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Auction No 369, Category: Art History

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

Stephen Gooden (and Campbell Dodgson) "An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden", Elkin Matthews, 1944

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £105
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Stephen Gooden (and Campbell Dodgson) An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden, Elkin Matthews, 1944, quarto, quarter-vellum, gilt, the vellum darkened, illustrated throughout, few corners ‘turned’ o/w VG. No. 66 of 160 with a signed proof engraving by the artist. 

W. Salt Brassington "A History of the Art of Bookbinding", Elliot Stock, 1894, large paper edition, No.6 of 50 issued

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £130
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W. Salt Brassington A History of the Art of Bookbinding, Elliot Stock, 1894, large paper edition, No.6 of 50 issued; original gilt decorated cloth, VG; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 10 tissue-guarded colour plates and many other illustrations. 

Tony Bradshaw "The Bloomsbury Artists prints and book design", 1999, in d/jkt; "John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach"

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Tony Bradshaw The Bloomsbury Artists prints and book design, 1999, in d/jkt; John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach, 2003, in d/jkt; Drawings of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Newnes, c.1905; John G. Bennett Witness, 1962; Helen Rossetti Angeli Dante Gabriel Rossetti, His Friends and Enemies, 1949, in d/jkt; and two others. Good to VF (9)

George Terry "Pigments, Paint and Painting", E. & F.N. Spon, 1899, original gilt cloth, 392pp + catalogue;

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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George Terry Pigments, Paint and Painting, E. & F.N. Spon, 1899, original gilt cloth, 392pp + catalogue; A.S. Jennings Paint and Colour Mixing, a Practical Handbook for Painters, Decorators and all who have to mix colours, E.& F.N. Spon, 2nd Edn, 1904, complete with eight colour sample plates; and 2 others. Good to fine (4)

Marcus B. Huish "British Water-Colour Art", Fine Art Society, 1904 No.261 of 500, signed & numbered by the author

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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Marcus B. Huish British Water-Colour Art, Fine Art Society, 1904 No.261 of 500, signed & numbered by the author, lavishly rebound in modern full red morocco, gilt, with floral endpapers; free endpapers and half-title foxed, occasional spotting elsewhere; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere;  62 tissue-guarded colour plates. 

Augustus Pugin "Examples of Gothic Architecture; selected from various Ancient Edifices in England"

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
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Augustus Pugin Examples of Gothic Architecture; selected from various Ancient Edifices in England, John Grant, 1895, 3 Vols, tall 4to, original gilt cloth, fine; ownership signature to front endpaper of Vol.1; some foxing to endpapers; fine plates, some coloured but largely line-drawings of plans & elevations. (3

W.J. Loftie "Lessons in the Art of Illuminating", Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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W.J. Loftie Lessons in the Art of Illuminating, Blackie, 1880s, in 4 parts, printed wraps, 9 colour plates; Edward Duncan Advanced Studies in Marine Painting, Blackie [1889], in 4 parts, printed wraps, 8 colour plates; R.P. Leitch A Course of Sepia Painting, Cassell, gilt cloth, 24 plates, and A Course of Painting in Neutral Tint, Cassell, 1881, gilt cloth, 24 plates. VG

C.G. Holme (Ed.) "Decorative Art 1932 – Year Book of The Studio", The Studio Ltd, 1932, tall 4to

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £40
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C.G. Holme (Ed.) Decorative Art 1932 – Year Book of The Studio, The Studio Ltd, 1932, tall 4to, publisher’s gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally with all plates and adverts, some plates in colour.

Charles Heaton "History of the Life of Albrecht Durer", Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Charles Heaton History of the Life of Albrecht Durer, Macmillan, 1870, 1st Edn, quarto, original gilt cloth, rebacked, spine faded, a.e.g.; fine internally with all plates including Autotypes. List of contents misbound; xv,340pp.

Antoine Ysaye & Bertram Ratcliffe "Ysaye: His Life, Work and Influence", William Heinemann, 1947

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Antoine Ysaye & Bertram Ratcliffe Ysaye: His Life, Work and Influence, William Heinemann, 1947, original cloth, titles in silver, few fox marks to edge of text block o/w fine. 

Joanna Selborne "British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904- 1940" and 9 others.

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Joanna Selborne British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940, British Library 2001; Crook William Burges, John Murray, 1981, d/jkt; Tretchikoff & Hocking Pigeon’s Luck, 1973, in d/jkt; Marguerite Steen William Nicholson, 1943,signed & inscribed by the author; Catalogue of  Carvings in Ivory, V & A., 1927-29, 2 volumes; Tyrwhitt A Handbook of Pictorial Art, 1875, full leather, gilt; and others. Good to VF (10)