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Auction No 405, Category: Literature

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

"Poems of Thomas Hood. Illustrated by Birket Foster", E. Moxon, 1872; quarto, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, worn at corners;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Poems of Thomas Hood. Illustrated by Birket Foster, E. Moxon, 1872; quarto, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, worn at corners; 22 fine tissue-guarded engravings. VG       

Leonard C. Smithers (Ed.) "The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour", H.S. Nichols, London 1893; tall octavo, large paper edition,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Leonard C. Smithers (Ed.) The Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour, H.S. Nichols, London 1893; tall octavo, large paper edition, one of 650 printed; three-quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt leather title, minor wear; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; some light spotting to prelims o/w fine internally, no inscriptions.VG

Winifred Wolfe (1923-81) "Yesterday's Child", Hammond & Co, 1964, 1st UK Edition, gilt cloth in VG complete d/jkt (mylar protected);

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Winifred Wolfe (1923-81) Yesterday's Child, Hammond & Co, 1964, 1st UK Edition, gilt cloth in VG complete d/jkt (mylar protected); spotting to edge of text block o/w fine, no inscriptions.

[Charles Benjamin Taylor, 1797-1875] "A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court", J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; first edition,

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Charles Benjamin Taylor, 1797-1875] A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court, J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; first edition, sm.octavo, original boards, scuffed & marked, the later paper backstrip and title label fine; uncut; engraved frontispiece after George Cruikshank; small repair to corner of the Dramatis Personae leaf o/w VG internally, a few minor tone marks; no inscriptions; (3)229,(2)pp.    

Ewan McColl "Uranium 235: a Documentary Play", William MacLellan [1948], First Editon, pictorial boards, worn at corners,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £30
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Ewan McColl Uranium 235: a Documentary Play, William  MacLellan [1948], First Editon, pictorial boards, worn at corners, cloth spine with gilt titles, rear board a little grubby; previous owner's signature; good clean text & endpapers. 92pp

Don Eugenio de Ochoa (Ed.) "Tesoro de los Romanceros y Cancioneros, Caballerescos, Moriscos y Otros", Paris, 1838;

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £10
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Don Eugenio de Ochoa (Ed.) Tesoro de los Romanceros y Cancioneros, Caballerescos, Moriscos y Otros, Paris, 1838; octavo, full calf by Clyde, some wear; gilt title; front endpaper with ownership inscription; minor browning to text. Lacks frontispiece. 582pp

Selection in fair to fine d/jkts, including Edna O’Brien "Casualities of Peace" 1966, 1st Edn., and "August is a Wicked Month", 1967, both signed

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Selection in fair to fine d/jkts, including Edna O'Brien Casualities of Peace 1966, 1st Edn., and August is a Wicked Month, 1967, both signed by the author, latter also with ownership signature; Richard Adams Watership Down, Rex Collins, 1976; Laurie Lee As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, 1969, 1st Edn; W.H. Auden Thank You, Fog, Faber 1974, 1st Edn; and another. Most with ownership inscriptions. (6)

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

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £82
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[Daniel Defoe] Tracts and Pamphlets comprising A New Discovery of an 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. 

Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra "The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha", trans. Charles Jarvis,

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, trans. Charles Jarvis, S.A. & H. Oddy, London, 1809; 2 vols, half-morocco, gilt, some wear; complete with plates but lacking folding map, the plates foxed and few leaves of text heavily browned. Four leaves with pieces missing from the margin resulting in a single letter missing from page 9 of Vol.1 o/w text unaffected. (2)