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Auction No 402, Category: Literature

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Morris "Bells of All Nations", 1951, inscribed by the author; Tolkien "The Two Towers", 1962, in d/jkt; Ritchie "The Admiralty Chart", 1995, in d/jkt,

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Morris Bells of All Nations, 1951, inscribed by the author; Tolkien The Two Towers, 1962, in d/jkt; Ritchie The Admiralty Chart, 1995, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Fearon The Reluctant Hostess, 1954, in d/jkt; Chesterton The Ballad of the White Horse, 1928 illustrated edn; and various others, fair to fine. (17)

19th to mid-20th Century Literature including Ruskin, Goldsmith, Charles Lever and various others, several in VG/VF leather bindings.

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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19th to mid-20th Century Literature including Ruskin, Goldsmith, Charles Lever and various others, several in VG/VF leather bindings. One is ex-library. Mainly good to fine. (25)

"Feminist Review", London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Feminist Review, London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

Richard Hughes "A High Wind in Jamaica", Chatto & Windus, 1929, quarter-buckram, gilt, over patterned boards, spine faded; No.138 of 150,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £60
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Richard Hughes A High Wind in Jamaica, Chatto & Windus, 1929, quarter-buckram, gilt, over patterned boards, spine faded; No.138 of 150, numbered & signed by the author. Fine internally.

Sarah Tytler "Landseer’s Dogs and their Stories", Marcus Ward,1877, original illustrated cloth, gilt, VG; complete with six chromo-litho plates

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Sarah Tytler Landseer's Dogs and their Stories, Marcus Ward, 1877, original illustrated cloth, gilt, a.e.g., VG; complete with six chromo-litho plates and very clean internally without inscriptions.

[Daniel Defoe] Tracts and Pamphlets comprising "A New Discovery of and Old Intreague: A Satyr levell’d at Treachery and Ambition";

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £96
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[Daniel Defoe] Tracts and Pamphlets comprising A New Discovery of and Old Intreague: A Satyr levell'd at Treachery and Ambition; An Elegy on the Author of the True-born English Man; The Storm, An Essay; A Hymn to the Pillory; A Hymn to Victory; The Pacificator; The Double-Welcome: A Poem to the Duke of Marlborough; and The Dissenters Answer to the High-Church Challenge. London, c.1730; octavo, later quarter-leather over marbled boards; bound together with continuous pagination; lacks title and half-title. Commences at page 1. One gathering loose, some browning to text. 192pp. The final tract is not complete. 

Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Charles Dickens novels with wood-engravings by Edward Dalziel after a variety of artists. Chapman & Hall, 1890-92, quarto, gilt cloth, corners bumped, spines dulled, two with bookplates removed from front pastedown. Uncut, some unopened, fine internally. (14)

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Tower of London", Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Tower of London, Waverley Book Co., n.d.; octavo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank with 40 steel-engraved plates and 58 wood engravings in text. Orig. gilt cloth, a little worn, internal hingeing weak in places. Uncut. Occasional minor spotting. Ownership signatures to front endpapers. (2)

William Harrison Ainsworth "The Lancashire Witches", Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £13
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William Harrison Ainsworth The Lancashire Witches, Routledge, n.d. (c.1888) illustrated with wood engravings by Dalziel after John Gilbert; octavo, in attractive pictorial gilt cloth, a little worn at extremities; armorial bookplate of Harry Smith Edwards; minor foxing to prelims; fine internally with frontispiece & eleven other plates 

Vernon Scannell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising "The Tiger and the Rose"1971 in d/jkt,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Vernon Scannell selection of first editions, three signed by the author, comprising The Tiger and the Rose 1971 in d/jkt, Ring of Truth 1983 in djkt (signed), The Loving Game 1975 (signed, in price-clipped d/jkt), Feminine Endings 2000 (signed s/bk), and Of Love and War 2002 in d/jkt. No ownership inscriptions etc. VG/VF (5)