Auction No 370, Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST

295 Lots (displaying 141 - 160)

John Wilkins "Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…" 1683

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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John Wilkins Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books…to which is added, A Sermon Preached at his Funerals, by William Lloyd, D.D. Dean of Bangor, T.Basset & others, London, 1683; small octavo, contemp. leather, very worn, boards detached; bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley; engraved frontispiece; occasional marginal pencil marks; [16],410,blank,[2],55pp

Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Sir John Vanbrugh Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo, contemp. calf, worn, gilt title labels replaced; occasional minor browning. Good (2)

D. Fulvio Testi "Delle Poesie Liriche", Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £72
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D. Fulvio Testi Delle Poesie Liriche, Giulian Cassiani, Modena, 1645, 12mo, contemporary red leather, gilt, showing later repairs, VG; previous owners’ bookplates; issued as two parts, bound together, each with its own title page; b/w portrait dated 1645; decorated throughout with head & tail pieces; fine internally. pp.(14),175,166. 

[John Jackson, actor] "Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy." C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo,

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[John Jackson, actor] Eldred; or, The British Freeholder. A Tragedy. C. Elliot and J. Bell, 1782, octavo, contemp. tree calf, worn, hinges weak, backstrip chipped, gilt title; browning/staining to margins of endpapers and last 8pp of text; 122pp + errata page.  

John Fawcett Skelton "The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs", Simpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876

Lot: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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John Fawcett Skelton The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & SongsSimpkin Marshall & John Heywood, 1876, First Edition, quarto, original gilt cloth: two copies, one uninscribed, the other with presentation inscription by the author and a few manuscript alterations to the text in the same hand, together with an autograph letter from W.T. Hampson to a friend recalling Skelton’s activities in Edgworth, Bolton, in the late-19th Century. Occasional fox mark otherwise good/VG. (2)

J.M. Barrie "The Admirable Crichton", Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto,

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £88
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J.M. Barrie The Admirable Crichton, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, near fine; No.66 of 500, signed by Hugh Thomson on the limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; front pastedown with few fox marks o/w fine internally with 20 tissue-guarded colour plates; the ribbon ties are still present but detached. Boards slightly bowed.

Edward Fitzgerald "Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam", Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, large quarto,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £260
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Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, slightly marked; No.720 of 750, signed by Edmund Dulac on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; neat gift inscription dated Xmas 1909 to front endpaper; fine internally with 20 tissue-guarded colour plates, two with a corner crease. Lacks ribbon ties.  

"Poems by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Florence Harrison", Blackie & Son, 1910, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, darkened,

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £460
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Poems by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Florence Harrison, Blackie & Son, 1910, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, darkened; No.157 of 350, signed by Florence Harrison on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; small monogram bookplate to front pastedown; fine internally with 36 colour plates mounted on thick grey paper & titled tissue guards and 34 tipped-in b/w plates on cream-coloured paper. Additional line-drawn vignettes as head & tail pieces. One colour plate with a corner crease. Lacks ribbon-ties. Damp stain to centre of rear board affects pastedown and last three leaves (plates unaffected)

J.M. Barrie "Quality Street", Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, fine;

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £86
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J.M. Barrie Quality Street, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, fine; No. 337 of 1000, signed by Hugh Thomson on limitation page  ; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; ribbon-ties intact; fine internally, complete with 22 tissue-guarded colour plates. Some bowing to boards 

Charles Dickens "The Old Curiosity Shop", Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Frank Reynolds,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £96
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Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Frank Reynolds, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, near fine; No.198 of 350, signed by Frank Reynolds on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; ribbon-ties present but detached; fine internally with 21 tissue-guarded colour plates.

"Tales of Hoffmann",illustrated by Mario Laboccetta, George Harrap, 1932, quarto, full publisher's red morocco, gilt

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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Tales of Hoffmann, illustrated by Mario Laboccetta, George Harrap, 1932, quarto, full publisher’s red morocco, gilt, spine rubbed; complete with 9 colour art deco plates and 27 additional colour illustrations in the text; front free endpaper with contemp. ownership signature o/w fine internally. 207pp

                        

Samuel Taylor Coleridge "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Thomas Crowell, N.York, 1910,

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Thomas Crowell, N.York, 1910, illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany, tall quarto, decorated gilt cloth, slightly marked; fine internally with many b/w and bi-coloured art nouveau illustrations, text and borders, and 20 full-coloured plates all by Pogany.  

                                    

Richard Wagner "The Ring of the Niblung", Heinemann, 1976, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 2 volumes,

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Richard Wagner The Ring of the Niblung, Heinemann, 1976, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 2 volumes, fine in d/jkts, each in issued slipcase. Re-issue of a work first published 1910-1911. (2)

Michael West "Aucassin and Nicolete", Harrap [1917], quarto, full leather with brass-studded hinges & inset illustration,

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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Michael West Aucassin and Nicolete, Harrap [1917], quarto, full leather with brass-studded hinges & inset illustration, illustrated internally with colour plates by Main Bocher and decorations by Evelyn Paul, endpapers toned; together with  a selection of other illustrated or leather bound books including 3 in the Oxford University Press ‘Standard Authors’ series in full leather bindings, in slipcases. Fair to VF (12)

A collection of different editions of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam", including two different illustrated by Willy Pogany;

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £110
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A collection of different editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam, including two different illustrated by Willy Pogany; Harrap’s 1908 edition with photographic plates by Adelaide Hanscom in scarce dustjacket; and the Kegan Paul 1912 edition with tipped in photo-plates by Eardley-Wilmot. Good to fine. (12)

H.E. Bates collection of UK Editions including "The Seekers", 1926, First Edn, inscribed presentation copy

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £42
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H.E. Bates collection of UK Editions including The Seekers, 1926, First Edn, inscribed presentation copy in original glassine wrapper; The Darling Buds of May,1958, 1st Edn in VG d/jkt; Fair Stood the Wind for France, 1944, 1st Edn, in good d/jkt; and The Last Bread, 1926, 1st Edn, printed wraps. Others include many 1960s/70s 1st Edns in djkts. Varied condition. (21)

"Thomas Carlyle's Works: The Standard Edition in 18 Volumes", Chapman & Hall, 1904-05,

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £66
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Thomas Carlyle's Works: The Standard Edition in 18 Volumes, Chapman & Hall, 1904-05, half-leather, gilt with raised bands, title labels a little rubbed & faded o/w a fine set without internal inscriptions. (18)

C.S. Forester "A Pawn Among Kings", Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £125
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C.S. Forester A Pawn Among Kings, Methuen & Co, 1924, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; prize bookplate to front endpaper; browning to second endpaper, occasional minor foxing elsewhere. 220pp plus prelims. A very good example of Forester’s first book.

Henry Fielding "The Covent-Garden Journal, and A Plan of the Universal Register-Office", Oxford, 1988,

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Henry Fielding The Covent-Garden Journal, and A Plan of the Universal Register-Office, Oxford, 1988, edited Goldgar, the Wesleyan Edition, fine in complete dustjacket. 

Helen Fielding "Bridget Jones's Diary", Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page.

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Helen Fielding Bridget Jones’s Diary, Picador, 1996, 3rd printing, in complete d/jkt, signed by the author on title page. Fine, the jacket in protective mylar.