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Lot 5253
A 19th century mocha ware pint measuring jug dipped and banded in tan and blue, dendritic decoration, with sprig verification mark "Imperial" and "surfeit" hole, an Edwardian quart capacity verification jug dipped and banded in tan and blue, dendritic decoartion and printed stamp "Quart ER 19" and another (3)
Lot 5341
19th Century table linen sets. Provenance Cowdray Park and Dunecht House. A set of eight linen damask napkins woven with a Greek Key design stamped with "Birse Castle" and "C" beneath a Viscount's coronet. 1892 inventory stamp. 53cm x 50cm (Dunecht House was gifted by Lord Cowdray to his Annie. The Forest of Birse Estate was one of many subsequently purchased to join Dunecht.) Together with a set of sixteen linen damask napkins woven with a border frieze and central roundel and embroidered with an "O". 60cm x 60cm. 1892 inventory stamp. (24)
Lot 815
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)Autograph letter signed «Picasso» to André LEVEL 1 page in-12 (Pneumatic card), address on reverse. With stamp and postmarks [2 August 1915]. Browned paper with small traces of mounting. He transmits to his «dear friend» collector the address of the sculptor Pablo GARGALLO «in Barcelona - calle Encarnación n°23 - Spain-. Yes, I hope to see you soon, but why don’t you come one evening at least when you are free...». In the corner reserved for the sender, Picasso indicates his address: Paris, Rue «Schoelcher 5 bis».
Lot 344
PERCY CROSS STANDING: ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET 1862-1926, London, Faber & Gwyer, 1926, 1st edition, 16 plates as list, inscription on ffep, original cloth worn + HAROLD LARWOOD: BODY-LINE?, London, Elkin Matthews & Marrot, 1933, 2nd reprint, 10 plates/ills as list, previous owner's stamp on ffep, original cloth soiled, spine browned + ERIC PARKER: A HISTORY OF CRICKET, London, Seeley Service [1950], Lonsdale Library vol 30, original two-tone cloth gilt + ERNEST HOSKIN: SHADOWS OVER THE WICKET WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 11xi SEASONS 1940-1945, Gloucester, John Jennings, [1947], 1st edition, original pictorial wraps + E W SWANTON: 2 titles: THE TEST MATCHES OF 1956, London, The Daily Telegraph, 1956, 1st edition, original wraps; THE ASHES IN SUSPENSE, TEST MATCHES OF 1962/63, London, The Daily Telegraph, 1963, 1st edition, original wraps (6)
Lot 405
NEW NATURALIST SERIES: 14 titles in mixed condition comprising E B FORD: BUTTERFLIES, 1946 reprint, No 1, original cloth; BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD: BRITISH GAME, 1946 reprint, No 2, original cloth; R S R FITTER: LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY, 1946 reprint, No 3, original cloth; L DUDLEY STAMP: BRITAIN'S STRUCTURE AND SCENERY, 1947, No 4, original cloth; JOHN RAMSBOTTOM: MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS, 1977, 7th impression, No 7, original cloth, d/w (price clipped); W H PEARSALL: MOUNTAINS AND MOORLANDS, 1960 reprint, No 11, original cloth, ex-lib; T T MACAN & E B WORTHINGTON: LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS, 1974, 3rd edition, No 15, original cloth, d/w; IAN HEPBURN: FLOWERS OF THE COAST, 1966 reprint, No 24, original cloth; SIR DUDLEY STAMP: NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN, 1970, 2nd impression, No 49, original cloth, d/w; ERIC SIMMS: WOODLAND BIRDS, 1990, Bloomsbury Books edition, No 52, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w; CHRISTOPHER PERRINS: BRITISH TITS, 1980 reprint, No 62, original cloth, d/w (price clipped); ERIC SIMMS: BRITISH THRUSHES, 1978, 1st edition, No 63, original cloth, ex-lib; WILLIAM M CONDRY: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WALES, 1982 reprint, No 66, original cloth, d/w (price clipped); MIRIAM ROTHSCHILD & THERESA CLAY: FLEAS, FLUKES AND CUCKOOS, 1952 reprint, monograph No 7, original cloth, ex-lib (14)
Lot 56
REV CHARLES LUDWIDGE DODGSON "LEWIS CARROLL": EIGHT OR NINE WISE WORDS ABOUT LETTER-WRITING - THE "WONDERLAND" OF POSTAGE - STAMP - CASE, Oxford Emberlin & Son, 1890 but probably later as the small booklet about letter writing lacks the final page of adverts suggesting this is a post-1907 reprint, the corresponding stamp case with 12 Victorian stamps in 12 slots together with the original envelope
Lot 109
P G WODEHOUSE: 2 titles: SERVICE WITH A SMILE, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962, 1st edition, original cloth, spine bright gilt lettered, d/w (very minor losses); GALAHAD AT BLANDINGS, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1965, 1st edition, rubber stamp of literary agent Carlota Frahm on ffep, original cloth, spine bright gilt lettered, d/w (very minor faults) (2)
Lot 130
COLLECTION OF 13 TITLES from the library of Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) and Valentine Ackland (1906-1969), comprising in chronological order: W P FRITH: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, London, Richard Bentley, 1889, 7th edition, original cloth worn, inner joint weak, book plate of Sylvia Townsend Warner; ARTHUR PONSONBY: SCOTTISH AND IRISH DIARIES, London, Methuen, 1927, 1st edition, original cloth, book plate of Valentine Ackland; E & B BARNARD: A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Cambridge, W Heffer, inscribed to Valentine Ackland from Sylvia Townsend Warner, original cloth gilt; THOMAS BALSTON: THE LIFE OF JONATHAN MARTIN, London, MacMillan, 1945, 1st edition, original cloth, bookplate of Valentine Ackland; MARY VIVIAN HUGHES: A LONDON FAMILY, London, Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1946, 1st edition, signed and inscribed from Valentine to Sylvia, original cloth, bookplate of Sylvia Townsend Warner; JAMES FERGUSSON: JOHN FERGUSSON, London, Jonathan Cape, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, bookplate of Valentine Ackland; JOHN RUSKIN: PRAETERITA, intro Kenneth Clark, London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949, ownership signature of Valentine Ackland, original cloth; EARL OF ILCHESTER: LORD HERVEY AND HIS FRIENDS, London, John Murray, 1950, 1st edition, ownership rubber stamp of Valentine Ackland, original cloth, spine dulled; MORCHARD BISHOP: BLAKE'S HAYLEY..., London, Victor Gollancz, 1951, 1st edition, original cloth, ownership signature and bookplate of Valentine Ackland; C BRUYN ANDREWS (ED): THE TORRINGTON DIARIES, ill Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954, abridged edition, original cloth, bookplate of Valentine Ackland; HAROLD NICOLSON: GOOD BEHAVIOUR, London, Constable, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth, bookplate of Valentine Ackland; MABEL KATHLEEN ASHBY: JOSEPH ASHBY OF TYSORE 1859-1919, A STORY OF ENGLISH VILLAGE LIFE, Cambridge, 1961, 1st edition, signed (in initials) to Sylvia Townsend Warner, original cloth, d/w; PETER QUENNELL (ED): THE JOURNAL OF THOMAS MOORE 1818-1841, London, B T Batsford, 1964, revised edition, original cloth, d/w, rubber stamp of Valentine Ackland (13)
Lot 143
LOURENCE GOLDSTEIN: ALTAMIRA, ill David Newbert, Omaha, University of Nebraska, 1978, (300) numbered (263), Abattoir editions, 2 relief prints as called for, signed and inscribed to John Fowles, original cloth, printed paper label + DAVID GRENELL (ED): ANSWERS, Berkeley California, 1996 (50) numbered (36), ownership signature and inscription of John Fowles, 4to, original cloth + PETER ROBERT HENRY MOND, 4TH BARON MELCHETT (INTRO): A COASTLINE BRITAINS THREATENED HERITAGE, London, Kingfisher Books, 1987, contributors including John Fowles, 4to, original cloth, d/w, bookplate of John Fowles, typed letter signed from Melchett to Fowles on Greenpeace headed notepaper + autograph letter signed and a typed letter signed to Fowles from Charlotte Parry-Crooke loosely inserted + TOM WILLIAMSON: LIVING LANDSCAPES, HEDGES AND WALLS, London, The National Trust, 2002, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, d/w, bookplate of John Fowles + PETER EVERETT: 2 titles: A DAY OF DWARFS, London, Neville Spearman, 1962, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses), blind stamp of John Fowles; NEGATIVES, London, Jonathan Cape, 1964, uncorrected proof, original wraps, blind stamp of John Fowles (6)
Lot 144
JOHN BROCKMAN: 37, New York, Holt, Rheinhart, Winston, 1970, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Fowles, original cloth, d/w + SHEILA KOHLER: MIRACLES IN AMERICA, New York, Alfred A Knoff, 1990, uncorrected proof, original wraps, autograph letter signed to John Fowles loosely inserted + J NEIL, C GARCIA: OUR LADY OF THE CARNIVAL, Diliman, Quezon City, University of the Philippines Press, 1996, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Fowles and with John Fowles' ownership signature, original pictorial wraps + LILA BITA: THE SCORPION AND OTHER STORIES, New York, Pella Publishing, 1998, 1st edition, original wraps, ownership signature of John Fowles + TOM SLATTERY: THREE GERMAN STORIES, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1985, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to John Fowles, original wraps + THANASSIS HATZOPOULOS: AS IF PRESENT, Chalkis, 1997, 1st edition in Greek, English, French and Italian, signed and inscribed to John Fowles, original boards + GILLIAN ALLNUTT: HOB GREEN, Nimes Grand Phoenix Press, 2004 (250) (230) numbered (148), original wraps, John Fowles' blind stamp + one other title signed and inscribed to John Fowles (8)
Lot 50
A group of silver to include: Samson Mordan engine turned retractable pencil holder, stamped Samson Mordan together with Victorian shaped oval plain snuff box, Birmingham, 1893; Edwardian envelope shaped stamp holder, Birmingham, 1904 and Victorian 1896 LV silver crown (worn) (4) approx 2.49 ozt
Lot 1019
A collection of ceramics to include: Royal Crown Derby Imari 2451 teacup, saucer and plate, pink stamp, circa 1921-1964 together with an Imari 1674/0297 miniature oval tureen and cover with a Royal Doulton figural group titled: Young Love, pattern no: HN2736 (haircrack and split to back section) and Royal Crown Derby "Derby Posies" heart and star shaped bon bon dishes (8)
Lot 1107
Edward VIII Coronation 1937: A Royal Crown Derby loving cup, the body with sepia portrait on pale blue ground within scrolling cartouche, coronet above and banner reading: Coronation, with gilt 1937 beneath, the reverse with ER monogram within cartouche, coronet and banner to match the front, gilt heightening to handles, band of gilt laurel decoration to inside and foot, the underside with red stamp.
Lot 118
An Edwardian novelty silver double stamp holder, trough shaped on four bun feet, the cover with open section, with two half penny stamps, hallmarked by Adie & Lovekin, Birmingham, circa 1909 (date letter rubbed) together with a 20th Century Sterling silver envelope shaped stamp holder, profusely engraved, stamped on interior, with suspension ring (2) approx 1.27 ozt (overall condition good)
Lot 129
Patrick Mavros: a set of eight Contemporary Zimbabwean silver place card holders by Patrick Mavros, Harare, each modelled and lost wax cast as an African animal, on African blackwood shaped oval bases with applied silvered tree stump card holder, comprising: Hippopotamus, black Rhino, bull elephant, pair of Meerkats, Gorilla, Warthop, sable antelope and an anteater, all bases inset with PM monogrammed roundel, each piece stamped PM and antelope head mark in triangle stamp together with another figure of an Elephant without tree stump card holder, fully marked - with Patrick Mavros Sculpture in Silver booklet (9)
![Miniature. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1799, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1799], engraved 4pp.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/50f328ba-8e8c-4152-b2b7-ad3b00f9c7ae/468x382.jpg)
Lot 435
Miniature. London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1799, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1799], engraved 4pp. frontispiece 'View of St. Pauls and Black Friars Bridge', title-page with red ink duty stamp (and 1cm closed tear at head of gutter), original wallet-style engraved paper wrappers, front panel with a Grecian urn flanked by ribbon swags and flower garlands, within a scrolling foliate border (lower part of border on spine), flap with title surmounted by a swagged pelmet, enclosed by foliate border, rear panel with a floral basket within foliate border, and with a bead border beneath, the lightest of rubbing in places, and a small faint crease to flap, but otherwise in excellent condition, 32 x 58mm, together with a copy of Schloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1840, original gilt decorated red wrappers, first few leaves and front cover detached, 19 x 14mmQty: (2)NOTESNot listed in Bondy. We have not seen another almanac in wallet-style paper wrappers such as these. That the wrappers should have survived at all is remarkable, but that they should have emerged almost untouched from the passage of over two centuries is extraordinary.
Lot 439
Stella (Jacques). Les Jeux et Plaisris de l'Enfance, Paris: aux Galleries du Louvre chez la ditte Stella, 1657, engraved pictorial title-page, letterpress dedication leaf and engraved armorial leaf, 50 plates engraved by Claudine Stella after Jacques Stella, depicting scenes of putti engaged in various children's games, sports and pastimes, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, upper pastedown with armorial bookplates of James Bindley Esqr. Stamp Office, London and Chute of The Vyne (Sherborne St John, Hampshire), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated red morocco, modern reback with gilt decorated spine and black morocco title label, small oblong 4to (21 x 27.3 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) James Bindley; 2) Chute of The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Hampshire; 3) By descent.Gumuchian 3413.
![[Hughes, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford, new edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1871, inscribed by the author '](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/e285b2a0-2c64-41da-8ca6-ad4900d18b98/468x382.jpg)
Lot 443
[Hughes, Thomas]. Tom Brown at Oxford, new edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1871, inscribed by the author 'Sybil Irene Cutler with the best wishes of her Godfather the author 1873' to preliminary blank (with later small ink ownership stamp to upper corner of leaf), half-title, vignette title, black & white plates with minor dampstaining to blank margins, a few scattered spots at front, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, together with: Ibid. Alfred the Great, new edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1873, inscribed by the author 'Sybil Irene Cutler with the best wishes of her Godfather the author 1873' to preliminary blank (spotted and with later small ink ownership stamp to upper corner of leaf), frontispiece map, black & white plates, front hinge cracked, all edges gilt, both in uniform contemporary red morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, spines and board edges darkened, some staining (mainly to spine areas), Alfred somewhat marked, 8voQty: (2)
Lot 450
* Kirk (John). The Cries of London, circa 1754, 17/52 copper engraved playing cards, depicting tradesmen and women, comprising spades: ace, 2-4, 6, jack, queen; hearts: ace, 2-4, 9, jack; clubs: ace, queen; diamonds: 10, king, ace of spades bearing Georgian tax stamp in red ink, hearts and diamonds pip cards with stencilled colouring, court cards with hand-coloured miniature full-length figure in top left corner, toned and dusty, ace of clubs with slight surface loss to top edge (just touching first text letter), 4 of hearts with small nick in slightly creased lower left corner, jack of spades a little creased (with damp-soiling evident on verso), plain versos browned, rounded corners, 95 x 65mm, together with: Baragioli (Attilio), Florentine Pattern deck of cards, circa 1860, 49/52 engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-10, and three hand-coloured full-length court cards ('Florence I' pattern), lacking the jack and king of spades and the jack of hearts, dust-soiled and bowed, blue dotted circle and lozenge pattern on versos, 98 x 64mmQty: (2)NOTESBoth decks extremely scarce. The first is rare in any state of completion or format: John Kirk's Cries of London could be purchased in bound book form, as a deck of playing cards as here, and as an alphabetical engraved panorama strip mounted on wooden rollers (see Cotsen Children's Library, Call Number: Objects 18 425). The set is given a fleeting mention in Mann, All Cards on the Table, p.134. John Kirk was a shopkeeper and metal worker who ran an engraving and die stamping business in St Paul's Churchyard, London. His set of the Cries was advertised in an issue of the Public Advertiser published on 21st December 1754: "This Day is published, From four Copper-plates neatly engraved, each containing 12 Prints, of The most humorous CRIES of London ... in Sheets, or stitched, in Little Books; likewise made up in Boxes or Rowlers, at 1s. a Piece, very fit to amuse children and help them forward in their Learning..." John Kirk also produced a set of Aesop's Fables playing cards, around 1759. Comprising the following cries: 'Newcastle Salmon'; Great News in the London Evening Post'; 'I'm come this afternoon to play you a merry Tune'; 'Green and large Cucumbers'; 'Sheeps Hearts Livers or Lights to Day'; 'Sweet Damask Roses'; 'Stone Tea Potts Stone Muggs do you want any Earthern Ware'; 'Two Bunches three Halfpence 3 Bunches 2 Pence Sugar Turnips'; 'Old Iron or broken Glass Bottles take Money for them'; 'My pretty Maids within, Have you got any Hare's or Rabbett's Skin'; 'Corns to Cut'; 'Mary, Mary Where are You now?'; 'Buy Beef, a good fat Piece of Beef: Hoa!'; 'Buy my Shrimps'; 'Here's valiant Jack Falstaff, that merry Blade'; 'Bellows to mend'; 'The only Booth in the Fair: The noted Yates is here'.
Lot 451
* Reynolds & Sons. A standard English deck of playing cards, circa 1840, 52 colour woodblock cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, 'one shilling' on duty ace, lightly dust-soiled, white versos with gilt floral decoration (1 or 2 a little rubbed), square corners, 93 x 65mm, together with a deck of Belgian Pattern playing cards, circa 1780, 51/52 colour woodblock cards, with double-ended courts, lacking the 2 of spades, spotted, occasional marks or creasing, red lozenge pattern on verso, 83 x 57mm, and a deck of Swiss playing cards, circa 1850s, 51/52 cards, with hand-coloured engraved double-ended courts, lacking the 3 of spades, ace of hearts with circular ink stamp 'Canton de Vaud, 20 centimes', some spotting and marks, red dotted honeycombe pattern on verso, 92 x 59mm, plus 4 miniature decks of cards (some incomplete)Qty: (7)
Lot 453
* Soviet Union. Literature & Theatre, circa 1910-1930, Soviet Union State Playing Card Monopoly, 1910-1930, 52 chromolithographed playing cards, French suits, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, English indices, lacking the Joker, slightly dusty, versos patterned in dark and pale blue with a central quatrefoil on a lattice panel enclosed within a scrolling volute border, gilt over green edges, rounded corners, 89 x 58mm, contained in a patterned cardboard box for the Soviet 'Anti-Religions' deck, produced by the same company in the 1930s, slightly rubbed, short split in one hinge, and lacking top flap, together with Scandinavia. Dragon, Norway: Kristiania Litografiske Aktiebolag, circa 1890-1910, 52 chromolithographed playing cards, French suits, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards designed by Andreas Bloch, ace of spades with red ink duty stamp, lightly toned, occasional marks and light spotting, a few small corner creases, red patterned versos with rampant lion in centre, rounded corners, 92 x 60mm, plus The "Rameses" Fortune-Telling Pack of Playing Cards, Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd., circa 1910, complete, with 4pp. instructions (creased) and original box (rubbed and marked)Qty: (3)NOTESThe first deck features characters taken from literary works and the theatre, for example the Queen of Diamonds is Scheherazade and the Knave of Hearts is Pierrot.
Lot 486
Banbury Cross Series. The Banbury Cross Series, prepared for children by Grace Rhys, 9 volumes (of 12), 1st editions, London: J.M. Dent, 1894-95, comprising: Jack the Giant-Killer and Beauty and the Beast, The History of Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, The House that Jack Built & Other Nursery Rhymes, Blue Beard and Puss in Boots, Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp, Fireside Stories, The Fairy Gifts and Tom Hickathrift, Aesop's Fables, The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, illustrations by R. Anning Bell, R. Heighway, V. & E. Holden, Charles Robinson, H. Granville Fell, Alice M. Mitchell, Sidney H. Heath and others, Fireside Stories illustrations with contemporary hand-colouring and printed slip adhered to front free endpaper verso 'The illustrations in this book were coloured by hand by Miss Gloria Cardew', decorative endpapers, most free endpapers toned, Fireside front pastedown with small surface loss and both hinges with adhesive tape stain, top edges gilt, Fireside all edges gauffered, all except Fireside in original pictorial green or burgandy cloth gilt, with cloth ties, spines faded, partial light fading to a few covers, Cinderella front cover stained to lower left corner, Fairy Gifts & Cinderella lacking rear silk ties, Aladdin lacking both ties, Fireside Stories in full brown morocco gilt by the Guild of Women-Binders (ink stamp to verso of front free pastedown), front cover with gilt pictorial design based on the story of Chicken-Licken combined with the 'Banbury Cross', neatly rebacked, top edges of covers a little darkened, 3 corners showing, edges somewhat rubbed, tiny mark to chicken's foot, together with three duplicates: Aesop's Fables in original grey/cream cloth with blue printed design to front cover, and two copies of Fireside Stories in original pictorial cloth gilt (one with covers stained), all small 8voQty: (12)
Lot 531
Greene (Graham). The End of the Affair, 1951; The Quiet American, 1955; Loser Takes All, 1955; The Spy's Bedside Book, 1957; Our Man in Havana, 1958; The Complaisant Lover, 1959, 1st editions, occasional light spotting and toning, presentation inscription to End of the Affair, small ink stamp to Loser Takes All, original cloth, dust jackets, Spy's Bedside Book price-clipped with some fading to spine, a few tears and chips to others, 8vo, together with others by the author including In Search of a Character, 1961, A Burnt-Out Case, 1961, A Sense of Reality, 1963, The Comedians, 1966, May We Borrow Your Husband, 1967 and an uncorrected proof copy of A Burnt-Out Case, 1961Qty: (24)
Lot 546
Rhys (Jean). The Left Bank & Other Stories. With a preface by Ford Madox Ford, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1927, contents toned, half-title slightly soiled and with Foyles' Lending Library ink-stamp, recent yellow full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe author's first book, uncommon; the André Deutsch re-issue of 1968 is far more usually encountered.
Lot 551
Waugh (Evelyn). The Holy Places, London and New York, Queen Anne Press & The British Book Centre, 1953, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, some fading to spine and chipped at ends, limited edition 510/1000, together with P R B. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54, Dalrymple Press, 1982, illustrations, original cloth, acetate wrapper, large 8vo, limited edition 196/475, plus Wine in Peace and War, London: Saccone & Speed, [1947], some spotting to pastedowns, small contemporary inscription and publisher's ink stamp to front endpaper, original boards illustrated by Rex Whistler, spine a little rubbed and toned with tear and loss at head, 8vo, with others by Evelyn Waugh including Rossetti. His Life and Works, 1st US edition, New York, 1928, The Loved One, [1948] and A Tourist in Africa, 1960Qty: (12)
Lot 588
Chivers (Cedric). Of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis as translated out of Latin by Richard Whytford... re-edited into modern English with an historical introduction by Wilfrid Raynal, O.S.B., illustrations and designs by W. Russell Flint, Chatto & Windus, 1908, mounted colour plates, owner's blindstamp to front blank 'From the Library of Dana C. Bradford', top edge gilt, vellum doubluers with gilt-ruled turn-ins, binder's gilt stamp to rear turn-in, contemporary vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath, with design to upper cover of 4 kneeling saints within a decorative surround in gold and colours, in the manner of a medieval illuminated manuscript, and similar elongated panel in gold and colours to spine, incorporating the figure of a bishop, generally in very good, clean condition, with later fleece-lined light brown cloth slipcaseQty: (1)
Lot 589
Chivers (Cedric). The Sundering Flood, by William Morris, 1st trade edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898, half-title, single-page map, single-page publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, a few light spots, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary painted vellucent vellum by Dorothy Carleton Smyth (1880-1933) for Cedric Chivers of Bath, binder's embossed stamp to preliminary blank, artist's monogram DS with dodo motif painted in black to foot of spine, covers very slightly bowed, spine with title lettered in black, gilt flower and seedhead roll to turn-ins, 8voQty: (1)NOTESOf the five women used by Chivers to design, illuminate and colour vellum bindings, Dorothy Smyth was the one 'most frequently employed for this kind of work.' (Tidcombe, Women Bookbinders, 1996, page 86).
Lot 633
Guild of Women Binders. Proverbs in Porcelain, to which is added "Au Revoir", a Dramatic Vignette, by Austin Dobson, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd, 1893, half-title present, 25 plates (included in pagination), including frontispiece and additional title-page, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, marbled endpapers, contemporary crushed olive green morocco, with Guild of Women Binders gilt stamp on front turn-in and related ticket on recto of rear free endpaper, spine and margins of covers faded, raised bands, gilt tooled between with continuous entwining leaf stem teminating in stylised flower at head, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, upper cover with wide panel of gilt tooled stylised flowers, entwining foliate stems, and dots, enclosed within single fillets, rear cover with gilt single fillet panel, dotted gilt line on edges, turn-ins with double fillets and foliate cornerpieces, 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 139/250 copies.
Lot 639
Kelmscott Press. Sidonia the Sorceress by William Meinhold, translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893, printed in red and black in Golden type on laid paper with flower watermark, wood-engraved decorative borders and initials designed by William Morris, faint trace of oval library stamp to title, untrimmed, bookplate of Wolverhampton Free Library to front pastedown, with additional printed label above 'Given by Mrs William Morris in memory of her husband 1897', original Holland-backed pale blue boards, with paper title label to spine (chipped with a little loss), stamped classification number and additional classification number in black ink to spine, some marks and soiling and a little wear to edges, 4toQty: (1)NOTESPeterson A19. Peterson notes that 'Cockerell instructed Leighton to bind thirty copies in 'half Holland uniform with the Golden Legend, which were then donated to British and American libraries'.
Lot 667
Shakespeare Head Press. Ernest Gimson. His Life and Work, Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924, 60 collotype plates, wood-engravings, errata slip, spare label pasted to rear pastedown, red ink stamp of R.C.A. Design School to front and rear pastedowns, original linen-backed boards, small stain at foot of spine, light edge wear, 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 215/500.
Lot 668
Sleigh (Bernard). The Gates of Horn, being sundry records from the proceedings of the Society for the Investigation of Faery Fact & Fallacy. Selected and edited by Bernard Sleigh, London: Aldine House, 1926, half-title, original mounted pencil illustration on paper as frontispiece, titled Dionis, by Bernard Sleigh, signed with initials and dated 1926, title with small woodcut vignette, wood-engraved bookplate of Ivy Ann Ellis to front pastedown, contemporary gilt-decorated vellum by Frank Garrett of Birmingham, with his gilt stamp to rear turn-in, some marks, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Ivy Ann Ellis, Bernard Sleigh's most important collaborator, who contributed illustrations to his Faerie Calendar [1920] and Faerie Pageant (1924) .
Lot 608
A Dutch walnut and floral marquetry display cabinet on chest, bearing stamp of Edwards & Roberts, richly inlaid with marquetry flowers, birds and urns, the upper section with a domed top above a central glazed door enclosing a velvet lined interior and two adjustable shelves, all between canted corners, the chest of bombé form with wavy shaped top and three graduated drawers, between canted trusses, raised on block feet, 89cm wide, 50cm deep, 176cm high
Lot 60
A WWII period military issued Mk.II.S. No.33 spotting/sighting scope, dated 1941 with broad arrow mark, no.35062 with further stamp O.S. 763 G.A., length 44.5cm, a pair of Ross of London military Mk. II binoculars No.17291 with broad arrow stamp and dated 1940 and a T. G. Co Ltd military issued Mk.III compass dated 1940 no.59091 (3).Provenance: The Captain Allan Marshall Collection.Additional InformationBoth functional, scope has build-up of dirt and dust to lens interior, although the sighting markings are clear. The binoculars have a slight yellowish tinge to left lens, but again are functional, although currently not able to get them in focus. Heavy general wear to both items, scuffs, scrapes, knocks, dust, dirt, etc. Compass again heavily worn.
Lot 665
A group of ephemera including a postcard album with topographical, seaside humorous, portraiture, etc, further souvenir loose for Llandudno, cigarette cards, two stamp albums containing Elizabeth II stamps, etc.Additional InformationAlbum af, worn condition, some folding, creased, stained, etc.
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