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In Chiswick, W4

Fine Book Sale

Monday, 18th December

	Lot No: 1 (Books) Feret, C.J., "Fulham Old and New" Three volumes; pub. 1900, Leadenhall Press. (3)
	Lot No: 2 (Books) Whistler (Laurence) & Fuller (Ronald) "The Work of Rex Whistler" pub. 1960 William Clowes & Sons with dust jacket.
	Lot No: 3 (Books) Finnemore, Horace "The Essential Oils"; cloth bound; pub. 1926, Ernest Benn Limited, London.
	Lot No: 4 (Books) Three introductory Festival of Britain pamphlets detailing planning for the event from different British perspectives (England, Scotland and Wales); featuring introduction with handwritten annotations to the London pamphlet. (3)
	Lot No: 7 (Books) Ingram, James DD "Memorials of Oxford" in three volumes; pub. 1837, Henry Parker, Oxford. (3)
	Lot No: 9 (Books) Lambert, Alfred "The Colours of The British Army" Complete, pub. c.1890 Days & Son, London.
	Lot No: 10 (Books) Gilchrist, Alexander "Life of William Blake" in two volumes, cloth bound without dust jacket; pub. 1863, Macmilliam & Co. London. (2)
	Lot No: 11 (Books) Ed. Soper, J.P.H. "London Water Supply" Second Edition, pub. 1899, London together with "History of Tower Bridge" Welch, pub. 1894, London; also five other books and a reproduction London panorama. (7)
	Lot No: 12 (Books) Howard, Montague "Old London Silver" pub. Charles Scribners & sons, New York together with three other similar themed books. (4)
	Lot No: 13 (Books) Major Edwards, T.J. "Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces" (pub.1953, Gale & Polden) together with "Air Dates" (pub.1957) and "Home Guard of Britain"; "The Story of The Victoria Cross"; "Military Badge Collecting" and "Irish Battles". (6)
	Lot No: 14 (Books) Pomeroy, Laurence "The Grand Prix Car 1906-1039" First Edition pub. 1949; cloth bound, together with Vol. II Revised edition; both with partial dust jackets; pub. 1954 (2).
	Lot No: 15 (Books) Jones, Owen "The Grammar of Ornament"; pub. 1856 Blackie & son, Glasgow; with 100 plates.
	Lot No: 17 (Books) A 1930's "Postal Map of London and Suburbs" bound edition, with eight panoramic fold out mmaps; pub. Geographia together with "Greater London Plan 1944" By Patrick Abercrombie; pub. 1945. (2)
	Lot No: 18 (Books) Rt. Hon. Viscount Cobham & Sir Henry Trueman Wood Eds. "Report of the Committee on Leather for Bookbinding"; with samples of leather; cloth bound; pub. 1905 George Bell & Sons, London.
	Lot No: 19 (Books) "The Sculpture of Africa" pub. 1958, Thames & Hudson; also five other world art themed books. (6)
	Lot No: 20 (Books) Audsley, George Ashdown & Maurice Ashdown 'The Practical and Ornamentalist..'; pub. 1892 Blackie & Son, Glasgow; with 100 plates.
	Lot No: 21 (Books) "New Survey of London Life and Labour" maps (vol VII, ii and vol. IV, i) together with seven volumes ; pub. 1930-35, P.S. King. & Son.
	Lot No: 22 (Books) "The National Gazetteer: A topographical dictionary of the British Islands" in three volumes with leather spine; pub. late 19th century, London. (3)
	Lot No: 23 (Books) 11 books about London including: Law, Earnest "Hampton Court a Short History of the Royal Manor and Palace" pub. 1900, George Bell and Sons, London. (11)
	Lot No: 24 (Books) Signed and limited edition Chesterton, E. Keble "Steamship models"; edition 760/1000; pub. 1924, London.
	Lot No: 25 (Books) De Gray Birch, Walter (signed) "A History of Margam Abbey"; cloth bound and without dust jacket; pub. 1897, London.
	Lot No: 26 (Books) Hansard, George Agar "The Book of Archery"; library binding; pub. 1840, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London.
	Lot No: 27 (Books) Mann, John, C. "Meter Stamps of Great Britain and Ireland (EIRE)" Second Edition, self published 1972 also Forster, R.K. "Postmark Collection" (2)
	Lot No: 28 (Books) Linton, W.J. "Masters of Wood-engraving" signed copy, limited edition No. 258/500; cloth bound.
	Lot No: 29 (Books) Dodgson, Campbell "Contemporary English Woodcuts" limited edition 296/500; pub. 1922, Duckworth & Company, London.
	Lot No: 30 (Books) "Verrieres du Choeur de l'eglise Metropolitaine de Tours" Complete with lithographic prints, ribbed leather bound spine; pub. 1849, Paris, Libraire, Place Saint Andre-des-Arts.
	Lot No: 31 (Books) Hodin, J.P. "Barbara Hepworth" pub.1961, Lund Humphries, London (with slip case) together with three other Art and Design books. (4)
	Lot No: 32 (Books) Kipling, L. & King, H.L. Eds. "Head-dress Badges of the British Army" in two volumes; pub. 1978; Frederick Muller Ltd, London. (2)
	Lot No: 33 (Books) Mayhew, H. & Binny, J. "The Criminal Prisons of London"; without panorama; pub. 1862, Charles Griffin and Company, London; together with Gordon, Charles "The Old Bailey and Newgate" (2)
	Lot No: 34 (Books) Thoburn, A. British Mammals" pub. 1920-21, Longmans, Green and co. together with four volumes of "British Birds" pub. 1917-18. (6)
	Lot No: 35 (Books) Holford, Sir William "Piccadilly Circus Future Development- Proposals for Comprehensive Development.. March 1962" pub. London City Council.
	Lot No: 36 (Books) Five London themed books including: "Construction in the City of London" pub. 1944 and "Windmills of Surrey and London" (5)
	Lot No: 37 (Books) Picasso- Verve Special Issue "Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso 28 Novembre 1953 au Fevrier 1954" volume VIII, No. 29/30,; pub. 1954, distributed by Zwemmer.
	Lot No: 38 (Books) "British and Foreign Medals Relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs" arranged and indexed by the Earl of Sandwich, 2nd edition; pub. 1950, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
	Lot No: 39 (Books) "Crystal Palace Gide and Souvenir" with 16 colour plates.
	Lot No: 40 (Books) Stanford, Edward "Catalogue of Maps Published by Directorate of Overseas (Geodetic & Topographic) Surveys" incomplete; pub. 1960, directorate of Overseas Surveys.
	Lot No: 41 (Books) Shakespeare, William "William Shakespeare The Complete Works" pub. 1966 Collins, Glasgow.
	Lot No: 42 (Books) Crawford, O.G.S. "Ordnance Survey Professional Papers New Series, No 12 Air-Photography for Archaeologists" pub. 1929, London.
	Lot No: 43 (Books) Holme C. G. & Wainwright, B. S. "Modern Gardens British & Foreign; pub. 1926-7 The Studio, London with two others. (3)
	Lot No: 44 (Books) "View of London" Volume II, full leather binding with ribbed spine; pub. 1708, London: "Printed for John Nicholson at the King's Arms in Little Britain.."
	Lot No: 45 (Books) Kono, Barei "Japanese Studies of Birds" in three volumes; with hand stitched cardboard covers; circa 1900. (3)
	Lot No: 46 (Books) Streeter, Edwin, W. "The Great Diamonds of the World" pub. 1882, George Bell & Sons, London; together with four other books. (5)
	Lot No: 47 (Books) Hulme, F. Edward "Suggestions in Floral design" with 50 plates, colour lithographic prints; leather bound spine; pub. c.1880, Cassell, London.
	Lot No: 48 (Books) Lord Burghley "XIVth Olympiad London 1948" together with four Olympic Games reports and similar publications. (5)
	Lot No: 49 (Books) A Collection of eight books on design, including: Howarth, Thomas "Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement" pub. 1952, Glasgow University Press; Jekyll, G. "Old English Household Life" pub. 1925, London. (8)
	Lot No: 50 (Books) DRESSER, Christopher Phd FLS "Studies in Design" Pub. circa 1860 Cassell, Petter and Calpin; London; library binding but with all plates.
	Lot No: 51 (Books) Perrot Georges & Chipiez, Charles "History of Art in Phoenicia..." vols. I & II also "History of Art in Sardinia Judea.." vols. I & II (4)
	Lot No: 52 (Books) Tymms, W.R. "The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe from Earliest Times"; pub. 1860, Day and Son.
	Lot No: 53 (Books) Cescinsky, Herbert "Chinese Furniture" with 54 collotype plates and ten half tones in a Library binding; pub. 1922, Benn Brothers, London.
	Lot No: 54 (Books) Roth, H.L. "Oriental Silverwork" pub.1910, Truslove & Hanson, Ltd.
	Lot No: 55 () No lot.
	Lot No: 56 (Books) Beardsley, Aubrey "The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley" (pub. 1925, John Lane, Bodley Head) together with "The Early Work" and "Aubrey Beardsley, The Man and His Work" (3)
	Lot No: 57 (Books) Faulkner, Thomas "History and Antiquities of Kensington.."; quarto; pub. 1820, D. Jaques, Chelsea, London.
	Lot No: 59 (Books) Gulland, W.G. "Chinese Porcerlain" in two volumes; pub. 1902, Chapman & Hall, London also Honey, William Bowyer, on Chinese ceramics; pub. 1944, Faber & faber. (3)
	Lot No: 60 (Books) Captain Wharton, W.J.L. Ed. "Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H.M. Bark 'Endeavour' 1768-71"; cloth bound; pub. 1893 Elliot Stock, London.
	Lot No: 61 (Books) Sir Frank Warner KBE "The Silk Industry of the United Kingdom its Origin and Development"; cloth cover no dust jacket; pub. 1921 Drane's, London.
	Lot No: 62 (Books) Clarkson, Thomas "Memoirs of the Private and Public life of William Penn" two volumes, pub. 1813; together with two other related books. (4)
	Lot No: 63 (Books) "Flora and Sylva" Ed. Robinson, William; Volumes II & III; pub. 1904, London, Monthly Bound Editions.
	Lot No: 64 (Books) Palliser, Bury "History of Lace" pub. 1902, Charles Scribner, New York together with Kendrick, A.F. "English Embroidery" and Huish, M.B. "Tapestry Embroideries" (3)
	Lot No: 65 (Books) Cookson, Rev. James, "The Grand Imperial Family Bible.."; in two volumes, full leather binding; pub. 1808.
	Lot No: 66 (Books) "The Authentic Map Directory of London and Suburbs" 4th Edition; pub. 1930s Geographia also "The Geography of London River"; "The History of London Street Improvements" also "Disappearing London" (4)
	Lot No: 67 (Books) Nance, K. Morton "Sailing- Ship Model" limited edition 663/1000; pub. 1924, Halton and Truscott Smith ltd, London.
	Lot No: 68 (Books) Of numismatic interest: six editions of Cunobelin from 1963-9 together with Kenyo, R.L "The Gold Coins of England" pub. 1885, London. (7)
	Lot No: 69 (Books) Feret, Charles, James "Fulham Old and New.." three volumes together with another set. (6)
	Lot No: 70 (Books) "Villa & Cottage Architecture" pub. 1869, Blackie & son, London.
	Lot No: 71 (Books) Evans, Powys "Eighty-eight Cartoons" including a pre-WW2 cartoon of Winston Churchill.
	Lot No: 72 (Books) Five books on cameras and photography: "Cameras the facts, How They Work, What they will do, How they compare" pub. 1957, 1960 & 1962.
	Lot No: 73 (Books) Ashbee, C.R. "The Treatises of Benenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture" limited edition 129/600; pub. 1898 together with Morris, William "Some hints on pattern designing" pub. 1899, Kelmscott Press.
	Lot No: 74 (Books) Four books on Theatre and Film including: Le Roux, H. and Garner, J. "Acrobats and Mountebanks"; "Masks, Mimes and Miracles" (4)
	Lot No: 75 (Books) "The Works of William Hogarth from Original Plates.. as restored by James Heath" Pub. circa 1840s Baldwin & Craddock, London; a/f (water damaged).
	Lot No: 76 (Books) Wheeler, Tom "American Guitars" pub. 1982, Harper & Law.
	Lot No: 77 (Books) Grant, Duncan "Living Painters" with original paper cover; pub. 1930, Hogarth Press, London.
	Lot No: 78 (Books) Reilly, D.R. "Portrait Waxes" together with seven other books and on a collecting theme. (8)
	Lot No: 79 (Books) Hon. Fortescue, J.W. "History of the British Army" vols I & II (one signed by "F.R. Campbell 91st Punjabis") together with 17 other military themed books. (19)
	Lot No: 80 (Books) Eight books on London including "The British Fire Mark 1680-1879" (8)
	Lot No: 81 (Books) Stephen, Leslie, Sir "English Thought in the Eighteenth Century" in two volumes; together with three other books. (5)
	Lot No: 82 (Books) 14 books on art and artists: "Gaudier-Brezska Drawings" pub. 146 Faber; also with other books on British artists.
	Lot No: 83 (Books) Waghorn, H.T. "Cricket Scores 1730-1773" pub. 1899, William Blackwood and Sons, London also four other cricket related books and four 1950s editions of Wisden. (9)
	Lot No: 84 (Books) "Pablo Picasso les Dejeuners" pub. 1962, Editions Circle d'art Paris; "Henry Moore Shelter Sketch Book" with facsimile signature together with the book "Canadian Painters" (3)
	Lot No: 85 (Books) Holme ed. "Children's Toys of Yesterday" pub. 1932, The Studio, London with four other toy related themed books. (5)
	Lot No: 87 (Books) Roberts, William; three works: "Some early Abstract Cubist Work 1913-1920"; "Paintings 1917-1958" and "Paintings & Drawings". (3)
	Lot No: 88 (Books) "1988 Games Feasibility Study" published by GLC, London.
	Lot No: 89 (Books) Drake, Maurice "A History of English Glass Making" 36 plates; pub. 1912, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. London.
	Lot No: 90 (Books) Morgan, A.L & Naylor, C. ed "Contemporary Designers" pub. 1984, Macmillan; and three other titles on jewellery and glass. (4)
	Lot No: 91 () No Lot.
	Lot No: 92 (Books) Scheuring, N. ed. "Toue de Voltaire"; with plates; pub. 1861, Lyon.
	Lot No: 93 (Books) Weaver, Lawrence "English Leadwork.." pub. 1909, London.
	Lot No: 94 () Mourlot, Fernand "The Original Posters of Braque, Chagall, Dufy, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Picasso" pub. 1959, A. Zwemmer, London.
	Lot No: 95 (Books) Hillier and Fraser, Three Poster Books: Chinese, Russian and Art Deco; pub. c. 1980. (3)
	Lot No: 96 () No lot.
	Lot No: 97 (Books) Eleven books on London including: Ashbee, C.R. "Trinity Hospital.." pub. 1896, Guild &School of Handicraft, London. (11)
	Lot No: 98 (Books) "The Encyclopaedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge" also ten other similar themed books. (11)
	Lot No: 99 (Books) Mercer & Gaunt ed. six editions of "Modern Publicity" from 1927-28 and 1939-40; pub. The Studio, London.
	Lot No: 100 (Books) "The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam Esq." Vols. I and II (from four volumes); Pub 1900, reprint by E. Thezard and sons; in library bindings.
	Lot No: 101 (Books) Dennys, Joyce and Knox, Edward (Evoe) "A Winter Sports Alphabet" pub. 1926 London.
	Lot No: 102 (Books) Maxwell Baronet "The Works of Sir Wm Stirling" four volumes; pub. 1891, together with 8 others books on art themes. (12)
	Lot No: 103 (Books) Passmore, Victor; signed in pencil; 1990 exhibition catalogue; pub. Marlborough Graphics.
	Lot No: 104 (Books) Five books on musical instruments including: Chapuis "Histoire de la Boite a Musique" and Cockayne, Eric, V. "The Fairground Organ" (5)
	Lot No: 105 (Books) A collection of seven International Ancient History and Art as well as general reference books including: Perrot, George and Chipiez, Charles "History of Art in Persia" and "The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam". (7)