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![[Almanac] Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1774.](jpegs/26708.jpg)
[Almanac] Parker's Ephemeris For the Year of Our Lord 1774. The Eighty-Fifth Impression.
London, Printed by J. Emonson, for the Company of Stationers. [Price Nine-Pence Stitched.]
Small woodcut and letterpress booklet, printed in red and black; 12mo (160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4"), lacking original binding and with later detached brown paper wrapper. A little soiled and stained; contents generally good.
A miscellany of general and historical information, including astronomical, astrological, and meteorological charts/tables, calendars, and a few decorative woodcut vignettes. Title page with woodcut portrait of George Parker (1651-1743), almanac maker. In 1690 Parker commenced the publication of an almanac with the title 'Mercurius Anglicanus; or the English Mercury,' which was continued under his name until 1781. In 1707 the name of the publication was changed to 'Parker's Ephemeris.' With pen ownership inscription 'Thomas Cadbird' to title page.
See BL General Reference Collection P.P.2465.
[Ref: 26708] £110.00
London, Printed by J. Emonson, for the Company of Stationers. [Price Nine-Pence Stitched.]
Small woodcut and letterpress booklet, printed in red and black; 12mo (160 x 100mm, 6¼ x 4"), lacking original binding and with later detached brown paper wrapper. A little soiled and stained; contents generally good.
A miscellany of general and historical information, including astronomical, astrological, and meteorological charts/tables, calendars, and a few decorative woodcut vignettes. Title page with woodcut portrait of George Parker (1651-1743), almanac maker. In 1690 Parker commenced the publication of an almanac with the title 'Mercurius Anglicanus; or the English Mercury,' which was continued under his name until 1781. In 1707 the name of the publication was changed to 'Parker's Ephemeris.' With pen ownership inscription 'Thomas Cadbird' to title page.
See BL General Reference Collection P.P.2465.
[Ref: 26708] £110.00
![[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Chips the Alsatian'.]](jpegs/25284.jpg)
[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Chips the Alsatian'.]
[Larger images signed 'Neave Parker' to inset cartouche; one dated [19]40 by the artist. All are stamped '2 May 1940' to verso.]
Eighteen (18) pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.240 x 165mm, 9½ x 6½"; the rest 195 x 160mm (7¾ x 6¼"), or smaller. Various pen and pencil annotations to margins and versos; all are captioned with their intended positions in the text, i.e. 'Chap 4 page 36'. Larger images also with relevant quotation. Most with pinholes to margins; generally a little bumping and creasing to sometimes rough-cut extremities. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Lady Kitty Edith Blanche Vincent (afterwards Ritson) was one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books. It was first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A unique archive of lively and engaging images following the life of a robust Alsatian puppy to adulthood; scenes of the dog at work and play, in a variety of poses and engaged in a variety of activities, indoors and outdoors. One image features a pony. The final sketch is lettered 'The End' in pen in thick ruled Gothic script. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BLW.P.5331/8.
[Ref: 25284] £650.00
[Larger images signed 'Neave Parker' to inset cartouche; one dated [19]40 by the artist. All are stamped '2 May 1940' to verso.]
Eighteen (18) pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.240 x 165mm, 9½ x 6½"; the rest 195 x 160mm (7¾ x 6¼"), or smaller. Various pen and pencil annotations to margins and versos; all are captioned with their intended positions in the text, i.e. 'Chap 4 page 36'. Larger images also with relevant quotation. Most with pinholes to margins; generally a little bumping and creasing to sometimes rough-cut extremities. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Lady Kitty Edith Blanche Vincent (afterwards Ritson) was one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books. It was first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A unique archive of lively and engaging images following the life of a robust Alsatian puppy to adulthood; scenes of the dog at work and play, in a variety of poses and engaged in a variety of activities, indoors and outdoors. One image features a pony. The final sketch is lettered 'The End' in pen in thick ruled Gothic script. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BLW.P.5331/8.
[Ref: 25284] £650.00
![[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Bombus, the Bumble-Bee'.]](jpegs/25331.jpg)
[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Bombus, the Bumble-Bee'.]
[Some larger images signed 'Neave Parker'; one dated 1939 by the artist. All are stamped '13 August 1939' to verso.]
Ten pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.325 x 205mm, 12¾ x 8"; the rest 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"), or smaller. Various pen and pencil annotations to margins and versos; all are captioned with their intended positions in the text, i.e. 'chap 3 page 31'. Larger images also with relevant quotation, and marked 'full page'. The group includes a 'frontispiece', 'contents page', and 'tailpiece'. Pinholes to margins; extremities generally a little bumped and creased. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Ray Palmer, one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books, was first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A unique archive of charming images of insect and other animal and plant life that features a hedgehog, shrew, field mouse and a swallow catching bees on the wing. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/2.
[Ref: 25331] £450.00
[Some larger images signed 'Neave Parker'; one dated 1939 by the artist. All are stamped '13 August 1939' to verso.]
Ten pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.325 x 205mm, 12¾ x 8"; the rest 190 x 145mm (7½ x 5¾"), or smaller. Various pen and pencil annotations to margins and versos; all are captioned with their intended positions in the text, i.e. 'chap 3 page 31'. Larger images also with relevant quotation, and marked 'full page'. The group includes a 'frontispiece', 'contents page', and 'tailpiece'. Pinholes to margins; extremities generally a little bumped and creased. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Ray Palmer, one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books, was first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A unique archive of charming images of insect and other animal and plant life that features a hedgehog, shrew, field mouse and a swallow catching bees on the wing. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/2.
[Ref: 25331] £450.00
How this Little Pig went to Market.
W.P. Snow, del.t M & N Hanhart, Imp.t
Dickinson Bro.s Lith.rs 114, New Bond Street. [n.d. c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very rare. 361 x 506mm (14¼ x 20"). Tears around edges.
Chinese men carrying a pig to market in a sling tied to bamboo, which they carry on their shoulders. From William Parker. Snow's "Sketches of Chinese Life & Character", which included sketches of lives and customs in Canton in the time of the Qing Dynasty.
[Ref: 30907] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
W.P. Snow, del.t M & N Hanhart, Imp.t
Dickinson Bro.s Lith.rs 114, New Bond Street. [n.d. c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph, very rare. 361 x 506mm (14¼ x 20"). Tears around edges.
Chinese men carrying a pig to market in a sling tied to bamboo, which they carry on their shoulders. From William Parker. Snow's "Sketches of Chinese Life & Character", which included sketches of lives and customs in Canton in the time of the Qing Dynasty.
[Ref: 30907] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Original book illustrations for 'Larry Blackcap' by Dorothy Edith Corkill.]](jpegs/25289.jpg)
[Original book illustrations for 'Larry Blackcap' by Dorothy Edith Corkill.]
Neave Parker [n.d., but 1940].
Six pen & ink on scraperboard; original book illustration for 'Larry Blackcap' by Dorothy Edith Corkill (1940). Image 240 x 150mm. 9½ x 6". Ruled frame, signed in inset cartouche, captioned in pencil to lower margin. The whole laid down to stiff black card with original tissue guard leaf preserved.
A series of original book illustrations for 'Larry Blackcap', the story of a Black-headed Gull, writen by Dorothy Edit Corkill. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/3.
[Ref: 25289] £350.00
Neave Parker [n.d., but 1940].
Six pen & ink on scraperboard; original book illustration for 'Larry Blackcap' by Dorothy Edith Corkill (1940). Image 240 x 150mm. 9½ x 6". Ruled frame, signed in inset cartouche, captioned in pencil to lower margin. The whole laid down to stiff black card with original tissue guard leaf preserved.
A series of original book illustrations for 'Larry Blackcap', the story of a Black-headed Gull, writen by Dorothy Edit Corkill. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/3.
[Ref: 25289] £350.00
"Looe" - the ferry. [in pencil.]
Mabel Oliver Parker. [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 216 x 311mm. 8½ x 12¼".
Looe, Cornwall. This old ferry goes along the Fowey estuary between Bodinnick and Polruan.
[Ref: 18060] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mabel Oliver Parker. [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 216 x 311mm. 8½ x 12¼".
Looe, Cornwall. This old ferry goes along the Fowey estuary between Bodinnick and Polruan.
[Ref: 18060] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Looking Out.
[After Henry Perlee Parker.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10").
An old man in a smock learning out of a window, holding a pistol and looking to front with a sorrowful expression.
[Ref: 30449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After Henry Perlee Parker.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 255mm (12¾ x 10").
An old man in a smock learning out of a window, holding a pistol and looking to front with a sorrowful expression.
[Ref: 30449] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Illustrations to 'Uncle Peter. A True Story']](jpegs/25286.jpg)
[Illustrations to 'Uncle Peter. A True Story'] The two creatures were lying side by side on the rug. chap 8 page 54. [&] The dogs would wait until he descended. chap 11 page 74
Neave Parker [n.d., but 1940].
Two pen & ink illustratons on scraperboard; images 205 x 135mm. 8 x 5¼" & 205 x 130mm. 8 x 5". Stamped '5 Mar 1940' to verso. With 14 others, total 16. Some wear.
A black cat and a dog in an interior, and a cat treed by two dogs, original book illustration for 'Uncle Peter. A true story...' by Harper Cory W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/5.
[Ref: 25286] £750.00
Neave Parker [n.d., but 1940].
Two pen & ink illustratons on scraperboard; images 205 x 135mm. 8 x 5¼" & 205 x 130mm. 8 x 5". Stamped '5 Mar 1940' to verso. With 14 others, total 16. Some wear.
A black cat and a dog in an interior, and a cat treed by two dogs, original book illustration for 'Uncle Peter. A true story...' by Harper Cory W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/5.
[Ref: 25286] £750.00
South View of Nottingham Castle, As it appear'd on the Evening of the 10.th Oct.r 1831.
Painted by Parker. Engraved by H. Dawe.
Published by Geo. Simons Nottingham. [n.d. c.1831.]
Mezzotint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½".
In 1831 the Duke of Newcastle opposed the Reform Bill which drove rioters to attack the ducal mansion setting part of the building on fire.
Fitzwilliam Museum: P.363-R / 130638.
[Ref: 21902] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Parker. Engraved by H. Dawe.
Published by Geo. Simons Nottingham. [n.d. c.1831.]
Mezzotint. 203 x 267mm. 8 x 10½".
In 1831 the Duke of Newcastle opposed the Reform Bill which drove rioters to attack the ducal mansion setting part of the building on fire.
Fitzwilliam Museum: P.363-R / 130638.
[Ref: 21902] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Aguirre Bay, Tierra del Fuego.] Starvation Beach, Spaniard's Harbour.]](jpegs/52019.jpg)
[Aguirre Bay, Tierra del Fuego.] Starvation Beach, Spaniard's Harbour.]
W.P. Snow, Del.t. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.t.
[London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, &? Roberts 1857.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A beach showing the remains of Allen Gardiner's missionary expedition to Patagonia, which perished from scurvy and starvation at least a month before the arrival of a supply ship. From William Parker Snow's 'Two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego: the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the river Plate; a narrative of life in the southern seas'. Snow (1817-95), having participated in the Search for Franklin, became captain of 'Allen Gardiner', a ship named after the unfortunate missionary, a post he was sacked from after disagreements with his employers, the Patagonian Missionary Society.
[Ref: 52019] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
W.P. Snow, Del.t. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.t.
[London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, &? Roberts 1857.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½").
A beach showing the remains of Allen Gardiner's missionary expedition to Patagonia, which perished from scurvy and starvation at least a month before the arrival of a supply ship. From William Parker Snow's 'Two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego: the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the river Plate; a narrative of life in the southern seas'. Snow (1817-95), having participated in the Search for Franklin, became captain of 'Allen Gardiner', a ship named after the unfortunate missionary, a post he was sacked from after disagreements with his employers, the Patagonian Missionary Society.
[Ref: 52019] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pozzuoli.]](jpegs/18829.jpg)
[Pozzuoli.]
J.C. Parker [in signature lower left.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Watercolour. 177 x 247mm. 7 x 9¾".
A view of Pozzuoli, in the Italian region of Campania.
[Ref: 18829] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
J.C. Parker [in signature lower left.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Watercolour. 177 x 247mm. 7 x 9¾".
A view of Pozzuoli, in the Italian region of Campania.
[Ref: 18829] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
![The Boat-House, Shrewsbury School. [pencil.]](jpegs/11657.jpg)
The Boat-House, Shrewsbury School. [pencil.]
Mabel Oliver Parker [pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1920.]
Etching with Artist's Proof blindstamp and signature. 200 x 265mm, 8 x 10½". Paper toned
With the school's crest in the title area. It was founded in 1866 and the on-site Boathouse is located on an idyllic stretch of the River Severn.
[Ref: 11657] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mabel Oliver Parker [pencil signature.]
[n.d, c.1920.]
Etching with Artist's Proof blindstamp and signature. 200 x 265mm, 8 x 10½". Paper toned
With the school's crest in the title area. It was founded in 1866 and the on-site Boathouse is located on an idyllic stretch of the River Severn.
[Ref: 11657] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Vulpes: an English fox'.]](jpegs/25298.jpg)
[A set of original illustrations by Neave Parker for 'Vulpes: an English fox'.]
[Larger images signed 'Neave Parker'; one dated [19]39 by the artist. All are stamped '2 Aug 1939' to verso.]
Twelve (12) pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.270 x 180mm, 10½ x 7"; these laid down to chipboard mounts with original tissue guard leaf preserved. One 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"); the rest progressively smaller. Pencil (in one case pen) annotations to margins give intended positions in the text - i.e. 'chap 8 page 58'. Larger images also with relevant quotation below. Generally a little bumping and creasing to extremities of smaller sketches. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Harper Cory (real name William Henry Corkill) was one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books, first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A delightful series of graphic adventures in the life of a fox; two images show the hero of the story's encounters with hunting hounds. The final study is lettered 'The End' in pen in thick Gothic script. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/1.
[Ref: 25298] £450.00
[Larger images signed 'Neave Parker'; one dated [19]39 by the artist. All are stamped '2 Aug 1939' to verso.]
Twelve (12) pen & ink drawings on scraperboard, cut to various sizes: six c.270 x 180mm, 10½ x 7"; these laid down to chipboard mounts with original tissue guard leaf preserved. One 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"); the rest progressively smaller. Pencil (in one case pen) annotations to margins give intended positions in the text - i.e. 'chap 8 page 58'. Larger images also with relevant quotation below. Generally a little bumping and creasing to extremities of smaller sketches. Altogether a fine set.
The book by Harper Cory (real name William Henry Corkill) was one of the 'Animals All' series of children's books, first published in London by T. Nelson & Sons in 1940. A delightful series of graphic adventures in the life of a fox; two images show the hero of the story's encounters with hunting hounds. The final study is lettered 'The End' in pen in thick Gothic script. W. Neave Parker (1910 - 1961) worked as a surveyor for a short while before going on to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, working in the Photographic Unit. After making the acquaintance of Maurice Burton, a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum and also honorary science editor at the Illustrated London News, he began to produce animal illustrations. The first of his drawings of prehistoric animals appeared in the Illustrated London News on 30 September 1950. He became an accomplished scientific illustrator and the National History Museum commissioned him to do a series of picture postcards; the museum retains the 19 original drawings for this series. Parker also illustrated numerous children's books. His drawings are held in the Ulster Museum and he was the subject of an exhibition there entitled, ' The Prehistoric World of Neave Parker' in 1993.
See BL W.P.5331/1.
[Ref: 25298] £450.00