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ref. 94104. 2 pen and ink drawings image approx. 69 x 41.5cm ; sheet approx. 71 x 46 cm contemporary ink title at foot laid down on backing sheet for preservation very good framed and glazed. Both signed by the artist. The Tryton Gilbert Slater commander latitude 20. 30' South Mer: Dist from Java Head 32' West 26th Jan.y 1751/2 Signed "John Hood at Limehouse 1769" TOGETHER WITH The Durrington Richard Crabb commander latitude 32 South longitude from London 42' East the 30th May 1748. The Stretham Captn William Pinnell in company. Signed "John Hood. Delin. Fecit. 1765" These two large pen and wash "sea-pieces" of East Indiamen were drawn by the Limehouse shipwright and marine artist John Hood. An exhibitor at the Society of Artists and the Free Society in the 1760s Hood is known in particular for large drawings of this type achieved in "Indian ink". The drawing of the Triton shows the ship in high seas off "Java head" in January 1752. Despite two broken masts the East Indiaman launched in 1751 and on this voyage captained by Gilbert Slater d.1785 survived the storm seeing service trading between England China and India into the early 1760s. Capt. Richard Crabb made his fortune with the Durrington the other ship depicted here on a voyage to Mocha in 1749. This voyage may be that recorded in a contemporary printed pamphlet A narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr William Wills late surgeon on board the Durrington Indiaman Captain Richard Crabb in her late voyage to the East Indies. London 1750-1. Several similar examples of Hoods maritime drawings are held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich. unknown
ref. 122321London David Nutt 1888. . First edition one of 1000 copies; large 8vo 230 x 175 mm; half-title tissue-guarded frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane decorative head and tail-pieces occasional spotting heaviest to half-title short closed tear to front free endpaper small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text auctioneers slips from 1976 loosely inserted; publisher's Japanese vellum boards spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood boards toned a few small marks on lower cover corners gently bumped a very good-plus copy that presents well; preserved in a later chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; x 116 2pp. A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children comprising: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Mason 313. London, David Nutt, 1888. hardcover
1981ref. SBBIH-GE5NVJMIET3TErnest Benn Ltd 1981. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Ernest Benn Ltd hardcover
1855ref. 140948287London: Lowell Reeve 1855. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Color lithographic title page plus 24 handcolored lithographic plates highlighted in gum arabic protected by tissue guards and accompanied by text descriptions. Folio bound in full green morocco with ornate gold tooling to spine borders and turn-ins all edges gilt teal endpapers. Near Fine with moderate scuffing and staining to leather. Hinges repaired 20th century bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to prelims and occasionally throughout light thumbing throughout pencil inscriptions to upper right corner of title page and lower left of plate XV. Minimal bleedthrough from plate watercolors. Binding sound colors bright and beautiful. Sitwell p. 101. A landmark botanical work published by subscription with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert heading the list of subscribers. The Rajah of Burdwan reserved one copy as did Cambridge University and the Royal Library of Berlin. The East India Company ordered thirty. The lithographs were executed by the legendary botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch who for decades was the sole draftsman and lithographer used by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Fitch adapted drawings by the botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and by Indian artists working under the direction of J.F. Cathcart. Hooker had traveled through central and eastern Himalaya from 1847 to 1849 collecting around 7000 species of plants on the journey. His Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya 1849-51 began a rhododendron craze among British gardeners and was also illustrated by the skilled hand of Fitch. Hooker was appointed director of Kew Gardens in 1865 and held the post for twenty years. As a close friend of Charles Darwin he had the distinction of being the first audience for Darwin's theory of natural selection. The bookplate in this copy is that of Dr. Paul Jay Bowman 1893 - 1985 a charter member of the American Rhododendron Society. Bowman was drawn to northern California by its rhododendrons and ran the Redwood Coast Hospital in Fort Bragg for over forty years. A lovely book with a nice provenance. Lowell Reeve unknown
1855ref. 140948287London: Lowell Reeve 1855. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Color lithographic title page plus 24 handcolored lithographic plates highlighted in gum arabic protected by tissue guards and accompanied by text descriptions. Folio bound in full green morocco with ornate gold tooling to spine borders and turn-ins all edges gilt teal endpapers. Near Fine with moderate scuffing and staining to leather. Hinges repaired 20th century bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to prelims and occasionally throughout light thumbing throughout pencil inscriptions to upper right corner of title page and lower left of plate XV. Minimal bleedthrough from plate watercolors. Binding sound colors bright and beautiful. Sitwell p. 101. A landmark botanical work published by subscription with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert heading the list of subscribers. The Rajah of Burdwan reserved one copy as did Cambridge University and the Royal Library of Berlin. The East India Company ordered thirty. The lithographs were executed by the legendary botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch who for decades was the sole draftsman and lithographer used by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Fitch adapted drawings by the botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and by Indian artists working under the direction of J.F. Cathcart. Hooker had traveled through central and eastern Himalaya from 1847 to 1849 collecting around 7000 species of plants on the journey. His Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya 1849-51 began a rhododendron craze among British gardeners and was also illustrated by the skilled hand of Fitch. Hooker was appointed director of Kew Gardens in 1865 and held the post for twenty years. As a close friend of Charles Darwin he had the distinction of being the first audience for Darwin's theory of natural selection. The bookplate in this copy is that of Dr. Paul Jay Bowman 1893 - 1985 a charter member of the American Rhododendron Society. Bowman was drawn to northern California by its rhododendrons and ran the Redwood Coast Hospital in Fort Bragg for over forty years. A lovely book with a nice provenance. Lowell Reeve unknown books
1938ref. 16060JBurbank: Warner Brothers Pictures 1938. Original 322 page private in-studio conductor’s score printed in purple ink With occasional annotations and markings in pencil. Additionally each musical sequence is marked with red pencil for recording. This score was presented to Hal Wallis the producer of the film with a large remarkable two page Korngold written inscription: “To Hal Wallis with many thanks in friendship and admiration Erich Wolfgang Korngold Hollywood 4.18.1938”. On the facing second page Korngold has written out the first bars of music for six of the film’s musical themes “Robin Hood” “Robin Hood’s Company””Lady Marian” Lionheart England” “Sir Guy” “Love Theme”. Beneath which Korngold has written “One minute - one page” --”One hour - a million of notes” The beginning of each sequence is marked in print CONDUCTOR. Beautifully bound in dark green Niger leather with gilt-stamping. The volume measures 10 1/2 inches wide by 12 1/2 inches tall. It is enclosed in a custom clamshell full linen cloth box. Hal B. Wallis 1899-1986 was one of Hollywood’s greatest film producers whose additional accomplishments include the films Casablanca The Maltese Falcon Yankee Doodle Dandy Dark Victory and many others. The resulting film has come down to us as one of Hollywood’s greatest classics and stars Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone. Korngold won the Academy Ward for Best Original Score for The Adventures of Robin Hood. The American Film Institute chose Robin Hood as number eleven in its list of the top 25 best American film scores. This score is included in any of the serious lists of the greatest film scores of all time. Warner Brothers Pictures hardcover
ref. 18832London: David Nutt. 1888. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Signed Limited Edition. Small 4to. Stunning contemporary orange morocco by Zaehnsdorf titles and ivy leaf tooling in gilt to the spine upper board with titles in gilt upper and lower boards decorated with acorns and oak ivy sycamore and willow leaves in gilt. The inner dentelles are decorated with ivy leaves in gilt the binder's name stamp in gilt at the front and exhibition stamp in gilt at the rear. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Retaining the original upper wrapper. Illustrated title page in red with black vignette printed title page in red and black. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two further plates by Walter Crane each in two states and 12 head and tailpieces by Jacomb Hood. A beautiful near fine copy. Imperceptible repair to the upper joint minor toning to the leather. The contents with light offsetting to the endpapers and a faint mark to the margin of one page are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Housed in a recent full black morocco felt lined solander case titles in gilt to the spine and grey cloth slipcase. Limited to 75 large paper copies of which this is hand numbered 36 and signed by Oscar Wilde and the publisher David Nutt on the limitation page. A superb example of the rare first edition preceding the trade edition of 1000 copies issued later the same year in an exceptional contemporary exhibition quality autumnal foliate binding. The Happy Prince is Oscar Wilde's first and best known collection of children's stories including "The Selfish Giant" "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". Wilde's "Reputation as an author dated from the publication of The Happy Prince and Other Tales in London in May 1888. The Athenaeum compared him to Hans Christian Andersen and Pater wrote to say that 'The Selfish Giant' was 'perfect in its kind' and the whole book written in 'pure English' - a wonderful compliment" Ellmann Richard: Oscar Wilde p. 282. Mason 314. Provenance: Charles Mills Lord Hillingdon 1830 - 1898; Sotheby's sale of 1932 lot 454; purchased by book dealer and co-founder of the Society for Theatre Research Ifan Kyrle Fletcher with his neat pencil note recording the sale on the front pastedown; Helen Hambro née Boyson 1936 - 2004. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: David Nutt. 1888 hardcover
