28th Jan, 2020 10:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 31
 
Lot 31 - Miscellany.- Elmes (James) Metropolitan...

Miscellany.- Elmes (James) Metropolitan Improvements: or London in the Nineteenth Century…, chine-collé engraved decorative half title, occasional offsetting, 1 plan, 10 plates only of 157, Jones & Co, 1827; Langford (John Alfred) Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 18 plates, 2 maps, occasional light staining, publisher's cloth, boards bordered in gilt with title and coat of arms in centre, a.e.g., spines faded, corners rubbed, William Mackenzie, c.1860; Our Own Country. Descriptive, Historical. Pictorial, 6 vol. in 3, wood engraved frontispiece, vignette, text illustrations, 51 plates, contemporary maroon morocco, slightly rubbed, Cassell, [1891-96], 4to; with a collection of books on art, including Hogarth (William) The Completes Works…, 6 vol., steel engraved frontispiece and decorative half title, title in red and black, 145 plates, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, publisher's decorative cloth, A.E.G., extremities rubbed, folio, William Mackenzie, Edinburgh & Dublin, [c.1850]; Nettlefold (Frederick John) A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of…, 4 vol., tipped in portrait frontispiece, 507 tipped in plates, occasional light foxing, publisher's green cloth, gilt device in boards centre, boards rubbed, folio, Bemrose & Sons, 1933- 1938; with loosely inserted typed letter from the publisher to the author, reading in part ‘… This collecting business is great fun, so long as you keep it within bounds. My friend Sir frank Brangwyn is a born collector and 'swopper', he once swopped his whole dining room for some Persian pots, I am not that bad, but have swopped a fair amount…”, signed ‘F. Lewis’, 4to, London, 27th January, 1947 (20)

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