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Auction No 364, Category: Poetry

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising "The Winter Man" (in d/jkt),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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Vernon Scannell collection of 10 First Editions with six signed by the author comprising The Winter Man (in d/jkt), Feminine Endings (s/bk), Ring of Truth (in d/jkt), Views and Distances (s/bk), The Loving Game (in d/jkt) and The Face of the Enemy (very worn d/jkt). Also an unsigned reprint.  Mainly fine. (12)

Ovid "Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum" Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £30
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Ovid Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum, Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one, contemp. vellum, front inner hinge cracked, engraved frontispiece with small loss at lower right corner, engraved titles to each volume, VG internally. 

Annibal Caro "Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro" Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583,

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
UNSOLD
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Annibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro, Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, small quarto, disbound but endpapers preserved; title with coat of arms; dedication to Alessandro Farnese adorned with woodcuts; title, (6), 103, (8)pp. Front endpaper dust-affected 

A. F. Griffiths "Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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A. F. Griffiths Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London, 1815, full calf, gilt, slightly scuffed, red title label. viii, 481, (1)pp. VG

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

Lot: 136

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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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)

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

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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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)

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

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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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.