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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVEA JAPANESE FOLIO OF PRINT REPRODUCTIONS AFTER KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY Including thirty reproductions of bijinga prints by Utamaro and a booklet about the artist, published by Japan Reader's Digest Company, 1979. (32) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE FOLIO OF SHUNGA PRINTS REPRODUCTIONS SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY Including forty-eight reproductions of erotic prints by various ukiyo-e artists including Utamaro, Kunisada and Hokusai, together with a booklet about shunga, published by Gakken (Gakushu Kenkyusha), 1979. (50) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE FOLIO OF LITHOGRAPHS AFTER MASAYUKI MIYATA (1926-97) SHOWA ERA, 20TH CENTURY Including fifty-six prints variously depicting beauties, flowers and religious scenes, with a booklet about the artist, no.1122 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies, published on 8th January 1975. (58) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
An illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, depicting Kamsa seizing Vasudeva and Devaki's daughter Nepal, 19th Centuryink, gouache and gold on paper 184 x 296 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceSigfred Taubert (1914-2008), Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1958-1973.The inscription describing the scene is in Nepali, written in nagari script. The inscription verso is a note of some kind, probably referring to the order of the pages, with the number 11.In the Bhagavata Purana, Kamsa was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom with its capital at Mathura. He is variously described as a demon (asura) or a demon reborn in human form. After overthrowing his father he became king, but a prophecy predicted that the eighth son of Vasudeva and Devaki would kill him, despite Devaki being his relative. He therefore killed all six of their children, but Krishna, their eighth son, after various adventures, ultimately slayed his uncle.In this illustration the imprisoned Vasudeva and Devaki are seated on a bed, their hands raised to their faces in horror at the murder of one of their sons in front of their eyes. Kamsa, the blue-skinned crowned figure in court dress appears twice, first grasping the child by his ankles and then on the right, killing him by bludgeoning him against a rock.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Sing [Sher Singh] Roi du Panjab et sa suite allant a la chasse aux environs de Lahore, Mars 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde Auguste Bry, Paris, 1850lithograph on paper, no. 21 from the elephant folio edition, title in lower border 488 x 692 mm. (to platemark); 618 x 870 mm. (sheet)Footnotes:See the note to lot 185.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/Lahore Avril 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde Auguste Bry, Paris, 1850lithograph on paper, no. 22 from the edition, title in lower border 487 x 690 mm. (to platemark); 620 x 868 mm. (sheet)Footnotes:A striking image from the elephant folio edition of 36 plates.Alexis Soltykoff was born in Saint Petersburg and after a brief stint in the Russian diplomatic service moved to Paris in 1840. He made two trips to India, in 1841-43, and then again in 1844-46. His letters written home to his brother were later published, in the popular success Lettres sur L'Inde (1848), which also included some lithographs based on drawings he had made in India. In 1850 the drawings were engraved by De Rudder and published in Voyages dans L'Inde in a 36-plate elephant folio edition (as in this lot and the one following), as well as subsequent octavo versions.There is a good deal of evidence that Soltykoff drew the scenes after which the lithographs were made, either directly from the life, or very soon after actual encounters. This is suggested by passages from his journals, describing his wide travels in India and the Punjab in particular, gathered in H. L. O. Garrett's The Punjab One Hundred Years Ago, as described by V. Jacquemont and A. Soltykoff (1935). As Garrett observes in his 'Prefatory Note', Soltykoff had his 'sketch book ever in readiness'. There are further passages which are intriguing: his face-to-face encounter with Sher Singh, a 'mass of cavalry' and elephants as an escort in 1842 (Garrett, p. 93); a hunting expedition with Sher Singh and hundreds of outriders and falconers (p. 101); and his daunting meeting with groups of Akali warriors, 'with high black turbans having daggers and plumes fixed in them' (pp. 94, 99-100).For a rare sheet of drawings by Soltykoff, dated 1848, in which appear at least one of the figures who feature in these lithographs, see the sale in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 30th April 2019, lot 209.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Folio of seven etchings and prints after James Gillray, including five sheets from a publication, each sheet having images on both sides with plate numbers, all unframed.Condition report:Plate numbers and titles:137 - Retribution: Tarring & Feathering/ 139 verso - The Crown and Anchor Libel143 - a Hackney Meeting/ 145 verso - The Dog Tax263 - Preparing for the Grand Attack/ 265 - Sketch of the Interior of St Stephens350 - Patriotic Petitions on the Convention/ Verso cut, titled Disciples catching the mantle421 - Oh! That this too too solid flesh.../ 423 verso - The Loss of the Faro Bank
ARR Dom Sylvester Houedard (1924-1992) & Students of Bath Academy of Artto catch a whiteman by his manifestoeed 11/30folio comprising 15 lithographs in colours (including title page)published by Openings Press48cm x 48cm each Houedard was a Benedictine priest, ordained at Prinknash Abbey, and a leading exponent of concrete poetry. Folio boards showing signs of wear, including scuffing. Some wear to the individual sheets, including foxing and some spotting.
ARR Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006)headlines/eavelinesfolio comprising 13 lithographs in colours48cm x 48cm each Some condition issues. Extensive wear to card folio covers, including foxing and browning. The prints themselves are in better condition, with light foxing and some undulation to most of the sheets, with others showing more extensive areas of spotting.
FOURTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, comprising Frederick Raphael 'Of Gods And Men', 'Cyrano De Bergerac's Voyages to the Moon and Sun' illustrated by Quentin Blake (slipcover faded), 'The Leopard' by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa (owners stamp to inside cover page), 'The Cream of Noel Coward', The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook' (damaged cover), 'Procopius: The Secret History, (faded slip cover), 'Chacko: Alife in Letters', 'Poetic Gems' from the life of William McGonagall (owners stamp to inside cover page), 'The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon' (owners stamp, faded slipcase) 'Nightmare Abbey' Thomas Love Peacock, 'South From Grenada' Gerald Brenan (owners stamp), 'The Loved One' Evelyn Waugh with illustrations by Beryl Cook (front cover scratched, slipcase faded, 'Beastiary' introduced by Richard Barber (back cover marked), 'My Life And Times' Jerome K. Jerome (no slipcase), Condition Report: major issues mentioned above, there may be small marks or dirty marks not mentioned (1 box)
"Burke's Landed Gentry 1952", published by Burke's Peerage Ltd "Who's Who" 1952, Adam & Charles Black "De Brett's Distinguished People of Today 1990" "Whitaker's Almanac 1963" "Kelly's Handbook to the Titled Landed and Official Classes" Folio society "Jane Austen Works", 3 vols, 'Sense and Sensability', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Emma' Marshall, Dendy C F "A History of the Southern Railway", 1936, folding plans, illustrations, maps, etc, green cloth, ex-Boots Library and other volumes (2 boxes)
Scott, Sir Walter "The Waverley Novels - The Holyrood Edition", The Gresham Publishing Company, n.d., 25 vols, green cloth with gilt titles and decorations Philip, George "Philip's New Handy General Atlas and Gazetteer ... 3rd edition ...", George Philip & Son Ltd, The London Geographical Institute 1930, numerous colour double maps, red cloth with damp damage, binding loose, the whole book is cocked, large folio Hanson, George Esq "A Voyage Around the World in the Years 1740 ...", 5th edition, printed for the author John Paul Knapton in 1749, all copper plates are missing, full contemporary leather with raised bands and gilt titles and assorted antiquarian volumes some in French, leather bound, etc (2 boxes)
Quantity of folio society within slip cases, to include Trollope, Johnson, Damon Runyan, Fielding, A E Housman, etc Churchill, Winston S "The Second World War", 6 vols with dust wrappers (not first editions) "Royal Air Force 1939-49", 3 vols, published by HMSO Churchill, Winston S "History of the English Speaking Peoples" in 4 vols, with dust wrappers Clark, Sir George "A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London", Clarendon Press, Oxford 1964, dust wrappers and other volumes (2 boxes)
Wild, John James "At Anchor, a Narrative of Experience Afloat and Ashore during the Voyage of HMS Challenger from 1872 to 1876", illustrations by the author, Marcus Ward & Co, 1878, chromolithographic plates to include 'The Hottentots of Humboldt Bay', front board and backstrip detached, full green cloth with blindstamped and gilt decorations which are very worn, large folio, a.e.g
The set of 25 official promotional posters for every James Bond film from Dr. No to The Living Daylights also includes rarely seen alternative artworks for many of the 1980s films. To commemorate James Bond's 25th Anniversary, EON Productions issued a limited run of smaller, matte-finished posters measuring 11" x 17". Well known promotional artwork for every film from Dr. No to The Living Daylights together with rarely seen alternative posters for Octopussy, A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights, and the very rare Kara Milovy concert poster are included. Totalling 25 and as one lot they are in a protective plastic folio, ready to be framed as desired.Remaining images to follow.Click here for more details and images
Hanham (Frederick); 'Natural Illustrations of The British Grasses', first edition with pressed specimens, two loose inside cover, pub. Binns and Goodwin, Bath and Whittaker & Co., London, 1846, gilt tooled leather folio, together with Goldsmith (Oliver) 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature', two vols, pub. Blackie and Son, London, 1862, pulishers gilt red cloth (3)
Mecham (Clifford Henry); 'Sketches & Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow. From Drawings Made during the Siege', tinted lithographed title with vignette, 27 views on 17 tinted lithographed plates, folio, pub. Day & Son, October 1858, as found, binding insecure, some loose leaves, foxing throughout, please see images.
Furniture Books Macquoid (Percy), A History of English Furniture, four volumes (The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, The Age of Satinwood). London: W. Collins Sons & Company, 1919, plates, uniform cloth gilt, folio; Cescinsky (Herbert and Ernest R. Gribble), Early English Furniture and Woodwork, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1922, two volumes, illustrations throughout, folio; Symonds (R. W.), The Present State of Old English Furniture, London: Duckworth & Co., 1921, plates, cloth gilt, quarto; Four others. (11)Provenance: Dutton Manor, Lancashire
Książ Castle Visitors' Book A visitors' book from Książ Castle, Lower Silesia, Poland, early-20th century, containing signatures of notable European figures, including Ludwig III of Bavaria, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Friedrich Augustus III, King of Saxony, Prince Henry of Prussia. Half-filled, folio, first leaf with "Zamek Furstenstein Silesia, 1915" in pencil, approximately thirty-six signatures signed directly to the leaves, three on a folded leaf loosely inserted and one on a piece of paper pasted to a leaf, dates range from 1915-1917, ink and pencil, some later pencil captions identifying the signatures, one leaf with seven signatures dated 1934, decorative embossed leather binding of a falconer with brass floral cornerpieces, stamped "Pfannstiel-Weimar" in gilt to lower board. With Emperor Wilhelm II autograph letter signed, ink on one side of a folded sheet of paper, signed "Wilhelm R.", dated 1905, loosely inserted.
Six volumes mostly relating to fox hunting and hounds: 1. Ivester Lloyd (T), Hounds, pub. London: Hutchinson 1934, signed and numbered 41 from an edition of 250, half calf and green cloth, 4to; 2. Watson (Frederick), Hunting Pie (pub. London: Witherby 1931, frontis loose; 3. Leighton (Robert), The Complete Book of the Dog, pub. London, Cassell 1922; 4. Sassoon (Siegfried), The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, The Folio Society, 1971, 3 vols in slip case.
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