Auction No 421, Category: Literature
12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)
Charles Dickens "Christmas Books", Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates,
Charles Dickens "Christmas Books", Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates,
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens Christmas Books, Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates, and other illustrations, small repair upper right of front board, some minor fox marks mostly to the frontispiece o/w VG; and six other 19th Century editions of Dickens in varied condition, four (including Christmas Books) with small ownership label to front endpaper. (7)
J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", HarperCollins, 2002, thin paper edition, quarter-leatherette, gilt, a.e.g., in matching slipcase.
J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", HarperCollins, 2002, thin paper edition, quarter-leatherette, gilt, a.e.g., in matching slipcase.
Lot 26
Lot: 26
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £84
MORE DETAILSJ.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, HarperCollins, 2002, thin paper edition, quarter-leatherette, gilt, a.e.g., in matching slipcase. Maps as endpapers. Fine, no inscriptions
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Easton Press ‘Harvard Classics’ Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers,
Lot 39
Lot: 39
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSEaston Press ‘Harvard Classics' Millennium Editions, largely English literature, bound in full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarkers. Vol. 1 of Elizabethan Drama marked on rear board o/w VF condition, all (bar one) with an unused bookplate loosely inserted, no inscriptions. (11)
Patrick O’Brian "Desolation Island", "The Surgeon’s Mate" and "The Ionian Mission", all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010,
Patrick O’Brian "Desolation Island", "The Surgeon’s Mate" and "The Ionian Mission", all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010,
Lot 40
Lot: 40
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian Desolation Island, The Surgeon's Mate and The Ionian Mission, all Folio Society first printings, 2009-20010, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, fine. (3)
Patrick O’Brian "Treason’s Harbour", "The Letter of the Marque" and "The Reverse of the Medal", all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011,
Patrick O’Brian "Treason’s Harbour", "The Letter of the Marque" and "The Reverse of the Medal", all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian Treason's Harbour, The Letter of the Marque and The Reverse of the Medal, all Folio Society first printings, 2010-2011, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, the spine of Letter of the Marque slightly marked o/w fine. (3)
Patrick O’Brian "The Far Side of the World", "The Wine Dark Sea" and "Clarissa Oakes", all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012,
Patrick O’Brian "The Far Side of the World", "The Wine Dark Sea" and "Clarissa Oakes", all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012,
Lot 42
Lot: 42
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £115
MORE DETAILSPatrick O'Brian The Far Side of the World, The Wine Dark Sea and Clarissa Oakes, all Folio Society first printings, 2011-2012, in the issued slipcases, no ownership markings, fine. (3)
E.A. Bennett [Arnold Bennett] "A Man from the North", John Lane, 1898, First Edition, first issue with publisher’s catalogue dated 1897;
E.A. Bennett [Arnold Bennett] "A Man from the North", John Lane, 1898, First Edition, first issue with publisher’s catalogue dated 1897;
Lot 51
Lot: 51
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £68
MORE DETAILSE.A. Bennett [Arnold Bennett] A Man from the North, John Lane, 1898, First Edition, first issue with publisher's catalogue dated 1897; original red cloth with silver lettering, fading to spine, uncut two sides; endpapers browned o/w fine internally; contemp. ownership signature to front endpaper. The author's first novel.
Arnold Bennett "Sacred and Profane Love", Chatto & Windus,1905, First Edition, publisher’s catalogue at rear dated June 1905;
Arnold Bennett "Sacred and Profane Love", Chatto & Windus,1905, First Edition, publisher’s catalogue at rear dated June 1905;
Lot 52
Lot: 52
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSArnold Bennett Sacred and Profane Love, Chatto & Windus, 1905, First Edition, publisher's catalogue at rear dated June 1905; original blue cloth, gilt, front board slightly marked; some sporadic light foxing and creasing to text.
Arnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including "Anna of the Five Towns", 1902, and "The Gates of Wrath", 1903.
Arnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including "Anna of the Five Towns", 1902, and "The Gates of Wrath", 1903.
Lot 53
Lot: 53
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSArnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including Anna of the Five Towns, 1902, and The Gates of Wrath, 1903. Mixed condition, a first edition of A Great Man ex-library with some heavy foxing. Also Rudyard Kipling The Five Nations, 1903. (30)
Arnold Bennett selection with 17 first editions including "Whom God Hath Joined", 1906, "The Card", 1911, "The Glimpse", 1909, "Hugo", 1906
Arnold Bennett selection with 17 first editions including "Whom God Hath Joined", 1906, "The Card", 1911, "The Glimpse", 1909, "Hugo", 1906
Lot 54
Lot: 54
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSArnold Bennett selection with 17 first editions including Whom God Hath Joined, 1906, The Card, 1911, The Glimpse, 1909, Hugo, 1906, and Mediterranean Scenes, 1928 (in d/jkt, limited. edn.). Varied condition. Also biographical works by Marguerite Bennett and Reginald Pound both in d/jkts. (28)
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson", John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides,
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson", John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides,
Lot 55
Lot: 55
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJames Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides, Vol. IV with fold-out map, fold-out plate in Vol.VI, engraved frontisp. & half-title to each volume, some wear to extremities; and Annandale The Works of Robert Burns, Blackie & Sons [1887], four of five volumes (lacking vol.2), gilt cloth, two with front board slightly marked, many fine tissue-guarded engravings. All very clean internally, the Boswells with previous owner's attractive art-nouveau bookplates. (11)
C.S. Evans "The Sleeping Beauty" illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn.,
C.S. Evans "The Sleeping Beauty" illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn.,
Lot 56
Lot: 56
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSC.S. Evans The Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn., binding a little slack, tipped-in colour plate with crnr. crease; Genesis, The First Book of Moses, Wood Engravings by Hermann Fechenbach, Mowbrays, 1969, 1st Edn., signed & inscribed by the artist, in VG d/jkt; plus bound volumes of Girl's Own Annual for 1890 and 1907. (4)