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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
73	CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, [1922], 8vo, 16 photographed plates, original wrappers (lacks backstrip, frayed with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 2 books of related interest. (3)	£200 - £300	£100	View
74	CONRAD, Joseph (1847-1924). Autograph letter, signed ("J. Conrad"), to [Edward] Garnett, [n.p.], 13 February [1897]. Six-pages, 159 x 100mm, on a bifolium and a singleton. On his pleasure at an acknowledgement from Henry James. (6)	£1,500 - £2,500	£2,400	View
75	COOKE, William (d.1780). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, London, 1781, 2 volumes, folio, 61 engraved plates, attractively bound in contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces. FIRST EDITION. (2)	£200 - £300	£280	View
76	DAHL, Roald (1916-90). The Gremlins, New York, 1943, 4to, illustrations, some coloured, original pictorial boards (edges rubbed, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author. (2)	£100 - £150	£60	View
77	DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, London, 1873 [but later], 8vo, 7 photographed plates, illustrations, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, "Tenth Thousand".	£70 - £100	£70	View
78	DAVIES, G. C. (1849-1922, photographer). The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk, London, [1883-84], First & Second Series, folio, 48 fine photogravure plates, unbound as issued in original half cloth portfolios. FIRST EDITION. RARE. (2)	£1,000 - £1,500	£850	View
79	"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. Out of Africa, New York, 1938, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With c.24 other books by, or relating to, the same author. (c.25)	£300 - £500	£220	View
80	"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. A typed letter in Swedish, signed ("Karen Blixen"), on blue paper, to "Mrs Shou", two-pages, dated 2 September 1938, thanking her very warmly for her letter about her African farm and "Out of Africa".	£300 - £500	£280	View
81	DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to Giovanni Ricordi, [Rome], 1 August 1833. In Italian. Three-and-a-half-pages, 242 x 189mm, including two brief musical quotations.	£1,500 - £2,500	£800	View
82	DOUGLAS, Alfred, Lord (1870-1945, editor). The Spirit Lamp. An Aesthetic, Literary and Critical Magazine, Oxford, June 1893, Vol. IV, No. II, original blue wrappers (defective). FIRST EDITION. RARE.	£70 - £100	£70	View
83	[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52 engraved maps (lacks title), contemporary roan (worn). Inscribed, "... from Dr Alexander Watson, R. N. One of the few things saved from H. M. S. 'Cormorant' when she sank ... 1859."	£100 - £150	£150	View
84	EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). On English Lagoons, London, 1893, 8vo, 18 photographed illustrations, original coloured pictorial cloth. FIRST TRADE EDITION. With G. C. Davies's Norfolk Broads (London, 1883, 12 photographed plates, original cloth). (2)	£200 - £300	£100	View
85	EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890, 4to, 30 photogravure plates, folding chart, original buckram gilt (spine and corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 COPIES. RARE. With 3 medals awarded to Emerson. (4)	£700 - £1,000	£950	View
86	England Illustrated, or, A Compendium of the Natural History, Geography ... of England and Wales, London, 1764, 2 volumes, 4to, 53 engraved maps only (of 54, lacking the map of Hertfordshire), 29 plates, calf. FIRST EDITION. With another book. (3)	£300 - £500	£450	View
87	FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)	£7,000 - £10,000	-	View
88	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Casino Royale, London, 1953, 8vo, original black cloth (without the dust-jacket, but supplied in modern facsimile). FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books by Fleming, both in facsimile dust-jackets. (3)	£400 - £600	£2,000	View
89	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Live and Let Die, London, 1954, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket in second state). FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND OF THE AUTHOR'S JAMES BOND NOVELS. Gilbert A2.	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,200	View
90	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Moonraker, London, 1955, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (frayed with slight loss). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S THIRD JAMES BOND NOVEL, with "shoo" corrected to "shoot" in the penultimate line of p.10. Gilbert A3.	£500 - £800	£1,100	View
91	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIFTH BOND NOVEL, and the first to have its dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Gilbert A5.	£700 - £1,000	£950	View
92	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Dr. No, London, 1958, 8vo, some marginal ink marks, original cloth with silhouette on the upper cover, dust-jacket by Pat Marriott. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S SIXTH BOND NOVEL, later issue dust-jacket. Gilbert A6.	£500 - £800	£320	View
93	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few pages with light stains and spots), original black cloth with skull design stamped in blind with gold coins as eyes, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Gilbert A7b.	£150 - £250	£130	View
94	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball, London, 1961, 8vo, half title (some mostly very faint marginal staining and spotting). Original dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (some staining to turn-ins). FIRST EDITION. Gilbert A9.	£400 - £600	£300	View
95	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). The Spy Who Loved Me, London, 1962, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST IMPRESSION with the "quad mark" between the "e" and "m" of Fleming on the title page.	£300 - £500	£300	View
96	FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With 3 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (4)	£500 - £800	£600	View

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