MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, [mid-18th-century], c.170-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book on paper relating…
MANUSCRIPT, ACCOUNTS BOOK - A manuscript accounts book relating to the Clan Rose of Kilravok, with the alphabetical contents at the front, "A. The names of the possessors of Auldearn and their [?…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., in a fine italic hand, [mid-late 18th-century], 536-pages, folio, contemporary full vellum.
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording…
MANUSCRIPT, LEGAL - A substantial legal manuscript on paper recording numerous copies of chancery affidavits, conveyances, petitions, legal precedents, etc., with additional index pages, all in an…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later 18th-century], 8vo, contemporary boards. FIVE APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED WORKS, of unknown authorship, on gardening, husbandry, forestry, etc. Please see the full description below.
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - Five manuscript works in one volume, [?later…
MANUSCRIPT, NATURAL HISTORY - "The Flower Garden; in Two Parts. The First Part, Contains the Culture of all the Annual and Bienl. Plants and Flowers, together with all Bulbous Rooted Flowers, and…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, [late 18th-century/early 19th-century], 2 volumes, c.250-pages, small 4to, contemporary full vellum (rather worn). (2)
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and…
MANUSCRIPT, RECIPES & REMEDIES - A manuscript on paper of recipes and remedies, written in several different hands, two, three or four to a page, with an index on the front pastedown of one volume …
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after 1979]. 6 typed drafts of magazine articles with autograph annotations, together with 16 autograph and 3 typed letters, postcards and memoranda. (qty)
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A collection of corrected typescripts and…
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after 1979]. 6 typed drafts of magazine articles with autograph annotations, together with 16 autograph and…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry" etc.), to Zofia Slaboszowska, Pacific Palisades, 19 May 1965-13 November 1979, c.63 pages in total.
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all…
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry", "Heinrich von Mueller", "Heinrich der Knarr", "Henry-san", "Heinrich von Offenbach…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). A Gallery of Children, London, [1925]. 4to, 12 coloured plates by H. Willebeek le Mair, original cream pictorial buckram. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 392 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). A Gallery of Children, London, [1925]. 4to, 12…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956) & Henrietta WILLEBEEK LE MAIR (1889-1996, illustrator).  A Gallery of Children. London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., [1925]. 4to (322 x 255mm). Half title, coloured illustration…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator). Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, London, [1913], 4to, coloured plates, cloth gilt. With c.45 other mostly 20th-century illustrated books. The lot sold not subject to return. (c.45)
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).…
MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - Willy POGANY (1882-1955, illustrator).  Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap, [1913]. 4to (240 x 180mm). Half title, 16 mounted coloured plates by…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A COMPLETE RUN OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED AND LONG-RUNNING SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, INCLUDING THE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, PRINTED ON YELLOW PAPER.
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A…
Private Eye. [London: various publishers], Friday 25th October 1961- March 2024. Numbers 1-1,620, 4to (300 x 210mm). The first 3 numbers printed in "off-set litho" on yellow paper, the remainder…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ... and printed by Huprint Ltd.", Tuesday November 7th [1961], number 2, 4to, 6-pages, printed on yellow paper, stapled. VERY RARE. With number 4, dated 7th February 1962. (2)
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ...…
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ... and printed by Huprint Ltd.", Tuesday November 7th [1961], number 2, 4to (252 x 202mm). 6-pages, printed by "off-set litho"…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Peter Pan ... A New Edition, London, [1912], 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates ([?]lacks half title), original pictorial cloth gilt. With 2 other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, both FIRST TRADE EDITIONS. (3)
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Peter Pan ... A New Edition,…
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937).  Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens ... A New Edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to (272 x 210mm). 50 mounted coloured…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols. including one duplicate, 8vo, original cloth; and 3 others by the same author. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, in dust-jackets, two inscribed by the author. Please see the full listing below. (14)
RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols.…
RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). The Alms for Oblivion sequence, listed in order of the date of publication, comprising: The Rich Pay Late (London, 1964), Friends in Low Places (London, 1965), The Sabre…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places", written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages, with a typed covering letter from the author, contained in a cloth box.
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first…
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).  The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters [as eventually published] of "Friends in Low Places", the second novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence,…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809). Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, London, 1800, 4to, 8 lithographed plates, 5 of which hand-coloured, contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809). Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples…
ROBERTS, James (1753-c.1809).  Introductory Lessons, with Familiar Examples in Landscape, for the Use of those who are Desirous of Gaining some Knowledge of the Pleasing Art of Painting in Water…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). Satan in the Suburbs & Other Stories, London, 1953, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of the author's first collection of short stories. With 4 other books by Russell and one by W. H. Auden, FIRST EDITIONS. (6)
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). Satan in the Suburbs & Other Stories,…
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970).  Satan in the Suburbs and Other Stories. London: The Bodley Head, 1953. 8vo (200 x 130mm). Half title, illustrations by Asgeir Scott, one-page of publisher's…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71). 71 original drawings comprising illustrations for her poems, [n.d. but c.1937-1957], various sizes, depicting animals, birds, children, male and female figures, largely executed in ball-point pen on fragments of paper. (71)
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71). 71 original drawings comprising illustrations for…
SMITH, Stevie (1902-71).  71 original drawings comprising illustrations for her poems, [n.d. but c.1937-1957], various sizes, depicting animals, birds, children, male and female figures, largely…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11 in pen and ink.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63). 18 original drawings, in pencil,…
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-63).  18 original drawings, in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, [n.d.]. Various sizes, from c.115 x 85mm to 178 x 230mm, six in pencil, one in watercolour, 11…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts," [Oxford], 1957, original typescript on 75-pages of A4, in a cloth-backed folder. With an autograph letter from the author.
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A…
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93).  "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts." [Oxford], 1957. Original typescript on 75-pages of A4 (255 x 200mm), typed on the rectos only, with…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, original wrappers, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 504 OF 550 COPIES "PRINTED ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER". With 3 other books from the same press. (4)
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut…
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1920. 8vo (195 x 125mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration, full…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph, [?Geneva], 1759, 12mo, TITLE PRINTED IN RED, contemporary morocco. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. Please see the full description below.
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme…
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83). Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W.") to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], [Zurich, c.November 1856]. In German. Four-pages, 136 x 107mm, blue paper, bifolium. On arrangements for his famous concert at St. Gallen with Liszt.
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83). Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W."…
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83).  Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W.") to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], [Zurich, c.November 1856]. In German. Four-pages, 136 x 107mm, blue paper, bifolium. On…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934). A substantial collection of letters and papers including a twenty-page typewritten script for the 1924 film "Gelbmantelchen", with autograph corrections by Wassermann.
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934). A substantial collection of letters and…
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934).  A substantial collection of letters and papers comprising a twenty-page typewritten script for the 1924 film "Gelbmantelchen" ("Wearer of the Yellow Mantle"), with…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94). A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern St. George and the Dragon, Grantchester, 1889, 8vo, frontispiece and plates, original cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94). A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern…
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94).  A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern St. George and the Dragon. Written, Printed, Illustrated and Published, by S. P. Widnall. Grantchester: [S. P. Widnall],…
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825). Atlas Classica, London, 1808, 51 hand-coloured maps and charts only (of 53), contemporary half calf (worn, covers detached).
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825). Atlas Classica, London, 1808, 51 hand…
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825).  Atlas Classica. Being A Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors Both Sacred and Profane. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1808. 4to (343 x…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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