Caxton (William).- Original Leaf (An) from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the year 1482..., one of 297 copies, printed in orange and black, original leaf tipped in (rubricated, one early annotation to fore-margin slightly shaved, very small chipping to inner margin, light damp-staining at inner edge extending into text, one or two other small stains), ex-Brooklyn Public Library with bookplate, perforated stamp to foot of title and a couple other lower margins, small numerical ink-stamp to lower margin of page containing tipped-in leaf (not affecting leaf), very slight toning to margins, original cloth-backed boards, spine with ink library reference to foot and little toned, some small areas of wear to extremities, uncut, 4to (Caxton leaf 255 x 180mm.), San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, for the Book Club of California, 1938. *** The leaf containing text from chapters 13 and 14 of the Fifth Book, including discussion of "machamet the fals prophete duke and leder of Sarasyns and of turkes".
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Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Cain; A Mystery, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and one plate, ex-library with bookplates and small ink-stamp to title, both plates and few other ff., occasional very light spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked but majority of spine lacking, small paper label to upper cover, rubbed, B. Johnson, 1823; Heaven and Earth, A Mystery, ex-library with ink-stamp to upper wrapper and a few ff. and ink reference to foot of Dramatis Personae f., a touch frayed at lower corner, some soiling, original wrappers bound in, later half morocco, blind-stamp to upper cover, extremities rubbed, Benbow, 1824; and others by the same, many rare editions, including the first American edition of the Deformed Transformed (1824), 8vo & 12mo (14)
![Byroniana.- [Colton (Charles Caleb)] Remarks Critical and Moral on the Talents of Lord Byron, and the Tendencies of Don Juan,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdf27cdf-4b22-4e00-b3ad-b12c00e4aecd/14a5b54f-e12a-441d-8afd-b12c00f679a6/468x382.jpg)
Byroniana.- [Colton (Charles Caleb)] Remarks Critical and Moral on the Talents of Lord Byron, and the Tendencies of Don Juan, first edition, half-title, small embossed library stamp to title, uncut in original plain wrappers with ms title in ink to upper cover, uncut, sewn as issued, covers slightly soiled and frayed, later tied into library cloth covers, 8vo, Printed for the Author, 1819.*** Rare. WorldCat locates copies at Cambridge and National Library of Scotland only.
Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, one of 200 copies signed by the author, light browning to endpapers, light marking where stamp or sticker skillfully removed from pastedown, very light marginal damp-staining to last few pages, original cloth-backed spine with renewed cloth over boards, spine label a little toned, still overall a very attractive coopy, [Kirkpatrick A10a], 8vo, 1924.
Economics.- Smith (Adam) An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 vol., occasional light spotting, minor loss to bottom corners of vol. 1 Q3 and vol. 4 R4, otherwise a bright and clean copy, contemporary half calf, red morocco spine labels, rubbed in places, 8vo, Basel, J.J. Tourneisen, J.J. Le Grand, 1791. *** Scarce Swiss printing, in English, of Smith's landmark work, and the first edition to be printed outside of the United Kingdom. Provenance: J.J. Ekman Göyeborg (ownership stamp to front free endpapers).
Bible, Czech. Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular (ie Bohemian), collation: a–g10 h8 i–z A10 B8 C–Z AA BB10 CC8 aa–ll10 mm [*8], 585 leaves only (of 610), double column, 46-7 lines to a page, initial-letters and paragraph-marks supplied in red or yellow, aa1v large initial hand-coloured in red, green and blue, Register printed in red and black, lacking the first quire, b6 and 9, c5 and 6, d3 and 4, e8-10, f1, r10 and mm8, and 3ff. of the register (II, VII and VIII), c4 only partially preserved, about ten other leaves with cut-out or restored margins with some loss of text, many other leaves with marginal repairs or restoration but without loss of text, ee7 torn in text, some headlines shaved, many leaves browned and with stains, some early ink marginalia, later ink annotations on blank leaves at beginning and pencil annotations on some blank leaves regarding missing leaves,19th century sheep, gilt spine laid down, decorative endpapers, edges stained red, a large number of blank paper leaves bound in, modern calf-edged cloth slip-case, Super-Chancery folio (308 x 201mm.), Prague, Jan Pytlik, [Jan] Severin, Johann von Stoerchen, and Mathias vom Weissen Loewen, August 1488.*** First edition of the complete Czech Bible, and the first Bible printed in any Slavonic language. A year earlier in Prague, an anonymous press using a different font had printed a Czech Psalter (GW M36725); in Pilsen, ca. 1475-1476, an anonymous press had produced two editions of the New Testament in Czech, one folio (GW M45676, two copies) and one quarto (GW 45679: one copy, one fragment of 20 leaves).The incunable literature has misleadingly translated the last two publishers' names into German, but in the colophon their names are in Czech, i.e. “Johann von Störchen” is “Jan od apuow”, the equivalent of modern Jan Apek. The colophon explains the status of the financial backers of this historic and very expensive production: "Those eminent men and citizens Master John Pytlík, Master Severyn the Merchant, Alderman for this year, Master John of the Stork, and Master Mathias of the White Lion.First printed translations of the Bible: 1466 German; 1471 Italian; 1477 Dutch (NT) OT in 1525; 1478 Catalan; 1488 Bohemian (cf Czech 1579); 1498 French.Rarity: About 90 copies are believed to exist, most of which are incomplete. GW records 77 copies and fragments in institutions. Apart from this example, only 2 other copies (both incomplete) have appeared auction in the 20th century.Provenance: Dr. Joseph Liboslaw Ziegler (1782-1846), decanus in Chrudim (stamp); Sotheby’s London 17 March 1958 (£80 to Maggs).Literature: Goff B-620; GW 4323; ISTC ib00620000; BMC III 808 (IB.51405); BSB-Ink B-501; Bod-inc B-340E.
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[Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, half-title, most leaves with corners or margins repaired, original drab wrappers (laid down and repaired) bound in, ex-library copy with ink stamp to several leaves, loosely inserted facsimile of Byron's famous letter to the editor of Galignani's Messenger in which he denies authorship of The Vampyre, some light staining and soiling, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819.*** The circumstances surrounding the birth of this work and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein during a night of ghost-story telling with Byron and friends, is well documented. This third issue, without Byron's name on the title, with the preliminaries reset to 23 lines and with the word "almost" in last line of p.36 missing the first letter.
Byroniana.- Battaglia (Alessandro) Sopra il Risorgimento della Grecia, first edition, errata slip at end with 2 ms addenda, broken, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine ends worn, uncut, 8vo, J. Booth, 1827.*** The dedication of this rare work, published in London, is to Lady Byron and Ada Byron (later Lovelace). Provenance: Nottingham Public Library (ink stamp to title verso and small embossed stamp to title); acquired from Alan G. Thomas, bookseller, with his cataloguing slip loosely inserted, dated May 1958 and the book priced at 30/-; Sir Francis Boileau from Lord Nugent's Library (pencil note on front pastedown and referred to in Thomas' note).
Binding.- Missale ad usum Cisterciensis, 2 parts in 1, collation: A8 a-o8 p4 : A-K8, printed in red and black, large woodcut device of Girault to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut criblé initials, woodcut musical notation, title with repair to upper and outer margin, affecting a few letters or numbers verso, first A6 mostly marginal repaired short tear, just within text, but with very minor loss, first A8 loose, o5 small piece torn from lower margin, a few small repairs, water-stained, some spotting or staining (including occasional ink), occasional minor worming, lightly browned, contemporary Spanish calf with plateresque decoration, covers with central cross of the Order of Alcántara with initials C.F.I.O., a smaller cross at corners, roll-tooled borders of military trophies and animals, stamps of a church, trees and animals, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with blind-ruled cross decoration, lacking ties, rubbed and scuffed, Paris, Ambroise Girault, Jean Petit, Enguilbert de Marnef & Jean Kerbriant, 8vo (184 x 124mm.; binding 186 x 128mm.), 1529. *** The calendar has a single manuscript entry for St Mary of Alcántara. The Order of Alcántara used Cistercian regulations, and the church stamp on the cover suggests that this binding may have been made for the priory of the Order of San Benito de Alcántara. The trees on the binding may represent pear trees, as the Order was founded near a church dedicated to St Julian which had pear trees growing nearby, and was therefore known as San Julián del Pereiro. The printing of the work was shared by those listed and appears with variant title pages. Literature: Adams A1231; Weale-Bohatta 1765 (with Marnef’s device).
Kelmscott Press.- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Poems chosen out of the Works..., edited by F.S.Ellis, [one of 300 copies on Flower paper], printed in red and black in Golden type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, finely bound in dark green morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, covers with gilt strapwork border interwoven with swirling leafy sprays, spine titled in gilt and leafy sprays in compartments with five raised bands, tan silk moiré doublures and flyleaves edged in wavy gilt border, turn-ins with gilt leaves and small roses to corners, t.e.g., others uncut, signed at foot of front endpaper "Zaehnsdorf for A.C.McClure & Co" and with small gilt exhibition stamp to foot of rear doublure, neatly and unobtusively rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Peterson A38], small 4to (c.210 x 150mm.), Kelmscott Press, 1896.*** A handsome exhibition binding by Zaehnsdorf, indicated by the small stamp of a binder at work to rear doublure.Kelmscott Press - see also lot 369
Spain.- Mayerne (Louis Turquet de) The Generall Historie of Spaine... translated into English, and continued unto these times by Edward Grimeston, first edition in English, with initial blank, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and headpieces, title with tiny hole (no text loss), some staining to first few ff. (heaviest to A3), 3A2, 5I1 & 5D5 small mark or hole causing loss to few letters, 2F1 tear within text but no loss, occasional very small worming to lower margin of first half, water-staining, quite frequent but usually marginal, some toning, without free endpapers, later calf, covers with central gilt-tooled lozenge, spine gilt with raised bands and morocco label, portion of old manuscript used as binder's waste, small paper labels to spine ends, rubbed and worn in places, upper joint split at foot, [STC 17747], folio, A. Islip and G. Eld, 1612. *** Grimeston continued Mayerne's work to cover the period of 1583-1612, including the defeat of the Armada and Drake's raids on Cadiz and Lisbon.Provenance: "Ex dono Johannis Bingley Armiger" (contemporary inscription to head of initial blank); Earls of Macclesfield (small embossed stamp to first few leaves).
Fisher (John) This treatyse concernynge the fruytfull sayinges of Davyd the kynge and prophete in the seven penytencyall psalmes..., printed in black letter, with blank leaf [et]7 but lacking final blank [et]8, ink note to front free endpaper, a few instances of early ink marginalia or underlining, E6 tiny rust-hole within text, very lightly browned, some light soiling and staining, handsomely bound in crushed blue morocco by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [STC 10908], small 8vo (133 x 85mm.), [Thomas Marsh], 1555. *** Fisher's first published work, first printed in 1508 at the behest of his patroness, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Queen Mary's great grandmother. This was the first printing since 1529, the year in which Fisher opposed the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.Provenance: Downside Abbey Library (bookplate; ink-stamp to verso of title).
Polar.- Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 8 engraved maps, most folding, 6 aquatint plates, some folding, folding maps and plates linen-backed, soiling, ex-library copy with ink stamp 'Portico' on plate versos and occasionally in text and on one plate recto, modern green morocco, spine faded, [Abbey, Travel 609; Hill p.322; Sabin 102431], 8vo, 1825.*** Weddell's expedition 'visited and described the Cape Verde Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, and South Georgia Islands, wintered in the Falkland Islands, and described Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and Montevideo. During their southward sailing, they reached the lowest latitude as yet then recorded. This area explored now bears the name Weddell Sea' (Hill).
Byroniana.- Blaquiere (Edward) Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece, including Facts connected with the last days of Lord Byron, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, lithograph frontispiece on india paper, folding facsimile, lacks half-title, small embossed library stamp to title, contemporary green calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, new spine label, [Atabey 117; Blackmer 150], 8vo, 1825.*** "Blaquiere played a decisive role in the philhellenic movement in Britain; he and Bowring together set up the London Greek Committee. Blaquiere's connection with Byron is of particular interest; he saw Byron at Genoa in 1823 (on his way to Greece to collect information for the Committee) and was instrumental in persuading him to go to Greece." (Blackmer).The inscription is to Jane S. Tait and is dated April 1828.
Byroniana.- Gordon (Sir Cosmo) Life and Genius of Lord Byron, stipple-engraved portrait, title with engraved vignette of Newstead Abbey, contemporary newspaper clipping on Byron's posthumous return to England tipped onto inside upper wrapper ("The remains of his Lordship were removed on Monday from the brig Florida..."), uncut in ?original marbled wrappers, embossed stamp and small label to upper wrapper, small chip to spine head, joints split at head, housed in cloth folder, [Wise II, p.85], 1824 § Stowe-Byron Controversy (The): A Complete Résumé...Together with an Impartial Review of the Merits of the Case, dust-soiling to title and upper corners of first few ff., original printed wrappers bound in (embossed stamp to head of upper wrapper, dust-soiled), later morocco-backed cloth, blind-stamp to upper cover, joints rubbed, upper joint starting at head, [Wise II, p.108], Thomas Cooper & Co., [1871], ex-library copies with usual small ink-stamps (including to portrait of the first, also with bookplate to verso); and others relating to Byron, 8vo (11)
![Herbal.- Turner (William) [A New Herball], lacks A1 (title), A2, C2-5, D1 & D2, title and A2 supplied in facsimile, Steven Mi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdf27cdf-4b22-4e00-b3ad-b12c00e4aecd/26a50b80-ec3d-4587-aa34-b12c00f966f7/468x382.jpg)
Herbal.- Turner (William) [A New Herball], lacks A1 (title), A2, C2-5, D1 & D2, title and A2 supplied in facsimile, Steven Mierdman, 1551, bound with The seconde parte of Vuilliam Turners herball..., title with woodcut printers device, lacks A4 (blank), E1, L5, R1, 2C1, 2D2, 2F4 (blank) and all after 2G2 (i.e. entire second part "booke of the Baeth"), without the errata slip sometimes pasted in, 2C1 & 2D2 supplied in facsimile, woodcut to O4v partially hand-coloured, Cologne, Arnold Birckman, 1562, together 2 parts in 1, first editions, black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, many large and decorative, several ff. strengthened at gutter, some neat marginal restoration and various repairs (more extensive to first few ff.), occasionally affecting some text or woodcut, a few times causing loss to few letters (see part 1 P7 & P8; part 2 Y3v & Y4v), occasional marginal ink notes in early and later hands, including some pagination corrected or supplied to part 2, light browning, some soiling and light staining, occasional damp-mottling, modern calf, spine lightly sunned, [STC 24365 & 24366; Henrey 366 & 367; Hunt 65], folio. *** The first two parts of Turner's great work; a third part was published in Cologne in 1568. "The first essay on scientific botany in England...Turner was the first Englishman to waken his countrymen's minds to a little of what was new in the botanical world" (Hunt).Provenance: Neatham Mill Library (embossed circular stamp to rear free endpaper).
Shoe Design.- A collection of shoe designs by the Dunbar Style Service, 320 monochrome printed shoe designs, most with printed collection name, date and style number, 240 with blind stamp of Dunbar Style Service, 80 tipped on to original printed green card with gilt lettering, each approx. 235 x 310mm (9 ¼ x 12 ¼ in.), occasional finger-soiling or marking, some surface soiling, some with pin holes to central upper or lower margins, occasional contemporary pencil or ink annotations but overall clean and bright, loose as issued, housed in 4 black sheepskin buttoned folders with modern inscription to spine in white ink, (rather rubbed), 1913-1916. *** An excellent collection of early 20th century American shoe designs by the Dunbar Style Service. The Service was originally part of the larger Dunbar Pattern Co., a footwear design and manufacturing company which was located in Boston. The pinholes suggest that the plates were used for display purposes and were likely to have been used by travelling salesmen responsible for promoting forthcoming styles. In this period women would wear boots during the day, and would often change into Oxford, Mary Janes or Louis heels in the evening for dinner, dancing and events. Dunbar's autumn and winter season designs are almost entirely made up of boots, while the spring and summer seasons include boots, pumps, and sandals with more elaborate embellishments, including examples of the Ribbon Tango Boot, The Hesitation Pump, The Baltimore Colonial, The Broadway Pump and others. The Dunbar Style Service also published Footwear Style Trend, a trade magazine of which only one volume is recorded. It notes that "style may be defined as a quality of distinction and correct style, or style in vogue, must possess a pleasing quality of distinction, otherwise it will not find favor with the public and thereby cease to be correct".
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Bible, English. The New Testament of Jesus Christ faithfully translated into English, [Douai-Rheims version], title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, printed side-notes very occasionally trimmed, Sig. H-Q worming to foot not affecting text, 2Q3 small paper-flaw hole affecting few words, 3M2 tiny rust-hole within text, very small worming to gutter towards end, some very light toning or spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed and little scratched, [Herbert 258; STC 2898], 4to, Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1600. *** A good copy of the second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the New Testament in English, first published in Rheims in 1582.Provenance: M. M. Ellis (ownership name to head of title); Stonyhurst (cancelled ink library stamp to title).
Byroniana.- Cornell (J.H.), translator. Manfred: A Dramatic Poem by Lord Byron...Adapted for the Use of the N.Y. Philharmonic Society, first edition, ex-library with embossed stamp to title and small ink reference to foot to verso, original wrappers bound in (dust-soiled), modern blind-stamped library cloth, New York, Torrey Brothers, 1869 § 'Don John,' or Don Juan Unmasked; Being a Key to the Mystery..., second edition, engraved portrait (offset), lacking half-title and 2ff. advertisements at end, ex-library with circular ink-stamps to portrait, title and a few ff. and small ink reference to foot of title verso, light spotting to portrait and title, later cloth-backed boards, paper labels to upper cover, for William Hone, 1819; and others relating to Byron, including a Narrative of Lord Byron's Voyage to Corsica and Sardinia (1824), 8vo (12)
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Byroniana.- [Agg (John), attributed to] Lord Byron's Farewell to England; with Three other Poems, viz. Ode to St. Helena, To my Daughter, on the morning of her birth, and To the Lily of France, half-title, ex-library with usual small ink-stamps and markings, clipping of contemporary printed verse pasted to verso of final f. (obscuring advertisements), a couple instances of ink annotation in a contemporary hand, foxing near end, later blind-stamped library cloth, [Wise II, p.69], 1816 § Mazeppa Travestied: A Poem, ex-library with small embossed stamp to title and ink reference to foot to verso, some unobtrusive repairs to gutter, light toning, the odd spot or light finger-soiling, modern cloth, rare, 1820, first editions; and others relating to Byron, 8vo (11) *** The first mentioned a pamphlet of spurious verse. "Byron repudiated them all in a letter to Murray dated July 22, 1816, and declared the pamphlet to be 'about the most impudent imposition that ever issued from Grub Street. I need hardly say that I know nothing of all this trash, nor whence it may spring. As to The Lily of France I should as soon think of celebrating a turnip.'" (Wise).
Byroniana.- Medwin (Thomas) Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: noted during a Residence with his Lordship at Pisa, first edition, half-title with corner torn away and repaired, engraved facsimile frontispiece (offset), advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting, K1 and 2 with corner/margin torn away but no loss of text, lacks front free endpaper, small embossed stamp to frontispiece and title, hinges repaired with tape, uncut in original boards, rebacked in cloth, rubbed, [Wise 2, p.82], 4to, Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824.*** Provenance: Newstead Abbey, Byron's ancestral home (small bookplate). A newspaper cutting relating to the fate of "the yacht, the Don Juan, or the Ariel, as he renamed it, from which Shelley was drowned" stuck to front pastedown.
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Byroniana.- [?Todd (Henry John)], "Oxoniensis". A Remonstrance addressed to Mr. John Murray, Respecting a Recent Publication, small embossed stamp to head of title, half-title with manuscript date in purple pencil, soiling to first and last f., later blind-stamped library cloth, paper label to upper cover, 1822 § Adams (Thomas) A Scourge for Lord Byron; or "Cain a Mystery" Unmasked, half-title with faded contemporary ink inscription to foot, title with small ink library reference to foot to verso, stab-holes to gutter, some spotting and soiling, half-title and final f. silked, modern half calf, small label removed from foot of upper cover, 1823, first editions, ex-library with usual small ink-stamps; and others relating to Byron, including the second edition of Roby's The Duke of Mantua, 8vo (12) *** The second mentioned scarce, with WorldCat recording only two copies.
Hayward (Sir John) The First part of the life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, title with woodcut square of fleurons, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, title with ownership inscription to head and ink number to foot, A2-3 trimmed at head shaving headpiece and a few letters, H3 very small rust-hole within text, one or two annotations in an early hand, passage-marking to Sig. O & P, occasional light damp-staining to head, the odd spot, small marginal stain to final few ff., contemporary polished panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco label to uppermost compartment gilt-tooled with heraldic device showing a monkey and coronet, red morocco label to second compartment lettered in gilt, upper joint cracked but holding, marking to lower cover, little rubbed at extremities, [STC 12997], small 4to, Iohn Wolfe [i.e. Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet], 1599 [but ?1629]. *** A counterfeit printing. In this copy, line 22 on A2r has "Teucer" with the first "e" inverted.Provenance: Dukes of Leinster (Carton Library armorial bookplate; heraldic device to binding); University College London Library (small ink-stamp to title verso and foot of final leaf; "UCL Library Duplicate" ink-stamp to front free endpaper).
Hunt (Leigh) Foliage; or Poems Original and Translated, first edition, attractively bound in dark blue-green morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, covers filled with a semé of small & smaller flowers in gilt & onlaid red calf in alternating lines within single gilt fillet border, spine titled in gilt and filled with similar gilt floral decoration, olive green silk moiré doublures and flyleaves edged in wavy gilt border, turn-ins with intricate leafy tendrils in gilt, signed at foot of front turn-in and with exhibition stamp in gilt to foot of rear doublure, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in old brown roan box with pull-off top (rather rubbed and scuffed), 8vo (c.175 x 110mm.), C. & J.Ollier, 1818.
Detmold (Maurice & Edward J.) Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book", 14 mounted colour plates only (of 16, lacking 'Kaa the Python' & 'Elephant-Dance'), tipped into card aperture mounts with captioned guards attached, title with embossed "presentation copy" stamp and pencil number, some margins of plates discoloured from old tissue guards, title, contents leaf and captioned guards spotted and slightly frayed at edges, loose as issued in original pictorial cloth gilt portfolio, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked and with flaps of portfolio renewed, new ties, folio, 1903.
Byroniana.- Lake (J.W.) A Poetical Tribute to the Memory of Lord Byron, first edition, ex-library with small embossed stamp to half-title and ink reference to foot of title verso, scattered spotting, disbound and loose, Paris, Amyot, 1824 § [Phillips (Willard) and Norton (Andrews)] A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord Byron, first edition in book form, half-title, portrait frontispiece (lightly offset), advertisement f. at end, gutter cracked at points, some light toning and spotting at beginning and end, original drab boards, remains of paper spine label, wear to corners and spine, spine with central vertical split, old glue repair to upper joint, lower joint split but cover holding, [Wise II, p.92], 1826; and others relating to Byron, including printed broadside poem "A Tribute to the Memory of Lord Byron" dedicated to W.F. Webb of Newstead Abbey, 8vo (10) *** The second mentioned first published in the North American Review of October 1825 (v.21, pp. 300-359).
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), 'Mill Scene', offset lithograph on paper, from an edition of 750, signed in pencil lower right, 30 cm x 39.5 cm with margins, framed and glazed, the frame 62 cm x 70 cm.Private CollectionSealed in the frame and glazed - not inspected out of the frame. Paper is trimmed and mounted onto black painted board or foam. No blind stamp, signs of previous mount burning around the edge and paper discoloured as a result, colours are a little faded.
Melchior Kusel I (German, 1626-1683) after Johann Wilhelm Bauer (German, 1607-1642). Etching on paper titled "Allegory of Time and Old Age," plate 32 from "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen...," ca. 1670. Depicting an old man resting in the middle foreground under a tree. He holds an hourglass in hone hand and a cane in the other. Under his left foot is a skull. A partial watermark is visible along the center left edge. There is a collector's ink stamp "JN" along the verso.Height: 8 1/2 in x width: 8 3/4 in.Condition:The sheet is toned. There are scattered areas of foxing or toning throughout. There is a small tear along the upper right corner. Some wear along the edges. The sheet has been trimmed. Some wear and soiling to the verso. There are two pieces of tape affixed to the left edge of the verso. Some pencil inscriptions to the verso. The work is not framed.
Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997). Woodblock print titled "Winter in Aizu" depicting a snowy city landscape with figures. Pencil signed along the lower right; titled along the lower center. With a stamp along the verso.Height: 11 1/4 in x width: 17 in.Condition:There are no visible tears, losses, or creases. There are small, light spots of soiling along the margins, in particular in the lower right corner of the margin. There are a few faint spots of soiling along the top margin. There is faint soiling around the artist's signature in the lower right corner. There is a crease along the lower right corner measuring approximately 1 1/2 inches. There are no signs of restoration under UV light.
Currier and Ives, United States. Hand-colored lithograph titled "American Homestead Autumn," depicting a scene of figures harvesting fruit outside of a rural cottage in the fall, 1869.Provenance: Distinguished Corporate Collection, Ohio.Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 0181, page 23.Currier and Ives was founded by Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) in 1835 as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," but changed its name with the addition of James Merritt Ives (American, 1824-1895) in 1857. The company created over 7000 popular lithographs depicting American life until 1907.Image; height: 7 7/8 in x width: 12 1/2 in. Margins; top: 1 1/2 in x bottom: 2 in x left: 1 5/8 in x right: 1 5/8 in. Sheet; height: 11 1/2 in x width: 15 3/4 in.Condition:The sheet is toned. There is some wear and soiling along the margins. Light foxing throughout. There is a small stain along the lower right edge. There is a small tear along the center right edge. Some soiling to the verso. Ink stamp "A.R.D." along the verso. There are four pieces of tape affixed to the verso along the upper right and left corners. No signs of restoration when viewed under UV light. The work is not framed.
HANS BELLMER (1902-1975)Les toupies signé 'Bellmer' (en bas à droite) et cachet de l'artiste (en bas à gauche)mine de plomb sur papiersigned 'Bellmer' (lower right) and stamped with the artist's stamp (lower left)graphite on paper 20 x 16 cm. 7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, Paris.Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).BibliographieA.P. de Mandiargues, Bellmer : Oeuvre gravé, Paris, 1969, (la gravure dont est issu ce dessin est illustrée, no. 115.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MAX BUCAILLE (1906-1992)La recherche du vide (les cris de la fée) signé et daté 'Buc 1938' (en bas au centre) ; inscrit et daté ''La recherche du vide' (les cris de la fée) 1938' et cachet de l'artiste (au revers)collage avec rehauts de gouache sur papiersigned and dated 'Buc 1938' (lower centre) ; inscribed and dated ''La recherche du vide' (les cris de la fée) 1938' and stamped with the artist's stamp (on reverse)collage and gouache highlights on paper13 x 15 cm.5 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.Footnotes:ProvenanceVente, Beaussant-Lefevre, Paris, 21 décembre 2001, lot 25.Collection particulière, Paris (acquis dans cette vente).Collection particulière, Paris (par descendance).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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