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[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)].  The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Countess de Wintselheim, in Germany.…

FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935).  Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x…

GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator).  The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Large 8vo (232 x 150mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates by Arthur…

"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (pseudonym of Pierre DUMARCHEY, 1882-1970, writer), Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971, illustrator) & Georges LEROUX (1922-99, binder).  Boutiques. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1925.…

MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh ... Fifth Edition. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Original green pictorial…

MISCELLANY - E. R. PENNELL (1855-1936) & J. PENNELL (1857-1926).  The Life of James McNeill Whistler. London: William Heinemann, [November] 1908. 2 volumes, 4to (255 x 195mm). Half titles, 2 etched…

OMMANNEY, Edward Lacon (1834-1914), Colonel.  Autograph letter, signed ("E. L. Ommaney"), to "Graham" [an unknown recipient], with the blindstamp of the Colonial Office, 10th April 1902, three-pages,…

PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817).  A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte…

ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965).  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo (198 x 128mm). Half title (lightly browned at margins, as usual). Original coloured pictorial boards…

SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83).  Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengeno le leggi,…

SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903).  Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. London: Williams & Norgate,…

WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900).  British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds Resident in the British Isles, with Some Notes in Reference to their Plumage …

Catalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. …

Condition reportOriginal canvas; light surface dirt to the paint surface and a small spot of uneven varnish, lower left; traces of bloom to the central tree; no sign of retouching under ultraviolet…

FootnoteThis work relates to a well-known paining by Grant called Nymph and Satyr which was in the collection of Raymond Mortimer and is reproduced in Mortimer's volume on Grant (1944) in the Penguin…

Condition reportThe card/board has bowed outwards slightly; minor surface dirt/scuffing to paint surface, in the sky, lower left and some further; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame…

Condition reportSlight rippling to sheet, otherwise sound condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.

Condition reportThe sheet is generally sound, creases to the right and lower, right corners; some further minor creases to borders and discolouration to paper throughout.  Framed and under glass,…

Condition reportThe postcard has bowed inwards slightly; crease off upper right border, lower left corner and right border; minor staining, lower left corner and very slight discolouration throughout…

Condition reportPeaceful valley:  The sheet is sound; a few flecks of very light staining, upper right, otherwise good condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.Haycart…

Condition reportThe sheet is sound, good condition overall, no discolouration or fading.  Framed and under glass; unexamined out of frame.

Condition reportThe sheet is sound; areas of discolouration, upper and centre right and some tiny flecks of staining, including to lower right border; otherwise sound; framed and under glass,…

Condition reportThe sheet is clean and sound - good condition overall.  Framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.