JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948), and others - Claud LOVAT FRASER (1890-1921).  Sixty-Three Unpublished Designs, London, [1924], original cloth-backed decorated boards. NUMBER 2 OF 500 COPIES. With 8 other books. (9)
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948), and others - Claud LOVAT FRASER (1890-1921)…
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948), and others - Claud LOVAT FRASER (1890-1921).  Sixty-Three Unpublished Designs. With an Introduction by Holbrook Jackson. London: The First Edition Club, [1924]. Square…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WHISTLER, James McNeill (1834-1903) - Sheridan FORD (d. 1922, editor). The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, New York [?but Antwerp], 1890, contemporary full vellum. Pirated Edition.
WHISTLER, James McNeill (1834-1903) - Sheridan FORD (d. 1922, editor). The…
WHISTLER, James McNeill (1834-1903) - Sheridan FORD (d. 1922, editor).  The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. "New York" [?but Antwerp]: "Frederick Stokes and Brother" [but pirated]. 8vo (172 x 110mm).…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
LEE, Laurie (1914-97). Cider with Rosie, London, 1959, original buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books by the same author. (3)
LEE, Laurie (1914-97). Cider with Rosie, London, 1959, original buckram,…
LEE, Laurie (1914-97).  Cider with Rosie. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. 8vo (197 x 130mm). Half title, frontispiece and full-page illustrations by John Ward. Original green buckram, spine lettered…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MANN, Thomas (1875-1955).  Death in Venice, London, 1928, original cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). Death in Venice, London, 1928, original cloth.…
MANN, Thomas (1875-1955).  Death in Venice ... Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. London: Martin Secker, 1928. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title (some very faint spotting and staining to first few leaves).…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948).  Oscar Wilde's Salome, London, 1938, original wrappers. NUMBER ONE OF 50 COPIES. With 7 other books. (8)
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948). Oscar Wilde's Salome, London, 1938,…
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948).  Oscar Wilde's Salome. London: The Fanfare Press, December 1938. 8vo (195 x 140mm). Original decorated wrappers with gold printed title label laid down on upper wrapper…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WARREN, Suzanne [i.e. Suzanne Henriette Angèle WARENGHEM ([?]1921-99)] - Gordon YOUNG (b. 1905). In Trust and Treason. The Strange Story of Suzanne Warren, London, 1959, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, HEAVILY ANNOTATED BY SUZANNE WARREN.
WARREN, Suzanne [i.e. Suzanne Henriette Angèle WARENGHEM ([?]1921-99)] -…
WARREN, Suzanne [i.e. Suzanne Henriette Angèle WARENGHEM ([?]1911-99)] - Gordon YOUNG (b. 1905).  In Trust and Treason. The Strange Story of Suzanne Warren. London: E. Hulton and Co., Ltd., 1959 …
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
TEBB, William (1830-1917) and Edward Perry VOLLUM (d. 1902).  Premature Burial and How It May be Prevented, London, 1896, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.
TEBB, William (1830-1917) and Edward Perry VOLLUM (d. 1902). Premature…
TEBB, William (1830-1917) and Edward Perry VOLLUM (d. 1902).  Premature Burial and How It May be Prevented. With Special Reference to Trance, Catalepsy, and Other Forms of Suspended Animation. London…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
"THE PHONEY-WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940". Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves kept by Thomas A. Johnson.
"THE PHONEY-WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The…
"THE PHONEY WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940" [title printed on upper wrapper]. Folio (320 x 210mm). Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). 3 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed, dated variously 1946-63; and an autograph letter to Harrison from [Capt.] William E. Johns. (4)
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). 3 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed,…
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). 3 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed; the first on paper headed "The British Council," with "Blenheim Palace" typed at the top, dated "13th March 1946," stating, …
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed, dated variously 1965-70; with a postcard and a telegram. (6)
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters…
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). 4 typed letters to Michael Harrison, signed; the first on paper headed "Broadlands, Romsey", dated "27th September 1965", stating, "My dear…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire, London, S. D. Frances, [1948 or later], 8vo, original coloured pictorial wrappers. With 19 other "pulp fiction" books by the same author. (20)
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire,…
PULP FICTION - "Hank JANSON" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)].  Gun Moll for Hire. London: "Published by S. D. Frances. Sale Distributors: Gaywood Press Ltd.", [1948 or later]. 8vo (183 x…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3 parts in 2 volumes including "A Common-place-Book Out of the Rehearsal Transpos'd" bound in at the end of the first part, contemporary calf (worn). (2)
MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78). The Rehearsal Transpos'd, London, 1672-73, 3…
[MARVELL, Andrew (1621-78)].  The Rehearsal Transpos'd; or, Animadversions upon a late Book, Intituled, A Preface, shewing what Grounds there are of Fears and Jealousies of Popery ... The second…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original red cloth, spine lettered in…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et…
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal de Physique, Janvier-Juin, 1786. Volume XXVIII [only], 4to (253 x  195mm). Woodcut…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal […
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La Passion de Gilberte. Montréal [?but Paris]: G. Lebaucher [?but Malakoff], [c. 1902]. Small 8vo (162 x…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1772, folding engraved plate and maps, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the…
BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 ... Translated from the French…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919). Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex, London, 1919, plates and plans, original half vellum. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 400 COPIES. INSCRIBED BY LORD COWDRAY.
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919). Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in…
ST. JOHN HOPE, William Henry (1854-1919).  Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex. London: Country Life, 1919. Folio (365 x 250mm). Half title, mounted coloured portrait frontispiece…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch, Leipzig, 1825-45, 24 vols. including plate vol., 8vo and 4to, plates, contemporary half calf. (24)
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95). Physikalisches Wörterbuch,…
GEHLER, Johann Samuel Traugott (1751-95).  Physikalisches Wörterbuch. Neu bearbeitet von Brandes. Gmelin. Herner. Muncke. Pfaff. Leipzig: E. B. Schwickert, 1825-45. 11 volumes bound in 24 including…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original publisher's buckram. FIRST EDITION.
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original…
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946).  The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. 8vo (177 x 115mm). Half title with one-page advertisement for "The Pioneer series" on the verso, 32-pages …
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SPRENGEL, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1766-1833). Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneykunde, Halle [and Vienna],1821-40, 6 vols. bound in 8, frontispieces, contemporary half calf. (8)
SPRENGEL, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1766-1833). Versuch einer pragmatischen…
SPRENGEL, Kurt Polycarp Joachim (1766-1833).  Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzenykunde. Halle: Gebauerschen Buchhandlung [vol. VI (in 2 vols.): Vienna: In Commission der Carl Gerold…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (some fraying with loss of letters at head of backstrip). FIRST EDITION.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo,…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 8vo (188 x125mm). Half title (a few spots to page edges). Original black cloth with gun and rose motif stamped in red and…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SARKIS, Joseph Elian (1856-1932). Petite Histoire Sainte. A l' Usage des écoles de syrie, Beirut, 1889, small 8vo, parallel text in French and Arabic, modern half buckram. RARE.
SARKIS, Joseph Elian (1856-1932). Petite Histoire Sainte. A l' Usage des…
SARKIS, Joseph Elian (1856-1932).  Petite Histoire Sainte. A l' Usage des écoles de syrie. Beirut: Librairie de Saint-Vincent de Paul à Beyrouth ... Imprimerie Commerciale à Beyrouth, 1889. Small 8vo…
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94).  Untersuchungen ueber die Augbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft, Leipzig, 1892, contemporary vellum. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Hertz's highly important series of papers on electromagnetic waves.
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94). Untersuchungen ueber die Augbreitung…
HERTZ, Heinrich Rudolf (1857-94).  Untersuchungen ueber die Ausbreitung der Elektrischen Kraft. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1892. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Woodcut printer's device on title,…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. With another copy in half buckram. (2).
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898…
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936).  Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen ... Autorisierte Ubersetzung aus dem Russischen. Wiesbaden: Varlag von J. F. Bergmann, 1898. Large 8vo (257 x 175mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT

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