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Auction date Wednesday 17 July 2024 13:00 - 17:00 BST
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Wednesday 17 July  – Sussex Saleroom
Lot 1 – 225 Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts 1pm 

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Total lots: 225

FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). You Only Live Twice, London, 1964, 8vo, original black cloth with Chinese characters stamped in gilt on the cover, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping with price unclipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Gilbert A12.
Lot 97 Sold
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). You Only Live Twice, London, 1964, 8vo, original black cloth with Chinese characters stamped in gilt on the cover, dust-jacket by Richard Chopping with price unclipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Gilbert A12.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Adventure Number One [Number Two, Number Three], London, 1964-65, 3 volumes, 4to, illustrations by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, vol. II with dust-jacket. FIRST EDITIONS. (3)
Lot 98 Sold
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Adventure Number One [Number Two, Number Three], London, 1964-65, 3 volumes, 4to, illustrations by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, vol. II with dust-jacket. FIRST EDITIONS. (3)
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Adventure Number One [Number Two…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
Lot 99 Sold
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Puits de Sainte Claire, Paris, 1895, 8vo, later morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 27 OF 55 COPIES. With Paul Bourget's Le Disciple (Paris, 1889, 8vo, later morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 COPIES). (2)
Lot 100 Sold
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Puits de Sainte Claire, Paris, 1895, 8vo, later morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 27 OF 55 COPIES. With Paul Bourget's Le Disciple (Paris, 1889, 8vo, later morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 COPIES). (2)
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924).  Le Puits de Sainte Claire. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1895. 8vo (184 x…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
FRAZER, James George (1854-1941). An important autograph letter, signed ("J. G. Frazer"), four-pages, dated "Trinity College [Cambridge], 15 October 1902", to the classical scholar and archaeologist A. B. Cook.
Lot 101 Sold
FRAZER, James George (1854-1941). An important autograph letter, signed ("J. G. Frazer"), four-pages, dated "Trinity College [Cambridge], 15 October 1902", to the classical scholar and archaeologist A. B. Cook.
FRAZER, James George (1854-1941, Scottish anthropologist and folklorist).  An important autograph…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
FYFE, Andrew (1754-1824). A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body ... Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1820, Volume One only (of 3), 4to, 63 engraved plates, some hand-coloured (stained), half roan (worn). Sold not subject to return.
Lot 102 Sold
FYFE, Andrew (1754-1824). A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body ... Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1820, Volume One only (of 3), 4to, 63 engraved plates, some hand-coloured (stained), half roan (worn). Sold not subject to return.
FYFE, Andrew (1754-1824, the elder).  A System of the Anatomy of the Human Body ... Fourth Edition,…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower, London, 1913, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Conrad Ackner, Cordially, John Galsworthy." With 4 other books by Galsworthy, all PRESENTATION COPIES to Conrad Ackner. (5)
Lot 103 Sold
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower, London, 1913, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Conrad Ackner, Cordially, John Galsworthy." With 4 other books by Galsworthy, all PRESENTATION COPIES to Conrad Ackner. (5)
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933).  The Dark Flower. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 8vo (184 x 120mm).…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third Series (a few duplicates, a few lacking), small oblong 4to, original coloured pictorial wrappers. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (qty)
Lot 104 Sold
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third Series (a few duplicates, a few lacking), small oblong 4to, original coloured pictorial wrappers. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (qty)
"GILES" - Giles. Daily Express and Sunday Express Cartoons. [London:] Lane Publications Ltd., [n.d.…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GILL, Eric (1882-1940) & David JONES (1895-1974, illustrator). Christianity and Art, Abergavenny, Francis Walterson, 1927, 8vo, woodcut frontispiece by David Jones, original blue buckram. NUMBER 21 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.
Lot 105 Sold
GILL, Eric (1882-1940) & David JONES (1895-1974, illustrator). Christianity and Art, Abergavenny, Francis Walterson, 1927, 8vo, woodcut frontispiece by David Jones, original blue buckram. NUMBER 21 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.
GILL, Eric (1882-1940) & David JONES (1895-1974, illustrator).  Christianity and Art. Capel-y-Ffin,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GILL, Eric (1882-1940). A Collection of c.23 autograph letters and postcards, signed ("Eric Gill" or "Eric G."), most to Desmond Flower, some with envelopes, dated variously 1928-35. (c.23)
Lot 106 Sold
GILL, Eric (1882-1940). A Collection of c.23 autograph letters and postcards, signed ("Eric Gill" or "Eric G."), most to Desmond Flower, some with envelopes, dated variously 1928-35. (c.23)
GILL, Eric (1882-1940).  A Collection of c.23 autograph letters and postcards, signed ("Eric Gill"…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
[GILLRAY, James (1757-1815)]. A collection of 45 "suppressed" plates on 23 sheets, engraved by Hannah Humphrey after James Gillray, variously dated in the plates 1779-1804 [but re-issued by Henry G. Bohn c.1851], folio, red morocco portfolio, with catch.
Lot 107 Sold
[GILLRAY, James (1757-1815)]. A collection of 45 "suppressed" plates on 23 sheets, engraved by Hannah Humphrey after James Gillray, variously dated in the plates 1779-1804 [but re-issued by Henry G. Bohn c.1851], folio, red morocco portfolio, with catch.
[GILLRAY, James (1757-1815)].  A collection of 45 "suppressed" plates on 23 sheets, etched and…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - A. E. COPPARD (1878-1957). Rummy, Waltham Saint Lawrence, [1932], large 8vo, illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original morocco-backed cloth. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST. With 3 others. (4)
Lot 108 Sold
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - A. E. COPPARD (1878-1957). Rummy, Waltham Saint Lawrence, [1932], large 8vo, illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original morocco-backed cloth. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST. With 3 others. (4)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Alfred Edgar COPPARD (1878-1957) & Robert GIBBINGS (1889-1958, illustrator)…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, ARTIST'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the publisher, and further inscribed by the publisher.
Lot 109 Sold
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, ARTIST'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the publisher, and further inscribed by the publisher.
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & E. H. SHEPARD (1879-1976, illustrator).  The Wind in the Willows.…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GREEN, William (dates unknown). The Spirit of Information, a Compilation Replete with Correct and Useful Tables, and with a Fund of Curious and Original Intelligence, London, 1823, 8vo, 4 engraved plans, marbled boards (rebacked). [?]FIRST EDITION. RARE.
Lot 110 Unsold
GREEN, William (dates unknown). The Spirit of Information, a Compilation Replete with Correct and Useful Tables, and with a Fund of Curious and Original Intelligence, London, 1823, 8vo, 4 engraved plans, marbled boards (rebacked). [?]FIRST EDITION. RARE.
GREEN, William (dates unknown).  The Spirit of Information, a Compilation Replete with Correct and…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
GREGYNOG PRESS - John Milton (1608-74). Four Poems. L' Allegro. Il Penseroso. Arcades. Lycidas, Newtown, 1933, large 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, printed on Japanese vellum, original calf. NUMBER 137 OF 250 COPIES. Harrop 26.
Lot 111 Sold
GREGYNOG PRESS - John Milton (1608-74). Four Poems. L' Allegro. Il Penseroso. Arcades. Lycidas, Newtown, 1933, large 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton, printed on Japanese vellum, original calf. NUMBER 137 OF 250 COPIES. Harrop 26.
GREGYNOG PRESS - John Milton (1608-74).  Four Poems ... L' Allegro. Il Penseroso. Arcades. Lycidas,…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
HOBAN, Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator). Woman with a Book, London, 1999, oblong 4to, 20 plates by Blake, boards. Provenance: FROM THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL HOBAN. FIRST EDITION. NO. 82 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.
Lot 112 Sold
HOBAN, Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator). Woman with a Book, London, 1999, oblong 4to, 20 plates by Blake, boards. Provenance: FROM THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL HOBAN. FIRST EDITION. NO. 82 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.
HOBAN Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator).  Woman with a Book. Twenty…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
HOSPINIAN, Rudolf (1547-1626). De origine, progressu, usu et abusu templorum, Zurich, 1587 [bound with 2 other works by the same author, dated 1592 and 1593], folio, full contemporary vellum gilt. FIRST EDITIONS.
Lot 113 Sold
HOSPINIAN, Rudolf (1547-1626). De origine, progressu, usu et abusu templorum, Zurich, 1587 [bound with 2 other works by the same author, dated 1592 and 1593], folio, full contemporary vellum gilt. FIRST EDITIONS.
HOSPINIAN, Rudolf [i.e. Rudolf WIRTH (1547-1626)].  De origine, progressu, usu et abusu templorum,…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis, London, 1657, folio, engraved portrait and double-page view of London, contemporary calf (with flaking and surface abrasion). FIRST EDITION, [?]PRESENTATION COPY.
Lot 114 Sold
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis, London, 1657, folio, engraved portrait and double-page view of London, contemporary calf (with flaking and surface abrasion). FIRST EDITION, [?]PRESENTATION COPY.
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666).  Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
HUGHES, Philip (b.1936, illustrator). Elysian Garden, Monterrey, 1997, 4to, 6 coloured lithographed plates SIGNED AND DATED by the artist, original wrappers, box. ONE OF 80 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND 2 OTHERS. With 9 other miscellaneous books. (10)
Lot 115 Sold
HUGHES, Philip (b.1936, illustrator). Elysian Garden, Monterrey, 1997, 4to, 6 coloured lithographed plates SIGNED AND DATED by the artist, original wrappers, box. ONE OF 80 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND 2 OTHERS. With 9 other miscellaneous books. (10)
HUGHES, Philip (b.1936, illustrator).  Elysian Garden. [Spanish: Jardin Eliseo]. Poem by Carmen…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
HUMPHRIES, Barry (1934-2023). Shades of Sandy Stone, Edinburgh, "Privately Printed at The Tragara Press," 1989, large 8vo, original wrappers. ONE OF 130 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 20 OF 30 FOR PRESENTATION, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Lot 116 Sold
HUMPHRIES, Barry (1934-2023). Shades of Sandy Stone, Edinburgh, "Privately Printed at The Tragara Press," 1989, large 8vo, original wrappers. ONE OF 130 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 20 OF 30 FOR PRESENTATION, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.
HUMPHRIES, Barry (1934-2023).  Shades of Sandy Stone. The Reveries of a Returned Man. Edinburgh: …
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London, 1793, large 8vo, map, 29 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf. FIRST EDITION. With Picturesque Views on the River Thames (London, 1792, 2 vols., contemporary calf). (3)
Lot 117 Unsold
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London, 1793, large 8vo, map, 29 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf. FIRST EDITION. With Picturesque Views on the River Thames (London, 1792, 2 vols., contemporary calf). (3)
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity…
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions, London, 19 June 1913. Two-and-a-half-pages, 229 x 175mm; with a printed pamphlet, "Three letters from Henry James to Joseph Conrad" (London, 1926).
Lot 118 Sold
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions, London, 19 June 1913. Two-and-a-half-pages, 229 x 175mm; with a printed pamphlet, "Three letters from Henry James to Joseph Conrad" (London, 1926).
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916).  Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
JAMES, Sydney Price (1870-1946) & William Glen LISTON (1872-1950). A Monograph of the Anopheline Mosquitoes of India ... Second Edition, Re-written and enlarged, Calcutta, 1911, 4to, 39 plates, modern cloth preserving part of the original green cloth.
Lot 119 Sold
JAMES, Sydney Price (1870-1946) & William Glen LISTON (1872-1950). A Monograph of the Anopheline Mosquitoes of India ... Second Edition, Re-written and enlarged, Calcutta, 1911, 4to, 39 plates, modern cloth preserving part of the original green cloth.
JAMES, Sydney Price (1870-1946) & William Glen LISTON (1872-1950).  A Monograph of the Anopheline…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
17 July 2024
JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664). Comitatus Dorcestria, vulgo Anglice, Dorset Shire, Amsterdam, [n.d. but c.1650, or a later, possibly a 19th-century, reprint], hand-coloured engraved map of Dorset, 370 x 490mm., framed and glazed. With 2 other maps. (3)
Lot 120 Sold
JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664). Comitatus Dorcestria, vulgo Anglice, Dorset Shire, Amsterdam, [n.d. but c.1650, or a later, possibly a 19th-century, reprint], hand-coloured engraved map of Dorset, 370 x 490mm., framed and glazed. With 2 other maps. (3)
JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664).  Comitatus Dorcestria, vulgo Anglice, Dorset Shire. Amsterdam; [n.d. but…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £80
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