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La Caricature politique, morale, religieuse, litteraire et scenique, edited by Charles Philipon, 251 issues (all published) in 4 vol. and loose as issued, 453 plates numbered to 524 (double sheets numbered as 2) including 104 hand-coloured, many folding or double-sheet, 1 triple sheet, 5 with flaps or movable panels, by Daumier, Grandville, Travies, Descamps, Monnier and others, with a folding mock theatre poster, letterpress on pink paper, a few of the folding plates with short tears on folds, no.196 (text and 2 plates) omitted by the binder and loosely inserted, these with short tears to fore-edges, text leaves lightly browned as usual, occasional spotting and other minor defects but generally in very good condition, contemporary half green calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, Donaueschingen Library stamps on first title or endpaper of each vol., 4to (issues 1-216 in 4 vol.), remainder loose as issued in a contemporary marbled portfolio with ties, folio, Paris, 1830-35. *** Copies vary as to plate count depending on how the plates are joined. This set is believed to be complete, but as a periodical it is sold, as usual, not subject to return.

Theatre.- Portraits of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, in character as Mathias in "The Bells" and Lady Macbeth, two albumen print cabinet cards by the London Stereoscopic Co. and Window & Grove respectively, each c.140 x 100mm., in contemporary card window mounts, each with the subject's ink signature mounted below, framed and glazed, late 19th century (2).

-. Piranesi Freres publishers. Vue du Theatre de Syracuse taille dans le Rocher; Vue d'une partie des Ruines du Temple de Junon a Agrigente, 2 engravings, mounted as drawings, with fine original hand-colouring in watercolour and gouache, each c.535 x 770mm., washed borders laid on, with superimposed title panels in lower margins, all lettering inscribed in sepia ink, all as issued, very slight surface wear to one plate, Paris, c.1800 (2).

Three prints relating to Dumfries scenes, unframed and a further framed print of the Theatre Royal.

Blomfield (Reginald) A History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800, 2 vol., plates, original buckram-backed cloth, light soiling, 1897 § Spiers (R. Phene) The Orders of Architecture, Greek, Roman, and Italian, fourth edition, plates, browning to half-title, broken, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 1902 § Jellicoe (G.A.) The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, plates and illustrations, original buckram-backed cloth, slightly rubbed, light soiling, 1933; and 21 others, Architecture, v.s. (25).

Lancaster (Osbert) Mixed Notices, 1963; Fasten Your Safety Belts, 1966; Temporary Diversions, 1968; Meaningful Confrontations, 1971; Theatre in the Flat, 1972; With an Eye to the Future, 1967; The Littlehampton Bequest, 1973, first editions, illustrations, original cloth, dust jackets; and 5 others, Zodiac Books, 8vo (12).

[George III (King of Great Britain)] Truth and Treason! or a Narrative of the Royal Procession to the House of Peers, October 29th 1795. To which is added, an Account of the Martial Procession to Covent-Garden Theatre, 4ff., modern wrappers, [Lowe, Arnott, Robinson English Theatrical Literature 1180], 8vo, 1795.

An original album containing 204 postcards, comprising various topographical views, theatre and music hall cards, artist cards including Tom Browne ("London Streets" policeman), Raphael Kirchner (Tuck 4024), A.K. Macdonald ("At The Theatre"), Lance Thackeray (table tennis and leap year), and Louis Wain (Tuck monochrome "Last of the Dandies"); also Tuck Celebrated Posters (1500 Pears Soap) and the winner of the Stock Exchange 1903 London to Brighton walk

A good postcard album containing approximately 300 cards, strong in the Portsmouth area and naval shipping, with many good RP cards, including the windmill at Southsea, Fratton & Southsea railway station, 1911 launch of HMS King George V (3), 1912 launch of HMS Iron Duke, illuminated tramcar, 1912 Empire Day, a horse-drawn float for the Mayor's War Relief Fund, 1912 In Memoriam for A3 submarine and various funeral cards, the Theatre Royal, a Short seaplane, the Portsmouth tank, 1918 U-Boats, various floods (1911, 1912, 1924), 1919 Great Silence, 1913 Dockyard fire, and a number of good street scenes; also various cards of the Isle of Wight and good RP street scenes of Bembridge and Gosport (see sample illustration)

Seven Victorian photographs, comprising four cased daguerrotype portraits (one identified as Mary Anne Bowker / Mrs Charles Blades, another as Spencer Jackson, dated 1853), another similar framed, one other with cover missing, and a small framed photograph inscribed "The Shadow Dance from the Midsummer Nights Dream produced by C. Kean Esq. at the Princesses Theatre"

A boxed Pelham Puppet lightweight theatre, with blue fascia, floral curtains and black backdrop; good condition in poor original card box with blue-printed label to the lid

A boxed Pelham Puppet lightweight theatre, with blue fascia, red curtains and black backdrop; very good condition in good original card box with blue label to the lid; also various original scenery sheets, a price list, and a copy of "Plays for Pelham Puppets - Book Two - More Amusing Plays"

A Quantity of Greek bronze coins, including: Antioch on the Orontes, Artemis/Laurel branch; Macedonia Antigonos Gonatas, Athena/Satyr & Trophy; Carthage/Siculo-Punic, Persephone/Horse together with five other coins and or Theatre Ticket (8)

'Tables De Florian', with coloured cut-out figures, 1821, 'Gullivers Travels' illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published by J V Dent, 1909, 'Floras Feast', illustrated by Walter Crane, printed Cassell and Company, 1889, 'The Luck of the Beans illustrated by Cland Lovet Fraser, 'Designs for the Theatre' by Edward Gordon Craig, and 'Book of Nonsense' by Edward Lear. 14th Edition

Alice Banwell. "Shakespeares Birthplace" and "Stratford Theatre". Coloured etchings. Signed artists proofs. 6" x 10" and 10" x 6". (2)

MARIVAUX (PIERRE CARLET DE CHAMBERLAIN DE) LE THEATRE, 4 vol., new edition, frontispieces to 3 vol. (only?), contemporary calf, rubbed, spine gilt, morocco label, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Chez Arkstee & Mekus, 1754 ~ D'Epinay (Louise Florence Petronille) Les Conversations d'Emilie, 2 vol., new edition, 1 plate, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, Paris, Chez Humblot, 1781 ~ Nericault-Destouches (Philippe) Oeuvres Dramatiques, 6 vol., engraved plates, frontispiece to vol.I provided in facsimile, stamp on title of vol.IV, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, gilt spine, Paris, Chez L. Tenre, 1820-21, 8vo ~ Quinault (Philippe)Le Theatre, 3 vol., frontispieces, plates,, original mottled calf, guilt spine, morocco labels, Amsterdam, Chez Pierre de Coup, 1715; Les Festes de l'Amour et de Bacchus, 1688; BOUND WITH Cadmus et Hermione, 1697; Alceste, ou le Triomphe d'Alcide, 1687; Thesee, 1712; Isis, 1687, typed commentary tipped-in on front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, morocco labels, Anvers, 12mo (16).

Speed (Maude) A Yachtswoman's Cruises, 1911; Copper Plate, 7cms x 14cms, mounted on wood, corresponding to plate on p.80 of the previous title, 1911; Through Central France, 1925, coloured frontispiece, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt ~ Speed (H. Fiennes) Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes, maps, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, 1883 ~ King (Staff Commander J.W.) The Pilot's Handbook for the English channel, ownership inscription of H. Fiennes Speed on verso of front cover, maps, some folding, repaired, inner hinges cracked, original pictorial boards, rubbed, spine damaged, 1886; and a quantity of others, Maritime, Theatre, Miscellaneous, including a Birthday Book with entries by Maud Speed, v.s. (qty).

Secret History of the Green-Room (The), 2 vol., half-title of vol.I detached, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, mixed bindings, covers detached, for J. Owen, 1795 ~ Colman (George) and David Garick. The Clandestine Marriage, second edition, half title tanned, original wrappers, soiled, spine ends chipped, 1766 ~ Naumann (Emil) The History of Music, 2 vol., coloured frontispieces, plates and illustrations, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [1890]; and a quantity of others, Theatre, v.s. (qty).

XENOPHON. Opera quae extant omnia, [translator J. Leeunclavius, editor E. Wells], 7 vol. in 6, Greek & Latin text, Greek & Latin general title, individual Greek title, frontispieces, plate, 3 folding maps, vol. 3 a few ff. misbound, vol. 4 without R2-4 but text apparently complete, some, mainly light, browning, advertisement f. at end vol. 1, ownership inscriptions of Thomas Speed, St. John's College, Oxford [1699-1729], Duke of Leeds bookplates, bookplate of Doris Langley Moore in vol. 1, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1703-1696-1704-1696 ~ Plinius Secundus (Gaius Caecilius) Panegyricus Trajano dictus, editor Jacobus de la Baune, full-page engraved arms, W. Bowyer for H. Clements, 1716, 8vo in fours (7).

Corneille (Pierre) Theatre, 12 vol., half-titles, 35 engraved plates, occasional light browning and a little light water-staining, contemporary calf, gilt, gilt compartments within raised bands, slightly rubbed, [Cohen de Ricci 255], 8vo, [Geneva], 1764.

A box of 1950's theatre programmes (50 +)

A box of 1950's theatre programmes (30 +)

A 19th century silver Private Theatre ticket medallion inscribed No.1 Hon Col Ward, possibly Irish, a Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland silver medallion, 1846 and a Horticultural medallion for 1888, both relate to Col.Ward

Six 19th century theatre posters, printed on paper, in black glazed frames

Bell (John) Bell's British Theatre, vol.1-21 only, half-titles, engraved plates, some folding, some light foxing and browning, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spines gilt with double morocco labels, a fine set, 8vo, 1780-81. (See Lot 94 for Illustration).

A Ralph Stevenson "Park Theatre, New York" dinner plate from the Acorn and Oak Leaf Border series, printed in blue with the titled scene within the usual series border, printed floral ribbon title mark, diameter 25.8cm, circa 1820-30

A Ralph Stevenson "Park Theatre, New York" dinner plate from the Acorn and Oak Leaf Border series, similar to the previous lot

Conrad (Joseph) The Shadow Line, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original cloth, 1917 ~ O'Faolain (Sean) There's a Birdie In the Cage, number 117 of 250 copies signed by the author, a little very light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, slightly rubbed, 1935 ~ Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, contemporary theatre programme loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, some small tears along upper edge, slightly rubbed, 1950 ~ Eco (Umberto) Foucault's Pendulum, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 1988, first editions, and 38 other British and European Modern First Editions, v.s. (42).

Love in a Village, a comic opera, as performed at The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, by The Author of Love in a Village, the music composed by several eminent masters, London, J Johnston, oblong folio, [n.d. ca. 1780's], engraved title, loose, lacking boards, pages mis-bound, some browning.

A SCRAP ALBUM, containing 1940's theatre programme cuttings pasted in

Three posters: a National Savings poster WFP183 "War Savings are Warships" after a painting of naval ships by Norman Wilkinson, sheet size 74.9 x 49.3cm; another National Savings poster WFP535 "Make Sure Your Ship Comes Home" after a painting of sailing ships by L.A. Wilcox, sheet size 74.4 x 49.8cm; and a Cardiff Gaiety Theatre poster dated 8th June 1936 advertising the films "Captain Blood", "Song of the Saddle", "Dr.Socrates" and "The Rainmakers", sheet size 76.1 x 50.9cm

A boxed Pelham Puppet lightweight theatre, with blue fascia, red curtains and black backdrop; good condition in fair original card box with label to the lid

TRAGETT (R.C.), BADMINTON FOR BEGINNERS, cloth, 8vo, 1929, together with two booklets on The Laws of Badminton, circa early 1900's, and an Autograph Album containing the signatures of Theatre Performers from the 1940's. (4)

Circa. one hundred and nine theatre programmes from the 1930's and 40's, including Capital Theatre, The New Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre, etc

HASKELL, Arnold, L. 'The Marie Rambert Ballet'. London 1930. Tog. with FRY, Christopher, 'An Experience of Critics'. Perpetua, London 1952 in D/W. Drawings by Ronald SEARLE. Plus Theatre and Ballet Interest.

A COLLECTION OF FIVE TOPOGRAPHICAL MONOCHROME PRINTS and two theatre posters.

Hillier (Jack), Hokusai Drawings, London 1966, (dw); Ernst (Earle), Three Japanese plays from Traditional Theatre; Yanagi (Soetsu), The Unknown Craftsman; Elisseeff, The Ancient Civilisation of Japn; Waley (Arthur), The Tale of Genji, Lady Murasak; Translated by Morris (Ivan), The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon; Munsterberg (Hugo), Mingei Folk Arts of Old Japan; Volter (T), Japanese Porcelain Trade of old Japan; Volter (T), Japanese Porcelain Trade of the Dutch East India Company after 1683; Mayuyama & Co Kokutani; Hamlyn (Paul), National Museum Tokyo and a Pamphlet on Japanese Drawings

A collection of theatre programmes, and cricket score cards circa 1950's

A Japanese colour woodblock print of the Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, signed in pencil below the plate, circa 1950.