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Auction No 370, Category: Books

181 Lots (displaying 121 - 140)

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
UNSOLD
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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. 

[Robert Heron] "The Comforts of Human Life; or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful and Martin Merryfellow"

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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[Robert Heron] The Comforts of Human Life; or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful and Martin Merryfellow, Oddy & Co, 1807, 12mo, quarter-leather, gilt, marbled boards, chipped at top & tail of spine, red sides; hand-coloured folding plate; occasional tone marks in text but generally good internally; xi,226pp

[Laurent Bordelon] "The Management of the Tongue", H. Rhodes, 1707, octavo, later quarter-leather, gilt, a little scuffed,

Lot: 162

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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[Laurent Bordelon] The Management of the Tongue, H. Rhodes, 1707, octavo, later quarter-leather, gilt, a little scuffed, marbled boards; occasional browning or spotting to text, heavy browning around ownership signatures at foot of p.13 and top of title page; [24],272pp.

Edward Chicken "The Collier's Wedding, a Poem", T. & J. Hodgson, Newcastle, 1829, New Edition with corrections

Lot: 163

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Edward Chicken The Collier’s Wedding, a Poem, T. & J. Hodgson, Newcastle, 1829, New Edition with corrections, octavo, contemp. paper cover, frayed at periphery; fine internally; includes 12pp preface. Engraved title; xii, 32pp. VG

Works of Anthony Trollope, Folio Society, 46 of 48 volumes, all in individual slipcases, VF

Lot: 164

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £76
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Works of Anthony Trollope, Folio Society, 46 of 48 volumes, all in individual slipcases, VF, various issue dates (apparently first printings), no internal inscriptions. (46)

Anthony Powell "A Dance to the Music of Time", Folio Society, 2007- 2008, set of 4 volumes in slipcases, VF. (4)

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £52
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Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time, Folio Society, 2007-2008, set of 4 volumes in slipcases, VF. (4)