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Auction No 353, Category: Literature

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Paul Gallico "The Snow Goose" 1946, limited edition signed by Paul Gallico and Peter Scott

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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Paul Gallico The Snow Goose, Michael Joeph, 1946, quarto, original gilt cloth, slightly marked, limited edition on mould-made paper, No. 414 of 759, signed by Paul Gallico and the illustrator Peter Scott; four tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations; the frontispiece has a small crease at one corner otherwise very good internally. 

Charles Dickens "Master Humphrey's Clock", Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, three volumes, First Edition in book form

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
UNSOLD
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Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock, Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, three volumes, First Edition in book form, original gilt brown cloth, with hands on clock pointing to volume numbers; backstrips frayed and near detached, neat ownership inscriptions top of title pages, later bookplates of Euphemia Davidson dated 1892; some minor scattered fox marks and upper right corner of title page of Vol.II torn away, otherwise VG internally. 

"The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray" Smith Elder, 1891-1892, set of 13 volumes

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith Elder, 1891-1892, set of 13 volumes, octavo, half leather over marbled boards, green title labels, gilt; some wear to top of spines of a few volumes otherwise a VG set. (13)

Washington Irving "Rip Van Winkle" Heinemann 1905, illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £88
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Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle, Heinemann, 1905, 2nd Impression, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, complete with 51 tissue-guarded plates; some wear to top & foot of spine, foxing to text and tissue-guards, the plates fine. 

Ralph Hodgson "The Skylark and other Poems" Colin Fenton, 1958, quarto, gilt cloth, fine, No.310 of 350, signed by illustrator

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £30
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Ralph Hodgson The Skylark and other Poems Colin Fenton, 1958, quarto, gilt cloth, fine, No.310 of 350, signed by illustrator Reynolds Stone; and Ralph Hodgson's Poems, Macmillan, 1917, 1st Edition. (2)

"To-Day" Holbrook Jackson, London, a collection of 46 issues from December 1917 to December 1923

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £48
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To-Day Holbrook Jackson, London, a collection of 46 issues from December 1917 to December 1923, including a few duplicates, all with original wraps showing peripheral wear, the spines mostly intact, internally VG. (46)

Thomas Ingoldsby "The Ingoldsby Legends", Heinemann, 1913, illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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Thomas Ingoldsby The Ingoldsby Legends, Heinemann, 1913, original gilt cloth, spine somewhat faded otherwise good; illustrated by Arthur Rackham, the colour plates complete; frontispiece creased, the 23 other tipped-in plates fine; some scattered foxing.

Folio Society publications including 3-volume Oscar Wilde set, all in slip-cases

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Folio Society publications including 3-volume Oscar Wilde set, all in slip-cases; fine condition but some slipcases with faults or marked. No internal inscriptions. (17)

Folio Society publications all in slip-cases. Very Good to Fine selection. (14)

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Folio Society publications all in slip-cases. Very Good to Fine selection. (14)

Mixed books in 2 boxes including Folio Society publications (10), and Fox-Davies "Heraldry" in d/w

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Mixed books in 2 boxes including Folio Society publications (10), and Fox-Davies "Heraldry" in d/w. Varied condition. (29)

Isaac Watts "The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth made Easy" 1745

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Isaac Watts The Knowledge of the Heavens and the earth made Easy: or, The First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explain'd by the Uses of Globes and Maps, London, 1745, Fourth Edition, full leather covered boards, badly chipped and worn, VG internally; bookplate and signature of James Le Roy fils Jean dated 1747; some occasional light damp staining; text and folding plates complete. Together with other titles mostly relating to English grammar. (6)

Early 19th Century to modern selection including "We Happy Few: An Anthology by Owen Rutter" 1946, Golden Cockerel Press

Lot: 133

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £68
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Early 19th Century to modern selection including We Happy Few: An Anthology by Owen Rutter 1946, Golden Cockerel Press, No. 242 of 750; The Allies' Fairy Book, Heinemann [1918], 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham; Gwynedd Rae Mary Plain and the Twins, 1952, 1st Edn; W.C.Williamson Sketches of Fallowfield and the Surrounding Manors, John Heywood, 1888, with 3 Maps; and others. (20)