commission came in 1992, when he was invited to create a mural for the lobby of 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York. Situated on the corner of the Rockefeller Centre, the vast composition is visible from the street, and has become a beloved local landmark. By this point Natkin was in his 60s and living with his family in Connecticut, but in the summer of 1991 he relocated to New York to work on the mural full-time upon an elevated scaffold. Natkin was commissioned to fill a space measuring twenty by forty-two feet, and preparatory studies therefore proved integral to the successful fulfilment of the commission; he was adamant that his composition should retain its emotional intensity and integrity when transcribed from the smaller studies to the towering lobby wall. By this point his palette was lighter, and his forms softer and more luscious, influenced by a particularly fruitful stay in England in 1974. ‘Study for “1211 – Mural”’ provides an intriguing insight into the developing composition, and evidences a concern for textural mark-making and architectural form. Robert Natkin died in Connecticut in 2010, and is remembered as an important name in the development of American abstraction. He is well-represented in important national collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Centre Pompidou.
AFTER E D WALKER; a multi-signed limited edition print titled 'Q.E.2 in The Mersey 1994, 25th Anniversary Cruise', signed in pencil by the artist and further signed by Captain R. A. Woodall RD*.R.N.R., numbered 320/850, printed by Frontier Print Cheltenham, copyright Sumar Publications, 35.5 x 59cm, framed and glazed.
Various silver and silver jewellery to include a 1937 hallmarked silver anointing spoon in case, two hallmarked silver napkin rings of different shapes and designs, contemporary silver brooch, silver rings, a silver brooch in the form of a musical clef, a silver brooch in the form of the letter 'R' with a cat integrated within the design, silver earrings, a silver heart charm bracelet, various silver charms, a silver ring with white stone, etc, combined approx 5.7ozt, also a silver plated napkin ring.
An 18ct gold two-stone sapphire cross-over ring, with two claw set blue sapphires, with stone evaluation certificate issued by RM Weare & Co Ltd, York, stating one stone is 6.22 x 6.23 x 3.8mm, the other is approx 6.33 x 6.29 x 3.2mm, 1.2-1.4ct, issued January 2020, each sapphire set within a halo of tiny diamonds, on an 18ct yellow gold shank, size R.
Two late 19th/early 20th century mono etchings, one titled 'Drake on the Revenge', after Seymour Lucas RA, signed in pencil lower left, 62 x 86cm, in mahogany frame and glazed, frame size 83 x 108cm, the other titled 'Joan of Arc', taken from the original painting by R. Wheelwright 1906, produced by C. W. Faulkner & Co, London, 61 x 87cm, in mahogany frame, frame size 82 x 107cm (2). CONDITION REPORT The mahogany frames are matching. Joan of Arc is not glazed.
Antiquarian Books - Classics and European Thought - Locke (John), The Works, ten-volume set, eleventh edition, London: 1812, institutional red morocco over buckram, otherwise neat ex-lib, 8vo, (10); [Sophocles], Linwood (Gulielmus, editor), Sophoclis Tragœdiæ, first edition thus, Londini: Longman, Brown, Green, et Longman, 1846, [bound en suite with] Ellendt (Friedrich), A Lexicon to Sophocles, Oxford: D.A. Talboys, 1851, 19th century black quarter-calf gilt over textured cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, tail of spines with neat library numbering, recto pastedown with bookplates, 8vo, (2); Fynes Clinton (Henry), Fasti Romani [...], two-volume set, first editions, Oxford: University Press, 1845-1850, mixed bindings, 4to, (2); Ritter's and Preller's Historia Græcæ et Romanæ, ex Fontium Locis Contexta [...], Gothæ: Frider. Andr. Perthes, 1864, contemporary calf gilt over marbled boards, neat ex-lib numbering and bookplates, 8vo, (1); Middleton (Conyers, D.D.), A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, Which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church [...], first edition thus, London: R. Manby and H.S. Cox, 1749, rebacked calf, 4to, (1); Letters by the Earl of Chatham to Thomas Pitt (Afterwards Lord Camelford) then at Cambridge, fourth edition, London: T. Payne, 1804, 20th/21st leather, 8vo, (1); etc., [21]
A collection of predominantly hardback books to include Lady Burton's 'Arabian Nights' in six volumes 1886, collection of poems in eight volumes by Nichols, 'The Island of Dr Moreau', H G Wells, 1896, 'Cheshire Ballads Legends & c.', 'The Love Sonnets of Proteus', Wilfred Blunt, 'The Bewitched Lamp', Mrs Molesworth 1891, 'Brownings Poetical Works', 'Pansies' D H Lawrence, 'Life of Lady Russell', two copies of Leonard Cohen 'The Flame', 'The Hall in the Grove', 'Pansy', 'The Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934', and a further publication for the centenary commemoration of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, three volumes of the Oxford Library of Short Novels, Milton's Poetical Works, 'Fables De La Fontaine', Sartor Resartvs, by Thomas Carlisle, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám with purple leather cloth boards, 'The True Life of Captain R F Burton', by his niece Georgina M Stisted, etc.
A collection of twenty two vintage and antique jewellery boxes, most boxes of tooled leather construction. Jewellers to include must de Cartier, Garrard & Co, John Pinches, E R Kirkman, Austin Reed, W L Parkhouse, B Ninnes Hythe, Bravingtons, W L Parkhouse, John Purser & Sons and William Pearce.
A group of thirteen silver rings. The lot to include a selection of solitaire white stone rings, a three white stone graduated ring, a hallmarked white stone dress ring for Birmingham, a hallmarked Clogau ring for Edinburgh, a Pandora band ring, heart design ring, two cross over rings and a ring set with an imitation pearl and white stone shoulders. Most stamped 925, one unmarked. Weight 51.5g. Sizes J-R.
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