THE LONDON LIST PTY DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS LTD MELBOURNE • AUSTRALIA 1. Panorama of the Zoological Gardens. 2. BALDWIN, George 3. The journey from Paris to St Petersborg. London : Dean & Sons, c 1880. Oblong quarto, An investigation into principles &c. Nuremberg : AK (Abel-Klinger), c 1865. chromolithographed papered boards, in twelve London : William Bulmer & Co., 1801. Children’s game of travels across Europe to Russia, panels, extending to 380 cm. Rare work by the British Consul-General to in original box. A magnificent promenade, in which Australian Egypt on his drug-induced experiments with animals feature prominently. transcendent mysticism and magnetic sleep. £2,500 £2,000 £2,000 4. Le Cook de la Jeunesse, ou extrait des voyages les 5. The London Group Retrospective Exhibition. 6. HMS Hindostan and view of Kingswear, Devon. plus recents dans les regions eloignes. London : New Burlington Galleries, 1928. A pair of quarter plate ambrotypes dated 1856, Avignon : Chez Chaillot, 1804. A significant retrospective exhibition of works by an unknown photographer (possibly Richard An illustrated volume of the collected voyages of by artists from this important clique, including Bussington). Cook, published for children. Vanessa Bell, Paul Nash & Roger Fry. Rare maritime images pre-dating the origins Not in Beddie. Not in Forbes. of the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. £1,350 £100 £6000 7. MILNE, A. A. 8. LYSSIOTIS, Peter 9. ADAMS, Richard Winnie-the-Pooh [with prospectus]. (Letter to Lorca) A view from my darkroom. Watership Down. London : Methuen, 1926. Melbourne : Masterthief, 2010. London : Paradine, 1976 A fine copy of the true first edition, accompanied Limited to 10 copies. A fine artist’s book based on Limited to 250 copies signed by Richard Adams. by the original printed prospectus. the writings of Gabriel Garcia Lorca. A fine deluxe edition of this English children’s classic. £3,000 £3,000 £1,600 10. HARRISON, George 11. [PISSARRO]. FLAUBERT, Gustave. 12. The surprizing Large Infant. Songs by George Harrison. La Legende de Saint Julien L’Hospitalier. London : The Bird Shop, High-Holborn, 1782. Guildford : Genesis Publications, 1987. London : Eragny Press, 1900. Broadside, single sheet, 180 x 170 mm. Advertising Limited to 2500 numbered copies signed by Frontispiece wood-engraving by Lucien Pissarro. the public display of the unfortunate Isaac George Harrison. A sumptuous production, Limited to 226 copies. Butterfield, who weighed a hundred pounds by the the lyrics of Harrison’s timeless songs vividly age of one. illustrated by West. £2,500 £800 £250 13. Autograph letter of Bram Stoker. 14. HAWKESWORTH, COOK, and KING. 15. Missionary preaching to group of indigenous men Single sheet, octavo, handwritten in ink, on The three voyages of Captain James Cook. (probably Maori). Lyceum Theatre embossed letterhead, dated 28 London : Strahan, Cadell et al., 1773 - 1785. Hand-painted magic lantern glass slide, 1850s June 1893. Secretarial letter written for Henry Preferred editions ; the second edition of the first (possibly by Newton of London). Irving. Dracula’s own hand! voyage, the first edition of the second voyage, Circular image (80 mm diameter) set in original the second edition of the third voyage. wood frame (100 x 165 mm). £220 A handsome set in period bindings. £36,000 £425 16. SWEET, Samuel White. 17. Norman Lindsay water colour book. 18. LITTLEWOOD, Robert C. Group of Aboriginal men with shields, spears Sydney : The Springwood Press, 1939. Lionel Lindsay. A Printmakers’ Printmaker and boomerangs. Murray River, South Australia, Eighteen reproductions in colour from original Melbourne : Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2011. 1870s. Albumen print photograph (215 x 160 mm), watercolours. The deluxe edition, printed on The deluxe edition, hand-bound in England, limited unmounted. hand-made paper and specially bound, limited to to 150 signed copies with an original Lionel Lindsay 120 copies signed by Norman Lindsay. etching, being a posthumous impression of his ex £550 £1,200 libris bookplate for Robert Croll. £175 19. PARISH, Henry William 20. MILNE, A.A. / SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator) 21. Mon petit theatre. A group of six signed manuscript charts and The Christopher Robin calendar [with Paris : Editions les presses d’Ile de France, 1947. views, from the voyage to China of Macartney, prospectus]. London : Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. Folio, illustrated fold-out card covers, 1792-94. Quarto, illustrated card covers, 12 card pages. containing a paper cut-out theatre (characters, Parish’s other charts from this important voyage Charming and scarce wall calendar, rarely found costumes, scenery etc). Complete and fully intact. are held in the British Library. with the original prospectus. Superb graphics - a theatrical treasure. £9,500 £600 £100 22. MILNE, A.A. / SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator) 23. DARWIN, Charles 24. MACKENZIE, Kenneth. Winnie-the-Pooh. On the Origin of Species. Our earth. London : Methuen, 1973. London : John Murray, 1859. First edition. With an original etching and 13 illustrations by Limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by Ernest In a contemporary half-calf binding with an Norman Lindsay.. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, Shepard. Octavo, dark blue morocco, gilt original loose Darwin signature. The most 1937. The frontispiece is an original etching decoration, 146pp, original slipcase. A fine copy. important work ever published in the history of signed by Lindsay. Limited to 225 copies signed by £600 science. £37,500 Mackenzie. £2,100 25. FRORIEP, Robert 26. DUCROS, A. Poilus et Boches. 27. MULLER, Elisabeth De lingua anatomica quaedam et semiotica. Unpublished manuscript poem. [France], 1914- Le monde en estampes. Bonn : Abbeville Press, 1828. 1915, with original watercolour “Glory to the Types et costumes des principaux peoples de Doctoral dissertation on the human tongue. The Poilus, all fearless knights beyond reproach! l’univers. Paris : Bedelet, c 1858. coloured plates are exceptionally vivid and visually Glory to the Poilus, valiant heroes, scourge of the A study of the races of the world, with sections striking. Boches!”. The French were known as Poilus (hairy on New Zealand Maori, Marquesas Islanders and £1000 ones); the Germans were Boches (cabbages). £500 Australian Aborigines. Finely illustrated. £2,500 28. VALCK, Gerard (1651 - 1726) 29. GOETHE, GIDE, and MOORE. 30. An alphabet, being a book of designs and rhymes. Maria Princesse van Orange &c. Promethee. Applied Art School, Working Men’s College, Mezzotint, 350 x 256mm. Published in Amsterdam, Paris : Henri Jonquieres, 1950 Melbourne, 1932. 1678. Valck’s portrait of Queen Mary II of England 8 full page colour lithographs and 6 lithographed Striking, original collection of art deco typography shows the fifteen year old Princess recently initials by Henry Moore. Limited to 183 copies. and design by Melbourne artists including Wendy betrothed to her cousin William, Prince of Orange. Moore’s first book with original illustrations. Outhwaite (daughter of Ida). Rich, early example of the medium. £1,400 £4000 £1000 31. MOXON, Joseph 32. MEEK, A.S 33. Caoutchouc, the Hairless Horse. A tutor to astronomy and geography. A naturalist in cannibal land. Davies & Co., Melbourne, c 1870 London : Phillip Lea, [1699]. Fifth edition. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite Quarto, contemporary speckled calf, blindstamped. Queensland author’s account of his travels in format (103 x 65 mm). A famous Australian freak Moxon was the King’s Hydrographer. His treatise Dutch and British New Guinea and the Solomon which travelled to England. “Just imported from on globes was the foremost English work on the Islands. Queensland, Australia, and never before Exhibited subject in the seventeenth century. £1,100 £200 in England, is on view daily. .” £550 34. James Abbott McNeill WHISTLER (1834 - 1903) 35. DAMPIER, William 36. Alberto GIACOMETTI Manuscript letter, with two pencil sketches; [nd, A collection of voyages. Derriere Le Miroir. but probably early 1877]. London : James and John Knapton, 1729. Paris : Gallery Maeght, 1961. Discusses a visit from Princess Louise (daughter The first collected edition of Dampier’s work, four The limited edition of 150 copies, with 14 original of Queen Victoria), during the midst of Whistler’s volumes extensively illustrated, ‘the best and most lithographs, signed in pencil by Giacometti. efforts to complete his masterwork, The Peacock sought-after edition’ (Davidson). Room. £10,500 £12,500 £1,500 Full descriptions online: www.DouglasStewart.com.au 37. SMITH, John (1652 - 1743) 38. JOUHANNEAUD, Paul 39. Peter Wilkins, or, the Flying Islanders. Mrs. Conwai Hackett. Album des voyages anciens et modernes. Philadelphia : Wheatley & Clarke’s Arch St. Theatre, Mezzotint. London, 1690. Limoges : Martial Ardant frères, 1856. 1859. A fine portrait by one of the leading early English A superb French geography book for children, on Broadside, single sheet, 500 x 250 mm. mezzotinters. voyages by great explorers. The expeditions of Advertisement for a spectacular aeronautical Columbus, Cook, Bougainville and La Perouse are fantasy based on a character who learned to fly in £500 recounted, amongst others. £600 the South Seas. £650 40. BLACKBURN, Henry and CALDECOTT, Randolph 41. Great Western Railway note paper. 42. SCOTT-WARING, John Breton Folk [with six original drawings]. London : C. Clark, 6 Tudor Street, Blackfriars, 1845. An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to London : Sampson Low, &c., 1880. Illustrated