Auction No 407, Category: Books
29 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Folio Society publications (19) all bar one in slipcases, fine condition, the slipcases mainly VG/VF (one with a split); plus a few other books. (22)
Folio Society publications (19) all bar one in slipcases, fine condition, the slipcases mainly VG/VF (one with a split); plus a few other books. (22)
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFolio Society publications (19) all bar one in slipcases, fine condition, the slipcases mainly VG/VF (one with a split); plus a few other books. (22)
Carton of mixed ephemera, 1930s/1980s, with many theatre & concert programmes, billheads, correspondence, etc.
Carton of mixed ephemera, 1930s/1980s, with many theatre & concert programmes, billheads, correspondence, etc.
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
MORE DETAILSCarton of mixed ephemera, 1930s/1980s, with many theatre & concert programmes, billheads, correspondence, etc. Includes 1943 cover from Italian East Africa with Ethiopian stamps. Fair-VF (Few 100)
Folio Society publications, mostly in slipcases including Virginia Woolf "Mrs Dalloway", Tove Jansson "Finn Family Moomintroll" and other better.
Folio Society publications, mostly in slipcases including Virginia Woolf "Mrs Dalloway", Tove Jansson "Finn Family Moomintroll" and other better.
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £84
MORE DETAILSFolio Society publications, mostly in slipcases including Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway, Tove Jansson Finn Family Moomintroll and other better. No inscriptions. VG/VF (28)
Folio Society publications, five lacking slipcases (one ex-library), with some mixed condition but mostly VG/VF. (35)
Folio Society publications, five lacking slipcases (one ex-library), with some mixed condition but mostly VG/VF. (35)
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSFolio Society publications, five lacking slipcases (one ex-library), with some mixed condition but mostly VG/VF. (35)
Bookbinders' (20) and Booksellers' (92) Tickets,19th Century to modern, together with music copyright & purchase tax labels (151)
Bookbinders' (20) and Booksellers' (92) Tickets,19th Century to modern, together with music copyright & purchase tax labels (151)
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILSBookbinders' (20) and Booksellers' (92) Tickets,19th Century to modern, together with music copyright & purchase tax labels (151) arranged on album pages. British and Overseas. Mixed condition, especially the purchase tax labels. (263)
Diane Cilento and Sean Connery: a signed copy of Diane Cilento’s "The Manipulator", Hodder & Stoughton,1967, 1st Edn in a complete d/jkt,
Diane Cilento and Sean Connery: a signed copy of Diane Cilento’s "The Manipulator", Hodder & Stoughton,1967, 1st Edn in a complete d/jkt,
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £105
MORE DETAILSDiane Cilento and Sean Connery: a signed copy of Diane Cilento's The Manipulator, Hodder & Stoughton, 1967, 1st Edn in a complete d/jkt, the jacket a little edgeworn with small tear top left of front panel, fine internally, no other inscriptions.
Auberon Waugh "Will This Do? An Autobiography", signed by the author on title page; and Alexander Waugh’s "Fathers and Sons";
Auberon Waugh "Will This Do? An Autobiography", signed by the author on title page; and Alexander Waugh’s "Fathers and Sons";
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSAuberon Waugh Will This Do? An Autobiography, signed by the author on title page; and Alexander Waugh's Fathers and Sons; both signed first editions in complete d/jkts, no other inscriptions.
Joseph Smith (translator) "The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi",
Joseph Smith (translator) "The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi",
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £2000 - £2500
SOLD £3400
MORE DETAILSJoseph Smith (translator) The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Parley F. Pratt, Liverpool, 1841, First European Edition, in a contemporary grained morocco binding with gilt ruling, a.e.g., gilt title & decorated compartments to backstrip, a little rubbed at extremities o/w fine; a couple of small fox marks to title page o/w fine internally, and free of inscriptions; the first European (and UK) edition of The Book of Mormon extremely scarce.
John Purves (trans.) and Evelyn Abbott (editor) "The Iliad of Homer" Percival & Co., 1891, number 39 of 75 on hand-made paper,
John Purves (trans.) and Evelyn Abbott (editor) "The Iliad of Homer" Percival & Co., 1891, number 39 of 75 on hand-made paper,
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
MORE DETAILSJohn Purves (trans.) and Evelyn Abbott (editor) The Iliad of Homer Percival & Co., 1891, number 39 of 75 on hand-made paper, numbered and signed by the printers R & R Clark; original worn cloth frayed at foot of spine and along part of the front hinge; armorial bookplate of Thomas Egerton Tatton. Uncut two sides. Endpapers browned o/w fine internally.
"The English Hymnal" Oxford University Press, 1959, 24mo (140 x 95mm) in a Fine Binding by Bayntum Riviere, two-colour morocco
"The English Hymnal" Oxford University Press, 1959, 24mo (140 x 95mm) in a Fine Binding by Bayntum Riviere, two-colour morocco
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSThe English Hymnal Oxford University Press, 1959, 24mo (140 x 95mm) in a Fine Binding by Bayntum Riviere, two-colour morocco with gilt decoration & title, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Front panel slightly marked, backstrip a little faded o/w fine.
Fine Bindings by Bumpus of London in full leather comprising Rabindranath Tagore "Gitanjali", 1916, and "Daily Light on the Daily Path",
Fine Bindings by Bumpus of London in full leather comprising Rabindranath Tagore "Gitanjali", 1916, and "Daily Light on the Daily Path",
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £68
MORE DETAILSFine Bindings by Bumpus of London in full leather comprising Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali, 1916, and Daily Light on the Daily Path, S. Bagster c.1920; the former in an exquisite blind-tooled & gilt design to front & back covers, backstrip with gilt titles and decorated compartments, a.e.g., showing just a hint of wear, endpapers with browning to perimeter; the latter in grained morocco, gilt ruling and title, a.e.g, some fading and small imperfections, the text with the occasional minor tone mark. (2)
Walter Haigh "A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District", Oxford, 1928, orig. cloth, gilt, a little worn, fine internally;
Walter Haigh "A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District", Oxford, 1928, orig. cloth, gilt, a little worn, fine internally;
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
MORE DETAILSWalter Haigh A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, Oxford, 1928, orig. cloth, gilt, a little worn, fine internally; and a selection of Yorkshire & Lancashire dialect prose & verse including Samuel Laycock (2), Ammon Wrigley etc. Mainly good to fine. (13)
Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra (trans. Charles Jarvis) "Don Quixote De la Mancha", Joseph Thomas, 1840, 3 vols, orig. worn cloth, gilt,
Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra (trans. Charles Jarvis) "Don Quixote De la Mancha", Joseph Thomas, 1840, 3 vols, orig. worn cloth, gilt,
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
MORE DETAILSMiguel Cervantes de Saavedra (trans. Charles Jarvis) Don Quixote De la Mancha, Joseph Thomas, 1840, 3 vols, orig. worn cloth, gilt, some damage to backstrips, armorial bookplates of William Henry White; with 800 illustrations after Tony Johannot, each volume with tissue-guarded frontispiece; occasional tone mark but largely clean internally
"The Library Shakespeare illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie, 1870, quarto, 3 vols,
"The Library Shakespeare illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie, 1870, quarto, 3 vols,
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSThe Library Shakespeare illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley, William Mackenzie, 1870, quarto, 3 vols, green half-leather, worn, marbled edges & endpapers; illustrated throughout including many coloured plates. Some occasional minor spotting o/w VG internally. (3)
William Baron "Bill O'Jack's Lancashire Monthly", 1909-1911, issues 1 to 32 complete in three gilt cloth volumes,
William Baron "Bill O'Jack's Lancashire Monthly", 1909-1911, issues 1 to 32 complete in three gilt cloth volumes,
Lot 22
Lot: 22
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam Baron Bill O'Jack's Lancashire Monthly, 1909-1911, issues 1 to 32 complete in three gilt cloth volumes, lacking orig. printed wraps, darkening to text; together with Baron's Cuckoo Fowt Chronicles, J.D. Howarth, Rochdale, 1906, orig. printed cloth, VG.
Gilbert & George Exhibition Catalogues "New Testamental Pictures" and "Twenty London East One Pictures", both signed by the artists
Gilbert & George Exhibition Catalogues "New Testamental Pictures" and "Twenty London East One Pictures", both signed by the artists
Lot 23
Lot: 23
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSGilbert & George Exhibition Catalogues New Testamental Pictures and Twenty London East One Pictures, both signed by the artists on half-title or title page. Softbacks, pictorial wraps, VF (2)
John Kay engravings late-18th/early-19th Century, a fine selection,15 in all, together with Hilary & Mary Evans’ "John Kay of Edinburgh",1980
John Kay engravings late-18th/early-19th Century, a fine selection,15 in all, together with Hilary & Mary Evans’ "John Kay of Edinburgh",1980
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSJohn Kay engravings late-18th/early-19th Century, a fine selection, 15 in all, together with Hilary & Mary Evans' John Kay of Edinburgh, 1980 in a VG price-clipped d/jkt.
Early Engravings on wood or copper, a collection mounted on old album pages, many taken from books including printers’ colophons,
Early Engravings on wood or copper, a collection mounted on old album pages, many taken from books including printers’ colophons,
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSEarly Engravings on wood or copper, a collection mounted on old album pages, many taken from books including printers' colophons, many attractive designs and very good condition. (23)
G. F. Handel "Acis and Galatea" and "Samson", both arranged for organ or piano by John Clarke; Button & Whittaker, 1809;,
G. F. Handel "Acis and Galatea" and "Samson", both arranged for organ or piano by John Clarke; Button & Whittaker, 1809;,
Lot 31
Lot: 31
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSG. F. Handel Acis and Galatea and Samson, both arranged for organ or piano by John Clarke; Button & Whittaker, 1809, folio, 19th Century half-leather, worn, marbled boards; title pages and scores printed from copper-engraved plates, Acis with an additional dedication page; both lack front free endpaper o/w VG/Fine internally. (2)
Nikolaus Pevsner "The Buildings of England", Yale University Press, all modern revised & expanded editions, all fine in the issued jackets,
Nikolaus Pevsner "The Buildings of England", Yale University Press, all modern revised & expanded editions, all fine in the issued jackets,
Lot 32
Lot: 32
- Auction Date: Wed 23rd Feb 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £72
MORE DETAILSNikolaus Pevsner The Buildings of England, Yale University Press, all modern revised & expanded editions, all fine in the issued jackets, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire titles. (14)