Mouton-Fontenille (J.P.). L`Art D`Empailler les Oiseaux. Contenant des Principes de Theorie Nouveaux, et des Procedes de Pratique Avantageux pour Conserver a Chaque Famille ses Formes et ses Attitudes Naturelles, Lyon, 1811, five folding engraved plates, unopened, scattered light spotting, original wrappers, a little rubbed and chipped, 8vo, together with Traite Elementaire D`Ornithologie, 2 vols., Lyon, 1811, five folding engraved plates, partly unopened, some light spotting, original wrappers, rubbed and chipped, 8vo, plus Temminck (C.J.), Observations sur la Classification Methodique des Oiseaux, et Remarques sur L`Analyse d`une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire. Par L.P. Vieillot, Amsterdam, 1817, library stamp, light dampstain, contemporary boards, light soiling, 8vo (4)
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Picasso (Pablo). Picasso. The Blue and Rose Periods. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, 1900-1906, by Pierre Daix and Georges Boudaille, with the collaboration of Joan Rosselet, pub. New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1967, together with Picasso: Women. Cannes and Mougins, 1954-63, text by Helene Parmelin, pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965, num. tipped in col. plts., both orig. cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, with other art reference, mostly contemporary art, including catalogues and softback publications (3 shelves)
After Joseph Mallord William Turner RA 1775-1851- "The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up"; mid-late 19th century, appears to be a near contemporary copy of the original, oil on canvas, 91x122cm. Note: When Turner painted this picture he was at the height of his career, having exhibited at the Royal Academy, for forty years. He was renowned for his highly atmospheric paintings, exploring the subjects of the weather, the sea and effects of light. Turner spent a lot of his time by the Thames making sketches and then working them into finished paintings in the studio. He was present when this ship was being towed and made sketches of it. As with most of Turners finished paintings he uses considerable licence with the scene. Each generation seems to identify with the powerful symbolic meaning of the painting, Temeraire, taken from the French word meaning rash or reckless, had a glorious Trafalgar and had become a symbol of heroism; Turner appears to become more relevant as the decades pass, his influence is evident in all aspects and genres of British art from the early 19th century working with his great friend Tom Girtin and more than any other British artist he has taken his place as the ideal, a national treasurer, representing British painting then as now at the highest levels. In 2005, The Fighting Temeraire was voted the greatest painting in a British art gallery, In second place was John Constable`s The Hay Wain. Turner and Constable studied together at the Royal Academy and completed their paintings within eighteen years of each other. The pictures now hang only forty-feet apart at the National Gallery, London. (LP) The painting depicts one of the last second-rate ships of the line, which played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the 98-gun ship HMS Temeraire, being towed towards its final berth in East London 1838 to be broken up for scrap. It was the second ship in the line in the battle and drew fire from Nelson`s HMS Victory. Badly raked by fire, it later went to Victory`s help and went on to capture two French ships. Actually known to her crew as "Saucy Temeraire". John Ruskin called it Turner`s last great painting. And the artist himself was so fond of it that he refused to sell it and called it "My darling".
Armour.Songs of Love and Death" 1896 frontispiece decorative title plates and decorations in Art Nouveau style by W.B.Macdougall a little spotted at beginning and end contemporary brown morocco by Bumpus upper cover with climbing plants in blind and small stars and dots in gilt spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut slight wear to upper joint and spine ends 1896 § Mark (Amy) The Sea King`s Daughter and other poems wood-engraved illustrations and decorations by L.A.Talbot after Bernard Sleigh lightly offset original cloth uncut a little rubbed printed at the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft 1895 " 8vo & 4to(2)
Morris.Tale.Emperor Coustans" b`ing K`scott one of 525 copies printed in red and black wood-engraved titles borders and initials designed by Morris contemporary green morocco by Chiswick Art Guild central red morocco panel lettered in gilt and with floral sprays similar gilt sprays comprising the border within double and triple fillets lower cover undecorated apart from the gilt fillets spine repeating the design and lettering of upper cover t.e.g. others uncut marbled endpapers with remains of bookseller`s description on front pastedown a little scuffed upper joint cracked nick to lower [Peterson A26] 16mo Kelmscott Press 1894. ***Rare example of a binding from the Chiswick Art Workers` Guild one of several groups which made up the Guild of Women-Binders founded by Frank Karslake in 1898. Other groups included the Edinburgh Social Union the Kirkby Lonsdale Handicraft Class and Miss Bassett`s Leighton Buzzard Handicraft Class for crippled girls. According to Tidcombe Women Bookbinders 1880-1920 p.161 "The Chiswick Art Workers Guild of the Chiswick School of Arts and Crafts was best known for modelled niger bindings highlighted with gold-tooled dots (see Chapter III). However Miss Hewitt a pupil of Bernard Collier the Art Master and Director of the School also designed some gold-tooled bindings although the actual binding (and some of the designing) was done by others at the School. These outline designs are generally floral or pictorial " and are signed CHISWICK ART GUILD..Miss Hewitt later went on to teach at the Falmouth School of Art.".
Mathews`s Gallery of Theatrical Portraits a large album (the spine titled as above)" with c.375 engraved etched mezzotint and lithographed portraits including Charles and John Bannister Master Betty Colley Cibber Mrs Clive Robert Elliston Miss Farren David Garrick John Henderson Edmund Kean John Kemble John Liston Charles Macklin Charles Mathews John Moody Mrs Oldfield Mrs Siddons Henry Woodward Mrs Yates and many others after Dighton De Wilde Zoffany (a group of large mezzotints most trimmed close and with other defects) Opie Lawrence Romney Gainsborough Hudson Northcote and others a few hand-coloured or printed in colours various sizes up to 440 x 580mm. (c.17 x 23in.) corner-mounted on album leaves with contemporary manuscript notes and printed cuttings from Charles Mathews` Gallery a few items removed first few leaves working loose last few leaves with light marginal water-staining engraved bookplate of Sir John Saunders Sebright contemporary half roan edges rubbed upper cover detached large folio (600 x 460mm.) the majority published 1770-1820 compiled c.1825. ***Exhibited: Dramatic Art: Theatrical Paintings from the Garrick Club (ex-catalogue private collection) Dulwich Picture Gallery 1997. Illustrated: [James Gillray] Mrs Siddons as Melpomene sepia aquatint 1784. Despite the absence of conclusive internal evidence this is quite possibly Mathews` own collection of theatrical portrait prints; his collection of paintings and drawings was acquired by the Garrick Club in 1835. Whatever the original provenance " the present collection provides a comprehensive picture gallery of the principal actors of the Georgian stage.
Gay (John) [Works] 4 vol. engraved plates some light spotting and offsetting armorial bookplate on front paste-down contemporary calf spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco spine labels slightly rubbed one or two joints cracking 1772-5 Addison (J.) The Poetical Works some browning contemporary calf rebacked rubbed lower board damaged Glasgow Robert Urie 1750 Roscommon (Earl of) Horace: of the Art of Poetry: A Poem browned early ink signature on title disbound H. Hills 1709 8vo (6)
Bindings--Shakespeare, W. The plays... notes by Samuel Johnson and G. Stevens. London, 1785. 10 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, 2 boards detached; Grant, J. British battles on land and sea. [c.1880]. 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Magazine of Art, The [c.1880]. 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf; Cook, Capt. James Captain Cook`s last voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1793. One volume bound in 2, engraved plates, contemporary calf, somewhat soiled, rubbed; and 39 others; sold not subject to return (57)
Geoffrey Raymond Reeve b.1936- "Flower Piece"; oil on canvas, signed, inscribed and dated 1954 on the reverse, 51x61cm. Note: Geoffrey Reeve exhibited in an exhibition with Pauline Boty, Christine Porter and Peter Blake at the AIA Gallery, 15 Lisle Street, London WC2, 30th November-29th December 1961. A copy of the catalogue and of a review mentioning Reeve`s work in The Listener, December 14th 1961 is available with this lot. Biography: Born: 1936, London. Education: !958, Hammersmith School of Art and Building: 1958-1961,Royal College of Art. Exhibitions: Young Contemporaries, 1960, 1961: Air Galleries, `Blake Boty Porter Reeve`, 1961: Young Commonwealth Artists, 1961: Display at Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1971: Euston Station " Fun Palace" under Theo Crosby Associates, 1963: Designer for Camera Talks Educational Film Producers, 1963-1965: Designed logo for Archigram No 6, 1966: Freelance designer and painter, 1965-1968: Murals for Caroline Charles Beauchamp Place, 1974-1978: From 1962 to 1985 various teaching posts in the UK and abroad including Brighton College of Art, Hornsey College of Art, Walthamstow College of Art, Waltham Forest College of Art, North East London Polytechnic, Harrow School of Art , Epsom School of Art and Ahmadu Bello University, Zari, Nigeria
Scale Model Of The Library In Queen Mary`s Dolls House, Half Scale Model Of The Library, Built From Scratch By A 16 Year Old School Boy Working From Illustrations In "Everybody`s Book Of The Queens Dolls House" In The Late 1920`s. The Model Is To A Scale Of Half An Inch To The Foot And Packs Away Into A Hinged Oak Box, Each Of The 400 Books On The Shelves Bears A Title, The Official Government "Blue Books" Being Contemporary With The Period. Minute Fittings Comprising Desk Blotter, Notepaper, Chessmen On The Tiny Tripod Table, Colourful Persian Carpet etc. This Library Was Sold At Sothebys On 17-30-1988 Lot 7 For £1300 + Premium (£1449.50). Comes With All Paperwork And Receipts, Together With 4 Books "Everybody`s Book Of The Queens Dolls House", "Queen Marys Dolls House", "Queens Mary Art Treasures", "International Dolls House News" And Sothebys Newsletter March 1988 With An Article About The Sale.
PHIL GREENWOOD (20TH CENTURY) `Avenue`, etching with aquatint, pencil signed, titled, dated `78 and numbered 88/200 in the margin, 21" x 18", published by Christie`s Contemporary Art and with certificate attached to verso; together with Charles F Mitchell, `Classic Architecture`, a series of ten plates illustrating typical examples of Grecian and Roman Orders and `The Best of Redoute`s Roses` (3).
Ken Currie (b.1960) inheritance oil on canvas 1997-98 signed titled dated and inscribed No.373 in black ink verso 760 x 608mm. ***Provenance: Boukamel Contemporary Art London.. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Ken Currie self portrait sea of tranquility oil on canvas with silkscreen 1997 signed titled dated and inscribed No.359 in black ink verso 380 x 380mm. ***Provenance: Boukamel Contemporary Art London.. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
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Cobbett [William] Cobbett`s Paper Against Gold, 1817, 15 parts bound as one, boards (spine worn); Wetherald (R.), The Perpetual Calculator: or Time`s Universal Standard, 1760, Newcastle, quarter sheep (upper board detached); Love (John), Geodaesia or the Art of Surveying .., 1715, contemporary calf (re-backed with later endpapers); Schomberg (Dr.), Van Swieten`s Commentaries Abridged, 1762, calf (worn); with eight others (12)
JOHN K LOKER (b.1938), Winter Scene, Trees in the Foreground, Building Beyond, oil on board, signed, extensively inscribed verso, together with a copy of "Six Bradford Artists" Exhibition at Cartwright Hall, Bradford 1976 catalogue, 23 1/2" x 29 1/2", framed. John Loker was born in Leeds and was a contemporary of David Hockney at the Bradford College of Art, later both went to the Royal College of Art
A Rachel Auburn white cotton jersey shirt, 1984, labelled Rachel Auburn, London, with 70s style curved collar, deep chest pockets, the back completely open with waist straps to fasten, the sleeves and back-opening edged in frills, approx 102cm, 40in. Leigh Bowery wore this shirt in the New London-New York fashion show produced by Suzanne Bartsch in 1983. It closely resembles a fashion sketch done by Leigh Bowery which was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, December-March 2003-4.
* Laye (Evelyn, 1900-96). A good b & w photograph showing Evelyn seated between George Robey and W.H. Berry, both of whom are wearing full theatrical costume of Menelaus and Calchas respectively, signed and inscribed by all three, c. 1932, image 10 x 9 cm, together with an autographed sheet of Blanche Littler Ltd. headed notepaper, signed by Charles B. Cochran, Ivor Novello, Owen Nares, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Derek Oldham, Dorothy Dickson, Vivien Leigh, Yvonne Arnaud, George Robey, Ursula Jeans, Adele Dixon, Edna Best and about fifteen others, double-mounted in period Art Deco free-standing photograph frame with bevelled edge glass and chromium-plated supports, height 15 in (38 cm). From the 1932 production of "Helen!" at the Adelphi, in which Evelyn Laye played the title role. A contemporary review in a theatrical magazine lavished praise on the show and its stars, "Charles B. Cochran`s production at the Adelphi of Offenbach`s opera bouffe has been rightly acclaimed as the outstanding event of the present theatrical season. A.P. Herbert`s libretto, Offenbach`s music, Max Reinhardt`s vivid production, and Oliver Messel`s brilliant decor and costumes merit the highest praise, while Evelyn Laye, as the naughty but alluring Helen, achieves here greatest triumph to date". (2)
Ithell Colquhoun 1906-1988- "Khamsin"; mixed media construction, signed with monogram and dated 66, bears artist`s own inscribed label attached to the reverse, in a glazed box frame, 44x44cm. Note: Colquhoun was a pioneer surrealist artist, occultist, writer and poet. She also experimented with different painting techniques, such as enamel and decalcomania, throughout her life. Born in Assam, India she studied at Slade School of Fine Art 1927-31, then privately in Paris and Athens. She showed extensively, including London Group, Contemporary Art Society, Tate Gallery and abroad and had solo shows at Fine Art Society, Mayor Gallery and elsewhere. She was expelled from the London surrealist group in 1940 for refusing to conform to its dictates. She continued as an independent painter in London and Paul, Cornwall, and with touring exhibitions abroad. Newlyn Orion Gallery held a major retrospective in 1977. Colquhoun was represented in the last Tate Gallery exhibition on surrealism. In addition to the Tate Gallery, her work is held in public
Bridges - Buck, George Watson. A practical and theoretical essay on oblique bridges. London: John Weale, 1839. 4to, 12 plates [some folding], original cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, contemporary ink inscription to title; Waddell, J.A.L. Bridge engineering. New York, 1916. 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed, ex-library stamps; Thomson, W. Chase Bridge and structural design. New York, 1910. 8vo, folding plates, original green cloth gilt, ink inscription on front pastedown; Whitney, Charles Bridges, a study in their art, science and evolution. New York, 1929. 4to, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, rubbed, damp staining along upper edge; Peters, Tom F. Transitions in engineering. Basel, 1987. Square 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper; Inverurie The old and new bridges over the River Don at Inverurie 1791 and 1924. Aberdeen, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick The great floods of August 1829. Elgin, 1873. Third edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, bookplate removed; Home, Gordon Old London Bridge. London, 1931. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; and 23 others (33)
Lindsay, Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres. Lives of the Lindsays. London: J. Murray, 1858. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary tree calf gilt, one plate split at fold without loss; Idem Sketches of the history of Christian art. London: J. Murray, 1847. 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, spines worn (6)
Simes, Thomas. The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war... London, 1781. Third edition, 8vo, folding table, 20 engraved plans on 14 plates [one folding], 4 folding maps, contemporary calf, red label, hinges cracking, some creasing to title and dedication leaves, bookplate; Frederick II, King of Prussia Military instructions written by the King of Prussia for the generals of his army. London, 1762. 8vo, 7 folding plates, publisher`s advertisements at rear, contemporary calf gilt, some cracking to hinges, bookplate; Bland, Humphrey A treatise of military discipline. London, 1759. Eighth edition, 8vo, 7 folding plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges cracking, bookplate (3). Provenance: From the library of the botanical artist Elizabeth Cameron, nee Vaughan-Lee.
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Leighton, J. Suggestions in design. [c.1880]. 4to, frontispiece and 101 plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Keltie, J.S. A history of the Scottish highlands, highland clans and highland regiments. 1875, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved and coloured plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; Hogarth, William The works. [c.1830]. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles and 143 [of 148] engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, a few plates loose; Cervantes Saavedra, M. de The history of Don Quixhote. Cassell, [c.1880]. 4to, plates by G. Doré, red half morocco gilt; Naumann, E. The history of music. [c.1880]. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemprary half calf gilt; Stanyan, T. The Grecian history. 1781. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates and maps, several folding, contemporary tree calf gilt; Smith, James The panorama of science and art. Liverpool, Caxton Press, [1814]. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt, some spotting; Crawfurd, George The peerage of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1716. Folio, contemporary calf, early annotations and deletions on title, some spotting, worn, covers detached; and 6 others (19)
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A Compton Potters Art Guild Celtic terracotta jardiniere, designed by Mary Seton Watts, cast in low relief with scroll motif, impressed circular wheel stamp mark, 58cm. diam. Literature: Veronica Franklin Gould Archibald Knox and Mary Seton Watts, Modern Celtic Art Garden Pottery, page 29 for a contemporary photograph illustrating this design, circa 1899.
GASTRONOMY. - E. WYTHE. A Complete Guide to the Housewife, &c. A Carefully Selected Assortment of Useful Family Receipts, in Cookery, Confectionary, Making Wines, Preserving, Pickles, &c. Ipswich: printed by J. Scoggins, [n.d. but circa 1830]. [bound with:] G. MILLSWOOD. The New Receipt Book. Liverpool: 1829.; [bound with a part work: ?Economical System of Cookery or The New Whole Art of Cookery. N.p.: n.d.] 3 works in one, 12mo (169 x 98mm.) (Some spotting occasionally heavy, third part-work lacking title-page and all text after E5, one leaf shaved with minor loss to page number.) Contemporary cloth blocked in blind to a foliate design, morocco lettering piece to spine (extremities slightly bumped, spine slightly faded).
Gauger, M., Fires Improved or a New Method of Building Chimnies as to prevent their Smoking ...., second edition, London 1736, bound with Gay, John, Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets, second edition, London [1716], and nine other pamphlets in one volume, 8vo, the first with engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn, poor condition
The Handmaid to the Arts ..., new edition, London 1796, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt spines, rubbed, together with A Cabinet of Portraits, London [1823], 8vo, portraits, contemporary green half calf, gilt spine, Boutell, C., The Monumental Brasses of England, London 1849, 8vo, plates, contemporary blind stamped calf, Mueller, C. O., Ancient Art and its Remains, London 1852, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt spine (5)
ANON: "Scottish Crafts" - The Tea Centre London; An original poster for the exhibition; contemporary decorative artwork design; full-colour lithograph; excellent condition, un-mounted; English c1960s; together with "Eighteenth Century Venice" - Whitechapel Art Gallery Jubilee; A pair of original posters for the exhibition of Venetian art; colour lithograph and photo-imagery; good clean conditions; English c1960s. 30" x 20" (77x51cm) (3)
Gwilym Pritchard R.C.A. (1931-), "Rennes Cathedral", signed, gallery label on verso, oil on board, 22.5 x 15.5cm.; 9 x 6in. * Studied at Normal, Bangor and Birmingham College of Art, 1960 -64. Held several teaching posts, settling at Anglesey, an area of key importance to his painting. Decided to become a full time artist in 1973, commissioned work including some for the British Army in Belfast. Pritchard was a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy, also exhibiting with the Royal Eisteddfod, Welsh Arts Council, Society for Education in Art and North Wales Group. Had regular solo shows, starting with Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff in 1961, other venues including New Art Centre and Heal's Mansard Gallery. St. Michael's Church, Ruabon, Clwyd has a mosaic by Pritchard, whose work is in many public collections, including University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Welsh Arts Council and Contemporary Art Society for Wales.
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