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Lot 226
SKELTON (ROBIN) Lens of Crystal, illustrations by Sara Philpott, published by OLD STILE PRESS, 1996, limited edition 87/250, signed by both artist and author, house in a slipcase.Auctioneer's Note: The Old Stile Press in Monmouthshire was started by Frances and Nicolas McDowall in 1979. Well known internationally for the quality of their books. Books are designed and printed by Nicholas McDowall, working collaboratively with the artists. All the printing is letterpress and leaf printing, and using wood blocks, wood engravings and lino blocks. The Old Stile Press is a well-known private press and publishing house that specializes in creating limited-edition, finely crafted books. Founded by British printer and publisher Nicolas McDowall in the early 1980s, the Old Stile Press is highly regarded.Provenance: private collection Vale of GlamorganComments: slipcase has light shelf wear
Lot 230
GRIMM (BROTHERS) Faithful John, wood engravings by Harry Brockway, published by OLD STILE PRESS, 1998, limited edition 72/220, signed by the artist, maroon cloth spine with gilt spine titling, bright blue paper sides overprinted in gold to produce images derived from the frontispiece, slipcase covered in maroon cloth with recessed black on white image.Auctioneer's Note: The Old Stile Press in Monmouthshire was started by Frances and Nicolas McDowall in 1979. Well known internationally for the quality of their books. Books are designed and printed by Nicholas McDowall, working collaboratively with the artists. All the printing is letterpress and leaf printing, and using wood blocks, wood engravings and lino blocks. The Old Stile Press is a well-known private press and publishing house that specializes in creating limited-edition, finely crafted books. Founded by British printer and publisher Nicolas McDowall in the early 1980s, the Old Stile Press is highly regarded.Provenance: private collection Vale of GlamorganComments: light shelf wear
Lot 200
GRAHAM (RIGBY) Kippers & Sawdust, published by THE OLD STILE PRESS, 1992, numbered 60/150, signed by the artist, full natural linen covered boards, line drawing inlaid to upper board, title in gilt to back strip, fore-edge uncut, endpapers with three-colour woodcut illustrations, four double-page woodcuts in four to six colours, five single-page woodcuts in three colours, line illustrations printed in green throughout, housed in a slipcase covered with green paper, with a large woodcut that spans the whole.Auctioneer's Note: The Old Stile Press in Monmouthshire was started by Frances and Nicolas McDowall in 1979. Well known internationally for the quality of their books. Books are designed and printed by Nicholas McDowall, working collaboratively with the artists. All the printing is letterpress and leaf printing, and using wood blocks, wood engravings and lino blocks. The Old Stile Press is a well-known private press and publishing house that specializes in creating limited-edition, finely crafted books. Founded by British printer and publisher Nicolas McDowall in the early 1980s, the Old Stile Press is highly regarded.Provenance: private collection Vale of GlamorganComments: minor shelf wear to the underneath of the slipcase
Lot 218
ROBIN TANNER & THE OLD STILE PRESS published by The Old Stile Press, 1994, limited edition 180/195, with a personal memoir and signed by Nicolas McDowall, quarter red-brown cloth, lettered in black, over blue-grey boards with lettering and motifs, housed in a cloth slipcase with four mounted paper designs. 20 full-page patterned paper designs.Auctioneer's Note: The Old Stile Press in Monmouthshire was started by Frances and Nicolas McDowall in 1979. Well known internationally for the quality of their books. Books are designed and printed by Nicholas McDowall, working collaboratively with the artists. All the printing is letterpress and leaf printing, and using wood blocks, wood engravings and lino blocks. The Old Stile Press is a well-known private press and publishing house that specializes in creating limited-edition, finely crafted books. Founded by British printer and publisher Nicolas McDowall in the early 1980s, the Old Stile Press is highly regarded.Provenance: private collection Vale of GlamorganComments: light shelf wear to the slipcase
Lot 108
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Treasure Island, first edition, half-title, map frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end dated 5G-783, very light browning to half-title and margins, few chips or small portions of loss to margins, occasional light finger-soiling, original drab green cloth, neatly recased, spine with slight vertical pucker and ends little bumped, few small and light marks, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, very slight shelf-lean, preserved in cloth chemise and slip-case, [Beinecke 240; Prideaux 11], 8vo, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. *** With the following first issue points: "dead man's chest" not capitalised on pages 2 and 7; lacking "a" in line 6 page 63; numeral "7" missing in pagination on page 127; lacking full-stop after "opportunity" in line 20 page 178; "worse" for "worst" line 3 page 197. This copy also with broken "v" in "vain" on last line page 40. The book was published on 14th November 1883, the first printing consisting of 2000 copies. There is some disagreement over the priority of the different cloth colours and publisher's ads. According to Beinecke, the first 750 copies were bound up with the advertisements dated "5G-783" (July 1883), present here, but this copy in drab green rather than blue cloth.
Lot 126
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, second impression, internally clean, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little toned, light surface mark to upper panel, upper edge nicked and creased, extremities a little chipped, slight shelf-lean, light browning and discolouration to lower panel, 8vo, 1953.
Lot 198
Nonesuch Press.- Shakespeare (William) The Works, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vol., number 1074 of 1600 sets, original russet morocco with double gilt fillet border and small stars at corners, spines titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, some light staining to covers and spines a little faded as usual but appearing on the shelf as a handsome set, all but vol.3 with board slip-cases (slightly spotted or soiled, split to one edge), [Dreyfus 58], 8vo, printed by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press for the Nonesuch Press, 1929-33.
Lot 109
Stevenson (Robert Louis) Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first English edition, cloth issue, 1p. advertisement, bookplate of Edmund Arthur Smith, light browning and foxing to free endpapers, gutter cracked at few points, upper hinge tender but holding, original cloth, few small marks, little rubbed with some wear to spine ends and corners, very subtle shelf-lean, still overall an excellent copy, [Prideaux 17], 8vo, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.
Lot 113
Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a pure woman, 3 vol., first edition in book form, first issue with chapter XXXV misnumbered as "XXV" on p.199 of vol. 2 [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, occasional spot or surface stain, some cracking to gutters, original cloth, slight shelf lean, browning to spines and lower covers, gilt design on covers faded, bindings soiled and stained, crack to vol. 1 and 2 upper covers slightly affecting cloth, vol. 1 hinges partially broken, some wear to extremities, [Purdy p.67, Danielson p.27], 8vo, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891.
Lot 87
An Edwardian mahogany crossbanded and line inlaid bureau bookcase, the upper section with pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, above a fall front with fitted interior, above a base of three long drawers, raised on bracket feet, 202 x 90 x 43cm.Condition Report: - there is an additional shelf stored at the bottom of the bookcase with 3 supports for the shelf located in one of the bureau drawers ie 1 of the shelf supports is missing.
Lot 47
A small Edwardian wall-hanging mahogany corner cupboard and shelf, height 66cm, together with an Edwardian folding three-tier cake stand, height 76cm, a two-leaf folding mahogany screen with embroidered panels, height 102cm, an early 20th century rectangular-top side table, and a Victorian mahogany swing toilet mirror (5).
Lot 95
A group of furniture, comprising a modern dressing table with oak top, lift-up compartment enclosing mirrored under-lid and plastic insert for cosmetics and accessories, with a left bank of three drawers, 69 x 107 x 45cm, a mid-20th century mahogany display cabinet, with open bookshelf to the left flanked by a small square cabinet over single shelf with sliding glazed doors, 102 x 109 x 29cm, a reproduction mahogany coffee table with glass top, 42 x 94 x 46cm, a mahogany trolley table with drop-leaf sides and central cutlery drawer, with undershelf and raised on wheels, height 70cm, a Victorian nursing chair with button seat and open back, and a small salon/child's chair with floral upholstered seat, twist back rail and carved top rail, on turned supports and turned stretchers, height 88cm, height to top of seat 37cm (6).
Lot 108
A 1930s walnut drinks cabinet, with ornate brass escutcheons and hinges, with a maple-lined interior with various fittings, mirrored back and shelves and pull-out shelf above a base with cupboard doors, on carved cabriole legs, 162 x 95 x 48cm.Condition Report: At the moment the bottom cupboard does not open. Minor scratches and marks and a few knocks.
Lot 2438
GRAVES, (Robert), I Claudius, London, Arthur Baker, 1934, first edition, and GRAVES, Claudius the God and his wife Messalina, first edition, 1934, (2) Condition Report: No dustjackets.I Claudius: Shelf lean, tips a little rounded, one a little dented. Boards OK, have some marks but not too bad. Top edge of spine a little worn, lower edge dented, see image. A split forming between rear endpaper and board. Interior good, one or two minor marks. Claudius and the God: Boards OK, top/lower edges of spine indented, top edge with small dent. Shelf lean, price in pencil at front, foxing to endpapers, family trees and a few rear pages.
Lot 2513
AUSTEN, (Jane), Pride & Prejudice, the Peacock binding, with a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, London, George Allen,1894Condition Report: Noticeable shelf lean. Some splits to the edges of the spine and some minor fraying to its upper and lower edges. Wear to areas of the gilt decoration to its front. Spine a little loose, some separation visible around 175-177. Title page marked round edges and some spotting to endpapers. Rear board a little loose particularly to its lower corner,
Lot 2429
FLEMING, (Ian), Dr No, 1st edition, London, Jonathan Cape, 1958, together with Goldfinger, 1st edition, 1959, with facsimile dust jacket, Thunderball, 1st edition, 1961, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, 1963 and The Man with the Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965, (5)Condition Report: There are extra images for Dr NO.Dr No has noticeable shelf lean and some foxing to the endpapers, some marks inside, see image of page 34-35 for about the worst it is. Binding OK. Goldfinger has a little shelf lean and the top textblock is foxed. There is a folded top corner on p23. Inside it is OK/good. On the front inner board there is a small sticker, 'Vroman's Pasadena', which has left an imprint on the opposing endpaper. Dustwrapper a later copy.
Lot 541
In gilt decorated black lacquer with faux bamboo legs. Each top and lower shelf with landscape scenes. 20th century. Height 27 inches, width 23 inches, depth 15 inches. Qty: (2)Flaking and cracked lacquer.Flaking and cracked lacquer.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
Lot 165
Dumont-Wilden (L.) Fernand Khnopff, number 35 of 50 large paper copies on Japon with an original signed drypoint 'Les Grelots', tipped-in portrait and plates, captioned tissue guards (some a little spotted), illustrations, old continental shelf-label to front free endpaper, flyleaves browned, contemporary floral-patterned cloth, a little rubbed and marked, spine and edges faded, embossed paper endpapers, top edge stained red (occasionally visible at head of leaves), 4to, Brussels, 1907.*** Monograph of this Belgian Symbolist artist, a member of Le Group des XX and influence on Gustave Klimt.
Lot 39
Crowe (Catherine) Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas, first edition, armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe to front pastedown partially obscuring the ink ownership inscription of his father, Richard Monckton Milnes, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, minor fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, a sharp, near-fine example overall, preserved in custom green morocco drop-back box, spine lettered in gilt with red morocco labels and image of a grey spectre, [Sadleir 664a; Summers pp.32-33] 8vo, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1859.*** Crowe's final collection of supernatural tales, rare in the cloth in such superb condition.
Lot 1
Thicknesse (Philip) Useful Hints to those who make the Tour of France..., first edition, title browned, spotted, with broadside from Thicknesse addressed to the Marquis of Granby complaining that he has been mistreated loosely inserted (torn and frayed, repaired), engraved bookplate of Buchley Park, Worcs. and shelf-labels of Pull Court library, contemporary tree calf, red morocco label, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, upper joint repaired, for R. Davis, 1768; A Year's Journey through France and Spain, 2 vol., second edition, list of subscribers, 10 engraved plates, one folding (torn and repaired), 3 leaves engraved music, some offsetting, attractive contemporary calf, spines gilt with green, red & black roan labels, slightly rubbed, W.Brown, 1788; A Letter to...Lord B---p of N---h, first edition, stitched in contemporary blue wrappers with illegible ink manuscript to covers, a little frayed and stained, W.Bizet, 1758; Pere Pascal, a Monk of Montserrat, Vindicated: in a Charge brought against him by a Noble Earl of Great-Britain, first edition, lacking half-title, M.Davis, 1783 bound with [Bonner (Charles)] A Letter to Philip Thicknesse, Esq; in reply to a charge brought by him against a Noble Earl of Great-Britain, first edition, half-title, Worcester, J.Tymbs, & London, 1783, together 2 works in 1, spotted and stained, stitched in wrappers, the last three items preserved in 2 modern cloth folders, all in 3 modern calf-backed cloth drop-back boxes, spines gilt, 8vo (5) *** An interesting group relating to Philip Thicknesse (1719-92) who was an army officer and friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. A rather scurrilous character, he married three times, eloping with his first wife which caused his mother-in-law to throw herself onto railings at the spot at which her daughter was abducted, vigorously denounced his son George, and spent much of his time provoking disputes with various figures. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Landguard Fort near Felixstowe from 1753-66 and the broadside in the first item relates to his dismissal from this office following a court-martial for libel and judgement that he was unfit for command. It is addressed to John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721-70), who was Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1766-70. In the third item Thicknesse informs the Bishop of Norwich of the inadequacies of a clergyman in his diocese.
Lot 239
Nabokov (Vladimir) Poems, first edition, author's copy with his posthumous book label "From the Library of Vladimir Nabokov. Palace Hotel Montreux Switzerland" to front pastedown, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, creasing to head and foot, otherwise excellent, preserved, along with CD titled "Nabokov Speaks" in custom blue half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1959.
Lot 36
Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Wyvern Mystery, first one-volume edition, Montague Summers' copy with his bookplate to front pastedown, frontispiece and illustrations by Brinsley Sheriden Le Fanu, contemporary ink ownership inscription to head of title, occasional corner creasing or light finger-soiling, hinges weak, original decorative cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, joints rubbed, 8vo, Ward and Downey, 1889.*** The rare first one-volume (and first illustrated) edition of Le Fanu's gothic novel, with the bookplate of noted collector of gothic fiction, Montague Summers. We can trace no example of this edition at auction, Library Hub lists copies at the BL and Trinity College Dublin libraries only.
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Lot 43
[Bierce (Ambrose)], "Dod Grile". The Fiend's Delight, title page vignette, 32pp. advertisements at rear, lower hinge weak, original brown cloth decorated in gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine tips and corners a little bumped and worn, John Camden Hotten, [1873]; Cobwebs from an Empty Skull, illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers, some light marginal soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly rebacked, retaining original darkened backstrip, rubbed, George Routledge, 1874, first editions, preserved together in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo.*** Bierce's first and third book, published during a three year sojourn in England.
Lot 407
Y A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD OF ARC-EN-ARBALÈTE FORM CIRCA 1780, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON Of arc-en-arbalète form, with 'plum pudding' mahogany top, decorated overall with tulipwood crossbanding, and unusual satyr handles 93cm high, 192.5cm, 60.5cm deep Provenance: Thomas Sidebotham, Stockport, Lancashire A handwritten provenance and restoration note, dated 1947, is provided with this lot.For a sketch of a sideboard by Thomas Sheraton that shares many similarities to this present lot see, Elizabeth White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, The Printed Sources, Antiques Collectors' Club Ltd, 1990, fig 29, p 285. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Both sides with significant damage, see images. The left side with significant cracks, cracking and splits, a section of timber to the bottom of this side is detached and broken but present. The interior of the compartment to the right side with its floor and shelf detached but present. Handles replaced, various chips, splits and losses to veneers throughout. No keys present but all locks are open. The right side drawer was previously fitted with divisions, these are now lacking Some evidence of old worm. Please see all additional images as a visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 291
A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT, FIGURED WALNUT AND GILT METAL MOUNTED BOOKCASE ATTRIBUTED TO MORANT, CIRCA 1860 With two pairs of brass trellis doors, with a reverse painted glass shelf, simulating pietra-dura inlay, reputedly stamped 'Morant' 244cm high, 123cm wide, 52cm deep Provenance: Lamberty Antiques The Collection from Trethill House, Cornwall Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, chips, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.Observations include: charming quotes inscribed in ink on paper labels to the interior of the doors; the doors enclosing adjustable shelves; the back ebonised and not inspected, the interior with signs of later wood and ebonising suggesting some alteration; there is no key; one long frieze drawer veneered to simulate two; large screws re-fixing gilt metal mounts and other small repairs; the reputed stamp not seen.The use of well figured timber, the detail of the mounts, and the use of well figured veneers, parquetry borders and gilt metal mounts to the sides is also a good sign of quality of design and materials.Please see all the additional condition report photographs through the link on the condition report email as a visual reference of condition - they are a vital part of this report. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 122
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WATERFALL BOOKCASE CIRCA 1790 The casters stamped 'COPE & COLLINSON PATENT' 112.5cm high, 92.5cm wide, 24.5cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old chips and minor losses. The top shelf with some additional marks and stains. Handles are replaced but suit the piece well, the reverse of the drawer fronts have plugged holes from where the original handles would have been installed. The backboard with shrinkage gaps as shown in the additional images The casters are original and stamped 'COPE & COLLINSON PATENT'.Please see all additional images as a visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
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