Sale date: |
Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on Tuesday 1st July 2008 |
Lot numbers: |
319-348 of 375 |
Lot |
Description & Estimate |
Vat on hammer % |
Hammer Price £ |
319 |
MORGAN, CHARLES. Sparkenbroke, Limited Edition, one of 210 copies, signed by the author, 1936. 8vo., cont. full niger morocco gilt, a.e.g. With 23 others by the same, First Editions, and 4 other volumes. 8vo., mostly orig. cloth. (28) £50-70 | Nil |
50 |
| 320 | MORRIS, WILLIAM. The Collected Works, 24 vols., Limited Edition, No 507 of 1050 sets. 1910 - 15. 8vo., orig. linen backed boards (spines dusty). Frontispieces. (24) (P) See illustration. £300-400 | Nil |
440 |
| 321 | NONESUCH PRESS. BLAKE, WILLIAM. The Writings, ed. Geoffrey Keynes, 3 vols., 1925. No. 981 of 1500 copies; Pencil Drawings, 1927. No. 787 of 1550 copies. -- WILSON, MONA. The Life of William Blake, 1927. No. 598 of 1480 copies. Large 8vo., or 4to., orig. bindings. Plates. (5) £120-150 | Nil |
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| 322 | NONESUCH PRESS. The Holy Bible, 4 vols., (lacking Apocrypha), 1925 - 27, one of 1000 copies. Tall 8vo., orig. boards gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. With 4 others from the same press. (8) £100-150 | Nil |
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| 323 | NONESUCH PRESS. WILSON, MONA. The Life of William Blake. 1927 No. 462 of 1480 copies. Tall 8vo., orig. qtr. vellum, uncut. Frontispiece and plates. £40-60 | Nil |
30 |
| 324 | NONESUCH PRESS. MOORE, GEORGE. The Brook Kerith...With Twelve Engravings by Stephen Gooden, 1929. No. 36 of 375 copies, signed by author and artist. Tall 8vo., orig. vellum uncut; Ulick and Soracha, 1926. No. 871 of 1250 copies. Signed by the author. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. One plate by S. Gooden; with another volume by the same. (3) £40-60 | Nil |
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| 325 | NONESUCH PRESS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Works. 7 vols., 1929 - 33. Edited by Herbert Farjeon, No. 1314 of 1600 copies. 8vo., orig. tan morocco gilt (sides slightly discoloured). (7) See illustration. £300-500 | Nil |
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| 326 | NONESUCH PRESS. HOMER. The Iliad. Edited by Alexander Pope, 1931 No. 1396 of 1450 copies. Tall 8vo., orig. tan morocco gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (top edge of upper cover faded, slightly soiled). One page of pencil notes by J.A. Symonds. £100-150 | Nil |
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| 327 | NONESUCH PRESS. The Nonsuch Century, 1936. No. 454 of 750 copies. Large 8vo., orig. cloth (spine faded). Plates, some tipped in at end. £80-120 | Nil |
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| 328 | NONESUCH CENTURY, another copy, 1936 (spine and top of upper cover faded). £70-100 | Nil |
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| 329 | NONESUCH PRESS. MILTON, JOHN. The Mask of Comus. 1937. No. 70 of 950 copies. Folio, orig. boards. Coloured plates. £80-120 | Nil |
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| 330 | OXFORD HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 15 vols. in 16, Oxford 1987 - 86. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. With a set of Gibbon's Decline and Fall, 7 vols., 1911. orig. cloth. (23) £30-50 | Nil |
10 |
| 331 | PAMPHLETS. A collection of approx 87 19th c. pamphlets, bound in 8 vols., lettered " Lanx Satura" on spines, collected by Henry Hargreave Fawcett, with his signature and ms. indices. Relating to Irish politics, medicine, mathematics etc. including (listed in volume order) Longfield, Mountifort. The Limit of State Interference with the Distribution of Wealth, Dublin 1872 -- Nunneley, Thomas. On Anaesthesia..., Worcester 1849 -- Hutton, Henry Dix. Report of the Committee of the Registration of Title Association, Dublin 1865 -- Burnand, F.C. Tracks for Tourists, 1864 -- Jessett, F. Bowreman. An Inquiry into the ...Increase of Cancer in England and Wales, (c. 1881) -- Davey, James George. Report...Female Side of the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, 1852. Molesworth, Guilford L. Land as Property, 1885 -- Dominion of Canada. Guide Book Containing Information for Intending Settlers. Fifth Edition, Ottawa, 1884. Illustrations -- Boscawen, W. St. Chad, trans. The Chaldean Legends of the Creation and Deluge, 1885 -- Ruskin, John. Notes on some of the Principal Pictures of Sir John Everett Millais, Exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1886. 8vo.,, cont. calf, spines gilt, not uniform height. (8) (P) Lanx Satura roughly translates as pot-pourri or miscellany. £400-600 | Nil |
1650 |
| 332 | POOR LAW. Second Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales..., 1836 (spine detached); Fourth Annual Report..., 1838 (blank piece torn from title). Folding plans, mostly hand coloured in outline; Report...from the Poor Law Commissioners [by Edwin Chadwick] vol. 1 only, 1842 (spine loose). Folding maps and plans. With 2 others. 8vo., orig. cloth. (5) £50-100 | Nil |
80 |
| 333 | POWYS, T.F. Fables, 1929. No. 492 of 750 copies, signed. d.w. Illus. by Gilbert Spencer; The Only Penitent, 1931. No. 135 of 160 copies, signed. With 5 others by the same -- POWYS, LLEWELYN. The Verdict of Bridlegoose. 1927. No. 291 of 900 copies, (scuffed d.w.). All 8vo., orig. bindings. (8) £60-80 | Nil |
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| 334 | ROYALTY. The Trial at Large of Her Majesty Caroline...Queen of Great Britain. 2 vols., Manchester 1821. 8vo., cont. half calf (upper covers detached, one spine defective). Engraved frontispieces and 8 plates (a few stains). With 18 others on 20th c. royalty, including 3 gift books, and 9 periodicals or programmes similar. (29) £30-40 | Nil |
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| 335 | SCOTT, Sir WALTER. Waverley Novels. Centenary Edition, 25 vols., Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, 1871. 8vo., cont. half green morocco, spines gilt, by H. Sotheran (a few vols. rubbed). Engraved portraits and plates. (25) £300-500 | Nil |
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| 336 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The works...Knight's Cabinet Edition, Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, n.d. 12 vols., small 8vo., cont. calf gilt. Illustrations. In wooden bookends. With another set of Shakespeare, 40 miniature vols., Allied Newspapers, (c. 1934), orig. cloth, in small 3 shelved wooden bookcase. (52) (P) £60-80 | Nil |
160 |
| 337 | SHEPARD, THOMAS. The sincere Convert. Printed by G.D. for John Sweeting, 1659. 8vo., cont. calf (worn, title defective at head, with loss). Wing S 3127 £20-30 | Nil |
100 |
| 338 | SMITH, ADAM. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by James E. Thorold Rogers. Second Edition, 2 vols., Oxford 1880. 8vo., orig. cloth (vol 2 soiled). Engraved portrait frontispiece. (2) (P) £20-30 | Nil |
30 |
| 339 | "SUREBUTTER, JOHN". The Pleader's Guide, A Didactic Poem, in Two Books, Containing The Conduct of a Suit at Law..., First American, from the London Edition, Philadelphia, Printed by and for Samuel Akerman, 1803. 8vo., cont. sheep (worn). In two parts. (P) £40-60 | Nil |
20 |
| 340 | TAYLOR, JEFFERYS. The Farm; A New Account of Rural Toils and Produce. Second Edition, John Harris, 1834. 16mo., cont. qtr. roan. 8 steel engraved plates and other illustrations. With a Dr. Syntax, 1823 (lacking one plate and some text); Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs..., Newry, 1811 and 7 others. Sold not subject to return. (10) £20-40 | Nil |
30 |
| 341 | TAYLOR, JOHN, publisher. The Ready Reckoner; Or, Trader's most useful Assistant..., 1790. 12mo., cont. sheep (some scribbles on endpapers). Attributed to Daniel Fenning, ESTC records 22 18th c. editions, of which 9 were printed in the U.S.A., and many of them with only one or two surviving copies. This edition not recorded. £100-150 | Nil |
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| 342 | TEILHARD de CHARDIN, PIERRE, (1881-1955). A collection of 4 books about this writer including Cuenot, Claude. Teilhard de Chardin. A Biographical Study, 1865, and 12 works by him, all in English translations, 1959 - 78. 8vo., orig. cloth. (16) His chief works were published posthumously, having been banned by the Roman Catholic Church in his lifetime. £50-80 | Nil |
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| 343 | THEROUX, PAUL. Waldo, A Novel. Boston 1967. Signed by the author on title. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. £100-120 | Nil |
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| 344 | VALOR BENEFICIORUM: Or, A Valuation of all Ecclesiastical Preferments in England and Wales..., Printed for M. Gillyflower and others, 1695. 12mo., cont. sheep (spine worn). Engraved frontispiece (short tear). Wing V 50. (P) £30-50 | Nil |
45 |
| 345 | WAUGH, EVELYN. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, First Edition, 1957. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. With 10 other volumes by Graham Greene, Agatha Christie etc. (11) £30-50 | Nil |
60 |
| 346 | WEISS, JOHN & Son. A Catalogue of Surgical Instruments, Apparatus, Appliances Etc. Manufactured and sold by..., 1863. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (covers soiled). 53 lithographic plates, some folding (lacks front flyleaf). (P) £30-50 | Nil |
450 |
| 347 | WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. The Time Machine An Invention, First Edition, 1895. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth (slightly wormed from p. 141 to the end, with loss of a few letters). (P) £100-200 | Nil |
215 |
| 348 | WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE. The Island of Doctor Moreau, First Edition, 1896. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth (very slightly soiled). Frontispiece (title and frontis. spotted). See illustration. £200-400 | Nil |
230 |
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