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Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

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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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
25	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)	£400 - £600	£1,300	View
26	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".	£700 - £1,000	£2,000	View
27	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)	£300 - £500	£320	View
28	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.	£200 - £300	£100	View
29	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.	£200 - £300	-	View
30	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.	£300 - £500	£240	View
31	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)	£300 - £500	£550	View
32	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.	£250 - £350	-	View
33	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.	£400 - £600	£480	View
34	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.	£200 - £300	£170	View
35	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)	£400 - £600	£480	View
36	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.	£500 - £800	£1,200	View
37	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.	£4,000 - £6,000	-	View
38	[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.	£200 - £300	£380	View
39	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)	£100 - £150	£70	View
40	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.	£200 - £300	£220	View
41	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.	£400 - £600	-	View
42	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.	£600 - £800	-	View
43	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.	£250 - £350	£200	View
44	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.	£400 - £600	-	View
45	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.	£200 - £300	£200	View
46	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.	£400 - £600	£400	View
47	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.	£400 - £600	-	View
48	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.	£400 - £600	£350	View

Total lots: 225

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