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Auction No 422, Category: Literature

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

"The Comprehensive Bible", Samuel Bagster, 1827, tall octavo, full blind-tooled and gilt leather, faded; gift inscription of William Fleming

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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The Comprehensive Bible, Samuel Bagster, 1827, tall octavo, full blind-tooled and gilt leather, faded; gift inscription of William Fleming to his son dated 1829, second free-endpaper with manuscript family tree of the Fleming and Bell families of Coupar, Kilwinning and Glasgow, extended with an additional leaf tipped in, and covering the period 1746-1875. Good clean text.          

Barry Cornwall (Ed.) "The Complete Works of Shakespeare", London Printing and Publishing Co., [1857-59], illustrated by Kenny Meadows,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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Barry Cornwall (Ed.) The Complete Works of Shakespeare, London Printing and Publishing Co., [1857-59], illustrated by Kenny Meadows, bound into three volumes, complete with the engravings, half-leather, gilt, marbled edges, light staining to foot of engraved title and frontispiece of the Tragedies o/w VG condition, an attractive set. (3)

Nathaniel Hawthorne "Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, (The Marble Faun)", Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860, 2 vols (bound as one),

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £54
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, (The Marble Faun), Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1860, 2 vols (bound as one), sm.8vo, full vellum, gilt, elaborate silver clasp, illustrated with 54 albumen photographs laid down; some foxing to page margins surrounding the photographs, the photos and text unaffected. Attractive item.

John Gadbury "[Genethlialogia] or, The Doctrine of Nativities".1658, quarto, fine modern rebind in half-leather, gilt, marbled boards;

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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John Gadbury [Genethlialogia] or, The Doctrine of Nativities.1658, quarto, fine modern rebind in half-leather, gilt, marbled boards; various faults internally; lacks title page, frontispiece and other prelims; commences at A2 with some marginal loss, and further marginal loss from G3 to I3 with some small loss of text; tear to M3 requires repair; all text absent after p.272; elsewhere complete including the Astrological Tables, though cropping to top edge occasionally eats into page numbers and the title “The Doctrine of Nativities” which appears at the head of each page of the main text. A few pages with contemporary marginal ink annotations. Largely good clean text, free of foxing. Bound in at each end are extensive manuscript notes covering the period 1760 to 1850s occupying 44pp in ink or pencil with comments on Astrology, cures for melancholia and hydrophobia, and other matters.          

"The John Bull Magazine, and Literary Recorder, Volume 1", James Smith, London, 1824; contemp. half-leather, worn, gilt title,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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The John Bull Magazine, and Literary Recorder, Volume 1, James Smith, London, 1824; contemp. half-leather, worn, gilt title, front hinge weak (but still holding); spotting to title page, final leaf soiled, fine elsewhere; iv,218pp

"The Novels of R.S. Surtees", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929, ten volumes (of 12), limited edition, numbered 11 of 950; coloured plates by John Leech.

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
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The Novels of R.S. Surtees, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929, ten volumes (of 12), limited edition, numbered 11 of 950; coloured plates by John Leech. Cloth bound with printed title labels, spines sunned; uncut two sides, top edge gilt. Very clean internally. [Lacks Analysis of the Hunting Field and Jorrock's Jaunts].

Arnold Bennett selection with 19 first editions including "Anna of the Five Towns", 1902, and "The Gates of Wrath", 1903.

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £54
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Arnold 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,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Arnold 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.; together with an historical work on Staffordshire. (29)

C.S. Evans "The Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham", Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn., binding a little slack, tipped-in colour plate

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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C.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)