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Auction No 428, Category: Literature

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

Herge "The Adventures of Tintin", Egmont, 2015, pictorial boards, fine boxed set of eight vols; "The Poems of T.S. Eliot", Annotated Text, Faber,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Herge The Adventures of Tintin, Egmont, 2015, pictorial boards, fine boxed set of eight vols; The Poems of T.S. Eliot, Annotated Text, Faber, 2015, two vols, in d/jkts, fine, and various others. No inscriptions

James Joyce "Ulysses", Folio Society, 2017, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, restored text, first printing; and other Folio Society titles

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £120
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James Joyce Ulysses, Folio Society, 2017, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, restored text, first printing; and other Folio Society titles including Paul Auster The New York Trilogy, 2014. Fine, all in the slipcases. (5)  

Ronald Welch "Ensign Carey", Oxford, 1976, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, spine a little faded, neat gift inscription front endpaper;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Ronald Welch Ensign Carey, Oxford, 1976, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, spine a little faded, neat gift inscription front endpaper; A Christmas Carol designed by Alan Tabor, Chancellor Press reprint, 1984, in d/jkt; The Jackdaw of Rheims, Gale & Polden, [1917], twelve fine colour plates by Charles Folkard, some binding faults; Little Dutchy Nursery Songs from Holland, 1925, 11 of 12 plates by Rie Cramer; and two others. (6)       

"Poetry London / Apple Magazine", Mather Bros., 1979, No.37 of 150 signed copies, signatures of Graham Sutherland and Tambimuttu on limitation page;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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Poetry London / Apple Magazine, Mather Bros., 1979, No.37 of 150 signed copies, signatures of Graham Sutherland and Tambimuttu on limitation page; pictorial cloth. Complete with Allen Ginsberg flexi-record in rear pocket.

Paul Nash "Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorized Version", Folio Society 2017, No.498 of 750

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £105
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Paul Nash Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorized Version, Folio Society 2017, No.498 of 750 numbered copies, in d/jkt, together with Sebastian Carter's Essay, in the issued illustrated solander box. In ‘as new' condition.

David Jones "The Book of Jonah taken from the Authorized Version of King James I., with Engravings on Wood by David Jones", Folio Society, 2017,

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
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David Jones The Book of Jonah taken from the Authorized Version of King James I., with Engravings on Wood by David Jones, Folio Society, 2017, No.498 of 750 numbered copies, in d/jkt, together with Sebastian Carter's Essay, in the illustrated solander box. In ‘as new' condition.

James Joyce "Ulysses", Folio Society, 2022, the Centenary Edition, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, No.424 of 500, signed by the artist

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £340
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James Joyce Ulysses, Folio Society, 2022, the Centenary Edition, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, No.424 of 500, signed by the artist on limitation plate, bound in full leather, gilt, complete with a loose print in issued folder, and contained in an illustrated solander box. In ‘as new' condition.

Ian Fleming "Casino Royale" Vintage, 2013, 60th Anniversary edition for Bentley Motors, No. 422 of 500, bound in full beluga leather

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £250
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Ian Fleming Casino Royale Vintage, 2013, 60th Anniversary edition for Bentley Motors, No. 422 of 500, bound in full beluga leather with machine stitched decoration, white metal title plate to spine; together with two packs of Bentley playing cards, and all contained in a luxury solander box. Very fine.

C.S. Lewis "The Abolition of Man", Oxford, 1944, 3rd impression, printed wraps with yapp edges, unopened, fox marks to fore-edge o/w VG.

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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C.S. Lewis The Abolition of Man, Oxford, 1944, 3rd impression, printed wraps with yapp edges, unopened, fox marks to fore-edge o/w VG.

‘The Ettrick Shepherd’ [pseud. for James Hogg] "The Shepherd’s Calendar - Dreams and Apparitions", in "Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine"

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £50
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‘The Ettrick Shepherd' [pseud. for James Hogg] The Shepherd's Calendar – Dreams and Apparitions, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vols. XXI & XXII, William Blackwood, May to December 1827. bound in contemporary half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, some minor wear; fine internally, no inscriptions. These two volumes contain the first appearance of James Hogg's Dreams and Apparitions in four parts, part of his sequence of supernatural stories collectively titled "The Shepherd's Calendar".

Susan Hill and Stephen Mallatratt, signed Theatre Programme for "The Woman in Black", The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1989; autographed on the centre-fold

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Susan Hill and Stephen Mallatratt, signed Theatre Programme for The Woman in Black, The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1989; autographed on the centre-fold by Susan Hill, the Director Peter Herford, and the two actors Charles Kay and John Duttine. Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's famous novel was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in December 1987 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith for a run that lasted from 11th January to 11th February 1989. The previous owner obtained these signatures on the occasion of the 25th January performance and has made a note to that effect in a small inscription at the top right corner of page one. A4, 16pp, card wraps.