BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54). The History of Tom Jones, London, 1915, 2 vols., large 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy morocco gilt by Hatchards. With various other works in 43 vols. bound in calf and morocco. (45)
BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54). The History of Tom Jones, London,…
BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54).  The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. 2 volumes, large 8vo (210 x 140mm). Half title, Title printed in red and black.…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BRYANT, Arthur (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943, London, 1957, 8vo, original black buckram. FIRST EDITION, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another book by Bryant. (2)
BRYANT, Arthur (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943, London, 1957,…
BRYANT, Arthur Wynne Morgan (1899-1985).  The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. London: Collins, April 1957…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London, 1955, 8vo, plates, cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London,…
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98).  Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait and 16 full-page plates …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[CARTLAND, Ronald (1907-40)] - William LANGLAND. The Vision of Piers the Plowman, London, 1935, 8vo, original cloth. ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed, "In memory of your friendship with my son Ronald, Mary Cartland, April 12, 1942."
[CARTLAND, Ronald (1907-40)] - William LANGLAND. The Vision of Piers the…
[CARTLAND, John Ronald Hamilton (1907-40) & Mary Hamilton CARTLAND (1877-1976)] - William LANGLAND (c.1332-c.1386, attrib.).  The Vision of Piers Plowman. Newly rendered into Modern English by Henry…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols., large 8vo, plates, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, VOLUMES ONE AND V ANNOTATED, HIGHLIGHTED AND WITH PASSAGES UNDERLINED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. (6)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols.…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-31. 5 parts bound in 6 [as usual], large 8vo (233 x 155mm). Half titles, plates and maps, some…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CLARE, John (1793-1864). Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, London, 1820, 12mo, half title, attractively bound in contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
CLARE, John (1793-1864). Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery,…
CLARE, John (1793-1864).  Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. By John Clare. A Northamptonshire Peasant. London: "Printed for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet Street; and E. Drury, Stamford," 1820.…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's Garden of Verses, London, 1902, 8vo, illustrations, original buckram. INSCRIBED, "From Nancy Cunard, to Antony[sic] Eden, Xmas 1906."
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's…
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94).  A Child's Garden of Verses. London: John Lane, 1902. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations,…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the author, early 20th-century tan half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Autobiography (London, 1929). (2)
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the…
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945).  Poems [Poèmes]. Paris: Published by the Mercure de France, 1896. 8vo (182 x 118mm). Heliographed portrait of the author by Dujardin after Walter Spindler inserted…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977). Places in the Sun, London, 1926, 8vo, plates, cloth. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed "Beatrice, from Anthony. Looking back: and looking forward to yet other 'Places in the Sun' to be [?]basked in together. July 17th, 1926."
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977). Places in the Sun, London, 1926, 8vo, plates,…
EDEN, Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977).  Places in the Sun ... With a Preface by The Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P. London: John Murray, 1926. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, half tone…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977). The Gabriel Silver Lecture, New York, Columbia University, 1952, 8vo, 16-pages, FINELY BOUND for Anthony Eden in full dark blue crushed morocco gilt, slipcase.
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977). The Gabriel Silver Lecture, New York, Columbia…
EDEN, Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977).  The Gabriel Silver Lecture. New York: Columbia University, 1952. 8vo (217 x 155mm). Title printed in blue with central blindstamp of Columbia University,…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970). The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories, London, 1911, square 8vo, original decorated cloth and endpapers designed by Roger Fry. With 14 other works in 15 vols. (16)
FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970). The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories,…
FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970).  The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1911. Square 8vo (184 x 135mm). Half title, printer's woodcut ornament, 3-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953). George Washington, New York, 1948-51, volumes I-IV only (of VI), original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 2 other works by the same author in 6 vols. (10)
FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953). George Washington, New York, 1948…
FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953).  George Washington. A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-51. Volumes I - IV only (of VI), large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half titles, half tone plates…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - E. Powys MATHERS (1892-1939). Procreant Hymn, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1926, large 8vo, 5 engraved plates by Eric Gill, original cream buckram. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 42 OF 175 COPIES.
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - E. Powys MATHERS (1892-1939). Procreant Hymn,…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - E. Powys MATHERS (1892-1939).  Procreant Hymn. Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 6th February 1926. Large 8vo (245 x 155mm). 5 engraved plates by Eric Gill,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GOOCH, G. P. (1873-1968). Germany, London, 1926, large 8vo, cloth. "Second impression". ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With 2 other related books. (3)
GOOCH, G. P. (1873-1968). Germany, London, 1926, large 8vo, cloth. "Second…
GOOCH, George Peabody (1873-1968).  Germany ... With an Introduction by The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.P. London: Ernest Bevin Limited, 1926. Large 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title (a few marginal…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
HOGARTH PRESS - John MAYNARD KEYNES (1883-1946). The End of Laissez-Faire, London, Hogarth Press, 1926, 8vo, original cloth-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other books from the same press. (4)
HOGARTH PRESS - John MAYNARD KEYNES (1883-1946). The End of Laissez-Faire,…
HOGARTH PRESS - John MAYNARD KEYNES (1883-1946).  The End of Laissez-Faire. London: "Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press," 1926. 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title, woodcut…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
HULL, Cordell (1871-1955). The Memoirs, New York, 1948, 2 vols., large 8vo, original non-uniform buckram. Mixed editions. IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Hon. Anthony Eden, with admiration and sincerest friendship, Cordell Hull." (2)
HULL, Cordell (1871-1955). The Memoirs, New York, 1948, 2 vols., large 8vo…
HULL, Cordell (1871-1955).  The Memoirs. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. 2 volumes, large 8vo (209 x 140mm). Half titles, half tone portrait frontispiece (some leaves creased at corners).…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
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
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning, London, 1947, 8vo, original cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Anthony, from Bruce, in gratitude and admiration, R. H. Bruce Lockhart." With 7 other related books. (8)
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning, London,…
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970).  Comes the Reckoning. London: Putnam, 1947. 8vo (216 x 140mm). Half title (one leaf torn without significant loss, some marginal staining). Original dark…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). My Rod My Comfort, London, The Dropmore Press, 1949, 4to, plates by J. Gaastra, vellum-backed buckram. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 63 OF 550 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Anthony Eden.
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). My Rod My Comfort, London,…
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970).  My Rod My Comfort. London: The Dropmore Press, 1949. 4to (280 x 200mm). Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by J. Gaastra. Original…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
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

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