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Auction No 364, Category: Literature

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

"A Pleasant History of Roswall and Lillian" Edinburgh [1822], reprint of the sole surviving 1663 edition,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £210
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A Pleasant History of Roswall and Lillian, Edinburgh [1822], reprint of the sole surviving 1663 edition, small octavo, one of only six printed on vellum; 16 leaves, stitch-bound into a contemporary rather worn leather cover; comprising title, half-title, introduction (3pp) and text. Fine internally.

Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising "The Winter Man" (in d/jkt),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising The Winter Man (in d/jkt), Feminine Endings (s/bk), Ring of Truth (in d/jkt), Views and Distances (s/bk), The Loving Game (in d/jkt) and The Face of the Enemy (very worn d/jkt). Also an unsigned reprint.  Mainly fine. (12)

"The Poetical Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague" J. Tonson & others, 1781, contemp. polished calf,

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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The Poetical Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, J. Tonson & others, 1781, contemp. polished calf, worn at extremities, title label chipped; and James Thomson The Seasons 1794, grained morocco, gilt, with 5 engraved plates; former with occasional contemp. ink notation in margin. (2)

Ovid "Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum" Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £30
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Ovid Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum, Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one, contemp. vellum, front inner hinge cracked, engraved frontispiece with small loss at lower right corner, engraved titles to each volume, VG internally. 

Don Felix de Latassa y Ortin "Biblioteca Nueva de los Escritores Aragoneses que Florecieron Desde el ano de 1500 hasta 1599"

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Don Felix de Latassa y Ortin Biblioteca Nueva de los Escritores Aragoneses que Florecieron Desde el ano de 1500 hasta 1599, Oficina de Joaquin de Domingo, Pamplona, 1798; bound in early 19th Cent polished tree calf,  rubbed, gilt title, marbled endpapers; some damp-staining to text but generally sound; 628pp including title & index. [While stated as Volume One, the book is complete in itself, as subsequent volumes were devoted to the 17th to mid-18th Centuries]

Louis Golding "James Joyce" 1933, First Edn., inscribed and signed by the author, original cloth;

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Louis Golding James Joyce, 1933, First Edn., inscribed and signed by the author, original cloth; together with Frank Singleton’s Independent Means, 1948, signed First Edition in worn d/jkt. VG (2)

A. F. Griffiths "Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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A. F. Griffiths Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London, 1815, full calf, gilt, slightly scuffed, red title label. viii, 481, (1)pp. VG

John Byrom "The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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John Byrom The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of  Writing English in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, applicable to any other language, but particularly adjusted to our own. Joseph Harrop, Manchester, 1767, First Edition. Contemporary quarter-leather in poor condition, needs rebinding. Clean text. 13 plates.

"The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes."

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In Two Volumes. John Barber,London, 1729, 2nd Edition, octavo, full calf, backstrips very worn & lacking title labels; Vol.1 with two folding engraved frontispieces. Clean text. (2)

George Smith Green "Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play", J. Watts, London, 1752, First Edition,

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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George Smith Green Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play, J. Watts, London, 1752, First Edition, bound in late-19th Cent. half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, some wear at hinges, new endpapers; ownership and bookplate of John Burns, 1904; engraved portrait.  Clean text. 134pp. Scarce.

            

G.P.R. James "The Jacquerie; or, The Lady and the Page: an Historical Romance" London, 1841, First Edition in 3 Volumes;

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £15
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G.P.R. James The Jacquerie; or, The Lady and the Page: an Historical Romance London, 1841, First Edition in 3 Volumes; half-leather over marbled boards, some wear, gilt titles; good clean text. (3)

[Marianne Spencer Hudson] "Almack's: a Novel" Saunders & Otley, 1826, 3 Volumes, 1st Edn, half-leather,

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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[Marianne Spencer Hudson] Almack’s: a Novel, Saunders & Otley, 1826, 3 Volumes, 1st Edn, half-leather, backstrips worn; John Walker A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names,  1804, 2nd Edn, engraved portrait; J. Thomson The Seasons, 1805, woodcuts by Bewick, tree-calf, spine repaired; and A Gallery of Portraits painted by an old and celebrated Master and re-touched by an Irish Artist, Dublin, 1813, bound with The New Bath Guide, 1807, quarter-leather, gilt. (6)

William Hope Hodgson "The Riven Night", The Strange Company, 1988, and 14 other short stories;

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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William 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)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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The 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)

Matthew Prior "Poems on Several Occasions", S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.     

19th Century Selection including Edgeworth "Essay on Irish Bulls" 1815, 4th Edn; Charles Dickens "The Chimes" 1845,

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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19th Century Selection including Edgeworth Essay on Irish Bulls, 1815, 4th Edn; Charles Dickens The Chimes 1845, and The Battle of Life 1846, gilt cloth, some wear; and Castellan Letters on Italy, 1820, disbound, five hand-coloured engravings, 108pp. Fair to VG (8)