Miscellaneous books, mostly art reference, 30 volumes

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

A COLLECTION OF 30 VOLUMES, MOSTLY WORKS OF ART REFERENCE

including reference books on miniatures, jewellery, watches and gold boxes, and historical works; sold as a collection not subject to return

For a full listing, please contact the department or see the online catalogue.

Comprising:

Byron. The poetical works of Lord Byron... the "Albion" edition. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1881], small 4to, black morocco retaining old spine

Sir Herbert Maxwell. Sixty years a queen. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1897], 4to, half calf

The Jewish Chronicle. Friday January 1, 1897-December 31, 1897. London: Asher I. Myers, 1897, 4to, cloth, binding slightly damaged

G. Lacour-Gayet. Napoléon, sa vie, son oeuvre, son temps. Paris: Hachette, 1921, 4to, cloth

Philip Guedalla. Napoleon and Palestine. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1925, 8vo, printed orange wrappers

Leo R. Schidlof. The miniature in Europe. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1964, 4 volumes, 4to, copy no. 495, dust-jackets

Douglas Cooper. Great family collections. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965, 4to, cloth

Domenico Angelo. The school of fencing. Lausanne: Edita S.A., 1968, oblong folio, copy no. 286, a facsimile of the 1765 London edition, half leather, slipcase

Boris Kochno. Diaghilev and the Ballets russes. New York: Harper & Row, 1970, 4to, dust-jacket

Howard Ricketts. Objects of vertu. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, 4to, dust-jacket (slightly torn)

G.C. Williamson. Catalogue of the collection of watches, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan. Lausanne & Paris, [1972], folio, crushed red morocco

Grandjean, Piacenti, Truman and Blunt. Gold boxes and miniatures of the eighteenth century [the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor]. London: for the National Trust, 1975, 4to, dust-jacket

Twelve views of Kensington & Chelsea c.1695-1822. [London]: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 1975, plates and text in folding card portfolio

Kevin Coates. Geometry, proportion and the art of lutherie. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985, 4to, dust-jacket, inscribed by the author

Cedric Jagger. The artistry of the English watch. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1988, 4to, dust-jacket

Charles Scribner III. Peter Paul Rubens. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, 4to, dust-jacket

A. Kenneth Snowman. Eighteenth century gold boxes of Europe. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1990, new edition, 4to, dust-jacket, upper hinge broken

Bokhanov [and others]. The Romanovs, love, power & tragedy. London: Leppi Publications, 1993, 4to, dust-jacket

Diana Scarisbrick. Chaumet, master jewellers since 1780. Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1995, folio, boards, folding box

Terence Camerer Cuss. The Sandberg watch collection. Geneva, 1998, folio, armorial green morocco by Codina of Milan

John Traina. The Fabergé case. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998, 4to, dust-jacket

Kevin Coates. Fragments, pages stolen from a Book of Time. Venice: Arsenale editrice, 1999, 4to, parallel text in Italian and English, wrappers

Katherine Purcell. Falize, a dynasty of jewellers. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999, 4to, dust-jacket

Peter Ackroyd. London, the biography. London: Chatto & Windus, 2000, dust-jacket

Sotheby's. Art at auction 2000-2001. London: Sotheby's, 2001, 4to, dust-jacket

Tim Clayton & Phil Craig. Trafalgar, the men, the battle, the storm. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004, dust-jacket

John Sugden. Nelson, a dream of glory. London: Jonathan Cape, 2004, dust-jacket

The Times reference atlas of the world. London: Times Books, 2010, 4to, original boards