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Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auctioneer: Lawrences, Crewkerne Location: South Street, Crewkerne
Contact: Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799
Date: 21st July 2011 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 18th July 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 19th July 9am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 20th July 9am to 4.30pm
Thursday 21st July 9am to 10.30am
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ARCHITECTURE, THE ARTS, BIBLIOGRAPHY

3001
BLAND, DAVID. A History of Book Illustration, 1969 — McLEAN, RUARI. Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing. Second Edition, 1972 — MUIR, PERCY. Victorian Illustrated Books, 1971. With 15 others on book illustration etc. 4to., and 8vo., mostly orig. cloth. Illustrated. (18)
£50-70
3002
BLES, JOSEPH. Rare English Glasses of the 17th and 18th Centuries, n.d. (c. 1925). 4to., orig. cloth gilt, uncut. (faded). 100 tipped in illustrations. £80-100
3003
BOOK COLLECTING. 22 vols., including: Hamel, Christopher de and Richard A. Linenthal. Fine Books and Book Collecting...acquired from Alan G. Thomas. 1981. Signed by Alan Thomas on half title. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. Illustrated. (22) £50-70
3004
CESCINSKY, HERBERT. English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century. 3 vols., n.d. - 1911. 4to., orig. half black morocco, spines, gilt (spines faded); with ERNEST R. GRIBBLE. Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 vols., 1922. Folio orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. Illustrations. (5) £120-180
3005
CESCINSKY, HERBERT. English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century. The Waverley Book Company, n.d. 3 vols., 4to., cont. half brown morocco (rubbed). Numerous illustrations (bookplate removed from vol 1). (3) £60-80
3006
CHILDREN'S BOOKS. 12 vols., including: Gottlieb Gerald. Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, 1975 — Whalley, J.I. and T.R. Chester. A History of Children's Book Illustration, 1988. 4to., and 8vo., orig. cloth, mostly in d.ws. (12) £40-60
3007
COMMERCIAL ART, New series, vols 1 - 7, The Studio, 1926 - 29. 4to., old cloth. Coloured plates and other illustrations. (7) See Illustration. £400-600
3008
DELAMOTTE, PHILIP H. The Art of Sketching from Nature. Second Edition, 1888. 4to., orig. cloth (soiled, nick in spine). 20 mounted chromolithographic plates, and table of tints. Text illustrations. With 7 others. (8) £20-40
3009
FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES. Armorial Families, Seventh Edition, 2 vols., 1929 - 30. Large 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Arms in text. With another volume. (3) £80-100
3010
FUSELI, HENRY. Lectures on Painting. Printed for J. Johnson, 1801. 4to., cont. half green morocco gilt (upper cover detached). Engraved vignette on title (title spotted with stain in lower margin), tailpiece by William Blake (this page with stained margins). £50-70
3011
[GERMAN LACE]. Sammlung neuer Muster zum Sticken in Plattstich und Tambourin gezeichnet von einer Hamburgerin. Hamburg, Perthes & Besser, 1821. Oblong folio, cont. half calf (spine worn). 16 plates, 3 of them folding (folding plates torn). The text refers to plates 35 - 51. Sold not subject to return. £30-40
3012
GILBERT, COLLEEN, B. A Bibliography of the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1979 and 8 others on the detective novel. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (9) £40-60
3013
GOTCH, J. ALFRED. Architecture of the Renaissance in England. 2 vols., 1894. Large folio, cont, half maroon morocco (rubbed, sides faded). 145 photographic plates numerous text illustrations. (2) £80-120
3014
GREEK PRINTING TYPES 1465 - 1927. Facsimiles from an Exhibition of books...1927. With printed letter enclosed presenting the volume. Folio, orig. cloth backed boards. Plates and text illustrations. £30-40
3015
GROVE, Sir GEORGE. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 5 vols and American Supplement, New York 1927 - 28. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, glacine d.ws. Portrait frontispiece. (6) £30-50
3016
HARDIE, MARTIN. Watercolour Painting in Britain. Second Edition, 3 vols.,
1969 - 71. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. (a few short tears to d.ws.). Coloured frontispieces, plain plates. (3) £60-80
3017
HARTSHORNE, ALBERT. Old English Glasses, London and New York 1897. 4to., orig. half vellum (spine defective and torn). Plates, some coloured (one loose) — BRITTEN, F.J. Old English Clocks, No. 78 of 320 copies. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (spine faded). Coloured frontispiece (loosening) and plain plates. With 17 others on collecting, art etc. (19) £120-180
3018
HOBSON, R.L. and A.L. HETHERINGTON. The Art of the Chinese Potter, 1923 (spine faded); The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, 1923. Limited Editions; The Early Ceramic Wares of China, 1922; Celadon Porcelain Its Story and Decorative Value, offprint, Old Furniture, Ltd., orig. wraps., n.d. 4to., orig. cloth gilt unless otherwise stated. Colour and plain plates. (4) £120-180
3019
HOBSON, R.L. The Later Ceramic Wares of China, 1925. No. 79 of 250 copies on hand-made paper, signed by the author. 4to., full pigskin gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (scratch on upper cover). Colour and plain plates. £60-80
3020
HOLMES, RICHARD R. Naval & Military Trophies, 1896. Large folio, orig. cloth gilt, a.e.g. 36 chromolithographic plates by William Gibb.
See Illustration on page 199. £100-150
3021
LATHAM, CHARLES. In English Homes. 3 vols., mixed edition, 1909 - 08 (one text leaf loose in vol 1) — TIPPING, H. AVRAY, ed. English Homes of the Early Renaissance, n.d. (apparently vol 4 of Latham above). Folio, orig., cloth gilt. Numerous illustrations. (4) £100-150
3022
LEMBERGER, ERNST. Meisterminiaturen aus funf Jahrhunderten. Stuttgart 1911. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Mounted colour plates. £80-100
3023
MACQUOID, PERCY. A History of English Furniture. 4 vols., 1904 - 08. Folio (spines faded, Oak with one plate frayed and almost detached, spine of Walnut damaged) — FOLEY, EDWIN. The Book of Decorative Furniture, 2 vols., 1910. — SYMONDS, R.W. Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture, 1923. Both 4to. All orig. cloth. Illustrated. (7) £100-150
3024
MACQUOID, PERCY and EDWARDS, RALPH. The Dictionary of English Furniture, Second Edition, revised, 3 vols., 1954. Folio, orig. cloth gilt, d.ws. (d.w. on vol 3 with defective illus. on front cover). Illustrated. (3) £150-250
3025
MILFORD HAVEN, GEORGE LOUIS VICTOR MOUNTBATTEN, 2nd Marquess of. British Naval Medals, 1919. Folio, orig. cloth. Numerous illustrations. £100-150
3026
NASH, JOSEPH. The Mansions of England in the Olden Time. First - Third series, 1869 - 71. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (worn, broken in bindings, upper joint of vol 2 split). 78 tinted plates including titles (as per list), (occasional spotting). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (3) £60-80
3027
NICHOLSON, PETER. Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide..., Enlarged and Improved Edition by John Hay, George Vertue, n.d. c. 1860. 4to., cont. half calf (worn). Additional engraved title, portrait frontispiece and 121 plates (some spotting). £80-100
3028
PIPER, JOHN. Paintings, Drawings & Theatre Designs 1932 - 54. 1955. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Colour and plain plates. £150-200
3029
PUGIN, AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE. Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume. Enlarged and Revised by the Rev. Bernard Smith, Third Edition, Bernard Quaritch 1868. 4to., orig. qtr. red morocco gilt (rubbed). Additional title and 73 mostly chromolithographic plates. Text illustrations. Bookplate of Wells Theological College and stamp on front free end paper. £100-150
3030
ROE, F. GORDON. The Nude from Cranach to Etty and Beyond. No. 86 of 500, F. Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, 1944. Presentation copy inscribed to "Bernard P. Withall With kind regards from what is left of The Author March 1948". 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, uncut. Plates. With 4 illustrated books. (5) £40-60
3031
SADLEIR, MICHAEL. XIX Century Fiction A Bibliographical Record. Limited Edition, one of 1025 sets. 2 vols., 1951. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. (ex library copy with stamp on versos of titles, and numbers on spines of d.ws.). Plates. (2) £60-90
3032
SANDERS, WILLIAM BLISS. Examples of Carved Oak Woodwork..., Bernard Quaritch, 1883. Folio, orig. vellum gilt (soiled). Lithographic plates — TANNER, HENRY, Jr. English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries, 1902. Folio, orig. cloth gilt. Plates — CHARLES, C.J. Elizabethan Interiors, No. 354 of 800 copies, [1912]. Folio, cont. half black morocco gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut. Photographic plates. — LLOYD, NATHANIEL. A History of English Brickwork, 1925. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Photographic plates. With 2 others. (6) £150-250
3033
SHELLEY, GEORGE. Natural Writing,...The Second Part. c. 1709 - 14. 2 parts in one, oblong folio, orig. green floral wrappers (spine defective, a few marks on covers). 1st part with 30 plates including title and portrait, 2nd part with 33 plates, including title, and portrait (ex 34, lacks no. 5). Engraved by George Bickham. Inscribed on verso of upper cover, "Mabel Peacock, from her father. This was Samuel Woodruffe's book". Sold with a copy of Darnell's Sure Guide to Good Hand Writing. No. 8. (c. 1865). (2)
See Illustration. £350-450
3034
SUGDEN, ALAN VICTOR and JOHN LUDLAM EDMONDSON. A History of English Wallpaper [1925]. Large 4to., orig. cloth gilt, d.w., in orig. card box (the box worn). Mounted colour plates and other illustrations. £100-200
3035
TIPPING, H. AVRAY. English Homes. Period I vol 1, 1921; Periods I & II vol 2, 1937; Period II vol 1, 1924; Period III vol 1, 1922; Period IV vol 1 (2 copies), 1929; Period IV vol 2, 1928; Period V vol 1, 1921; Period VI vol 1, 1926. Together 9 vols., folio, orig. cloth gilt (most spines faded). Numerous illustrations. (9) £800-1200
3036
WALTERSTORFF, EMELIE von, ed. Swedish Textiles. Stockholm 1925. 4to., loose in cloth covers as issued, with ties. Plates. With 2 vols. on Rumanian folk art. (3) £40-50
3037
WEALE, JOHN. Monograms, Old Architectural Ornament, Sacred Illustrations Borders and Alphabets... n.d. [1852]. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (tear in backstrip). Colour frontispiece, title and 17 plates, some coloured, one of them double page (small stain at centrefold), all lithographs by F. Bedford. £60-80
3038
DRUMMOND, JAMES. Ancient Scottish Weapons. Edinburgh and London 1881. No. 136 of 500 copies. Folio, orig. qtr. brown morocco (rubbed). Chromolithographic plates. (ex library copy) — CHAMBERS, R. & W. The Gazeteer of Scotland. 2 vols., New Edition, Edinburgh 1844. 8vo., cont. half calf. 2 folding engraved maps (one of them torn), and plates. With 2 other volumes. (5) £60-80
3039
No Lot

CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

3040
ALDIN, CECIL, illus. EMANUEL, WALTER. The Dogs of War. Bradbury, Agnew, n.d. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth. Plates and text illustrations. £70-90
3041
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Fairy Tales. Trans. H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner, 1872. 4to., orig. cloth (soiled, wear to spine). 12 chromolithographic plates by Eleanor Vere Boyle (final plate loose, first page of text torn in lower blank margin). With 8 others. (9)
See Illustration. £300-400
3042
AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY PICTURE BOOK. 1868. 24 chromolithographic plates (flyleaf torn, some child's scribbles); ...Nursery Favourite, 1870. 24 linen backed chromolithographic plates. With 2 others similar. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. (4) £80-120
3043
AUSTEN, JOHN, illus. Manon Lescaut from the French of L'Abbe Prevost. Geoffrey Bles 1928. Limited Edition, No. 489 of 500 copies signed by the artist. 4to., orig. qtr. vellum gilt. 12 colour plates and other illustrations. With The Deserted Village by Goldsmith, illustrated by W. Lee Hankey, n.d. (2) £40-50
3044
BATEMAN, H.M. illus. Rebound [1927]. 4to., orig. pictorial boards (sides spotted, some wear to spine). Illustrations. £30-40
3045
BEWICK, THOMAS. Engravings. Edited and printed by Edna W. Ferriss from the original wood blocks. 2 vols., P.P. by Philip Reed, Chicago, 1951. One of 500 copies. 8vo., orig. qtr. green or red morocco gilt. Woodcuts. With original visiting card of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed Ferriss loosely inserted. (2) £80-100
3046
CHILDREN'S TOY BOOKS, published by Dean & Co., Routledge, F. Warne, Read Brooks & Co., S.W. Partridge, and W.P. Nimmo, Edinburgh. [1870's]. 17 items, bound in 3 vols., 4to., and oblong 4to., cont. half leather. Including: John Gilpin's Ride; Cinderella...Illustrated by Percy Cruikshank; The Tricks of Master Fox by J.E.O.E.; Hengler's Juvenile Spectacle, Little Red Riding Hood; The Dog's Dinner Party; King Alfred and Othere. Coloured covers and illustrations. Sold not subject to return. (3)
See Illustration. £250-350
3047
DEAN & Co., publishers. Grandpapa Easy's Marquis of Carabas; Or, New Puss in Boots; Grandmamma Easy's New Story of the Queen of Hearts; Grandmamma Easy's New Story About Old Daddy Long-Legs; Uncle Buncle's New Story About Master Nobody. All n.d., 8vo., orig. wraps. (spines splitting). Hand coloured illustrations. With 9 other children's books, including The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls, New Edition, 1923 (upper cover defective), and Monsell, J.R. The Hooded Crow, Basil Blackwood, Oxford, n.d, d.w. (d.w. with tears to spine and Christmas label on front). (13) £60-80
3048
DETMOLD, EJ., illus. DUGDALE, FLORENCE. The Book of Baby Birds; The Book of Baby Beasts, both Henry Frowde, n.d. 4to., orig. cloth backed boards (slightly scuffed and soiled). Each vol. with 19 mounted colour plates (Beasts with 2 torn, one of them loose and another with defective margin). (2) £40-60
3049
DISNEY, WALT. Mickey Mouse Movie Stories, Dean & Son, Ltd., n.d. (1932). 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth backed boards (wear to corners). Illustrations. £80-100
3050
DISNEY, WALT. "Sketchbook". 1938. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. (d.w. torn at rear). Tipped in colour plates and plain illustrations (slight spotting to text). £200-250
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auctioneer: Lawrences, Crewkerne Location: South Street, Crewkerne
Contact: Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799
Date: 21st July 2011 Time: 11:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 18th July 9am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 19th July 9am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 20th July 9am to 4.30pm
Thursday 21st July 9am to 10.30am
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