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Auction No 367, Category: Literature

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

"The Park School Glasgow" 1880-1930, W.Hodge, 1930; "Merchiston Castle School 1855-58", Maclehose, 1915;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Park School Glasgow 1880-1930, W.Hodge, 1930; Merchiston Castle School 1855-58, Maclehose, 1915; Merchiston Castle School Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Pillans, 1948; Merchiston Castle School Unveiling and Dedication of War Memorial, 1948; The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850, Williams, 1863; and other school history; all h/bk, a few in d/jkt, good to VF (16)

[Mrs. Charles Mathews] "Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Mrs. Charles Mathews] Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine ******. by the Author of Constance, &C. ...T. Hookham, London, 1791, 12mo, 3 vols.,title page missing from Vol.1 but half-title present; contemp. half-leather with backstrips very worn but gilt title and volume labels intact. Clean internally. 

Thomas Edwards "The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; The Trial of the letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets", London, 1758,

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £22
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Thomas Edwards The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary; The Trial of the letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets, London, 1758, full leather, spotting to prelims o/w VG; Beaumont and Fletcher Bonducca, a Tragedy, 3rd Edition, 1778, bound with four 18th Century tragedies, half-leather; and 5 others in leather bindings, mixed condition. (7)            

"Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest illustrated by Edmund Dulac", and "Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest illustrated by Edmund Dulac, and Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night or What You Will, illustrated by Heath Robinson, both Hodder & Stoughton, in original gilt green cloth, each with a gift inscription of 1911, both with 40 fine tipped-in coloured tissue-guarded plates; some occasional light foxing o/w fine. Together with 4 other books, one signed & inscribed by Helen Bradley. (6)

Andrew Lang "The Green Fairy Book", Longmans, 1892, 1st Edn, orig.cloth, hinges reinforced and new endpapers,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £54
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Andrew Lang The Green Fairy Book, Longmans, 1892, 1st Edn, orig.cloth, hinges reinforced and new endpapers, VG internally; Charles Perrault Old-Time Stories, Constable, 1921, 1st Edn., illustrated by Heath Robinson including 6 tipped-in plates, VG; and 3 others. (5)

"The Comic Almanack: an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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The Comic Almanack: an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities …..with many hundred Illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists, Chatto & Windus, 1878, the First Series, original gilt cloth, fine; occasional tone spot o/w VG internally; plus The Female Instructor; or, Young Woman’s Guide to Domestic Happiness, Thomas Kelly, 1822, engraved frontisp & 5 (of 6) plates; tastefully rebound in modern calf, gilt. (2)

Petronius Arbiter The Satyricon, Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927, 2 vols, marbled boards with cloth backstrips;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Petronius Arbiter The Satyricon, Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927, 2 vols, marbled boards with cloth backstrips; illustrated with colour plates by Allen Lewis; uncut; No.48 of 60 printed on Oland paper. Titles on spines faded o/w VG. (2)

Tennyson "Morte d'Arthur", Chatto & Windus, 1912, illustrated by Alberto Sangorski, 1912, in good d/jkt;

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Tennyson Morte d’Arthur, Chatto & Windus, 1912, illustrated by Alberto Sangorski, 1912, in good d/jkt; plus two similar Sangorski illuminated works both in d/jkts; Laurence & Rex Whistler !OHO!, 1946 in VG d/jkt; and 2 other illustrated works. Good to VF (6)

Reynolds Stone "Engravings", John Murray, 1977, No.21 of 150 signed examples with additional signed print loosely inserted,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Reynolds Stone Engravings, John Murray, 1977, No.21 of 150 signed examples with additional signed print loosely inserted, fine, in slipcase; ​The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon, Limited Editions Club, 1979, fine, in slipcase; and two others. Good to Fine (4)