ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P., [London], 1955, 8vo, original stiff blue wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 2 other books by Eliot. (3)
ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a…
ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965).  The Literature of Politics. A Lecture Delivered at a C.P.C. Literary Luncheon ... With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P. [London:] Conservative…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)]. Acetaria. A Discourse on Sallets, London, 1699, small 8vo, large folding table (heavily spotted and browned throughout, loss of a few letters), 19th-century red half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)]. Acetaria. A Discourse on Sallets, London, 1699…
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)].  Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets. London: Printed for B. Tooke, 1699. Small 8vo (158 x 95mm). Title within double rule border without rubrication, large folding…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)]. A Knight there Was. London, 1946, 8vo, original cream boards gilt. Provenance: Anthony Eden (old armorial bookplate). INSCRIBED BY EDEN in pencil, "Sent me by the mother who wrote it. The boy was in 60th. A. E." RARE.
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)]. A Knight there Was. London, 1946, 8vo,…
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)].  A Knight there Was. By Mary England [i.e. a pseudonym]. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1946. 8vo (185 x 125mm). Half title, title within woodcut typographical border.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, London, 1795, 4to, 33 plates, attractively bound in contemporary calf, with a presentation note to The Earl of Avon [i.e. Anthony Eden] loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or…
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, from its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with Observations on the Public Buildings…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976). Processionnal de la Force Anglaise, Geneva, W. Egloff, 1944, 4to, wrappers. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 10 "HORS COMMERCE" COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Anthony Eden. RARE. With another related book. (2)
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976). Processionnal de la Force Anglaise, Geneva…
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976).  Processionnal de la Force Anglaise. Geneva: "Sur les Presses d' Albert Kundig ... pour le Compte de W. Egloff" [from the colophon], 1944. 4to (228 x 170mm). Half…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970). The Business of War, London, 1957, 8vo, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970). The Business of War, London, 1957, 8vo,…
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970).  The Business of War. The War Narrative of Major General Sir John Kennedy ... Edited and with a Preface by Bernard Fergusson. London: Hutchinson, 1957. 8vo (228 x…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
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
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In The Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations, New York, 1954, large 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In The Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the…
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968).  In the Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Large 8vo (210 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait of…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before). Canada at Britain's Side, Toronto, 1941, 8vo, red buckram. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed extensively by the author to Anthony Eden.
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from…
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before).  Canada at Britain's Side. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1941. 8vo (219 x 135mm). Half…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919). Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, 4to, plates, later red cloth, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Anthony Eden. With 3 other related books. (4)
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919). Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, 4to, plates, later…
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919).  Paul Gauguin. Paris: H. Floury, 1919. 4to (265 x 200mm). Half title, heliogravure portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by Gauguin at p.82, plates, some mounted. Later red cloth…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard de FONTENELLE (1657-1757). A Plurality of Worlds, London, 1929, 8vo, colour-stencilled astrological illustrations by T. L. Poulton, original vellum gilt. ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. With 9 other books printed by the same press. (10)
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard de FONTENELLE (1657-1757). A Plurality of Worlds,…
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE (1657-1757).  A Plurality of Worlds. John Glanvill's Translation with a Prologue by David Garnett. [London:] The Nonesuch Press, 1929. 8vo (200 x…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, London, 1877, 8vo, original buckram (faded), with a one-page autograph letter from the author tipped-in at the front, old bookplate of Anthony Eden. With 5 other books by Patmore. (6)
[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, London,…
[PATMORE, Coventry  (1823-96)].  The Unknown Eros and Other Odes. Odes I. - XXXI. London: George Bell and Sons, 1877. 8vo (190 x 145mm). Half title (single spot to half title and title, not affecting…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady, London, 1735, folio, later grey paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books. (3)
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744). Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a…
POPE, Alexander (1688-1744).  Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady. London: Printed by J. Wright, for Lawton Gulliver, 1735. Folio (329 x 210mm). Half title, woodcut ornament on title and…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970).  Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo, half tone illustrations, original buckram. FIRST ENGLISH ABRIDGED EDITION, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo,…
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970).  Hitler's Interpreter ... Edited by R. H. C. Steed. London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo (213 x 135mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the author, 10…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
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
SPEARS, E. L. (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory, London, 1940, 8vo, plates and maps, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, second impression. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
SPEARS, E. L. (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory, London, 1940, 8vo, plates…
SPEARS, Edward Louis, 1st Baronet (1886-1974).  Prelude to Victory ... With an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill. London: Jonathan Cape, January 1940. Large 8vo (222 x 146mm). Half title…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
STIMSON, Henry Lewis (1867-1950). The Far Eastern Crisis, New York, 1936, large 8vo, half tone frontispiece portrait and plates, original buckram. Second edition. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
STIMSON, Henry Lewis (1867-1950). The Far Eastern Crisis, New York, 1936,…
STIMSON, Henry Lewis (1867-1950).  The Far Eastern Crisis. Recollections and Observations. New York: Published for the Council on Foreign Relations by Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1936. Large 8vo …
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, London, "Privately Printed," 1901, 4to, original blue printed paper boards (covers detached, rather worn). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES. RARE. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, London, …
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900).  Essays, Criticisms and Reviews ... Now First Collected. London: "Privately Printed" [for Wright and Jones], 1901. 4to (260 x 200mm). Half title, small woodcut ornaments …
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institutions, Edinburgh,1809, 8vo, contemporary or original grey paper-backed wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this anti-vaccination tract. RARE.
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the…
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown).  A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institution, Edinburgh; With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of Interesting Letters on the Subject of…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress, London, 1860, 8vo, half title, contemporary crushed morocco by R. D. Canape. FIRST EDITION.
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61). Poems Before Congress, London,…
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, one-page of publisher's advertisements at the end (clean closed marginal…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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