[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others. Christmas, His Masque, [and other Masques], London, [?1631], stitched.
[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others. Christmas, His Masque, [and other…
[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others.  Christmas, His Masque, as it was Presented at Court, 1616 [and other masques]. [London, c. 1631]. Folio in 4s (283 x 195mm). Stitched. The text of this…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BINDINGS - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). [Selected Works], London, 1844-65, 12 works in 13 vols., FINELY BOUND. (13)
BINDINGS - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). [Selected Works], London, 1844-65,…
BINDINGS - Charles Dickens (1812-70). A Selection of 12 Works in 13 volumes comprising: The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. ... Complete in One Volume (London: Chapman and Hall, 1841); Barnaby Rudge; A…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SHERIDAN LE FANU, John Thomas (1814-73). The Evil Guest, London, [1895], original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 19 other books by the same author. (20)
SHERIDAN LE FANU, John Thomas (1814-73). The Evil Guest, London, [1895],…
SHERIDAN LE FANU, John Thomas (1814-73).  The Evil Guest. London: Downey & Co., [n.d. but publisher's advertisements at the end dated March 1895]. 8vo (187 x 122mm). Frontispiece and title printed in…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, in an EXCEPTIONALLY FINE contemporary pigskin binding. FIRST GERMAN EDITION.
GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine…
GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65).  Vogelbuch. Darin die art, natur und eigenschafft aller vöglen. Zürich: Christoffel Froschouer, 1557. Folio (384 x 245mm). Woodcut illustration on title,…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
[SANSON, Nicolas (1600-67)]. Novissima Descriptio Angliæ, Scotiæ et Hiberniæ, [Paris: c. 1650], hand-coloured engraved map of the British Isles, framed and grazed. With another map of the British Isles by Edward Wells. (2)
[SANSON, Nicolas (1600-67)]. Novissima Descriptio Angliæ, Scotiæ et…
[SANSON, Nicolas (1600-67)]. Novissima Descriptio Angliæ, Scotiæ et Hiberniæ. [Paris: c. 1650]. Hand-coloured engraved map of the British Isles, title in baroque cartouche, small inset map of the…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:01 GMT
BOWEN, Emanuel (1694-1767). A New and Accurate Map of Turky in Asia, Arabia, [London, c. 1744], engraved map, 350 x 425mm.; with 5 other maps. (6)
BOWEN, Emanuel (1694-1767). A New and Accurate Map of Turky in Asia,…
BOWEN, Emanuel (1694-1767).  A New and Accurate Map of Turky [sic] in Asia, Arabia ... Drawn from the best Authorities. [London, c. 1744]. Engraved map, title cartouche, 250 x 425mm., unframed. With…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
BAUM, Frank L. (1856-1919).  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900, defective, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's The Marvelous Land of Oz ([Chicago, n.d.]), also defective. (2)
BAUM, Frank L. (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900,…
BAUM, Frank L. (1856-1919).  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ... With Pictures by W. W. Denslow. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. 4to (215 x 165mm). Coloured pictorial title, illustrations…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [October] 1903. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 26 full-page coloured plates by…
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 17:01 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:01 GMT
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1908, original cloth. Second edition. With 9 other books. (10)
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1908,…
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932).  The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen and Co., October 1908. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson (some mainly marginal spotting and…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
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
ART REFERENCE - Josep PALAU I FABRE (1917-2008). Picasso. Life and Work of the Early Years 1881-1907, Oxford, 1981, original buckram. With 15 other art reference books. (16)
ART REFERENCE - Josep PALAU I FABRE (1917-2008). Picasso. Life and Work of…
ART REFERENCE - Josep PALAU I FABRE (1917-2008).  Picasso. Life and Work of the Early Years 1881-1907. Oxford: Phaidon, 1981, 4to (305 x 295mm). Half title, coloured and monochrome illustrations.…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
[BRAITHWAITE, Richard (1588-1673)].  Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to the North of England, 1723, contemporary calf.
[BRAITHWAITE, Richard (1588-1673)]. Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to…
[BRAITHWAITE, Richard (1588-1673)]. Drunken Barnaby’s Four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Metre. Wittily and merrily (tho’ an Hundred Years ago) compos’d; found among some old…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
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
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
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
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
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [in:] The New Review, London, 1895, Chapters XIII-XV, wrappers. With 6 other books. (7)
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [in:] The New Review, London,…
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [In:] The New Review. Edited by W. E. Henley. London: William Heinemann, May 1895. No. 72. Large 8vo (247 x 170mm). Containing The Time Machine, chapters…
Hammer price: £350
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
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
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire, London, S. D. Frances, [1948 or later], 8vo, original coloured pictorial wrappers. With 19 other "pulp fiction" books by the same author. (20)
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire,…
PULP FICTION - "Hank JANSON" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)].  Gun Moll for Hire. London: "Published by S. D. Frances. Sale Distributors: Gaywood Press Ltd.", [1948 or later]. 8vo (183 x…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT

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