forthcoming sales - Dominic Winter Book Auctions

571 Prisse d’Avennes (Achille Constant Theodore Emile). La
Decoration Arabe, pub. Paris, c. 1885, ninety-eight plts. (mostly
chromos.), numbered 1-110 (complete), some double-page and
heightened in gold and silver, ex-lib. with usual markings, inkstamp
to plt. margin and plt. verso throughout (some affecting image),
recent cloth, two small holes to spine, lib. no. to base of spine, folio
(1) £150-200
572 Pugin (Augustus Welby Northmore). A reply to observations
which appeared in “Fraser’s magazine,” for March 1837, on a work
entitled “Contrasts.”, London: Printed for the Author, by James
Moyes, 1837, 16pp., ink library stamp of St. Augustine’s Abbey to
verso of title, Ramsgate, slightly dust-soiled, disbound 8vo
Three UK Institutional locations found (British Library, Cambridge and V & A).
Ex libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate.
(1) £150-200
573 Pugin (Augustus Welby). The True Principles of Pointed or
Christian Architecture: set Forth in Two Lectures Delivered at St.
Marie’s, Oscott, pub. 1841, eng. frontis. and nine eng. plts., illusts.
to text, occ. scattered spotting, a.e.g., hinges repaired, orig. cloth
gilt, rebacked, 4to, together with An Apology for the Revival of
Christian Architecture in England, 1843, nine eng. plts., ink stamp
to title, occ. scattered spotting, hinges repaired, orig. cloth gilt,
rebacked, 4to, with A Treatise on Chancel Screens and Rood Lofts...,
1851, litho frontis. and plts., ink stamp to title, occ. spotting, orig.
gilt dec. cloth with morocco spine strip (torn with loss), 4to, and The
Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in Enland, Republished
from the Dublin Review, 1843, numerous litho plts., occ. spotting,
a.e.g., conemp. half calf, boards detached and spine defective, 8vo,
plus five others related
Ex libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate.
(9) £150-200
574 Pugin (Augustus Welby). Floriated Ornament..., pub. Chatto
& Windus, 1875, chromo frontis. (detached & frayed to margins),
addn. chromo title (torn to inner margin), numerous chromo plts.,
occ. spotting, ink stamps to frontis. & addn. title, later endpapers,
t.e.g., 20th c. qtr. sheep, worn 4to, together with Glossary of
Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume..., 1844, addn. chromo title
and numerous chromo plts., occ. spotting and dampstaining, a.e.g.,
20th c. cloth, faded, large 4to, plus architecture reference, including
Pugin related
Ex libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate.
(12) £150-250
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575 Pugin (Augustus Welby). A Treatise on Chancel Screens and
Rood Lofts, their antiquity, use, and symbolic signification, 1st ed.,
pub. Charles Dolman, 1851, b&w wood eng. plts., some light
scattered spotting, orig. pubs. morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and
some discolouration, some wear to spine, with head of spine
repaired, 4to
Belcher A59. First edition of Pugin’s last book. A Pugin family copy, with an
autograph note by Peter Paul Pugin (1851-1904) on headed notepaper, loosely
inserted, together with an original pen and brown ink cartoon drawing on thin
paper of Peter Paul Pugin and several friends on a rainy day out in St. Albans,
signed and apparently dated 1881 lower left, 16 x 20.5 cm (6.25 x 8 ins).
Three UK Institutional locations found (British Library, Cambridge and V & A).
Ex libris St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate.
(1) £200-300
576 Bacon (Francis) Catalogue Raisonne, intro. by John
Rothenstein. Documentation by Ronald Alley, Thames & Hudson,
1964, twenty-seven tipped-in col. plts., num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth
gilt in d.j., slight rubbing, 4to
(1) £150-200
577 [Saloman, William]. One Thousand and Twenty Fifth Avenue
New York, 1st ed., 1912, fifty-six photogravure plts., rough-trimmed,
orig. boards gilt, rubbed and some marks, folio
(1) £150-250
578 Tait (Hugh). Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the
British Museum, 3 vols., 1986-91, col. and b&w illusts. throughout,
orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, 4to, together with The Art of the Jeweller. A
Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum: Jewellery,
Engraved Gems and Goldsmiths’ Work..., 2 vols., 1984, num. col.
and b&w plts. illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, 4to, plus Wang (Chun
Wen), Beyond the T’ien Mu Shan..., 2001, col. illusts. throughout, in
English & Chinese, orig. cloth in d.j., contained in slipcase, oblong
4to, plus nine other related, incl. Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their
Circle, From the Wingfield Digby Collection, by Tony Birks & Cornelia
Wingfield Digby, 1990; Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the
Qing..., pub. Sotheby’s, 1984, etc.
(15) £100-150
579 Tietze (Hans and Tietze-Conrat, Erica). The Drawings of the
Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries, 2 vols., reprinted
Collectors Editions, 1970, b&w plts., orig. qtr. mock morocco, 4to,
together with Brauer (Heinrich and Wittkower, Rudolf), Die
Zeichnungen des Gianlorenzo Bernini, 2 vols., reprinted Collectors
Editions, c. 1970, b&w plts., orig. qtr. mock morocco, folio, plus
Popham (A. E.), Correggio’s Drawings, pub. British Academy, 1957,
numerous b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, 4to, and Old Master
Drawings, a quarterly magazine for students and collectors, 14 vols.,
reprinted Collectors Editions, 1970, orig. uniform red cloth, 4to
(19) £150-200
580 Vincent van Gogh. The Letters. The Complete Illustrated and
Annotated Edition edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke
Bakker, 6 vols, Thames & Hudson, 2009, colour and b & w illusts
throughout, orig. boards in dustwrappers, all contained in orig.
slipcase, large 4to
Fine condition.
(6) £100-150
581 Wilson (Sir John). The Royal Philatelic Collection, ed. Clarence
Winchester, Dropmore Press, 1952, two collotype port. plts., twelve
col. plts., num. b&w illusts., occ. spotting, t.e.g., orig. crushed red
morocco, gilt dec. to spine & gilt royal crest to upper board, slight
worm damage to head of upper joint, some wear to lower edges of
covers, in red cloth slipcase, rubbed, folio
(1) £70-100