Books

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

314 'Snaffles' Sporting Anecdotes for the Twelve Months of the Year, 1928 Snaffles’ [Johnson Payne (Charles)] Sporting Anecdotes for the Twelve Months of the Year, or, ‘The Twelve Months of the Year, 12 coloured images of hunting scenes by ‘Snaffles’ on individual cards with the months of the year on each and a sporting anecdote, in the original leather and cloth wallet form stand, rubbed at extremities, 220 x 285mm., “The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News”, January 1st., 1928 § Edwards (Lionel) Illustrator. Sketches in Stable and Kennel, first edition, original dust-jacket, 1933; My Scottish Sketch Book, first edition, 1929; My Hunting Sketch Book [vol 1], first edition, reprint 1928; Vol II, first edition, 1930; ‘Rancher’ TallyHo Back!, first edition, 1931; ‘Rancher’ Forrard-On!, first edition, 1930, and 4 others illustrated by Edwards, original cloth, slightly rubbed and worn, one lacking spine; 2 others illustrated by Cecil Aldin and one by Armour, v.s. (14) £400-600

315 Sporting & Travel.- Beckford (Peter) Sporting & Travel.Beckford (Peter)

Thoughts on Hunting, number 32 of 350 copies, signed and numbered by the artist, 25 tipped-in colour plates by G. Denholm Armour with tissue guards, original leather gilt with dog vignette, rebacked preserving spine, 1911; with another on hunting § Baedeker (Karl) A collection of 17 travel guides, mixed editions, maps, occasional contemporary annotations, original cloth gilt, majority lightly worn, some with loose spines, [c.1890-1920] § Thomas Cook’s 1938 Guide to Belgium and Luxembourg § Nelson’s ‘Thorough Guide’ Series books for the English Lake District and Scotland, parts 1 & 3, maps, original cloth, gilt, slightly worn, [1910] § Southern Italy including Rome, Sicily, and Sardinia, [The Blue Guides, Italian Touring Club], 76 colour fold-out maps & plans, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, v.s. (24) £100-150

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

316 Tennis. Tennis.Marshall (Julian)

The Annals of Tennis, first edition in book form, title printed in red and black, frontispiece and 45 plates, publisher's decorative green cloth, gilt, lower joint split , ‘The Field’ Office, 1878 § Noel (E.B.) & J.O.M. Clark. A History of Tennis, 2 vol., first edition, illustrated, original cloth, spines uniformly faded, 1924 § Miles (Eustace) Racquets, Tennis, and Squash, first edition, illustrated with photographs and diagrams, original gilt decorated cloth, 1902 § De Luze (Albert) Hamilton (Richard, trans.) (A History of The Royal Game of Tennis, limited to 1/500 copies signed by the translator on title, original cloth dust-jacket and slipcase, The Roundwood Press, 1979 § Scaino (Antonio) Trattato Del Givoco Della Palla de Messer, translated by P.A.Negretti, 1/250 copies signed by the translator, original cloth, 1951 § The Badminton Library. Tennis: Lawn Tennis Rackets: Fives, 1/250 copies, illustrated, original half blue Morocco, gilt, worn, 1890 § Henderson (Robert W.) How Old is the Game of Rackets,10pp pamphlet, original printed covers, New York, 1936, together with other books and pamphlets concerning tennis, v.s. (qty)

£1,500-1,800

317 Baldung Grien (Hans) Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Baldung Grien (Hans)

Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench, woodcut, with Albrecht Durer’s monogram upper left, [Bartsch (as Durer) VII.13; Hollstein 65 II/II], trimmed, two wormholes, some spotting and surface marking, creasing, partially laid down, 235 x 165 mm, 1505–07.

£200-300