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Lot 253
OMAS, Italia 90 limited edition fountain pen, ball point pen and pencil set, 1990, each with facetted green resin barrel and cap, and rolled gold detail, and in their presentation box with outer card packaging and paperwork. Designed to commemorate the World Cup Championships held in Italy, this series is one of the first limited edition pens produced by OMAS.
Lot 263
OMAS, Roma 2000 I II III Millennium limited edition three pen set, VIP editions, 1998, comprising two .925 standard silver and one vermeil fountain pens, each cast in relief with symbols relating to each respective millennium, the first (blind cap unglued) portrays a compass, the amanuensis monks, the castle of Matilde di Canossa, the coronation of Carlo Magni and the Nativity; the second (the vermeil) portrays a knight from the Crusades, Leonardo da Vinci, Columbus` ships, the steam engine, Einstein`s formula for the theory of relativity, and a missile representing space exploration; the third portrays astronomical symbols; each pen with a two colour 18 carat gold nib, piston filler, and in their presentation box with outer card packaging and paperwork. These pens were presented to the attendees of a special dinner, inclusive of the Mayor of Rome, held to launch the collection to the press. The collection was dedicated to the work of Roman sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), marking the 400th anniversary of his birth. OMAS, through the sale of these pens, funded the restoration of Bernini`s Fontana della Api on the Via Veneto as a part of the City`s preparations for the Millennium celebrations.
Lot 264
OMAS, Jerusalem 3000 limited edition fountain pen, 2/3000, 1996, the .925 standard silver barrel and cap overlay designed as a spiralling openwork band cast in relief with symbols of the City of Jerusalem, the Jaffa Gate, the Zion`s Gate, the Lion`s Gate, the Wailing Wall, the ancient star, and the Seal of Solomon, signed OMAS Extra Italy in the manner Simoni signed his first gold pen in 1925, with purpura crimson resin barrel and cap and 18 carat white gold nib, piston filler
Lot 270
OMAS, Europa limited edition fountain pen, no.75/3500, 1992, the blue vegetal resin barrel of dodecagonal section, with rolled gold cap band engraved with eleven stars, and set on the last facet with a single cut diamond, with two colour 18 carat gold nib, piston filler, in a perspex presentation case with outer card packaging and paperwork. These pens were designed to commemorate the signing of the Maastricht Economical Treaty on 7 February 1992. The twelve stars represent the twelve participating countries. The first twelve pens produced were presented to the Heads of State who signed the Treaty.
Lot 6
Brandt (Bill) Nudes 1945-1980 first edition, signed by the author on title, photographic portrait by Peter Kernot tipped onto front endpaper, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly worn at edges, 1980; Literary Britain, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1984 § Bailey (David) Nudes 1981-1984, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1984; quantity of other photographic books, v.s. (10).
Lot 8
Butlin (Martin) & Evelyn Joll The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner 2 vol, revised edition, text and plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, Yale University Press, 1984 § Reynolds (Graham) The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 2 vol, first edition, text and plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, Yale University Press, 1984 § Beckett (R.B.) John Constable`s Correspondence, 8 vol, illustrations, original cloth, first volume in red cloth the remainder in green, slightly mottled, HMSO, The Suffolk Records Society and The Tate Gallery, 1962-1975 § Woodall (Mary, editor) The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough, number 195 of 400 copies, illustrations, original morocco backed decorated boards, spine faded, The Lion and Unicorn Press, 1961 § Goldberg (Norman L.) John Crome the Elder, 2 vol, first edition, text and plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, Oxford, 1978; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (c.70)
Lot 9
Cawse (John) The Art of Painting...in Oil Colours first edition, 11 hand-colured aquatint plates, 8 pp advertisments, dated 1837, at end, stained at foot throughout, with damage to foot of title and plate, original cloth, gilt illustration to upper cover, worn and stained, [Abbey, Life 106], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1840.
Lot 12
Chappuis (Adrien) The Drawings of Paul Cézanne A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vol, first english edition, cloth slipcase, 1973 § Izis (Bidermanas) The World of Marc Chagall, first edition, 1968 § Huisman (P.) & Dortu (M.G.) Lautrec by Lautrec, first English edition, dust-jacket, slightly worn, 1964 § Shikes (Ralph E.) and Paula Harper Pissarro His Life and Work, first edition, dust-jacket, 1980 § Tralbaut (Marc Edo) Vincent Van Gogh, first English edition, dust-jacket, joints cracked, slightly worn, 1969 § Thomson (Richard) Degas the Nudes, first edition, dust-jacket, 1988, illustrations, original cloth; and a quantity of others, similar, v.s. (c110)
Lot 20
Hartt (Frederick) The Drawings of Michelangelo first edition, 1971 § Ferrari (Enrique Lafuente) Goya. Complete Etchings, Aquatints, and Lithographs, second edition in English, 1963 § Staley (Allen) The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape, slightly soiled, Oxford, 1973 § Denkstein (Vladimír) Hollar. Drawings, first English edition, 1979, all in original cloth or board bindings, most with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (68)
Lot 21
Hayes (John) The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough 2 vol., illustrations, bookplate, 1970 § Bindman (David) The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake, first edition, illustrations, bookplate, 1978 § Hodnett (Edward) Francis Barlow, first edition, illustrations, Scholar Press, 1978 § Mannocci (Lino) The Etchings of Claude Lorrain, first edition, Yale University Press, 1988, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 2 others similar, v.s. (7).(7)
Lot 24
Kallir (Otto) Egon Schiele Oeuvre-Katalog Der Gemälde, first edition, Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1966 § Alexandre (Paul) The Unknown Modigliani, first edition, 1994 § Werner (Alfred) Modigliani, first edition, 1967 § Tuchman (Maurice) Esti Dunow, Klaus Perls. Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), Catalogue Raisonné Wekverzeichnis, 2 vol, slipcase, Benedikt Tashen Verlag, 1993 § Tadgell (Christopher) Merric Boyd Drawings, first edition, 1975 § Man (Felix H.) Artists` Lithographs, first edition, 1970 Salvador Dalí rétrospective 1920-1980, Paris, 1979 § McShine (Kynaston) Andy Warhol A Retrospective, first edition, 1989, illustrations, original cloth or boards, most with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (c.90).
Lot 25
Lanes (Selma G.) The Art of Maurice Sendak illustrations, many coloured, some folding or with moveable parts, original decorated cloth, transparent dust-jacket, 1981 § Sparrow (Walter Shaw) British Sporting Artists, illustrations, original cloth, Spring Books, 1965 § Wark (Robert R.) Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly worn, bookplate, San Marino, California, 1975 § Herdan (Innes and Gustav, translators) Lichtenberg`s Commentaries on Hogarth`s Engravings, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly faded, bookplate, Cresset Press, 1966 § Eppink (Norman R.) 101 Prints. The History and Techniques of Printmaking, illustrations, original cloth, bookplate, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1971 § Leventhal (Albert R.) War, photographic illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1973; and a quantity similar, v.s. (45).(45)
Lot 29
Moore (Henry) Sheep Sketchbook first edition, inscribed by the artist on title "For Denis Thomas with best wishes from Henry Moore Much Hadham February 12th 1981", illustrations, original cloth, 1980 § Bowness (Alan, editor) Henry Moore, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, bookplate, 1977 § Melville (Robert) Graham Sutherland, first edition, one of 2000 copies, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, 1950 § Friedman (Martin) Hockney Paints the Stage, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1983 § Mallalieu (H.L.) The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, 2 vol, first edition, text and plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, 1976; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 32
Picasso.- Cooper (Douglas) Picasso Theatre first English edition, dust-jacket, 1968 § Feld (Charles) Picasso His Recent Drawings 1966-1968, first edition in English, dust-jacket, bookplate, 1969 §Leymarie (Picasso The Artist of the Century, first English edition, bookplate,1972 § Champris (Pierre de) Picasso ombre et soleil, first edition, spine slightly darkened, bookplate, Gallimard, 1960, illustrations, original cloth; and quantity of others on Picasso similar, v.s. (25).
Lot 44
Crouse (Russel) Mr. Currier and Mr. Ives first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly soiled, bookplate removed from front paste-down, New York, 1937 § Wardroper (John) The Caricatures of George Cruikshank, first edition, illustrations, original cloth backed boards, dust-jacket, 1977 § Donald (Diana) The Age of Caricature, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, Yale University Press, 1996 § Adhémar (Jean) Stampe Popolari Francesi, illustrations, original parchment backed boards, dust-jacket, slightly soiled, Milan, n.d.; and a quantity of others similar, v.s. (25)(25)
Lot 45
Guigard (Joannis) Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile Guide de L`amateur des livre Armoriés, 2 vol., one of 30 copies on papier de Hollande, illustrations, lightly spotted, contemporary quarter morocco, over marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrappers bound-in, a little rubbed, head of spine vol. 1 chipped, contemporary inscription to free endpaper, Paris, 1890 § Papworth (John W.) An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms.....of British Coats of Arms, first edition, contemporary half morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 1874 § Davenport (Cyril) English Heraldic Book-Stamps, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, slipcase, bookplate of Queen Victoria pasted to verso of half-title, 1909 § Jenkinson (Hilary) The Later Court Hands in England, 2 vol. including plate vol., original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled, plates loose as issued in original cloth-backed wrapper, together in slip-case, rubbed, Cambridge, 1927 § Crane (W.J.E.) Bookbinding for Amatures, illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, n.d.; and a quantity of others similar, also a small quantity concerning Albania, v.s. (Qty)
Lot 48
Cox (Palmer) The Brownies: Their Book 3 vol., comprising the 3 first variant issues of the first edition, illustrations, each with ownership page filled in, Mildred Greenhill/Bradley Martin copies with their bookplates (the former featuring one of Cox`s Brownies), original pictorial glazed cloth, first issue with some scratching and wear to spine, second issue repaired at spine with minor loss to ends, third issue spine worn, each in separate cloth chemises housed together in later morocco-backed cloth slip-case, 4to, New York, Century, 1887.(3)
Lot 52
[Geisel (Theodore Seuss)] "Dr. Seuss". The King`s Stilts, reprint, signed by the author to endpaper, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed at extremities, New York, [c.1958]; On Beyond Zebra! first edition, second issue, illustrations, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, creased at head and base, loss to spine ends, front cover scuffed, New York, 1955; and 5 others, Dr. Seuss, 4to (7)(7)
Lot 55
Milne (A.A.) Winnie-The-Pooh first edition, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, one with later hand-colouring, original pictorial boards, gilt, t.e.g., light marking to front cover, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, 1926 § Grahame (Kenneth) Pagan Papers, first edition, 1 of 450 copies, advertisements at end, ownershp inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine browned, faded at margins, spine ends bumped, t.e.g, others uncut, 1894 § Lofting (Hugh) Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, browned, loss to corners and spine ends, 1951 § Ende (Michael) The Neverending Story, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, short tears with slight loss to corners and spine ends, spine faded, 1983; and 3 others, Children`s, 8vo (7)(6)
Lot 62
Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) The Little Prince first edition, first issue, with the Fourth Avenue address to dust-jacket, translated by Katherine Woods, illustrations by the author, ownership inscription to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, spine a little browned, spine chipped at head, 4to, New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. ***Published before the French-language edition due to the Nazi occupation of France.. NB - The French language version of this book was published simultaneously with the English language printing, both issued in New York 1943
Lot 64
Uttley (Alison) Little Grey Rabbit Valentine first edition, illustrations by Margaret Tempest, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, jacket chipped at extremities, 1953; Christmas at the Rose and Crown, first edition, illustrations by Katherine Wigglesworth, original boards, dust-jacket, lower joint broken, chipped with lose, 1952; Hare and the Easter Egg, first edition, illustrations by Margaret Tempest, original boards, rubbed, 1952; 10 others from the same series by Uttley, various editions, sm. 8vo., (13).(13)
Lot 65
[Watkins-Pitchford (D.J.)], "BB" BB`s Fairy Book, Meeting Hill first edition, coloured illustrations, original cloth, faded at edges, dust-jacket chipped with some loss at edges, 1948 § The Queen of Roumania, The Dreamer of Dreams, first edition, illustrations bu Edmund Dulac, decorated cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped with loss, [1915]; The Stealers of Light, first edition, illustrations by Edmund Dulac, decorated cloth, 1916 ; and 2 others similar, v.s. (5)(5)
Lot 72
Gavarni. Garvani in London: Sketches of Life and Character first edition, additional pictorial title and 23 plates by Vizetelly Bros. after Gavarni, a few spots, original cloth gilt, small repair near foot of spine, spine ends and corners a little frayed, rubbed, 1849; and another copy in contemporary calf, 4to (2)
Lot 106
Baldini (Filippo) Dell`esercizio Della Cassia... first edition, original paper wrappers, label with mss. title, spine and edges worn, some foxing, worn, 8vo., Naples, 1778. ***Eighteenth century treatise on hunting game, to encourage man to treat it as a healthy and invigorating recreational activity..
Lot 120
Bernard (Richard) Thesaurus Biblicus seu Promptuarium Sacrum 2 parts in 1, first edition, variant with Kingston`s name alone in imprint, lacks portrait frontispiece, device on title, some staining and marking, later calf-backed boards, worn and marked, spine defective, [Wing B2035A], 4to, Felix Kingston, 1644 § Bailey (Nathanl) Dictionarium Britannicum, second edition, title in red and black, ?lacks a plate, text-illustrations, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn, cover loose, folio, T. Cox, 1736 § Broughton (Thomas) An Universal and Complete History of all Religions, 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, gilt rules, worn, folio, Stephen Austen, 1742, and 4 others (7)
Lot 125
(Sir Francis) and Francis Godwin, Bishop The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, first combined edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of Bacon, with tear affecting image, small deleted ink name to bottom quarter of title, modern panelled calf, bookplate to front pastedown, [Wing B300], folio, W.G. for R.Scott [&c.], 1676. (Sir Francis) and Francis Godwin, Bishop The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, first combined edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of Bacon, with tear affecting image, small deleted ink name to bottom quarter of title, modern panelled calf, bookplate to front pastedown, [Wing B300], folio, W.G. for R.Scott [&c.], 1676.
Lot 126
Burnet (Gilbert) The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England first abridged edition, engraved additional title, with four scenes, and 4 plates, each with four portraits, additional title frayed, torn and tape-repaired, browned and marked, remains of contemporary calf binding, lacks upper cover and fly-leaves, spine broken, [Wing B5755B], J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1682 § Bates (William) The Four Last Things: viz.: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, first edition, engraved portrait, title in black border, 2 pp. advertisments at end, title frayed, pencil marks, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover and fly-leaf loose, [Wing B1105], For Brabazon Aylmer, 1691 § Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount) Letters on the Study and Use of History, contemporary speckled calf, gilt border to covers, worn, joints cracked, ends of spine damaged, fly-leaf all but loose, Basil, printed by J.J. Tourneisen, Paris, sold by Pissot, 1788, and 4 others, 8vo (7).
Lot 129
Brodrick (Thomas) A Compleat History of the Late War in the Netherlands 2 vol., first edition, engraved folding frontispiece and 14 double-page maps and plans, advertisment f., occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, corners a little bumped, rubbed, 8vo, 1713.
Lot 135
(Dr Thomas) Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, title in red and black, engraved head and tail pieces, lacks C3, occasional light water-stains to lower corners of pages, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, B.Lintot, 1722 § Gray (Thomas) The Poems. To which are prefixed Memoirs..., engraved portrait, bookplate of Lord Camden to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, London and York, J. Dodsley and J. Todd, 1725; and another, Mariage of Figaro, v.s. (3) (Dr Thomas) Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, title in red and black, engraved head and tail pieces, lacks C3, occasional light water-stains to lower corners of pages, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, B.Lintot, 1722 § Gray (Thomas) The Poems. To which are prefixed Memoirs..., engraved portrait, bookplate of Lord Camden to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, London and York, J. Dodsley and J. Todd, 1725; and another, Mariage of Figaro, v.s. (3) (3) ***Lord Camden (1714-1794) was a major political figure of the day and a leading proponent of civil liberties. He founded the settlement that later became known as Camden Town..
Lot 138
(George, editor) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from theOriginal Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators, to Which is Prefixed A Preliminary Discourse, first edition, (vi) iii-ix (3) 508pp (15), red & black title, foxing, folding map, folding plate plus 3 geneological plates of which 2 are folding, contemporary calf, boards detached, first few pages detached, 4to, J.Wilcox, 1734. (George, editor) The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately from theOriginal Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators, to Which is Prefixed A Preliminary Discourse, first edition, (vi) iii-ix (3) 508pp (15), red & black title, foxing, folding map, folding plate plus 3 geneological plates of which 2 are folding, contemporary calf, boards detached, first few pages detached, 4to, J.Wilcox, 1734.
Lot 144
Macpherson (James) Fingal, An Ancient Epic Poem first edition, engraved vignette title in red and black, some foxing and browning, contemporary ink inscription on fly-leaf, bookplate of C.D. Moggridge on front pastedown, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary half calf, worn, new spine, sm. 4to, [Rothschild 1349], T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1762.
Lot 148
[Camoens (Luis de)] The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India translated by William Julius Mickle, first edition of this translation, contemporary calf, front board mostly detached, joints cracked, spine head and foot chipped, corners rubbed, Oxford, Jackson & Lister, 1776 § Anderson (Aeneas) A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, first edition, half title, ownership inscription to head of title, contemporary speckled calf, calf panel detached from lower board, front board and endpaper detached with calf mostly detached, for J.Debrett, 1795 § Milton (John) Paradise Lost, A Poem, 2 vol., new edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates, errata list, bookplate to paste-down, later cloth, replacement endpapers, for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749, 4to (4)(2)
Lot 155
Cooke (William) Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq. 3 vol., first edition, engraved portrait, later buckram, spines darkened, 1805 § Ranking (John) Historical Researches on Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans, engraved folding map, plates, trimmed, some loose, map torn at fold, wormed, browned, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1826 § Manchester (Duke of) Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne, 2 vol., second edition, frontispiece, original cloth, gilt, spines browned, 1864 § Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, number 391 of 550 copies, engraved plates and illustrations by Maurice Leloir, tissue-guards, occasional foxing, original wrappers, browned, in original pictorial cloth folder, gilt, 1885; and c.100 others, English literature and history, v.s. (c.105)(100)
Lot 160
Bryan (Michael) A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates of monograms in vol.1, foxing, later green half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, uniformly slightly faded, 1816 § Whymper (F.) The Sea, 4 vol. in 2, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, contemporary blue half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, [c.1890] § Chambers`s Cyclopaedia of English Literature, 3 vol., illustrations, contemporary burgundy half morocco, spines gilt but uniformly faded, [c.1930], 4to (7)(7)
Lot 161
Hoyland (John) A Historical Survey of the customs, habits, & present state of The Gypsies first edition, original blue paper boards, slightly rubbed, rebacked to style, new endpapers, York, for the Author, 1816 § Leland (Charles G.) The English Gipsies and their Language, second edition, original cloth, slightly soiled, 1874; The Gypsies, original cloth, gilt, inner front hinge broken, n.d.[c.1890] § Hall (The Rev. George) The Gypsy`s Parson, illustrations, original cloth, spine almost detached, perforation stamp to title, library bookplates to front paste-down, Philadelphia, n.d., 8vo, (4).(4)
Lot 166
(Rev. J.) The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, first edition, fronstispiece, advertisements, offsetting, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1823. (Rev. J.) The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, first edition, fronstispiece, advertisements, offsetting, occasional light spotting, contemporary morocco, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1823. ***"Although this grammar showed no more scientific knowledge of the structure of the language than did the works of Hickes and Lye, from which it was compiled, it rendered important service in awakening amongst Englishmen an interest in their earliest form of their native tongue." (DNB)..
Lot 174
Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy`s Progress. By "Boz." 3 vol., first edition in book form, first issue, half-titles to vols. 1 and 2, advertisement leaf at beginning of vol. 3, engraved frontispieces and 21 plates, 4pp. advertisements to end of vol.1, later bookseller`s advertisements laid to paste-down of vol.1, plates oxidised, browning and occasional spotting to text leaves, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, recased, cloth faded and rubbed in part, in later cloth slip-case with calf label, [Smith 4], 8vo, 1838. ***With the "Boz" title and the "Fireside" plate at the end of volume 3..
Lot 183
Delany (Mary Granville) The Autobiography and Correspondence of... edited by Lady Llanover, 6 vol., (First and Second Series), engraved plates, occasional spotting, small marginal water-stain around edge of plates, folding geneological table with closed tear (repaired to verso with tape), contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1861-2 § Evelyn (John) Memoirs, edited by William Bray, 2 vol., second edition, portraits, plates, foxed, original boards, worn, covers detached, 1819; and another, 4to & 8vo (9)
Lot 184
[Hale (Edward Everett)] The Man Without a Country first edition, original wrappers, spine worn, a little surface soiling, 12mo, Boston, 1865. ***An important work, Hale`s short story was key in helping to promote the popularity of the Union cause following the upheaval of the American Civil War..
Lot 188
Gypsies.- Borrow (George) Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-Book of the Romay; or English Gypsy Language first edition, half-title, lacking advertisements at end, preliminaries spotted, original cloth, spine faded, original paper label torn with loss, 1874; and 3 others, gypsies and Borrow, including a duplicate of mentioned, 8vo (4)
Lot 194
George (Henry) Progress and Poverty 1883; Social Problems, 1884 § Walker (Francis A.) Money in its relations to Trade and Industry, 1907; Money, New York, 1891 § Ely (Richard T.) An Introduction to Political Economy, Chautauqua Press, contemporary inscription to front free-endpaper, New York, 1889 § Tuassig (F.W.) Principles of Economy, 2 vol., first edition, blind stamped `Presentation Copy` to title, New York, 1911, mostly first English editions, original bindings, slightly worn; and a small quantity of others similar by the same authors, v.s. (28)(28)
Lot 202
Hardy (Thomas) Jude The Obscure first edition, frontispiece, foxed, original cloth, joints repaired, 1896 § Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, labels removed from front end paper, original cloth, discoloured, 1949 § Amis (Martin) Yellow Dog, first edition, signed by author to title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2003, plus 12 other vol., 8vo (15)
Lot 203
Thaxter (Celia) The Cruise of the Mystery first edition, inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author, 5 floral and landscape watercolours to 5 poems, a.l.s. from the author tipped-in at rear, original limp morocco, scuffed at corners and spine ends, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, small 8vo, Boston and New York, 1886. ***A handsome presentation copy..
Lot 216
Fisher (Irving) The Theory of Interest first edition, original cloth, new endpapers, blind library stamp removed from title, and ink stamp removed from half-title, New York, 1930; Another copy, original cloth, Kelley & Millman, New York, 1954; Stable Money, first edition, original cloth, bookplate to front paste-down, Adelphi Company, 1934; Stabilised Money, first English edition, original cloth, slightly worn, 1935, 8vo., (4)(4)
Lot 220
Spender (Stephen).- Büchner (Georg) Danton`s Death... translated by Stephen Spender and Goronwy Rees, first edition, signed presentation copy from Stephen Spender to Cecil Day Lewis, lower joint split, 1939 § Spender (Stephen) World Within World, first edition, signed by the author, frontispiece, newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, bookplate of Antony Brett-James on front pastedown, dust-jacket, torn, 1951; New Collected Poems, signed presentation copy from Natasha Spender, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004 § Bridges (Robert) Collected Essays Papers &c...., signed by Cecil Day Lewis, original cloth-backed boards, foxed, printed paper label on spine, browned, Oxford University Press, 1929, all but the last original cloth or boards, 8vo (4).
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