BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, London, 1812, Cantos I-II in one vol., 4to, facsimile letter, FINELY BOUND in contemporary red morocco, FIRST EDITION. With Cantos III & IV (1816-18, 2 vols., FIRST EDITIONS) in wrappers and boards. (3)
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, London, 1812, Cantos…
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824).  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt [and] Poems. London: "Printed for John Murray ... William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin," [March]…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols., large 8vo, plates, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, VOLUMES ONE AND V ANNOTATED, HIGHLIGHTED AND WITH PASSAGES UNDERLINED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. (6)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols.…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-31. 5 parts bound in 6 [as usual], large 8vo (233 x 155mm). Half titles, plates and maps, some…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's Garden of Verses, London, 1902, 8vo, illustrations, original buckram. INSCRIBED, "From Nancy Cunard, to Antony[sic] Eden, Xmas 1906."
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's…
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94).  A Child's Garden of Verses. London: John Lane, 1902. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations,…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the author, early 20th-century tan half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Autobiography (London, 1929). (2)
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the…
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945).  Poems [Poèmes]. Paris: Published by the Mercure de France, 1896. 8vo (182 x 118mm). Heliographed portrait of the author by Dujardin after Walter Spindler inserted…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), and others. America Looks to the Future. Four Speeches by American Statesman ... With an Introduction by ... Anthony Eden, London, 1942, 8vo, wrappers. With Anthony Eden's annotation at the head of the introduction. RARE.
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), and others. America Looks to the Future. Four…
EDEN, Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), and others.  America Looks to the Future. Four Speeches by American Statesmen. With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, P.C., M.P., Secretary of…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70) - A King's Heritage, London, 1955, 8vo, FINELY BOUND in morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, with a letter from the author presenting the book to Anthony Eden.
KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70) - A King's Heritage, London, 1955,…
KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70).  A King's Heritage. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1955. 8vo (209 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and illustrations. FINELY BOUND in dark blue…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79).  Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia 1943-1945, London, 1951, 4to, buckram, wrappers bound in. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Mountbatten to Eden.
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by…
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, 1st Earl of Burma (1900-79).  Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia 1943-1945. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. 4to …
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge, 1938, 8vo, buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another by the same author. (2)
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge,…
SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951).  Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British Policy. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original blue…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967).  Vietnam, New York, 1965, 8vo, morocco. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 6 other books related, one inscribed by Eden, the others ANNOTATED by him. (7)
VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967). Vietnam, New York, 1965, 8vo, morocco…
VIETNAM - Victor BATOR (1891-1967).  Vietnam. A Diplomatic Tragedy. The Origins of The U.S. Involvement. New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1965. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, frontispiece map,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy, London, 1948, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN INK BY ANTHONY EDEN.
WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy, London, 1948…
WHEELER-BENNETT, John W. (1902-75).  Munich. Prologue to Tragedy. London: Macmillan & Co., 1948. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm). Half title, 9 full-page illustrations of contemporary cartoons from "Punch"…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Eden versus Whistler, Paris, 1899, large 8vo, original boards. FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, with the old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden. With another book by Whistler, and a related album. (3)
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). Eden versus Whistler, Paris,…
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903).  Eden versus Whistler. The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict. Paris: Louis-Henry May, 1899. Large 8vo (203 x 160mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden. Please see the full listing below. Sold not subject to return. (c.60)
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN. Please see…
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford, 1893, 8vo, cloth, annotated and underlined in…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - George MEREDITH. Modern Love, London, 1892, reprint, 8vo, dark blue buckram, inscribed, "From Dolly, Xmas 1892," and further inscribed in…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645).  A Chronicle of the Kings of England, London, 1674, folio, engraved title, lacking index leaves at the end, later half morocco. With 5 other works in 6 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (7)
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, London…
BAKER, Richard (c.1568-1645).  A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the time of the Roman Government, unto the Death of King James ... Whereunto is Added, the Reign of king Charles the First,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Paris, 1785, large 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 19th-century red half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, later issue with illustrations.
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le…
BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99).  La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie en Cinq Actes, en Prose. Paris: Chez Ruault, 1785. Large 8vo (258 x 165mm). Half title with list…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.
BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large…
BOCK, Carl Alfred (1849-1932).  The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam and Down the Barito; Also, Journeying in Sumatra. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington,…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres Complètes, Brussels, 1828-33, 20 volumes, large 8vo, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 maps, one table, 735 lithographed plates, many hand-coloured (one lacking), 19th-century calf gilt. (20)
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres…
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840).  Oeuvres Complètes ... Suivies de ses Continuateurs Daubenton, Lacépède, Cuvier, Duméril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffrey-St-Hilaire. Brussels:…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911, square 8vo, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, original green pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911,…
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924).  The Secret Garden. London: William Heinemann, 1911. Square 8vo (202 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with foliate border and small…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum posterius, Amsterdam: "G. Valk et P. Schenk," [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 440 x 520mm., unframed.
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum…
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)].  Coeli stellati Christiani hæmisphærum posterius. Amsterdam: "G. Valk et P. Schenk," [1708]. Fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, with 2 smaller…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Planisphærium Braheum sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi Tychonis Brahei in plano delineata, Amsterdam: "Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk", [1708], fine hand-coloured engraved hemispherical star chart, 420 x 515mm.
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)]. Planisphærium Braheum sive structura…
[CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665)].  Planisphærium Braheum sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi Tychonis Brahei in plano delineata. Amsterdam: "Gerardum Valk et Petrum Schenk", [1708]. Fine hand…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius, Rome, 1581, large 8vo, woodcut diagrams and initials, tables, modern vellum with yapp edges. The work was first published in 1570.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco…
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612).  In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius nunc iterum ab ipso auctore recognitus, & multis ac variis locis locupletatus. Rome: Ex Officina Dominici Basæ [On…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Glasgow, 1904, large 4to, 138 photogravure plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary turquoise crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES "PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION."
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures…
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926, collector) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the French, Dutch, British and Other Schools belonging to W. A. Coats. Glasgow: Wm. B. Paterson, 1904. Large…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ...…
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Life in London, London, 1821, large 8vo, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 folding leaves of music (some staining and spotting), FINELY BOUND in 20th-century scarlet crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION.
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Life in London, London, 1821, large 8vo, 36 hand…
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849).  Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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