Auction No 426, Category: Literature
19 Lots (displaying 1 - 19)
Selection signed by the author including "Zeffirelli:The Autobiography", 1st Edn in d/jkt; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "The Salad Days", 1st Edn in d/jkt;
Selection signed by the author including "Zeffirelli:The Autobiography", 1st Edn in d/jkt; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "The Salad Days", 1st Edn in d/jkt;
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILSSelection signed by the author including Zeffirelli:The Autobiography, 1st Edn in d/jkt; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Salad Days, 1st Edn in d/jkt; the remainder mainly s/bks including Kingsley Amis, Laurie Lee Cider with Rosie, Terence Stamp, and Anthony Burgess. Fine lot. Also six volumes of Shakespeare in Dent's ‘Temple Dramatists' series in soft leather bindings. (23)
Albert Camus "The Rebel" 1959 in complete d/jkt; John Maynard Keynes "A Tract on Monetary Reform" 1924; Jack Kerouac "Visions of Cody", 1973
Albert Camus "The Rebel" 1959 in complete d/jkt; John Maynard Keynes "A Tract on Monetary Reform" 1924; Jack Kerouac "Visions of Cody", 1973
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
MORE DETAILSAlbert Camus The Rebel 1959 in complete d/jkt; John Maynard Keynes A Tract on Monetary Reform 1924; Jack Kerouac Visions of Cody, Andre Deutsch, 1973, 1st UK Edn., in complete d/jkt; and various others. (17)
Daniel Defoe "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", illustrated by Ernest Griset, London,1869, colour frontispiece;
Daniel Defoe "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", illustrated by Ernest Griset, London,1869, colour frontispiece;
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSDaniel Defoe The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by Ernest Griset, London, 1869, colour frontispiece; Freeman Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice, Macmillan, 1881; Bernard Newman Round About Andorra 1928, signed & inscribed by the author, spine faded; Samuel Manning Italian Pictures, drawn with Pen and Pencil, RTS, c.1880, title page browned; and three others including a late-19th Century trade catalogue of furniture, printed wraps. (7)
George Watson (Ed.) "The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature", Cambridge, 1969-77, complete in 5 volumes (incl.Index vol.),
George Watson (Ed.) "The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature", Cambridge, 1969-77, complete in 5 volumes (incl.Index vol.),
Lot 10
Lot: 10
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSGeorge Watson (Ed.) The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Cambridge, 1969-77, complete in 5 volumes (incl.Index vol.), all in VG/Fine d/jkts. A nice clean set. (5)
Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;
Antiquarian selection including "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine", Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; "Select Speeches of Kossuth", 1853;
Lot 12
Lot: 12
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSAntiquarian selection including Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vols. XXI-XXII, 1827; Select Speeches of Kossuth, 1853; Burnet The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of England, 1805, front board detached; and others, all bar one in leather bindings (four in full leather). Mainly VG. (9)
‘Mermaid Series’ of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World’s Classics’ editions,
‘Mermaid Series’ of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World’s Classics’ editions,
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILS‘Mermaid Series' of Jacobean dramatists, Vizetelly & Co, 1887-88 (5 volumes); & other literature, mostly Everyman and ‘World's Classics' editions, many in d/jkts. (17)
Robert Graves selection, all 1st Edns. bar "Collected Poems 1959". Includes "The Reader Over Your Shoulder" 1943, and "Mammon and the Black Goddess",
Robert Graves selection, all 1st Edns. bar "Collected Poems 1959". Includes "The Reader Over Your Shoulder" 1943, and "Mammon and the Black Goddess",
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSRobert Graves selection, all first editions bar Collected Poems 1959. Includes The Reader Over Your Shoulder 1943, and Mammon and the Black Goddess, Cassell, 1965. All in d/jkts. Poems 1965-1968 and Poems 1968-1970 with tape marks to endpapers. (9)
Selection of humorous works with a few first editions including Spike Milligan’s "Puckoon" and "Rommel? Gunner Who?"
Selection of humorous works with a few first editions including Spike Milligan’s "Puckoon" and "Rommel? Gunner Who?"
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
MORE DETAILSSelection of humorous works with a few first editions including Spike Milligan's Puckoon and Rommel? Gunner Who? A 1971 edition of Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall is a second impression. Nine are in fair to fine d/jkts. (14)
Charles Kingsley "The Water Babies", illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton [1916], first UK edn.,12 fine tissue-guarded plates,
Charles Kingsley "The Water Babies", illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton [1916], first UK edn.,12 fine tissue-guarded plates,
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSCharles Kingsley The Water Babies, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton [1916], first UK edn., 12 fine tissue-guarded plates, fox marks to prelims and last few leaves; and Housman Stories from the Arabian Nights, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co., n.d., 20 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. (2) [This is the first of a collection of Children's Books in this auction offered on behalf of a Cheshire vendor.]
"Grimm’s and Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales selected and edited for Little Folk", Blackie & Son [1906], illustrated by Helen Stratton,
"Grimm’s and Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales selected and edited for Little Folk", Blackie & Son [1906], illustrated by Helen Stratton,
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSGrimm's and Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales selected and edited for Little Folk, Blackie & Son [1906], illustrated by Helen Stratton, large format, pictorial cloth, a.e.g., glassine d/wrapper, worn inner hinges front & back; Harrod's presentation bookplate; very clean internally, no inscriptions. Scarce
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,
Lot 36
Lot: 36
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILSGirl's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates, 1886/87 volume with frontispiece & title page by Kate Greenaway. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None", T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides;
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None", T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides;
Lot 39
Lot: 39
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSFriedrich Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra – A Book for All and None, T.Fisher Unwin, 1908, second impression; orig. gilt cloth, uncut two sides; front endpaper laid down to pastedown, overlaying an old library bookplate; small library stamp on reverse of title page, no other library markings. Fine internally. xxvi,444pp
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,
Lot 41
Lot: 41
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
MORE DETAILSJohn Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; 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. Orig. gilt cloth. A small ownership stamp at top of half-title of the collector Robert Holland Ford.
"The Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie,1873, three volume set,
"The Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley", William Mackenzie,1873, three volume set,
Lot 49
Lot: 49
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSThe Library Shakespeare Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley, William Mackenzie, 1873, three volume set, half-leather worn & rubbed, gilt title labels, marble-edged and marbled endpapers; complete with 32 colour plates (one loose) and numerous b/w illustrations and monochrome plates. Spotting to prelims and occasional tone mark internally o/w VG internally.
"Letters of Edward Fitzgerald", Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and "Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883", Richard Bentley, 1895,
"Letters of Edward Fitzgerald", Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and "Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883", Richard Bentley, 1895,
Lot 52
Lot: 52
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSLetters of Edward Fitzgerald, Macmillan, 1894, two volumes, and Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fanny Kemble 1871-1883, Richard Bentley, 1895, each with a frontispiece; engraved bookplates of E.L.de Rothschild to each volume, uniformly bound in half-vellum by Hatchards with gilt leather title labels, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere. An attractive group.
Terry Pratchett "Maskerade", Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page
Terry Pratchett "Maskerade", Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page
Lot 53
Lot: 53
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSTerry Pratchett Maskerade, Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page together with his grim reaper handstamp. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.
"Charles Dickens Library", Educational Book Co., c.1910, 18 volume set, half-leather gilt, illustrated by Harry Furniss with 1200 illustrations
"Charles Dickens Library", Educational Book Co., c.1910, 18 volume set, half-leather gilt, illustrated by Harry Furniss with 1200 illustrations
Lot 57
Lot: 57
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens Library, Educational Book Co., c.1910, 18 volume set, half-leather gilt, illustrated by Harry Furniss with 1200 illustrations including 500 plates; occasional minor fox marks, discolouration to the cloth-covered boards. (18)
[Charles Benjamin Taylor] "A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court", J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; orig. boards,
[Charles Benjamin Taylor] "A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court", J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; orig. boards,
Lot 58
Lot: 58
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILS[Charles Benjamin Taylor] A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court, J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; orig. boards, scuffed, rebacked with replacement title label, uncut, engraved frontispiece after George Cruikshank, clean internally. (3),229,(2)pp
"The Golden Ass of Apuleius", trans. by William Adlington, Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, 1904, no.12 of 220, large paper copy,
"The Golden Ass of Apuleius", trans. by William Adlington, Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, 1904, no.12 of 220, large paper copy,
Lot 59
Lot: 59
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSThe Golden Ass of Apuleius, trans. by William Adlington, Chiswick Press for George Bell & Sons, 1904, no.12 of 220, large paper copy, uncut two sides, rubricated text, impressive tissue-guarded frontispiece & engraved title. Hinges a little frayed at extremities.