Auction No 419, Category: Literature
29 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Folio Society publications,1990s, including boxed sets of Thomas Hardy (6 volumes) and Evelyn Waugh "Sword of Honour".
Folio Society publications,1990s, including boxed sets of Thomas Hardy (6 volumes) and Evelyn Waugh "Sword of Honour".
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSFolio Society publications, 1990s, including boxed sets of Thomas Hardy (6 volumes) and Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour, Walter de la Mare's Motley in acetate d/jkt (as issued) others all in the slipcases. Tess of the d'Urbervilles slightly marked on spine o/w fine. (18 volumes)
Delacombe "The Boys’ Book of Airships", Grant Richards, 1910, one hundred photographic illustrations, foxing to text; Brereton "Kidnapped by Moors",
Delacombe "The Boys’ Book of Airships", Grant Richards, 1910, one hundred photographic illustrations, foxing to text; Brereton "Kidnapped by Moors",
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £88
MORE DETAILSDelacombe The Boys' Book of Airships, Grant Richards, 1910, one hundred photographic illustrations, foxing to text; Brereton Kidnapped by Moors, 1913, 1st Edn., near fine; Henty With the Allies to Pekin, 1904, 1st Edn, fine; and three others, all in VG/VF pictorial cloth bindings. (6)
Lewis Carroll "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there", Macmillan, London, 1921,
Lewis Carroll "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there", Macmillan, London, 1921,
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSLewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there, Macmillan, London, 1921, 92 illustrations by John Tenniel, gilt cloth, VG, no inscriptions; and three other assorted books. (4)
Ammon Wrigley softbacks including "Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs", 1909 and "The Delph ‘Feight’ in Prose & Verse" c.1904,
Ammon Wrigley softbacks including "Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs", 1909 and "The Delph ‘Feight’ in Prose & Verse" c.1904,
Lot 33
Lot: 33
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSAmmon Wrigley softbacks including Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs, 1909 and The Delph ‘Feight' in Prose & Verse c.1904, both signed by the author, and seven others; plus other softbacks & ephemera, some items unrelated. Fair to fine. Most with small ownership stamp. (19 items)
Charles Dickens selection, including "Christmas Books", 1869, front inner hinge cracked; "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi", 1853 (repaired);
Charles Dickens selection, including "Christmas Books", 1869, front inner hinge cracked; "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi", 1853 (repaired);
Lot 34
Lot: 34
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens selection, including Christmas Books, 1869, front inner hinge cracked; Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, 1853 (repaired); Sketches by Boz, 1850, half-leather; The Chimes, 1898; The Battle of Life, 1899, full leather; and five others including two biographical works by Robert Langton and T.P. Cooper. Most with previous owner's label to front endpaper. (10).
"The Book of Elizabethan Verse" Chatto & Windus, 1908, full decorated vellum, gilt, leather title label, near fine;
"The Book of Elizabethan Verse" Chatto & Windus, 1908, full decorated vellum, gilt, leather title label, near fine;
Lot 35
Lot: 35
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Book of Elizabethan Verse, Chatto & Windus, 1908, full decorated vellum, gilt, leather title label, near fine; and a collection of other Literature, 1828 to early 20th Century, in a range of attractive bindings, most with previous owner's label to front endpaper. (17)
Ammon Wrigley selection including "Lancashire Idylls", 1942, in d/jkt; "Those Were the Days", 1937; "Saddleworth Chronological Notes", 1941;
Ammon Wrigley selection including "Lancashire Idylls", 1942, in d/jkt; "Those Were the Days", 1937; "Saddleworth Chronological Notes", 1941;
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSAmmon Wrigley selection including Lancashire Idylls, 1942, in d/jkt; Those Were the Days, 1937; Saddleworth Chronological Notes, 1941; Songs of the Pennine Hills, 1938; Rakings Up, 1949; and various others, with many first editions, Those Were the Days signed by the author. Generally good to VG but Songs of a Moorland Parish, 1912, in poor condition. Ownership signatures and/or handstamps to front endpapers. (11
John Harland "Ballads & Songs of Lancashire, Chiefly Older than the 19th Century", Whittaker & Co.,1865, one of 100 large paper copies,
John Harland "Ballads & Songs of Lancashire, Chiefly Older than the 19th Century", Whittaker & Co.,1865, one of 100 large paper copies,
Lot 37
Lot: 37
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
MORE DETAILSJohn Harland Ballads & Songs of Lancashire, Chiefly Older than the 19th Century, Whittaker & Co., 1865, one of 100 large paper copies, signed by John Harland on front endpaper; manuscript alterations and annotations in the author's hand to “The Blessed Conscience” extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to the author after the book's initial publication. Original gilt cloth; binding weak between pp.112-113; small ownership stamp to top of half-title. VG. A unique copy.
G.R. Oakley "In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends", Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley "Ab-O’Th-Yate’s Dictionary", 1881, pictorial cloth;
G.R. Oakley "In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends", Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley "Ab-O’Th-Yate’s Dictionary", 1881, pictorial cloth;
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSG.R. Oakley In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends, Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley Ab-O'Th-Yate's Dictionary, 1881, pictorial cloth; and other Lancashire poetry & prose, 1880s/1930s. Mixed condition. Ownership stamps at front of each volume. (8)
Arthur Conan Doyle autograph: a signed copy of "Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs" inscribed "Conan Doyle M.D.,1886" top of title page.
Arthur Conan Doyle autograph: a signed copy of "Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs" inscribed "Conan Doyle M.D.,1886" top of title page.
Lot 39
Lot: 39
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £200 - £300
SOLD £310
MORE DETAILSArthur Conan Doyle autograph: a signed copy of Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs inscribed Conan Doyle M.D., 1886 top of title page. Bound in limp cloth, gilt, inscribed ‘3d' on front cover. Some light wear.
"The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New", Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629, the "New Testament" dated 1628,
"The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New", Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629, the "New Testament" dated 1628,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £600 - £800
SOLD £500
MORE DETAILSThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629, the New Testament dated 1628, and bound with The Book of Common Prayer (incomplete), A Briefe Concordance, or Table to the Bible, London 1646, and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, R. Daniel 1628. Octavo, rebound with some internal repairs by A. & M. Winstanley of Salisbury, 1970, in full calf, gilt. Commences with part of A3 of The Book of Common Prayer, thereafter near complete though with some slight worming; followed by The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures with 30 engraved plates; The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New the title page repaired, leaf Ff3 with about 10% of text missing, marginal damage to M5; The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior, leaf Zz with about 5% of text missing and slight loss to Zz2 and Zz4, and 5% loss to Ggg7; the Concordance complete; The Whole Booke of Psalmes with small loss to corners of D6 and G4. Occasional fox mark or light stain but generally clean internally. Each leaf has been numbered in pencil by a collater at upper right corners (can be erased).
J. R. R. Tolkien "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again", Easton Press, 1984, full leather, gilt, very fine.
J. R. R. Tolkien "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again", Easton Press, 1984, full leather, gilt, very fine.
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSJ. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, Easton Press, 1984, full leather, gilt, very fine.
Ernest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full decorated leather, gilt, 1990, VF, appear unread. (7)
Ernest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full decorated leather, gilt, 1990, VF, appear unread. (7)
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £90 - £120
SOLD £150
MORE DETAILSErnest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full decorated leather, gilt, 1990, VF, appear unread. (7)
Ernest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full leather, gilt, 1990, mainly VF
Ernest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full leather, gilt, 1990, mainly VF
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £90 - £120
SOLD £160
MORE DETAILSErnest Hemingway novels, a selection issued by Easton Press, all in full leather, gilt, 1990, mainly VF but The Dangerous Summer with ink annotations. (8)
Charles Dickens "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club", in 20 parts as originally published, parts XIX and XX in one, facsimile edition,
Charles Dickens "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club", in 20 parts as originally published, parts XIX and XX in one, facsimile edition,
Lot 44
Lot: 44
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 20 parts as originally published, parts XIX and XX in one, facsimile edition, Easton Press, publisher's descriptive letter tipped in to part I, in the issued gilt quarter-leather case. Foot of case slightly marked o/w VF.
Charles Dickens selection issued by Easton Press, 1978-81, bound in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
Charles Dickens selection issued by Easton Press, 1978-81, bound in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
Lot 45
Lot: 45
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens selection issued by Easton Press, 1978-81, bound in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
English & American Poetry published by Easton Press 1995, a small format series in full leather with gilt decoration.
English & American Poetry published by Easton Press 1995, a small format series in full leather with gilt decoration.
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSEnglish & American Poetry published by Easton Press 1995, a small format series in full leather with gilt decoration. Previous owner's ink inscription to the half-title of each volume but still an attractive group. (12)
Easton Press editions of works of Daniel Defoe (3), Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, Henry Fielding and Oliver Goldsmith. All in full leather, gilt,
Easton Press editions of works of Daniel Defoe (3), Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, Henry Fielding and Oliver Goldsmith. All in full leather, gilt,
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSEaston Press editions of works of Daniel Defoe (3), Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, Henry Fielding and Oliver Goldsmith. All in full leather, gilt, 1970s-1990s; few ink annotations to preliminary pages of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, o/w fine. (7)
Easton Press editions of works by Lewis Carroll (2) and Rudyard Kipling (3), all in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
Easton Press editions of works by Lewis Carroll (2) and Rudyard Kipling (3), all in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
Lot 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSEaston Press editions of works by Lewis Carroll (2) and Rudyard Kipling (3), all in full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (5)
P.G. Wodehouse "The Inimitable Jeeves", "The Code of the Woosters" and "Leave it to Psmith", Easton Press, 1990, full leather, gilt, VF;
P.G. Wodehouse "The Inimitable Jeeves", "The Code of the Woosters" and "Leave it to Psmith", Easton Press, 1990, full leather, gilt, VF;
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILSP.G. Wodehouse The Inimitable Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters and Leave it to Psmith, Easton Press, 1990, full leather, gilt, VF, appear unread. (3)