Books, Manuscripts, Photographs and MapsIncluding Books from the Bath Public Reference Library
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The Art Journal, a broken run from 1871-1888, lacking 1882 and 1884, but with duplicates for 1871 and 1873, together 18 volumes, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, 4to, London: Virtue & Co. (18) sold as a periodical, not subject to return £100-200
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Blunt, Anthony, editor. Drawings in the Royal Collection, 14 volumes, plates, illustrations, original cloth, most with dust-jackets, 4to, London: Phaidon, 1944-1966 £50-80
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Cescinsky, Herbert. English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 3 volumes, half-titles, illustrations, publisher's half morocco, rubbed, top edge gilt, 4to, London: George Routledge & Sons, [n.d.] £100-150
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Cescinsky, Herbert and Ernest H. Gribble. Early English Furniture and Woodwork, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, coloured plates, illustrations, publisher's morocco-backed cloth boards gilt, slipcases, 4to, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1922 £70-90
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Ex-Libris. A group of 126 engraved book-plates collected by Robert C. B. Gardner, including those for the Earl of Radnor, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Ilchester, Sir Albert Woods, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl Harcourt, George Fairholme and others, c.1770-1950, mostly engraved, together with correspondence, in an album, 4to £100-200
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Hardie, Martin. Water-Colour Painting in Britain, 3 volumes, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, 4to, London: B.T. Batsford, 1966-68; Grant, M.H. The Old English Landscape Painters, 8 volumes, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, 4to, Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1957-1961; and 9 others, similar, v.s. (20) £200-300
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Hobson, Anthony. Great Libraries, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1970; McLean, Ruari. Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Gordon Fraser, 1974; and 17 others on books, v.s. (19) £50-80
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Hobson, R.L. Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, one of 300 copies, signed by Leonard Gow, this copy ex-series, coloured plates, tissue guards, full morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, others uncut, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, with neat de-accession stamp on back endpaper, solander case, 4to, London: Privately Printed, 1931 £200-300 See illustration
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Jourdain, M. English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: B.T. Batsford, 1924; English Decoration and Furniture of the Later XVIIIth Century, plates, original cloth, 4to, B.T. Batsford, [n.d.]; Lenygon, Francis. Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760, volume II, second edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: B.T. Batsford, 1927; and 18 others, furniture, v.s. (21) £100-150
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Laking, Guy Francis. Sevres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, first edition, 63 coloured plates, tissue guards, original publisher's pig-skin backed boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, London: Bradbury, Agnew and Company, 1907 £200-300
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McCartney, Paul. Paul McCartney Paintings, first edition, signed by the artist on the half-title, coloured plates, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Little Brown, 2000 £200-300
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Morgan, J. Pierpont. The Golden Latin Gospels in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan... by H.C. Hoskier, one of 200 copies only, 2 coloured plates, tissue guards, original vellum-backed boards, soiled, top edge gilt, others uncut, foot of spine chipped, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, a few leaves with the blindstamp, 4to, New York: Privately Printed, 1921 £60-90
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Morison, Stanley. John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types, one of 1000 copies only, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, untrimmed, dust-jacket, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, folio, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967 £80-120
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Pearce, Bryan. The Artist and His Work... by Janet Axten, first edition, inscribed by the author, number 15 of 75 examples with an original etching, signed by the artist, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase, 4to, Bristol: Sansom and Company, 2000 £200-300
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Pope, Arthur Upham, and Phyllis Ackerman, editors. A Survey of Persian Art, from Prehistoric Times to the Present, volumes 1-6 only, 1482 plates, original buckram gilt, folio, London: Oxford University Press, 1938-1939 £400-600
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Racinet, Auguste. Polychromatic Ornament, half-title, 100 chromo-lithographed plates, each blind-stamped 'Bath Public Reference Library', original cloth gilt, head of spine defective, all edges gilt, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, London: Henry Sotheran, 1873 £100-150
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Smith, H. Clifford. The Complete History of Buckingham Palace, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Country Life, 1931 £30-40
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Sutcliffe, G. Lister. The Modern Carpenter and Joiner and Cabinet Maker, 8 volumes, illustrations, original cloth with art nouveau designs by Talwin Morris, rubbed, folio, London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1903 £50-80
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Sutcliffe, John. Drawing-Book of Horses, in Progressive Lessons, 24 lithographed plates, tissue guards, some spotting, original cloth, oblong 4to, London: David Bogue, [c.1850]; Leitch, R.P. A Course of Sepia Painting, plates, some spotting, original cloth gilt, oblong 8vo, London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, [n.d.]; and 1 other, similar (3) £40-60
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Tompkins, Thomas. The Beauties of Writing..., 35 [of 41] engraved plates, including title, soiled, oblong folio, London: for the Author, 1808; and another, similar (2) £50-100
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Tristram, E. W. English Medieval Wall Painting, 3 volumes, first edition, plates, later cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 4to, London: Oxford University Press, 1944-1950 £50-80
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Walsh, Grahame L. Bradshaws Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, first edition, limited to 1000 copies, coloured plates, original cloth, dust-jcket, large 4to, Geneva: Bradshaw Foundation, 1994 £200-300
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Walter Macfarlane & Co. Examples Book of Macfarlane's Castings, illustrations, original cloth gilt, folio, Glasgow: Walter Macfarlane, 1870; Maguire & Gatchell, Ltd. Illustrated Record [catalogue], wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, 4to, Dublin: Maguire and Gatchell, 1915 (2) £100-150
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Williamson, George C. The History of Portrait Miniatures, 2 volumes, first edition, plates, guards, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, folio, London: George Bell and Sons, 1904 £100-150
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Williamson, G.C. Angelica Kauffmann, R.A., Her Life and Works, one of 1000 copies, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: John Lane, 1924; Tomory, Peter. The Life and Art of Henry Fuseli, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Thames and Hudson, 1972; Wark, Robert R. Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, San Marino: Huntington Library, 1975; and approx. 80 others, art and architecture reference, v.s. (80+) £250-300
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Wilson, Horace Hayman. Ariana Antiqua. A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan, first edition, 36 lithographed plates, large folding engraved map, some light spotting, later plates waterstained, lower left, 4pp. list of subscribers, 3pp. list of author's works at end, original cloth, neatly rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 4to, London: East India Company, 1841 £120-180
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Vasari. The Vasari Society for the Reproduction of Drawings by Old Masters, First and Second Series in 26 parts, plates loose, the first five parts in wrappers, the remainder in cloth-backed portfolios, folio, Oxford: At the University Press, 1905-1935 £100-150
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Aldin, Cecil. An Artist's Models, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, edges chipped, 4to, London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1930; Dogs of Character, first edition, coloured illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped with loss and torn, 4to, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930; Forty Fine Ladies, coloured illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1929 (3) £70-90
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Blampied, Edmund, illustrator. Peter Pan, first edition, 12 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, black and white illustrations, a few expertedly coloured by hand, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and defective, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939; Leighton, Clare. Four Hedges, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, soiled, 4to, London: Voctor Gollancz, 1935 (2) £50-80
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Brandt, Bill. A Night in London, first edition, 64 photographic plates, original photopictorial wrappers, spine very slightly chipped, 8vo, London: Country Life, 1938 A GOOD COPY. £700-900
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Brangwyn, Frank, illustrator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth, slightly soiled, 4to, London: T.N. Foulis, [c.1920]; The Pageant of Venice, coloured plates, original cloth, soiled, 4to, London: John Lane, 1922; Belgium, illustrations, original cloth, 4to, London: Kegan Paul, 1916; and 3 others illustrated by Brangwyn, v.s. (6) £100-150
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Brickdale, Eleanor Fortescue, illustrator. Idylls of the King, 21 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original holland-backed boards, top edge gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]; Shaw, Byam, illustrator. The Garden of Kama, coloured plates, original cloth, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1914; and 2 others, v.s. (4) £100-150
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Crane, Walter, illustrator. Don Quixote of the Mancha, coloured plates, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, London: Blackie and Son, [n.d.]; A Flower Wedding, coloured illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, London: Cassell & Company, 1905; This Little Pig, His Picture Book, coloured plates, original cloth, 4to, London: John Lane, [n.d.]; and 12 others similar, v.s. (15) £100-150
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Disney, Walt. 'Three Little Pigs', third edition, coloured plates, hinge broken, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, repaired with adhesive tape, 4to, London: John Lane, 1934 £30-50
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. Sylvie and Bruno, first edition, illustrations, original cloth gilt, joints cracked, shaken, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co., 1889; Whistler, Rex, illustrator. Fairy Tales and Legends from Hans Andersen, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1935; and 18 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (20) £100-150
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Dulac, Edmund, illustrator. Stories from Hans Andersen, tipped-in coloured plates, a few with minor creasing, a few leaves with fore-edge torn, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]; Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. A Midsummer Night's Dream, tipped-in coloured plates, guards, light spotting, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1911; and 5 others, illustrated, 4to (7) £150-200
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Dulac, Edmund, illustrator. The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, first edition, 28 tipped-in plates, tissue guards, original publisher's cloth decorated gilt, very slightly shaken, foot of spine slightly frayed, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] £100-150
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Dulac, Edmund, illustrator. Stories from Hans Andersen, first edition, 28 tipped-in coloured plates, original publisher's cloth decorated gilt, slightly shaken and marked, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911 £100-150
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Dulcken, H.W. Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainment, frontispiece and numeorus wood-engraved illustrations, original publisher's full morocco, decorated elaborately gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, London: Ward Lock and Co., [c.1865] £30-50
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Gardiner, Rena. Portrait of Dorset. The South-East, one of twelve extra copies compiled after the original thirty copies were exhausted, half-title, numerous coloured lithographed plates and illustrations, text printed letterpress, 180 pages, some minor offsetting and browning, original cloth, printed endpapers, dust-jacket, extremities chipped, partial repairs, oblong 4to, Wareham: Workshop Press, 1960 This lot includes an ALs from the artist, dated January 6th 1993, supplying a list of books in print. £700-900 See illustration
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Gardiner, Rena. Dorset: The East Winterborne Valley, 1968; Dorset: Tarrant to Blandford, 1970, both with coloured illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, 4to, Wareham: Workshop Press (2) £100-150
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Gaskin, Arthur J., illustrator. Good King Wenceslas... with An Introduction by William Morris, first edition, illustrations, original publisher's boards, untrimmed, 4to, Birmingham: Messrs Cornish Brs., 1895; and 11 others, illustrated, v.s. (12) £100-150
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Gill, Eric. First Nudes, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Neville Spearman, 1954; Twenty-Five Nudes, later edition, plates, original cloth, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1951 (2) £40-60
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Gillray, James. [The Works - suppressed plates], 45 engravings on 23 leaves, some soiling and spotting, contemporary half morocco, worn, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, [London: ?Bohn c.1849] £60-90
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Greenaway, Kate. A Day in A Child's Life, first edition, coloured illustrations, some soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, joints cracked, 4to, London: George Routledge, [n.d.]; The Pied Piper of Hamelin, first edition, coloured illustrations, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, London: George Routledge, [n.d.]; and 3 others (5) £70-90
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Halluech, Adriano. [Regiae familiae Mediceorum etruriae principum effigies], 31 engraved plates only, the first with ownership inscription, some soiling, contemporary mottled calf, worn, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, [c.1740] £200-300
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Hallward, Reginald Francis. Flowers of Paradise, coloured plates, original boards, folio, London: Macmillan & Co., [1890]; [Anon] Book of Picture Alphabets, 16 chromo-lithographed plates backed on linen, original cloth, 4to, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [c.1891]; and 11 others similar, 4to (13) £100-150
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Holbein, Hans. Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, in the Collection of His Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII, first edition, 84 engraved portraits after F. Bartolozzi on 83 leaves, 23 mounted, many on pink paper, the portraits of Holbein and his wife with imprint cropped, last few portraits waterstained, original publisher's limp boards, spine defective, folio, London: John Chamberlaine, 1792 £200-300
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Lang, Andrew, editor. The Orange Fairy Book, first edition, coloured plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans & Co., 1906; The Grey Fairy Book, first edition, coloured plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford, some spotting, original cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans & Co., 1900; The Olive Fairy Book, first edition, coloured plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford, original cloth gilt, shaken and soiled, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans & Co., 1907; The Blue Fairy Book, tenth impression, coloured plates and illustrations after H.J. Ford, original cloth gilt, shaken and soiled, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans & Co., 1903; and 29 others from the same or similar series, mostly later editions, 8vo (33) £200-300
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