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Auction date Wednesday, 17 July 2024 13:00 - 17:00 BST

Wednesday 17 July  – Sussex Saleroom
Lot 1 – 225 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts 1pm 

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Total lots: 225

Lot 25 Sold
BINDING - J. H. JESSE (1809-74). London: Its Celebrated Characters & Remarkable Places, London, 1871, 6 volumes, 8vo, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.480 engraved plates, VERY FINELY BOUND by Bayntun (Rivière) in morocco. Provenance: W. A. FOYLE (bookplate). (6)
BINDING - John Heneage JESSE (1809-74).  London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places ..…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 26 Sold
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, FINELY BOUND in original elaborate cloth gilt, the upper cover with a peacock's tail design in gilt. FIRST EDITION IN THE "PEACOCK BINDING".
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817).  Pride and Prejudice ... With a Preface by George Saintsbury.…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 27 Sold
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1974, 4to, 13 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, FINELY BOUND in burgundy calf with the White Rabbit stamped in gilt on the upper cover. With another illustrated book. (2)
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 28 Sold
BINDING - London Interiors, London, [c.1841-44], 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, engraved frontispiece, title and 74 plates, attractively bound in contemporary elaborately decorated green morocco gilt (crudely rebacked). FIRST EDITION.
BINDING - London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition of the Religious, Regal, and Civic…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 29 Unsold
BINDING - Soren SORENSEN (dates unknown). Diderich Buxtehudes Vokale Kirkemusik, Copenhagen, 1958, large 8vo, FINELY BOUND in an abstract modernist design of red, green, black and tan morocco onlays on the upper cover [unsigned], slipcase.
BINDING - Soren SORENSEN (dates unknown).  Diderich Buxtehudes Vokale Kirkemusik. Studier til den…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 30 Sold
BINDING - William Bond CAVENDISH [?but William Bengo COLLYER] (1782-1854). Lectures on Scripture Comparison, London, 1826, 8vo, FINELY BOUND BY THOMAS GOSDEN in contemporary red morocco gilt. A ROYAL BINDING FOR QUEEN ADELAIDE.
BINDING - William Bond CAVENDISH [?but William Bengo COLLYER] (1782-1854).  Lectures on Scripture…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 31 Sold
BINDING WITH FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS - E. V. LUCAS (1868-1938). A Wanderer in London, London, 1926, 2 volumes, 8vo, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, FINELY BOUND by Bayntun in blue morocco, EACH VOLUME WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING. Provenance: W. A. FOYLE (bookplate). (2)
BINDING WITH TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS - E. V. LUCAS (1868-1938).  A Wanderer in London ... Twenty…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 32 Unsold
BINDING, ETON - Christopher STONE (1882-1965). Eton, London, 1909, large 8vo, 20 coloured plates by E. D. Brinton, FINELY BOUND in dark blue half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son. FIRST EDITION.
BINDING, ETON - Christopher STONE (1882-1965).  Eton. London: A. & C. Black, 1909. Large 8vo (224 x…
Estimate: £250 - £350
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 33 Sold
BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, London, 1848, large 12mo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary straight-grained armorial morocco gilt with "The Speaker" stamped in gilt on the covers.
BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 34 Sold
BINDING, WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - William SOMERVILLE (1675-1742). The Chace, London,1796, 8vo, 6 plates, contemporary scarlet straight-grained morocco, with a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF HUNTING SCENES.
BINDING, WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - William SOMERVILLE (1675-1742).  The Chace, A Poem ...…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 35 Sold
BLAKE, William (1757-1827). The Inferno from La Divina Commedia, New York, "Presented by Richard W. Ellis for Cheshire House," 1931, folio, 7 plates by William Blake, original calf, slipcase. With 19 other works in 21 vols. by William Blake. (22)
BLAKE, William (1757-1827).  The Inferno from La Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri. As Translated…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 36 Sold
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mutiny, London, 1792, 4to, 7 plates and charts (lacks portrait of Bligh), contemporary paper-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.
BLIGH, William (1754-1817).  A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 37 Unsold
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). An important correspondence comprising c.120 autograph and typed letters, signed ("Ernest Bloch"), to Ernest Chapman, many with his replies, 1933-58.
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959).  An important correspondence comprising c.120 autograph and typed…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 38 Sold
[BOLTON, Edmund ([?]1575-[?]1633)]. Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie Depraved, London, 1624, small folio, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved numismatic illustrations, contemporary calf (repaired). FIRST EDITION.
[BOLTON, Edmund ([?]1575-[?]1633)].  Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie Depraved. An Historicall Worke ... By…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 39 Sold
BOSWELL, James (1740-95). The Life of Samuel Johnson, London, 1885, 5 vols., large 8vo, 23 engraved portraits on 20 plates by Joshua Reynolds, contemporary black calf (rubbed). NUMBER 173 OF 500 COPIES. "The Sir Joshua Reynolds Edition." (5)
BOSWELL, James (1740-95).  The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., and The Journal of his Tour to the…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 40 Sold
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87). Say, is this the U.S.A., New York, 1941, 4to, monochrome photographed illustrations, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND AUTHOR.
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87).  Say, is this the U.S…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 41 Unsold
BOYLE, Robert (1627-91). A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things ... To which are Subjoyn'd ... some Uncommon Observations about Vitiated Sight, London, 1688, 8vo, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
BOYLE, Robert (1627-91).  A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things: Wherein it is…
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 42 Unsold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Michael MONTFORT (1940-2008, photographer). 24 Photographs 1977-1987, Santa Barbara, 1987, 4to, boards. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 496 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 26 SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI WITH AN ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Michael MONTFORT (1940-2008, photographer).  24 Photographs 1977-1987…
Estimate: £600 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 43 Sold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014). A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski, Los Angeles, 1969, 8vo, the title with an original portrait of the author [?by the author], boards. NUMBER 28 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI AND DORBIN. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014).  A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Los…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £250 - £350
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 44 Unsold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94), and others - Seamus COONEY (b.1933). A Checklist of the First One Hundred Publications of the Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1971, 8vo, boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY 28 CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PRESS. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94), and others - Seamus COONEY (b.1933).  A Checklist of the First One…
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 45 Sold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). A visitor complains of my disenfranchise ... Los Angeles, Illuminati, 1987, tall 8vo, 20-pages, stitched into original stiff black wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 225 COPIES. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  A visitor complains of my disenfranchise ... Los Angeles: Illuminati …
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 46 Sold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). All the Assholes in the World and Mine, Bensenville, Illinois, Open Skull Press, 1966, 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF "NO MORE THAN" 400 COPIES. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  All the Assholes in the World and Mine. Bensenville, Illinois: Open…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 47 Unsold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Bring Me Your Love, Santa Barbara, 1983, 4to, illustrations by R. Crumb, original cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 346 OF 376 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Krumhansl 79b.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Bring Me Your Love. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 4to …
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
Lot 48 Sold
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Cold Dogs in the Courtyard, Chicago, "Published Jointly by the Literary Times and Cyfoeth Publications," 1965, 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Cold Dogs in the Courtyard. Chicago: "Published Jointly by the…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024

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