MISCELLANY, 20th CENTURY - Muriel SPARK (1918-2006). The Ballad of Peckham Rye, London, 1960, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 8 other works in 9 vols. (10)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). [A Dance to the Music of Time], London, 1957-77, 12 vols., original cloth, dust-jackets. Mixed editions, but including 8 FIRST EDITIONS. (12)
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). [A Dance to the Music of Time], London, 1957…
POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000).  [A Dance to the Music of Time: comprising]: A Question of Upbringing … Reprinted 1977; A Buyer’s Market … Reprinted 1976; The Acceptance World … Reprinted 1977; At Lady…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £250 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430).  Opuscula, Paris, 1521, contemporary calf.
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
VIRGINIA - Thomas GLOVER (1647-97). An Account of Virginia [from the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society", London], 1676, stitched.
VIRGINIA - Thomas GLOVER (1647-97). An Account of Virginia [from the …
VIRGINIA - Thomas GLOVER (1647-97). [Sectional heading:] An Account of Virginia, its Scituation[sic], Temperature, Productions, Inhabitants, and their manner of planting and ordering Tobacco ...…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - ALBERTUS MAGNUS ([?]1193-1280, attrib.). De secretis mulierum, Amsterdam, 1740, contemporary calf. With 14 other books. (15)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Meditationes de prima philosophia, Amsterdam, 1685, contemporary vellum.
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Meditationes de prima philosophia, Amsterdam,…
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650).  Meditationes de prima philosophia, in quibus Dei existentia, et animæ humanæ à corpore distinctio, demonstrantur ... Editio ultima prioribus auctior et emendatior.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe, London, [1911], original pictorial cloth gilt. With 6 other editions of the same work. (7)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a manuscript written and…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski and G.…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Victor ADAM (1801-[?]66). Alphabets et Chiffres Récréatifs, Paris, [c. 1834], 9 lithographed plates, original pictorial wrappers. With 4 other illustrated books. (5)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BANKS, Iain (1954-2013). The Wasp Factory, London, 1934, original cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the author's first book.
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BÉASLAI, Piaras (1881-1965).  Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, Dublin, 1926, 2 vols., original cloth. FIRST EDITION. (2)
BÉASLAI, Piaras (1881-1965). Michael Collins and the Making of a New…
BÉASLAI, Piaras (1881-1965).  Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland. Dublin: The Pheonix Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926. 2 volumes, large 8vo (218 x 160mm). Half titles, 2 coloured…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - Daphne DU MAURIER (1907-89).  The Loving Spirit, London, 1931, original blue cloth (rubbed and scuffed, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION of the author's very scarce first novel. With 20 other books. (21)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SCOTT FITZGERALD, F. (1896-1940).  The Vegetable, New York, 1923, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. With another play by Edward Sackville-West. (2)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
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
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
JARDINE, William (1800-74).  The Natural History of the Felinæ, Edinburgh, 1834, hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, modern buckram-backed marbled boards. With another book. (2)
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 , 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
MISCELLANY - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). Quentin Durward, Edinburgh, 1823, 3 vols., original boards. FIRST EDITION. With 13 other books. (16)
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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
ALLINGHAM, Helen (1848-1926). Happy England, London, 1909, coloured plates, original decorated cloth gilt. SIGNED by Helen Allingham, and further inscribed by Nellie and Henry Allingham.
ALLINGHAM, Helen (1848-1926). Happy England, London, 1909, coloured plates…
ALLINGHAM, Helen (1848-1926).  Happy England .. with Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus B. Huish. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reissued larger size, November 1909." 4to (222 x 160mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £200 - £300
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

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