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Auction No 368, Category: Poetry

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

John Holt "Occasional Verses", Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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John Holt Occasional Verses, Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo, original gilt cloth, fine; a selection of verses written during the 1870s to 1890s, mostly in Lancashire Dialect. B/w portrait. 75pp + prelims. Rare title. A single copy held at the Bodleian library.

Ezra Pound "Canzoni", Elkin Matthews, 1911, brown printed boards, gilt, author's name on front cover,

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £26
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Ezra Pound Canzoni, Elkin Matthews, 1911, brown printed boards, gilt, author’s name on front cover, slight wear to top and tail of spine, uncut, 4pp of adverts at rear. Fine internally. 

George Grosz "A Post-War Museum", Faber 1931, printed wraps, plus other literary pamphlets,

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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George Grosz A Post-War Museum, Faber 1931, printed wraps, plus other literary pamphlets, Aerial Poems (2) and other private press, many topographical engravings of North West England, 18th Century tragedies (disbound) by various playwrights, etc. Good to VF (Qty, in carton)

Thomas Brown (1663-1704) "Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c." John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
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Thomas Brown (1663-1704) Collection of Miscellany Poems, Letters, &c. John Sparks, 1699, First Edition; small octavo, full leather, rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the boards overlaid with the original leather covering; light browning affects much of the text to varying degrees. Worming at foot of last few leaves and a damaged corner to pp.341/2. Collated as complete; page 349 shows pagination error “493”. A remarkable collection both erotic and satirical, and at times, scurrilous! Wing B5051/52. 

John Jackson "Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia", Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn,

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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John Jackson Hunting Songs and other Memorabilia, Fletcher & Speight, Bury, 1902, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; b/w tissue-guarded Frontispiece and 4 other photo-plates. 59pp. [John Jackson was a huntsman with the Holcombe Harriers, 1867-1899]