Brian Wildsmith, illustrator: a pair of biro drawings on card of Fred, a lion, signed (one in reverse), 3" x 4½" & 3½" x 4½", with a folder of letters and class project work The Priory School, Raglan St, Eastwood, Notts, 1967, with a.l.s. from the artist included; another sketch by Harold Skeeping (faded)
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Ephemera, a mixed selection inc various magazines and comics inc The Magnet, Meccano Magazines, etc photographs, invoices, inc several tobacco related, Player's, Wills, Phillip's etc, personal sketch and autograph books, bookmarks, advertising items, Theatre & Entertainment programmes etc and also including a selection of modern Sports-related postcards, mostly Olympics and Athletics, some bearing signatures, mostly for Foreign Athletes (mixed condition, fair/vg) (1 large box)
•HONOR CHARLOTTE APPLETON (1897-1951); "He Bit a Hole in my Gray One Before Breakfast", pen and ink drawing. 4" (10cms) x 5" (12cms) with Chris Beetles label verso and an unsigned pencil sketch of children on holiday with the label verso inscribed Vivienne Smith 1880-1940. 7 1/2" (19cms) x 62 (15cms). ARR
FIVE CIRCA 1940s WORLD WAR II MILITARY RELATED BOOKLETS to include 'Roof Over Britain', 'Arctic War' and 'The Eighth Army' together with TWO MID 20th CENTURY JUVENILE PRODUCTIONS LTD., COLOUR PRINTED BOOKLETS Aircraft of Today 'Defenders of the Empire' and 'Air Power of the Empire'; a CASSELL & CO BOOKLET 'MR CHURCHILL' circa 1940s and a DAILY SKETCH - WAR MAP OF EUROPE folding paper map 1939 showing relative military strengths of the powers involved, some tears and loss to one corner (9)
Sir Stanley Spencer, RA(1891-1959)Figure studies - two pages from the Artist's sketch book,bearing the stamp of the Stanley Spencer Studio Sale,pencil,22.5 x 17.5cms; 8 3/4 x 6 7/8in., unframed.PROVENANCEPurchased Christie's Stanley Spencer Studio Sale, November 1998, London (part of Lot 163), sold together with a catalogue and official corrugated-card folio from that sale.Artist's Resale Rights may apply, please refer to our 'Terms & Conditions'.
3 WWII A3 posters: Squadron of Spitfires in formation “Every day more Planes...more Pilots” etc; “Join your local Special Constabulary: Ask at any Police Station” 2 versions, one with photo head and shoulders constable in peaked cap, the other charcoal sketch, waist length, in battle dress. GC
AUGUSTUS JOHN pencil - sketch of man's head in profile, possibly T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), signed and dated 21.3.19 and with initials 'P.C' (Peace Conference), 12 x 10cms Auctioneer's note: the date indicates that John drew the sketch in 1919 when invited by Prime Minister Lloyd George to document the Peace Conference of world leaders in Paris, the subject matter of the drawing may well be T E Lawrence as there is a distinct similarity and the artist would have been studying the adventurer for an official portrait which is at the Tate Gallery Provenance: previously Bonham's, London
LANDSEER, Edwin Sir 1802-1873, 3 letters signed, two to Mrs Elliot, one dated 1859, the other undated, one of 1 page 8vo signed, one 4 pages 8vo signed with monogram, and a sketch of a dog below, and one of 2 pages 8vo incorporating a small portrait sketch of a lady signed with monogram, and a sketch of two dogs at the end (3)
HUNT, William Holman 1827-1819, a comic pencil sketch of a boy, on an 8x16cm sheet folded to approx 8cm square, eyes and tongue sketched on lower portion of the folded sheet so that the eyes show and the partially cut-out tongue protrudes through holes cut in the upper section, signed in pencil on the reverse, in envelope inscribed "Drawn for me by Mr Holman Hunt, when I was staying with the Buxtons at Fox Warren in 1862". A pencil note later added that this Lady Ryan was the wife of Sir Charles Lister Ryan (Fox Warren in Surrey was the home of Charles Buxton MP) (1)
FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951 Five items relating to the Festival: Football programme for Charlton Athletic v SC Wacker 16/5/1951 horizontal crease, Festival Pleasure Gardens Battersea Park information pamphlet, South Bank Exhibition Guide, 2 different unused stamps and full newspaper, Daily Sketch 1/10/1951 with a special 4 page Festival souvenir. Generally good
Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great - five vols, 1819, full calf, tog. w. seven other full calf bindings to include: TALFOURD, Thomas - The Letters of Charles Lamb with a Sketch of his Life - two vols, 1837, half calf; MORE, Hannah - Christian Morals - two vols, 1813, sixth edition, full calf; The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - 1847; DAVIS, Dr. N - Carthage and Her Remains: being an account of the Excavations and Researches on the site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa, and other adjacent places - 1861, with a fold out plan and illustrations [as called for] and Southey's Poetical Works complete in one volume - 1853, new edition (12)
Giuseppe Spampani (Livorno circa 1768 - 1828 Geneva), 'Veduta di una delle Porcaje di Limone prezzo Livorno' sepia pen and ink and wash, signed 'Giuseppe Spampani fece dal vero' and titled to lower margin, inked inscription dated 1803 top margin, laid down with ink lined border 8 3/8 x 12 3/8in. (21.25 x 31.5cm.) * Condition: Some spotted time staining across paper and some foxing to upper sky and margins. Paper a little cockled. Probably originally in a sketch book, as right hand corners a little rounded. Minor abrasion to very left hand margin, probably from contact with sketchbook spine. Tiny pinhead hole to edge of left hand edge. In a mid-20th century burr wood veneered frame.
AUTOGRAPHS, selection, inc. two signed blank cards (folds), Douglas Byng (with 1933 sketch of Patricia Hockin), Flanagan & Allen and three others; commemorative covers by Vivien Noakes and John Craven, each loose-mounted on Autograph Editions biographical pages; signed colour print (8 x 10) by Jim Davis, showing Garfield, G to EX, 5
ENTERTAINMENT, selection, inc. signed hardback edition of Lord's Taverners Centenary Test Dinner (1980), to inside cover by Bill Tidy (with full-page sketch) and to fly-leaf by seven other attendees; postcards (14), Radio Pictorial (some signed), Columbia Tone Radio (set of 6 with op); signed lined page by 1949/50 Chelsea football reserves (9 signatures), G to VG, 16
Charles Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) French. River landscape, unsigned, oil sketch on wooden panel, 33x55cm, in cavetto giltwood frame, verso baring various chalk and crayon inventory marks, depository labels, printed and hand-scribed labels and two wax seals, the first a monogram 'CD,' the second for 'Galerie Sedelmeyer Paris.' Printed label with reference to several members of the Bloomingdale family and a Mrs Corrine B. Popper. Provenance: Given to the father of the current vendor by American chewing gum manufacturer, and Major league Baseball executive, William K. Wrigley, whilst employed as an executive of the Wrigley company
A quantity of wall tapestries, prints and paintings to include a large tapestry of the Last Supper, a tapestry of after Sir Thomas Lawrence, Master Lambton; Red Boy, two watercolour family crests, M.P. Green pen and ink sketch of a moat around a chateau, signed to lower-right, dated 1935 etc (8).
A quantity of ephemera to include copies of 'The Sketch' 1893, 'The Graphic' 1923, 'The Sphere' 1935, 1936, 1947 and other years, various Royalty-related booklets to include 'The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II' approved souvenir programme, 'Guide to the Exhibition of Queen Mary's Art Treasures' 1954, issues of 'Country Life', 'Good Housekeeping' various dated from 1893-1961, documenting various occasions to include Royal Weddings, Coronations, the Munich Crisis and the London Blitz.
An etching, portrait of William Hill Knight, architect of Pates Grammar School, Cheltenham, initialled 'AG', possibly by his granddaughter Ada Grudelach, the original drawing hung in the school, a book 'Malvern Chase: An Episode of the Wars of the Roses and the Battle of Tewkesbury', 1881, belonging to William Hill Knight, also a print of an architectural drawing for Pates Grammar School, Cheltenham taken from the original drawing by William Hill Knight, mid-1895 (3). CONDITION REPORT The portrait is an etching of an original pencil sketch.
Godwin (William). Essay on Sepulchres: or, a Proposal for Erecting some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in all Ages on the Spot where their Remains have been Interred, 1st edition, 1809, engraved frontispiece (short closed tear to blank fore-margin), lightly offsetting, 12pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, extremities rubbed, small 8vo, together with [Cobbett, William], A Bone to Gnaw for the Democrats. By Peter Porcupine..., To which is Prefixed a Rod, for the Backs of the Critics; Containing an Historical Sketch of the Present State of Political Criticism in Great Britain..., by Humphrey Hedgehog, J. Wright, 1797, half-title with early ink ownership name to head, O4 with small loss to blank fore-margin, modern quarter calf, gilt-lettered spine, single wormhole at top of front joint, 12mo, plus The Pride of Britannia Humbled; or, The Queen of the Ocean Unqueened, by "The American Cock Boats"...,Cincinnati: John R. Fletcher, William Pounsford, and Williams and Mason, 1817, some brown staining, mainly to blank margins, scattered spotting, B4 with early ink annotation to blank upper margin, edges uncut, with minor insect damage at tail of first few leaves, paper wrappers, 8vo in 6s, plus Advice to Young Men, and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life..., published by the Author, 1829, a few spots, front pastedown with early ink inscription and bookseller's ticket, contemporary half calf, some wear, 8vo, plus four related including duplicates (8)
Shepheard (Henry, early 20th century). An album of original artwork and related ephemera, forty album leaves, each with a variety of drawings and printed matter mounted on recto, including approximately sixty watercolours and ink or pencil drawings, e.g. figure studies, cartoons and caricatures, greetings cards, landscapes, mostly signed 'Mac', and a number of printed illustrations, e.g. cartoons for 'The Sketch', 'Golf Illustrated', 'London Mail', etc., theatre programmes, greetings cards, one leaf near-detached, leaf size 41 x 31cm (16.25 x 12.25ins), remains of bookplate on front pastedown, original half roan, rubbed and worn, with spine lacking and upper cover detached, folio (1)
Jackson (Holbrook). The Anatomy of Bibliomania, volumes 1 & 2, The Soncino Press, 1930, some minor toning, uniform original red cloth, spines lightly faded, boards slightly marked, 8vo, together with Goldsmith (Edmund), A Bibliographical Sketch of The Aldine Press at Venice..., parts 1 - 3 (bound in one), Edinburgh, 1887, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, split front guttering, contemporary gilt decorated green cloth, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Goldman (Paul), Beyond Decoration, The Illustrations of John Everett Millais, 1st edition, Oak Knoll Press, 2005, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, tall 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern bibliographical reference and related, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
[Harris, John]. A Treatise upon the Modes: or, a Farewell to French Kicks, 1st edition, 1715, [4],viii,64pp., half-title present, disbound 8vo, together with Allibond (John), A Seasonable Sketch of an Oxford Reformation, and now Reprinted..., 1717, [32]pp., some spotting and toning, disbound 8vo, with Anderson (George), A Reinforcement of the Reasons proving that the Stage is an Unchristian Diversion..., Edinburgh: R. Fleming for J. M'Euen, 1733, [4],140pp., half-title loose, light dust-soiling, disbound 8vo, and [Hervey, John, Baron Berkeley], Some Remarks on the Minute Philosopher. In a Letter from a Country Clergyman to his Friend in London, 1732, 66,[1]pp., paper label to title, dust-soiled and light dampstain, disbound 8vo, plus other 18th century disbound pamphlets (approx. 20)
[Feltham, John]. A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places; with a Description of the Lakes; a Sketch of a Tour in Wales; and Itineraries, Richard Phillips, 1805, numerous engraved maps, plans and plates, some folding, one detached, one or two light spots, previous owner signature to front pastedown and upper cover, untrimmed in original printed boards, rubbed with some loss at foot of spine, 8vo, together with two others: The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places, by A.B. Granville, volume I only, Northern Spas, 1841 (spine detached) and Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire, new edition, 1872 (3)

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