Honeywill John (2 results)

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed, with postmarks and red wax seal, to 'The Most Honble | The Marqss. of Breadalbane | Taymouth Castle | Perthshire'. Docketted: 'Honeywell coach | to be attended the beginning of May - 1846'. He writes that the trustees and executors of Honeywell's estate are handing in 'the remainder of their account for work done since the delivery of the last account to May 20th 1840, in which they have not included the amount of Interest due on purchase of the Job Chariot'. They wish for speedy payment, 'in consequence of law proceedings being instituted by the Ex[ecut]or of another branch of the family', and offer to give up the interest, 'otherwise they will be compel'd to make good their claim for the whole amount which will be return'd to the Court of Chancery, where it will be out of their power to remit any portion thereof'.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Scarce; 5 catalogues (in original card box with printed label to spine) from Grahame Galleries & Editions, for the IWOPF '93 (International Works on Paper Fair) at the Powerhouse Museum Sydney August 5-8 1993; the set consists of the same catalogue bound into 5 different pieces of cover art - being an original work on paper specially produced - by 5 different artists, for 20 catalogues each (the full edition being 100 copies - all artists producing 25 examples, 20 for the catalogue plus 5 AP's), each signed and numbered by the artist (Honeywill's signed but not numbered); Nos 1-20 by Ray Arnold, 21-40 Juli Haas, 41-60 John Honeywill, 61-80 Ron McBurnie, 81-100 Milan Milojevic; Ray Arnold 'Ridge' Etching with plate tone (No. 20), Juli Haas 'Last dance with the pieman' Drypoint with watercolour (No. 40), John Honeywill Untitled watercolour (No. 41), Ron McBurnie 'Gluttony lust and power' Etching (No. 80), Milan Milojevic 'Bronte Park, fragment' four colour screenprint (No. 100); each work opens out to 44 x 17cm, and is protected by original semi-transparent wax paper dustwrapper; catalogue 28pp, with 16 b&w illustrations, bound with olive cloth tape and produced by master binders Fred Pohlmann and Noreen Grahame; an extremely scarce and handsome set from an important promoter/producer of artists' books and works on paper; all catalogue Very Good, with occasional mild rubbing to reverse sides of covers, offset from etching to Ray Arnold volume; box with mild edgewear, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. 5 vols 28pp. 5 vols 12mo. Very Good.