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Auction No 369, Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST

334 Lots (displaying 161 - 180)

Virginia Woolf "Monday or Tuesday", Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1921,First Edition

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Virginia Woolf Monday or Tuesday, Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1921, First Edition, quarter cloth, printed title label, VG; uncut at foot; 116pp. Fine internally.

                                                

Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii [Boethius] "Consolationis Philosophiae Libros Quinque,

Lot: 162

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £46
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Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii [Boethius] Consolationis Philosophiae Libros Quinque, Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Petrus Callyus, Frederick Leonard, 1695, 4to, contemporary leather, gilt, worn, rear hinge partly split, front board incorporating ownership panel of Benjamin Bower of Manchester; front pastedown with ownership signature dated 1945; engraved frontispiece; title page with woodcut; introduction with elaborate headpiece (repeated at page 1) and historiated initial, woodcut tailpieces thereafter; fine text; pp.(42),352,(58). 

William Faulkner "The Sound and the Fury", Chatto & Windus, 1931, First Edition, original cloth darkened,

Lot: 163

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury, Chatto & Windus, 1931, First Edition, original cloth darkened, spine rolled, rear hinge partly frayed, ownership signature of the celebrated Manchester broadcaster and producer Olive M. Shapley dated July 1936. Good clean text. 

Stephen Coleridge "New Poems", 1911, Torch Press. 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author

Lot: 164

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Stephen Coleridge New Poems, 1911, Torch Press. 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author, original printed boards rather dust-affected, together with a 2-page autograph letter from Coleridge loosely inserted. 

Charles Denis "Select Fables", J. & R.Tonson and S.Draper, 1754, octavo, contemp. calf, worn

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Charles Denis Select Fables, J. & R.Tonson and S.Draper, 1754, octavo, contemp. calf, worn, front board detached; b/w frontispiece; worming to upper left margin not affecting text. Good clean text. (34),448pp.

Edward Larocque Tinker and Frances Tinker "Old New Orleans: Widows Only, the Sixties", D. Appleton, 1931

Lot: 166

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Edward Larocque Tinker and Frances Tinker Old New Orleans: Widows Only, the Sixties, D. Appleton, 1931, First Edition, signed & inscribed by the authors; original cloth with pictorial onlay; illustrated endpapers. VG 

Geoffrey Keynes "John Evelyn, a Study in Bibliophily", Cambridge University Press, 1937

Lot: 167

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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Geoffrey Keynes John Evelyn, a Study in Bibliophily, Cambridge University Press, 1937, quarto, orig.cloth, gilt, slightly marked; one of 300 printed. Full-page autograph letter from the author loosely inserted. 308pp + 24 plates. Good

 

                                    

Joseph Sabin "A Bibliography of Bibliography", J. Sabin, New York, 1877, octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG;

Lot: 168

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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Joseph Sabin A Bibliography of Bibliography, J. Sabin, New York, 1877, octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; foxing to endpapers; interleaved throughout with ruled blanks for notes and additional blanks at rear. 150pp + blanks.

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

Lot: 169

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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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: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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: 171

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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John Fawcett Skelton The Gleaner: A Selection of Poems & Songs, Simpkin 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)

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

Lot: 172

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
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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 shows as “493”. Wing 5052. VG

Siegfried Sassoon "Nativity", Faber & Gwyer [1927], illustrated by Paul Nash, printed wraps, Aerial Poems No.7;

Lot: 173

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £16
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Siegfried Sassoon Nativity, Faber & Gwyer [1927], illustrated by Paul Nash, printed wraps, Aerial Poems No.7; and Wilfrid Gibson The Early Whistler, illustrated John Nash, Aerial Poems No.6. VF (2)

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

Lot: 174

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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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)

Aldous Huxley "Brave New World", Chatto & Windus, 1932, First Edition, original gilt blue cloth

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1932, First Edition, original gilt blue cloth, bumped upper right corner, slight wear at extremities, foot of spine a little frayed; uncut lower edge of text; neat ownership signature of Feb.1932; a few pages show minor fox marks but generally fine clean text. (Shows letter ‘A’ at foot of page 1).

Brown Linnet "Why Why and Tom Cat", Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1906, 1st Edn,

Lot: 176

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Brown Linnet Why Why and Tom Cat, Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1906, 1st Edn, tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, VG; prize bookplate of 1907; many illustrations including frontispiece and 8 full-page plates; 171pp + 24pp illustrated catalogue 

John Locke "Some Thoughts Concerning Education", S.Birt & others, 1752, 12th Edition

Lot: 177

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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John Locke Some Thoughts Concerning Education, S.Birt & others, 1752, 12th Edition, modern quarter calf, gilt, slightly rubbed; foxing to pp.33-47, and final 7 pages. Generally clean text; (vi),325,(5)pp; together with 4 other works. (5). Good to VG  

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

Lot: 178

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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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)

J. B. Hannay "Sex Symbolism in Religion", London, 1922, 1st Edn, 2 volumes, orig. gilt cloth, spines a little faded,

Lot: 179

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £18
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J. B. Hannay Sex Symbolism in Religion, London, 1922, 1st Edn, 2 volumes, orig. gilt cloth, spines a little faded, ownership signature, fine internally; William Inge The Philosophy of Plotinus, Longmans, 1923, 1st Edn, 2 vols, orig. gilt cloth; and Confucius The Unwobbling Pivot and The Great Digest, Peter Owen, 1951, in foxed d/jkt, translated by Ezra Pound. G/VG (5)

Thomas Moore (1779-1852) "Catalogue of a Collection of Upwards of One Thousand Letters

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £54
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Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Catalogue of a Collection of Upwards of One Thousand Letters, addressed by Thomas Moore to Mr. James Power, his Music Publisher, between the years 1808 and 1836…. Puttick and Simpson, London, 1853, octavo, 19th Cent. half morocco, gilt, fine; news-cuttings affixed to front endpaper; neatly annotated throughout with the prices realised in the ruled columns provided; listings include many original manuscripts by Moore of his songs and lyrics. Scarce