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After Sir Thomas Lawrence (19th/20th Century) PORTRAIT OF A FASHIONABLE LADY IN PERIOD COSTUME, HOLDING A BONNET Oil on canvas, unframed, 54 x 36cm, together with four other pictures, including a small oil sketch of a horse in the style of William Shayer, a watercolour of a WWII soldier, signed with a monogram and dated 1940, (5).
AFTER JAMES GILLRAY - ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR SKETCH, Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; 'Minions of the Moon', 'They should be Women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret that they are so' Four gentlemen with white wigs and shawls gaze at the moon, the moon is made up of two faces, the light side possibly Pitt the Younger, the dark side possibly King George III with extra piece of paper applied to the top margin described to H. Fuzelli Esq., this attempt in the caricature - sublime is respectively dedicated, 26cm x 34cm , unframed together with various 18th and 19th Century political prints and cartoons
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA colourwash - head and shoulders sketch of a bearded man, entitled on the paper verso 'Pensioner', signed with initials, 48 x 32 cms (Provenance: the vendor is the niece of the late artist Frances (Frankie) Jones nee Handley, late of Penrhyndeudraeth, a friend of the artist who donated the sketch to her circa 1960s. Including the original 1960's paper bag the gift was presented in!)
20th century AD. A hinged cigarette case with 25-year calendar to the lid, sketch map of India and Southeast Asia to the reverse, image of the Taj Mahal in punched-point work to the inner lid with signature 'Aneel K'. 201 grams, 15cm (6"). From an old London collection, formed in the 1980s. [No Reserve]
WINSLOW HOMER [US 1836-1910], PENCIL DRAWING ON PAPER, C. 1885, IMAGE SIZE: H 4", W 6 5/16", "SKETCH FOR GULF STREAM": Unsigned; framed. Provenance: Mrs. Lois Homer Graham, Poughkeepsie, NY; Joan Michelman, Ltd., NY. Literature reference: "The Life and Work of Winslow Homer" by Gordon Hendricks, Abrams, NY, 1979, p. 196, illustration #299; "Drawings from the Sketchbook of Winslow Homer, cover, Steven Straw Co., Inc., Winter 1979. Unsigned ink drawing of a house and floor plan, 2 7/8" x 5 1/8", on the reverse.
*Roxbee Cox (Harold, Baron Kings Norton, 1902-1997). A group of 3 First World War-period watercolour sketches of aircraft by H.R. Cox, all titled and two signed and dated 1917, including rough sketch of Fokker, Curtiss R4 Tractor Biplane and 'a design unappreciated and, incidentally, unworthy of appreciation', each approximately 14 x 23cm, together with a fourth pen and ink sketch of a USA Standard Model J training tractor in flight, 21 x 25cm, all framed and glazed, plus H.R. Cox's folio sketchbook, circa 1915, 36 leaves with pen and ink, pencil and watercolour sketches and drawings of aircraft, ships, soldiers, historical scenes, portraits and vignette studies, occasional date, caption or signature, contemporary cloth, frayed and soiled, folio (47 x 33cm), a black and white film negative of a Whippet K-158 loosely inserted (4)
Dartmoor Army Manoeuvres. Reminiscences of the Autumn Manoeuvres 1873 (Dartmoor), manuscript title and 20 leaves with pen and ink drawing to rectos only, some full page and some vignettes, a few initialled W.C.H. and dated [18]73, showing departure for Dartmoor on the train, camp scenes and army manoeuvres, one drawing with some additional monochrome watercolour and one further leaf with pencil sketch, remaining leaves blank, some leaves excised from rear and now missing, plus 3 pen and ink sketches loosely inserted (2 related), contemporary cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to (28.5 x 23cm) A modern military presence on Dartmoor is usually dated back to August 1873, when national manoeuvres involving thousands of men and horses, were held in poor weather. Drawings similar to these, by the unidentified soldier/artist W.C.H., were published in journals such as The Graphic at the time. (1)
Titanic. The Daily Mirror, 5 original issues, 16-19 April & 22 April 1912, together with Daily Sketch, 3 Titanic issues, 22 & 27 April, 1 May 1912, plus Daily Graphic, 2 issues, 21 September 1911 (Damage to the British Cruiser Hawke) and 20 April 1912 with In Memoriam Supplement of the same day, all with some slight spotting and browning and minor marginal fraying, bound as a collection in contemporary cloth, worn and backstrip deficient, plus a duplicate loose copy of Daily Graphic Titanic In Memoriam number, upper wrapper torn with loss along horizontal central fold, plus a Titanic double LP in gatefold sleeve (The Survivors and their Eyewitness Stories, 1979) (3)
Hughes, Thomas - The Strangers Handbook to Chester and it's environs Containing a short sketch of it's history and antiquities a descriptive walk around the walls, with numerous photograph illustrations by George Measom published Catherall & Pritchard, East Gate Row, Chester 1869, bound in maroon calf with gilt lettering and decoration. (illustrated)
India. A collection of eleven large scale maps surveyed for 'The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, circa 1880, zincographed maps with contemporary outline colouring, surveyed by Major T.G.Montgomerie and others, old folds, two maps with splits to old folds, occasional marginal closed tears, several with the blind stamp of the Topographical Department of India, each approximately 580 x 760 mm The maps consist of:- Route Map for The Western Himalayas Kashmir Punjab and Northern India, Berar, Attock Fort and Environs, Sketch Map of Central Province Shewing Lines of Railways and Proposed Tramways, Country Bordering the Great Trunk Road betwen Benares and Delhi, Srinagar or City of Kashmir and Environs, Jamoo Territories (3 sheets), Plan of the Country Bordering the Great Trunk Road between Calcutta and Benares [and] The Dehra Doon with Mussoorie and Landour. (11)
Ogilvie-Grant (W.R. & Millais, J.G., and others). The Gun at Home and Abroad. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, published The London & Counties Press Association Ltd, 1912, portrait photogravure frontispiece of King George V, additional half title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, limited edition 849/950, bookplate of C. Gordon Booth, t.e.g., remainder uncut, contemporary morocco gilt, spine a little faded, folio, together with, Kirkman (F.B. & Hutchinson Horace G. editors), British Sporting Birds, published T.C. & E.C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1924, additional half title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, 4to, with, Bowdler Sharpe (R.), Sketch-Book of British Birds, published S.P.C.K., 1898, title page with colour vignette, numerous colour illustrations to text throughout, bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, slight staining, 4to, plus, Collinge (Walter E.), The Food of Some British Wild Birds: A Study of Economic Ornithology, published by The Author, York, 1924 - 27, portrait frontispiece, numerous uncoloured diagrams and illustrations throughout, t.e.g., remainder un-trimmed, near contemporary half morocco gilt, spine faded, 4to (4)
Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploartion, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1885, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding maps (including one in rear pocket of each volume, browned to verso), original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 2 vols., 5th edition, 1891, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, three folding maps and one folding table, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David), Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, one double-page colour lithograph plate, numerous wood engraved plates, one folding diagram and two folding maps, damp-soiling at rear of volume affecting folding maps, 20th century half morocco gilt, lower board damp-soiled, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David & Charles), Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864, John Murray, 1865, double-page wood engraved frontispiece (strengthened to verso), wood engraved plates and illustrations, 20th century half morocco gilt, light soiling to board edges, 8vo (6)
Anderson (William). The Pictorial Arts of Japan, With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans, 1886, 80 mostly black and white plates, original decorative cloth lettered in red and gilt, rebacked, folio (Artist's proof copy, number 38, signed by the author), together with Boxer (C.R.), Fidalgos in the Far East 1550-1770, Fact and Fantasy in the History of Macao, The Hague, 1948, 16 black and white plates, map endpapers, original cloth, partly browned, 8vo, plus Joly (Henri L.), Legend in Japanese Art, A Description of Historical Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folk-lore, Myths, Religious Symbolism, Illustrated in the Arts of Old Japan, reprint, Tokyo, 1967, numerous illustrations including 15 colour plates, original cloth gilt in dust jacket, dust jacket slightly soiled and split on spine, with some surface dirt to book spine, 4to, plus other mostly English language, 20th-century books on Japanese prints and art (3 shelves)
Turner (J.M.W.). Liber Fluviorum; Or, River Scenery of France, with descriptive letter-press by Leitch Ritchie; and a biographical sketch by Alaric A. Watts, Henry G. Bohn, 1857, additional engraved title and 60 engraved plates, all india proofs, some minor marginal spotting, wide-margined copy, all edges gilt, later 19th century gilt-decorated olive-green full morocco (by Mansell), rubbed and scuffed, large 8vo Only 25 copies printed of this india proof edition. (1)
Simpson (James). A Visit to Flanders, in July 1815, Being Chiefly an Account of the Field of Waterloo, with a Short Sketch of Antwerp and Brussels, at that Time Occupied by the Wounded of both Armies, 4th edition, Edinburgh, 1816, engraved folding plan, closed tear repairs to verso, detailed manuscript notes in a contemporary hand to lower margins or on folding tabs pasted to lower margins, some spotting and light browning, contemporary half calf, some wear, neat calf reback, 12mo The manuscript notes, possibly by a Waterloo veteran, all refer to passages within the printed text and give additional anecdotal details. These details appear to be both taken from published sources and primary sources, the information sometimes written in the first person. (1)
Oswald (Felix L.). Summerland Sketches, or Rambles in the Backwoods of Mexico and Central America, 1st US ed., Philadelphia, 1880, wood-engraved illustrations, title with small repaired tear, light marginal toning, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Brigham (William T.), Guatemala. The Land of the Quetzal. a Sketch, 1st UK ed., 1887, maps and illustrations, foredges rough-trimmed, a few spots, library stamp to title verso (with show-through to title), original orange pictorial cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Guinness (Geraldine), Peru. Its Story, People and Religion, 1st ed., 1909, illustrations, scatttered spotting and toning, presentation inscription, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, with other South American travel including Paul Marcoy's Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., 1875, Richard Inwards' The Temple of the Andes, 1884, Robert Hill's Cuba and Porto Rico with Other Islands of the West Indies, 1898, Frederick Alcock's Trade & Travel in South America, 1903, W.H. Koebel's Modern Argentina. The El Dorado of To-day, with Notes on Uruguay and Chile, 1907 and Handbook of British Guiana 1909, edited and compiled by George D. Bayley (2 cartons)

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