Thursday
9 December - 1pm
Lot 501 - 696
Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps
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Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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560h | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £400 | - | View |
561 | GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1908, original cloth. Second edition. With 9 other books. (10) | £150 - £250 | £300 | View |
562 | KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Three autograph letters. And another letter, unrelated. (4) | £200 - £300 | £480 | View |
563 | [JACOB, Antoine (1639-85), known as "MONTFLEURY"]. Les Oeuvres, The Hague, 1755, 2 vols., 12mo, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf. (2) | £100 - £150 | - | View |
564 | [VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778)]. La Pucelle d'Orléans, [Paris or Geneva], 1780, VERY FINELY BOUND by Chambolle-Duru. | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
565 | [CHARLES I, King of England (1600-49)]. Histoire entiere et veritable du procez de Charles Stuart, Roy D' Angleterre, [?Paris], 1650, contemporary calf. | £100 - £150 | £50 | View |
566 | L' ENCLOS, Ninon de (1620-1705). Mémoires et Lettres, Rotterdam, 1751, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. | £100 - £150 | £70 | View |
567 | SEVIGNÉ, Madame de (1626-96). Recueil des Lettres, Paris, 1763, 8 vols., contemporary calf. (8) | £150 - £250 | £100 | View |
568 | BINDING - Jean de la FONTAINE (1621-95). Contes et Nouvelles, Lyon, 1874, 2 vols., EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND in contemporary scarlet morocco by Chatelin. (2) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
569 | BINDING - Clément MAROT (1496-1544). Poésies, Paris, [1951], 2 vols., FINELY BOUND in contemporary burgundy morocco. (2) | £200 - £300 | £180 | View |
570 | BINDING - Victor HUGO (1802-85). Hernani, Paris, 1890, EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND in olive morocco by Chambolle-Duru, "Exemplaire sur Hollande non mis dans la commerce", signed by the publisher. | £500 - £800 | £400 | View |
571 | DUFY, Raoul (1877-1953) - Marcelle OURY (1894-1980, editor). Lettre à mon Peintre Raoul Dufy, Paris, 1965, original wrappers. ONE OF 975 COPIES. | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
572 | GIACOMETTI, Augusto (1877-1947) - Waldemar George (1893-1970). Augusto Giacometti, Paris, 1932, 4to, original wrappers. ONE OF 75 COPIES. | £50 - £80 | - | View |
573 | DE MUSSET, Alfred (1810-57). Oeuvres Complètes Illustrées, Paris, 1928-29, 10 vols., 4to, contemporary morocco-backed boards. With 2 other books. (12) | £100 - £150 | - | View |
574 | LOTI, Pierre (1850-1923). Le Livre de la Pitié et de la Mort, Paris, 1891, FINELY BOUND in crushed morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 25 OF 25 COPIES "sur Impérial du Japon." | £200 - £300 | £140 | View |
575 | GREEN, Julien (1900-98). Le Voyageur sur la Terre, Paris, 1927, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 120 "HORS COMMERCE" COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY. With another book. (2) | £100 - £150 | £100 | View |
576 | MISCELLANY - Oscar WILDE (1854-1900). Ballade de la Geole de Reading, Paris, 1951, 4to, illustrations by Tavy Notton, original wrappers. ONE OF 120 COPIES "sur vélin de Rives." With 8 other books. (9) | £200 - £300 | - | View |
577 | BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962). L' Atlantide, Paris, 1939, 4to, fine hand-coloured illustrations by Léon Carré, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,100 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Frank Jay Gould. | £100 - £150 | - | View |
578 | BINDING - ALAIN-FOURNIER (1886-1914). Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris, 1936, large 8vo, illustrations by Pierre Gandon, FINELY BOUND in dark green morocco by C. Grandgeorge. ONE OF 2,000 COPIES. | £70 - £100 | - | View |
579 | LAURENCIN, Marie (1883-1956). Marie Laurencin. Avec une préface par Marcel Jouhandeau, Paris, 1928, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES. With 2 other books. (3) | £70 - £100 | £35 | View |
580 | MISCELLANY, FRENCH - Jacques-Gabriel (PROD'HOMME (1871-1956). La Jeunesse de Beethoven, Paris, 1927, morocco-backed boards, PRESENTATION COPY. With 28 other works in 29 vols. (30) | £500 - £800 | £420 | View |
581 | MISCELLANY - Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). Siegfried et le Crépuscule des Dieux, Paris, [1911], plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum [without a limitation leaf and not signed by Rackham]. With 5 other works in 6 vols. (7) | £400 - £600 | £380 | View |
582 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1544-1616). The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, London, 1742, 2 vols., 68 engraved plates only (of 69), contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION of this translation. (2) | £200 - £300 | £600 | View |
583 | MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT ([dates unknown])]. Anecdotes Arabes et Musulmanes, Paris, 1772, 8vo, contemporary calf. With various other works in 32 vols. (33) | £300 - £500 | - | View |