Auction No 363, Tag: Modern Firsts

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

Gilbert K. Chesterton "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" The Bodley Head, 1904, First Edition,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
MORE DETAILS

Gilbert K. Chesterton The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Bodley Head, 1904, First Edition, original pictorial cloth, VG; uncut 2-sides with spotting to edge of text block; endpapers browned; no internal inscriptions; 7 art-plates plus map; adverts at rear.

Virginia Woolf "Mrs Dalloway" Harcourt, Brace & Co.,1925, First Edition in dustjacket;

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £210
MORE DETAILS

Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway, Harcourt, Brace & Co.,1925, First Edition in dustjacket; the rare first state dustjacket, now in three pieces, is chipped & worn with the lower half of the spine largely missing but is still worthy of professional repair; the cloth-covered boards and title label are sound though the spine is somewhat faded; the text block is uncut on 2 sides with some spotting which has also strayed on to pages 286 to 288.