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Auction No 370, Category: Literature

33 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Folio Society publications all in slipcases, some in boxed sets including "Legends of King Arthur" (3 vols),

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £96
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Folio Society publications all in slipcases, some in boxed sets including Legends of King Arthur (3 vols), The Arabian Nights (6 vols, two slightly marked on the spine), Somerset Maugham Collected Short Stories (4 vols). Largely fine/VF. (39) 

Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) "Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio", Basil Pickering, 1868

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Don Juan Manuel (1335-1347) Count Lucanor: or, the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio, Basil Pickering, 1868, First Edition in English, translated by James York; octavo, original decorated cloth, gilt, fine; advert leaves as first and last endpapers; engraved title; (6),xvi,246,(4)pp.

 

J. F. Marmontel "Contes Moraux", Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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J. F. Marmontel Contes Moraux, Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1779, three volumes, tall octavo, large paper edition, 19th Century full calf, gilt, by C. Kalthoeber of London but later rebacked and re-gilded, the front & rear panels showing some light wear; bookplates of Viscount Chersley; text and 26 tissue-guarded engraved plates fine and complete, the tissue-guards with some foxing. An attractive set. (3)

James McBryde "Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae", Cambridge, 1899,

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £200
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James McBryde Epistolae ad Amicos nunc primum in unum corpus coactae, Cambridge, 1899, edited by Walter Morley Fletcher and Montague Rhodes James (M.R. James); quarto, full vellum, VG, a.e.g.; comprises 5 blank leaves, mounted photo of James McBryde, title page, 30 leaves each with a mounted photograph of amusing illustrated letters, and 7 blank leaves. Title page with offset impression from the photo of McBryde. [McBryde’s Epistolae is the earliest published work associated with the celebrated ghost story writer M.R. James who in 1899 was resident as a Don at King’s College, Cambridge. Copac records one example, held at the Bodleian. Another was sold by Dominic Winter in 2016. This example has been in the vendor’s possession for 40 years.]

Alexander Pope "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue..."

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £68
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Alexander Pope The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue….A.Dodd & E.Nutt, London, 1733, First Edition; folio, 20th Cent half-morocco, gilt, new endpapers, fine; 19pp.

Phinehas Fletcher "Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies", Edinburgh, 1771

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
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Phinehas Fletcher Piscatory Eclogues, with other Poetical Miscellanies, Edinburgh, 1771, quarter-calf, worn; ownership signature dated 1898 top of title page; front inner hinge weak; clean text; [4],viii,151, [4]pp, plus errata slip. 

Sir John Vanbrugh "Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh", J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Sir John Vanbrugh Plays Written by Sir John Vanbrugh, J. Tonson & others, London, 1730, small octavo, contemp. calf, worn, gilt title labels replaced; occasional minor browning. Good (2)

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

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £72
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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: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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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: 145

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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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)

J.M. Barrie "The Admirable Crichton", Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto,

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £88
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J.M. Barrie The Admirable Crichton, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, near fine; No.66 of 500, signed by Hugh Thomson on the limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; front pastedown with few fox marks o/w fine internally with 20 tissue-guarded colour plates; the ribbon ties are still present but detached. Boards slightly bowed.

Edward Fitzgerald "Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam", Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, large quarto,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £260
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Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, slightly marked; No.720 of 750, signed by Edmund Dulac on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; neat gift inscription dated Xmas 1909 to front endpaper; fine internally with 20 tissue-guarded colour plates, two with a corner crease. Lacks ribbon ties.  

"Poems by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Florence Harrison", Blackie & Son, 1910, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, darkened,

Lot: 148

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £460
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Poems by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Florence Harrison, Blackie & Son, 1910, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, darkened; No.157 of 350, signed by Florence Harrison on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; small monogram bookplate to front pastedown; fine internally with 36 colour plates mounted on thick grey paper & titled tissue guards and 34 tipped-in b/w plates on cream-coloured paper. Additional line-drawn vignettes as head & tail pieces. One colour plate with a corner crease. Lacks ribbon-ties. Damp stain to centre of rear board affects pastedown and last three leaves (plates unaffected)

J.M. Barrie "Quality Street", Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, fine;

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £86
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J.M. Barrie Quality Street, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Hugh Thomson, large quarto, full vellum, gilt, fine; No. 337 of 1000, signed by Hugh Thomson on limitation page  ; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; ribbon-ties intact; fine internally, complete with 22 tissue-guarded colour plates. Some bowing to boards 

Charles Dickens "The Old Curiosity Shop", Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Frank Reynolds,

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £96
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Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], illustrated by Frank Reynolds, tall quarto, full vellum, gilt, near fine; No.198 of 350, signed by Frank Reynolds on limitation page; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; ribbon-ties present but detached; fine internally with 21 tissue-guarded colour plates.

"Tales of Hoffmann",illustrated by Mario Laboccetta, George Harrap, 1932, quarto, full publisher's red morocco, gilt

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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Tales of Hoffmann, illustrated by Mario Laboccetta, George Harrap, 1932, quarto, full publisher’s red morocco, gilt, spine rubbed; complete with 9 colour art deco plates and 27 additional colour illustrations in the text; front free endpaper with contemp. ownership signature o/w fine internally. 207pp

                        

Samuel Taylor Coleridge "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Thomas Crowell, N.York, 1910,

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Thomas Crowell, N.York, 1910, illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany, tall quarto, decorated gilt cloth, slightly marked; fine internally with many b/w and bi-coloured art nouveau illustrations, text and borders, and 20 full-coloured plates all by Pogany.  

                                    

Richard Wagner "The Ring of the Niblung", Heinemann, 1976, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 2 volumes,

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Richard Wagner The Ring of the Niblung, Heinemann, 1976, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 2 volumes, fine in d/jkts, each in issued slipcase. Re-issue of a work first published 1910-1911. (2)

Michael West "Aucassin and Nicolete", Harrap [1917], quarto, full leather with brass-studded hinges & inset illustration,

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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Michael West Aucassin and Nicolete, Harrap [1917], quarto, full leather with brass-studded hinges & inset illustration, illustrated internally with colour plates by Main Bocher and decorations by Evelyn Paul, endpapers toned; together with  a selection of other illustrated or leather bound books including 3 in the Oxford University Press ‘Standard Authors’ series in full leather bindings, in slipcases. Fair to VF (12)

A collection of different editions of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam", including two different illustrated by Willy Pogany;

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £110
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A collection of different editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam, including two different illustrated by Willy Pogany; Harrap’s 1908 edition with photographic plates by Adelaide Hanscom in scarce dustjacket; and the Kegan Paul 1912 edition with tipped in photo-plates by Eardley-Wilmot. Good to fine. (12)