Lot Essay
For an etching, lithograph and drawing by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, see lots 342-344 inclusive.
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JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER – A group of ten books, comprising:
MARKS, Murray (1840-1918). A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain. London: Ellis and White, 1878. The catalog of Sir Henry Thompson’s celebrated Chinese porcelain collection, illustrated by James McNeill Whistler. The two men were introduced by the dealer Murray Marks, who exhibited Thompson’s collection, which he describes as “the most important in the country.” One of twenty large paper copies bound in gold paper embossed with a design of hawthorn flowers and thorns—and signed by Murray Marks. Quarto (282 x 225 mm). 26 autotypes after drawings by James McNeill Whistler (very occasional marginal spotting). Original decorative paper boards (some wear to bottom hinges).
[With:] WAY, Thomas (1861-1913). Mr. Whistler’s Lithographs. London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. The second edition, with illustrated bookplate of Whistleriana collector Pickford Waller (1849-1930). Octavo (232 x 140mm). Original half-vellum over boards; and 8 other works by or related to Whistler.
MARKS, Murray (1840-1918). A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain. London: Ellis and White, 1878. The catalog of Sir Henry Thompson’s celebrated Chinese porcelain collection, illustrated by James McNeill Whistler. The two men were introduced by the dealer Murray Marks, who exhibited Thompson’s collection, which he describes as “the most important in the country.” One of twenty large paper copies bound in gold paper embossed with a design of hawthorn flowers and thorns—and signed by Murray Marks. Quarto (282 x 225 mm). 26 autotypes after drawings by James McNeill Whistler (very occasional marginal spotting). Original decorative paper boards (some wear to bottom hinges).
[With:] WAY, Thomas (1861-1913). Mr. Whistler’s Lithographs. London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. The second edition, with illustrated bookplate of Whistleriana collector Pickford Waller (1849-1930). Octavo (232 x 140mm). Original half-vellum over boards; and 8 other works by or related to Whistler.