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ALFRED MALHERBE (1804-1865). - The Woodpecker Man.A fine original portrait, of Alfred Malherbe, titled and dated 1845.Alfred Malherbe was a French lawyer and judicial officer with a passion for natural history and a particular fondness for birds, which he collected from all over Europe. He was the president of his local natural history society in the Lorraine region of NE France and director of the museum in Metz for the last twenty years of his life.In the 1840s and 1850s, Malherbe published a number of books on Algerian and Sicilian birds and contributed articles to ornithological journals, including papers on newly discovered species in the Picidae family. His magnum opus - on woodpeckers - was published in four volumes between 1861 and 1863. The two text volumes outline the physical characteristics and classification history for more than 200 species of the Picidae family, half of which were discovered by Malherbe or first described in his detailed publication. The plate volumes feature more than… Leer más

Rebuilding after, and profiteering from the earthquake and fire1908 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE (1906).Shainwald, Buckbee & Co, Real Estate and Insurance. A typed letter, signed, to R.D. McElroy, reporting on very slight damage done to the Kohl Building. Jan 14 1908.Mahony Bros, Builders. A two page typed letter, signed by John Mahoney, to James D. Phelan of the Mutual Savings Bank Building, relating to earthquake damage to five buildings that they had originally constructed at a cost of £5.5 million dollars: Flood Building, St Francis Hotel, Crocker Building, Shreve Building, Sloane Building. After their inspection they estimate the damage caused to total $88,000. May 22nd 1908.William Curlett, Architect, typed letter, signed, to R.D. McElroy, giving a report of his examination of the Class "A" buildings, and finding that "not one of these buildings was damaged to the extent of 1% of the const of construction." May 25th 1908.R.D. McElroy, Real Estate and Insurance. A two page typed letter,… Leer más

1775. Hard Cover. Very Good. SURVEY OF THE MANOR OF EGGINGTON, 1775. Contents Leaf, with Names of the Proprietors, and Folios where found. Sir John Every, Sir Henry Harpur, E.S. Pole, Abraham Hoskins, John Handford, William Kirkham, Jos. Burrows, Mary Astill, Robert Shorthose, Michael Downs, Henry Newton, John Beardsley, Mr Rawson, James Philips, John Bradbury, Joseph Swift, Revd Mr Burslem, William Badkin. 41 leaves written one-side, with columns for reference number, proprietors, tenants, names of pieces, contents (value). Mounted on the inner front board is a large multi-folding estate plan (or field map), with index numbers linking it to the manuscript survey. The contemporary calf binding is worn with the upper board nearly detached. The vellum plan is rather mellowed and has some dustiness, but the text pages are clean. Loosely inserted is a hand-written note relating to a forthcoming application "for inclosing and dividing the common and open fields, common meadows, common pastures, common and… Leer más

1830. Unbound. Very Good. GOOD GIRL [and] GOOD BOY. A pair of most attractive original oval watercolours, each figure set against a rural landscape. The boy is depicted holding an open book, and the girl a bird's nest with young chicks, and a book in her basket. Both are very well dressed with fine clothes, shoes and hats. The drawings are signed J. Parkson del. and titled in the lower border. Both are in acid free wash line mounts. There are old tape marks to the verso, but no show through to the front of the watercolours. There is also early writing (struck through) on the back; the watercolours being painted on partially used sheets. Both are in fresh bright state, and of high quality. 170mm x 125mm (image size). c1830. ~ The convention of the good child, was first popularised in A Little Pretty Pocket Book, published by Newberry in 1767, which introduced Tommy, a Good Boy, and Polly, a Good Girl. By the early 19th century the phrase was incorporated into 'reward' pottery for children, often, as… Leer más

1840. Unbound. Very Good. DANIELL, Miss Sophia. A wonderful archive of 64 letters written by a mother to her daughter who was away at boarding school. All the letters are in the form of 4 pages folded. Most (but not all) have been cross written, as was common at a time when paper was costly. Some of the cross writing is to the first page only but some is to all pages. All are addressed to 'my dearest Sophia' and signed 'your affectionate M. Daniell.' Provenance: The letters were written by Mary Smith Daniell (1787-1846), and were sent to her daughter Sophia Loiusa Daniell (1825-1907). Mary married Thomas Daniell in 1811, and at the time of their marriage, Thomas was said to be "of the parish of St Marylebone" and Mary "of this parish" (St George Hanover Square). The letters were sent between 1840 and 1843 whilst Sophia was away at boarding school - when she was between 15 and 18 years old. Sophia was born in Little Berkhamsted, and later married Reverend George Ridout in 1848 and had 9 children. She… Leer más

MARYAN, Pinchas. Abstract Composition, 1958. Hand signed, and numbered 287/300Pinchas Burstein, mainly known by his nickname Maryan, was an American painter of Polish origins born in 1927, who died in 1977 in New York.A teenager during the World War II, he was sent to Auschwitz and was the only one of his family to survive from there. When the Russians arrived, the Germans decided to shoot the prisoners; he survived but had one leg amputated. He then went to Jerusalem to study art and painting at the New Bézalel Art School. Three years later, he moved to Paris and studied lithography in the studio of Fernand Léger at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.Maryan is considered one of the fathers of New Figuration. In the 1950s, his art oscillated between abstraction and figuration. In the 1960s, he switched to an expressionist and symbolic figuration, representing derisively solitary characters. His work was exhibited at the Breteau Gallery in 1952, then at the Gallery of France in 1956. The Museum of Art and… Leer más

1962. Unbound. Very Good. ALVA. (Solomon Siegfried Allweiss) (1901-1973). Two small paintings of abstract figures, on card, sent to Sir Herbert Read as New Year cards in the early 1960's. Read had written the introduction to the book of Alva's recent paintings and drawings, in 1951. Provenance: acquired c20 years ago from a small collection of material by descent from the Read family. 184mm x 130mm & 182mm x 135mm. c1962-1963. ~ Painter and graphic artist Alva (né Siegfried Solomon Alweiss) was born into an observant Jewish family to traditional Galician parents in Berlin, Germany in 1901; he lived in Galicia until the age of ten. After leaving school, he began a career in commerce, then studied music at Stern's Konservatorium, Berlin (1919-1925), before turning to art, legally adopting the shortened form of his name, 'Alva', in 1925, studying painting in Paris in 1928 and exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne. In 1934 he travelled in Palestine, Syria, and Greece, and held his first solo exhibition in… Leer más

BRUNS, William. A Photographic Study. Copyrighted 1882. Highly coloured glazed card, edge tear without loss, one corner worn and slight surface marks. 255mm x 355mmA copyof this print is recorded in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

1852. Unbound. Very Good. [DERBYSHIRE] Church Broughton School - An Archive of Letters and Documents 1852 - 1947. A fascinating collection of letters and papers concerning Church Broughton School in Derbyshire, in all about 140 items. The earliest item is a letter dated December 18th 1852 from John Barber in Derby addressed to Francis Bradshaw at "Barton Park Derby" (Barton Hall was owned by the Bradshaw family and Francis had been High Sheriff of Derbyshire between 1851-52. The estate is situated one mile from Church Broughton and Francis was likely to have been a supporter and sponsor for the school). The letter has a copy of a recent report by a Rev. Blandford upon inspecting Church Broughton School. To say he was not happy would be an understatement: "...good supply of maps towards which a grant had been made about two years since, ten had been purchased, of these eight were in the Master's House & two in the school room: none of them had the appearance of ever having been used; supply of books… Leer más

Seeley, Burnside, 1846. Hard Cover. Very Good. [MAYO, Elizabeth]. Lessons on Shells, as Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, at Cheam, Surrey. Illustrated by ten plates, drawn from nature. Third edition. xiii, [3], 228pp., half-title., 10 engraved plates each with leaf of text identifying the specimens. A very good copy bound in full contemporary green calf, ornately decorated in gilt. Wide gilt borders, central gilt panel with corner piece ornaments, and gilt panelled spine. Original morocco label just chipped at one corner, and some foxing. 8vo. Seeley, Burnside and Seeley. [1846]. ~ Charles (1792-1846) and Elizabeth Mayo (1793-1865) were brother and sister educational reformers and followers of Pestalozzi. Charles Mayo opened a school in Epsom in 1822, which his mother and sister helped run. They wanted children to learn by observing, touching, and experimenting with the things around them, and they developed a practical curriculum including these 'object… Leer más

Smith and Robins, 1842. Hard Cover. Very Good. STRAWBERRY HILL. A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. xxiv, 250pp., lithograph portrait frontispiece, and wood engraved title-page. A very good copy bound in contemporary dark red half calf, marbled boards. Gilt panelled spine, marbled edges and end-papers. Some quite large strips of the marbled paper, removed from the marbled boards, and extremities and corners rubbed. Contemporary book-plate of William Rix Beloe, and a biographical note dated 1842 relating to Walpole's death. [William Rix Beloe, Esq., son of the Rev. William Beloe, the translator of Herodotus.] 4to. Smith and Robins, Printers. [1842]. £295.00 This is the first edition (of five), Merritt's issue I. The title-page stating that 'the Catalogue (at 7s each) will admit Four Persons to the Public View, and will be a passport to the Purchaser throughout the Sale..." On the last page there is a note that 'some inaccuracies will be discovered in the… Leer más

NP, 1850. Unbound. Very Good. HOLNE VICARAGE, and surrounding area. Five original watercolours, on four sheets, depicting Holne Vicarage, Holne Village, Holne Cott[age], and two of the New Bridge at Holne. c.17cm x 25cm (3), 16cm x 17cm, 10cm x 14cm. c1850. £195.00 + vat ~ These were most probably executed by members of the Waddon-Martyn family of Tonacombe Manor, Morwenstow, Cornwall in the mid 19th century. Tonacombe is the original of "Chapel" in 'Westward Ho !' which was partly written there, and Charles Kingsley was a frequent visitor. He was born at Holne Vicarage, under the brow of Dartmoor. The house no longer exists, but stood on the site of the present vicarage.

1882. Unbound. Good. BRUNS, William. A Photographic Study. Copyrighted 1882. Highly coloured glazed card, edge tear without loss, one corner worn and slight surface marks. Rare. 255mm x 355mm A copyof this print is recorded in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Ipswich: J. Raw, 1827. Hard Cover. Very Good. [JERMYN, Laetitia]. The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum: with a synoptical table of British Butterflies. [6], [1], 6-169., 2 hand-coloured and 3 further black and white plates. A very good copy in full contemporary calf, gilt ruled border, raised and gilt banded spine, with morocco label. Some darkening to the spine and corners just a little bruised. Offsetting from the frontispiece onto the title-page. Contemporary bookplate of Chas. Jn. Thompson, with the motto 'labore et honore'. 8vo. Ipswich: printed and sold by J. Raw. 1827. ~ First published in 1824, Copac mis-attributes the author as Emily Elizabeth Jarrett. This is corrected for the much enlarged 2nd and 3rd edition to Laetitia Ford. The first edition was just 68pp, and had one illustration.

Edinburgh: For the Author, 1839. Hard Cover. Very Good. WILLMOTT, George. The Amateur Florist's Assistant in the Selection and Cultivation of Popular Annuals; to which is added, a descriptive catalogue of the most interesting tender perennials used in decorating the Parterre, and a copious list of European ornamental Alpine plants. [8], 76pp. A very good copy bound in original blind stamped cloth. Faint water splash marks to the title-page and front end-paper, but not too intrusive, and the rest of the text is very clean. 12mo. Edinburgh: printed [by Ruthvens] for the Author, and to be had at the Nursery, Lewisham, London. 1839. ~ First edition, very scarce, FirstSearch recording two copies only (BL and NLS). Lewisham Nursery was run in its later years by Willmott and Chaundy, and closed in 1860.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good. PRIDEAUX, W.S. Memorials of the Goldsmiths' Company Being Gleanings From Their Records Between the Years 1335 and 1815. Two volumes. 388pp; 404pp., colour frontispieces, monochrome plates. large 8vo. Printed for Private Circulation by Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1897-1897. together with... PRIDEAUX, W.S. The Charities under the Management of the Goldsmith's Company. Being an account of their foundation and history. 96pp., monochrome plates. large 8vo. Printed for Private Circulation by Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1899. Three volumes. Very good condition bound in uniform publishers' quarter dark red morocco, green pebble grain cloth boards with gilt crest, gilt lettered spines, and top-edges gilt. The third continuation volume is very scarce. Some inserted notes by C.E. Challis, particularly in the first volume. From the library of Christopher Challis.

Brill, 2017. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century, 1618-1700 (2 Volumes.) Library of the Written Word, Volume: 58. By Arthur der Weduwen. Winner of the 2019 Menno Hertzberger Encouragement Prize for Book History and Bibliography Still shrin-wrapped. 2017. Published at c£325. Large format, quarto. In Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century Arthur der Weduwen presents the first comprehensive account of the early newspaper in the Low Countries. Composed of two volumes, this survey provides detailed introductions and bibliographical descriptions of 49 newspapers, surviving in over 16,000 issues in 84 archives and libraries. This work presents a crucial overview of the first fledgling century of newspaper publishing and reading in one of the most advanced political cultures of early modern Europe. Seventy years after Folke Dahl's Dutch Corantos first documented early Dutch newspapers, Der Weduwen offers a brand-new approach to the bibliography… Leer más

Journal of Horticultural, 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good. FLOWER GARDEN PLANS. Plans of Flower Gardens, Beds, Borders, Roseries, and Aquariums; accompanied by rules and directions for their formation, descriptions of the suitable plants, their arrangement and culture. Illustrated by more than seventy engravings. By contributors to the 'Journal of Horticulture'. iv, 179, [1]p advert., 73 text engravings. A very good copy in original blind stamped and gilt lettered brown cloth. Covers a little rubbed, and some light browning. Clean tear to one leaf without any loss. large 8vo. Journal of Horticulture. [1868]. ~ The last chapter includes descriptions of the flower garden at Worsley Hall - the Seat of the Earl of Ellesmere, Charles W.Hamilton's Ham Wood Flower Garden near Dublin, and the ribbon flower garden at Hemstead Park - the seat of the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., amongst others.

E. Cox, 1829. Hard Cover. Very Good. CASTLE, Thomas. An Introduction to Systematical and Physiological Botany. Illustrated with Explanatory Engravings. xviii, [2], 285, [1], [16] index, [2]pp adverts., half-title., hand-coloured frontispiece and eight hand-coloured plates, each with many small illustrations. An uncut copy in original linen backed boards, paper spine label noting the price of coloured and uncoloured copies. Corners bumped, and some slight and non-intrusive old waterstaining to a few leaves. Contemporary owner's name on the end-paper. Scarce. The label notes that this was issued both, plain(10s.), and as here coloured (12s 6d). 8vo. E.Cox, Saint Thomas's Street, Southwark. 1829. ~ The work is dedicated to his patron, The Right Honourable Lady Elizabeth Bligh, of Cobham Hall, Kent. It has a subscribers list with rather a preponderance of family members, and inhabitants of Bermondsey, where the author lived and the book was printed. A copy was also subscribed by Mrs Simpson, of Bedford,… Leer más

Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good. KEMP, Edward. How to Lay Out a Garden: intended as a Guide to Amateurs in Choosing, Forming, or Improving an Estate, (from a quarter of an acre to a hundred acres in extent,) with reference to both design and execution. Second edition: greatly enlarged, and illustrated with numerous plans, sections, and sketches of gardens and garden objects. xxxi [1], 403, [1]p., half-title., 204 illustrations in the text. A very good copy in the original sage green gilt decorated cloth, all-edges-gilt. Front blank end-paper at some time removed, and light old waterstain to inner front board. 8vo. Bradbury and Evans. 1858. ~ Edward Kemp (1817-1891). His technical training was gained in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick, under Dr. Lindley, and subsequently in apprenticeship at Chatsworth under Sir Joseph Paxton. In September, 1843, at the age of twenty-five, he was made superintendent of Birkenhead Park, Liverpool, and the remainder of his life… Leer más