Thursday 14 July
Lots 201 - 356 Printed Books Maps and Manuscripts
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 201 | POUND, Ezra (1885-1972). Indiscretions, Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1923, large 8vo, original cloth-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 300 COPIES. | £200 - £300 | £90 | View |
| 202 | NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (frayed). FIRST U.K. EDITION. With the same author's Notes on Prosody (London, 1965). (2) | £100 - £150 | £140 | View |
| 203 | ZOLA, Émile (1840-1902). Madeleine Férat, Paris, 1892, 8vo, contemporary morocco-backed boards. "Nouvelle Édition". PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Sir Campbell Clarke. | £200 - £300 | £320 | View |
| 204 | GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). The Green-Sailed Vessel. Poems, London, "Privately Printed", 1971, large 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 8 other books. (9) | £100 - £150 | £140 | View |
| 205 | WICKHAM, Robert Sloane (b.1877, photographer). Friendly Adirondack Peaks, Binghamton, "Privately Published", 1924, 8vo, plates, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. | £50 - £80 | - | View |
| 206 | LLOYD'S OF LONDON - F. C. SADLER ([dates unknown], illustrator). Sketches at Lloyd's, London, [1925], 4to, 70 caricature plates, original roan. FIRST EDITION, NO. 73 OF 100 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES. | £70 - £100 | - | View |
| 207 | [BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed, 1919, 4to, [?]original boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF A SMALL UNSPECIFIED LIMITATION, PRESENTATION COPY. | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 208 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London, [April, 1903], 12mo, 31 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, fourth issue. | £500 - £800 | £450 | View |
| 209 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5) | £400 - £600 | - | View |
| 210 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, London, 1906, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | - | View |
| 211 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, London, 1908, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | £160 | View |
| 212 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Roly-Poly Pudding, London, 1908, large 8vo, 16 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint, defective). (2) | £200 - £300 | £100 | View |
| 213 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Ginger & Pickles, London, 1909, large 8vo, 10 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint). (2). | £150 - £250 | - | View |
| 214 | 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.ADDED TO LOT IN DECEMBER 2022 BOOK SALE. | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 215 | 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 | £100 | View |
| 216 | POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter (some fraying with slight loss), original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author (defective). (2) | £70 - £100 | £70 | View |
| 217 | KAY, John (1742-1826, illustrator). A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Edinburgh, 1837, 2 volumes, 4to, 358 etched portraits, later red morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books. (4) | £300 - £500 | £200 | View |
| 218 | DANIEL, William Barker (1754-1833). Rural Sports, London, 1812-13, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in later red half morocco gilt. With 3 other books of related interest, attractively-bound. (7) | £300 - £500 | £420 | View |
| 219 | RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Stones of Venice, London, 1851-53. 3 volumes, large 8vo, plates. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. (3) | £500 - £800 | £400 | View |
| 220 | RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Modern Painters, London, 1851-60, 5 volumes, large 8vo, 84 plates. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. Mixed Editions, but the last 3 vols. FIRST EDITIONS. (5) | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 221 | RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Seven Lamps of Architecture, London, 1855, large 8vo, 14 plates, in 2 states. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. Second Edition. | £70 - £100 | £150 | View |
| 222 | BINDING - The Connoisseur. A Magazine for Collectors. [New York], 66 issues [only] from January 1922 - June 1934 [some issues lacking] bound in 18 volumes, 4to, plates and illustrations. FINELY BOUND in dark blue crushed morocco gilt. (18) | £300 - £500 | £550 | View |
| 223 | MENPES, Mortimer (1855-1938). Japan, London, [1901], 4to, 100 coloured plates. FINELY BOUND in scarlet morocco. ONE OF 600 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 3 other signed limited editions by Menpes in near-uniform bindings. (4) | £300 - £500 | £600 | View |
| 224 | SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). The Poems, London, 1904, 6 volumes, 8vo. FINELY BOUND in dark blue crushed morocco gilt. With 5 other books by Swinburne in original cloth. (11) | £200 - £300 | £280 | View |
| 225 | YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt. A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. | £200 - £300 | £420 | View |
| 226 | LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, Anvers, 1889, folio, 185 phototype plates of lace, contemporary dark blue half morocco. FIRST EDITION. | £300 - £500 | - | View |
| 227 | ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre (1901-82, illustrator) - Alexander PUSHKIN (1799-1837). The Queen of Spades, London, The Blackamore Press, 1928, 4to, coloured illustrations, original vellum-backed boards. NUMBER 74 OF 250 COPIES. | £100 - £150 | £120 | View |
| 228 | TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-92). Maud, and Other Poems. London, 1855, 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books by Tennyson. (6) | £200 - £300 | £220 | View |
| 229 | Child Torture in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo, contemporary red morocco. FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY. The author is unknown. RARE. | £70 - £100 | £110 | View |
| 230 | LEWIS, Wyndham (1882-1957). Blasting and Bombardiering, London, 1937, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 16 other miscellaneous works in 18 vols. (19) | £400 - £600 | £420 | View |
| 231 | DELAUNAY, Sonia (1885-1979, illustrator). Ses Peintures ... Paris, [1925], folio, 20 pochoir-coloured plates by Sonia Delaunay, unbound, as issued, in original portfolio. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the artist to Bernard Nevill. | £800 - £1,200 | £2,000 | View |
| 232 | LANG, Andrew (1844-1912). The Violet Fairy Book, London, 1901, 8vo, original pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 29 other illustrated and children's books. (30) | £300 - £500 | £500 | View |
| 233 | CRYSTAL PALACE - [General title from publisher's advertisement:] Guides and Handbooks, Illustrative of the Contents of the Crystal Palace, London, 1854, 11 guides bound in 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half calf. With 2 other books. (4) | £100 - £150 | £220 | View |
| 234 | "MYTH AND LEGEND" SERIES - A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF (1846-1927). Classic Myth and Legend, London, [?1912], large 8vo, plates, original green cloth decorated in art nouveau style. [?]FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books from the same series. (7) | £100 - £150 | £320 | View |
| 235 | MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]). The Forester's Guide, Stirling, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, original pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 8 other books of related interest. The lot sold not subject to return. (9) | £200 - £300 | £320 | View |
| 236 | RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-81). The Experienced English Housekeeper, London, 1775, 8vo, 2 plates only (of 3), contemporary calf. Fourth edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. | £100 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 237 | AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original elaborate peacock cloth gilt. FIRST "PEACOCK" EDITION, and the first edition to be fully-illustrated. | £500 - £800 | £1,300 | View |
| 238 | AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma, London, 1898, 8vo, illustrations by "Chris." Hammond, original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST "HAMMOND" EDITION. With 18 other works in 19 vols. in decorated or pictorial cloth bindings gilt. (20) | £400 - £600 | £950 | View |
| 239 | AMHERST, Alicia (1865-1941). A History of Gardening in England, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1895, large 8vo, illustrations, original green pictorial buckram gilt. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author. | £70 - £100 | £80 | View |
| 240 | GALLEN, Thomas ([dates unknown]). A Compleat Pocket Almanack, London, 1683 [bound with:] Rider's British Merlin, 1683, 2 works in one vol., tall 12mo, printed in red and black, contemporary vellum gilt. | £70 - £100 | £150 | View |
| 241 | MISCELLANY - EPICTETUS (c. 50-c.135 AD). Enchiridium una cum cebetis Thebani tabula, Delft, 1723, 8vo, engraved title and folding plate, contemporary armorial vellum gilt. With 13 other very miscellaneous works in 16 vols. Sold not subject to return. (17) | £400 - £600 | £300 | View |
| 242 | [ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, 12mo, contemporary calf. With François-Auguste Chateaubriand's Atala (London, 1809). (2) | £150 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 243 | COLLINS, Greenville (1643-94). The River of Thames from London to the Buoy of the Noure, London, [1693 or later], large hand-coloured engraved coastal chart, 590 x 930mm., framed and glazed. | £200 - £300 | £100 | View |
| 244 | [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 | £70 | View |
| 245 | GIACOMETTI, Augusto (1877-1947) - Waldemar George (1893-1970). Augusto Giacometti, Paris, 1932, 4to, original wrappers. ONE OF 75 COPIES. | £50 - £80 | £40 | View |
| 246 | 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 | £35 | View |
| 247 | 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 | £100 | View |
| 248 | 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 | £30 | View |