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Click here to subscribeCOCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French writer, playwright, artist, designer & filmmaker. A fine signed 7 x 9.5 photograph, the unusual image showing Cocteau in a half-length pose, annotating something to a still blank page. Smartly signed in blue ink to the white background of the blank page `1952 Herzlich Jean´ ("1952 Cordially Jean"), also adding alongside and in his own hand his usual star sketch. Bearing to the verso the photographer´s stamp. VG
EASTWOOD CLINT & RUSSO RENE: Clint Eastwood (1930- ) American actor and film director, Academy Award winner, & Rene Russo (1954-) American Actress & Model. Signed 7 x 5 photograph by Eastwood and Russo, the image depicting them in a head and shoulders friendly pose, with Russo´s hand over Eastwood´s shoulder, in a scene of the political action thriller film In the Line of Fire (1993). Individually signed by Eastwood and Russo in bold blue and black inks respectively to clear areas of the image, Russo adding a heart sketch above his signature. VG
FAWCETT FARRAH: (1947-2009) American actress and model, famous for her role as Jill Munroe in Charlie's Angels (1976-77). Signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph, the image showing Fawcett in a close-up portrait pose. Signed and inscribed ('Love, Farrah Fawcett') in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, adding a heart sketch at the base in her hand. VG to EX
PALVIN BARBARA: (1993- ) Hungarian Model. A Victoria´s Secret Angel. Signed colour 8 x 11 photograph by Palvin, the image showing the top model seated in a sensual half nude three quarter length pose. Signed in bold blue ink `Barbara´ to a clear area of the image adding a heart sketch immediately beneath her signature. EX
Zoe Arnold. A sterling silver necklace, the centrepiece with a sketch beneath agate plaque, bezel set ruby, mother of pearl gaming counter in the form of a fish, and dyed agate drop, to bar link necklace with hook clasp, London hallmarks, 2006, maker's mark, in maker's case signed and dated 2006Provenance: The collection of the late Jane Sinclair Morpeth
*Joan Warburton (1920-1996) collection of 20 works on paper, including still life sketches, interiors, botanical studies and others, with letter of provenance:'To the owner of this folder created at the suggestion of Reeman Dansie for their September 2024 auction. I confirm that these drawings, although not signed as they are from leaves of her many sketch pads, are the work of my mother, Joan Warburton. They were drawn in the nineteen seventies & eighties some whilst living in Chelsea and then later at my parents' house in Stoke-by- Nayland where they lived from 1970 until their deaths. My mother was a most disciplined painter, who would draw every day the objects & plants that surrounded her.I sign this as Liam, my somewhat unused first name, as I have always been known as Twig after a remark made to my mother by Kathleen Hale, who in turn was christened Moggie, by Lett (Arthur Lett-Haines, who ran the East Anglian School of Painting & drawing with his partner Cedric Morris) due to her success with her children’s books Orlando, the Marmalade Cat. Incidentally my mother was always known as Maudie after Lett noticing her at an upstairs window surveying the party below cried out “Come into the garden Maud” I hope you enjoy these sketches as much as my mother enjoyed drawing them. Liam P O’Malley
Harrison, J C (ills) "The Birds of Prey of the British Islands", descriptive text by David Evans, Fine Bird Books 1980, no.203 of a limited edition of 275 copies signed by the artist and the author, with a pencil sketch signed by the artist on the limitation page, colour plates, pictorial ep showing various birds in flight, two pamphlets from Fine Bird Books and an exhibition pamphlet for the Tryon Gallery and the Moreland Gallery, half calf over linen boards within a linen backed slip case, t.e.g., 52cm x 41.5cm
Beatles Reel to Reel Tape / Interviews / Radio Shows etc, a Scotch reel to reel tape with written notes of the recordings included, many by the Beatles including Cilla Black Show Inc her singing Back in the USSR and Don't Pass Me By, Act Naturally (with Ringo) plus a sketch with Ringo, World at One Paul Interview, Night Ride (Paul), Kenny Everett Show (John Lennon Interview) and London Palladium Show (See photos for full details) - untested but has come from the late owner of a very large Beatles collection and a Fan Club member - tape appears in Excellent condition
A sketch and a watercolour A pencil sketch of Rhyl dated 'Sept. '98' by Horatio Walter Lonsdale (British 1844-1919); and a watercolour of a ship at sea by Frederick James Aldridge (British 1850-1933).The Lonsdale 11cm x 18cm. The Aldridge 7.5cm x 17.5cm.Qty: 2Both a little browned, otherwise good condition.
Original vintage advertising poster for a theatrical revue Oh! Calcutta in Elysee-Montmartre Paris. The poster features orange background with black lettering and a sketch of nude couple standing close to each other. Oh Calcutta, controversial for its time, was written by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980), and debuted Off-Broadway 1969. The show sparked considerable controversy at the time due to its extended scenes of total nudity, both male and female. The title is taken from a painting by Clovis Trouille, itself a pun on "O quel cul t'as!?", French for "Oh, what an arse you have!" Good condition, folds, pin holes, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: France, designer: Le Colas, size (cm): 60x40, year of printing: 1970
PANAMARENKO (1940-2019), drawing on a bread bag Pierre pour les amis, referral sketch of the Eendenbek, signed and dated 18.10.03PANAMARENKO (1940-2019), tekening op een broodzakje Pierre pour les amis, verwijsschets naar de Eendenbek, getekend en gedateerd 18.10.0323 x 10 cm provenance: verzameling Jan Hoet - collection Jan Hoet, certificaat Nicolas Geniets
Illustrated Books. Edward (Lionel, illustrator), “More Shires & Provinces” by “Sabretache”, first edition, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1928, tipped-in colour plates, original publisher’s green cloth, cover lettered in blind, the spine in gilt, top edge green, others uncut, folio (36 x 28cm); Forrard-On!, first edition, London: Country Life Ltd., 1930, monochrome illustrations, original cloth over marbled boards, 4to; My Hunting Sketch Book, first edition, second impression, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, November 1928, tipped-in colour plates, original cloth, 4to; My Scottish Sketch Book, Country Life Ltd., 1929, split gutter holding, tipped-in colour plates, original grey cloth, 4to; My Irish Sketch Book, first edition, Collins, 1938, plates, green cloth, 4to; another six illustrated works by LE, mixed original bindings and sizes, (11)
Children's Pop-Up Books. [Disney] Silly Symphonies, Babes in the Woods, King Neptune, London: Dean & Son, Ltd., n.d. [c. 1940], polychrome printed pop-ups, b/w in-text illustrations, original pictorial boards, 4to; another Disney book, not pop-up, Fantasia, New York: Simon Schuster, 1940, in-text colour and b/w illustrations, original cloth, folio (33 x 25cm); The Children's Book of Pantomimes, London: Cassell, n.d. [1930], pictorial boards, 4to; Pym (Roland, illustrator), Cinderella: A Peepshow Book, Norwich: Jarrold & Sons Ltd., n.d. [c. 1950], original cloth over pictorial boards, 8vo; Giraud's Animal Life, [London]: Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd., n.d. [1939], original pictorial boards, oblong 4to; ABC in Living Models, 8vo; others, early 20th c and later, original publisher's bindings, folio et infra, (11)
The Cartwright family of Marnham Hall, Nottinghamshire. A portfolio of manuscript and other ephemera, early 19th c and later, including Americana: verse addressed to and about George Cartwright (1739/40-1819), British Army officer and later trader-explorer in Newfoundland and Labrador, by his brother John Cartwright (1740-1824), Royal Navy officer, major in the Nottinghamshire militia and political radical, n.d., 11 lines of verse; John Ternouth (1796-1848), sculptor, MS letter, dated 16 Feb:y 1826, presumably in a secretarial, addressed to Miss Cartwright, almost certainly Frances Dorothy Cartwright (1780-1863), JC's niece-adopted daughter and biographer, viz. sculpting a sepulchral monument in memoriam to the aforementioned radical; postal history franked cover addressed to Mrs. H. Strickland (née Mary Cartwright; the daughter, along with Frances, of the Rev. Edmund (1743-1823), JC'S brother), the verso of which is illustrated and inscribed with a spider and manuscript by one of her children; further children's and juvenile drawings, mostly natural history, including cut paperwork, mixed media, principally watercolour; pencil sketch of a country house, further amateur floor plans in pen-and-ink; Photograph of a picture now (1861) in the possession of G. Cartwright Esq:r (son of the younger Ed:d therein represented. The group was designed & arranged by Major John C. brother to Dr C [Rev. Dr Edmund C] and painted by [?]; further ephemera indicative of provenance through Edmund Cartwright's line of descent, early 19th c reverse calf over marbled boards, folio (37 x 23cm)
A large quantity of miscellaneous pictures, prints and printed ephemera, 18th c and later, including a Victorian piracy broadside, [The Flowery Land Mutineers] [...] The Five Sea Pirates, London: H. Such, Printer and Publisher, 1864, some losses, but the ballad complete, 24 x 17.5cm; after Henry Beighton (1687-1743), The South Prospect of Blithe-Hall (sic; Blythe) in Warwickshire, The Seat of the Author Sir William Dugdale, 1728, etching and engraving, tatty, 42 x 46cm; Thomas Major after Bonaventura Peeters the Elder; defective Thomas Maybank lithograph with aeroplanes; 1669 birds-eye view engraving of a Dutch formal garden; other 17th/18th c Baroque gardens; 18th copperplate engraved coats of arms; other plates, including English country houses and other topography; 19th c pencil sketch of Lismore Castle; fashion, cartoons and humour; cookery; etc., mixed media, various sizes, (approx. 300) Mixed condition.
Wales. Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, two-volume set, first edition thus, London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1841, uniformly bound in contemporary red quarter-calf over marbled boards gilt, unusual sewn-in silk bookmarks, 8vo, (2) Provenance: Diana, Lady Hamlyn-Williams (née Whitaker; 1766-1849), married Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, 2nd Baronet (1765-1829), of Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, and Clovelly Court, Devon, sometime MP and High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire; each pastedown with her monogrammed book label and with her ink manuscript ownership inscription: Lady Hamlyn-Williams/Norwood [Surrey] Jan:y 1842, the ffep of volume I with a pen-and-ink and pencil sketch of a cottage orné, almost certainly by her hand.
Crimean War. H. Bradley Roberts (Lieut. Royal Marine Artillery, now serving in the Army of the East; fl. mid-19th c), A Series of Sketches Illustrative of The Scenery at the Seat of War in the Crimea. Part I., [London]: Dickinson Brothers, Her Majesty's Publishers, n.d. [c. 1853-56], a portfolio of five: 1) Sketch of the Position Occupied by the Royal Marines and Left Wing of the Second Battalion of the Rifle Brigade; 2) Entrance to the Harbour of Balaklava (Balaclava) and Old Genoese Castle; 3) Head Quarters of Second Battalion Brigade of Royal Marines - The Orderly Hut - The Lieut. Colonels' Hut and the Adjustant's Hut; 4) View of the Right of the Position Occupied by the Royal Marines and the Left Wing of the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade; & 5) Monastery of St. George - Crimea - Seven Miles, South of Sebastopol (Sevastopol) and N.W. of Balaklava, tinted lithographs, 38 x 55.5cm, loosely-inserted in the original wrapper; and a similar print, Thomas Ashburton Picken (1818-1891) after William Simpson (1823-1899), The Field of Inkermann, London: Published Feb:y 19th 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., [& lithographed by] Day & Son, chromolithograph, 38.5 x 57.5cm Mixed condition: see images.
HENRY MOOREShelter-Sketch-Book. Berlin: Rembrandt Verlag GmbH / London: Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. 1967. 37 x 31 cm. Mit einer signierten und numerierten OrFarblithographie auf handgeschöpftem Bütten von H. Moore in Umschlag. 80 montierte mehrfarbige Lichtdrucke. 4 Bll. Titel, Vorwort und Impressum. Lose Bogen in OrLn.-Kassette in zusätzlicher Pp.-Kassette.(Kassette mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.)Nr. 19 von 180 Exemplaren der deutschen Ausgabe, im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert.
Realistic hinged mini box boasts an elegant gray flamingo with hints of pink on green aquatic plant sitting in blue water. Gilded clasp at hinge opens to reveal a sketch of a shrimp. Peint Main Limoges France MB Serie Limitee back stamp. 4of 50. 98. Artist: MBIssued: 20th c. Dimensions: 2.75"L x 1.5â€W x 3â€HEdition Number: 4 of 50Country of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
From Sir Charles Carroll by descent to his great-grandson, Charles Carroll (1865-1921), thence to an aunt of the present owner U.S.A., Sir Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1826, a silver medal by C. Gobrecht, draped bust left, rev. the surviving signer of the declaration of independence after the 50th anniversary within wreath, upon entering his 90th year above, date below, 50mm, 50.10g (Julian PE-6; BDM VII, 372; cf. Martin V, 1096). Bright from past polishing, some surface marks and more noticeable edge knocks, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare; in original maroon gilt-blocked case [this somewhat scuffed] £1,500-£2,000 --- As John Kraljevich remarked in his cataloguing of the Syd Martin specimen, the Carroll medals were distributed to family and friends, not numismatists, so nearly all were handled and polished over the years. David Tripp's study of this medal yielded a population of 17 silver medals and three in gold; six copper examples are known. It seems possible from the documentary evidence that the known silver and gold medals account for the entire original mintage, as the dies were extracted from the Mint and held by the family rather than left on deposit for decades of restriking. Forrer quotes from an article in The Numismatist, December 1911, quoting a biographical sketch of the artist, Christian Gobrecht, in which Carroll’s grandson wrote “The impressions of the dies you [Gobrecht] sent me were very much admired by every one at a dinner given on the birthday of my grandfather, and pronounced excellent.” Sir Charles Carroll (1737-1832), the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, was known contemporaneously as the ‘First Citizen’ of the American colonies, a consequence of signing articles in the Maryland Gazette with that pen name. The product of a Jesuit education in France, he inherited vast estates upon his return to Annapolis in 1765 from reading law in London. Not initially interested in politics, as Catholics had been barred from holding office in the state since 1704, Carroll began to become a powerful voice for independence in the early 1770s and was a leading opponent of British rule. A delegate at the Annapolis Convention, which functioned as Maryland’s revolutionary government prior to the Declaration of Independence, he was elected to the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776 and, after the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on the same day, 4 July 1826, became the last living signatory of the Declaration. Reputed to be the wealthiest man in America at the time, Carroll presided over a 10,000-acre estate. A member of the Maryland Senate from 1781 to 1800, he was elected as one of the first senators from Maryland in 1789, but resigned in 1792 after the state passed a law barring individuals from serving in both state and federal offices simultaneously. Though he retired from public life in 1801, he helped to create the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1827 and he laid the foundation stone of the railroad on 4 July 1828
Scrap and photograph albums Collection of albums, early 19th century and later Photograph album containing two early photographs, possibly salted paper prints from calotype negatives, c.1860, one depicting a pointed arch bridge over a river in a wooded landscape (17.5 x 14.8cm), another depicting a church with features including a porch with a crow-stepped gable (15.2 x 12.4cm), together with approx. 45 albumen-print photographs mainly of Aberdeenshire, Deeside, most signed in the negative by John Valentine or George Washington Wilson;Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, c.1800-1810, also including: The Praises of Aberdeen, sung by a Wandering Bard, viz. Logan Loveit, printed for the author, 8th October 1807 (printed broadside); ‘The Ladies Diary' (manuscript verse on 2 sheets); pen-and-ink sketch of a man-of-war; Explanation of the Beautiful View of Messina, in Sicily … now exhibiting in the great Rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square, London: J. Adlard, [1811) (printed broadside, creased); and similar;Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, c.1810-20, in poor condition with much material loose, contents including: ‘Fanaticism, account of a sutee. By an eye witness. Burdwan, Nov 27th 1820’, manuscript, 2 pp.; several manuscript poems; hand-coloured etched caricatures including R. Dighton, ‘The Specious Orator’, 1794, ‘Poor John Bull, The Free Born Englishman, J. Bairburn, 1819’; stipple-engraved portraits of French statesmen and notables of the Napoleonic era.Together with: 5 other albums including: album of lithographs and etchings, mid-19th century, including William Heath, ‘We Have the Exhibition to Examine’, various costume prints, genre scenes, landscapes, etc. many hand-coloured; 2 photograph albums; Jerusalem tourist album of photogravures and flower cuttings; Straloch estate manuscript notebook, 1896-1930; and a folder of prints and watercolours, 19th century From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.
Macintyre, Duncan Ban (1724-1812) Orain Ghaidhealach Le Donnchadh Macantsoir. Duneidiunn [Edinburgh]: gu feim an Ughdair, 1790. Second edition, 12mo (16.2 x 9cm), xi [1] 252 pp., contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments with alternating griffin and star devices, Greek-key roll gilt to covers, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, half-title, list of subscribers, small spot to sigs. S-T.With 2 others, both small 8vo, in 18th-century red morocco gilt (Jacob Masen, Sarcotis Carmen editio altera, Cologne: et venit Parisiis, apud J. Barbou, 1757; Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata [part 2:] Marci-Antonii Mureti Juvenilia [part 3:] Joannis Secundus Hagiensis Juvenilia, Leiden, 1757, 2 engraved portraits) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman The Gaelic poems of Duncan Ban MacIntyre were first published in 1760. All contemporary editions are rare, with no copies of any edition earlier than 1832 otherwise traced in auction records. The work is entirely in Gaelic except for a dedication to John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane, a single-page biographical sketch of the author, and the list of subscribers, in which Highland residents predominate, including 150 individuals with the surname Campbell, and ten Donald McIntyres.
Dundee Collection of manuscripts by James Thomson of Dundee, mid-19th century all closely written in an italic hand, most works signed by James Thomson, a few (e.g. ‘The Houff’ and ‘The Last Literary Remains of Foo-Fozzle’) not signed but in the same hand, contents comprise: ‘The Last Literary Remains and Relics of the World-Renowned Foo-Foozle, D.D.D.D. and M.L. of Ching-Chang, and Mandarin of Ten Golden Buttons and Five Siler Tassel; in Joint Stock with those of the ever famous John Young, Late of Forebank, Esquire … Chang-Quang: Souchong, Printer. Young Hyson, Publisher. 14th Day, VIth Moon, Year 1845'. 4to, 206 pp., lined paper wrappers; ‘An Account of the Island of Icolmkill [Iona] as it was in the year 1771. A New Edition revised and corrected. J. Thomson, Scripsit’, Dundee, 15th June, 1852. 4to, green paper wrappers, 16 pp., old staining to rear; ‘Tour through Part of Perth and Fifeshires from Dundee by Ingergowrie, Foulis, Longforgan, Inchture, Dunsinane, Raitt, Errol, Abernethy, Abbey of Lindores and the Abbey of Balmerino to Newport in 1823. Also An Excursion from Dundee to Meigle in the same year … By James Thomson. Third Edition enlarged [sic]’, Dundee, 18232. 8vo, drab paper wrappers, 116 pp., ownership inscription of John Campbell dated Dundee 1837 to title-page; ‘Poems and Songs by Sigma. In Three Volumes, Volume First [ … Second … Third], 1828 [dated at rear]. 4to, contemporary half calf, 125, 43, 126 pp., inscribed on versos of title-page, ‘Dundee 21st July 1841, presented to Mr John Campbell by the author as a small mark of esteem after an acquaintanceship of sixteen years without a cross word occurring during that time to mar the friendship which endured in the course of these years, James Thomson’; 'Gildas Sapiens, de Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae. Gildas the Wise, concerning the Subversion and Complaint of Britain; being the Historical Part or First Thirty-One Chapters of his Epistle, Modernised from the Translation made from the Original Latin, and published in 1638. With a New Introduction and Copious Notes. By James Thomson', Dundee, 15th July 1852. 8vo, marbled wrappers, 56 pp.; ‘The Houff: a Selection of the best Epitaphs and Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern, in the Houff or Common Burying Ground, Dundee … By Old Mortality, Junior’, Dundee, 1834. 4to, contemporary limp marbled boards, 150 pp., together with another copy with a slightly variant title, disbound; ‘Narrative of Occurrences in the Parish of Newtyle at the Beginning of the 18th Century, as Illustrative of the Mourners of Former Times. With an Appendix of Select Excerpts from the Parish Register of Auchterhouse. By a Gleaner’, Dundee, 1842. Folio, 22 pp., with a pen-and-ink sketch of Newtyle Castle signed J. Thomson to title-page; ‘The Parish Register or Book of the Session, with Notes and an Appendix of Additional Curious Collections. The whole intended as Authentic Illustrations of Former Times. By James Thomson' [no date]. 4to, contemporary half calf, 211 pp., ownership inscription ‘John Campbell, Crichton Street, Dundee’ to p. 1; ‘The Parish Register or Parochial Annals, Being Extracts from the Records of Various Parishes selected as Illustrations of Ancient Manners’, 1828. 4to, blue paper wrappers, 178 pp.; ‘Supplement to the History of Dundee by James Thomson’, Dundee, 1847. Oblong 8vo, plain paper wrappers, 162 ff., written on rectos only; 'The Book of ye comoun Rentallis of the Burgh of Dundie, Almishous and Kirkwark thairof, this maid … in the tyme of Mr James Haliburtoun, Provost … Extracted from the Locked Book of Burgesses by James Thomson', Dundee, 1838. 8vo, 59 pp., blue paper wrappers (front wrapper missing, front blank detaching), inscription in a separate hand (presumably the recipient's) ‘To Mr J. Campbell from J. Thomson the editor … 1841’ on p. [3]; ‘Observations, Exclamations, and Narrations in Verse; being the Reveries, and Day-Dreams, of [symbols]. In six Cantos, by An Observer. Printed by _ And sold by all the Booksellers’. Dundee, 1825. 4to, plain paper wrappers, 40 pp..Together with a further volume of manuscript notes by Thomson (containing transcripts of 18th-century court of session hearings), and a related printed work (A Feast of Literary Crumbs … By Foo Foozle and Friends, Ancient Citizens of Dundee … Dundee: William Kidd, c.1880, no. 1 in the ‘Dundee Reprints’ series, front wrapper captioned ‘facsimile of original cover’ and including imprint J. Valentine, Dundee, 1848') (15) The author of these manuscripts can be identified with that of the published work The History of Dundee (Dundee, 1847; 2nd edition 1874) on the basis of the introduction to the ‘Supplement of the History of Dundee by James Thomson’. A mixture of literary squibs, epic poetry in Byronic cantos, and thorough antiquarianism, they are presented in the style of printed books, with neatly arranged title-pages and in one case ('An Account of the Island of Icolmkill') mock printer's signature-marks to the lower margins. The National Library of Scotland holds a manuscript by James Thomson of Dundee titled `Gleanings of Antiquity in Forfarshire’ and dated 1825 (Adv.MS.35.6.17). Dundee Central Library holds a small collection of manuscripts by him, including ‘The Houff’ (1835), ‘The Book of the Houff' (1838), and ‘Tours through Parts of Forfar, Perth, and Fifeshires’ (1833). It is possible that parts of the ‘Supplement of the History of Dundee’ and ‘The Last Literary Remains … of Foo-Foozle’ appear in printed form in the 1874 edition of The History of Dundee and A Feast of Literary Crumbs (op. cit.) respectively, but it is unclear whether any of the works in the lot have ever been published in their entirety.
6 Albums and a box of loose cards, including Valentine's cards Mostly 19th century, including 34 cards Album, 23 x 29.5cm, containing 24 Valentine's cards, including one with moving parts and reading: “You wish for a husband - here's a beau / You cannot resist his ways; / He can dance to your hearts [sic.] content & so, / Listen to what he says…”, some with original doily envelopes attached;Small box containing two envelopes, at least one containing flower scraps (the other sealed) and 9 Valentine's cards, some in envelopes, one with a small glass panel covering a painting;4 sketch books and clippings / letter albums;Album of photographs of a voyage in the Baltic Sea, 28 images (7)
Dixon, Charles George Sketch of Mairwara giving a Brief Account of the Origin and Habits of the Mairs; their Subjugation by a British Force; their Civilisation, and Conversion into an Industrious Peasantry; with Descriptions of Various Works of Irrigation in Mairwara and Ajmeer, constructed to facilitate the Operations of Agriculture, and Guard the Districts against Drought and Famine. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850. First edition, 4to (27.2 x 21cm), contemporary green half morocco, vi 241 pp., 9 tinted lithographic plates, 20 lithographic maps and plans, nearly all double-page or folding, and including one folding area map on linen printed in colours, ink-stamp of Steel & Broomfield of Cannon Street (presumably the binder) to front free endpaper, ex Manchester Public Free Libraries with shelfmark and arms gilt to spine, library plate and shelfmark label to front pastedown, and blind stamps to plates, maps and plans and text-leaves, small hole in Z4, bound without advertisement leaf [Abbey Travel 475] Very rare: according to Abbey, citing the English Catalogue, ‘the work was privately printed, and Smith, Elder may therefor only have published it on Dixon’s behalf'. ‘The tract of country known by the name of Mairwara forms a portion of the Arabala chain of hills, running from Goozerat to within a few miles of Dehli. It is bounded by Ajmeer to the north, and separates Meywar on the east from Marwar on the west: to the south are the hill possessions of Meywar’ (p. 1).
Sir William Russell Flint P.R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W., R.O.I., R.E. (Scottish 1880-1969) Drawings London: Collins, 1950. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 125 copies signed by the artist and including an original drawing, this copy additionally with an autograph letter signed from Flint concerning the publication of the work, folio (35 x 25cm), original morocco-backed cloth, the original drawing by Sir William Russell Flint being a pencil sketch on wove paper, titled 'Gitana, Granada', signed and dated (1931) lower right, 25 x 20cm, tipped to window mount and hosed in original grey paper wallet, original slipcase. Spine abraded at head and with small hole to head of each joint, spotting to endpapers, card wallet spotted and with closed handling tear to opening, slipcase spotted.Together with 12 others, children's and illustrated books, including: E. Teriade (editor), Verve, An Artistic and Literary Quarterly, Vol. 1., No. 1, 1937, first edition, folio, original printed wrappers, 4 original lithographs by Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Abraham Rattner and Francisco Bores; Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, c.1905, early edition, 16mo, original boards, gift inscription dated 1905, short crack to foot of front inner hinge, frontispiece loose, a few spots; ibid., The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1904, first edition, 16mo, original boards, contemporary gift inscription pasted to front free endpaper; Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, 1873, first edition, thirty-third thousand, original cloth, inner hinges cracked; and similar (13) There were 500 further copies of Flint's work, issued with a signed print rather than an original drawing.
Antique original watercolor and brown ink on paper of Patrick O Connor, murdered by Marie Manning and her husband in the case known as the Bermondsey Horror. Includes ink writings on verso of drawing. Signature, name of sitter, and date in ink: Patrick O Connor the Guager (sic) 1849 by Robert Cruikshank. Written in ink below drawing: Portrait Sketch of Patrick O'Connor the Guager, 1849 By Robert Cruikshank. Artwork dimensions: 3.50"L x 4.50"H. Mat size: 10.50"L x 15.25"H. Artwork can be unframed and rolled for shipment. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British 1789-1856)Issued: 1849Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear. Small water stain on lower right.
Robinson (Capt David): The River Don near Sheffield + Reservoir, Sheffield; ink and wash and sepia was drawings, 27 x 47 cm; + F Chantrey wash drawing for passage from Milton’s Masque of Comus, with verse handwritten beneath. Mounted on card, 19 x 14 cm; + Burgess (John): pencil sketch of Dunkeld Abbey, not signed but attributed by owner, in cream mount with gilt border. (4)
Jane Dowling (1925-2023) Annely signed with initials (lower right) watercolour 17 x 22cm; and a pencil sketch of a village; and a watercolour study of a window (3). Mallams are delighted to offer paintings by the late Modern British artist Jane Dowling from her Oxfordshire studio. Jane studied at Oxford University and the Ashmolean Museum and other Oxford institutions hold examples of her work. She was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1961 through to the Summer Exhibition in 2019. Her work was also commissioned by the National Trust and Oxford Oratory Church. In addition, several of Oxford’s hospitals and the Ashmolean Museum hold examples of her work. She also exhibited at the New Grafton Gallery in London and with the New English Art Club. Her reputation in Oxford was renowned not just for her painting but for her enthusiasm and zest for teaching. She taught at the Ruskin School of Art for several decades and was instrumental in establishing The Royal Drawing School. She continued as an artist and teacher in Oxford until late in life and passed away at the age of 97 in February last year. Jane was married to Peter Greenham, whose work is perhaps more widely known and subjects include Queen Elizabeth II & Princess Margaret. Peter also studied at Oxford University and later became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College.
DAVIES. E. The Royal Courts of Justice A Sketch. 1882. Slim 4to, bound in recent cloth. 32, [3]pp with 5 illustrations. The entire book printed in brown, decorative borders. Rare look at the Royal Courts of Justice “The wide-spread interest occasioned by the opening of the Royal Courts, or New Palace of Justice, by her Majesty the Queen, has induced the Author to offer a brief sketch of the origin, antecedents, and early history of the building. Scarce, no auction results or others for sale.
HARDY [Thomas] Six volumes. Including REVIEW COPY Late Lyrics and Earlier with many other verses, 1922, Macmillan and co. First edition, with tipped in slip to the title “ADVANCE REVIEW COPY Special Notice, This book will be published on May 23 and we must ask that no review or extract be allowed to appear before that date, Macmillan” pencil notes to end blanks. The Well Beloved A Sketch of a Temperament. 1897 Osgood McIlvaine & Co. Original gilt stamped cloth, half title, Etched frontispiece, map to the rear, First Edition,Wear to binding, with another copy. And three others. [6]
WW2 Manuscript, Sketch book.. J. E. Shepherd. R. A. F. Montrose Scotland Angus. 4to. A Botanical and Science manuscript book with wonderful sketches of various characters throughout. Mostly Military officer’s [some from india], others include some nudes, women, are skilfully carried our in pastel. Majority of book filled. Approx 70pp.Art work with caption’s. In orange passed and pencil. Some captions in French.
BERNAYS, Adolphus. German poetical anthology, or, Select pieces from the principal German poets : accompanied with notes for the use of students, and preceded by a historical sketch of German poetry, a list of the most distinguished poets, and short notices of the authors selected. 1829 First Edition. London. Period straight grain morocco. titles in gilt to the spine. All page edges in gilt, errata slip tipped in. 358pp. Marbled boards rubbed. Prelim pages in English, poetry in German. **Rare. Last sold at aution in 1894. Adolphus Bernays (18 May 1795 – 22 December 1864) was the first professor of German in the King's College in London, and second professor of German in England.
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