BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). All the Assholes in the World and Mine, Bensenville, Illinois, Open Skull Press, 1966, 8vo, original tan pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF "NO MORE THAN" 400 COPIES. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). All the Assholes in the World and Mine,…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  All the Assholes in the World and Mine. Bensenville, Illinois: Open Skull Press [and Douglas Blazek], 1966. 8vo (215 x 140mm). Mimeographed text. Original tan pictorial…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BULOW, Hans von (1830-94). A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v. Bülow"), to Dr Carl Gille, Berlin, Munich and elsewhere, 18 November [1863] - 30 May 1869. In German. Together c.75 pages, mostly on his relations with Wagner and Liszt.
BULOW, Hans von (1830-94). A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v…
BULOW, Hans von (1830-94, German conductor, pianist and composer).  A series of 27 autograph letters, signed ("H. v. Bülow"), to Dr Carl Gille, Berlin, Munich and elsewhere, 18 November [1863] - 30…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France ... The Eighth Edition, London, 1791 [Bound with Paine's:] Rights of Man ... Fourth Edition, London, 1791, 2 works bound in one, 8vo, 19th-century half calf.
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France ... The…
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97).  Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ... The Eighth Edition. London: J. Dodsley, 1791 [bound with:] Thomas PAINE …
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Valerie with nice thoughts, Eustace, Feb. '58". With 11 other books by the same author, some PRESENTATION COPIES. (12)
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth,…
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73).  Live and Let Live. The Moral of the Wolfenden Report ... With a Foreword by Sir John Wolfenden. London: Heinemann, 1958. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title (some large spots…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1875-1964) - A collection of c.30 books mostly about Churchill, most FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES, inscribed by their authors to the late Lady Jane Williams of Elvel. Please see the more detailed listing below. (c.30)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1875-1964) - A collection of c.30 books mostly…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1875-1964) - A collection of c.30 books about Winston Churchill, most FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES, inscribed by their authors to the late Lady Jane Williams of…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, [1922], 8vo, 16 photographed plates, original wrappers (lacks backstrip, frayed with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 2 books of related interest. (3)
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, …
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930), and others.  The Case for Spirit Photography ... [From upper wrapper:]  With Corroborative Evidence by Experienced Researchers and Photographers. London: Hutchinson &…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
COOKE, William (d.1780). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, London, 1781, 2 volumes, folio, 61 engraved plates, attractively bound in contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces. FIRST EDITION. (2)
COOKE, William (d.1780). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, London,…
COOKE, William (d.1780).  The Medallic History of Imperial Rome ... With the Several Medals and Coins, accurately Copied and Curiously Engraven. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, containing a…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. Out of Africa, New York, 1938, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With c.24 other books by, or relating to, the same author. (c.25)
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. Out of Africa, New York,…
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)].  Out of Africa. New York: Random House, 1938. 8vo (206 x 140mm). Half title, title in a green panel (stain at margin of one leaf near the end).…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
DOUGLAS, Alfred, Lord (1870-1945, editor). The Spirit Lamp. An Aesthetic, Literary and Critical Magazine, Oxford, June 1893, Vol. IV, No. II, original blue wrappers (defective). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
DOUGLAS, Alfred, Lord (1870-1945, editor). The Spirit Lamp. An Aesthetic,…
DOUGLAS, Alfred, Lord (1870-1945, editor).  The Spirit Lamp. An Aesthetic, Literary and Critical Magazine. Oxford: John Thornton, June 1893. Volume IV, No. II. 4to (225 x 178mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few pages with light stains and spots), original black cloth with skull design stamped in blind with gold coins as eyes, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Gilbert A7b.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Goldfinger. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. 8vo (188 x 120mm). Half title (a few pages with light stains and spots). Original black cloth with skull design stamped in…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball, London, 1961, 8vo, half title (some mostly very faint marginal staining and spotting). Original dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (some staining to turn-ins). FIRST EDITION. Gilbert A9.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball, London, 1961, 8vo, half title (some…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. 8vo (188 x 120mm). Half title (some mostly very faint marginal staining and spotting, a little heavier to a few leaves towards the…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With 3 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS in dust-jackets. (4)
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title. Original dark brown cloth with ski-tracks ruled in white on the upper cover, the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small…
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is given A History of the fits ... In the Second, The Cacochymia which disposes to the Fit ... In the…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, ARTIST'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the publisher, and further inscribed by the publisher.
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to,…
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & E. H. SHEPARD (1879-1976, illustrator).  The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 4to (227 x 182mm). Half title, woodcut publisher's device on the title,…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
HOBAN, Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator). Woman with a Book, London, 1999, oblong 4to, 20 plates by Blake, boards. Provenance: FROM THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL HOBAN. FIRST EDITION. NO. 82 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.
HOBAN, Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator). Woman…
HOBAN Russell (1925-2011) & Quentin BLAKE (b.1932, illustrator).  Woman with a Book. Twenty Drawings by Quentin Blake with an Introduction by Russell Hoban. London: The Camberwell Press, 1999. Large…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis, London, 1657, folio, engraved portrait and double-page view of London, contemporary calf (with flaking and surface abrasion). FIRST EDITION, [?]PRESENTATION COPY.
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis, London, 1657, folio, engraved…
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666).  Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Chamber, and Chief Emporium of Great Britain: Whereunto is added another of…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions, London, 19 June 1913. Two-and-a-half-pages, 229 x 175mm; with a printed pamphlet, "Three letters from Henry James to Joseph Conrad" (London, 1926).
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph…
JAMES, Henry (1843-1916).  Typed letter, signed ("Henry James"), to Joseph Conrad, 21 Carlyle Mansions, London, 19 June 1913. Two-and-a-half-pages, 229 x 175mm; with a printed pamphlet, "Three…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed ("Rudyard Kipling", "Ruddy"), to Edward ("Teddy" or "Ted") Price or to Teddy's mother, Sarah (six letters), Bateman's, and elsewhere, 1900-35.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed ("Rudyard Kipling", "Ruddy"), to Edward ("Teddy" or "Ted") Price or to Teddy's mother, Sarah (six…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables Choisies, Bouillon, 1776, 4 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece and 248 engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 2 early 19th-century editions of French works in 7 vols. (11)
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Fables Choisies, Bouillon, 1776, 4 volumes…
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95).  Fables Choisies, mises en vers. Bouillon: "Aux Dépens de la Société Typographique," 1776. 4 volumes, 8vo (205 x 125mm). Half titles, engraved frontispiece and 248…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LAW - Lord DENNING (1899-1999). The Discipline of Law, London, 1979, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Desmond Ackner. With 9 other books. Please see the full listing below. (10)
LAW - Lord DENNING (1899-1999). The Discipline of Law, London, 1979, 8vo,…
LAW - Lord DENNING (i.e. Alfred Thompson "Tom" DENNING, Baron DENNING (1899-1999)), and others.  The Discipline of Law. London: Butterworths, 1979. 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title, one full-page…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Emily, Lady Tennyson, address given phonetically as "Oatlands Parcotel, Waltnontems, Surry", 14 January 1861, four-pages, 180 x 225mm, illustrated with two self-caricatures.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Emily, Lady Tennyson, address given phonetically as "Oatlands Parcotel, Waltnontems, Surry", 14 January 1861. Four…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, Nice, 14 March 1865. Four-pages, 133 x 207mm, illustrated with three caricature drawings.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, Nice, 14 March 1865. Four-pages, 133 x 207mm. Illustrated with three caricature drawings, depicting…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm), 240 photographed plates by Leibovitz, boards, Whoopi Goldberg dust-jacket. ONE OF 10,300 COPIES, SIGNED. With the stand by Marc Newson.
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO…
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949, photographer).  Annie Leibovitz. New York: Taschen, 2014. "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm). Half title, preface by Steve Martin titled "The Preface No One Will…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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