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Click here to subscribePurcell, Henry (1659-1695), Sonnata's of III parts: Two Violins and Basses to the Organ or Harpsecord, London, for the Author, sold by I. Playford and I. Carr, 1683-1684, 4o (270 x 215mm.), engraved frontispiece portrait of Purcell, historiated initials, later paper wrappers. With a number of other musical manuscripts and works.
Jackson, John Edward, Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, Devizes, printed and sold for the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society by Henry Bull, 1862, 4o (285 x 220), half title, lithographed frontispiece of Leigh de la Mere Church - Wilts, engraved portrait of John Aubrey, 40 plates, 2 folding genealogical tables, 2 facsimile plans by Aubrey of Avebury, contemporary calf, spine and front cover lettered in gilt.
Gray, Thomas (1716-1771), Poems and Letters, London, Chiswick Press by Whittingham and Wlkins, 1874, 4o (275 x 205mm.), half title, title vignette, photograuve portrait frontispiece, and 3 plates, head-pieces, vignettes, and initials, contemporary calf gilt by Riviere, red morocco lettering piece, spine in five gilt compartments, g.e., Eton college prize to Jacobus J. Hornby. Large Paper Copy.
Curzon of Kedleston, The Marquis, British Government in India The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses, London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1925, large 8o (280 x 215mm.), two volumes, half titles, two engraved portrait frontispieces, plans, some folding, original blue cloth gilt. Curzon of Kedleston, The Marquis, Bodiam Castle Sussex, London, Jonathan Cape, 1926, 4o (285 x 225mm.), half title, photographic frontispiece, plates, plans, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With other works relating to the Curzon family, including two folio scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
The Works of Edmund Waller in Verse and Prose, London, for I. Tonson by Fenton, 1729, 4o (295 x 230mm.), engraved portrait frontispiece of Edmund Waller, title within black ruled border, 2 plates, initials, and vignettes, contemporary calf, front cover detached. With a number of other works including a rather worn copy of Richard Cox's 'Hibernia Anglicana: History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof by the English, To this Present Time' (London, 1689), Cooke's two volume work 'The Life of the first Earl of Shaftesbury' (London, 1836), and Charles St. John's 'Natural History & Sport in Moray' (Edinburgh, 1863).
Ostwald, Wilhelm, Colour Science, London, Winsor & Newton, ca. 1932, 8o (215 x 140mm.), two volumes, 2 frontispieces, portrait plates, colour plates at the rear of each volume, illustrations, later green cloth gilt, original front cover paper wrapper loosely inserted into each volume. Ayres, James, English naive painting 1750-1900, London, Thames and Hudson, 1980, 4o (265 x 210mm.), half title, colour and black & white photographic plates, original cloth gilt and decorative dust-jacket. and a quantity of books on the subject of colour including Oswalds colour album in slipcase
Spencer, Charles, Leon Bakst, London, Academy Editions, 1973, folio (305 x 225mm.), half title, photographic frontispiece portrait of Bakst, illustrations, many in colour and full-page, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, original red cloth, and decorative dust-jacket. With a number of other works concerning stage craft, design and acting technique
Collis, Maurice, The Great Within, London, Faber and Faber, [n.d.], tall 8o (220 x 130mm.), half title, title with Chinese characters printed in red, plates, and folding plan at rear, original cloth, and decorative dust-jacket. Boas, Frederick S. (editor), Songs And Lyrics From The English Playbooks, London, Cresset Press, [n.d.], tall 8o (220 x 140mm.), half title, frontispiece and plates by Hans Tisdall, original cloth, and decorative dust jacket. Eudy, Mary Cummings, Quicken The Current, New York, Harper & Brothers, [n.d.], 8o (200 x 125mm.), half title, frontispiece portrait of the author, manuscript poem by the author on front free endpaper, original black cloth, and dust-jacket. With a quantity of literature and poetical works mostly early to mid 20th century.
Harrison, George, I Me Mine, Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited, 1980, 4o (240 x 160mm.), half title, frontispiece portrait of a young George Harrison, plates, facsimile letters, lyrics, notes, & scribbles throughout, original half green morocco, red morocco gilt guitar blind stamped onto front cover, red morocco lettering piece, green slip-case, No 572 of 2,000 limited edition copies signed by George Harrison.
"DOD" (DORIS) PROCTER R.A., (1892-1972, studied Newlyn, Penzance & Paris). Portrait of a lady with blue bird in the sky, believed to depict St. Joan, as represented in Bernard Shaws play of the same title, and based on a study of Caitlin Thomas, wife of Welsh writer and poet Dylan Thomas. Canvas. 30" x 20".
A ROYAL DOULTON SALTGLAZED STONEWARE "LORD NELSON" COMMEMORATIVE JUG, with central portrait flanked by battleships and with pipe lined inscription "Lord Nelson born 1758 Died 1805", with rope borders in grey/green glaze on a cobalt blue ground, the neck with inscription "England expects........." with brown glazed rope twist handle. Impressed factory mark and X6421. Height 8".