Lot: 41
Theodore Komisarjevsky Myself and the Theatre, Heinemann, 1929, 1st Edn., signed by the author on title page; orig.cloth, gilt, spine chipped in places; ownership inscription dated 1931; 33 b/w plates. VG internally. 205pp
Lot: 42
Theatre History & Practice, many in d/jkts; including Southern Changeable Scenery, 1952; Lewis Method – or Madness? 1960, 1st Edn; Elizabeth Burns Theatricality, 1972; Theatre Arts Centre – a Beginning: The Highbury Little Theatre, 1947, pictorial boards; and others. Most with ownership signatures. Mixed condition jackets. (16)
Lot: 43
Theatre History & Practice, many in mixed condition d/jkts; with J.R. Taylor The Second Wave 1971; Critic's Choice, Arco, 1956; Mrs Alec-Tweedie Behind the Footlights, 1904; and 17 others. Most with ownership inscriptions. (20)
Lot: 44
Chris Beetles Exhibition Catalogues comprising David Wootton The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration, 2009-2020, 8 volumes, covering the period 1800-2020, together with Ronald Searle Remembered, The Definitive Thelwell, A Quentin Blake Summer and Steve McCurry. Softbacks, lavishly illustrated, with pricelists. VF (12)
Lot: 45
Shiko Munakata:100 Woodcuts, Redstone Press, 1991, cloth bound with silver design and lettering, illustrated throughout, 15 colour plates, 142pp; complete with the fine fold-out woodcut and publisher's catalogue leaf, housed in the publisher's illustrated box. VF
Lot: 46
Charles Darwin and Richard Owens The Zoology of the Voyage H.M.S. Beagle, C.I.L. Ltd and the Royal Geographical Society, 1994, facsimile of the 1840 edition by Smith, Elder & Co; 4 volumes, half-leather with raised bands, gilt, marbled boards, VF, many illustrations; number 176 of 1000 issued. Signed by John Hemming, Director of the R.G.S. (4)
Lot: 47
Henry Seebohm Siberia in Europe: A Visit to the the Valley of Petchora, in North-East Russia, John Murray 1880, inscribed by the author, colour plates and folding map; and James Simpson Side-Lights on Siberia: Some Account of the Great Siberian Railroad, the Prisons and Exile System, Blackwood, 1898, fox marks to folding-map and some pencil marks in text margins. Both original gilt decorated cloth showing some wear, inner hinges weak front and back. (2)
Lot: 48
European Maps, all folding, 1930s to 1950s, approx 1” or half-inch to the mile, mostly Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. Good to fine (43)
Lot: 49
A. & C. Black illustrated works comprising Gordon Home Edinburgh, Mine Own Romantic Town, 1927, in d/jkt; Frank Fox Italy, 1918; Jungman Holland, 1904 and The People of Holland, 1910; Neil Munro The Clyde, 1907; Dixon Scott Stratford on Avon, Leamington and Warwick 1911; and Yovitchitch Yugoslavia, 1928, in d/jkt. All in original decorated boards, good to fine. (7)
Lot: 50
F.O. Morris A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie [1866-80], Vols.1 and 2; elaborate gilt cloth, the spines worn at top & tail o/w VG; endpapers with ownership stamp (one endpaper loose); 80 quality chomo-litho plates. Some light browning to text.
Lot: 51
Le Rail au Congo Belge, G. Blanchart, 1993-1999, 2 Volumes, large format, pictorial boards, illustrated with 100s of photos & diagrams. Maps as endpapers. VF. 400pp + 432pp
Lot: 52
Collection of PC size b/w photographs of Merchant Ships in three boxes, sorted into shipping lines, most with annotations on reverse. Mostly 1970s/90s printings, many from earlier negatives. VG quality and fine condition. (approx. 1,700)
Lot: 53
British Warship Plans, WWI to 1960s, a collection of large fold-out printings of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal structures, fittings etc, in folder, VG condition. (10)
Lot: 54
Historic Sailing Ships, a collection of large fold-out prints of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal stuctures, rigging and fittings, mostly in sets, some in printed folders, mostly Naval vessels; includes the Golden Hind, Cutty Sark, HMS Gloucester 1737, etc. VG condition. 11 different ships. (Qty
Lot: 55
Naval and Merchant ships, 20th Century, a collection of large fold-out plans/blueprints of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, on paper or linen, VG condition. Chiefly British and New Zealand vessels. Some in sets. Approx. 38 different ships. (Qty.)
Lot: 56
Large carton of Shipping Photographs and Ephemera, 20th Century, including many medium to large photos especially Naval vessels, plus structural plans of historic sailing ships, prints, fact sheets etc. (Large qty.)
Lot: 57
Shipping softback publications 1930s to modern, including 1933 LNER Continental Timetable, 1950s/60s issues of The Journal of Commerce (19), WW2 publications, some catalogues, periodicals, shipping line brochures, guides, histories, etc; both Naval and Merchant, largely British. Fair to fine. Some duplication. (214). (20 kilos)
Lot: 58
Ships in Focus publications, A4 softbacks, 1990s, together with nine other modern shipping softbacks. Slight duplication. VF (43)
Lot: 59
Shipping softbacks, 1930s to modern, naval and merchant; including Ian Allan publications, various histories, Ships on Stamps (9 issues), Shipwreck reports etc. (45) Also related ephemera. Mixed condition.
Lot: 60
Shipping Photographs, medium to large format, mostly cargo vessels, some Naval, largely b/w 1950s/70s, fine condition. (abt.350); together with related ephemera including 18th/early-19th Century engravings of admirals etc. (Qty.)