Grosvenor Prints

    Christmas 1882. The Sunday Schools. St John's Parish, Detroit, Michigan. [1882] Pamphlet, 4pp, 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6¼"), printed in green. The programme for a Christmas service, with the lyrics of ten carols. American interest. [Ref: 63756 ]    Just a reminder to get in your orders for Christmas as soon as possible!  Our last posting days are as follows: Via Royal Mail  & Parcelforce: UK Thursday, 18th December (make sure you have paid by 10am that day so we can take it to the Post Office!) . International from Tuesday, 9th December. Via FedEx :   International- from 11th December.  Unfortunately we cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas due to potential customs delays outside of our control. Our next listing: Catalogue 150 , will be out lunchtime Wednesday 3th December. We'll be closing at 3pm on Monday 22nd December and reopen 10am Fri...

  Cover image:  [A youth with a cricket bat.] Drawn & Engraved by T. Gaugain. Published Han.y 18, 1809, by E.d Orme, London. Etching. Framed, sight size 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Some spotting and staining, unexamined out of frame. A half-length portrait of a boy wearing a white shirt and waistcoat, a cricket bat resting on his shoulder. A very decorative image. See [Ref: 67293 ] for a drawing. [Ref: 67068 ]   £650.00   We are pleased to present our listing for the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair: Catalogue 149! It contains just under 450 items, including the following subjects: India Satire Portraits Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Sports and Pastimes Cricket Military Naval Science Americana Music      A few highlights:   [Six Studies from Nature of Mountainous, Marine, & Rural Scenery.] Holywell Mill, O...

  We're exhibiting at  Chelsea Old Town Hall: Friday 31st October :  2pm-7pm &  Saturday 1st November : 11am-5pm   You can download a complimentary ticket here: https://firsts.artsvp.com/84d91f?link=chelsea25grosvenor     Catalogue 149, which will heavily feature cricket , will be released at lunchtime on 29th October.   For a sneak peak you can check out our highlights on the ABA website once they go live here: https://www.chelseabookfair.com/    [A youth with a cricket bat.] Drawn & Engraved by T. Gaugain.  Published Han.y 18, 1809, by E.d Orme, London. Etching. Framed, sight size 380 x 310mm (15 x 12¼"). Some spotting and staining, unexamined out of frame. A half-length portrait of a boy wearing a white shirt and waistcoat, a cricket bat resting on his shoulder. [Ref: 67068] £650.      

    Cover image: [Untitled self-portrait of Ellis Martin.] Ellis Martin 1907. Watercolour, signed. 230 x 180mm (9 x 7") Mint A head and shoulders self-portrait of Ellis Martin (1881-1977), famed for his illustrated covers for Ordnance Survey maps, 1921-40. [Ref: 66855 ]   £650.00      We are pleased to present our autumn listing: Catalogue 148!   It contains just over 460 items including the following subjects: India Satire British Portraits Foreign Portraits Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Decorative Mezzotints Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Sports and Pastimes Military Naval Science Americana   A few highlights:   [India] [15 plates from ''Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being the Journal of a Tour in India''.] [Captain Godfrey Munday] London. Published by John Murray, April 1832. ...

Cover image: [Dr Mizer of Manchester.] [n.d., c.1780.] Rare mezzotint, proof before title, printed in brown. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"), with large margins. Crease An oval portrait of a blind man, wearing dark spectacles, queue wig and cravat, identified by the BM as 'Dr Mizer of Manchester'. BM: 1874,1010.16, their example trimmed to oval. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. [Ref: 66212 ]   £320.00       We are pleased to present our summer listing: Catalogue 147!   It contains just under 480 items including the following subjects: India Portraits Satire Mezzotint Portraits Decorative Items Views Overseas Views UK Natural History Books Sports and Pastimes Military Naval Music Maps Napoleon   A few highlights:   [Francis Rawdon Hastings] Right Hon.ble Earl of Moira. ...

  T. E. Lawrence, 1928 [pencil]. [WITH STEEL PRINTING PLATE.] Henry Rayner. £990 Stock Ref: 66081 For more Frames click here.     We are pleased to present another small listing: Catalogue 146!   It contains just over 50 items including the following subjects: India Portraits Portraits Satire View the whole catalogue here Happy browsing!    A few highlights:   William Fairlie Esq.re. Engraved from a Picture of M.A. Shee by John Young, Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince Regent. 1817. Rare mezzotint. 660 x 390mm (26 x 15¼"). Creasing. Small margins. A full length portrait of Scottish merchant William Fairlie (1754-1825), known as the 'Prince of Indian Merchants', a highly successful merchant in Bengal, independent of the East India Company. Fairlie Place in Calcutta is named after him. Shee's oil was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1816, no. 142. CS 22 i of ii.. Ex: Collec...