Lot 97
£530
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
for: Kynoch Press Diary, 1941 (5 proofs, 10.5 x 13.5cm: Sphinx; palm trees by oasis; carpet seller; 2 Middle Eastern city scenes); The Story of Bovril, 1953 (5 proofs, various dimensions, 10.5 x 13.5cm to 27 x 21.5cm, including: ship run aground: swimmer; biplane over water; bulls in plunge dip; rowing scene); John Graham (Convict) 1834, 1937 (1 proof, 10 x 12.6cm, depicting a small farmstead, signed in pencil); City of Manchester coat of arms, 1936 (18.5 x 21cm); and 2 further designs, c.1932, including a capriccio incorporating an elephant with howdah, and an assemblage of foreign newspapers, all in folder with typescript catalogue description. Together with:
Hughes-Stanton, Blair (1902-1981). The Four Horsemen, 1932. Wood-engraved, signed (Blair HS), titled and numbered (8/12) in pencil at foot, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 23 x 14.5cm, damp-staining to foot of mount;
Wright, John Buckland. Five erotic engravings, c.1940, in folder
Provenance: Property of an English collector.