LAURENCIN, Marie (1883-1956).  Marie Laurencin. Avec une préface par Marcel Jouhandeau, Paris, 1928, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES. With 2 other books. (3)
LAURENCIN, Marie (1883-1956). Marie Laurencin. Avec une préface par…
LAURENCIN, Marie (1883-1956).  Marie Laurencin. Avec une préface par Marcel Jouhandeau. Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1928. 4to (265 x 215mm). Half title, tipped-in coloured frontispiece and 4…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT ([dates unknown])].  Anecdotes Arabes et Musulmanes, Paris, 1772, 8vo, contemporary calf. With various other works in 32 vols. (33)
MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT (…
MISCELLANY - [Jean-François DE LA CROIX (1753-94) and Antoine HORNOT ([dates unknown])].  Anecdotes Arabes et Musulmanes, depuis l' An de J. C. 614, Époque de l' établissement du Mahométisme en…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
COBURN, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966, photographer). Men of Mark, London and New York, 1913, original buckram. FIRST EDITION.
COBURN, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966, photographer). Men of Mark, London and…
COBURN, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966, photographer).  Men of Mark. London and New York: Duckworth ... [verso of title:] Printed at the Ballantyne Press, London, 1913. 4to (310 x 235mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, Cambridge, 1744, 2 vols., contemporary calf. With another book. (3)
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, Cambridge, 1744, 2 vols.,…
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)].  Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LLD. Adorn’d with a new Set…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic Poem, London, 1817, contemporary half calf. With other works by Byron bound in.
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic Poem, London, 1817,…
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824).  Manfred. A Dramatic Poem. London: John Murray, 1817. Half title, 2-line printed quote from Hamlet on title, 80-pages with imprint of T. Davison on p.80. Wise I, p.123. …
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)]. The Nursery "Alice", London, 1890, original pictorial boards.
"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 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
LEE, Laurie (1914-97). Cider with Rosie, London, 1959, original buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
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 , 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
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940).  Castle Gay, [London, 1930], original fawn buckram. AUTHOR'S PROOF COPY. With 2 other books by John Buchan. (3)
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 , 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
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon, London, 1932, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 4 other books by the same author. (5)
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, 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
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Animal Farm, London, 1945, original cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With 2 other editions of the same work. (3)
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 , 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
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
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original red cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 5 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS without dust-jackets. (6)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (some spotting and staining).…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919], original green cloth. Reprint. With 19 other books by the same author, mixed editions, without dust-jackets. (20)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Piccadilly Jim.  London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d. but after 1919]. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title (without illustrations, as issued). Original green cloth.…
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76). Two Centuries of Song, London, 1867, plates, FINELY BOUND in contemporary red crushed morocco. With Christina Rossetti's Poetical Works, London, 1904, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt. (2)
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76). Two Centuries of Song, London, 1867…
BINDINGS - Walter THORNBURY (1828-76, editor).  Two Centuries of Song; or, Lyrics, Madrigals, Sonnets, and other Occasional Verses of the English Poets of the Last Two Hundred Years. London: Sampson…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT

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