Lot: 21
C. Northcote Parkinson Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, Admiral of the Red, Methuen, 1934, 1st Edn., in a fine complete d/jkt; endpapers partly browned o/w fine internally; signed & inscribed by the author to the Dame of Sark, 1961. 478pp
Lot: 22
Edward Kennedy: ink-signed 11 x 8.5” colour photograph, dated 1987. Some creasing.
Lot: 23
Acts of Parliament, George III, 1800s, a disbound collection in o/w good condition. Apparently all-different. (195)
Lot: 24
[G. N. Wright] and Thomas Allom (illustrator) The Chinese Empire Historical and Descriptive illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Chinese in a series of Steel Engravings, London Printing and Publishing Co., c.1860, new edition; in the 8 issued parts with original pictorial wraps, three with covers marked or chipped, plates rather loose, one part disbound; old library labels to inside front covers; the 132 tissue-guarded plates in fine condition, few text pages foxed. Lacking Maps.
Lot: 25
F.M. Morris A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, [1866-88], quarto, six vols, in the publisher's elaborate gilt cloth, front board of vol.1 near detached, others worn at exremities; complete with the 240 colour plates; some occasional spotting to text and the tissue-guards. Ownership signature to front pastedowns. One plate torn through margin. (6)
Lot: 26
Edwin Arnold The Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation, Kegan Paul, 1908, special edition bound in full vellum, gilt, slightly marked o/w VG; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; light browning to endpapers and the margins of the tissue-guarded photogravure plates.
Lot: 27
Shane Leslie The Cuckoo Clock and other poems, 1987, tall quarto, original gilt cloth, illustrated by Iris Leslie with four coloured lithographs and hand-coloured illustrations throughout; signed & inscribed by the illustrator. One of 150 produced. The limitation page indicates that the hand-coloured illustrations were to be confined to 50 other copies bound in morocco; however this copy appears to have been especially coloured by Iris Leslie who has inscribed this copy to “Dopsy”, evidently a new family member, as the name of Luke Daniel has been added in ink to the list of Shane Leslie's great grandchildren on the dedication page; in addition a photograph of an oil painting of the author has been laid down on the front pastedown. A unique copy in fine condition.
Lot: 28
The Child Lovers' Calendar, Chatto & Windus, 1908; pocket-size, original gilt cloth with pictorial onlay; endpapers browned o/w fine; 12 colour plates by Amelia Bauerle; diary entry & memoranda pages unused.
Lot: 29
Raymond Briggs When the Wind Blows, Penguin, 1983, 2nd printing, pictorial wraps, signed & inscribed by the author in year of publication. VF
Lot: 30
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York: a selection of ink-signed items comprising Moments: Reflections in words and pictures, First Edn in d/jkt; and three 6 x 8” photographs. Fine (4)
Lot: 31
Allen Ginsberg: ink-signed promotional card, the card issued by his agent. PC size. Signed with fibre pen. Fine
Lot: 32
Jessie M. King (Illustrator): Poems of Shelley and Poems of Spenser, Caxton Publishing [1900s] sm.octavo, in quarter-leather gilt bindings, spines worn & frayed; fine internally, each with b/w frontispiece and 8 colour plates by Jessie M. King.
Lot: 33
Louis Wain A Cat Alphabet and Picture-Book for Little Folk, Blackie & Son, [1914], orig. boards with pictorial onlay, worn & soiled; all pages loose but complete and clean with 33 full-page colour illustrations and three coloured vignettes. Part of text scratched away at foot of one page.
Lot: 34
Louis Wain Daddy Cat, Dodge Publishing Co., New York [c.1915], orig. cloth-covered boards with pictorial onlay; the text detached with loose pages, comprising 32 full-page illustrations (all bar one in colour) plus two vignettes (one in colour); two leaves torn & in need of repair, two others with piece missing from lower corner; six pages have a small stain.
Lot: 35
Louis Wain's Annual 1915, John F. Shaw, orig. pictorial wraps, worn, rear cover detached and with a corner missing, spine partly chipped away; 1917 gift inscription top of contents page; VG internally with all text, illustrations & adverts at front plus six superb colour plates. Few brown marks to text.
Lot: 36
Conrad Veidt: an ink-signed photographic PPC by Ross. Small corner crease lower left o/w fine; and Luise Rainer ink-signed promotional brochure dated 1978, VG. (2)
Lot: 37
Mae West and Bette Davis: vintage ink-signed photographs, 7x5”, latter with small adhesion on reverse o/w fine. (2)
Lot: 38
Picturegoer magazines, 1952-1956, all featuring Marilyn Monroe on the front cover. VG/Fine. (5 different)
Lot: 39
Gilbert & George: a selection of ink-signed postcards, 1977-2021. Fine (6 different)
Lot: 40
Gilbert & George signed exhibition catalogues comprising The Rudimentary Pictures, 1999, and Nine Dark Pictures, 2002. Signed on the inside of the front covers. Fine. (2)