LONDON, REGENT'S PARK - Thomas H. SHEPHERD (1793-1864, artist). [Metropolitan Improvements], London, 1927-29, 4to, 37 hand-coloured engraved plates of Regent's Park extracted from the work, plan, FINELY BOUND in modern scarlet morocco by Henry Sotheran.
LONDON, REGENT'S PARK - Thomas H. SHEPHERD (1793-1864, artist). …
LONDON, REGENT'S PARK - Thomas H. SHEPHERD (1793-1864, artist).  [Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis &…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator). The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, New York, 1927, 4to, illustrations, buckram, DUST-JACKET, third edition, ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. With 3 works in 4 vols., and another jacket. (6)
MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator). The…
MALORY, Thomas (1416-71) & Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-98, illustrator).  The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1927. 4to…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others. Reflections in Prison, Cape Town, 2001, 4to, 9 portraits, leatherette, slipcase. COLLECTOR'S EDITION. NUMBER 88 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY NELSON MANDELA, DESMOND TUTU AND 7 OTHERS, further inscribed by the editor.
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others. Reflections in Prison, Cape Town,…
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others.  Reflections in Prison. Edited by Mac Maharaj. Cape Town: "Published by Zebra and the Robben Island Museum", 2001. 4to (243 x 180mm). 9 full-page portraits by…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, [mid-18th-century], c.170-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating…
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, with the alphabetical contents at the front, "A. The names of the possessors of Auldearn and their [?…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., in a fine italic hand, [mid-late 18th-century], 536-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording…
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., with additional index pages, all in an…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later 18th-century], 8vo, contemporary boards. FIVE APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED WORKS, of unknown authorship, on gardening, husbandry, forestry, etc. Please see the full description below.
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later…
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - "The Flower Garden; in Two Parts. The First Part, Contains the Culture of all the Annual and Bienl. Plants and Flowers, together with all Bulbous Rooted Flowers, and…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, [late 18th-century/early 19th-century], 2 volumes, c.250-pages, small 4to, contemporary full vellum (rather worn). (2)
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and…
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, written in several different hands, two, three or four to a page, with an index on the front pastedown of one volume …
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The Hums of Pooh, London, 1929, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ARTIST & COMPOSER. With 3 other books in the same series, one of which a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. (4)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The Hums of Pooh, London, 1929, 4to,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  The Hums of Pooh. Lyrics by Pooh. Music by H. Fraser-Simson. Introduction and Notes by A. A. Milne. Decorations by E. H. Shepard. Additional Lyrics by Eeyore. London:…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela). Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries, on the future of Venezuela and South America.
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of…
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela).  Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator). Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, London, [1913], 4to, coloured plates, cloth gilt. With c.45 other mostly 20th-century illustrated books. The lot sold not subject to return. (c.45)
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).…
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).  Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap, [1913]. 4to (240 x 180mm). Half title, 16 mounted coloured plates by…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera Studies in Iraq, Baghdad, A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [c.1925], oblong 4to, 50 photographed plates, original padded album. RARE.
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera…
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:]  Camera Studies in Iraq. Baghdad: A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [n.d. but c.1925]. Oblong 4to (238 x 310mm). 50 monochrome photographed…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A COMPLETE RUN OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED AND LONG-RUNNING SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, INCLUDING THE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, PRINTED ON YELLOW PAPER.
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A…
Private Eye. [London: various publishers], Friday 25th October 1961- March 2024. Numbers 1-1,620, 4to (300 x 210mm). The first 3 numbers printed in "off-set litho" on yellow paper, the remainder…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Peter Pan ... A New Edition, London, [1912], 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates ([?]lacks half title), original pictorial cloth gilt. With 2 other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, both FIRST TRADE EDITIONS. (3)
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Peter Pan ... A New Edition,…
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937).  Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens ... A New Edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to (272 x 210mm). 50 mounted coloured…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places", written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages, with a typed covering letter from the author, contained in a cloth box.
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first…
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).  The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters [as eventually published] of "Friends in Low Places", the second novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence,…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RICCARDI PRESS - The Book of Genesis, London, 1914, 4to, 10 mounted coloured plates by F. Cayley Robinson, original limp vellum gilt, ties. LIMITED TO 512 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 174 OF 500 COPIES ON "HANDMADE RICCARDI PAPER".
RICCARDI PRESS - The Book of Genesis, London, 1914, 4to, 10 mounted…
RICCARDI PRESS - The Book of Genesis. Now Printed in the Authorised Version. London: "Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd.", 1914. 4to (265 x 200mm). Half title, title printed in…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809). Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, London, 1800, 4to, 8 lithographed plates, 5 of which hand-coloured, contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809). Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples…
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809).  Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, for the Use of those who are Desirous of Gaining some Knowledge of the Pleasing Art of Painting in Water…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). Satan in the Suburbs & Other Stories, London, 1953, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of the author's first collection of short stories. With 4 other books by Russell and one by W. H. Auden, FIRST EDITIONS. (6)
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). Satan in the Suburbs & Other Stories,…
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970).  Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories. London: The Bodley Head, 1953. 8vo (200 x 130mm). Half title, illustrations by Asgeir Scott, one-page of publisher's…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SALAMAN, Michael (1911-87). A collection of letters to Michael Salaman from Charles Aitken (4 letters), Campbell Dodgson (2), Michael Holroyd (6), Eric Kennington (3), Bernard Leach (3), William Rothenstein (1), Randolph Schwabe (1), and many others.
SALAMAN, Michael (1911-87). A collection of letters to Michael Salaman…
SALAMAN, Michael [or Michel] (1911-87, British artist and teacher).  A collection of autograph and typed letters to Michael Salaman, and his wife, from various artists and writers, various dates and…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71). 71 original drawings comprising illustrations for her poems, [n.d. but c.1937-1957], various sizes, depicting animals, birds, children, male and female figures, largely executed in ball-point pen on fragments of paper. (71)
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71). 71 original drawings comprising illustrations for…
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71).  71 original drawings comprising illustrations for her poems, [n.d. but c.1937-1957], various sizes, depicting animals, birds, children, male and female figures, largely…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80). 24 autograph letters & 7 typed letters, signed ("Graham Sutherland" or "Graham"), to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, West Malling, Cap-d'Ail, Venice, and elsewhere, 1954-64. Together c.80-pages, various sizes. (c.80-pages)
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80). 24 autograph letters & 7 typed letters,…
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80).  24 autograph letters and 7 typed letters, signed ("Graham Sutherland" or "Graham"), to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, West Malling, Kent, Cap-d'Ail, Venice, and…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11 in pen and ink.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil,…
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63).  18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843). History of the Discovery of America, of the Landings of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, Boston, 1819, 8vo, folding hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, 2 plates, calf.
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843). History of the Discovery of America, of the…
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843).  History of the Discovery of America, of the Landings of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, in New-England, From…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts," [Oxford], 1957, original typescript on 75-pages of A4, in a cloth-backed folder. With an autograph letter from the author.
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A…
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93).  "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts." [Oxford], 1957. Original typescript on 75-pages of A4 (255 x 200mm), typed on the rectos only, with…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, original wrappers, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 504 OF 550 COPIES "PRINTED ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER". With 3 other books from the same press. (4)
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut…
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1920. 8vo (195 x 125mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration, full…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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