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Auction No 431, Category: Prints

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

Ephemera, prints & softbacks, including 1974 Police Notices concerning the bomb outrage at Chorlton Street Bus Station, Manchester,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Ephemera, prints & softbacks, including 1974 Police Notices concerning the bomb outrage at Chorlton Street Bus Station, Manchester, and the murder of Tom Hewitt in Bury; framed prints of Highway Robberies (three by Phiz); plus unrelated items. (Qty)

A.P. Purey-Cust "Picturesque Old York, a series of Twelve Etchings by E. Piper", Richard Jackson, Leeds, 1895; folio, cloth bound, gilt title to spine

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
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A.P. Purey-Cust Picturesque Old York, a series of Twelve Etchings by E. Piper, Richard Jackson, Leeds, 1895; folio, cloth bound, gilt title to spine, No.73 of 150 copies issued; twelve fine etchings tipped-in and each signed in the margin by the artist in pencil. Some discolouration to the boards, a single library stamp on reverse of title page o/w fine internally.

"The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison";

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge; The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison; Twenty Two Prisoners in one Band from Colchester to London; and The Burning of Rose Allins Hand by Edmund Tyrill. 18th Century copper engravings, two engraved by Thomas Bowles, Approx 6.5 x 8”. On watermarked paper of the period. Large margins. Fine. (4)       

Joseph Halfpenny "Fragmenta Vetusta or The Remains of Ancient Buildings in York, drawn and etched by Joseph Halfpenny", I. Halfpenny, 1807,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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Joseph Halfpenny Fragmenta Vetusta or The Remains of Ancient Buildings in York, drawn and etched by Joseph Halfpenny, I. Halfpenny, 1807, half-leather, gilt, recased with new endpapers, foxing to engraved title and the 34 plates largely confined to plate margins; George Benson Quaint & Historic York…from drawings by E. Risdale, 1906, the plates loose in a matching folder; and J.S. Fletcher Historic York, 34 Water Colour facsimiles…by William James Boddy, 1905, printed wraps, bound in printed boards. Folio. (3)

The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand- coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand-coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey, and an Act of Parliament to provide for the widow & children of Spencer Perceval. Also four other Acts including an 1842 Act for establishing a Prison at Pentonville, and two concerning Prisons at Millbank and Perth. The print 29 x 21cm, with some browning and manuscript annotations. (6)

Vanity Fair 1873 ‘Spy’ prints of famous barristers of the day. Coloured lithographs. Framed & glazed. (2)

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Vanity Fair 1873 ‘Spy' prints of famous barristers of the day. Coloured lithographs. Framed & glazed. (2)

The attempted assassination of Queen Victoria 1840: a pair of coloured lithographs after T.C. Wilson depicting the attack by Edward Oxford

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The attempted assassination of Queen Victoria 1840: a pair of coloured lithographs after T.C. Wilson depicting the attack by Edward Oxford and his appearance at the Old Bailey, printed by Alvey of London, framed and glazed, overall 17.5 x 15.5”; and a copy of The Examiner for 12th July 1840 with trial report and verdict. (3 items)

Nazi propaganda poster issued by the NSDAP April 1944 featuring a quotation from Beethoven. Slight damp staining upper right. 19 x 9.5”.

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Nazi propaganda poster issued by the NSDAP April 1944 featuring a quotation from Beethoven. Slight damp staining upper right. 19 x 9.5”.

[Sir Walter Scott] "Six Engravings in Illustration of ‘The Antiquary’ for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland"

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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[Sir Walter Scott] Six Engravings in Illustration of ‘The Antiquary' for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1867, folio, original gilt cloth, various artists; together with companion volumes issued 1868-78, similarly bound, each with six engravings for The Lady of the Lake, Old Mortality, The Pirate, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Bride of Lammermoor, A Legend of Montrose, and The Fair Maid of Perth. Browning to first plate of Lady of the Lake o/w clean throughout, tissue-guards intact. (8) 

Honore Daumier "Law and Justice: Twenty-Four Lithographs", Pantheon Books [1944], the 24 plates and introductory text loose in the issued folder,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £10
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Honore Daumier Law and Justice: Twenty-Four Lithographs, Pantheon Books [1944], the 24 plates and introductory text loose in the issued folder, gilt cloth. 15 x 10”       

Derek Riley de Cayless, F.R.S.A. (b.1931): four wood-engravings and a hand-coloured lithograph, signed & inscribed by the artist, all limited editions

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Derek Riley de Cayless, F.R.S.A. (b.1931): four wood-engravings and a hand-coloured lithograph, signed & inscribed by the artist, all limited editions, the hand-coloured lithograph numbered 5 of 10. Between 11 x 5cm and 23 x 12.5cm. VF. Three in card mounts. (5)

James Andrews (1801-76): Botanical studies. A selection of hand-coloured lithographs. Initialled ‘JA' in the designs. Published c.1865.

Lot: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £62
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James Andrews (1801-76): Botanical studies. A selection of hand-coloured lithographs. Initialled ‘JA' in the designs. Published c.1865. Lithographed outlines by J.R. Jobbins. In soft mounts, suitable for framing. Image sizes 19.2 x 12cm. Fine (5)

Assortment including GB used in Levant, East Germany 1957 2mk Booklet (Cat £120), Cayman Is. 1974/5 1c & 20c UM blocks of six

Lot: 254

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Assortment including GB used in Levant, East Germany 1957 2mk Booklet (Cat £120), Cayman Is. 1974/5 1c & 20c UM blocks of six with s/w wmks (Cat £120), mint South Korea Cat £300, and various others.