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Lot 557
Saroyan (William) . The Trouble with Tigers, 1st edition, 1939, some minor spotting, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, 8vo, together with Pritchett (V.S.) , The Spanish Temper, 1st edition, 1954, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Agate (James) , A Shorter Ego, 2 volumes, limited edition 47/110, 1946, signed by the author to the limitation page, uniform original blue quarter morocco, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other modern fiction & literature, including Arthur Miller, Philip Roth, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks, Saul Bellow, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 1104
Two boxes of books, mainly literature, including Saul Bellow, Herzog (First UK ed) and Humboldt's Gift (First ed) and Ian Fleming The Man with the Golden Gun and You Only Live Twice (both 2nd impressions) and a few others such as G McCall Theal's History of South Africa (2 vols) and Hauser's biography of Muhammed Ali [29]
Lot 1387
JOSEPH GLOSTER LTD; an Edward VII hallmarked silver mounted novelty bellow shaped pin cushion, Birmingham 1908, length 14cm, and two silver mounted jewellery boxes including pierced example (3). Additional InformationThe bellow pin cushion is perished and the oval pin cushion has a loose lid, there is significant wear to all three items.
Lot 41
Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904)Smacks Running for ScarboroughOil on canvas, 105 x 140cm (41¼ x 55'')SignedExhibited (probably): 1871 London, Royal Academy, as 'Freshening Gale, Scarboro: Fishing Boats Returning to Harbour'.Edwin Hayes was born in Bristol but spent much of his childhood living in Dublin. Growing up next to the city’s busy ports, a love of the sea was firmly imbedded in the artist and he sought to experience it at its rawest. An avid sailor in his youth, Hayes used his knowledge to gain employment as a steward’s boy on a ship bound for America and the glory of the Atlantic was laid bare before him.Arguably, this hands-on approach is what enabled Edwin Hayes to create superlative works, with each painting being imbued with an atmosphere that could only be evoked from experience. In ‘Smacks Running for Scarborough’, the North Sea has been transformed into an aching belly of water, with each cavernous dip threatening to swallow those within it. As a thriving fishing town in the 19th and 20th centuries, Scarborough’s inhabitants would not have been strangers to the perils of the sea and, here, Hayes manages to capture the everyday struggles of the industry. Through the use of vigorous brushstrokes on the water, Hayes injects a tangible energy into his picture, the rolling waves swaying the viewer’s vision so that we can feel the boat lurch beneath us. The sails bellow outwards in their fight with the wind, mimicking the bent bodies of the fishermen as they bow their heads against the salty sting of the spray. Drawn to this activity surrounding the central boat, we are urged to follow the gaze of the helmsman as he stares out to sea and share in his anguish at the impending storm. Indeed, it is as if the menacing darkness has brought with it such trepidation that even the sails themselves are trying to flee in the opposite direction. In contrast to this, the clouds above the shore have parted to unveil the land as a beacon of safety, an immovable mass against the uncertainty of the water. Although the fishermen’s livelihoods depend on the sea, Hayes has painted her as a volatile and unforgiving provider, ready to render her servants helpless with only a moment’s notice. It is, ultimately, to the land that they must go, banished by her threat.For artists, such as Hayes, who endured a genuine love affair with the sea, it is this fickleness that yielded an endless source of inspiration and subject matter. Despite a prolific career, each of Hayes’ seascapes carries its own unique beauty, the shifting colours and weather patterns flitting through his canvases as clouds across the sky.Helena Carlyle, February 2019
Lot 194
C.Wheatstone & Co miniature twelve key concertina having pierced nickel plated endplates numbered 35099 and with blue leather bellows, 10.5cm wide exclusive of keys, in original box with trade labels to the underside of the cover Condition: Minor wear to one corner of bellows and to edges of both ends, small hole where last bellow joins one end is currently preventing sound production and would require minor restoration, case in good condition - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 930
Bellow (Saul). Dangling Man, 1st UK edition, John Lehmann, 1946, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, original yellow cloth in dust wrapper, somewhat toned, together with The Victim, 1st US edition, New York, Vanguard Press, 1947, original black cloth in dust wrapper, spine somewhat faded and some toning to rear panel, plus Henderson The Rain King, 1st US edition, New York, Viking Press, 1959, original orange and white cloth in dust wrapper, one or two minor short closed tears (generally in very good condition), and Herzog, 1st US edition, 1964, Mr. Sammler's Planet, 1st US edition, 1970, inscribed by the author to half-title 'For Katie with love from Saul', dated 24 December 1969, Nobel Lecture, Targ Editions, 1979, limited signed edition 227/350, plus other Saul Bellow first UK and US editions, almost all in dust wrappers, 8vo, generally G/VG (27)
Lot 98
IRISH SCHOOL (c.1840)A View of a Barmeath Castle with Boating PartyOil on canvas, 40 x 65cmSigned indistinctlyBarmeath, a fine, mid-18th century house, belongs to the Bellow family, one of the earliest Anglo-Norman families to settle in Ireland and one of the few Catholic dynasties to retain some their lands. Although a genuine tower house remains embedded in the present house, in the 1830’s the 1st Lord Bellew, having remarried an heiress and revived the barony, “replaced rational good sense with wild baronial fantasy” and engaged an English engineer Thomas Smith to cloak the house in a pre-Disney nonsense with a flamboyant silhouette, mercifully preserving its excellent interior. The present lot, probably by a gifted amateur, records the completion of this exercise.Literature: Casey & Rowan, North Leinster in the Buildings of Ireland Series, p.152
Lot 29
A Lachenal ebonised concertina, with 48 steel buttons, the pierced fretwork ends with white metal inlaid floral motifs, with five bellows and hexagonal mahogany case, length of closed body 12cm. Condition report: Wear to the corners of each bellow and wear to the leather surrounding the bellows. Small area of damage to one fretwork end.
Lot 112
A collection of games and toys, to include The Second Orient Compendium of popular games made by Chad Valley, an early 20th Century Birdie Horn foot bellow by Northumbrian Products, early 20th Century boxed bone Spellicans, a skipping rope, dominos, building blocks, playing cards, counters, puzzle blocks and draughts
Lot 9
Bellow (Saul) Dangling Man, light scattered spotting to endpapers, jacket with light toning to spine, else fine, 1946; The Victim, jacket with light toning to spine, a little chipped and frayed at head and foot, still excellent overall, 1948. first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (11)
Lot 2050
Short & Mason 'Tycos' Barograph No.123130, lacquered brass mechanism with eight bellow silvere aneroid, clockwork drum stamped Pat. 3715 02 in bevel glazed case with chart drawer, retailed by Sam Lyon Blackpool, with charts, Forecasting Table etc, W37cm, H22.5cm, D22cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 2101
A silver composite three piece tea set, comprising; a teapot, with black composition fittings, a twin handled sugar bowl and a milk jug, each piece of panelled form bellow a shaped rim and raised on a circular foot, by Walker & Hall, the teapot and the sugar bowl, Sheffield 1922, the milk jug, Sheffield 1921, combined gross weight 1120gms. Illustrated
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