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Auction No 430, Category: Art History

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Joseph Lambeth "Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries", Virtue & Co.,1936, first edition; quarto, decorated cloth,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £15
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Joseph Lambeth Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, Virtue & Co., 1936, first edition; quarto, decorated cloth, slightly damp-affected, light staining to first few leaves. Numerous plates, some in colour. Outline stencil leaf loosely inserted. Gift inscription to front pastedown.

"Royal Academy Illustrated", issues for 1924 to 1927,1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Royal Academy Illustrated, issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 to 198, plus four duplicates; Royal Academy Bicentenary Exhibition 1968 (2 vols.), plus thirteen other exhibition catalogues, many from commercial galleries. Mostly VG/VF, a few with frayed spines. (58)  

John Fisher "An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington", 1896, Chapman & Hall, 1897,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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John Fisher An Illustrated Record of the Retrospective Exhibition held at South Kensington, 1896, Chapman & Hall, 1897, quarto, gilt cloth, 256 b/w illustrations; slight wear to spine o/w fine. 

Vincent Katz "Life is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente", New York, 1999, in d/jkt, colour plates throughout, wear to top edge of d/jkt

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Vincent Katz Life is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente, New York, 1999, in d/jkt, colour plates throughout, wear to top edge of d/jkt; The Royal Watercolour Society – The First Fifty Years 1805-1855, 1992, in d/jkt; and another. (3)

Works on Photographers including "Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography" 2005; "Starck", Taschen 2003 (s/bk); "The Photography of Bill Brandt" 1999;

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Works on Photographers including Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography 2005; Starck, Taschen 2003 (s/bk); The Photography of Bill Brandt 1999; Denis Thorpe: Photographs 1950-2000; Don McCullin Shaped By War 2010; and Parkinson: Photographs 1935-1990, Conron 1995. Illustrated throughout. Also a biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Most in VG/VF d/jkts and mainly first editions. Two with ownership signatures. (10)

I.S. Greenberg & Co Trade Catalogue for "Electro-plate, Silverware, Crystal Glass, Jewellery, Watches, Clocks &c"., Birmingham [1935],

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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I.S. Greenberg & Co Trade Catalogue for Electro-plate, Silverware, Crystal Glass, Jewellery, Watches, Clocks &c., Birmingham [1935], large format, printed boards, 216pp of impressive half-tone illustrations. Order-form removed o/w fine internally. Bumped corners to boards. [A single copy held by the Victoria & Albert Museum o/w none in UK institutions]

John D. Connor and A. Rossiter: 1960s GPO Posters "Please Use Your Correct Address" depicting scenes in Ford, Northumberland, and Bassenthwaite

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £40
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John D. Connor and A. Rossiter: 1960s GPO Posters Please Use Your Correct Address depicting scenes in Ford, Northumberland, and Bassenthwaite, Cumbria. 29 x 36”. VG  (2)

"Mrs. Beeton's Household Management", Ward Lock, [1950], two-colour cloth, colour & b/w plates, neat ownership inscription to front pastedown;

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
UNSOLD
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Mrs. Beeton's Household Management, Ward Lock, [1950], two-colour cloth, colour & b/w plates, neat ownership inscription to front pastedown; xvi,1680pp + plates. VG

"Reale Galleria di Firenze Illustrata", Giuseppe Molini, Florence, 1817-1824, ten volumes, original printed boards, rebacked in cloth, paper titles

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £90
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Reale Galleria di Firenze Illustrata, Giuseppe Molini, Florence, 1817-1824, ten volumes, original printed boards, rebacked in cloth with paper titles (in English); paper protective strips at periphery of boards; complete with the numerous engravings, many folding; sporadic spotting/browning. Also W.E. Henley A Century of Artists: a memorial of The Glasgow International Exhibition 1888, James MacLehose, 1889, gilt buckram, quarto. (11)

Pappalardo & Ciardiello "Greek and Roman Mosaics", Abbeville Press, 2012; Delon "The Libertine:The Art of Love in Eighteenth Century France"

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £36
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Pappalardo & Ciardiello Greek and Roman Mosaics, Abbeville Press, 2012, in slipcase; Delon The Libertine: The Art of Love in Eighteenth Century France, Abbeville Press, 2013; and a work on Goya. All in the d/jkts. Fine, no inscriptions. (3)

Mamerot "A Chronicle of the Crusades", Taschen, 2009, 2 vols, gilt cloth, in slipcase; Broug "Islamic Geometric Design", Thames & Hudson, 2013,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £34
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Mamerot A Chronicle of the Crusades, Taschen, 2009, 2 vols, gilt cloth, in slipcase; Broug Islamic Geometric Design, Thames & Hudson, 2013, in d/jkt; and Stierlin Persian Art & Architecture, Thames & Hudson, 2012, in d/jkt. Fine, no inscriptions. (4)

Joy Division and Peter Saville: "Unknown Pleasure". A limited edition cocktail shaker fashioned from engraved stainless steel with gunmetal finish.

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £1000 - £1200
UNSOLD
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Joy Division and Peter Saville: Unknown Pleasure. A limited edition cocktail shaker fashioned from engraved stainless steel with gunmetal finish. No. 9 of 9 produced for general sale (in addition to four artist's proofs not available to the public). Height 17cm. Complete with Certificate of Authenticity. This cocktail shaker has been engraved with a version of the iconic album cover artwork designed by Peter Saville for Joy Division's “Unknown Pleasures” released by Factory Records in 1979.  N.B. This item is subject to VAT at 20% to UK buyers. [Photos courtesy of Michael Pollard.]