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Auction date Thursday, 9 December 2021 13:00 - 17:00 GMT

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Lot 501 -  696
       Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps

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Total lots: 210

Lot 632 Sold
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed, dated variously 1965-70; with a postcard and a telegram. (6)
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison,…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 633 Sold
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). Two Stories, Cambridge, Privately Printed, 1989, 5 woodcut and 3 linocut plates by Bhupen Khakhar, original cloth, slipcase. NUMBER 49 OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947).  Two Stories. [Colophon:] Cambridge: [Privately Printed at] The Rampant…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 634 Unsold
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire, London, S. D. Frances, [1948 or later], 8vo, original coloured pictorial wrappers. With 19 other "pulp fiction" books by the same author. (20)
PULP FICTION - "Hank JANSON" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)].  Gun Moll for Hire. London: …
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 635 Sold
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES - Horace G. HUTCHINSON (1859-1932). Golf, London, 1890, original half dark blue morocco gilt. ONE OF 250 "LARGE PAPER COPIES." With 28 other vols. from the same series, all "large paper" copies. (29)
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES, edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort - Horace G.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 636 Sold
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3 parts in 2 volumes including "A Common-place-Book Out of the Rehearsal Transpos'd" bound in at the end of the first part, contemporary calf (worn). (2)
[MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78)].  The Rehearsal Transpos'd; or, Animadversions upon a late Book,…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 637 Sold
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Second World War, London, 1948-54, 6 vols, maps, some folding, modern blue morocco gilt. FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION. With 9 other works in 13 vols. (19)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965).  The Second World War. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-54. 6…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 638 Sold
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). [Selected Works], London, 1899, 18 vols., contemporary half blue morocco gilt. (18)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  [Selected Works]. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892-1905. 18 volumes,…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 639 Sold
ELIOT, George (1819-80). [Novels], London, [c. 1895], 7 vols., contemporary green half morocco gilt. (7)
ELIOT, George (1819-90).  [Novels]. London: William Blackwood and Sons, [n.d. but "Middlemarch"…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 640 Sold
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Works, London, 1826, 10 vols., contemporary calf gilt. "New Edition". (10)
BACON, Francis, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626).  The Works. London: Printed for C. and J.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 641 Sold
VIRGIL (17-90 BC). The Works, London, 1782, 4 vols., engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt. With 2 other 18th-century works in 3 vols. (7)
VIRGIL (17-90 BC).  The Works ... Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 642 Sold
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). [Works], London, [c. 1880], 30 vols., contemporary half calf, spines gilt. With 2 other sets of works by Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle in 45 vols. (75)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  [Works]. London: Chapman and Hall, [c. 1880]. 30 volumes, 8vo (186 x…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 643 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). A Prefect's Uncle, London, 1903, 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  A Prefect's Uncle. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. 8vo (185 x…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 644 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August 1911", 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. With 3 other books by the same author, early reprints without dust-jackets. (4)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reprinted August 1911…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 645 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original red cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 5 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS without dust-jackets. (6)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 8vo (186…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 646 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919], original green cloth. Reprint. With 19 other books by the same author, mixed editions, without dust-jackets. (20)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Piccadilly Jim.  London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d. but after…
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 647 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 648 Sold
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Jeeves in the Offing, London, 1960, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 15 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (16)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Jeeves in the Offing. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1960. 8vo (184 x…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 649 Sold
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 650 Unsold
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76). Two Centuries of Song, London, 1867, plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary red crushed morocco. With Christina Rossetti's Poetical Works, London, 1904, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt. (2)
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76, editor).  Two Centuries of Song; or, Lyrics, Madrigals,…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 651 Sold
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750). Mémoires, Paris, 1891, etched illustrations in 2 states, VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Marius Michel.
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1891.…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 652 Sold
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 653 Sold
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1772, folding engraved plate and maps, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 654 Sold
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937, original turquoise cloth, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Flush (London, 1933, modern green half morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION). (2)
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  The Years. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
9 December 2021
Lot 655 Sold
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97). The Naked Lunch, Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959, original green stiff printed wrappers, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97).  The Naked Lunch. Paris: "The Traveller's Companion Series…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021
9 December 2021

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