Modern Literature, Illustrated Books and Original Artwork

Lots 1-46: The Farhoumand Collection | Lots 252-262: From a private collection on Eastern Art and Religions

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Lots 1-46: The Farhoumand Collection | Lots 252-262: From a private collection on Eastern Art and Religions

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, original titles replaced with inserted custom-made title pages of typescript, pen ...

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, "50th Anniversary edition", 2004; The Hobbit, deluxe edition, 2004, original boards, slip-cases, fine; and...

van Gulik (Robert) The Haunted Monastery, one or two faint spots, 1963; The Lacquer Screen, 1964; The Monkey and the Tiger, 1965; Murder in Canton...

Verne (Jules) The Green Ray, first English edition, translated by Mary de Hauteville, plates, one or two light foxing marks, original pictorial cl...

Verne (Jules) Round the Moon, [c.1899]; The Child, 1882; The Green Ray, 1885; The Giant Raft, 2 vol., ink ownership inscriptions on endpapers, 188...

Verne (Jules) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, ink ownership inscription on half-title, 1902; The Captain of the Guidara, ownership name and...

Walpole (Hugh) The Captives, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, original boards, spine very li...

Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, first edition, plates (one becoming loose), folding map, foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-j...

Waugh (Evelyn) Black Mischief, first trade edition, map frontispiece, occasional very light scattered spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine...

Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, light toning to endpapers, cloth spine faded, 1933; Vile bodies, tenth impression, ownership signature and sp...

Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with "as" to last line of p.88, original cloth, light toning to spine, some edge-spotting, second...

Waugh (Evelyn) Work Suspended, first edition, one of 500 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author "Carolyn with love from Evelyn, C...

Waugh (Evelyn) The Loved One, number 199 of 250 copies signed by the author and illustrator, illustrations by Stuart Boyle printed in brown, origi...

Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Men at Arms, jacket with small chips to corners, very light expert repairs and re...

Waugh (Evelyn) [The Sword of Honour trilogy], 3 vol, first editions, comprising Men at Arms, ink gift inscription to pastedown, endpapers toned, j...

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, 2pp. advertisements at end, ink stamp to front pastedown, tonin...

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, issue without advertisements, publisher's 'Popular Six Shilling Novels' list to half-title vers...

Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, embossed W.H. Smith library stamp on lightly toned fron...

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, "Cheap edition", original wrappers, detached, spine reinforced with cloth strip laid down, strip of paper to upper...

Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted, first edition, endpapers browned, contemporary ink...

Wells (H.G.), Sax Rohmer, P.C. Wren, Baroness Orczy & others. My Adventure Story, first edition, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, orig...

Weston (George) His First Million Women, light toning strip on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips to extremities, otherwise excel...

White (Patrick) Happy Valley, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the publisher "for Jimmy Stern with warmest greetings f...

White (Patrick) The Aunt's Story, one or two closed tears to jacket head, 1948; Voss, endpapers toned, jacket price-clipped, 1957;  Riders in the ...

White (Antonia) Strangers, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Emily [Coleman] with very much love from Tony" on fr...

Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, second edition with typo corrected on p.208 and 8pp. catalogue of publisher's advertisements at end, fir...

Williams (Charles) A Myth of Shakespeare, first edition, signed by the author "With all good wishes | Charles Williams | 21st Nov 1929" on front f...

Williams (Charles) All Hallows Eve, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author "A. M. | hallow or not | from C. W. | Feb 19...

Williams (Charles) Descent into Hell, new edition, endpapers toned, jacket spine ends frayed, 1949; The Descent of the Dove, first edition, jacket...

Williamson (Jack) The Humanoids, jacket price-clipped, torn and fraying to spine head, 1949 § Tucker (Wilson) The Long Loud Silence, ink ownership...

Wilson (Colin) Ritual in the Dark, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends a little frayed, 1960 § Burgess (Anthony)...

Winterson (Jeanette) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, first edition, signed by the author on title, page margins lightly toned, contemporary gift i...

Winterson (Jeanette) Sexing the Cherry, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1989; Weight, proof copy, original wrappers, 2...

Wodehouse (P.G.) Thank You, Jeeves, half-title spotted and browned, second printing dust-jacket, fading around price label on spine, small portion...

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Code of the Woosters, first English edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, title and peripheral pages foxed, original green clo...

Wodehouse (P.G.) Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, 1954; Joy in the Morning, first English edition, portion of loss to jacket spine head, 1947; French...

Woolf (Virginia) The Common Reader, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, boards with light bumping to extremities, spine lightly faded, ot...

[Wyndham (John)], "John Beynon". Stowaway to Mars in The Passing Show, vol.5, nos.215, 217-19, 221-22 (6 only, of 8), illustrations, original pict...

Wyndham (John) The Midwich Cuckoos, first edition, endpapers browned, very light shelf-lean, otherwise fine, 1957; Trouble With Lichen, second imp...

Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, bookplate on front free endpaper, very faint scattered spots to first few pages, bookseller's sti...

Yeats (William Butler) Selected Poems, cloth extremities a little rubbed, otherwise excellent, 1929; Last Poems and Plays, ownership inscription o...

Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author, decorative title, endpapers discoloured, both hinges brok...

Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, extremities fractionally bumped, dust-jacket, ...

Allix (Susan) A Flora. Words about Flowers from Sixteen Authors, artist's proof copy, from an edition of 26 copies signed by the author, illustrat...

Clarke (Graham) The Goose Man and Other Poems, one of 75 copies, from an edition of 85, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates by Graham Clarke, each si...

Fine Press Book Association (The). Parenthesis: The Newsletter [Journal]..., 42 vol., no.1-42, an unbroken run, illustrations, original wrappers, ...

Folio Society.- Gill (Eric) The Song of Songs, 2017 § Jones (David) The Book of Jonah, 2017 § Nash (Paul) Genesis, 2017, original cloth, dust-jack...

Fontenelle (Bernard le Bouyer de) A Plurality of Worlds, translated by John Glanvill, limited edition, original limp parchment, gilt, slip-case (l...

Gill (Eric) Woodcut for 'The Devil and His Devices', signed in pencil, image c.90 x 82mm (3 ½ x 3 ¼ in), under glass, faint sun exposure line from...

Gill (Eric) The Sofa, number 48 of 50 copies,  wood-engraved intaglio print, signed in pencil, platemark c.118 x 69mm (4½ x 2 ¾ in), under glass, ...

Golden Cockerel Press.- Gill (Eric) Song of Songs (The) called by many the Canticle of Canticles, number 635 of 750 copies on hand-made paper, pri...

Gill (Eric) Art & Love, number 232 of 260 copies signed by the author/artist, 6 full-page engraved plates by Gill, ownership name on endpapers, or...

Golden Cockerel Press.-  Sandford (Christopher) & others. Chanticleer [and Pertelote; Cockalorum; Cock-a-Hoop]: A Bibliography of the Golden Cocke...

Golden Cockerel Press.- Coppard (A. E.) The Hundredth Story [2 copies], one of 1000 copies, illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original morocco-bac...

Golden Cockerel Press.- Lawrence (T.E.) Crusader Castles, 2 vol., number 799 of 1000 copies, titles in red, plates and illustrations, lacking 2 fo...

Golden Cockerel Press.- Gill (Eric) The Engravings..., limited edition, illustrations, a few colour, some folding, original blind-stamped cloth, s...

Keynes (Geoffrey) A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet, Printer, Prophet, one of 525 copies signed by the author, colour collot...

Morgan (Gwenda) The Diary of a Land Girl 1939-1945, one of 300 copies, illustrations by the author, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, fine,...

Whittington Press.- Butcher (David) The Whittington Press: A Bibliography 1971-1981, one of 320 copies, 1982 § Lawrence (Simon) 45 Wood-Engravers...

Whittington Press.- Lewis (Cecil Day) Posthumous Poems, original buckram-backed boards, 1979 § Walker (Richard) Hellmuth Weissenborn: Painter & Gr...

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