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Lot 328
Williams (Glanmor) . The Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1962, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Stone (P. W. K.) , The Textual History of King Lear, 1st edition, Scolar Press, 1980, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, and other modern history reference & biography, including Charles Dickens, His Tragedy and Triumph, 2 volumes, by Edgar Johnson, 1952, & publications by Yale, Sutton, A. & C. Black, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 342
Rose (Elise Whitlock) . Cathedrals and Cloisters of Midland France, 2 volumes, The Knickerbocker Press, 1907, numerous blac & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decroated green cloth,boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Pooley (Charles) , An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Old Stone Crosses of Somerset, 1877, 21 monochrome illustrations including county map frontispeice, some light spotting & minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Davis (Richard C. [editor]) , The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846, The Journals of Charles Sturt, Hakluyt Society, 2002, 5 colour and black & white illustrations plus a map, original blue cloth in dust jacket, minor rubbing to head & foot of covers, 8vo, plus other mostly modern travel & U.K. topography reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 446
* Model gardens. A large quantity of Britains Miniature Gardening, Britains Ltd, 1930s, approximately 200 painted lead pieces, comprising stone walls, crazy paving squares, fence panels, rustic trelliswork, pair of bushes and gate, crazy paving squares, soil pieces of various shapes (some grass-edged), numerous assorted flowers, and a sundial, some rubbing to paintwork, various sizes (Qty: a carton)NOTESProvenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).Britains Ltd launched their painted lead 'Miniature Gardening' series in 1930, as a follow-up to the 1923 Britains Model Home Farm. It disappeared from the Britains catalogue by 1940, and was subsequently reproduced as a plastic version in the 1960s. The marketing strategy employed by Britains was two-fold, targeting both the adult horticulturist and the child: "In introducing their latest series to the public, Britains Limited feel that they are fulfilling a long-felt want, that of enabling the gardener, amateur or professional, to plan out his garden in thoroughly practical manner ... On the other hand, regarded purely as a toy, Britains Miniature Gardening has no equal ... Designs which may be made up from the various pieces are almost without limit and it is no exaggeration to say that whatever can be carried out in a full-size garden, can also be previously prepared in Britains Miniature gardening, and simplicity being the keynote of the whole, there are no difficult parts to fit together, no messy glue, nothing that even the smallest child cannot carry out and thoroughly enjoy."
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Lot 16
Bristol. An illustrated manuscript journal, by C[harlotte] H. Girdlestone, circa 1836, pp.41, written throughout in a neat hand to rectos and verso, interspersed with a few items of verse and 12 drawings and vignettes comprising: 5 botanical watercolours; a pen & ink drawing of 3 choristers; 2 mounted topographical watercolours, one of Nightingale Valley and the other depicting 'a magnificent Elm'; 3 pen & ink sketches of a distant settlement, the Severn Estuary, and trees; and a pencil sketch of St. John's Church, watermarked Joynson 1836, stitching lost and page block loose in original printed card covers 'Superfine London Copy Book', with owner's manuscript name on upper cover, 4to (23 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESCharting a two-week sojourn to Bristol and surrounding area, this skilfully-illustrated journal is by little-known artist Charlotte Girdlestone; a sketchbook by Charlotte is held by The National Archives, containing scenes in Cheshire drawn between 1837 and 1842, and a lithographic panorama of Regent's Park was sold at auction recently which was annotated in pencil: “Drawn on stone by Charlotte Girdlestone, between 1830 & 1835.” Amongst religious musings and extensive descriptions of flora, there are many mentions of excursions to places around Bristol, for example the writer describes a service at Bristol Cathedral, a trip to Clifton Downs, where the party view the Camera Obscura at the Observatory, and glimpse Cook's Folly "guarded from a lady's approach, by the abominations of a Beer shop and Tea gardens", a visit "to the Hotwells, where I drank the tepid water of the Spring ... ", and trips to the Zoological Gardens, Almondsbury Hill, Penpole Hill, the Ropeworks, Mr. Gassaway's Nursery Gardens, Henbury Cottages, and the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe where Hogarth's Altarpiece was examined and the tower ascended. Unsurprisingly there is an emphasis on painting and the arts, the writer making note of her own time spent drawing or arranging portfolios, as well as such notable occasions as a trip to Windsor Terrace, Clifton where "I did not see Mr. Rippingille's pictures" (presumably Bristol School artist Edward Villers Rippingille), although a subsequent trip was more successful "Admired pictures in Mr. West's Studio". An outing to see Mr. William's Cabinet of Minerals is described at length, and at the Academy of Arts the writer "examined the pictures for an hour" detailing certain pieces by Syers, Wolfe, Curnock, Simmons, Jackson. An evening is described in which "Mr. William brought home from a Sale, 3 boxes of Medallions in Plaster of Paris and Terra Cotta, most beautiful ... If each mind has its peculiar element of sympathetic pleasure, I think mine is in beauty of Form", going on to say "After the Medallions came the book of Ferns, from Madeira and Jamaica".
Lot 917
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st impression 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 1997, hardback ISBN 0 7475 3269 9, Clays printer's number 10-1, 'Philospher's' misprint on back cover, owner name in ballpoint on inside first page.Note - this book is one of approximately 500 copies of the first impression first edition, approx. 300 of these were given to libraries and schools, leaving a maximum 200 editions in general circulation in non ex-library condition.The actual number of survivors is unknown but thought to be very low (please see additional multiple images and condition report)Wear to all corners, generally clean inside with slight light discolouration to extremities, cover a little faded and with peeling acetate overlay in places
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