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Click here to subscribeEdwards, Lionel, My Scottish Sketch Book, London, Country Life Ltd, 1929, large 4to (305 x 245mm.), half title, colour frontispiece, and 15 colour plates, original cloth, extremities rubbed, First Edition With five other works including P. R. Charles & V. R. Balfour-Browne 'Mine Eyes to the Hills' (London, 1931), and Augustus Grimble's 'The Salmon Rivers of Scotland' (London, 1913)
George Arthur Fripp (1813-1896) View at Sulsa from a sketch by R. Peyton taken on June 10th, 1861 Pencil and watercolour 35cm x 52.5cm Bears labels verso detailing artist and title, bears letter signed by George Fripp and R. Peyton, and label for The Graves Gallery, 44 Cherry Street, Birmingham
Oliphant, Mrs, Queen Victoria A Personal Sketch, London, Cassell and Company, 1900, large 8vo (255 x 170mm.), title printed in red and black, frontispiece plates, illustrations, many full-page, contemporary blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g. With the Daily Telegraph published 'King Albert 's Book' (London, 1914) including plates by Dulac, Arthur Rackham and others, and another Daily Telegraph published work 'Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book' (London, 1908)
Butler, Elizabeth, From Sketch-Book and Diary, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909, 4to (220 x 155mm.), half title, colour frontispiece, colour plates, illustrations, signed and dated by the author on the half title, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g., First Edition With two other works, Rudyard Kipling & I. W. Taber (illustrator) 'Captain Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks' (London, 1897), and Lady Brassey's 'The Last Voyage, to India and Australia in the Sunbeam' (London, 1889)
Edwards, Lionel, My Scottish Sketch Book, London, Country Life Ltd, 1929, small folio (305 x 245mm.), half title, colour frontispiece plate, and 15 colour plates, original cloth, title label inlaid on front cover.With four other works, a two volume set of Charles Mills 'The History of Knighthood and its times' (London, 1826), Charles Oman 'Castles' (London, 1926), E. D. Cuming's (editor), & Sir Theodore Cook (Introduction) 'Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography' (London & New York, 1926), and a eight volume set (lacking vol. III) of the J. Wortley Aex (editor) 'The Horse Its Treatment in Health and Disease' (London, 1906)
Churchill (Winston S.). The Story of the Malakand Field Force, An Episode of Frontier War, 1st ed., 1st issue (without errata slip), 1898, half-title, port. frontis., two folding maps, four plts. showing sketch-maps, 32pp. pubs. cat. bound-in at rear, occasional light spotting, orig. apple-green cloth gilt, rubbed, spine a little darkened, 8vo. Woods A1(a). (1)
Freshfield (Douglas W.). Below the Snow Line, 1st ed., 1923, nine single-page sketch maps, correct as list, some spotting, together with Coolidge (W.A.B.), Alpine Studies, 1st ed., 1912, b & w illusts. from photos., some minor scattered spotting, plus Gordon (Seton), Amid Snowy Wastes. Wildlife on the Spitsbergen Archipelago, 1st ed., 1922, two maps, num. b & w illusts. from photos., some minor scattered spotting, all orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few minor marks, with other various travel, all 8vo (15)
Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa..., 1st ed., 1857, folding wood eng. frontis., eng. port., fifteen wood eng. plts and two col. plts., two folding eng. maps & folding plan, contemp. calf school prize binding, gilt dec. spine with red morocco label to spine, gilt motif of Harrow School to upper board, 8vo (1)
Perrin du Lac (Francois Marie). Travels through the Two Louisianas and among the Savage Nations of the Missouri; also, in the United States, Along the Ohio, and the Adjacent Provinces, in 1801, 1802, & 1803, with a Sketch of the Manners, Customs, Character, and the Civil and Religious Ceremonies of the People of those Countries, Translated from the French, 1807, lacks frontis., contemp. red half morocco gilt, slim 8vo. Bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. Rufford Hall, Lancashire. Howes P244. (1)
Vigne (G.T.). Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo. The Countries adjoining the Mountain-Course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, North of the Panjab, 1st ed., 1842, litho., ports. and views, sketch map., large folding map in pocket to vol. 1 (with several sm. holes to folds), some light foxing, original blind stamped cloth, both rebacked, retaining orig. spines, (rear cover of vol. 1 replaced), 8vo,.
Clark (Robert Sterling & Sowerby, Arthur de C.). Through Shen-Kan. The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908-9, 1st ed., 1912, sketch map frontis., six mounted col. plts., fifty-eight b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear (slightly spotted), orig. cloth, lettered in black, a little rubbed, 4to (1)
Walker (A.). Remarks made in a Tour from London to the Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, in the Summer of MDCCXCI. Originally published in the Whitehall Evening Post, and now reprinted with additions and corrections. To which is an annexed, a sketch of the police, religion, arts, and agriculture of France, made in an excursion to Paris in MDCCLXXXV, 1st. ed., 1792, lacks frontis., school library bookplate to front paste-down, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed on joints and to corners, small circular library paper label at foot of spine, 8vo (1)
*China. Grineau (Bryan de), pencil and wash birds-eye view of Shanghai, signed and dated 1949, laid onto card, approx. 540 x 420 mm. De Grineau (1883-1957) was a noted war artist in both world wars working for the Illustrated London News. This appears to be an on-the spot ink, wash & pencil sketch produced at the time of the fall of Nationalist Shanghai to the Communists in late May 1949. It shows the key sites and strategic locations as events unfolded in Shanghai and was presumably published in the ILN at this time. (1)
Pinkerton (John). Scottish Tragic Ballads, printed by and for J. Nichols, 1781, eng. vign. to title, contemp. gilt dec. calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with Somervile (William), The Chase, a Poem, to which is annexed Field Sports, with a Sketch of the Author's Life by Edward Topham, Albion Press, 1804, half-title (with contemp. doodle), addn. eng. vign. title, three eng. plts. and other illusts. to text by Thomas Bewick, 4pp. ads., at rear, occasional light browning, old gilt dec. calf boards with recent leather reback, some wear to boards, 12mo, plus Young (Edward), The Complaint, or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality, 1794, eng. frontis. (laid-down on verso of front free endpaper), eng. vign. title with some spotting, contemp. crimson half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and Slow (Edward), Wiltshire Rhymes for the West Countrie, 2 vols., pub. Salisbury & London, c.1905, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, and another related (6)
Marcel Multzer, French 1866-1937 costume design for sarah bernhardt as prince landry inscribed pen and ink and watercolour over pencil 28x24cm.; 11x9.5in. One of eighty-four designs for 'La Belle au Bois dormant'. The lavish pantomime premiered on the 25th December 1907 at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre. To be sold together with a sketch by Guy Williams of a ballet dancer, probabley Diana Gould.
Aldin (Cecil) Dogs of Character, first edition, number 116 of 250 copies, signed and with an original sketch by the author, illustrations, some foxing, ink inscription on front endpaper, bookplate on verso of front cover, original vellum-backed borads, gilt, a little tanned, rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1927.
Aldin (Cecil) Just Among Friends, Pages from My Sketch Books, colour plates, illustrations, original cloth, spotted, spine tanned, small tears to edges, covers slightly warped, 1934; The White Puppy Book, ownership inscription on front endpaper, some offsetting, some ff. loose, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, worn at extremities, a little soiled, [1920]; Old Inns, colour plates, tissue guards, ownership inscription on front endpaper, some foxing, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, corners bruised, 1921 - Heiberg (Neils) White-Ear and Peter, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, plates, tissue guards, some foxing, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, tanned, spotted, chipped at extremities, 1912 - Sewell (Anna) Black Beauty, illustrated by Cecil Alden, foxed, original cloth, gilt, rubbed at extremities, [c.1920] - Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vol., illustrated by Cecil Alden, colour plates, original cloth, gilt spines, titles blocked in brown, 1910; and 10 others, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, v.s. (17).
Irving (Washington) The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., 2 vol., frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue guards, illustrations, decorative borders, original decorated cloth, gilt, slip-case, Nickerbocker Press, 1899 - Dulac (Edmund) The Country Dancer Calendar, 1920, colour illustration pasted on, calendar booklet tipped in at lower end, original card, 31cm x 25cm., 1920 - Robinson (W. Heath), H.M. Bates, et al. Life Without Printing Ink, 6 colour plates, advertisement leaf, original pictorial boards, silk tie to upper corner, corners bruised, [c.1920] - Sturio (The) Modern Masters of Etching, 10 vol. only (of 33) plates tipped in, bookplate on verso of front covers, original boards, title label laid down, 1924; and 29 others, Illustrated, including 22 vol. Penguin Modern Painters, some duplicates, v.s. (44).
Mackay (John) A set of seven pencil and wash drawings, depicting scenes in Edinburgh during the Festival, reproduced in "The Sphere", 1955 - M. (D.) Ink and watercolour drawing of an ancient sailing ship in a heavy sea, signed with initials and dated 1916, apparently for the "Staircase of Stories" - A watercolour sketch of Mr. Pickwick seated in a wheelbarrow, in card mount - Greenall (Jack) Eight ink drawings, each with several illustrations for a book on drawing techniques, signed; and various other drawings and prints, v.s. (qty).
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1830. Portrait of a Young Woman. seated three quarter length in a green dress holding a sketch book, signed with a monogram and dated 1830 on the leaf of the sketchbook, 40 x 29cm . Two small close tears and light overall craqueleur. The varnish slightly yellowing in gilt composition frame
Armitage (Albert Borlase, Captain, Antarctic explorer, second in command, navigator of the "Discovery" & magnetic observer on the National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04, 1864-1943) Private Journal (Chiefly Personal) of Events on the "National Antarctic Expedition" in the S.S. "Discovery" under Commander Robert F. Scott, R.N by Albert Armitage Lieut R.N.R. 2nd in Command of, and Navigator to the Expedition, [Winter Quarters], autograph manuscript, with many altered or unpublished remarks, many on Scott & other members of the expedition, also magnetic Positions, observations on the weather and temperatures, & topography, geology and wildlife of Antarctica, title and 251pp. Excluding blanks, on blue lined paper, 2 ink sketches, comprising a sketch of a sledge with drive traces and a sketch of an ice measure vent, first f. Hole slightly affecting text, one or two other smaller holes, front endpapers, title and all to p. 12 extensively damp-stained though still legible, pp. 13-62 (including 24 blank pp.) with some marks due to damp, pp. 1-3 loose, some ff. Excised, some pp. Blue paper faded to white, front endpapers with the remains of recipes pasted down, original half calf, upper cover detached, upper cover and spine damp-stained, [cf. Spence 67], folio, 24th December 1901 - 31st January 1904.
Markham (Sir Clements Robert, geographer and historical writer, a member of the Royal Society and President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1830-1916) Franklin's Footsteps. A Sketch of Greenland, first edition, presentation copy from the author, inscribed: "Library of the Antarctic Expedition", also signed and inscribed by Armitage, folding map at end, head of title repaired, foxed and browned, Sir Clements Markham's copy with his circular bookplates on front pastedown, lower joint broken, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, gilt spine, a little worn, slight loss to tail, t.e.g., sm. 8vo, 1853. Armitage's inscription reads: "National Antarctic Expedition SS 'Discovery' 1901-4 Albert B. Armitage. 2nd in Command and Navigator."
Burney (Lt. William James) Album of 34 watercolour and gouache drawings of mostly South American costumes and tradespeople, inset on later leaves, all signed and captioned in ink on verso with artist's address of HMS Talbot, place of execution and date (numbered 5-93), a little dust-soiling, pin-holes in corners, 1845-46 with pen and ink sketch of Napoleon pulling on his boots while "being informed that Marmont had been surprised during the night and driven from his post in front of the heights of Laon..." inset at beginning, initialled and dated in ink, ink caption on verso, 1843, modern half calf, spine very slightly spotted, 4to.
[Davie (John)] Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili..., first edition, half-title, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, frontispiece a little marked and with small tear at foot, some other spotting and soiling, crude pencil sketch of sailing ship etc. At head of one chapter, ink inscription on half-title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, [Sabin S18746], 8vo, 1819.
Semple (Robert) Sketch of the Present State of Caracas..., first edition, 6pp. Catalogue at end, final leaf defective at corner, ex-Signet Library copy with ink manuscript note on front free endpaper and shelf-label, contemporary half calf, Signet arms in gilt on covers, rubbed, [Sabin 79088], 8vo, 1812.
Bellingshausen (Capt. T.) The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821 2 vol., edited by Frank Debenham, frontispiece, plates, folding sketch maps, one in pocket at end of each vol., original cloth, dust-jackets frayed and soiled, [Spence 117; Taurus 3], 8vo, Hakluyt Society, 1945.
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