Lot: 21
Diana Dors: fine signed 8.5 x 6.5” photo alongside the Mayor of Charnwood, during her visit to Leicestershire in 1981, plus related newscutting.
Lot: 22
Hepworth & Massey Keith Vaughan – The Mature Oils 1946-1977, 2012, together with works on Andrew Wyeth (2), Dora Carrington, Rothko, Paul Nash and Pollock, all in d/jkts, one work on Wyeth with small tear to jacket. No inscriptions. (7)
Lot: 23
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities Little, Brown & Co, 2008; Georgia O'Keeffe Abrams, 2016; Lane Hokusai, Life and Work 1989; Richard Diebenkorn – The Ocean Park Series 2012; British Murals & Decorative Painting 1920-1960; and another. Most in d/jkts. No inscriptions. (6)
Lot: 24
Fashion Plates of French origin, mid-19th Century, large format, hand-coloured. Overall 36 x 29cm (9)
Lot: 25
Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8”, including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Robert de Niro, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., James Cagney and Laurence Olivier. VG/VF (12)
Lot: 26
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England City of Cambridge 1959, two vols, in d/jkts, plus the set of plans/map; similar works by the Royal Commission on Cambridgeshire (2), Huntingdonshire, Oxford and Stamford; plus three related titles. (11)
Lot: 27
Pugin Examples of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England, 1895, Vol.3 only, gilt cloth, complete with the many fine plates; and various others on Church architecture. (14)
Lot: 28
Construction & interiors, several in d/jkts including Hewett English Historic Carpentry, Knoop The Mediaeval Mason, Leedy Fan Vaulting, and Friedman & Oppenheimer The Design of Renovations 1997. Includes a trade catalogue. (20)
Lot: 29
Chadwick The Park and the Town 1966, in d/jkt; Harvey Mediaeval Gardens 1981, in d/jkt; Sheeler Little Sparta: A Guide to the Garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay 2015; and others on British parks & gardens. (15)
Lot: 30
Scottish Architectural History including Fraser The Building of Old College 1989, in d/jkt; Henshall The Chambered Tombs of Scotland Vol.1, 1963, gilt cloth; Torrie Historic Kirkcaldy 1996; Brogden The Neo-Classical Town 1996; Sloan & Murray James Miller 1860-1947, 1993; Fawcett Medieval Art and Architecture in the Diocese of Glasgow, and various others. VG/VF (16)
Lot: 31
Quiney Town Houses of Medieval Britain 2004 in d/jkt; Barnwell & Adams The House Within: Interpreting Medieval Houses in Kent 1995; Girouard Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement 1860-1900, 1984; Swindells Restoring Period Timber-Framed Houses 1987, in d/jkt; Stevens Old Jersey Houses Vol.II, 1977, in d/jkt; and others on domestic and vernacular architecture. Good to fine. (11)
Lot: 32
Lawrence Weaver Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens 1913, some wear to boards, many fine plates, and Lutyens Houses and Gardens 1921; Gavin Stamp Edwin Lutyens Country Houses from the archives of Country Life 2001; and two related works. (5)
Lot: 33
John Cornforth Country Houses in Britain – can they survive? 1974, cover artwork by John Piper; Davis Scots Baronial – Mansions & Castle Restorations 1996; Hill & Cornforth English Country Houses, Caroline 1625-1685, 1966, in d/jkt; and related works. (9)
Lot: 34
Economakis Acropolis Restoration 1994, in d/jkt; Hitchcock In the Nature of Materials – The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1942, worn cloth; Slater The Built Form of Western Cities 1990, in d/jkt; Botter La Villa Molin 1961; and others on foreign architecture. (11)
Lot: 35
John Bold Greenwich: An Architectural History of the Royal Hospital for Seamen 2000, in d/jkt; Cullen Townscape 1965, in d/jkt; Charles Conservation of Timber Buildings 1984, in d/jkt; Rodwell Historic Towns in Oxfordshire 1975; Dean Architecture of the 1930s, 1983; Cordingley Normand's Parallel of the Orders of Architecture 1951; Drexler The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts 1984, in d/jkt; and related works. Good to VF. (33)
Lot: 36
Peter Pace The Architecture of George Pace 1990, in d/jkt; John Soane, Architect Royal Academy 1999; Boyd Kenzo Tange 1962, in d/jkt; Harris & Higgott Inigo Jones, Complete Architectural Drawings 1989; Serlio The Five Books of Architecture 1982; Demetri Porphyrios, Selected Buildings & Writings 1993; Borsi Leon Battista Alberti – The Complete Works 1989; Andrea Palladio 1508-1580, Arts Council 1975; and other works on notable architects. Mostly VG/VF (32)
Lot: 37
[Sir Walter Scott] Six Engravings in Illustration of ‘The Antiquary' for Members of The Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1867, folio, original gilt cloth, various artists; together with companion volumes issued 1868-78, similarly bound, each with six engravings for The Lady of the Lake, Old Mortality, The Pirate, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Bride of Lammermoor, A Legend of Montrose, and The Fair Maid of Perth. Browning to first plate of Lady of the Lake o/w clean throughout, tissue-guards intact. (8)
Lot: 38
John Soane: Architect, Royal Academy 1999; Peters Darley Abbey 1974; Fawcett The Future of the Past – Attitudes to Conservation 1976, in d/jkt; Harris & Snodin Sir William Chambers 1996; Lewis The Pedestrian in the City 1965, in d/jkt; Meller Patrick Geddes – Social Evolutionist and City Planner 1993; Johnson-Marshall Rebuilding Cities 1966, in d/jkt; and others on architecture and urban history. (53)
Lot: 39
Ian Dury and the Blockheads: a 1980 autographed EP vinyl record sleeve, signed on the front cover, complete with record. Some creasing.
Lot: 40
J.C. Trewin Sybil Thorndike, Rockcliff 1955, first edition, in d/jkt, signed and dated 1956 by Dame Sybil Thorndike on front endpaper. Rear inner flap of d/jkt with a corner torn away o/w VG.