Auction No 392, Category: Literature
25 Lots (displaying 21 - 25)
"The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844", Oxford University Press, 1987, two volumes, original gilt cloth, frontispiece & 8 other plates.
"The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844", Oxford University Press, 1987, two volumes, original gilt cloth, frontispiece & 8 other plates.
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 13th May 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, Oxford University Press, 1987, two volumes, original gilt cloth, frontispiece & 8 other plates. Each volume has a handstamp “Damaged” on reverse of title page but apart from some light browning to the endpapers there appear to be no other faults to these scarce books. (2)
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux "Discours Prononce a L’Academie Francoise le quatre Fevrier 1743…."
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux "Discours Prononce a L’Academie Francoise le quatre Fevrier 1743…."
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 13th May 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSPierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Discours Prononce a L’Academie Francoise le quatre Fevrier 1743….lorsqu’il vint prendre séance a la place de feu M. l’Abbe’ de Hauteville. Avec la Reponse de M. l’Archeveque de Sens. Paris, 1743, title page + 22pp of text; later marbled boards, spine frayed with some loss; small bookplates of Lytton Strachey and Roger Senhouse. Clean text.
Anthony Powell "A Buyer’s Market", Heinemann, 1955, in good slightly chipped price-clipped d/jkt, neat ownership signature;
Anthony Powell "A Buyer’s Market", Heinemann, 1955, in good slightly chipped price-clipped d/jkt, neat ownership signature;
Lot 27
Lot: 27
- Auction Date: Wed 13th May 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSAnthony Powell A Buyer’s Market, Heinemann, 1955, in good slightly chipped price-clipped d/jkt, neat ownership signature; and Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant, Heinemann 1960, First Edition in good complete d/jkt. Fine texts. (2)
Phaedrus "Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae", [Aesop’s Fables] A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt,
Phaedrus "Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae", [Aesop’s Fables] A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt,
Lot 29
Lot: 29
- Auction Date: Wed 13th May 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSPhaedrus Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae, [Aesop’s Fables] A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt, some light wear, gilt edged.; bookplate of Robert Shafto Adair, neat ownership signature top of title page. Fine internally. 756pp plus index.
Literary autographs on First Day & Commemorative Covers, a selection including Alan Sillitoe, Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Ayckbourn,
Literary autographs on First Day & Commemorative Covers, a selection including Alan Sillitoe, Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Ayckbourn,
Lot 73
Lot: 73
- Auction Date: Wed 13th May 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
MORE DETAILSLiterary autographs on First Day & Commemorative Covers, a selection including Alan Sillitoe, Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Ayckbourn, Jackie Collins, Raymond Briggs, Richard Adams and other well-known. A fine autograph letter from Sillitoe is enclosed with the cover. VG/VF (8)