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
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
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). The Works, London, 1708-10, 3 vols., 8vo, 33 engraved plates, contemporary calf. Mixed editions. With 14 other works in 32 volumes. (35)
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). The Works, London, 1708-10, 3 vols., 8vo, 33…
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67).  The Works ... Consisting of those Which were formerly Printed; And those which He design'd for the Press; Publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CRESSWELL, Thomas (1712-88). A Narrative of the Affair, London, [1747] [Bound with:] Miss Scrope's Answer, London, 1749, SIGNED and numbered by the author at the end. 2 works bound in one vol., 8vo, contemporary boards (later spine). FIRST EDITIONS.
CRESSWELL, Thomas (1712-88). A Narrative of the Affair, London, [1747] …
CRESSWELL, Thomas Estcourt (1712-88).  A Narrative of the Affair between Mr. Cresswell, and Miss Sc--e, Addressed to G----v----e Sc------e, Esq. By which may be discover'd the Falsities,…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
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
GIDE, Andre (1869-1951).  Si le Grain ne Meurt, Paris, [1947], 8vo, later blue cloth. "142e édition." PRESENTATION COPY of the author's autobiography, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
GIDE, Andre (1869-1951). Si le Grain ne Meurt, Paris, [1947], 8vo, later…
GIDE, André (1869-1951).  Si le Grain ne Meurt. [Paris:] Gallimard, [1947]. 8vo (182 x 120mm). Half title (browned throughout, as usual with "war economy" paper). Later dark blue buckram [?bound for…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
HOOKER, William Jackson (1785-1865). A Century of Ferns, London, 1854, folio, 100 coloured lithographed plates by Fitch, 19th-century half green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION.
HOOKER, William Jackson (1785-1865). A Century of Ferns, London, 1854,…
HOOKER, William Jackson (1785-1865).  A Century of Ferns; being Figures with Brief Descriptions of One Hundred New, or Rare, or Imperfectly Known Species of Ferns. London: William Pamplin, 1854.…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
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
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
ROWSE, A. L. (1903-97). The Later Churchills, London, 1958, large 8vo, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Clarissa and Anthony Eden. With 2 other books by the same author, both PRESENTATION COPIES. (3)
ROWSE, A. L. (1903-97). The Later Churchills, London, 1958, large 8vo,…
ROWSE, A. L. (1903-97).  The Later Churchills. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1958. Large 8vo (218 x 150mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and plates. Original red buckram, spine lettered and…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
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

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