Books & Works on Paper
Lots: 244
Highlights of the sale include a 1562 edition of Claudius Ptolemy’s seminal Geographia, which represented the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire, with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000. A 1964 first edition of Chairman Mao’s Quotations, known worldwide as the ‘Little Red Book’, which still in its printed wrappers was intended for high-ranking officers only, comes for sale with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000.
The costume design archive of Sally Jacobs (1932 – 2020), a British stage designer whose career was innovative, wide-ranging, and influential takes centre stage of the sale. The artworks in the present collection offer an insight into the costume design process behind landmark productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera, working with directors such as Peter Brook. In Jacobs’ signature style, they colourfully depict an array of British acting royalty. Comparable works are held by institutions including the Harvard Theatre Collection and Victoria & Albert Museum. Lot 161, it has an estimate of £16,000 - £18,000.
Read more on Sally Jacobs here
Lot 194 - Taschen.- Braun (Alexander, ed.) Winsor McCay: The Complete Little Nemo 1905-1927
Sold for £112
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Lot 195 - Wain (Louis) Big Dogs, Little Dogs, Cats and Kittens
Sold for £300
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![Lot 200 - Henri Matisse: Cut-outs, Drawing with Scissors [and] Jazz](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/201210-0-small.jpg?v=63818698636607)
Lot 200 - Henri Matisse: Cut-outs, Drawing with Scissors [and] Jazz
Sold for £375
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Lot 212 - Gill (Stephen, ed.) Andrey Tarkovsky: Bright, Bright Day
Sold for £188
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![Lot 222 - A Celebrated Pugilist [T. Hughes?], The Art and practice of self-defence; or, Scientific mode of boxing](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/201532-1-small.jpg?v=63819134969227)
![Lot 223 - A Pugilist [Swift (Owen)]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/201571-0-small.jpg?v=63819135120350)
![Lot 231 - “Jon Bee” [John Badcock] Fancy-Ana; or, A History of Pugilism](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/197118-3-small.jpg?v=63819135064300)
Lot 231 - “Jon Bee” [John Badcock] Fancy-Ana; or, A History of Pugilism
Sold for £1,625
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Lot 232 - Lemoine (Henry) Modern manhood; or, the art and practice of English boxing
Sold for £3,750
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Lot 233 - Miles (Henry Downes) Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing…, First Edition
Sold for £688
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Lot 234 - Selous (F.C., Millais J.G., Chapman Abel & others) The Gun at Home and Abroad
Sold for £175
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Lot 235 - Smeeton (G., publisher) Sketch of the Life of Mr. John Jackson, Private Presentation Copy
Sold for £1,750
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Lot 238 - Bunbury (William Henry) & Dickinson (William, engraver) Richmond Hill
Sold for £238
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Lot 239 - 'Dinner hour on board the Vanguard from Glasgow to Dublin Octr. 1844'
Sold for £150
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Lot 242 - § Houghton (Ken, illustrator) A group of 9 artworks and storyboards for action cartoons
Sold for £175
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