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Click here to subscribeN. Repka, Russian School Contemporary School c1990- The cart; oil on canvas, signed with initials PH and dated '90, and inscribed in Cyrillic verso, 120x119cm: U. Sorokoletov- Sketch of a soldier; oil on board, signed and dated 1989: together with a folio of prints after a different hand, Russian late 20th century, (a lot), (part unframed)
ATTRIBUTED TO MARIA SMEAR HARDY A portrait of Robert Hardy, Vicar of Walburton, Sussex, seated in chair, watercolour over traces of pencil, 3.75" x 2.75", in the original moulded birdseye maple frame, a pair of drawings of Walburton Lodge and Vicarage by the same artist, a pair of drawings by the same hand, a sketch book, a map of Sussex inscribed "Charles Hardy", the auction catalogue of 27th April 1843 of "The Property of The Late Reverend Robert Hardy at Walberton" and miscellaneous (a lot)
CHINA. Three ;arge double page engraved maps by B.Baker after Sir John Barrow (from Staunton..Embassy..to the Emperor of China, 1797); A Chart on Mercator's Projection...from Turon Bay in Cochin China; A Sketch of a journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin;...fron Hang-Tachoo-Foo...Canton. Published April 12th 1796 by George Nicol. 558 x 770 mm. -- WALKER, J. & C. Map of Chine and the adjacent countries...Parbury Allen & Co, 1833. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline 795x645mm. With 2 others (6)
PUBLISHERS, ACADEMICS, WRITERS etc. A collection of letters to Lucy Clifford. Bentley, George (1828-95). Three A.Ls.S., 18pp., 8vo., and 4to., 1892, from Upton, Slough. He refers to Lucy’s work including The Letters of a Worldly Woman, “There is only one fault about the Letters , that the Woman is not really worldly…A worldly woman is much more odious”, and Aunt Anne, “Every one enjoys Aunt Anne, one illustrated with a pen and ink sketch –DUCKWORK, GERALD, A.L.S., 1899, about the publication of Anyhow Stories; and others including Sir Joseph Thomson, two A.Ls.S., one dated 1923 concerning the presentation of William Clifford’s manuscript of Cosmic Emotion to Trinity College, Cambridge; Mark Pattison, two A.Ls.S., Lincoln College, Oxford 1881, one telling Lucy that her verses (Children Busy…1881) have been attributed to Lewis Carroll; Sir Sidney Low, 6 A.Ls.S., Percy Lubbock, 10 A.Ls.S., 1913-27; Garnet Smith, 16 A.Ls.S., 1926-28; publishing agreement with A.P. Watt, 1909 and 64 others (47)
A GROUP OF FOUR DRAWINGS to comprise a red chalk head study in the manner of Andrea del Sarto (ex.coll.J. Erxlebon); a pencil and brushpoint sketch of a coaching scene attributed to Charles Cooper Henderson; a drawing of a tomb in the circle of Louis Haghe; and a watercolour scene in Ohaus in the style of William Callow The largest 26.5 x 32.5cm. (4) ++ Each with some foxing; mixed condition
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.-QUEEN MARY, R.M.S. AUTOGRAPH ALBUM ISSUED BY THE BOOKSELLER W.H. SMITH. Containing about 385 autographs, including those of important actors, authors and sportsman of the day. [Various places], 1937-1939. 8vo, (231mm x 175mm), [38] pages (signed mainly on recto only); paper ruled on recto only; in contemporary red morocco, upper cover lettered in gilt "Autographs WHS R.M.S Queen Mary", all edges gilt, slightly rubbed. A highly desirable Autograph Album comprising c. 385 autographs, collected either by a member of the crew or the bookstall staff, while on board the RMS Queen Mary between 1937 and 1939. Autographs include: Authors: Leslie Charteris (with a sketch of "The Saint"), Noel Coward (twice), A.J. Cronin, Susan Ertz, Eleanor Farjeon, Bruce Graeme (who penned a detective story, the 1937 "Mystery of the Queen Mary"), Ian Hay, Stephen King-Hall, Marie Belloc-Lowndes, J.B. Priestley, "Taffrail", Hugh Walpole and H.G. Wells. Actors and entertainers: Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Douglas Fairbanks, Gracie Fields, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Merle Oberon, Mary Pickford and Johnny Weismuller. Sportsmen: Bunny Austin, Tommy Farr, Wally Hammond (and 12 other members of an England cricket team, presumably on their return home from the Australian/New Zealand tour of 1937, plus manager R. Howard) and Fred Perry. Personalities: Malcolm Campbell, Randolph S. Churchill, William Randolph Hearst, Bernarr Macfadden and Louis Mountbatten.
Spielmann (MH) and G S Layard - Kate Greenaway, edition de luxe, plts, mainly col, tissue guards, with an original pencil sketch of a young girl by Kate Greenaway, presentation copy signed by John Greenaway (the artist's brother) and also with a compliment slip of Messrs A & C Black also signed loosely inserted, embossed ivory cloth gilt: A & C Black, 1905
A late Victorian album of photographs of British Country Houses and Indian Residencies, with guests at house parties, with their signatures including Attingham Park, Bawdsey Manor and several watercolours and drawings including a pencil sketch of a terrier by Maud Earl, in straight grained scarlet morocco gilt tooled with the initials BM 1898, 30 plt x 20 plt
DAME LAURA KNIGHT Behind the Scenes at the Old Vic signed and inscribed, charcoal, 35.5 x 25cm This sketch depicts the Birmingham Old Rep production of Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy at the Old Vic in 1953. Laura Knight was commissioned by Sir Barry Jackson to do a series of drawings to coincide with the Birmingham Rep's 40th anniversary. In her autobiography - The Magic of a Line - she writes "From among the many subjects I have studied, few have interested me more than those I found at the Old Vic. I filled many big sketch books with perhaps the best drawings I ever did of life backstage." In excellent condition
PENRY WILLIAMS Merthyr signed and inscribed, pen, pencil, ink and grey wash, 11.5 x 19cm; and a late 19th c pen and ink drawing by a naive hand of a busy street scene at Merthyr Tydfil, 28 x 45cm (2) The drawing by Penry Williams executed circa 1819. In excellent condition in an early 20th century mount and gilt frame. The naive pen and ink sketch with two closed pairs and light sporadic foxing
Rossetti (Dante Gabriel, 1828?82). 'Dinner Time', April 1859, an original pencil drawing showing a full?length profile of the Great Seal at London Zoo, half submerged by water, with the artist's pencil monogram and date lower right and caption bottom centre, 137 x 108mm, mounted, framed and glazed Virginia Surtees, 'The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828?1882) A Catalogue Raisonné' (1971), vol. 1, 210 (no. 600); Henry Currie Marillier, 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of his Art and Life' (1899), 229: 'When Burne?Jones and Morris were living at Red Lion Square, and Rossetti was in rooms at Blackfriars, the Zoological Gardens were a constant resort of all three. The accompanying sketch of the great seal expecting his dinner is a relic of those days, and was probably one of many such. Oddly enough, with the exception of apes once or twice, the cat in 'Fra Pace', and the fawn in 'Mary Magdalene at the Door of Simon', Rossetti never seems to have had any inclination to introduce animals into pictures. He reserved them exclusively for his private life, of which they formed, as the above notes show, a characteristic and remarkable feature.' (1)
Pop?ups. Animal Life in Fact, Fancy and Fun. Bookano 'Living' Models Series, pub. Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Limited, n.d., c. 1940s, six col. pop?up illusts., num. b & w illusts. to text, orig. pict. boards, oblong 4to, together with Bookano Stories, with Pictures that Spring up in Model Form, edited S. Louis Giraud, 4 vols., (nos. 4, 9, 11 and one unnumbered), c. 1940s, each with col. frontis. and five double?page col. pop?up illusts., num. b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, some a little rubbed on spines, 4to (5)
Walker (Richard). Memoirs of Medicine, including a Sketch of Medical History, from the earliest accounts to the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1799,. old lib. stamp and ink names to title, some spotting and sl. staining to end of prelims., contemp. qtr. calf, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed, 8vo (1)
Brackenbury (George). The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch, 2nd Series only, 1856,. add. tinted litho. title, forty tinted litho. plts. from drawings by William Simpson, a.e.g., contents completely loose in orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn and broken Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Huc (E.R.). L'Empire Chinois, faisant Suite a l'Ouvrage intitule souvenirs d'un Voyage dans la Tartarie et le Thibet, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1857, folding map, contemp. half morocco gilt, a little worn at extrems., 8vo, together with Norman (Francis Martin), 'Martello Tower' in China and the Pacific in H.M.S. 'Tribune', 1856-60, pub. 1902, b & w illusts., some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder rough?trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, plus Weale (B.L. Putman), Manchu and Muscovite. Being letters from Manchuria written during the Autumn of 1903, with an historical sketch entitled 'Prologue to the Crisis', giving a complete account of the Manchurian Frontiers .., 1st ed., 1904, b & w illusts. from photos., some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and others (9)
Shillibeer (Lieut. J.). A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island; including an interesting sketch of the present state of the Brazils and of Spanish South America, 3rd ed., 1818, port. frontis. and fifteen etched plts. on twelve plts., correct as list (one printed in bistre), some scattered spotting, later half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo Ferguson 728. (1)
Stockdale (F.W.L.). Excursions in the County of Cornwall, comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and every other Interesting Object of Curiosity, 1824, half?title present, eng. frontis., addn. vign. title, folding map and forty?seven eng. views (all correct as list), some minor marginal dampstains, contemp. qtr. morocco gilt, a little worn, together with Blewitt (Octavian), The Panorama of Torquay, a Descriptive and Historical Sketch of the District comprised between the Dart and Teign, 2nd ed., London & Torquay, 1832, frontis., addn. vign. title, double?page hand?col. map, several uncol. lithos., a directory of tradesmen at rear, orig. pubs. cloth with paper label to spine, a little worn, both small 8vo (2)
Travis (John). History of Todmorden & its Notable Inhabitants (so titled on spine), c. 1901, a collection of eight small printed pamphlets by John Travis, mostly reprinted from the 'Todmorden Advertiser', later cloth, small 8vo, together with Langton (David Herbert), A History of the Parish of Flixton (Lancashire), comprising the Townships of Flixton and Urmston, with a Short Sketch of the Adjoining Hamlet of Davyhulme, pub. Manchester, 1898, folding plan, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus Middleton (Thomas), Legends of Longdendale. Being a Series of Tales Founded upon the Folk?lore of Longdendale Valley and its Neighbourhood, pub. Hyde, 1906, frontis., list of subscribers, wood engs. to text, a.e.g., orig. plum morocco gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., small 4to, with a 1970 facsimile reprint of the same work (limited edition 186/1000), and other Lancashire topography and history, etc. (approx. 40)
J.B. Priestley - Two handwritten postcards dated 11/1/26 and 14/9/26, and two typewritten letters dated 29.9.27 and 1st February 1928 - The latter letters on headed paper with the address "College House, Church Hamborough, Oxfordshire", one letter concerning his novel "The Good Companions", and one other typed letter from Benjamin Britten dated 21st August 1969, the letter heading with the address "The Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk", acknowledging the donation of a sketch towards the restoration of "The Maltings Concert Hall"
WHISTLER, REX (1905-1944). Pencil sketch for Streamline - Eye-Volution? Cochran's 1934 Review. A proscenium arch with figures in boxes to the left, the one nearest to the stage being prominent. 9 3/4in x 15 1/2in. Unsigned. Inscribed by Laurence Whistler to the reverse Cochran thinks this is a sketch for a view in 'Streamline' designed by Cecil Beaton 22 'Eye-Volution' showing the three ages of a Chorus girl, 1890's, 1900's-1934... ...He says 'Lady Cunard' seen in the box caused offence. Did Rex make this sketch when discussing the scene with Cecil. Laurence Whistler & Ronald Fuller The Work of Rex Whistler [Batsford, 1960] No. 398 where Laurence Whistler is shown as the owner of this drawing.
William Powell Frith RA (1819-1909), 'Honeywood introducing the Bailiffs as his friends', from 'The Good-natured Man', Act III, Scene I, oil on board, signed and dated 1850 lower right, label verso inscribed with title and 'Finished sketch for large picture', again signed and dated 1850, 17 x 24.5cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4in)
A Randolph Caldecotts picture book no. four., Randolph Caldecott's picture book, a sketch book of Randolph Caldecotts, an Elegy on the glory of other sex Mrs Mary Blaize, an Elegy on the death of a mad dog, Sing a Song of Sixpence, the three jovial huntsmen, the diverting history of John Gilpin and Randolph Caldecott's sketches, introduced by Henry Blackburn (qty)
Ross-of-Bladensburg (Lieut. Col. John). A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895, 1st ed., pub. 1896, port. frontis., col. and b & w illusts. by Lieut. Nevile R. Wilkinson, sketch maps etc., frontis and title water-stained to lower margin, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, upper cover and spine somewhat damp marked and soiled to lower edge, 4to. (1)
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