Books &

Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

175 Verlaine (Paul) & Lobel-Riche (Alméry) Parallélement Verlaine (Paul) & Lobel-Riche (Alméry) Parallélement, number 226 of 170 copies initialed by lobelriche, on vélin d'arches, from a total edition of 230, 41 erotic drypoint etchings by Alméry Lobel-Riche, including frontispiece, with tissue guards, loose as issued in lettered wrappers, original glassine dust jacket, short tears at foot of spine, metallic grey chemise and slipcase, both with significant loss to spine, folio, published by the artist, Paris, [1943]

£200-300

176 Poucette (ill.) & Mardrus (Dr. J.-C., trans.) Les Mille Et Une Nuits (A Thousand and One Nights) Poucette (ill.) & Mardrus (Dr. J.-C., trans.)

Les Mille Et Une Nuits (A Thousand and One Nights), 24 vols., one of 974 numbered sets, inscribed and signed by Poucette on the title page of the first volume: "Pour Diane avec toute mon amitie. Poucette. 21 novembre 1959", 148 plates with gouache highlights, uncut, printed wrappers, slipcases, some soiling, a few repairs, 4to, Roissard, Grenoble, 1959.

£200-300

Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

177 Goursat (George) Le Vrai & le Faux chic Goursat (George) Le Vrai & le Faux chic [True and False Chic], numerous illustrations, without the advertisements, some minor marking of pages and spotting, bound in half morocco preserving gilt upper cover panel, leaves strengthened to gutter, lacking spine, upper board detached, folio, 1914.

***Written and illustrated by the French artist/caricaturist, George Goursat (1863-1934). His work, both written and illustrated, was full of humour, inspired by his observations of European high society.

£200-300

178 Hollar and others. Hollar (Wencelaus) after. Collection of engravings.

5 engravings after Hollar of ‘The Clyff of Dover’ , ‘By Plymouth’ (x3) 60 x 35mm., portrats of ‘Henry Van Der Borcht Peinctre’ approx.. 135 x 110mm., ‘General Thomas Harrison’ artist unknown, approx.. 130 x 100mm., and the ‘Duke of Buckingham’ by Walker 100 x 90mm. all mounted on paper, various dates, (7)

£80-120

179 Illustrated Books.- Illustrated Books.-

Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, First edition, 2 vol., folding frontispiece, 10 plates (most lithographs), 5 folding maps and plans, some spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, boards gilt tooled, marbled edges, rubbed, bumping to spine ends and corners, 4to, John Murray, 1853; Finberg (A. J.) In Venice with Turner, Limited Edition, coloured and plain plates, some toning, owner’s inscription to title head, cloth gilt, large 4to, The Cotwolds Gallery 1930; Holbein (Hans)The Dance of Death, 1 engraved portrait only, 29 engraved plates only, by W.Hollar after Holbein (1 folding), lacking everything after p. 68, some offsetting, damp-staining & foxing, contemporary half calf, rather worn, spine damaged, hinges broken, lower board detached, 8vo, 1804; Edmund

Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

Dulac's Picture book for the French Red Cross, 20 tipped in plates (18 coloured, a portrait and frontispiece), ownership, illustrated cloth, soiled spine damaged, folio, Hodder & Stoughton, c1915; with Whistler (Hugh) Popular Handbook of Indian Birds, FIRST EDITION, colour frontispiece, plates, some in colour, tissue guards, light browning, original cloth, rather worn, spine damaged, 4to, Gurney Jackson, 1928; Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vol., colour plates, some handcoloured, some foxing and dust soiling, bookplate, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Blackie, 1866, & others of similar interest (13) sold not subject to return

£100-150

180 Limited Edition Facsimiles.- Album Vilmorin Limited Edition

Facsimiles.-

Album Vilmorin, facsimile of the 1884 original, letterpress sheet and 35 colour plates, original cloth clamshell box, Holland Press, 1986; with another in paper wrappers and a group of loose prints § Burgess (Anthony, ed.) Coaching Days of England, number 15 of 100 copies, 24 colour plates, original full leather gilt, cloth slipcase, oblong folio, Paul Elek, 1966 § Thomas Rowlandson: Medical Caricatures, number 891 of 2500 copies, 13 coloured plates after Rowlandson, Editions Medicina Rara, original portfolio, some wormholing to mounts and box, 1971 (5)

£200-300

Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

181 Limited Editions.- Schiele (Egon, after) Limited Editions.Schiele (Egon, after) Faksimile Der Moderne 1, vol. 1 from the set of 5, one of 1000 copies, 6 colour plates, with another inserted, lacking title and letterpress, some spotting, some dampstaining at foot of mounts, original cloth portfolio, worn and spotted, 1985 § Barberá Durón (Juan Sebastian) ‘Grabados Delirios’, number 26 of 30 copies, portfolio of 5 signed and numbered aquatints, with 4 letterpress sheets, within original pictorial portfolio, Mexico City, 1991 § Newbert (Christopher) Within a Rainbowed Sea (Earthsong Collection), first trade edition, original quarter morocco gilt, within cloth slipcase, Beyond Words, 1984 § with 3 similar on art (6)

£300-400

182 Merian (Matthäus) Engravings Merian (Matthäus) Engravings

A collection of 141 engravings pasted onto pages, from Johann Ludwig Gottfried’s Historische Chronica, later paper boards, worn, 4to, Frankfurt, 1674; with another item (2)

£100-150

183 Miscellany.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Miscellany.A collection of 40 volumes, including;

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., First Editions, half-titles, folding maps, original cloth, spines worn with some staining, lacking dust jackets, 8vo, 1948-54;

Dulac (Edmund, ill.) The Nightingale and other stories from Hans Andersen, 12 plates including frontispiece, original cloth gilt, worn to spine extremities, white paint marks to lower board, Hodder and Stoughton, [1911];

Westell (W. Percival) The Book of the Animal Kingdom. Mammals, numerous illustrations, original pictorial cloth, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910; with others similar, and modern Arcade art reference, mixed condition, v.s. (40)

£100-200