MISCELLANY, 20th CENTURY - Muriel SPARK (1918-2006). The Ballad of Peckham…
MISCELLANY, 20th CENTURY - Muriel SPARK (1918-2006). The
Ballad of Peckham Rye. London: Macmillan, 1960. 8vo (190 x
130mm). Original eggshell blue cloth, spine lettered in red, dust-jacket with…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430). Opuscula, Paris, 1521,…
SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430). Opuscula divi Augustini longe prestantissima cum duplici indicio rursus Parisiis compressa. Paris: [from the colophon to the first part:] “impe[n]sis…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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MISCELLANY - ALBERTUS MAGNUS ([?]1193-1280, attrib.). De secretis mulierum…
MISCELLANY - ALBERTUS MAGNUS ([?]1193-1280, attributed). De secretis mulierum libellus. Amsterdam: [no publisher], 1740. 12mo (141 x 90mm). Woodcut ornament on title, initial (some light spotting…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)]. The Nursery …
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)]. The Nursery "Alice" containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to "Alice's adventures in Wonderland" with Text…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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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:
£90
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Victor ADAM (1801-[?]66). Alphabets et Chiffres…
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Victor ADAM (1801-[?]66). Alphabet et Chiffres Récréatifs. Paris: Chez Aumont [and] Tessari et Cie., [c. 1834]. Oblong 4to (278 x 370mm). 9 lithographed plates, each illustrating…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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BANKS, Iain (1954-2013). The Wasp Factory, London, 1934, original cloth,…
BANKS, Iain (1954-2013). The Wasp Factory. London: Macmillan, 1984. 8vo (215 x 135mm). Half title. Original brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with price of £7.95 unclipped (very…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). Castle Gay, [London, 1930], original fawn…
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). Castle Gay. [London:] Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., [1930]. 8vo (186 x 124mm). Half title (some spotting and staining). Original publisher's fawn buckram, printed label mounted…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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MISCELLANY - Daphne DU MAURIER (1907-89). The Loving Spirit, London, 1931…
MISCELLANY - Daphne DU MAURIER (1907-89). The Loving Spirit. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. 8vo (197 x 130mm). Half title (a few light marginal stains). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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SCOTT FITZGERALD, F. (1896-1940). The Vegetable, New York, 1923, original…
SCOTT FITZGERALD, F. (1896-1940). The Vegetable or from President to postman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end…
Hammer price:
£35
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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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
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9 December 2021
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon, London, 1932,…
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 8vo (213 x 145mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece by Juan Gris, half tone illustrations. Original salmon-pink…
Hammer price:
£110
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,…
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
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9 December 2021
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ORWELL, George (1903-50). Animal Farm, London, 1945, original cloth …
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Animal Farm. A Fairy Story. London: Secker and Warburg, 1945. 8vo (186 x 122mm). Half title. Original green cloth, spine lettered in white (rubbed and lightly stained,…
Hammer price:
£420
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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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
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9 December 2021
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JARDINE, William (1800-74). The Natural History of the Felinæ, Edinburgh,…
JARDINE, William (1800-74). The Natural History of the Felinæ. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars (and others), 1834. Small oblong 4to (100 x 170mm). 36 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, including 2 by…
Hammer price:
£45
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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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
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9 December 2021
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MISCELLANY - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). Quentin Durward, Edinburgh, 1823, 3…
MISCELLANY - [Walter SCOTT (1771-1832)]. Quentin Durward. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable, 1823. 3 volumes, 8vo (197 x 125mm). 4-pages of publisher's advertisements dated May 1832 at the…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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"Mineral and Rock Specimens", [No place, early 20th-century], 40 specimens…
"Mineral and Rock Specimens" [title from printed label on lid], [No place, n.d. but early 20th-century], 236 x 155mm., 40 specimens of minerals and rocks contained in a compartmentalised book box,…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021
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9 December 2021
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"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
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9 December 2021
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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
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9 December 2021
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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
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
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reprinted August 1911." 8vo (193 x 135mm). Half title, 8 half tone plates by T. M. R. Whitwell, 2-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021
, 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021
, 00:00 GMT