Auction No 430, Category: Poetry

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

"The Golden Ass of Apuleius", Chiswick Press, 1904, two-colour cloth, rubricated text on hand-made paper, No. 12 of 220 issued;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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The Golden Ass of Apuleius, Chiswick Press, 1904, two-colour cloth, rubricated text on hand-made paper, No. 12 of 220 issued; G.F. Handel Samson, arranged for the Organ or Piano Forte, London, 1810, folio, text printed from copper engraved plates; The Poetical Works of John Dryden, London, 1813, 16mo, 3 vols (in 2), full calf, gilt, rebacked, each vol. with an engraved plate; The Beauties of Sterne, London, 1799, old tree-calf, gilt; and The Life of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells. (6)

John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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John Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co.,  1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in Harland's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to him after the book's initial publication. Small ownership stamp of the collector Robert Holland Ford at top of half-title. Together with Edwin Waugh Th' Owd Blanket and other stories, 1867; and Robert Dottie The Rambles and Recollections of “R' Dick”, Manchester 1898. (3)

English Poets, Oxford University Press, in full leather bindings, gilt, 1913-67, mostly 1943-51, the Elizabeth Barrett Browning a little faded,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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English Poets, Oxford University Press, in full leather bindings, gilt, 1913-67, mostly 1943-51, the Elizabeth Barrett Browning a little faded, one with gift inscription, o/w fine and attractive lot. (11)