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Auction No 370, Category: Literature

33 Lots (displaying 21 - 33)

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. 

[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)

Thomas Brown (1663-1704) "Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c., to which is added A Character of a Latitudinarian"

Lot: 167

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £200
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Thomas Brown (1663-1704) Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c., to which is added A Character of a Latitudinarian, John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo, full leather, rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the boards overlaid with the original leather covering; light browning affects the text to varying degrees. Worming at foot of last few leaves and a damaged corner to pp.341/2 without text loss. Collated as complete. Pagination errors with pp.113-128 not used and p.349 shown as “493”. Wing 5052. VG

Shakespeare, Marston, Ben Jonson & others "The Phoenix & Turtle", Shakespeare Head Press & Basil Blackwell

Lot: 168

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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Shakespeare, Marston, Ben Jonson & others The Phoenix & Turtle, Shakespeare Head Press & Basil Blackwell, 1937, original wraps & pictorial dustjacket, VG; b/w frontisp; unopened. 31pp. (One of 50 issued) 

Vernon Scannell "Ring of Truth", 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell

Lot: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Vernon Scannell Ring of Truth, 1983, signed First Edition in fine d/jkt, and other signed Firsts by Scannell, most in VG/fine d/jkts, comprising The Loving Game 1975, The Winter Man 1973, The Face of the Enemy 1961 (worn d/jkt), and Views and Distances 2000, s/bk; also Of Love & War 2002 unsigned 1st Edition. (6)

"The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince", Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols

Lot: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince, Abel Heywood, Manchester, 1880, quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG; large paper edition, No.45 of 100 issued; front inner hinge to Vol. 1 frayed o/w fine. (2)