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Auction No 363, Category: Poetry

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

[Joseph Aston] "Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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[Joseph Aston] Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons to the Present Time London, 1822, 1st Edn, small 4to, half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, VG; bookplate of William Garnett; 105pp + 3pp index; title page and final index page a little dust-affected. 

William Congreve "A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure" Jacob Tonson, London, 1695, folio,

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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William Congreve A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure Jacob Tonson, London, 1695, folio, untrimmed; title+11pp+publisher's list; title and publisher's list dust-affected; some tone marks; bound in 20th century boards with leather backstrip. (Wing 5871)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

John Smith "The Dark Side of Love" 1952, and "The Birth of Venus", both First Editions in d/jkts;

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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John Smith The Dark Side of Love 1952, and The Birth of Venus, both First Editions in d/jkts; slight wear to corners of dustjackets; both with the bookplate of Walter De La Mare. (2)

John Dryden "Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem.

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £40
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John Dryden Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem. Also a Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of His Late Sacred Majestey Charles the Second. Likewise a Panegyrick on His Cononation. Together With a Poem to My Lord Chancellor Presented on New-Years-Day. 1662. Henry Herringman and Jacob Tonson, London, 1688.Small 4to, stitch bound in wraps, [20], 116pp, each poem with its own title page. The initial title page dust-affected and small ink-mark at foot o/w VG. (Wing 2240)

"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)

George Sandys (trans.) "Ovids Metamorphosis Englished" Andrew Hebb, London, 1638,

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £175
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George Sandys (trans.) Ovids Metamorphosis Englished Andrew Hebb, London, 1638, 14.5 x 9cm, contemp. leather, worn; title page dust-affected, browning to index and colophon; [4], 316,[10]pp. Written in Virginia, America, 1626, Sandys' translation of the Metamorphosis is the first major poetic work composed in the American colonies. Sandys became Treasurer of the Virginia Company in 1621. Before leaving England, he had started the translation, but it was in Virginia that he finally finished it in 1626, dedicating it to Charles I.

Matthew Prior "Poems on Several Occasions" S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp.

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.