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Auction No 403, Category: Literature

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Arthur Waley (trans.) "One Hundred & Seventy Chinese Poems", Constable, 1936, inscribed to Virginia Woolf; original cloth,

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £1050
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Arthur Waley (trans.) One Hundred & Seventy Chinese Poems, Constable, 1936, inscribed to Virginia Woolf; original cloth, slight mark to rear cover o/w VG; inscribed on title page for Mrs Virginia Woolf, Sincerely, Arthur Waley, May 2 1937; fine internally, free of any additional inscriptions.

Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself", Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn.,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Jeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself, Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn., later quarter-leather, worn, with new endpapers; title page with small signature, and inscription on reverse; minor spotting to text o/w VG internally. (8),420pp

[Lucius] Apuleius "The Golden Ass", translated William Adlington, the Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, 1904; orig. cloth, a little worn;

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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[Lucius] Apuleius The Golden Ass, translated William Adlington, the Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, 1904; orig. cloth, a little worn; two printed title labels (one badly chipped); quarto, large paper edn., No.12 of 200 printed; b/w frontispiece. A spare title label tipped in at rear. Fine internally.

"The Song of Solomon", Chapman & Hall, 1897, with 12 tissue-guarded plates and various woodcuts by H. Granville Fell; full buckram

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £96
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The Song of Solomon, Chapman & Hall, 1897, with 12 tissue-guarded plates and various woodcuts by H. Granville Fell; full buckram with gilt decoration; prize bookplate to front pastedown; front inner hinge a little weak and rear cover slightly marked o/w fine.

William Jones "Discourses delivered before the Asiatic Society: and miscellaneous papers, on the religion, poetry, literature, etc., of.....India"

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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William Jones Discourses delivered before the Asiatic Society: and miscellaneous papers, on the religion, poetry, literature, etc., of the nations of India. Charles S. Arnold, 1824, 2nd Edn; 12mo, 2vols (in 1); rebound in fine modern cloth, gilt; engraved portrait foxed also affecting title page and index leaf, clean elsewhere; uncut two sides; xii,152pp.

Ernald James "Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences", Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates.

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Ernald James Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences, Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp