101. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

102. [Gloucester Cathedral] – Waller, Frederick S.

Gloucester Cathedral – Notes and Sketches by Frederick S.Waller.

Gloucester, John Bellows, 1890. Quarto (22 cm wide x 28 cm high). 14 pages text and six (6) full-page Lithographs, illustrating the Cathedral in detail and also including the wonderful Lithograph of a Birdseye-sketch of the Cathedral’s appearance as Norman Remains. Illustrated Softcover with lithographed wrappers. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. An extremely rare publication on excellent paper and the plates in wonderful detail and condition. This is not the usual tourist pamphlet but a thorough architectural study of great importance for the History of this Abbey.

103. Vierge, Daniel.

The Tavern of the Three Virtues. Translated from the Original of Saint-Juirs. Illustrated with sixty drawings by Daniel Verge together with a critical essay on the art of Vierge by Edmund Gosse.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, (ca. 1890). 22 cm x 33 cm. 155, (1) pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. One of only 650 copies of a limited edition. Exlibris of Gordon Sloane (Lamh Dhearg). Blindstamped “Oaklands, St.Peters, Isle of Thanet”.

104. [MacMahon, Ella [Eleanor Harriet] / Watson, Aaron / Edwardes, Charles / Bonney, Professor / etc.].

Historical Houses of the United Kingdom [and Ireland] – Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. [The two articles on Lismore Castle and Kilkenny Castle were written by irish romance novelist Ella MacMahon].

London / Paris / Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1892. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm high). Frontispice, VIII, 328 pages with numerous text-illustrations and severl full-page illustrations of the Houses and Castles. Original, decorative Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and cover. Bidning shaky but bookblock firm. Wonderful publication with many historical building-details of irish and english houses. To our knowledge the full-page illustrations of Kilkenny Castle and Lismore Castle are not found in any other publication.

105. [Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred] Holme, Charles (Charles Rennie Mackintosh / Charles Voysey and others).

The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art. Alfred Chester Beatty’s personal set of “The Studio”; 97 volumes bound in 69 books with the Register for Vols 1-29 [Lacking Volume 61]. With original artwork by James McNeill Whistler and other important artists of the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau Movement.

97 Volumes (bound in 69 Volumes). London, Offices of The Studio, 1893 – 1929. Quarto. c. 20000 pages with illustrations, photographs, original lithographs, engravings. Contemporary private Hardcover (Uniform deep blue buckram with gilt lettering on spinelabels). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only a few of the Volumes a little shaky. With the handwritten entry “A. Chester Beatty – 24 Kensington Palace Gardens – W. 8”.

106. Litchfield, Frederick.

Illustrated History of Furniture. [With Chapters on Japanese Furniture and Early Machine-Made Furniture as well as an Appendix with Names of Furniture-Artists and Furniture Manufacturers]. From the Earliest to the Present Time. With numerous illustrations.

Third Edition. London, Truslove & Hanson, 1893. 21 x 29 cm. XX, 280 pages with many illustrations throughout the text. Original Hardcover. Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear (Upper spine with minor damage). From the library of furniture-historian Claudia Kinmonth. The free front endpaper is detached and loosely inserted.

107. [Blake, WIlliam] / [Philip Gilbert] / [William Quiller Orchardson] / [John Fullwood] / [John La Farge] Hamerton, P.G.

The Portfolio – Monographs on Artistic Subjects [21 Volumes in 7 with each Volume including three Monographs on a Subject or an Artist’s Life and Work. Volumes include for example include: Josiah Wedgwood / John La Farge / William Blake / Japanese Wood-Engraving / Belgian Sculpture etc. see full List below]. Edited by P.G.Hamerton.

Original / First Edition. 21 Volumes bound in seven Volumes. London, Seeley and Co., 1894-1896. Quarto (19.2 cm wide x 27.2 cm high). c. 1600 pages with a total of 37 Etchings / Engravings. Hardcover / All Volumes in their original, very decorative Art Nouveau-Bindings with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and frontcover. All Bindings in protective Collectors-Mylar. Excellent, actually stunning condition with only minor signs of wear and occasional foxing to some of the illustrations only). One layer loosened in the 1895-Volume.

108. Couvée, M. M.

19th Century Album with 31 fantastic, large vintage photographs of Germany, Austria and Italy. Many of these early photographs are on Frankfurt am Main, but also Berlin, Heidelberg and classic travel – locations along the Rhine are included / Also interspersed are some other european destinations like Lugano, Venice and Salzburg (these all in colour). – All Photographs original Albumen Prints. / Album mit 31 grossformatigen, fantastischen, originalen Photographien von deutschen und europaeischen Stadtansichten des 19. Jahrhunderts, vorwiegend Frankfurt am Main [mit traumhaften und ungewoehnlichen Ansichten von Frankfurt und Sachsenhausen / Kaiserstrasse mit Strassenbahn / Rossmarkt / Goetheplatz / Alte Oper / Palmengarten / Wiesbaden – Kursaalplatz / Eschenheimer Turm / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal / Main mit Untermainbruecke und Angler mit zwei Jungen davor / aber auch Stadtansichten von Berlin (″Blick nach den Linden” in Farbe – in colour), Lugano (in Farbe – in colour), Boppard (in Farbe – in colour), Heidelberg (in Farbe – in colour), Salzburg, Königstein im Taunus (in Farbe – in colour), Remagen (in Farbe – in colour), Coblenz, Lahneck, Sooneck, Braubach und Marxburg, Wiesbaden, Bingen und Venedig (in Farbe – in colour)/

La Haye / Dresden, Couvée / Stengel & Co., c. 1895 – 1900. Quer Quart / Oblong Quarto. 31 large photographs mounted on cardboard. Original Hardcover / Exzellente Halblederausgabe mit vergoldetem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. / Album with gilt lettering. Ungewoehnlich gut erhaltenes Album mit phantastischen Aufnahmen die auch das buergerliche Leben mit eingefangen haben. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

109. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827).

Stunning, original 19th century Gouache of Beethoven by E.F. Göbel; after a painting of Beethoven by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887), which is now in the possession of the Library of Congress. Germany, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 48 cm x 34,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary 19th century painting with fresh impression of the signature-face of this timeless composer.

110. [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.

111. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie. / [Paris during the World Exhibition in the Year 1900]

Collection of thirtyfour (34) original photographic glass-slides, allowing us to imagine the surroundings of Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project” and the Genesis of his Idea of “Paris as the Capital of the 19th Century”. While the Glass-Slides are NOT from Benjamin’s library or from one of his friends collections, they are contemporary artefacts which allow us to Timetravel into the Paris of Benjamin’s “Arcades” and illustrate Benjamin’s creation of the six sections of his “Arcades Project”: “Fourier, or the Arcades” ; “Daguerre, or the Panoramas”; “Grandville, or the World Exhibitions” ; “Louis-Philippe, or the Interior”; “Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris”; “Hausmann, or the Barricades”. The slides were produced by Parisien Radio-Brom manufacturer of photographic plates and papers, “Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie”. The fantastic slides all produced around the time of the 1900 Paris Exposition (World’s Fair), known in french as “Exposition Universelle” in Paris. Included are photographic plates of the “Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt” at the “Place du Chatelet”, “Le Louvre”, “Paris – Buttes-Chaumont – Le Lac & Le Belvedere”, “Avenue de L’Opera”, “Place de Victoires”, “Gare St.Lazare – Rue de Rome”, L’Institut pris du pont des Arts”, “Gare Montsouris”, “Monument de Pasteur – Avenue de Breteuil”, “La Seine et L’Hotel de Ville”, “Pont au Change”, “Les Tuileries – avec “Charmeur d’Oiseaux”, “Le Conseil d’Etat”, “Avenue des Champs Elysees”, “Palais de Justice, Boulevard du Palais”, “Pont ALexandre III”, “Square d’Anvers”, “Grand Palais”, “Fontaine de Carpeaux”, “Jardin des Plantes” “Galerie de la Plaeontologie”, “Place du Carrousel – Arc de Triomphe”, “De Notre Dame sur l’Hotel Dieu – Tour St.Jacques – Sacre Coeur”, etc. Also included are some private images of family, picnic in the forests etc.

Paris, Exposition Universelle of 1900 / Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie., [c.1900]. 10.7 cm x 4.4 cm. 34 slides in three boxes (one of the boxes labelled: “Diapositifs de Verascope Richard”. Original Hardcover Boxes with glass-slides. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

112. Wells, Percy A. (1867-1956) / [Letter by Morris, Mary ‘May’ (Designer)] / [Letter by Allom, Sir Charles Carrick (english decorator)] / [Letter by Garnett, Prof. William (Experimental Physics)] / [Letter by Henry, Jacob Solomon (Furniture Maker)] / Letter by Hems, Harry (English architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor)] / [Letter: Image, Selwyn (British Artist & Designer of the Arts & Crafts Movement)] / [Letter: Russell, Sir Sydney Gordon (English Designer & Craftsman) / [Letter: Quennell, Marjorie (Courtney) (British historian, illustrator and Museum Curator at The Geffrye Museum) //

Small Archive / Manuscript Material, Letters, Designs, Books and Pamphlets as well as vintage photographs of Furniture like Chairs (Percy A. Wells Chair), Wardrobe, Advertising of Exhibitions [chaired for example by Christopher Hussey], etc. etc. This material all originates from Percy A. Wells’ personal collection and sensationally also includes a manuscript notebook / sketchbook with his drawings, designs and a detailed, typescript with autobiographical memories in which Wells details his decades of being involved in Furniture Design. Loosely inserted in the manuscript notebook / sketchbook, is a signed manuscript letter on stationery of Kelmscott Manor by Mary ‘May’ Morris, daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists’ model, Jane Morris [included is ephemeral material which for example informs about a pair of Episcopal Gloves, designed by William Morris’s daughter [May Morris] and the clipping continues: “Those who remember Morris’s attitude towards the Church will smile and reflect upon time’s revenges”]. The collection includes an abundance of information which easily can lead to a monograph on the life of Percy A. Wells. Detailed description of the Archive and all materials contained below (more details will be listed constantly).

Dulwich / Shoreditch / London a.o., Percy A.Wells Private Library, c.1900-c.1920. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Hardcover Folder with loosely inserted material like letters and photographs, envelopes, signed and inscribed books and rare pamphlets with designs etc. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Fantstic Archive and lots of unpublished material of one of the more eminent Cabinet, Furniture and Chair – Designers which resulted from inspiration by William Morris’ Kelmscott – School. Percy A. Wells Chairs are still in regular demand today and sell for stunning prices (3000 £ etc.).

113. [Leighton, Lord Frederic] Williamson, George C.

Frederic Lord Leighton.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1902. 10 cm x 16 cm. 56 Pages plus additional press reviews and 8 pages of publisher’s advertising. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Bell’s Miniature Series of Painters].

114. Shoemaker, Michael Myers.

Palaces Prisons and Resting Places of Mary Queen of Scots.

No 26 of 375 Numbered Copies. London, H. Virtue and Company Limited, 1902. 37 cm x 29 cm. 196 pages. With 8 full page photo gravures, 24 full page plates and 30 textual illustrations. Original, parchment covered Softcover with supralibro to frontcover. Very good copy in the original white vellum covers. Only slightly foxed.

115. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin [Violet Martin].

A Patrick’s Day Hunt. [Engraved & Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans].

Westminster [London], Archibald Constable & Co., no year [c.1902]. Oblong Folio. 47 pages with eight (8) plates in colour and several illustrations in black-and-white. Original, illustrated Hardcover, now in professional colloctor’s Mylar. Some of the plates with some minor staining, one plate cleanly detached. But all plates in wonderful and vibrant condition overall (see photographs).

116. Aarts, Johannes Josephus (1871 – 1934).

“Bedelaar” [″Bettler” / “Beggar”].

Rare, antique, vintage, original Lithograph by the dutch artist Johannes Josephus Aarts, showing the scene of an invalid beggar entering a Hamlet of farmers and asking for alms. Striking and beautiful scene in the typical earthy, nature-embedded, strong depiction by Aarts; full of character and gripping through the magnified presence of Aarts subjects, which are “in your face”. Signed in pencil by Johannes Josephus Aarts. [Fine Art-Paper watermarked “TRCHES”]. [Amsterdam], Roeloffzen, Hübner und van Santen, 1903. Size of the framed Picture: 63 cm wide x 53 cm high. Size of the Sheet : 49 cm wide x 41 cm high (the image itself: 22 cm x 30 cm). Excellent condition, beautifully framed.

117. Tourista.

Tourista – Revue pratique de Voyages. [Incl.: “La Motocyclette et Le Grand Tourisme”] / Including the essay by Charles Rabot – “La Formation des Gorges”.

13 issues in one Volume (complete annual 1903). Paris, Prieur et Dubois, 1903. Octavo. 221 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations throughout the Volume. Hardcover [contemporary buckram] with gilt lettering on spine / Original, decorative wrappers bound within / Alpine Club gilt insignia on lower spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm and strong. Interior bright and clean. Former library copy of the world-famous “Alpine Club” with thier subtle library stamp evident throughout.

118. Baldry, A. L.

The Wallace Collection at Hertford House.

London, Goupil & Co., 1904. 22.5 cm x 30.2 cm. 302 pages. With black & white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

119. Hubbard, Elbert.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers – Aristotle. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into a book by The Roycrofters, at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, MCMIV.

New York, The Roycrofters, 1904. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 22 pages. A variety of advertisements for Roycroft products and services at the beginning and end of publication. Original Softcover. Hand stiched with silk. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition of this fragile publication / Only minor signs of external wear. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers (Vol. XIV. March, 1904. No.3)].

120. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /

121. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Cités-Jardins D’Amérique. [Signed / Inscribed] [History of American Garden Cities]. Préface par Émile Cheysson Membre de L’Institut.

Paris, Henri Jouve, 1905. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. III, 462 pages. Several black and white photographic plates throughout. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tanning to pages and more markedly so on pages 145 to 160. Ex-library and museum copy with four stamps, all from Frankfurt institutions, to endpapers and title page. Also a small stamp from Wilhelm Denn bookbinder, Frankfurt on bottom corner of pastedown. Library labels and codes on spine and in pencil on pastedown. Scribble in ink pen on free endpaper. Signed and inscribed by author Georges Benoit-Lévy dated 1/9/‘05.

122. Layard, George Somes.

Suppressed Plates: Wood Engravings etc., Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto. Being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. 15 x 21.5cm. Frontispiece, (13), 254 pages, with 34 black and white illustration plates. Original embossed green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edges. Some signs of shelf wear to spine and corners, slight lean, front free endpaper foxed, otherwise very good condition. Previous owner’s bookplate affixed to front endpaper.

123. Vulliamy, Lewis / Spiers, R. Phene.

Examples of Classic Ornament from Greece & Rome. Drawn from the Originals by Lewis Vulliamy [Architect, Gold Medallist and Travelling Student of the Royal Academy]. A Series of Twenty Plates [Plate No. VI missing]. Selected from the Original Published Work and with Introductory & Descriptive Notes by R. Phene Spiers.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1907. Large Folio (43 cm x 50 cm). Preface and Notes, 19 plates (of 20). Original Hardcover with original ribbons in place. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The plates in excellent condition with only very minor signs of foxing. Very Rare publication !

124. Dante Alighieri / Cockerell, Douglas / North, John William / Ashendene Press Circle /

Original Devotional Manuscript to Dante [La Divina Commedia / The Divine Comedy – Manoscritto dell’inizio del XX secolo della Divina Commedia di Dante – con strofe manoscritte da “L’Inferno / Inferno” – “Purgatorio” – “Il Paradiso / Paradiso”] – The Manuscript is titled: “Pictures Illustrating The Pilgrimage of the Divine Poet Through The Realms of Punishment of Penance and Peace” – Illuminated Devotional Manuscript of section of “L’Inferno / Inferno” – “Purgatorio” – “Il Paradiso / Paradiso” – with excerpts of Dante’s Divina Comedia, in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts. The manuscript is a strictly themed Dante Devotion and is of magical quality if one considers the fantastic, original calligraphy artwork, the composition of the manuscript and the coded meaning to the composer of this manuscript. The Folio – size manuscript is massive and has 216 pages, of which 109 pages are with illuminated, original watercolour-paintings in the style of the medieval masters, sometimes collages with watercolour and original etchings, engravings etc. The miniature paintings are juxtaposed with 105 vintage 19th century photographs of famous Italian Art – pieces that are somehow related to Dante’s world or have an allegorical assoziation. Besides the early photographs other juxtaposed artwork or integrated artwork to the illuminations are: an original watercolour depicting the dying Dante, a sensational copper-engraving, depicting an allegorical Dante-scenario, possibly referring to the Divine Comedy, a small photograph of the famous Michelino Fresco encapsulated in one of the illuminations, an artprint attributed “Burne-Jones”, two lithographs, a large steel-engraving, a smaller steel-engraving. Most of the photographs show allegorical sculpture or art by famous italian artists like Giotto, Carpaccio, Andrea Castagna, Luca delkla Robbia, Bellini, Titian, Dosso Dossi, Orgagna, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Angelico, Paul Veronese, Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bonifazio, Neri dei Bicci, Francesco Traini, Benozo Gozzoli, etc. etc. and other juxtaposed refer in code to Dante’s Divina Comedia or even depict himself in artform. The photographs also include some breathtaking 19th century Albumen prints of Verona, Lake Garda, Mantua and other Italian landscapes.

England, [Douglas Cockerell / John William North], no year [c.1910]. Folio (34 cm wide x 42.5 cm high). 216 pages. Hardcover / Binding in full green morocco with lettering and Dante’s head as bronze sculpture per inlet to front cover. Binding by Douglas Cockerell, signed “WHS”, during his directorship of W.H.Smith & Son (1905 – 1914). The manuscript is on excellent paper, watermarked O.W.P. & A.C.L. [O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd., established by English painter John William North (1842-1924) in 1895]. The binding rubbed and with some small damages, in need of some minor restoration but overall still very good. The interior, the paper and the artwork all in excellent condition besides one of the juxtaposed photographs (Filippina Lippo) removed from the manuscript with some residue of the photograph remaining and some of the photographs with some dogears and minimal discoloration. All the original artwork in spectacular and fresh condition. The manuscript is a spectacular find and the quality of its execution is of utmost interest for any lover of rare books, manuscripts and special bindings. The circle of Douglas Cockerell, his involvement in one of the most beautiful books ever printed: the Ashendene Press Dante, as well as Cockerell being the binder of this unique manuscript, the fantastic paper used for the manuscript by one of the idyllist movement’s central figures, John William North, and the wonderful Dante – theme of the manuscript with illuminated poetry from the Divine Comedy and the unique style of collage art, lets us rightfully dream that the anonymous composer of the manuscript was an important or at least peripheral member to either the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Ashendene Press or it was someone who worked in the style of the calligraphy schools that were inspired by William Morris or even earlier epigones like Owen Jones.

125. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.

126. Jensen, Chr. Axel / E. Rondahl.

Stilarternes Historie.

København, Jul. Gjellerup’s Forlag, 1912. 18.7 cm x 24.6 cm. 329 pages. 284 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers, edges and numerous pages throughout. Minor tears to upper and lower spine. Pages beginning to separate from book block. Corners rubbed. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

127. [Youghal] Williams, Alexander / Gwynn, Stephen.

Beautiful Ireland – Leinster / Ulster / Munster / Connaught. Painted by Alexander Williams / Described by Stephen Gwynn. [With 48 colour illustrations (12 in each Province-section)].

First Edition. London / Dublin / Belfast, The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, no year [c.1912]. Octavo (18 cm wide x 22.2 cm high). Frontispiece, 64, 64, 64, 64 pages [Total of 256 pages]. Original, beautiful, clover-illustrated Art Nouveau-Hardcover / Publisher’s original cloth. Very good and very firm condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the more underrated publications with 48 stunning colour-illustrations from important locations in all four Provinces.

128. Cramer, René de.

Drapeaux, Bannieres – Souvenir de la ‘Vieille Flandre’ (Exposition Universelle et internationale de Gand 1913) / Vlaggen & Wimpels – Aandenken van “Oud-Vlaendren” (Wereldtentoonstelling van Gent 1913).: I – Drapeaux aux Armes des Villes de Flandre / II – Drapeaux aux Armes de Seigneurs / III. Drapeaux Représentant des Images Légendaires ou des Emblèmes / IV. Drapeaux et Bannières de Corporations / V. Drapeaux Portant les Types des Saints / VI. Drapeaux Reproduisant des Einseignes //

Bruxelles, Des Presses de la Soc. An. Belge D’Imprimerie, 1913. Folio. 12 Pages de texte, 40 Planches hors texte en couleurs (12 pages text and 40 plates with tipped in colour – plates of Tapestries, Souvenir – Wimpel etc.). Hardcover / Privately professionally bound. Frontcover of the original dustjacket pasted on the halftitle. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some mild dampstain to very few pieces of teh artwork and the outer margins of the endpapers and first pages of text only.

129. Johnson, A.E. / Bull, Rene.

The Russian Ballet [Ballett]. By A.E.Johnson with Illustrations by Rene Bull.

First Edition. London, Constable & Co., 1913. Quarto (23 cm x 28.5 cm). 240 pages with numerous text-illustrations in black-and-white as well as 18 full-page colour-plates after watercolours of irish-british illustrator and photographer, René Bull. Original, decorative Hardcover with gilt lettering andornament on spine and front board. This fantastic Volume is no win protective collector’s – mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

130. [Hatton, Brian] Cule, W. E.

The White Caravan. Illustrated by Brian Hatton.

London, James Nisbet & Co., Ltd., 1914. 15.5 x 22cm. 184 pages. With four colour illustration plates and decorative endpapers. Original, illustrated hardcover in protective Mylar. The binding in unusually excellent and firm condition. Endpapers undsiturbed and perfect. Foxed on the edges and some mild foxing inside. Very minor lesion to the outer margins of 6 pages only. Private gift-inscription and letter included: Inscribed “To Elsie with best wishes from E.Miller”. An original, signed letter by Aunt Miller to Elsie is loosely inserted. All the wonderful colour-plates by Brian Hatton are in place and in excellent condition. An extremely scarce book.

131. Moir Bryce, William.

Holyrood. Its Palace and Its Abbey. An Historical Appreciation. With 49 Illustrations (tipped in photographs with their original, titled tissue-guards).

Edition de Luxe (One of only 200 copies printed / this one unnumbered). Edinburgh, Otto Schulze and Company, 1914. 28.3cm x 22cm. xliv, 122 pages. Hardcover / Half leather with gilt lettering on spine and marbled endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

132. 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).

133. Pemberton, H.M. [Hilda Mary]. (1871 – 1957)

Blaawberg Strand [Bloubergstrand] (with shipwreck) and Hermanus.

Two original etchings, signed and titled in pencil. [South Africa], no year [c. 1915]. Beautifully framed. The frames with the etchings measure: 39 cm x 34.5 cm. The etchings themselves measure: c. 26 cm x 24 cm. Excellent condition but with some foxing. Frames with minimal signs of wear.

134. [Prout, Samuel] Holme, Charles (Editor) / Text By Ernest G. Halton.

Sketches By Samuel Prout in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland [Including: “The Life and Art of Samuel Prout” by Ernest G. Halton”].

London / Paris / New York, The Studio Ltd., 1915. 21 cm x 29.8 cm. Colour Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. 26 pages. With 65 one-sided black-and-white plates following the text. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains a 19th century reproduction of an A.L.S. by Samuel Prout dated Feb. 14, 1843.

135. Thomson, Arthur.

A Handbook of Anatomy for Art Students.

Fourth Edition. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1915. 15.5 cm x 22 cm. XVIII, 459 pages. 66 full black and white plates and numerous other illustrations throughout. Hardback bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Evidence of strong wear with damage to front cover and detached front free endpaper and half-title. A brown-paper hand-written nameplate in pen and ink on front pastedown and occasional pencil markings in text.Overall shaky and poor condition but interior still enjoyable.

136. Edwards, George Wharton.

Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders.

Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1916. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 29 additional illustrated plates with tissue guards. Hardcover – publisher’s original green cloth with gilt lettering and bands on spine. Lavishly gilded vignette and designs with gilt titling on front baord. Illustrated titlepage. Top edge gilt. Damp staining to board top corners and upper spine. Staining evident to upper corner of front pastedown and endpapers and more faintly throughout the volume. Minor foxing to titlepage. Very minor foxing to some pages, otherwise interior bright and clean. Binding good and strong with nice, tight square bookblock. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light rubbing to board corners, edges and spine edges. Some dulling to spine titling.

137. Porter Jr., LCDR William Hamilton / [Howard Chandler Christy].

Archive of Naval Captain, Lieutenant commander [LCDR] William Hamilton Porter Jr.‘s Love Letters to his wife Amy Manning Porter and letters to his mother Barbara Hamilton Porter, from his service during and after graduating from United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD, 1914. The Collection includes not only the Yearbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen, called “Lucky Bag”, signed with nearly all Graduates and with numerous amazing photographic illustrations of sports like American Football, Lacrosse, early photographs of Basketball and Baseball – Teams, images of visits to Ireland etc., but the collection includes nearly 50 manuscript letters by LCDR Porter from the USS Alden, USS Columbia, writing back home to his wife Amy between 1916 and 1920, reflecting his first tour of duty and sending letters from Constantinople, Smyrna, Venice, Dalmatia, Split, Naples, Samsoun, etc. The collection is full of reports of life on ship and upcoming tours to Naples, Genoa and Villefranche, relationship to the captain, Porter’s view on politics etc. Telegram about “USS Alden and two Destroyers of the 26th Division to be designated by USADRA proceed to Manila”. / Fantastic archive of an Annapolis Graduate with amazing artwork by Howard Chandler Christy in the “Lucky Bag” and a collection of letters in all its complete scarcity of completeness. The collection also includes the original letter of “Washington Granite Monumental” to Porter’s wife upon Porter’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery (he died in 1937).

Baltimore (Maryland) / Annapolis / USS Alden etc., 1916-1920. Octavo. Lucky Bag [Vol. XXI [Volume 21] of the Annual of the Brigade of Midshipmen at Annapolis / Two Ringfolders with original letters, telegrams and some photographs. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Check out a large collection of high quality photographs on our website, depicting Baseball, Crew Rwoing, Handball, Basketball and Baseball at the Academy in Annapolis. Rare collection with the wonderful original signatures of nearly all Graduates who served with LCDR Porter.

138. [Raemaekers, Louis] Chesterton, G.K. and others.

The Land and Water Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons. [with at least three contributions by G.K.Chesterton].

Volume I [of II]. London, Land & Water, 1916. 23.8 cm x 30.8 cm. 319 pages. With many colour illustrations/cartoons. Each full-page cartoon has a caption by a eminent figure at the time. Original Hardcover with half-leather boards. Gilt title on spine with ruled decoration. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front endpaper contains gift-inscription to Erik Haugaard. Small closed tear to page 263. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

139. [Masereel, Frans] Verhaeren, Émile / Uzanne, Octave.

Quinze Poèmes d’Émile Verhaeren. Illustrés de 57 Gravures sur Bois, Dessinees et Gravées par Frans Masereel et suivis d’un Souvenir a Verhaeren par Octave Uzanne.

Paris, Edtions Georges Cres & Cie, 1917. 4°. CIII pages. Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decorated boards. Boards with some stronger signs of wear. One of 1350 exemplaires sur papier anglais.

140. Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Portrait Plaque of Caesar – DIVI IULI.

[Italy], c.1920. 43 cm x52 cm. Oval shaped Plaque. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

141. [French Shoe-Design and Shoe Manufacturing / Art Deco] Cazenove, G.] / Poincelin, J.-A. (Editor).

La Chaussure Française Exportation – Export Number” [The French Shoe Industry for Exportation / Early “Roaring Twenties” Art-Deco-Export-Catalogue with Luxurious French Shoes / Manufacture Catalogue de Chaussure Luxe (Export)] / With Shoe-Designs by French Companies: “F.Leva & Co.” (Paris) / “Pericaud, Lionet & Co.” (Limoges & Tours) / “P.Mostacci” (Paris) / etc.]. This Number is edited by J.-A. Poincelin with the cooperation of the Boot and Shoe Industrial and Commercial Associations and the collaboration of the most reputed French Houses.

Trilingual Edition: English / French / Spanish. Three Volumes in one. [Paris], c.1920. Quarto (23 cm wide x 33 cm high). Three Catalogues in One Volume: Volume I: 82 pages / Volume II: 82 pages / Volume III: 82 pages / With 24 full colour-advertisements for luxury shoes and a large number of illustrations in black-and-white. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

142. [Gore-Booth, Colum Robert] / [Lady Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth] / [Constance Georgine Markievicz née Gore-Booth] / [Lissadell House County Sligo].

Two Manuscript Sketch-Books [12” x 10”] bearing the Bookplate “Lady Gore Booth – Lissadell, Sligo [No.43]”. Both Folio-Size Sketch Books titled ‘The “Wood” Sketch Book’, both issued by ‘St. John’s Wood Art School’: 29, Elm Tree Road, London, NW 8. [Founded 1878]. Each Sketch-Book has 50 pages and most pages have manuscript sketches with a few loose sketches tipped in. The very accomplished drawings all appear to be in pencil and show landscapes, trees, horses, portraits, male and female figures, skulls. They all appear to be in the same hand. Also, tipped in is a b/w photo, 6” x 4” mounted on a card. It is signed in pencil by Roberts of Paris. Stamped on the back is “Roberts” 11, Rue du Havre. In pencil, it states “Elizabeth aged 11, May 1922”. From our research it is certain, that Colum Robert Gore-Booth (1913-1959) attended St.John’s Wood Art School and these appear to be his Sketch-Pads, the only other member of the Gore-Booth family who went to London in order to become an artist was Colum’s aunt, Constanze Markiewicz, who attended Slade School of Art at the turn of the century but the drawings do not fit her style.

Two Volumes. London, St.John’s Wood Art Schools / Lissadell House County Sligo, c.1920 – 1930. Folio. Volume I: 118 pages (59 perforated sheets), with 87 studies, often with sketching on both sides of the sheets / Volume II: 100 pages (50 perforated sheets), with 46 studies inside the sketch-book plus two portrait-sketches loosely inserted, plus the photograph of one “Elizabeth”, dated May 1922 and signed by photographer “Roberts” 11, Rue du Havre, Paris. Publisher’s illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

143. Original Earl 20th century German Expressionism in Original Woodcuts – Mann, Thomas.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

München, Phantasus-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. [4], 58, [3] Seiten. Mit elf (11) ganzseitigen Original-Bleischnitten und vier (4) kolorierten Bleischnitt-Initialen von Otto Nückel. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Einband minimal fleckig. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

144. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 1, November 1922 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1922 – 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 630 pages with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

145. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

146. [Rossetti] Beerbohm, Max / [John Gilbert “Jack” Bohun Lynch].

Rossetti and his Circle [Association Copy – Inscribed / Signed by Max Beerbohm to his friend, Biographer and fellow Caricaturist, (John Gilbert)″Jack [Bohun] Lynch”].

First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1922. Quarto. Frontispiece, IX, [1] pages with 23 tipped-in plates (including the now famous Oscar Wilde – Caricature) with lettered tissue-guards. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket very poor and fragmented but the Volume itself in excellent, firm condition. All colour-plates with tissue-guards in place and in wonderful condition. Excellent association-copy with the personal inscripton by Max Beerbohm to his friend Jack Lynch by incorporating the half-title: “Jack Lynch’s copy of [Rossetti and his Circle] from Max – 1923”.

147. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 7, May 1923 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 311 pages [being paginated as pages 319 – 630] with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

148. King, David / David King & Sons, Ltd.

Illustrated Catalogue for the Year 1923 of David King & Sons, Ltd. – Architectural and General Ironfounders – Keppoch Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow – Listing: Rain Water Pipes and Connections, Gutters etc. / Soil Pipes and Connections / Drain Pipes and Connections / Covers and Frames, etc. [with an Appendix showing Ironwork – Designs from the Ornamental Section of the Company with beautiful “Cast Iron Railings” / “Fire Escape Stairs” / “Cast Iron Newels” / “Cast Iron Spiral Stairs” / “Cast Iron Lamp Pillars” / “Cast Iron Designs for Canopy (using the example of “The Grosvenor Picture House” [Cinema] / “Cast Iron Design for a Bandstand in a Park”].

Glasgow / Leeds / Aberdeen, David King & Sons Ltd., 1923. Oblong Quarto (32 cm wide x 25 cm high). The Catalogue includes Sectin II – V with an appendix of beautiful cast ironworks in Parks etc. Pagination: Section II: 72 pages (pages 7, 8 and 9 heavily stained)/ Section III: 13 pages / Section IV: 13 pages / Section V: 28 pages Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Four pages stained. Binding firm. A very rare catalogue !

149. Buchner, Ernst / Feuchtmayr, Karl.

Oberdeutsche Kunst der Spätgotik und Reformationszeit [Including a section on Jerg Ratgeb’s “Passover Meal”, one of the earliest depictions of Passover in the History of Art].

Augsburg, Benno Filser, 1924. Quarto (25 cm wide x 32 cm high). 322 pages with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. [Provenance: Ex Libris Julius Böhler. With a rare original Bookplate showing Pallas Athena in front of the “Cathedral of our dear Lady” in Munich (Frauenkirche zu München)]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Beiträge zur Geschichte der Dt. Kunst, Band I].

150. [Holmes, Charles] Rutherston, Albert.

Sir Charles Holmes.

London, Ernest Benn, 1924. Quarto. Portrait-Frontispiece, 31 pages text plus 35 plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Contemporary British Artists]