* Misc. ephemera, 19th & 20th-century, a group of twelve orig. watercolours and drawings,. one watercolour titled 'A Wanderer' by W.J. Morgan, one pen-and-ink sketch of a rustic dwelling by Leonard Patten, a pencil drawing after Delacroix, a pen-and-ink drawing by E.F. Cox on card, plus a small group of assorted prints and photos, postcards, b & w photo postcards of actors (mostly with facsimile signatures), a set of forty-eight b & w photo cigarette cards of dogs by Senior Service, a 1936 Austin car brochure and a Pike Brothers trade catalogue of Italian Pyrograph work (a folder)
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* World War I Diary. A manuscript diary written by Corporal J. E. Dix, 4th Middlesex Regiment, Devonport, 1st August to 1st October 1914,. 65 pp. written in a neat hand to rectos only of a notebook, ruled with 23 lines per page, giving a breathless first hand account of the first stages of the War, beginning with the barracks, the journey to France and subsequent battles of Mons, Landrecies, St. Quinton, Marne and Aisne, giving full first hand details of action, manoeuvres and casualties in a convincing and detailed manner, three full page sketch maps of the Battles and one later added note identifying a Lance Corporal of the 4th Royal Fusiliers, S. F. Godfrey [but actually Sidney Frank Godley, 1889-1957], who was gazetted for the Victoria Cross for bravery at Mons on 23rd August 1914, 'The enemy are coming out of the wood in thousands. Can't help hitting them. Range 900 yards. Infantry & Cavalry. They are trying to get the bridge down on the canal, some of them are swimming it. We are pouring in an awful fire & drive them back under cover of houses. Look they are driving the civilians out of their houses in front of them. Oh the cowards. Daren't fire. They get the bridge down. Now we are getting it. Where's our artillery. There shells are skimming(?) our ranks. A Toupe overhead gives our position away. Our right hand man (L. Cpl. Elliot) sends a message along that the enemy are advancing on our right. No notice taken by Officer. We are getting a crossfire now, something cruel. What's up with the Officer, is he mad. Sgt. Tee takes charge on his own & tells us to retire to the left by ones & twos. We are still keeping up our fire but they are outnumbering us by about 20 to 1. The shots are going very high, bad shooting. We all get away safe (twenty strong) can't find the Officer. Get to the town. Start to barricade the streets. Women & children all screaming. Shells coming over in scores. Join up with the 4th Fusiliers. They are holding onto a bridge that commands the main road. Their machine guns are doing murder. One gun out of action, the gunners all lying around dead & wounded. We are told to cover their retreat. Awful sights. We are all mad now. Our bayonets are fixed waiting the word "Go". The Fusiliers retire through us except the Machine Gun. A L.Cpl. & one Officer are manning this Maxim. The Officer drops but still this L.Cpl. sticks to his gun. We shout for him to come away but he doesn't seem to hear us. He must be raving mad but is doing hellish work. A shell burst nearby him. Can't see what's happened for smoke. It clears but no L.Cpl. to be seen. We pray to God that he has got away. Must have had a nerve like iron. Real British Pluck for he covered the retreat of his own Regiment', several leaves det., numerous blank versos with later doodles and scribblings, signed ownership signature to front pastedown and at rear of manuscript, orig. qtr. cloth, rubbed and some wear, large 8vo. It would appear that this is a contemporary fair copy written up by Corporal Dix shortly after his return to England, having been shot in the foot and leg at the Battle of Aisne on 14th September 1914. The conclusion of the diary notes that he went to the Southern General Hospital in Southmead, Bristol, from where he was discharged in mid October as convalescent. 'Wounds still painful but glad to get out of hospital. Think I am extremely lucky to be alive'. An excellent and vivid first-hand account of early World War I action and its terror.. (1)
Morse (Jedidiah). A Prayer and Sermon, Delivered at Charlestown, December 31, 1799. On the Death of George Washington; Late President; and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America; who Departed this Life, at Mount Vernon, in Virginia, on the 14th of the same Month, in the 69th Year of his Age. With an Additional Sketch of His Life. To which is Prefixed, an Account of the Proceedings of the Town on the Melancholy Occasion, written by Josiah Bartlett, pub. John Stockdale, 1800, 80pp., signature to add. title, disbound 8vo, together with Johnston (Nathaniel), The Assurance of Abby and Other Church-Lands in England to the Possessors, Cleared from the Doubts and Arguments Raised about the Danger of Resumption. In Answer to a Letter of a Person of Quality, 1687, errata leaf present at end with closed tear, close-trimmed, disbound small 8vo, with Burford (Robert), Description of a View of Isola Bella, the Lago MAggiore, and the Surrounding Country, now Exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square, printed by G. Nichols, [1836], folding wood eng. panoramic frontis., 12pp., disbound 8vo, plus other 17th-19th c. pamphlets, contained in modern casket style box, lined with portions of 18th c. maps (a carton)
Crawfurd (George). A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Trades' House of Glasgow, Its Constitution, Funds and Bye-laws, pub. Glasgow, 1858,. large folding plan at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, together with Macgillivray (William), The Natural History of Dee Side and Braemar, printed for private circulation, 1855, frontis. and folding map, wood-engs. to text, some marginal annotations, orig. cloth gilt, worn on spine, both 8vo, with other Scottish history and related (3 shelves)
* Farington (Joseph, 1747-1821). View of Totnes from across the river, October 1809, pencil landscape sketch, titled and dated, with several small pencil annotations, approx. 190 x 350mm (7.5 x 13.75ins), framed and glazed Provenance: Ex Collection Edward Willison. Purchased from the Sabin Gallery in the 1930s. (1)
* Sketch book. A sketch book of fine views of locations in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southsea, Ryde etc., 1887, each image captioned, approx. 140 x 225mm (5.5 x 9ins), contemp. qtr. morocco, oblong 8vo Includes views of the Old Pilchard Curing House, Newquay, Queen Elizabeth Rock-Bedruthen Steps, defences at entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, dredging hoppers returning to Portsmouth Harbour, The Needles, HMS Victory, Crantock Church & Village etc. (1)
* Gill (Eric, 1882-1940). Theresa and Winifred Maxwell, 1923, artists proof woodcut, sheet size approx. 5 x 7 in (12 x 17cm), together with Mr and Mrs Eric Gill invite you to the Marriage and Nuptial Mass of their Daughter Joanna and Mr Rene Hague... , 1930, printed invitation with woodcut of Christ as Minister, approx. 7.5 x 4 in (19 x 10cm), plus ten other wood engs. by Eric Gill, mostly proof copies, and one tiny orig. pencil sketch by Gill of a church carving Provenance: Sold by Eric Gills wife, Mary, after the major part of the studio had been given to the V & A. (12)
* Conor (William, 1881-1968). Two women wearing shawls, 1908, pen, ink, and coloured crayon drawing, signed and dated, with another similar study of figures in pencil to verso, approx. 215 x 130mm (8.5 x 5ins), framed and double-glazed William Conor R.H.A. (1881-1968), studied at the Belfast School of Art and in Paris and London. He first exhibited in Belfast in 1910, and was an official war artist in both the first and second world wars. After a brief spell in London following the end of the first world war, he returned to Belfast and opened his studio at 7 Chichester Street, Belfast, in 1921. He habitually carried a sketch book at all times to record ordinary life in the streets, of which the present work is an early example. (1)
London Sketch Club. Album of original watercolour sketches, drawings and illustrations presented to Clay Thomas in 1970, containing thirty early to mid-20th c. sketches and drawings in watercolour, coloured inks, crayons, gouache, etc., by members of the London Sketching Club. including Frank Wright, Thomas Downey, Alfred Sindall, Tony Castle, L. R. Brightwell, Ian Hassall, Ian Roberts, Albert Hindle, George S. Dixon, Fred Buchanan, Harry Riley, P. Padden, A.R.C.A., Charles D. Ward, Ellis Silas, Harry May Hamsley, Stan Terry, and others, each signed, sheet size approx. 290 x 220mm (11.5 x 8.5ins), contemp. half leather and cloth, rubbed and marked, oblong 4to (1)
Johns (Captain W.E.). Biggles Scores A Bull, 1st ed., Hodder, 1965, printed list of other books by the author contains a few items that have been ticked, plus a few other titles have been added by hand in ink, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo Presentation copy signed by the author, inscribed on front free endpaper "To Peter, with Best Wishes from the author, W.E. Johns, 1966" and accompanied by an ink sketch of a bi-plane in the clouds. (1)
Robinson (Charles, illust.). Make-Believe, by H.D. Lowry, pub. John Lane, 1896, frontis., dec. title, b & w illusts., pubs. list at rear, pubs. date erased from title-page, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, contemp. crushed half morocco, gilt dec. spine faded, 8vo, together with Johnson, (R. Brimley, ed.), Lilliput Lyrics, pub. John Lane, 1899, col. frontis. and title-page, numerous b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth gilt, foxed, spine darkened and sl. frayed at head, 8vo 'Make-Believe' with original pen and ink sketch of an angelic head by Charles Robinson bound in at the front, initialled by the artist, and dedicated 'To Phyllis' with an addition beneath by the author 'for whom this book was written by H.D. Lowry'. (2)
Spielmann (M.H. and Layard, G.S.). Kate Greenaway, 1st ed., A&C Black, 1905, fifty-two col. plts., numerous b&w illusts., dec. endpapers, lower hinge partially cracked, t.e.g., old dampstain to fore-edge, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a couple of nicks to top edge of lower cover, spine a little darkened, 4to Edition de Luxe 335/500, signed by John Greenaway, and with an original pencil sketch by Kate Greenaway. (1)
Appleton (Honor C., 1879-1951). Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, Stole a Pig, and Away He Run!, 1910, watercolour with traces of bodycolour, of Tom in the twilight glancing behind as he makes his escape with a piglet in his arms, with a tree-lined street and two figures in the background, signed and dated in ink, inscribed with the title below the mount (according to label on verso), image size approx. 160 x 150 mm, framed and glazed, original illustration for Traill (Henry Duff), The Baby of the Future, [1911], four col. plts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, scattered foxing, orig. pictorial wrappers, dust-soiled, spine deficient and corners rubbed, approx. 150 x 115 mm, plus a 1990 illustrated exhibition catalogue of Appleton's work, by Chris Beetles Honor C. Appleton, well-known for her charming book illustrations of children, painted watercolours from an early age. As a young woman she attended the Art branch of the South Kensington Schools, and then Frank Calderon's School of Animal Painting where she gained a scholarship. This was followed by a brief spell in the studio of Sir Arthur Cope, RA, after which she enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools in 1901. She loved her time at the Schools, and her sketch books from this time show influences of Mabel Lucie Attwell, Annie French, James McNeil Whistler, Anne Anderson and William Heath Robinson. In 1902 Honor's career as a book illustrator was launched, and over the next forty years she illustrated over 150 children's books. Honor is perhaps best known for her illustrations for Mrs. H.C. Cradock's "Josephine" series, in which she captures the innocence and spirit of her subject. Her earlier works have a more ethereal quality, and a delicacy of colour, which is seen to full effect in the three works offered here. (3)
Chesterton (Gilbert K., 1874-1936). Original pen & ink sketch, humorous pen and ink sketch, with some pencil colouring, of a cloaked man in hat running after Father Christmas in his reindeer-pulled sleigh, and beneath, the same figure kneeling, with arms outstretched, before the figure of St. Valentine, captioned in ink 'Too Late for Father Xmas - Saved by St. Valentine', with Chesterton's monogram in bottom right corner, mounted, approx. 180 x 250 mm (1)
Levy (Mervyn, 1915-1996). Head study of Dylan Thomas, c.1930s, orig. pencil sketch of Dylan Thomas, showing him in profile with a cigarette in his mouth, approx. 240 x 190 mm, framed and glazed Mervyn Levy was a Welsh artist and critic who was best known for his association with Dylan Thomas. Their friendship was a long-standing one, having met at primary school in Swansea. Later, whilst studying art in London, Levy shared digs with Thomas, and he drew several portraits of the writer, as well as producing studies of James Whistler, L.S. Lowry and D.H. Lawrence. (1)
Charles Topham Davidson (1848-1902) An album of watercolours of Kashmir, including: Cashmere - Instrument for Cleaning Lime from Ricks; Horse - bought for my friend Colonel J to ride a stage of 10 miles on - I had only just time to make the above sketch when the sitterd was indignantly sent away with orders to take his saddle off that brute; From our Camp Portskewett, July 1886; Our place from the River; Peshtani, 20 June 1887; My first breakfast place in the vale of Cashmere (near Sopoor) 2 May 1887; Bassaley, Monday; In Tredegar Park; Near Khundwah Sopoor, 2 May 1887; In a Shikana in Srinagar; Near Harod in the Sind Valley, 12 May 1887; Tree in the Sind Valley, Cashmere, 15 May 1887 - 29 feet around trunk; The Vale of Cashmere from the Sind Valley, 13 May 1887; The Temple of Martund, Cashmere, 17 May 1887; Manesbol, Cashmere, 22 May 1887; Near Leelpoora in Lolak Valley, Cashmere, 4 June 1887; The Mahseer around Sopoor; M Martand, supposed to be a statue of the Sun God; Shadipore - junction of Sind River with the Jelum, 18 June 1887; East End of the Temple of Mortund; Ruins of Mortund, Cashmere, from the south-west, 17 May 1887
Katharine Fry (English, b.1801) Lynn, Runcton, Earlsham and Northrepps, Sketches 1816-1817 - A Sketch Book of Scenes of Norfolk Houses; and A Fry family postcard album collected by B F Fry of Chorley Wood, February to October 1906 (2) The artist Katharine Fry was the eldest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Fry (1740-1845), the prison reformer
DAVID ROBERTS R.A (1796-1864) CONVENT OF THE HOLY NATIVITY, BETHLEHEM Inscribed ' drawn by David Roberts from a sketch by Sir David Wilkie 3 April 1841', watercolour 19cm x 26.5cm(7.5in x 10.5cm Provenance:Stirling Maxwell Collection, Pollok House Note:David Roberts was one of several artists who encouraged Wilkie to visit the Holy Land in 1841 and it was on the trip home that Wilkie died from a fever caught on his travels. A watercolour of the Holy Nativity Bethlehem of the same date was included in Christie's sale of Wilkie's Estate on April 22nd 1842, no.458. It was bought by the well known Edinburgh printer Robert Cadell and it is not perhaps too fanciful to suggest that it was he who commissioned Roberts' watercolour possibly for subsequent publication.
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret). Sketch Books, vols. 2-4 only, 1981-82, numerous b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, square 4to, together with Wright (Frank Lloyd), Studies and Executed Buildings, Tubingen, 1986, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, plus Schweiger (Werner J.), Wiener Werkstätte, Design in Vienna 1903-1932, numerous colour and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and Lees-Milne (James), English Country Houses, Baroque 1685-1715, pub. Country Life, 1970, numerous b&w illusts. after photos., orig. green cloth, rubbed and some marks, 4to, plus others on architecture, various, all 20th c. pubs., mostly G/VG (approx. 50)
Follower of David Wilkie 1785-1841- Sketch of a terrier; oil on cnavas, unstretchered, 29x50.7cm English School 19th century- Portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders turned to the left; oil on canvas, unstretchered, 45x27.5cm: British School early 20th century- Pond, woodland and cottage; watercolour, 25.2x35.5cm., (3), (unframed)
John Worsley 1919-2000- `A Wartime Log for British Prisoners'; sketchbook containing pencil drawings and watercolours depicting observations and depictions of life whilst incarcerated during WW2, 17x12cm sheet: together with one other larger sketch book of similar sketches by the same hand, 29.5x20.2cm., (2)
Edwards, Lionel:, A Leicestershire Sketch Book, 1935, cold.plts, blue cl; Lord Willoughby de Broke: The Sport of Our Ancestors 1921, illust. by G.D.Armour, red.cl.gt; Aldin, Cecil; Exmoor-The Riding Playground of England, 1935, cream cl. and d-w and Whyte-Melville, G.J: Songs and Verses 1924, illust. by Lionel Edwards, blue cl.gt. (4)
vUILLIER, Gaston. A History of Dancing from the Earliest Ages to Our Own Time, London: William Heinemann 1898, with a sketch of Dancing in England by Joseph Greco, folio, 20 tissue guarded plates and 409 text illustration, original decorated cloth gilt, small paper break to top edge of single plate page not affecting plate, minor spotting to first free end paper and 2 plates.
rowfant Club (Cleveland), Austin, Alban and Christopher Dobson, a Collection of Associated publications, ephemera and correspondence to include The Code of Regulations of the Rowfant Club, 1892, number 189 of 250, inscribed from Paul Lemperly with typed letter signed; BIRRELL, Right Hon Augustine. Frederick Locker-Lampson A Character Sketch, London 1920, with 2pp autograph letter signed to Dobson, four other loose letters of Dobson and Birrell, inscribed to Austin Dobson on first free end paper; WOOD, M.E. Laurence and Eleanor Hutton, New York 1905, number 97 of 152 with 4pp autograph letter signed to Dobson and other ephemera; LUCAS, E.V. An Austin Dobson Letter Book, 1935, with autograph letter signed and various others; another copy with autograph letter signed; PEARSON, John C. The Rowfant Candlesticks, 1959, illustrated, cloth backed boards in slipcase; CLARK, Arthur H. A Bibliography of the Publications of the Rowfant Club, 1925, number 128 of 140, in slipcase; A Rowfant Club miniature book A Show of Miniature Books together with various club yearbooks etc (a box)

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