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Lot 45
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, IN A PRESENTATION BINDING WITH A TIPPED-IN LETTER PRESENTING THIS COPY TO ALBANY WILLIAM FONBLANQUE, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece after Daniel Maclise, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), browning and foxing to plates, autograph letter from the author (dated 14 November [1839]) tipped-in on front free endpaper, contemporary full green pebble grain morocco, sides ruled in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, g.e., pale yellow endpapers, upper joint and spine ends neatly repaired, cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase by Bayntun Riviere [Eckel, p.64; Smith I:5; Robert L. Patten, Charles Dickens and his Publishers, p.101], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839Footnotes:AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY TO THE JOURNALIST ALBANY WILLIAM FONBLANQUE, with an accompanying autograph letter to Fonblanque, sent from Doughty Street on Thursday 14 November, [1839].'My Dear Sir, Do me the favor to accept a copy of Nickleby, and with it the assurances of my warm regards and admiration', and further informing him of his impending move to 'nearer to your neighbourhood - Devonshire Place... and when this comes to pass, I cherish the hope of seeing you more frequently...'. The letter is published in the Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, volume 1, Clarendon Press, 1965, p.603.Albany William Fonblanque (1793-1872) was one of the greatest political journalists of this time, editor of The Examiner (1830-47) and leader-writer for The Times, Morning Chronicle and Dickens's own Daily News. According to J.S. Mill it was through Fonblanque that The Examiner became 'the principal representative, in the newspaper press, of Radical opinions' (Autobiography, p.173), and Thomas Carlyle considered that Fonblanque's journalism made him 'the cleverest man living of that craft at present' (Collected Letters, vol. 9, 1977, p.151). In his role as editor of The Examiner 'Fonblanque, famous for his sparkling wit and polished style, noticed the wit and exuberance of Dickens's earliest works', himself reviewing Dickens' earliest works, but probably commissioning Leigh Hunt to review Nickleby (Alec. W. Brice, 'Reviewers of Dickens in the Examiner: Fonblanque, Forster, Hunt, and Morley', Dickens Studies Newsletter, Vol. 3, No.3, September 1972, pp. 68-80).Perhaps most importantly in terms of Dickens's future career and reputation, it was Fonblanque who first brought Dickens to the attention of his biographer, champion and close friend John Forster, who from 1833 had been employed as drama literary critic at The Examiner. He recalled that 'The Sketches [of Boz] were much more talked about than the first two or three numbers of Pickwick, and I remember still with what hearty praise the book was first named to me by my dear friend Albany Fonblanque, as keen and clear a judge as ever lived either of books or men' (Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens, 1872). During his period of greatest influence between 1826 and 1837 Fonblanque was a fierce champion of the extension of suffrage, a strong opponent of the aristocratic principle and a leading supporter of the Reform Bill (1832). At this time he made 'frequent after-dinner appearances in London drawing-rooms: he was often at Holland House, had links with the Carlyles, William Macready, and the Dickens circle... [and despite] his poor health his great enthusiasm was yachting with the Royal Thames Yacht Club; Dickens joined him on two occasions' (ODNB).This copy is one of a small number of copies of Nicholas Nickleby specially bound in this full green morocco binding. See Robert L. Patten, Charles Dickens and his Publishers: 'Nickleby was ready by the end of October...in cloth for 21s., half-morocco for 24s. 6d., and full morocco, gilt, for 26s. 6d.'. Most of the morocco copies appear to have been reserved for presentation. The Suzannet collection had two: one presented to Dickens's sister Letitia Austin (item A.9, part of the portion of the library now preserved at Dickens House), and another presented to Sir David Wilkie (sold as lot 45 at Sotheby's sale of Autograph Manuscripts and Letters, Original Drawings and First Editions...from the collection of the late Comte Alain de Suzannet, 22 November, 1971).Provenance: Albany William Fonblanque, ownership signature on the front endpaper, and letter of presentation from Dickens tipped-in; Sotheby's, 12 July 2005, lot 99.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lot 475
Jenny Webbe (born 1949)/Still Life with Candlesticks/initialled and dated 2010/oil and oil pastel on canvas, 76cm x 84cm CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Lot 476
Jenny Webbe (born 1949)/Still Life on Lilac Cloth/initialled and dated 2010/oil and oil pastel on canvas, 66cm x 74cm CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Lot 485
Caroline Hunter (born 1964)/Still Life with Gecko/signed Hunter/acrylic on board, 37cm x 39cm/Provenance: purchased directly from the artist CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Lot 536
Francis Hewlett (British 1930-2012)/Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Glass/signed and dated '50/pencil drawing, 9.5cm x 14cm and/Female Statue/signed and dated 1950/pencil drawing, 13.5cm x 9.5cm [2] CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 655
PICTURES AND PRINTS ETC, to include a Peter Johnson etching 'Peter Pan, Kensington Gardens', approximate size 23cm x 18cm, still life flower study by Susan Benvegnin dated 1964, oil on board, a still life flower study signed Jensen-Paris, oil on board, Clement Flower golfing print, print of Ironbridge, Sidney Rowe print 'Cowgrove', unframed Cafieri landscape oil on canvas, and two distressed landscape oils (9)
Lot 770
PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include a nostalgic portrait of a young girl with a basket of flowers, indistinctly signed, oil on canvas, approximate size 60cm x 50cm, an E G Bawtry river landscape signed and dated 1975, approximate size 50cm x 75cm, a still life flower study signed Fields, oil on canvas, a still life fruit study signed L Spring?, signed limited edition Terence Macklin golfing print, Kevin Platt print of Polperro and a Kathleen Caddick winter landscape print
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