551. Askari, Nasreen / Arthur, Liz.

Uncut Cloth: Saris Shawls and Sashes.

London, Merrell Holberton, 1999. 22.5 cm x 27.8 cm. 128 pages. With colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains loose ephemera, an article entitled ‘Paisley Shawls’ with information on ‘weaving a paisley shawl’.

552. Gulbransson, Olaf.

Und So Weiter.

2.Auflage. Muenchen, Piper, 1973. Quarto. [102] Seiten, durchgehend illustriert. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / Aussergewoehnlich gut erhalten.

553. The Knight of Glin / Griffin, David J. / Robinson, Nicholas K.

Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland.

Kildare, The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1989. 25.5 cm x 28.5 cm. VI, 161 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. This is the rare Hardcover – Edition !

554. [Vanity Fair] Bowles, Thomas Gibson / [Fantastic collection of political caricature portraits of 19th century American Politicans / British Politicians]

Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares – Complete Annual for the year 1872 with 51 full-page portraits of victorian statesmen of england as well as the united states of america (Hamilton Fish, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley etc.), politicians, writers, artists, “men of the day” and men of influence, portrayed in chromolithography / chromolithographs in colour (January 6, 1872 – June 29, 1872 & July 6, 1872 – December 28, 1872 ).

London, Vanity Fair, 1872. Folio. 208, 208 pages. Complete set. Interleaved with 51 chromolithographic portraits. Beautifully restored, original Hardcover (half-leather with orginal spine (gilt letttering and ornament). With new, linen-covered boards, using the original pastedowns and endpapers. A stunning Volume in excellent condition. All illustrations in wonderful colour.

555. Piper, John.

Victorian Dream Palaces and Other Buildings in Landscape.

London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., no date [1977]. Quarto (21 cm wide x 29.7 cm high). 16 pages, Illustrated. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

556. Wood, Christopher.

Victorian Painting.

First North American Edition. Boston, Mass./New York, N.Y./London, Bulfinch Press, 2000. Quarto (27 cm wide x 29 cm high). 384 pages with 500 illustrations (mainly in colour) and an Index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With a private gift-inscription.

557. [County Kerry / Original Artwork of Lakes of Killarney] – Newman, John.

View of Muckross Lake from Brickeen Bridge. [Torc Lake, a name commonly used for Muckross Lake or Middle Lake due to the nearby Torc Mountain / Killarney].

Original chalk lithograph mounted on carton / stiff paper. [London], [J.Newman & Co.], c.1850. 32,5 cm x 24 cm. Closely cropped but in very good condition with only mild signs of foxing.

558. London – [Wren, Christopher]. (1632 – 1732).

Views of Christopher’s Wren’s London Landmarks – St Paul’s Cathedral, St Stephens’ Walbrook – and the Ironmongers Hall.

Original engravings. London et al, Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, [c.1750]. Plate Size: 19.5 cm x 11.5 cm – 26 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 21 cm x 13 cm – 29 cm x 21 cm. Four original engravings in good+ condition with very minor occasional browning only.

559. Britain and Ireland – [Anonymous].

Views of Picturesque Locations in the British and Irish Isles – The Giant’s Causeway, Pistyll Rhaeadr, Staffa’s Fingal’s Cave and the Bullers of Buchan

Original engraving. Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, 1750. Plate Size: 13.5 x 9.5 cm – 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Sheet Size: 20 cm x 11.7 cm – 19.5 cm x 24.3 cm. Original engravings. In good- condition. Some browning evident. One sheet has significant tear with section of margin missing.

560. Tracy, Spencer / [Hal Phyfe]. (American Actor 1900 – 1967).

Vintage black and white photograph of a young Spencer Tracy, by famous Broadway photographer Hal Phyfe, signed and inscribed by Tracy “To L.I. Bergman with best wishes – Spencer Tracy – 7/1/33”.

Brussels, J.Ganz, c.1880. 20 cm x 25 cm. Excellent condition. Wonderfully rare autograph by one of America’s most beloved actors of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

561. Cullen, Fintan.

Visual Politics – The Representation of Ireland: 1750-1930.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1997. Octavo (17.6 cm wide x 25.5 cm high). XII, 228 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to endpaper.

562. Hagen, Siegfried / Nemeczek, Alfred (Redaktion).

Volume I: documenta III – Malerei/Skulptur, Volume II: documenta III – Handzeichnungen.

Köln, Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1964. 22,5 cm x 22,5 cm. Volume I: 416 Seiten, Volume II: 240 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. 2 Bände (vollständig) / Two Volumes (complete). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

563. Paris – Chereau, Jacques. (1688 – 1776).

Vue de L’Édifice de l’Observatoire et du Collège des Jésuites.

Original hand-coloured engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Jacques Chereau, [c.1700s]. Plate Size: 39.3 cm x 28.5 cm. Sheet Size: 41.5 cm x 29.7 cm. Original print. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and bright impression.

564. Yorkshire – Kilby, Thomas. (1794 – 1868).

Wakefield, Yorkshire – Trinity Church & New Wells. [Published for Thomas Kilby’s “Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield”]

Hand-coloured Lithograph. [London], 1843. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Lithograph: 42.5 cm x 32.5 cm. Size of actual Lithograph: 37 cm x 27 cm. Excellent condition.

565. Skinner, David.

Wallpaper in Ireland 1700 – 1900.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2014. Quarto (25 cm 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent, as new condition. A fantastic, extremly important and now very (very !) rare publication.

566. [Crozier, William (″Bill”)] Crouan, Katharine / Kennedy, S. B. / Vann, Philip.

William Crozier. [Signed by William “Bill” Crozier during a Summer Exhibition at James Wray & Co. (including the invitation to the former owners of this book) and the book comes with a small collection of little catalogues and publications on Crozier, advertising material etc.]. Edited by Katharine Crouan / With Essays by S.B.Kennedy and Philip Vann.

Hampshire / Burlington, Lund Humphries, 2007. 8°. 208 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Bill Crozier on the titlepage.

567. Harvey, William – [Harvey, William] van Bemmel, Willem (after the artist) / Houbraken, J. (engraver).

William Harvey M.D.

Original copper engraving portrait of english physician William Harvey, ″ first known physician to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood”. The vintage engraving shows William Harvey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in a medallion draped with cloth, also shows a drawing of the cardiovascular system, parts of a plant, and a snake entwined around a stick, suggesting a caduceus. [The original engraving is framed and comes with an exceptional Facsimile of the first edition of “De Motu Cordis (see images)”]. [Amsterdam], J. Houbraken, no year [c.1770]. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Harvey’s portrait: 32 cm x 38 cm. Size of the actual portrait engraving: 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Excellent condition !

568. Spottiswoode, W. Hugh.

Winter’s Pie Being the Christmas Number of “Printers’ Pie”.

London, The Sphere & Tatler Ltd., 1914. Colour Frontispiece. 32 pages of advertisements, 112 pages, colour and black and white plates and illustrations. Original Softcover. Poor condition of the binding with strong signs of external wear. Cover damaged and in poor condition. Open tear to rear cover illustration. Front cover illustration missing. Pages separated from cover. Contains moderate foxing to edges. Pages tanned. Otherwise interior clean, no markings. Colour Pear’s Health and Beauty advertisement to rear. The illustraions inside in very good condition (see images).

569. [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791).

Original 19th century Gouache after an 1870 painting by C. Jäger. German, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 44 cm x 36,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary painting with some minor repairs. Just like the Beethoven Gouache we also offer by this gifted artist, a very fresh impression of this wonderful musical inspirer.

570. Christo & Jean-Claude.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Sculpture and Projects 1961-96. [SIGNED by Christo and Jean-Claude].

Yorkshire, Exhibition Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation, 1997. Oblong Small-Quarto (21 cm wide x 15 cm high). 36 pages with illustrations (some in beautiful colour). Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare now with the beautiful signatures of these two landmark-artists of the 20th century.

571. [Ungerer, Tomi].

ZUT ! – TOMI UNGERER. – à l’occasion du quatre-vingtième Anniversaire de Tomi Ungerer, Le Magazine ZUT ! est Heureux de vous offrir un exemplaire de ce Hors-Série.

Zut, 2001. 4°. 261, (4) pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Beautifully signed in his calligraphic hand by Tomi Ungerer on the cover. / Von Tomi Ungerer auf dem Umschlag kalligraphisch signiert. [ZUT – Hors – Série 01]