Auction No 363, Category: Literature
9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)
William Hope Hodgson "The Riven Night", The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories;
William Hope Hodgson "The Riven Night", The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories;
Lot 79
Lot: 79
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam Hope Hodgson The Riven Night, The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories; published as a limited edition set of chapbooks in card wraps, each contained in a printed envelope. 200 sets printed. (15)
Gilbert K. Chesterton "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" The Bodley Head, 1904, First Edition,
Gilbert K. Chesterton "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" The Bodley Head, 1904, First Edition,
Lot 80
Lot: 80
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
MORE DETAILSGilbert K. Chesterton The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Bodley Head, 1904, First Edition, original pictorial cloth, VG; uncut 2-sides with spotting to edge of text block; endpapers browned; no internal inscriptions; 7 art-plates plus map; adverts at rear.
Richmal Crompton selection comprising "The Innermost Room" Melrose [1927]; "David Wilding" Hodder & Stoughton,
Richmal Crompton selection comprising "The Innermost Room" Melrose [1927]; "David Wilding" Hodder & Stoughton,
Lot 82
Lot: 82
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSRichmal Crompton selection comprising The Innermost Room, Melrose [1927]; David Wilding, Hodder & Stoughton, in reconstructed d/jkt (improvised spine added); Jimmy, Dymock’s, 1950, in fair d/jkt; and Frost at Morning, 1950, two first editions in good to VG d/jkts. All with previous owner’s bookplate.(5)
"A Correspondence of 1953, concerning the book 'The Seven Deadly Virtues', by Denis Tegetmieir and Eric Gill,
"A Correspondence of 1953, concerning the book 'The Seven Deadly Virtues', by Denis Tegetmieir and Eric Gill,
Lot 110
Lot: 110
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSA Correspondence of 1953, concerning the book 'The Seven Deadly Virtues', by Denis Tegetmieir and Eric Gill, initiated and conducted by the collector and bibliophile Stanley Scott. Incline Press, 1999, quarto, marbled boards, cloth backstrip, title label, No. 7 of 120, VF; together with four other limited edition Incline Press publications including A Book of Nursery Rhymes 1993, No. 38 of 310, illustrated by Enid Marx. (5)
John Smith "The Dark Side of Love" 1952, and "The Birth of Venus", both First Editions in d/jkts;
John Smith "The Dark Side of Love" 1952, and "The Birth of Venus", both First Editions in d/jkts;
Lot 114
Lot: 114
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £15 - £20
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJohn Smith The Dark Side of Love 1952, and The Birth of Venus, both First Editions in d/jkts; slight wear to corners of dustjackets; both with the bookplate of Walter De La Mare. (2)
John Dryden "Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem.
John Dryden "Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem.
Lot 115
Lot: 115
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSJohn Dryden Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem. Also a Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of His Late Sacred Majestey Charles the Second. Likewise a Panegyrick on His Cononation. Together With a Poem to My Lord Chancellor Presented on New-Years-Day. 1662. Henry Herringman and Jacob Tonson, London, 1688.Small 4to, stitch bound in wraps, [20], 116pp, each poem with its own title page. The initial title page dust-affected and small ink-mark at foot o/w VG. (Wing 2240)
George Bernard Shaw "Saint Joan" Constable 1924, first edition, signed by Sybil Thorndike
George Bernard Shaw "Saint Joan" Constable 1924, first edition, signed by Sybil Thorndike
Lot 117
Lot: 117
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSGeorge Bernard Shaw Saint Joan, Constable 1924, first edition, signed by Sybil Thorndike on the front endpaper; orig.cloth, gilt, VG; endpapers browned. (Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan especially for Sybil Thorndike who went on to play the title role with great success on stage and in a short film adaptation of 1927.)
Virginia Woolf "Mrs Dalloway" Harcourt, Brace & Co.,1925, First Edition in dustjacket;
Virginia Woolf "Mrs Dalloway" Harcourt, Brace & Co.,1925, First Edition in dustjacket;
Lot 118
Lot: 118
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £210
MORE DETAILSVirginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway, Harcourt, Brace & Co.,1925, First Edition in dustjacket; the rare first state dustjacket, now in three pieces, is chipped & worn with the lower half of the spine largely missing but is still worthy of professional repair; the cloth-covered boards and title label are sound though the spine is somewhat faded; the text block is uncut on 2 sides with some spotting which has also strayed on to pages 286 to 288.
"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements
"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements
Lot 126
Lot: 126
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)