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Lot 95
South Africa Draft History of the South Africa Company prepared by Colonel Ferris cyclostyled on 228pp 4to in a ring folder private copy for circulation only in the company’s offices. Providing a history of the company created by Cecil Rhodes and which led to the formation of the South African republic. Loosely inserted is a programme for the laying of the corner stone of the new Charter House at Salisbury (ie modern day Harare Zimbabwe) and a few other pieces of ephemera.
Lot 156
Four antique walking canes late 19th / early 20th century, comprising an ebony cane with ivory tip and silver plated knop modelled as a leopard fighting a snake, the collar with presentation inscription dated 1867; a bamboo cane with horn handle carved as a mythical beast with open mouth, ivory tongue and red cut stone eyes; an ebonised cane with white metal eagle`s head handle with glass eyes, one missing; and a Malacca cane with Continental Art Nouveau style silver handle. (4)
Lot 620
Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1st ed., 2nd impression, 1999, presentation inscription, original boards, d.j., 8vo, together with others by Rowling including Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, deluxe ed., 6th impression, 1999, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003 and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005. (20)
Lot 687
Stone (George Cameron). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour in all Countries and in all Times, together with some Closely Related Subjects, pub. New York, 1961, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Sloane (William Milligan), Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols., pub. New York & London, 1896, num. col. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some wear, folio, with other military history and related. (3 shelves)
Lot 756
(Leland, Thomas, trans.). The Orations of Demosthenes, Delivered on Occasions of Public Deliberation. Together with the Orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes on the Crown, London, 1771, port. frontis., folding eng. map, some minor scattered spotting, contemp. sprinkled calf, gilt-dec. spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with The Modern Lithographer: A Monthly Magazine for the Stone and Plate Printer, the Artist, the Engraver, the Process Worker, and the Power Die Press Printer, Edited Robert Hilton, vols. 3 & 4 bound in 1, 1907-8, col. plts. with tissue guards, num. b & w illusts. contemp. half roan, scuffed, 4to, plus other miscellaneous books, including antiquarian. (3 shelves)
Lot 73
A Chinese blue and white baluster vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), painted with a broad band of hanging symbols including; jewel, solid lozenge, musical stone, and emblems of immortality below an artemisia leaf and musical stone and jewel border, lacking cover, foot rim chips, 18cm high and a small Chinese blue and white Long Eliza pattern vase, Kangxi style, chips to neck, 13cm high (2)
Lot 230
Thomson (David Croal). The Water-Colour Drawings of Thomas Bewick, pub. Babizon House, 1930, title page with tipped in col. plate, numerous tipped in col. plts. throughout, limited edition of 397/525, manuscript dedication to Sir George Clawson from Lockett Thomson (son of author), uncut, contemp. half morocco gilt, gilt title to upper board, 4to, together with, Stone (Reynolds), Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick, 1953, dec. title page, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, inserted signed letter from author, contemp. cloth gilt, 4to, with, Warner (Sylvia Townsend), Boxwood, Sixteen Engravings by Reynolds Stone, Illustrated in verse, 1958, dec. title page, limited edition of 500, contemp. cloth gilt, 8vo, with another copy of the same title but later edition, plus, Roscoe (S.), Thomas Bewick, A Bibliography Raisonne of Editions of the General History of Quadrupeds, The History of British Birds and The Fables of Aesop issued in his Lifetime, 1953, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, contemp. cloth with contrasting label to spine, d.j. chipped and frayed, large 8vo, together with another five books all relating to Thomas Bewick various sizes and condition. (10)
Lot 451
Currier & Ives. Printmakers to the American People. A Chronicle of the Firm, and of the Artists and their Work..., Reproductions of 142 of the Prints and Originals, Forming a Pictorial Record of American Life and Manners in the Last Century..., 2 vols., reprinted Arno Press, New York, 1976, b & w illusts., orig. cloth, 4to, together with America on Stone, The Other Printmakers to the American People..., reprinted Arno Press, New York, 1976, b & w illusts., orig. cloth, 4to. (3)
Lot 458
Gregynog Press. The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life. Written Originally in Spanish by Don Antonio de Guevara, put into English by H. Vaughan, Silurist, reprinted from the edition of 1655, with an Introduction by Henry Thomas, pub. Gregynog Press, New Town, Montgomeryshire, 1938, wood-engs. by Reynolds Stone, some spotting of front free endpapers, orig. quarter morocco with d.j., small 8vo (limited edition 128/400), together with Matrix 8. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, Whittington Press, Winter, 1988, num. col. and b & w illusts., including paper samples, orig. patterned boards in d.j. (a few minor marks including the number ‘20’ in red biro at head of upper corner), with others of book-related interest, including bibliography, typography, bookbinding, photography, a few minor private press items, artist/illustrator biographies, etc., mostly G/VG. (approx. 85)
Lot 525
* Bookbinding equipment. A miscellaneous collection of bookbinding hand tools and accessories etc., including backing hammer, band nippers, bone folders, steel rules, quantity of quality bookbinding/conservation & artist brushes, etc., together with a large litho stone, approx. 34 x 61cm (13.25 x 24ins), pressing weights (& flat irons), plus a misc. collection of craft/diy tools inc. a ‘Dremel’ drill & accessories etc.. (3 cartons)
Lot 302
A Collection of Pre-Columbian Items, comprising:- a Polychrome Nazca Figure, 200-600 AD, standing on an ebonised display plinth, 23cm high overall; a Fragment of Chimu Woven Cloth, 1000-1440 AD, 22.5cm by 8.5 cm, in a glazed frame; a Carved Stone Figurine of the Inca Goddess Pachamama (Earth Mother), crouching forwards and bearing traces of red pigment, 1440- 1532 AD, 12cm high; a Pre Inca Pot Fragment, in the form of the stylised head of a feline or bear, Bolivia circa 300BC-200 AD; a Chonta Palm Wood Burial Figure of a Chimu Priest, holding a libation cup and wearing a typical spiral headdress, North Eastern Peru, 1000-1440 AD, 17cm high (5)
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