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Lot 90
A 19th Century painted cast iron trade or shop sign as a pocket watch, with Roman numerals, inscribed "R H Peters Watches Clocks Jewellery", 44 cm wide x 67 cm high CONDITION REPORTS The face has been knocked and bent and some of the paintwork is missing, has also had some additional paintwork mainly to the number 1 and number 9 numerals on one side. The other side in similar condition, various knocks, areas of repainting and flaking to the paintwork. Heavy wear and tear conducive with age and use to include losses to the paintwork and gilding throughout, surface scratches, knocks, bumps, in need of a clean - see images for more details
Lot 88
A Lalique Avallon opalescent vase with blue hue No'd 986 and signed "R Lalique" to base, 14.5 cm high CONDITION REPORTS There is a large chip missing to the outside rim together with some heavy surface scratches throughout, particularly to the interior, a couple of small other chips to the main body, one on one of the bird's tails, air bubbles etc conducive with manufacture, in need of a good clean - see images for more details
Lot 705
Koontz (Dean R.) Lighting, G.P.Putnams Sons US 1st Edition 1988 hardback w/dust jacket, inscribed to Preliminary title page 'To Ian with the hope that only good lighting will strike you in 1988 All best wishes (hand drawn lighting bolt then his signature)', Watchers G.P.Putnams Sons US 6th Impression 1987 hardback w/dust jacket, inscribed to Preliminary Title page 'To Ian This Shaggy-Dog Story literally. Woof, Woof ! (signature)' with a hand-written letter from the author to the previous owner
Lot 302
Five boxed as new Corgi 1/50 scale limited edition circus and fairground themed diecast model vehicles and vehicle sets to include Showman's Range 24801 Silcock's Of Warrington Leyland dodgem truck and caravan set (unopened/factory tissue wrapped), 12601 Silcock's Of Warrington Foden closed pole truck set (no outer wrapper but model factory tissue wrapped), 21701 John Codona's AEC closed pole truck with closed pole trailer set (unopened/factory tissue wrapped) and 24401 John Codona Leyland 8 wheel rigid truck set (unopened/factory tissue wrapped). Also included a Classic Road Transport 97920 R. Edwards Super Dodgems Scammell Highwayman (no outer wrapper, models individually factory tissue wrapped). Boxes appear at least near mint, wrapped ones mint, no damage noted, some tears to tissue paper etc.
Lot 342
Collection of diecast model vehicles to include 5x 1/43 scale limited edition Rally cars by Vitesse (models in mostly near mint/mint condition but one with some decal damage to bonnet caused by the original rubber band sticking, see photos, cases very good), a factory sealed/as new IXO Models 1/43 TR100 Mack R-Series 1966 truck model, Minichamps 1/43 scale Team McLaren Mercedes MP4-20 Montoya (model near mint, case good), 2x Corgi motorbike racing Superhauler trucks (both at least excellent condition, Boost example not attached to base, boxes fair to good), a Greenlight Collections 1973 Ford Falcon XB 'Last Of The V8 Interceptors' (model mint/not removed from internal clear plastic packaging, box excellent), a Toyota fork lift truck from BT Reflex and a Knights Of The Road 1/48 scale ERF 1 truck (model in fair condition, left wing mirror broken off but present) (12)
Lot 176
Four Hasbro 1/24th scale Transformers Alternators car themed models, all unopened/factory sealed to include Scion xB Autobot Skids, Dodge Ram Optimus Prime, Jaguar XK Ravage and Dodge Viper Dead End (please note boxes in fair to good though very dusty condition). Also included a Takara Honda Integra Type R Police car Prowl, model appears mint in very good box, note sticker applied 'Box/Card Has Been Opened' (5)
Lot 224
Two synthetic spinel stone set gold rings, including a solitaire, size R, unmarked possibly 18ct gold, total gross weight approx 1.5gms along with a three stone 9ct gold ring, size P1/2, total gross weight approx 1.7gms Further details: all stones present and intact, minor wear commensurate with age
Lot 109
A ruby and diamond 18ct white gold full eternity ring, comprising alternate round brilliant cut diamonds and calibre cut rubies, width approx 3mm, size R, total gross weight approx 3.9gms along with a diamond set platinum full eternity ring, width approx 2mm, size R1/2, total gross weight approx 2.8gms Further details: stones present, rubies abraded, wear and tear commensurate with age
Lot 1066
A small collection of Royal Worcester to include; two dessert plates and a sqaure dish, cobalt blue ground, with gilt detailing, painted with fruit to the centre and painted and signed R. Sebright, and a plate and a square dish, painted with fruit to the centre and signed W Beckett, circa 1913, puce marked. Size: plates 23cm diameter, Dishes 24cm x 24cm diam. Condition: all with cracks and crazing. (5)
Lot 131
An Australian diamonds, diamond and 9ct gold ring, comprising three flower clusters of claw set round brilliant cut diamonds, total diamond weight approx 0.50ct as stated on accompanying certificate, width approx 5mm, size R, total gross weight approx 2.6gms Further details: good, stones present and intact, minor wear commensuarte with age
Lot 3046
George Richard Deakins (1911-1982) - Three framed and glazed watercolours, all of same size, one of couple walking within trees by road, other two of abstract scenes, all signed to paper border lower right George. R. Deakins, each approx. 19.5cm x 14.4cm, framed approx. 31.8cm x 26.7cm (3). Further details: glass in good order, frames loose to all three, one has hanging rope broken, some marks / foxing to areas but paintings generally good.
Lot 167
Masonic Interest- a 9ct gold masonic medallion enamel, marked Herbertshire 194, monogramed to front MA, inscription to reverse 'Presented to Bro Alex R Morrison for services rendered as' all components marked 9ct gold, length approx 90mm, total gross weight approx 13gms Further details: enamel intact, wear commensurate with age
Lot 128
An Australian diamonds, diamond and 9ct gold ring, comprising cushion cluster of claw set round brilliant cut diamonds, total diamond weight approx 0.33ct as stated on accompanying certificate, width approx 10mm, size R, total gross weight approx 2.4gms Further details: good, stones present and intact, minor wear commensuarte with age
Lot 1047
2 Royal Crown Derby ‘Curators Collection Coffee Cans and Saucers, one in the ‘Pardoe’ Imari style and one in ‘Tree of Life’ pattern’ and A Minton Oval Tray, painted with a sailing boat scene. Signed R. ScottDate code; Can 1989 LII SAUCER 1990 LIII‘Date code: Can 1992 LV Saucer 1993 LVITray mid-20th CenturySize; Cans: 6.5 cm diameter, 6.5cm highSaucers: 13.5cm diameter Tray: 21.5 x 13.5cm diameterCondition: Paint scratch near to mast and in purple cloud. Cup and saucers condition overall is good.
Lot 266
Lot includes large decorative plate with gilt design of roses 11" - Lindner backstamp and handled cobalt gold sectioned serving tray 12" - Reichenbach R backstamp. Largest piece: 5.5"H x 12" dia. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: RosenthalCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 21
BINDING - Charles WELCH (1848-1924). History of the Tower Bridge and of other Bridges over the Thames, London, 1894. 4to, plates, VERY FINELY BOUND by Zaehnsdorf in elaborate scarlet morocco. Provenance: W. A. FOYLE, BEELEIGH ABBEY (bookplate).BINDING - Charles WELCH (1848-1924). History of the Tower Bridge and of other Bridges over the Thames built by the Corporation of London. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1894. 4to (281 x 215mm). Half title, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations. VERY FINELY BOUND by Zaehnsdorf in full contemporary scarlet pictorial morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt with an illustration of Tower Bridge stamped in gilt on the upper cover, the year 1176 [the year construction started on the first stone version of London Bridge] above, and the year 1894 [the year Tower Bridge was completed] below, with a wide foliate border incorporating four illustrations of other London bridges in roundels at each corner and armorial motifs including the Bridge Mark, symbol of the Bridge House Estates, the Bridge Mark repeated on the lower cover within a garland, gilt edges, dentelles, watered silk liners (corners rubbed, two very small white ink stains on the lower cover). Provenance: W. A. FOYLE, BEELEIGH ABBEY (morocco armorial bookplate, from Christie's sale on 13 July, 2000, part of lot 846); a 2-page autograph letter tipped-in at the front, from Charles Welch, Guildhall Librarian, to Sir George Tyler, sending the book as a gift and stating how it is "... bound specially and in similar style to that of the copy which, as Lord Mayor, you presented on behalf of the Corporation to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales ..."
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Lot 78
DAVIES, G. C. (1849-1922, photographer). The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk, London, [1883-84], First & Second Series, folio, 48 fine photogravure plates, unbound as issued in original half cloth portfolios. FIRST EDITION. RARE. (2)DAVIES, George Christopher (1849-1922, photographer). [Title from the upper cover of the portfolios:] The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk. London: Jarrold & Sons, [1883-84]. First & Second Series, folio (388 x 286mm). 48 fine photogravure plates printed on "plain paper" by T. & R. Annan after George Christopher Davies, with very small printed captions pasted onto the lower left corners of each, the image size 110 x 148mm (some spotting to 4 plates in the Second Series ("Barton Staithe", "Fritton Lake", "Wildfowl Decoy at Fritton. Looking Up Pipe" and "Wildfowl Decoy at Fritton. Purse Net at end of Pipe"), the other plates generally very clean with occasional light marginal spotting not affecting images). Unbound, as issued, in the two original half cloth printed portfolios, the first portfolio lacking ties (portfolios lightly stained and scuffed), both portfolios contained in a modern box. FIRST EDITION of this collection of beautiful and evocative photographs by "the man who found the Broads", according to his obituary by Charles Carrodus, and the first of the great Broads photographers. He was also a keen yachtsman and angler. "No. 16" is written in contemporary manuscript on the pastedown of the first portfolio, signifying that this is No. 16 of 250 sets on plain paper. A contemporary [1884] publisher's advertisement for the second portfolio [not present] states: "Only fifty sets on India Paper have been prepared at £2.2s per set, and 250 sets on plain paper, at £1.1s. per set. No further copies will be printed, and no further series of these views will be issued." Provenance: R. C. Fiske (modern armorial ex-libris label in box); A. [?]J. Buxton, 1885 (signature on upper cover of the Second Series portfolio); from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023); various notes, newspaper clippings, etc. relating to the work loosely-inserted. RARE. (2)
Lot 66
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper, the images 130 x 95mm., inset into 38 thick card mounts, one on each side (some staining), 1868 and later, collected by Julius Barras.BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper with watercolour backgrounds of flora, the images 130 x 95mm., each inset into 38 thick card mounts, one on each side (some spotting and staining), hinged throughout, inserted into a 4to (285 x 250mm) black morocco album, red edges, the watercolours dated 1868 and later, the spine of the album dated (erroneously) 1867 (see note). Each watercolour is captioned with the place and year that the butterfly was caught, the majority being found in "Mehidpore"[sic] (India) in 1868. The butterflies were collected by Julius Barras, of whom little is known except that he published a book called "India and Tiger Hunting" in London in 1885 and a (very rare) collection of Anglo-Indian stories under the title "Under Two Shillings" published in London c.1888. The front of the album has an extensive note by Barras: "These butterflies and flowers are my first efforts as taught me by Colonel G. R. S. Burrows [i.e. almost certainly Brigadier General George Reynolds Scott Burrows (1827-1917)]. After keeping them upwards of twenty years I thought them worth preserving on the chance of their proving indestructible and thus becoming valuable some day as other as[sic] 'antiques'. I am particular that the flowers should be ascribed to the right artists because mine are so very bad. Consequently all those done by anybody else are marked. The butterflies and moths were all preserved by me, Julius Barras, at the times specified. Where they appear faded, it may be that friction is to blame? If you were to rub Rembrandt's pictures with your finger for years and years they would soon appear to look bad. I should not now think of transferring butterflies on common note paper like these. It cockles so. Nearly all these insects are common at all our Indian stations. The date on the back of this book [i.e. album] ought to be 1868. E. P. on some of the flowers stands for [?]Elta Palmer, 53 Lowndes Square. These Butterflies were all done at the time they were caught ..."
Lot 85
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890, 4to, 30 photogravure plates, folding chart, original buckram gilt (spine and corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 COPIES. RARE. With 3 medals awarded to Emerson. (4)EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936, photographer). Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew ... Illustrated with Thirty Photo-Etchings by P. H. Emerson and T. F. Goodall ... Together with an Appendix "Breydon Past and Present". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Limited, 1890. 4to (232 x 255mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, 30 fine photogravure plates by Peter Henry Emerson, including one after a painting by Thomas Frederick Goodall, folding "Plan of Breydon from Yarmouth Bridge to the Junction of the Yare at Waveney" at the end (very faint spotting and staining to text, some plates very lightly and consistently browned [or possibly printed on a different paper stock], a few plates with very light spotting and staining, but the majority unblemished, one tissue guard torn without loss). Original roan-backed pictorial blue buckram lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, brown endpapers (spine and corners rubbed). Provenance: R. C. Fiske, Morningthorpe (ex-libris label); from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023). FIRST EDITION of this work by the pioneer of "naturalistic photography". NUMBER 21 OF 500 COPIES OF THE "ORDINARY EDITION." RARE. Emerson believed that photography was less a mechanical process concerned with representing the world in forensic detail and more an art form, and that a photograph should reproduce as faithfully as possible what the eye actually saw, just as the Impressionists did with painting. This then radical approach did not always find favour with the photographic establishment who saw Emerson as something of a renegade. Although the wording of the title page of the present work may suggest that it was an equal collaboration between Emerson and Goodall, most of the input was Emerson's since he provided both the photogravures and the text. As the opening of his preface states, "This simple record of my impressions and experiences, whilst living with my friend, T. F. Goodall, on his house-boat on Breydon Water in Norfolk, may prove interesting to the public who have so kindly welcomed my previous productions. The plates illustrating this book were taken during this sojourn on that great tidal water in the summer of 1887. They form a series of separate chapters which will help to give the reader an idea of the wild life on Breydon and in Great Yarmouth, the old fishing town on its shore. The photo-etchings must speak for themselves; I have thought it unnecessary to write anything concerning them. The photo-etching, The Last of the Ebb, is from Goodall's large painting of Great Yarmouth from Breydon: his opus magnum during our sojourn there. It was exhibited in the Royal Academy of 1888, and will be known to some of my readers. The remaining plates are photo-etchings from photographic plates, all taken by me." Thereafter, the tone changes and displays some of the author's characteristic cantankerousness as he bemoans "... the ruinous manner in which some of my plates were printed in a previous publication." A pencil note on the front free endpaper, probably in the hand of John Benjafield, states: "This [book] rarely has its original spine and has not been rebacked. It is one of the rare copies to do so." Kahan & Colson Peter Henry Emerson (1972) pp.80-81; Newhall P. H. Emerson. The Fight for Photography as a Fine Art (1978) pp.50-53. See also Peter Turner & Richard Wood's P. H. Emerson. Photographer of Norfolk (1974) and John Taylor's The Old Order and The New. P. H. Emerson and Photography 1885-1895 (2007), the latter published to accompany the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television's exhibition of the same name. Included in the lot are 3 medals awarded to P. H. Emerson for photography: 1) [Obverse:] "'Amateur Photographer'. Prize Tour 1886. P. H. Emerson. B.A. M.B. Prize Medal" [Reverse:] "Presented by the 'Amateur Photographer'. Daguerre. Woodbury. Abney. Fox Talbot." 2) [Obverse:] "P. H. Emerson. For Instantaneous Photography" [with a view of Crystal Palace] [Reverse:] "Exposiçao Internacional de Photographia No Palacio de Crystal. Porto 1886 [with 3 allegorical figures] and 3) [Obverse:] "Amateur Photographic Exhibition. Awarded by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (Limited) to P. H. Emerson M.B." [Reverse:] [3 putti in a photographic studio.] (4)
Lot 209
SYMONDS, R. W. (1889-1958). Thomas Tompion, London, 1951, 4to, plates, original blue cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Conrad Ackner, best wishes from Robert Symonds, Dec. 1951."SYMONDS, Robert Wemyss (1889-1958). Thomas Tompion. His Life & Work. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. 4to (291 x 222mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, title printed in red and black, coloured and monochrome plates and illustrations, facsimile of "The Association Oath Roll of the Members of the London Clockmakers' Company in 1697" on 2 folding sheets at the end (some light spotting and staining to first and last few leaves). Original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket with price of £7 7s. unclipped (jacket with some chipping to head and foot of backstrip). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "For Conrad Ackner, best wishes from Robert Symonds, Dec. 1951." Conrad Ackner, whose name is first in the list of subscribers, was a renowned "society dentist" who came to England from Vienna before the First World War.
Lot 76
DAHL, Roald (1916-90). The Gremlins, New York, 1943, 4to, illustrations, some coloured, original pictorial boards (edges rubbed, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author. (2)DAHL, Roald (1916-90). The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story. New York: Random House, 1943. 4to (278 x 215mm). Illustrations, some full-page and coloured (short tear to half title, some very faint marginal browning and staining). Original red cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers printed in yellow and red (edges rubbed, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: "To David K. Spradling II from Florence Walker Clifton, Xmas 1943" (inscription on front free endpaper, with remnants of a Christmas sticker beneath). FIRST EDITION of the author's first children's book. His name is given as "Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl" and a printed note on the verso of the title states: "The R. A. F. Benevolent Fund will receive the author's share of the proceeds from the sale of this book." The illustrator of the book is not identified, either with a credit or signature, but they probably worked for Walt Disney studios, the illustrations undeniably having a 'cartoonish' appearance. The Disney film which was to be based on the book never materialised, and the film "Gremlins" produced by Warner Bros. in 1984 owed little to it apart from the character of its mischievously destructive creatures. With the same author's James and the Giant Peach (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 4to, illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, original orange cloth, dust-jacket, torn and frayed at corners, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's second children's book). (2)
Lot 145
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926). Chiswick, London, 1923, small folio, plates, original buckram-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 23 works of related interest in 24 volumes, bound in cloth or buckram. (25)LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926). Chiswick. London: Philip Allan & Co., 1923. Small folio (253 x 165mm). List of subscribers, half title, coloured frontispiece by Christopher Draper, title printed in orange and black with woodcut printer's device, half tone plates. Original buckram-backed paper boards, spine with gilt lettering-piece, uncut (scuff mark to upper cover, white stain on spine, rubbed at corners, bumped at lower edge). FIRST EDITION. With 23 works of related interest in 24 volumes, bound in cloth or buckram, including John Timbs' Clubs and Club Life in London. With Anecdotes of its Famous Coffee Houses, Hostelries, and Taverns (London, [1872], 8vo, plates, original brown buckram, the upper cover stamped in gilt "Beef & Liberty"), Tom Taylor's Leicester Square; Its Associations and its Worthies (London, 1874, 8vo, folding facsimile map, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked preserving original spine), Charles Eyre Pascoe's No. 10, Downing Street, Whitehall: Its History and Associations (London, 1908, 4to, plates, some coloured, original blue buckram gilt), Charles G. Harper's Thames Valley Villages (London, 1910, 2 volumes, large 8vo, plates, fine original green pictorial buckram, top edges gilt, others uncut), R. R. C. Gregory & F. W. Nunn's The Story of Lee [Lewisham] (London, 1923, 4to, frontispiece and illustrations, original dark blue buckram gilt), Kenneth Hare's London's Latin Quarter (London, 1926, 4to, coloured and plain plates by Dorothea St. John George, original "art deco" cloth) and Donald Maxwell's The New Lights of London Being a Series of Impressions of the Glamour and Magic of London at Night (London, 1926, large 8vo, fine coloured lithographed plates by the author, original blue cloth gilt). Please note that only a small part of the lot is illustrated. (25)
Lot 152
LONDON, THE THAMES - Walter G. BELL (1867-1942). The Thames from Chelsea to the Nore, London, 1907, 4to, mounted coloured frontispiece, 30 lithographed plates, morocco gilt. ONE OF 310 COPIES. With 8 other books of related interest, leather-bound. (9)LONDON, THE THAMES - Walter George BELL (1867-1942). The Thames from Chelsea to the Nore. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. 4to (278 x 215mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece, title printed in red and black, and 30 lithographed plates by Thomas R. Way. Attractively bound by Henry Sotheran in dark blue half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, original blue cloth gilt wrappers bound in at the end (spine faded, some light staining to boards). FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 310 COPIES, this copy unnumbered. With 8 other books of related interest, all bound in half morocco or half calf, including John Fisher Murray's A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in its Western Course (London, 1862, large 8vo, wood-engraved plates COLOURED BY HAND, maps, later half blue morocco gilt), G. H. Birch's London on Thames in Bygone Days (London, 1903, 4to, coloured plates, later blue half morocco gilt) and W. L. & M. A. Wyllie's London to the Nore (London, 1905, large 8vo, coloured plates, later brown half morocco gilt with ship motifs in the compartments of the spine). (9)
Lot 129
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables Choisies, Bouillon, 1776, 4 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece and 248 engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 2 early 19th-century editions of French works in 7 vols. (11)LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables Choisies, mises en vers. Bouillon: "Aux Dépens de la Société Typographique," 1776. 4 volumes, 8vo (205 x 125mm). Half titles, engraved frontispiece and 248 engraved plates after Oudry including the additional plate in vol. one numbered "XLIII. 2. planche" for the fable "Le Meunier, son Fils, et l' Ane" which is sometimes lacking, ornaments on titles and throughout (some staining at fore-edge of leaves occasionally touching the text or image, one leaf torn in vol. III without loss, a few short tears or small pieces torn away from leaves without loss). Attractively bound in contemporary mottled calf gilt, the spines gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, marbled edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: "Du Catalogue du Freres Perisse, Imprimeur-Libraires, rue Merciere, à Lyon" (printed label on front pastedown of vol. one); "Les Fables de La Fontaine Ettrene de l' an 1800 Adolphe [?]Devillay, Souvenir precieux des mon cher Adolphe, [?]R. B." (inscription on the front free endpaper of all vols., although only the first vol. has the second sentence and initials). This edition not in Brunet; Cohen-de Ricci 552; Lewine Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books p.276: "[contains a] ... frontispiece after that of Oudry, and 248 plates copied or imitated from Oudry by Alard, Bertin, Crescent and Savart, or not signed ..."; Rochambeau p.42, 109. With 2 early 19th-century editions of French works in 7 vols., namely Montesquieu's Oeuvres Complètes (Paris, 1818, 5 vols. 8vo) and Jean de la Bruyère's Les Caractères ... suivis des Caracterès de Théophraste, Traduit du Grec par la Même (Paris, 1826, 2 vols., 8vo), both attractively bound in contemporary calf. (11)
Lot 125
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories, London, 1902, 4to, illustrations by the author, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With c.50 other books, a few inscribed by Kipling to Stanley Baldwin. (c.50)KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories For Little Children. London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. 4to (230 x 175mm). Half title, 22 plates, illustrations and initials by the author (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original red pictorial cloth (lightly stained and rubbed, inner hinges weak, spine a little faded). Provenance: Phyllis Neilson Terry, October 15, 1902 (signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the binding blocked in white. Stewart 260. With c.50 other books by, or relating to, the same author including H. Staunton's The Chess Tournament. A Collection of the Games Played at this Celebrated Assemblage (London, 1852, 8vo, diagrams, contemporary half calf, INSCRIBED BY KIPLING, "Stan from Rud: Dec 31, 1919" [i.e. inscribed by Kipling to Stanley Baldwin who was a first cousin of the poet's]), Rudyard Kipling's The Brushwood Boy (London, 1907, 8vo, coloured plates by F. H. Townsend, original cloth), Verse. Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 (London, 1919, 3 vols., large 8vo, original buckram gilt, SIGNED BY KIPLING on the half title of the first vol. and INSCRIBED BY KIPLING, "Stan from his cousin, New Year, 1919-20"), Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (London, 1923, 4to, original cloth), Harry Stillwell Edwards' Eneas Africanus (Macon, Georgia, 1924, square 8vo, original wrappers, INSCRIBED BY KIPLING in pencil, "Read every word of this and study the map, R."), Horati Carminum Libri IV (London, "Impensis Petr. Davies", 1926, large 8vo, coloured illustrations, original decorated cloth, INSCRIBED BY KIPLING, "Stan from Rud. Dec. 1926") and Sea and Sussex (London, 1926, 4to, mounted coloured plates by Donald Maxwell, original cloth gilt). Please note that only a very small part of the lot is illustrated. (c.50)
Lot 89
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Live and Let Die, London, 1954, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket in second state). FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND OF THE AUTHOR'S JAMES BOND NOVELS. Gilbert A2.FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title. Original black cloth with blind-stamped circular device to the upper cover, the spine lettered and the publisher's device stamped in very pale green, without any remnants of prior gilding [possibly a variant issue binding?], the dust-jacket with the wording "devised by the author and executed by Kenneth Lewis" in italics directly beneath the blurb on the front turn-in [indicating the jacket is in the second state], with the price of 10s. 6d. unclipped and with an advertisement for the second impression of "Casino Royale" on the lower wrapper (the corners of the cloth binding a little bumped, some minor inconspicuous repairs at edges of jacket). Please note that the dust-jacket has been photographed in its protective acetate wrapper which we have not removed to avoid damaging it. Provenance: "R. N. B." (initials on armorial bookplate with the motto "Perseverando"). FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND OF THE AUTHOR'S JAMES BOND NOVELS. Biondi & Pickard p.41; Gilbert A2.
Lot 33
BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, London, 1848, large 12mo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary straight-grained armorial morocco gilt with "The Speaker" stamped in gilt on the covers.BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the Year 1848. Containing a Correct List of the Fifteenth Imperial Parliament, Summoned to Meet for their First Session November 18, 1847. London: Printed for R. & A. Suttaby (and others), [1848]. 2 works bound in one volume [with Companion to the Calendars, for the Year 1848], large 12mo (175 x 105mm). (Occasional light spotting and staining.) FINELY BOUND in contemporary scarlet straight-grained armorial morocco gilt, gilt edges (corners rubbed). Provenance: "The Speaker" (stamped in gilt on both covers beneath the Royal coat-of-arms). Bound for Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley (1794-1888), who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839-57, the second longest-serving speaker in Parliamentary history. "[Shaw-Lefevre] proved himself a speaker of distinction. He set himself to reform procedure, and during the stormy debates on Irish questions in O'Connell's time, and afterwards on free trade, maintained order firmly and impartially. He was very dignified, strong, and tactful, and the business of the house benefited greatly by his election" (DNB).
Lot 223
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, London, 1947, 8vo, original buckram. Provenance: "Kim" Philby (label). With two inscriptions ([?]to Philby) signed "B."WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ... With an Introduction by Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & So., Ltd, 1947. 8vo (223 x 133mm). Half title, parallel text in German and English, 8-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (one leaf [pp.163/164] creased. Original dark blue buckram, the spine lettered in gilt (small white stain to the lower cover, without the dust-jacket). First published as part of the series "International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method" in 1922, this a third impression. Considered Wittgenstein's magnum opus, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was his only book-length work published during his lifetime. Provenance: H. A. R. PHILBY (label, i.e. Harold Adrian Russell Philby (1912-88, Intelligence officer and spy, better known as "Kim" Philby). The front free endpaper is inscribed in an unidentified hand, signing him or herself only with the initial "B": "March 1948. You have quoted this to me so often (p.189), that I thought it might be good for you to go so far as to read the book. Dear. B. 1948. P.S. What he says is true, in the deepest sense, but makes life impossible, in the deepest sense. P.P.S. How deep is your sense? B." On p.189 the same writer has bracketed proposition 6.54 and added the word, "Mercy!", and then underlined the final proposition, presumably the one referred to in the main inscription and arguably Wittgenstein's most famous epigram ("Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent"), and added beneath it, "Which Brindle thinks is terribly old-fashioned, Christian, & dull, & somehow rather vulgar, too. B." The book was probably a gift to Philby from the elusive "B". At the time of its inscription, Philby was working as head of British Intelligence in Istanbul, while possibly finding time to involve himself with other, unaffiliated, organisations, also involved in espionage.
![[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52 engraved maps (lacks title), contemporary roan (worn)](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aacd4915-06c6-4a34-9915-b1a2013be072/218dffa4-8b10-4dbf-ba20-b1a2013df286/468x382.jpg)
Lot 83
[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52 engraved maps (lacks title), contemporary roan (worn). Inscribed, "... from Dr Alexander Watson, R. N. One of the few things saved from H. M. S. 'Cormorant' when she sank ... 1859."[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas of the World. London: Orr & Company, c.1840]. 4to (295 x 240mm). 51 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, with an additional chart [not called for on the list], numbered "51", of "A View of the Comparative Lengths of the Principal Rivers, and Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World" (lacking the engraved title, the contents leaf detached, some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary black half roan gilt (worn, covers detached, heavily rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: "M. P. S. Ward, from Dr Alexander Watson, R. N. One of the few things saved from H. M. S. 'Cormorant' when she sank under the Batteries at the Mouth of the 'Pliho' [sic, i.e. Pieho] - June 26th, 1859" (inscription on the front free endpaper [detached]). "Alexander Watson was one of two sons and four daughters of John Watson of Freehall, Castlerock, County Londonderry, and his wife Mary. He graduated MD (University of Edinburgh) in 1847, his thesis being 'On Acute Pleurisy', and with Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCSEd). On 16 January 1848 he entered the Naval Medical Service as assistant surgeon and was soon warranted as surgeon on HMS Highflyer, saw service in the Crimean War and was mentioned in dispatches for his commendable skills during an outbreak of cholera in the fleet at Varna. Subsequently he saw active service in the principal naval engagements and operations in the Black Sea which included the bombardment of Sebastopol and the capture of Kertch for which he received the Crimean and Turkish medals and the Sebastopol clasp. He was promoted staff surgeon on 2 December 1855 and posted as an additional medical officer to the flagship of the Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean station, and in this rank was appointed to HM screw sloop Cormorant under the command of Thomas Saumarez which in May 1858 took part in the capture of the Peiho forts which allowed passage for Lord Elgin to proceed up-river to sign the Tien-tain Treaty. The following year (1859) this treaty required ratification, but the Chinese refused passage to the envoy (Sir Frederick Bruce KCB), and when a flotilla, including Cormorant tried to force a passage, it was repulsed. Cormorant and two other vessels were sunk, and Watson was among those wounded. For his skill and courage during the action, Watson was awarded the China medal and Taku clasp, and after recovering from his own wounds he was put in charge of the seriously wounded on their return to England" (The Dictionary of Ulster Biography).
Lot 86
England Illustrated, or, A Compendium of the Natural History, Geography ... of England and Wales, London, 1764, 2 volumes, 4to, 53 engraved maps only (of 54, lacking the map of Hertfordshire), 29 plates, calf. FIRST EDITION. With another book. (3)England Illustrated, or, A Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales. With Maps of the Several Counties, and Engravings of many Remains of Antiquity, Remarkable Buildings, and Principal Towns. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 2 volumes, 4to (288 x 225mm). 2 large folding engraved general maps of England and Wales by Thomas Kitchin at the front of each volume, 51 engraved county and island maps only (of 52, lacking the map of Hertfordshire), 29 engraved plates, illustrations (some light spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, the spines elaborately decorated in gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (skilfully rebacked preserving old spines, minor repairs to corners, some light scuffing and staining). Provenance: Henry Wemyss Feilden (armorial bookplate); Catherine Haughton Jackson (old signatures on front pastedowns). FIRST EDITION. Brunet II, 180; Chubb CCXXIV (listed under Thomas Kitchin); Lowndes p.668; Upcott I, xxiv. With [William Herbert's] Select Views of London and its Environs; Containing a Collection of Highly-Finished Engravings (London, 1804, large 4to, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed). (3)
![[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)]. The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1929, 16m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aacd4915-06c6-4a34-9915-b1a2013be072/0b1484d0-0692-4331-9831-b1a2013c8107/468x382.jpg)
Lot 183
[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)]. The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1929, 16mo, 3 woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill and one by David Jones, contemporary morocco-backed boards by ROGER POWELL (see note).[PEPLER, H. D. C. (1878-1951)]. The Law the Lawyers Know About ... Witanbel Watloo. Telegraphic Address of the L.C.C.. Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1929. 16mo (125 x 95mm). 8-pages, 3 woodcut illustrations by Eric Gill and the "Witanbel Watloo" woodcut by David Jones (rectangular patches of browning at upper and lower edges of title and final leaf). Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards by ROGER POWELL with "Lawyers" stamped in gilt on the upper cover and the binder's stamp on the rear pastedown dated 1932. A very early and modest binding by Roger Powell (1896-1990), described by Bernard Middleton as "one of the most important and influential bookbinders of the last hundred years and, arguably, of any period." Provenance: "Best Christmas wishes from [?]Woolrych" (old inscription on title). The booklet was first published in 1923, with a further, undated, edition also being recorded. Evan R. Gill Bibliography of Eric Gill 272; Taylor & Sewell Saint Dominic's Press: A Bibliography A117.
Lot 121
Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)Nude Study B (Betty Peters) bronze with a dark brown patina58cm (22 13/16 in) wideConceived in 1943-45Footnotes:ExhibitedLondon, The Leicester Galleries, Jacob Epstein, New Sculpture, February-March 1947, no. 13 (another cast)LiteratureR. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber & Faber, 1963, p. 281, pls. 429 - 30, illustrated (another cast)E.P. Schinman and B.A. Schinman, Jacob Epstein, A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Farleight Dickinson University Press, 1970, p. 105, illustrated (another cast)E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p. 193, no. 342, illustrated (another cast)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 93
Ronald Ossory Dunlop R.A., R.B.A. (British, 1894-1973)Myself with Yellow Scarf signed 'Dunlop' (lower right)oil on canvas76 x 50.5cm (29 15/16 x 19 7/8in).Footnotes:ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 2 May-16 August 1953, no. 523Saleroom notices:Please note that the present lot was also exhibited at Bournemouth, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Five R.A.'s; Charles Cundall, William Dring, R. O. Dunlop, Richard Eurich and Lord Methuen, 16 May-13 June 1964, no. 19 (as Self-Portrait with Yellow Scarf)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 184
William Pye (British, born 1938)Equinox signed, dated and numbered 'PYE 6/8 1986' (to edge)bronze with a green patina, brass and fish wire21cm (8 1/4in) wideFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Claudia R. Luebbers Trust, ChicagoPye created a larger version of this structure in fired clay with stainless steel cables, reminiscent of the giant astrological instruments of the Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur. The circle on both examples can only truly be viewed from one position, suggesting a shadow or eclipse; the cables interpreted as shafts of sunlight or the movement of light around the Earth.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 185
William Pye (British, born 1938)X Marks the Spot signed, titled, dated and numbered 'William Pye 76 California IV 2/3' (to base)bronze with a brown patina, fish wire and aluminium20cm (7 7/8in) highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Claudia R. Luebbers Trust, ChicagoExhibitedSanta Monica, Morgan Thomas Gallery (another cast)The present lot is one of a series of six bronzes, titled the California Bronzes, that were produced by the artist during his tenure as visiting Professor in Sculpture at California State University in 1975. The works each responded to various geological features of California's desert landscape and were shown at the Morgan Thomas Gallery in Santa Monica shortly after their completion.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 14
Enzo Plazzotta (Italian, 1921-1981)A Horse for Judy titled 'A horse for Judy' (to base); stamped with Plazzotta seal, number and foundry mark '9/9' (to side of base)bronze with a dark brown patina71cm (27 15/16in) wideConceived in 1971, cast in 1976Footnotes:ProvenanceB.G.S. Gooch, and thence by descent to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedNew York, Acquavella, December 1973-January 1974 (another cast)London, Marjorie Parr Gallery, February 1974 (another cast)Dublin, Lad Lane Gallery, 28 April-28 May 1975 (another cast)London, Italian Institute of Culture, March-April 1976 (another cast)Buckingham, Stowe School, May-August 1976 (another cast)Wexford, Wexford Festival, October-November 1976 (another cast) Guildford, Cranleigh School, May-July 1977 (another cast)London, Wildenstein Gallery, March-April 1978 (another cast)London, Locus Gallery, July-August 1983 (another cast)LiteratureR. O'Conor and C. Plazzotta, Enzo Plazzotta, A Catalogue Raisonné, Trefoil Books Ltd, London, 1986, p. 86, no. 161, illustrated (another cast)Please note that the present lot is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Plazzotta Limited in 1981.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 197
Richard Smith (1931-2016)Untitled Abstract signed, dated and dedicated 'R Smith 94/love/Dick' (on canvas verso), also dedicated 'FOR GORDON + JO' (on canvas overlap)oil on canvas49 x 51cm (19 5/16 x 20 1/16in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, by whom gifted to the family of the present owner, and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 111
Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)Gabrielle Soene bronze with a green patina55cm (21 5/8in) highConceived in 1918-19Footnotes:ExhibitedLondon, The Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Recent Sculpture by Jacob Epstein, February 1920, no. 4 (another cast) (as Gabrielle Saone)London, The Leicester Galleries, Fifty Years of Bronzes and Drawings by Sir Jacob Epstein, 10 June-7 July 1960, no. 15 (another cast)LiteratureB. Van Dieren, Epstein, John Lane, 1920, pl. XXX, illustrated (another cast)A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell. A Series of Conversations on Art, Heinemann, 1931, p. 177 (another cast)R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, Faber & Faber, 1963, p. 102, pl. 156, illustrated (another cast)E. Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Phaidon, Oxford, 1986, p. 145, no. 101, illustrated (another cast)The present lot depicts Gabrielle Soene, who was a Belgian former model for Amedeo Modigliani.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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