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Lot 211
Nevinson (Christopher Richard Wynne) Modern War Paintings, first edition, colour frontispiece signed at foot by the artist in pencil, captioned tissue-guards, 24 plain plates, browning to endpapers, pencil ownership inscription of J.M. Richards to endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, 1917; and an unsigned copy of The Great War by the same, 4to (2)
Lot 223
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition, first or second printing, with date to title, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, neat ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, small abrasion to foot of upper cover, still near-fine overall, [Linder p.429; Quinby 20], 16mo, 1911
Lot 224
Rackam (Arthur).- Merriman (Henry Seton) and S.G. Tallentyre. The Money-Spinner and other character notes, first edition, half-title, plates by Arthur Rackham, original red cloth, spine faded and with ends frayed, 1896 § Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, endpapers foxed, original red pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, rubbed, n.d.; and 14 others, most illustrated by Rackham, v.s. (16)
Lot 225
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur) A Midsummer Night's Dream, first trade edition, 40 tipped-in colour plates and numerous illustrations and decorations by Arthur Rackham, original cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, some minor splitting to joints, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 4to, 1908.
Lot 233
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, signed by the author with hologram sticker to title, original boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, 2007.⁂ With a letter from J. K Rowling's P.A., Fiddy Henderson, to the Swindon Therapy Centre, sending the signed book to help raise money as part of their 25th Anniversary Celebrations.
Lot 240
Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) The School for Scandal, limited edition signed by the artist, hand-coloured etchings by Rene Ben Sussan, original boards, uncut, dust-jacket, board folder (spine worn, joints split), slip-case, Oxford, 1934 § Landor (W.S.) Imaginary Conversations, limited edition signed by the printer, original patterned cloth, slip-case, printed by the Officina Bodoni of Verona, 1936 § Shakespeare (William) Othello, edited by Herbert Farjeon, designed by Bruce Rogers, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, New York, 1939 § Sandeman (Christopher) Thyme and Bergamot, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 550, wood-engravings by John O'Connor, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, spotted, Dropmore Press, 1947 § Sitwell (S.) Exalt the Eglantine and other poems, one of 370 copies, illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, original cloth, soiled and faded, The Fleuron, 1926, plates and illustrations, most a little rubbed, all uncut, the first three Limited Editions Club; and 14 others, illustrated and limited editions, v.s. (19)
Lot 250
Tolkien (J.R.R.) and E.V.Gordon, editors. Sir Gawain & The Green Knight, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, light scattered spotting, ink ownership inscriptions, original cloth, gilt design to upper cover, light fading to spine, splitting to upper joint, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo, Oxford, 1925.⁂ A scarce piece of Tolkieniana.
Lot 256
Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, first edition, plates (one becoming loose), folding map, foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing and fraying to head and foot, red stain to upper panel, not affecting lettering, 8vo, 1931.
Lot 258
NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) Ninety-Two Days, first edition ink ownership inscription, half-title browned, spine a little browned, 1934; Edmund Campion, light fading to spine, 1935; Officers and Gentlemen, first edition, dust-jacket price-clipped, spine slightly browned, 1955; Ronald Knox, first edition printed 'Roland Knox Memorial Prize' sheet loosely inserted, dust-jacket, toned, light wear to extremities, 1959 § Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, reprint, bookplate signed by the author to front free endpaper, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1983; original cloth; and 31 others, Waugh and Greene, 8vo (36)
Lot 260
NO RESERVE Williamson (Henry) Dandelion Days, first edition, bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, 1922; Tarka the Otter, first edition, original cloth, 1927Tarka the Otter, first illustrated edition, illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little bumped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1932; and 19 others by the same, 8vo (22)
Lot 263
Winterson (Jeanette) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, original wrappers, spine a little creased, 1985; Sexing the Cherry, 1989; Art & Lies, 1994; Guy Symmetries, 1997; The Power Book, 2000; Lighthousekeeping, 2004; The Stone Gods, 2007; Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?, 2011; The Daylight Gate, 2012, first edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, generally fine overall; and a signed proof of Gut Symmetries, 8vo (10)
Lot 264
Woolf (Virginia).- Palmer (Herbert Edward) The Judgement of Francois Villon, 'out of series' copy from an edition limited to 400 copies, loosely inserted publication notice and limitation note both in Virginia Woolf's hand in purple ink, original parchment-backed boards, dust-jacket, browned, 1927 § Hamnet (Nina) Laughing Torso, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Otto Theis, plates, light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and torn with tape repairs, New York, 1932 § Van Doren (Carl) Sinclair Lewis. A Biographical Sketch, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Louise Morgan, frontispiece, original cloth, New York, 1933; and c.70 others, early 20th century modern literature, some inscribed, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 265
Woolf (Virginia) A Haunted House and other Stories, first edition, dust-jacket with a couple of small tears and slightly chipped at head of spine, Hogarth Press, 1943; The Moment and other Essays, first edition, dust-jacket slightly chipped at extremities and with slight stain to lower panel, Hogarth Press, 1947; and a first edition dust-jacketed copy of Flush, 1933, 8vo (3)
Lot 28
NO RESERVE Jazz.- Mezzrow (Milton "Mezz") and Bernard Wolfe. Really the Blues, first edition, signed by Mezzrow on front free endpaper, original cloth, New York, 1946 § Stuart (George Allison) Call him George, first edition, signed by George Lewis on front free endpaper, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities rubbed and creased, 1961, 8vo (2)
Lot 34
Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first edition, number 675 of 750 copies signed by the author, original red buckram, spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, t.e.g., lacking slip-case, 8vo, New York, 1944.⁂ Maugham's last major novel and one of his most well-known.
Lot 36
McEwan (Ian) Solar, number 76 of 100 specially-bound copies, signed by the author, original morocco, slip-case, 2010; Atonement, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 2001; On Chesil Beach, limited edition signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, 2007 § Boyd (William) A Haunting, number 12 of 100 copies signed by the author, original cloth, 2000; and c.85 others, modern first editions and similar, many signed, 8vo (c.90)
Lot 37
Moore (George) The Apostle. A Drama in Three Acts, first edition, Dublin and Boston, 1911; In Single Strictness, limited edition, signed by the author, 1922; The Apostle, limited edition, signed by the author, 1923, signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Evelyn Marshall Field, original boards; and 31 others, Moore, many signed limited editions, 8vo (34)
Lot 39
Pater (Walter) Marius the Epicurean, 2 vol., one of 325 copies, 16 etched plates by Thomas Mackenzie, the first signed in pencil by the artist, tissue guards, original vellum-backed batik boards, 1929 § Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint, limited edition, original morocco-backed cloth, 1955 § [Lahr (Charles)] A Miscellany of Short Stories: Charles' Wain, number 26 of 95 copies signed by the contributors, including H.E.Bates, John Brophy, T.F. Powys, Sean O'Faolain, Liam O'Flaherty, Charles Duff and Rhys Davies, frontispiece portrait signed by Nina Hamnett, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, slip-case, t.e.g., 1933 § Williamson (Henry) The Patriot's Progress, limited edition signed by the author and artist, illustrations by William Kermode, original vellum-backed cloth, 1930; and 26 others, modern literature, many signed limited, 4to & 8vo (31)
Lot 40
Pissarro (Lucien, 1863-1944) Two plates from Margaret Rust's 'The Queen of the Fishes', including 'Gold cloud' and 'The little fishergirl', the latter plate one of a numbered proof edition, woodcuts printed in colour, the first mentioned printed with gold, 120 x 90 mm. (4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in), and 80 x 90 mm. (3 1/8 x 3 1/2 in), respectively, both under glass, framed, [1894] (2).
Lot 43
Rushdie (Salman) The Ground Beneath Her Feet, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco, g.e., slip-case, 1999 § Amis (Martin) Experience, limited edition, signed by the author, original morocco, g.e., slip-case, 2000 § Bernieres (Louis de) Birds Without Wings, limited edition, signed by the author, original leather, slip-case, 2004 § Bennett (Alan) Untold Stories, limited edition, signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, 2005; and 9 others, modern first editions and similar, some signed, 8vo (13)
![[Russell (George)], "A.E.". Homeward Songs, first edition, autograph poem "Parting" signed by the author on front free endpap](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/8bed64de-4a3f-4da7-8aff-a9e000c63408/468x382.jpg)
![[Russell (George)], "A.E.". Imaginations and Reveries, first edition, signed drawing in crayon, pen and ink from the author t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/c2ea21ce-59e3-4d40-95ea-a9e000c634ec/468x382.jpg)
Lot 45
[Russell (George)], "A.E.". Imaginations and Reveries, first edition, signed drawing in crayon, pen and ink from the author to title, signed presentation inscription from the dedicatee John Quinn to front free endpaper, 1915; Collected Poems, reprint, autograph poem signed by the author to front free endpaper, 1913; Voices of the Stones, first edition, autograph poem signed by the author to half-title, presentation inscription to endpaper, newspaper clipping tipped onto pastedown, 1925; The House of the Titans, first editions, initialled presentation inscription from the author to Seamus O'Sullivan to endpaper, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, bookplate of Seamus O'Sullivan, dust-jacket, 1934, original cloth; and 10 others by the same, including some signed, 8vo (14)
![[Russell (George)], "A.E.". Vale and Other Poems, initialled drawings in crayon by the author to title and p.50, 1931; The Ca](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/2a110aaf-60aa-447e-9c65-a9e000c6355e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 46
[Russell (George)], "A.E.". Vale and Other Poems, initialled drawings in crayon by the author to title and p.50, 1931; The Candle of Vision, 1918; Voices of the Stones, 1925; The Renewal of Youth, rehinged, original wrappers, laminated, The Orpheus Press, 1911; Homeward Songs by the Way, fourth edition, 1908, first editions unless where mentioned, all with signed or initialled presentation inscriptions from the author to Stephen MacKenna, original cloth or boards unless where mentioned, bookplates of Stephen MacKenna to pastedowns; and another by the same with MacKenna bookplate, 8vo (6)
Lot 47
Sebald (W.G.) The Rings of Saturn, first English edition, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 1998 § Carey (Peter) Four Easy Pieces, number 18 of 100 copies signed by the author and with an additional initialled print, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, 2002 § Ishiguro (Kazuo) Never Let Me Go, limited edition signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, slip-case, 2005 § Franzen (Jonathan) My Father's Brain, limited edition signed by the author, illustrations, original textured wrappers, 2002; and c.65 others, modern first editions and similar, many signed, 8vo (c.70)
Lot 48
Shaw (George Bernard) Geneva, a Fancied Page of History in Three Acts, first edition, author's signed presentation inscription 'Mr Frank Sleap's copy' to half-title, signed by 18 cast members from both productions on cast lists, plates and illustrations by Feliks Topolski, ink ownership inscription of Frank Sleep to pastedown, original pictorial boards, spine detached and loosely inserted, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1939.⁂ Signatures include Roy Limbert, H.R. Hignett (signed twice), Alison Leggatt, Donald Eccles, Phillippa Gill, Tom Anstead, Arthur Ridley, Ernest Theisiger, Cyril Gardiner, Tully Comber, Cecil Trouncer, Walter Hudd, Olive Milbourne and R. Stewart Lindsell,
Lot 50
Sitwell (Edith) The Shadow of Cain, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted "Meanwhile, I send you one of my poems about the Atomic Bomb and the state of the world that led up to it. One goosey-gander reviewing it said something seemed to have happened but he didn't know what ... [he thought it was] the description of a slight thunder-storm over a boys' cricket match!", original boards, dust-jacket, a little browned, 1947; Collected Poems, limited edition, signed by the author, frontispiece portrait, original cloth, Boston, 1930; and 13 others, Sitwells, 8vo (15)
Lot 53
Symons (Arthur) Days and Nights, first edition, signed presentation inscription from author, original cloth, 1889; Notes on Joseph Conrad, number 30 of 250 copies signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, chipped with loss, 1926; Plays, Acting and Music, signed presentation inscription from the author, autograph poem "Peace waits among the hills" in a calligraphic hand, signed by the author tipped onto front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, 1928; and c.70 others, Symons and fin de siècle, many inscribed, 8vo & 12mo (c.70)
Lot 54
Synge (J.M.) The Playboy of the Western World, first edition, frontispiece, ink ownership inscription and browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, 1907; Deirdre of the Sorrows, one of 250 copies, printed in red and black, ink inscription, endpapers browned, contemporary parchment boards with title and author in attractive colourful painted calligraphic hand, Cuala Press, 1910; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 55
Tomlinson (H. M.) The Sea and the Jungle, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, frontispiece, 1912; All Our Yesterdays, frontispiece, slip-case, 1930 § Dunsany (Edward Plunkett, Lord) The Chronicles of Rodriguez, 2 vol., signed frontispiece by Sydney H Sime, dust-jackets, some creasing to head, 1922 § Galsworthy (John) Four Forsyte Stories, New York, 1929 § Bennett (Arnold) The Old Wives' Tale, 2 vol., facsimile edition, slip-case, 1927, all but the first limited editions signed by the authors, original cloth or vellum; and 32 others by the same including signed limited editions, 8vo & 4to (39)
Lot 59
Waugh (Evelyn).- Sitwell (Edith) I Live Under a Black Sun, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For darling Evelyn [?Waugh] with Edith's very best love and gratitude", publisher's printed compliments notice tipped in on front free endpaper, original cloth, minor wear to foot of spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some creasing and fraying to head, 8vo, 1937.⁂ The author's only novel, likely inscribed to her friend and catholic mentor Evelyn Waugh. Waugh gave one of the few positive reviews of the novel, referring to it as "like a magnesium flame in a cavern".
![NO RESERVE [Bruller (Jean)], "Vercors". Le Silence de la Mer, second (first English) edition, newspaper clipping laid down on](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/38a0758e-c23b-498b-bdf5-a9e000c64256/468x382.jpg)
Lot 61
NO RESERVE Czech Avant-Garde.- Bindings.- Havlasa (Jan) Roztříštěná Duha: Kniha Japonerií, publisher's compliments slip bearing both author's signature and small woodblock print reproducing a Hokusai view of Mount Fuji loosely inserted, plates and illustrations taken from Utamaro and Hokusai, most colour, Šolc & Šimáček, 1932 § Maria (Jaroslav) Tajnosnubní, second edition, Sfinx Bohumil Janda, 1930 § Hloucha (Joe) Dopisy Neznámého, second edition, plates and illustrations by Jan Goth, A. Neubert, 1929 § § Rosůlek (Jan Václav) Plukovník Zeleného Kádru, second edition, Sfinx Janda, 1931 § Schneider (Manfred) Don Francisco de Goya..., frontispiece, original upper wrapper bound-in, Symposion, 1936, first first edition, second and fourth signed by the author to half-title, each Prague, first full calf with image from Utamaro woodblock stamped in brown to upper board, second sheep with elaborate stencilled pattern in green and black depicting reptiles and dense verdure, others morocco, fourth crushed, third navy blue, fourth Russian green, both lined in gilt, last celadon with quatrefoil in black and gilt in light relief to centre of both boards, each t.e.g., third and fourth rubbed, second spine faded; and 26 others, Czech book design, 8vo (31)
Lot 63
NO RESERVE Czech Avant-Garde.- Graphic Design & Typography.- Hampel (Fritz) "F. Slang" Křižník Potěmkin..., photomontage cover by Karel Teige, photographic illustrations, Jan Fromek, 1926 § Záhořík (Dr Karel) Katastrofa v Pašmanském Průlivu..., photomontage cover, frontispiece by Hodek, Šolc a Šimáček, 1931 § Burian (E.F.) Idioteon..., number 27 of 550 copies on Japon, presentation inscription from the author to limitation f., layouts by Hlaváčka, Vaněk a Votava, 1926 § Osička (Dr A.) & Lidka Osičková. Ze Země Mrakodrapů..., cover and plates by Süsse, A.Neubert, 1928 § Tyl (Otakar) & Táňa Kulišová. Terezín, layouts by Karel Vávra and Jindřicha Broka, [1955]; each Prague, original printed wrappers, some minor staining and creasing, faint soiling, nicks and closed tears, minor loss, first spine broken; and 5 others, similar, among which a first edition of Seifert's Poštovní Holub, v.s. (10)
Lot 65
NO RESERVE Czech Avant-Garde.- Maeterlinck (Maurice) Život Včel, A. Neubert, 1928 § Kropác (František) Posedlí..., Družstevni Práce, 1928 § Böhnel (M.B.) Rašení, bookplate of Marie Semeráková, Sfinx, B.Janda, 1928 § Šrámek (Fráňa) Prvních Jedenadvacet, Borový, 1928 § Lagerlöfová (Selma) Anna Svärdová, plates, ribbon bookmark, Družstevni Práce, 1930, first author's presentation copy, others all but last signed by the author, second and last first edition, each but third original printed wrappers bound in, second pastedowns and endpapers with stencilled ink designs in purple and cyan, first contemporary sheep, others contemporary morocco, each stamped in blind and/or gilt, rubbed or worn, each Prague; and 26 others, Czech literature or literature in Czech, with Majerova, Syllaba, and Benešová, the latter two signed, 8vo (31) ⁂ The inscription to the first: "À Monsieur | Richard Jirousek | en toute sympathie | Maeterlinck".
Lot 67
NO RESERVE Czech Avant-Garde.- Šrámek (Fráňa) Básně, number 76 of 200 copies, Borový, 1926 § Nezval (Vitězslav) Básně Noci, Aventinum, 1930 § Toman (Karel) Básně, frontispiece, 1925; Stoletý Kalendář..., vignette illustrations, both Borový, 1926 § [Vašek (Vladimír)] "Petr Bezruč". Slezské Písně, ink ownership stamp to front free endpaper, Obec Nového lidu, 1928, second, third, and fourth first edition, first two signed by the author, first and last two dark blue morocco, last two crushed, others cloth or sheep, boards ruled and/or stamped in gilt and/or in blind, last also with cactus motif in green and red to upper board, Prague; and 9 others, Czech Poetry, 8vo & 20mo (14)
Lot 68
Czech Avant-Garde.- Vachek (Emil) Bidýlko, number 23 of 50 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Josef Čapek, Sfinx B. Janda, 1927 § Wolker (Jiří) Svatý Kopeček, number 229 of 300 copies from an edition limited to 500, frontispiece and illustrations by Otakar Hubšil, Václav Petr, 1926 § Durych (Jaroslav) Píseň Milostná, number 33 of 50 copies signed by the author, also his gift inscription dated 1944 to front free endpaper, plates by Hany Dostalové, Aventinum, 1928 § Vaněk (František Bernard) Na Krásné Samotě, illustrations by Vladimir Urbánek, E. Šprongla, Pelhřimov, 1938 § Hloucha (Joe) Zahrada Lásky, signed by author to half-title, plates by Jan Goth, A. Neubert, 1929, each but last first edition, each rubbed, original full morocco or boards, first and second stamped in blind, others gilt, first slight cocking, second slip-case, each but fourth Prague; and 12 others, Czech illustrated, v.s. (17)
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". Chetki. Stikhi [Rosary. Poems], first edition](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/2578e30f-2752-413d-b41f-a9e000c641da/468x382.jpg)
Lot 69
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". Chetki. Stikhi [Rosary. Poems], first edition, a very little faint spotting and soiling, original printed wrappers, edges uncut, a very little loss to spine ends, [Kilgour 3], St Petersburg, Giperborei, 8vo, 1914.⁂Rare in auction.
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". Anno Domini MCMXXI, first edition, one of 2,0](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/5904bd5c-93d8-45fa-9926-a9e000c642ca/468x382.jpg)
Lot 70
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". Anno Domini MCMXXI, first edition, one of 2,000 copies, 1p. advertisements, slight age-toning, original wrappers printed in blue & black, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, a fine copy, "Petropolis", 1921; Belaya Staya [White Flock], second edition, 1p. advertisements, original printed wrappers, a fine copy, St Petersburg, KN-VO Prometheus, 1918, 24mo & 8vo (2)⁂The first the great Russian poet's poetic lament, partly in response to the death of her first husband Gumilev, executed by the Soviets in the summer of that year; the work marks a shift away from the more romantic style of her previous works.
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Andreev (Leonid) Tsar Golod [King Hunger], first edition, additional trifold pictorial title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/18ed70cd-9755-4067-b9f5-a9e000c64328/468x382.jpg)
Lot 71
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Andreev (Leonid) Tsar Golod [King Hunger], first edition, additional trifold pictorial title, 6 full-page pictorial section-titles and tail-piece by Yevgeny Lansere, preliminary leaf with device, slight age-toning, this copy without the advertisements sometimes present, bound in half morocco, spine sunned with rubbing to upper joint, t.e.g., [Kilgour 33], "Shipovnik", 1908; Anfisa, first edition , 2pp. advertisements, French booksellers' stamps on title, original printed wrappers bound in modern cloth, [not in Kilgour], Berlin, Ladysohnikow , n.d. [c.1910], 8vo (2)⁂ The first is the rare first edition of a play by one of Russia's most popular writers & playwrights; with striking title and illustrations by artist and illustrator Lansere
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) Zor [Vision], first edition, [one of 200 copies], hand-printed,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/478f6bf9-72d3-4694-a756-a9e000c64398/468x382.jpg)
Lot 72
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) Zor [Vision], first edition, [one of 200 copies], hand-printed, lithographed text throughout by Mariya Sinyakova, some age-toning and light creasing, original lithographed wrappers also by Sinyakova, hinges with old reinforcements, some browning and a few minor marks, slightly chipped at edges, preserved loose in later cloth-backed patterned board sleeve, [MoMA 87], Moscow, Knigoizdatel'stvo Liren' (printed in Kharkov), 1914; Stal'noi solovei [Steel Nightingale], first edition, MAF Seriia poetov no.2, light, even browning throughout, hinges reinforced, original wrappers printed with MAF logo, preserved loose in printed card sleeve, Moscow, Izd. VKhUTEMAS, 1922, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is one of Aseev's zaum (transrational) poems, lithographically replicating text apparently handwritten by Aseev and reminiscent of the handwritten mimeographed cubo-futurist pamphlets of Kruchenykh, utilising unusually positioned letter.
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Bal'mont (Konstantin) Boris Pasternak and others. My [We], first edition, browning, origina](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/f53563a1-daf4-4aaa-887f-a9e000c643fd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 73
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Bal'mont (Konstantin) Boris Pasternak and others. My [We], first edition, browning, original printed wrappers with pictorial Futurist design, contemporary ownership inscription on upper cover, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, Moscow, Knigoizdatel'stvo pri Vserossiiskom Soiuze Poetov "Chikhi-Pikhi", 1920 § Bal'mont (Konstantin Dmitrievich) - Pod Severnym Nebom [Under the Northern Sky], St Petersburg, 1894; bound after V' Bezbrezhnosti [In Boundless Space], browning to title and some other minor marking, tape reinforcement to gutter at title, Moscow, 1895, together ?as issued in original pictorial boads, worn at edges, rebacked in later cloth with later label and brown tape reinforcements near head of spine, [Kilgour 58 & 59]; Liturgiya Krasoty [Liturgy of Beauty], first edition, modern half morocco, [Kilgour 65], Moscow, 1905; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (7)
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) Dvenadtsat [The Twelve], third edition, illustrations after](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/f56905a6-1af0-4960-a687-a9e000c64470/468x382.jpg)
Lot 74
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) Dvenadtsat [The Twelve], third edition, illustrations after Iurii Annenkov including 14 full-page, 2pp. advertisements, original printed wrappers, bound in modern half cloth, [MoMA 171], Petersburg, "Alkonost", 1918; Solovinyi sad [Garden of Nightingales], original wrappers with title within decorative border, [not in Kilgour], Petersburg, 1918; Zemlya v snegu. Tretyi sbornuk stikhov [Land in the Snow. Third Collection of Poems], first edition, 2pp. advertisements, original wrappers with design by Evgeni Evgenievitch Laceray, some browning and light staining, bound in modern boards, [Kilgour 122], Moscow, 1908; and 14 others, Blok, 4to & 8vo (17)⁂The first one of the most controversial and important poems in the Russian language.
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". and others. Yav' [Reality], first edition, some](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/5f35c5ae-a548-42ab-b176-a9e000c64540/468x382.jpg)
Lot 75
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- [Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". and others. Yav' [Reality], first edition, some contributions with facsimile signature of authors at end, neat contemporary ownership inscription on title, hinges reinforced, original lithographed covers with design by Aristarkh Lentulov, minor loss to spine ends, corners worn, [Moscow], 1919 § [Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". Zoloto v Lazuri [Gold on Azure], first edition, printed in red & black, 4pp. advertisements, browning, discolouration to head of half-title, bound in later buckram-backed marbled boards, [Kilgour 175], Moscow, 1904; Khristos voskres [Christ is risen], first edition , device on preliminary p., 5pp. advertisements, original wrappers printed in black & red designed by P. Alekseev, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, [Kilgour 184], St Petersburg, "Alkonost", 1918; and 8 others by the same, v.s. (11)
Lot 76
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. Poshchechina Obshchestvennomu Vkusu [A Slap in the Face of Public Taste], first edition, one of 600 copies, light age-toning, some marking to early ff., original burlap wrappers, small stamp on lower wrappers, small related inscription to upper wrapper, [MoMA 12], small 4to, Moscow, G.L. Kuz'min, 1912. ⁂ One of the most famous and iconoclastic early Russian Futurist publications , not least as a key early work by the Hylaea group. The title derives from the manifesto undersigned by the Burliuk brothers, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Velimir Khlebnikov and Vladimir Mayakovskii, which directly struck out at the more established Russian writers such as Blok, Dostoevsky, Gor'kii, Pushkin and Tolstoy. The work also features four prose-studies by Kandinskii, included without his consent, and the artist later distanced himself from the movement's more extreme sentiments
![NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. Sadok sudei II [A Trap for Judges II], first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/90eae3a6-c36c-4868-afca-a9e000c44a56/56f2a147-e87c-4a29-9ddb-a9e000c64631/468x382.jpg)
Lot 77
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. Sadok sudei II [A Trap for Judges II], first edition, one of 800 copies, on green paper, 15 letterpress illustrations (6 by Elena Guro; 3 by David Burliuk; 2 by Natalia Goncharova; 2 by Mikhail Larionov; 2 by Vladimir Burliuk), wallpaper wrappers with mounted printed title, rebacked in plain paper, preserved in later patterned drop-back box, [MoMA 53], small 4to, St Petersburg, Zhuravl, 1913.⁂ An important example of early Russian avant-garde collaborative effort. The work includes a Futurist manifesto, New Principles of Creation , demanding a new language called zaum (see lot 319) that adopts a typically Futurist take on the usage of grammar, syntax, punctuation & rhythm, and is accompanied by similarly wilful, unconventional illustrations by several of the preeminent Russian Futurist artists.
Lot 78
NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Burliuk (David & Vladimir) Vladimir Mayakovsky and Velimir Khlebnikov . Trebnik troikh: sbornik stikhov [Missal of the three: a collection of poems and drawings], first edition, one of 1,100 copies, 13 illustrations after the Burliuk brothers, Mayakovsky and Tatlin, small mark to lower fore-corner of title, original wrappers with printed label on upper cover, small stamp on lower cover, overall a fine example, [MoMA 54], small 4to, Moscow, G.L. Kuzmin and S.D. Dolinsky, 1913.⁂ Trebnik troikh is an important Futurist work, primarily as the first anthology to contain exclusively poetry, but also due to the fascinating styles brought to bear by the likes of Khlebnikov, whose often linguistically challenging pieces are unclear whether fragment or whole, and Mayakovksy and his use, here for the first time, of the compound rhyme that would become his signature style, with its urban imagery and Cubist influences.
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