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[Leitch (Donovan)] Behind Us, one of 300 copies, this (number 289) one of 20 copies issued later signed by the artists, hand-coloured illustrations by Sheena McCall and Mick Taylor, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, Stockbridge, Bocaccio Books for Compton Press, 1970 [but Witney, Strawberry Press, n.d.] § Balazs (Béla) Duke Bluebeard's Castle: Libretto for the Opera...by Béla Bartók, translated by John Lloyd Davies, number 44 of 150 copies signed by the translator and artist, full-page woodcut illustrations by susan Adams printed in black and red, original pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, Llandogo, Old Stile Press, 2005; and 3 others, v.s. (5)⁂ The first captures the psychedelic poetry of the pop-star Donovan. It was originally printed in an edition of 300 copies but half the edition was left unbound and either damaged or destroyed. This is one of 20 sets rescued and hand-coloured at a later date.
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Paper & Papermaking.- Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. Specimens: A Catalogue, samples, illustrations, many colour, tissue guards, some light offsetting, price list loosely inserted, original morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, board slip-case (worn and split), New York, 1953 § Morris (Henry) The Bird & Bull Commonplace Book, number 75 of 255 copies, brass token in pocket at end, with prospectus and A.L.s. from the author/printer to the collector Samuel Rosenthal loosely inserted, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slip-case (a little faded), North Ills, Pa., Bird & Bull Press, 1971 § Barcham Green (J.) Papermaking by hand in 1953, number 28 of 130 copies, original wrappers loose in pocket of original board folder with 16 reproductions of photographs of papermaking loosely inserted in facing pocket, Seaton, Old School Press, 2017; and another on printing punctuation, v.s. (4)⁂ The first includes book covers, title pages, graphics, letterheads, advertisements etc. designed or printed by Goudy, Rudge, Updike, Rogers, Cleland, Dwiggins and others (some European); illustrators include Picasso, Leger and Henry Moore.
Rego (Paula).- Morrison (Blake) Pendle Witches, number 67 of 90 deluxe copies with an original etching and signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 1090, mounted plates by Paula Rego, prospectus and Christmas card from the printer loosely inserted, original yellow cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, uncut, original etching with aquatint 'Him' numbered and signed by the artist, loose in folder, together in cloth slip-case, 4to, Enitharmon Press, 1996; and a trade edition of Rego's Jane Eyre signed and illustrated by her and with a First Day Cover featuring 6 stamps from the work, 4to & 8vo (2)
Sayenko (Dmitry).- Marshak (Samuel) The Circus, one of only 7 copies on handmade paper and signed by the artist, colour woodcuts by Dmitry Sayenko, tissue guards, original calf-backed patterned-paper boards, uncut, paper label to upper cover, slight scuffing to spine, slip-case, folio, St. Petersburg, Nikodim, 2006.⁂ WorldCat lists 6 copies, with only one copy in the UK (V & A) so this is possibly the only copy in private hands. However, Sayenko issued the book again in 2012 in an edition of 12 copies and the same 6 locations are given for that, which suggests that the listings of the two editions may have been combined.
South Seas.- Tyerman (Rev. Daniel) & George Bennet. Journal of Voyages and Travels...in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c., edited by James Montgomery, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, tissue guards, lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, plates a little browned, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, one label defective, [Ferguson 1487; Hill 1731], 1831 § Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, 2 vol., second edition, 2 engraved maps, one folding, 8 engraved plates, tissue guards, wood-engraved illustrations, light marginal foxing to plates, modern half calf, spines gilt, uncut, [Hill 549], 1830 § Erskine (John Elphinstone) Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, first edition, 4 chromolithographed and 3 wood-engraved plates, folding engraved map at end (torn), illustrations, lacking errata slip and publisher's catalogue at end, frontispiece lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt, "Chatham House Academy Ramsgate" in gilt on upper cover, spine gilt, new label, upper joint split, [Abbey, Travel 602; Hill 568], 1853 § Houses of Parliament. Report of the Proceedings of H.M.Ship "Rosario", during her cruise among the South Sea Islands..., 17pp., title soiled, modern boards, 1872, 8vo & folio (6)⁂ Hill calls the second "One of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and...one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas".
Whittington Press.- Cave (Roderick) Chinese Ceremonial Papers, number 62 of 200 copies, tipped-in samples, many colour, some with gold printing, one folding sheet in pocket at end, original half cloth, with another sample loose in card folder, together in slip-case, 2002 § Smith (Edwin) A View of the Cotswolds: Photographs, number 90 of 350 copies, illustrations, original half cloth, slip-case, 2005 § Allen (Peter) Travels in the Cévennes, number 67 of 150 copies signed by the author, pochoir illustrations by Allen, original pictorial boards, uncut, wrap-around tilte, slip-case, 1998, Risbury, Whittington Press; and 12 others from the press, v.s. (15)
Essex.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) Part the First of the General Survey of England and Wales, containing the whole of Essex, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, 1225 x 1830mm, dissected and mounted on linen, some very light offsetting, loose in contemporary russia slip-case with pull-off top, gilt arms to upper cover, rubbed, rather worn at edges, 4to, [1805].⁂ The second Ordnance Survey map to be published, following that of Kent in 1801.The illustration shows only a portion of the map.
Chambolle-Musigny 1993 (1)Domaine G. Roumier(badly bin soiled, damp affected, nicked & detached label; part-detached vintage slip label)Chambolle-Musigny 1995 (2)Domaine G. Roumier(lightly bin-soiled labels - 1 scuffed, 1 stained)Chambolle-Musigny 1996 (9)Domaine G. Roumier(lightly bin-soiled labels - 3 nicked, 3 stained , 4 torn)12 bottlesFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Château Lafite Rothschild 1945 Pauillac 1er Grand Cru Classé(top shoulder; badly bin-soiled, damp-affected, torn & peeling label; torn & incomplete reconditioning back slip label 'Rebouchage par le Maître de Chai du Château en 1993')1 magnumFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1982 (1)(top shoulder; lightly bin-soiled label; lightly worn capsule)Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1985 (1)St Julien 2me Cru Classé(very top shoulder; lightly bin-soiled & nicked label; corroded capsule)Château Gruaud Larose 1981 (1)(top shoulder; damp-stained label; corroded capsule)Château Gruaud Larose 1994 (1)St Julien 2me Cru Classé(lightly damp-stained label)Château Cos d'Estournel 1987 (1)St Estèphe 2me Cru Classé(lightly bin-soiled & creased label; lightly worn capsule; US import slip label)5 bottlesFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Malton (James) A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin, oblong 4to, D. (The Dolmen Press) 1978, Reprint in Association with The Georgian Society, illus. Limited Edn., 9 (83) Copies Signed by Liam Miller, leather backed marble boards, mor. label, in matching slip case. Clean Copy. (1)
Special Edition, Signed by Contributors Deane (Seamus) Gen. Editor, Carpenter (Andrew) and Williams (J.) associate editors, The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, 4to, 3 vols. Derry (Field Day Publications) 1991, First Edn. inscribed To Dr. Michael Smurfit, with gratitude - Seamus Deane, Thomas Kilroy, Brian Friel, Stephen Rea, David Hammond, Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin, blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, matching slip case with ptd., label. Nice association Copy. (3)
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The War of Independence In Co. Laois Co. Laois Interest: [Co. Leix Brigade - War of Independence John Hayden] A set of Medals awarded including 'Cogadh na Saoirse Eire Black and Tan Medal, with compliment slip in original box; together with the 1921 - 1971, Jubilee Medal, in original box. A rare pair. (2) Provenance: By direct family descent to the present vendors.
3x WW1 British Cloth Insignias, consisting of Oxfordshire University 6th Officer Cadet Battalion slip-on shoulder title, green felt slip-on with brass “6 O C B”; 2/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers cloth formation sign, maroon and yellow divided rectangular felt formation sign in uniform removed condition; 29th Division formation sign, being the red felt triangle as worn by the 29th division. Uniform removed example. Barrie Morris Collection. (3 items)
WW2 Hampshire Regiment / Popski Private Army Medal Group, un-named campaign group of five, consisting of 1939-45 star, Africa star with 1st Army bar, Italy star, Defence medal and 1939-45 War medal, Accompanying the medals is the original Soldiers Service & Pay book, plus Soldiers Release book. The two documents are named to 6097842 L G Bish. The rear of the release book details his regiment as “HQ 13 CORPS – HAMPS – P.P.A”. Coloured photograph of Bish and another comrade in tropical uniform, probably taken in Italy and medal forwarding slip. We have been unable to confirm his involvement with the Popski Private Army.
A LACQUER BOWL, BURMA, 20TH CENTURY lacquered split bamboo, the red ground with black and amber sgraffito animal and foliate decoration, labelled in burmese, 20cm high, 24cm diam.; together with a small betel box, Burma, 20th century, lacquered split bamboo, of cylindrical form, with slip over cover, the red ground with black and amber engraved scrolling decoration, 11cm high, 13cm diam.; and a pair of lacquered wood grain scoops, Burma, 20th century, each with handle in the form of a peacock head, 22cm long, each (4) Provenance: Private Collection, London ++Slight cracking around base, otherwise mostly good
Tollemache, Lord"Croquet", Stanley Paul & Co 1914, photographic ills, maps, plans, game plans and counters in slip case on back board, dj, green cloth with gilt titles, there are 6 folding plans and 12 countersFletcher-Watson, James"Soldier Artist in Wartime India 1941-1945", signed by the artist on title page, pub 2000 by Country Heritage, map on ep, memorial service sheet for James Fletcher-Watson Thursday 9th September 2004, maroon cloth, dj not price clipped, oblong folio and seven Penguin Scores including Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms (9)
The New Naturalist - Swinnerton, H H"Fossils", one colour plate by Maurice Wilson, black and white photographs and text images, Collins 1962, school stamp inside front board, green cloth, dj not price clipped Gilmour, John and Walters, Max"Wild Flowers, Botanising in Britain", colour and black and white photographs, Collins 1954, green cloth, dj a little chipped and price clipped Wainwright, A "The Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, 50th Anniversary Edition ...", Francis Lincoln, 7 vols, djs within original slip case "The Southern Fells, Book 4", 16th impression, mustard cloth, blue titles, dj chipped"Fell Wanderer, The Story Behind the Guide Books" 1966, Westmoreland Gazette Limited, Kendall, green cloth, gilt titles, dj not price clipped, oblong 8voRogerson, Sidney and Tunnicliffe, Charles "Both Sides of the Road, a Book about Farming", Collins 1949, colour frontis, ills through the text, colour plates, school stamp on ffep, orange cloth, dj not price clippedBone, Muirhead (ills) "Came to Oxford" by Gertrude Bone, Basil Blackwell 1953, colour frontis, numerous plates and ills, inscriptions on ffep and a bkpl Jefferies, Richard "The Gamekeeper at Home", Smith Elder 1890, frontis, ills throughout, green cloth, gilt titlesBell, Adrian"Men and the Fields" with drawings and lithographs by John Nash, B T Batsford Ltd 1939, colour plates, ills, no dj, brown cloth Jarvis, Alfred F "Charles Baring Young of Daylesford 1850-1928, His Life and Work", London, The Church Book Room Press Ltd, photographic portrait frontis, photographic ills, inscriptions on ffep, blue cloth, no dj (9 vols and boxed set)
Various editions of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes including:-"Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales", ills by Sir John Gilbert, John Tenniel, Harrison Weir, Walter Crane, W McConnell, J B Zwecker and others, George Routledge & Sons nd, numerous ills throughout text, front hinge cracked, red pictorial cloth and gilt titles"Mother Goose Rhymes" with colour pictures by S B Pearce and line drawings by Winifred M Ackroyd, J Coker & Co Ltd, reprinted October 1932, colour frontis, vignette on tp, black and white ills throughout, colour plates, pastedown pictorial boards, pencil inscription on ffep, dj repaired and cut at bottom end of spineRobinson, Charles (ills) "Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Proverbs and Rhyme Games", forward by Lawrence Alma Tadema, The Children's Press, colour frontis, colour plates, black and white ills throughout, pictorial boards, very clean and bright, glassine cover, with its original dj - chipped and worn but not price clipped,in a slip coverFisher, Arthur O. and Hart, Frank"Master Toby's Hunt", Country Life 1934, black and white ills, vignette on tp, frontis, yellow cloth, black pictorial image and black titles, dj not price clipped within a glassine coverWillebeek Le Mair (ills) "Little Songs of Long Ago ...", the original tunes harmonised by Alfred Moffitt, publ Augener Ltd, London 1912, colour plates, oval pictorial pastedown with gilt titles, small oblong folio "Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes", publ Augener Ltd 1917, colour plates, music scores, blue cloth, pictorial pastedown to front board, gilt titles, small oblong folio (6)
Folio Society Rackham, Arthur (ills), Barrie, J M "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", London 2004, colour plates tipped in, decorated ep, green pictorial cloth with gilt and red titles, top edge blue, large folio with its original slip caseMcFarlane, Debra (ills), Barrie, J M "Peter Pan and Wendy", London 2006, colour plates tipped in and other ills, decorated ep, blue pictorial cloth with silver and red titles and decoration, top edge dark blue, within original blue slip case, large folio, both copies very bright and clean (2)
Robinson, Charles (ills) Shelley, Percy Bysshe"The Sensitive Plant", introduction by Edmond Goss, William Heinemann (1919), colour frontis tipped in with tissue guard, colour plates tipped in, ills through text, rebound in half-rust coloured morocco with marbled boards, gilt titles and decorations and raised bands to backstrip, original vellum and gilt front board has been laid down inside front cover, facsimile(?) of ep or dj bound in, half-title, t.e.g. there is damp damage to lower pages in the middle of the book, some pages stuck together)Gill, Eric"25 Nudes engraved by", J M Dent & Son 1938, red cloth with gilt titles, all edges blueSandeman, Christopher"Thyme and Bergamot", No.396/550 copies, The Dropmore Press 1947, 9 wood engravings by John O'Connor, blue buckram, gold crest on front board and gilt titles, dj, pencil notes ffep, uncut, gilt dentels in cardboard slip caseBates, H E"Down the River", engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker, Victor Gollancz 1937, inscription by the author to 'M E Wood', signed and dated 1937 together with a letter dated November 1937 from H E Bates to Miss Wood from The Granary, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, vignette on tp, dj, glassine coverLucas, E V "The Open Road, a Book for Wayfarers", ills in colour by Claude A Shepperson, Methuen & Co 1914, colour frontis tipped in has been creased, tissue guard stained, colour plates tipped in, blue blindstamped cloth with titles and decorationTunnicliffe, C F"Mereside Chronicle with a short interlude of Lochs and Lochans", London Country Life Ltd 1948, frontis, vignette on tp, ills throughout, rust coloured cloth, gilt titles to front board and backstrip, dj not price clipped, bkpl on ffep and small pen signature dated 1948 (6)
Heaton Cooper, W "Mountain Painter, an Autobiography", Frank Peters Publishing 1984, numerous colour ills, photographs, signed on the half-title by the author, mustard-coloured cloth with brown titles to the backstrip, dj written happy birthday and inscription, glassine cover Topolski, Feliks "Paris Lost, a Sketchbook of the Thirties", Columbus Press 1973, no.38/214, signed by Feliks Topolski and Jonathan Stone, plates, black full-leather with gilt titles to fb and backstrip, within original slip case (2)
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