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Lot 111
RICHARD SIBBS DD.(puritan pilgrim) and Richard Baker. Book two-sermons upon the first words of Christ last sermon -John XIIII, being also the last sermons of Richard Sibbs, preached to the Honourable Society of Grays Inn, June 21st and 28th 1635, who the next Lords day following died and rested from all his labours. Printed by Thomas Harper, London for Lawrence Chapman and are to be sold at his shop in Holborne at Chancery Lane End dated 1636, the frontis signed in ink and of the period ex libris R Bateman. By family repute this book belonged to Robert Bateman (1560-1644) who was a merchant adventurer and politician who was elected MP for the city of London in 1621 and also sat in the house of commons between 1614-1626. He also was the treasurer of the East India Company, and an eminent merchant in London's South Sea Bubble period. He was also master of the Skinners Company in 1620, in association with his own cloth business bound together in this tome, meditations and disquisitions upon the Lord's prayer by Sir Richard Baker, knight of London. He wrote this book whilst he was in fleet prison, where he eventually died after being locked up here because of debts to the Crown. Printed by Anne Griffin, and are to be sold by Anne Bovler at the sign of the marigold in Pauls churchyard 1636. This book was printed in the same year that some of the puritan Pilgrim Fathers, Standish and others at Plymouth rock, New England left to set up a new colony in Massachusetts. Not original boards or bindings, interior in good condition considering its age and use over the past 400 years
Lot 314
Album National de la Guerre publie par le Comite de la Fraternite des Artistes sous le haut patronage de Monsieur Raymond Poincare President de la République A limited edition of 200 copies. Unpaginated. Full page plates, each with tissue sheet for protection. About 60 plates including work by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Rodin, Bonnard, Vuillard and many more. Plates are black and white lithographs. The book measures 11.25 x 14.5 inches. A remarkable collection by many artists whom we did not realize lived through the first World War. Quarter leather raised band spine, marbled boards. Gilt top edge. 198 of 200 copies VG
Lot 307
A Ferguson FE35 Farm Tractor, registration no. SCJ 346, serial no. SDM 74865, believed built in 1957, lovingly restored and with a re-built 4-cylinder Diesel engine which exhibits no starting problems having had four heater plugs installed to the cylinder head as per the Allis Chalmers tractors which used the same type of engine but with the same modification to preclude cold starting problems in the much colder North American/Canadian climate. Runs like a watch, all gauges and the rev counter fully operative, currently showing only 13.6 hours. Lights all illuminate, tyres in barely used condition all round. First registered on 1/03/2003 with the homely Herefordshire registration number, may not be the correct colour. The V5C is present as are the keys and a spare number plate. Sold together with a belt pulley attached and with a belt-driven Ferguson circular saw-bench complete with flat belt and 2 blades. Has never been left outdoors since restoration. Engine Serial No: SJ52501ED. N.B. THE BUYERS PREMIUM ON THIS LOT IS 10% + V.A.T. (TOTAL 12% INCLUDING V.A.T.).
Lot 1
Auden (W.H.) Poems, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, small tears to upper and lower panels, extremities a little chipped, 4to, 1930; The Dance of Death, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, spine rubbed, extremities chipped and creased, 8vo, 1933 (2)⁂ The first is Auden's first publicly published book after the very scarce 1928 edition of Poems, which was privately printed by Stephen Spender.
Lot 10
Detective fiction.- Graeme (David) The Sword of Monsieur Blackshirt, 1936; The Vengeance of Monsieur Blackshirt, 1934 § Graeme (Bruce) Alias Blackshirt, 1932 § Meynell (Laurence W.) Paid in Full, 1933, first editions, light spotting to some titles, original cloth, light marking, the first with dust-jacket, some very small creases to extremities, surface dirt to lower panel, else an excellent copy; and 4 others, detective fiction, 8vo (8)
Lot 100
Circle Press.- Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick) Hawks & Falcons: Ten Lithographs, number 12 of 90 sets, 2 large lithographs c.590 x 395mm. numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, the rest c.400 x 300 numbered and initialled, loose as issued in original wrappers, folio, Guildford, Circle Press, 1975.⁂ Superb studies of birds of prey by the great ornithological artist, produced to illustrate a proposed work on falconry but due to high costs never published. Tunnicliffe worked in several media but these are his first lithographs.
Lot 103
Gibbings (Robert).- Morrison (James) The Journal...Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, number 245 of 325 copies, woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original two-tone cloth, marked and a little browned, some wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 § Gibbings (Robert) Iorana! A Tahitian Journal, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Blue fish have played in the pool and we have found the lake at the head of the stream" to endpaper, woodcut illustrations by the author, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 1932; and 5 others, Gibbings, small folio & 8vo (7)
Lot 107
Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Conversation Pieces, number 10 of 11 out-of-series copies (slightly smaller), from an edition limited to 50, signed by the author/artist, reverse/direct offset prints by Cox, original patterned boards, 1962; 14 Triads, number 6 of 40 copies bound in Japanese Hana-asa paper, from an edition limited to 100, illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, original white lace Japanese paper boards, 1967, both printed on Japanese hand-made paper and signed by the artist, transparent wrappers, [Chambers 8 & 18], Gogmagog Press ; and an ordinary version of the first, 8vo (3)
Lot 108
Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing, one of 80 copies, printed in black and colours, 8 double-page colour prints in varied techniques, original stiff fawn wrappers, 1963; The Warrior & the Maiden, number 49 of 65 copies signed by the author/artist, printed on handmade paper, title in red, green and black with decorative border, 10 reverse-offset linocuts printed on coloured backgrounds, prospectus loosely inserted, original felt with flame design, a little soiled at corners, slip-case (spine rubbed), 1967; War in a Cock's Egg, number 27 of 50 copies signed by the author/artist, printed in black and colours on different coloured papers, 4 double-page reverse/direct offset prints printed in colours, original cloth, 1960; Intimidations of Mortality: Poems on Victorian Themes with Psychological Implications, number 36 of 90 copies printed on Hodgkinson's & Japanese Mingei papers and signed by the artist, 4 double-page reverse/direct offset prints from lino, original printed boards, 1977, the last two with transparent wrappers, [Chambers 11, 19, 6 & 29], 8vo, Gogmagog Press (4)⁂ The artist notes at the beginning of the first, "This little book utilises a series of blocks made from odds and ends of waste material". The waste material includes a disc of bevelled glass (sun in first two prints but carefully cracked in the second), wood, lace, card, wire mesh etc.
Lot 109
Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) A Web of Nature, number 31 of 50 copies on Hosho paper, embossed reverse/direct offset prints printed in colours, original vellum-backed printed boards, slip-case, 1964; An Abstract of Nature, number 8 of 26 copies on Barcham Green Curfew hand-made paper, text on Japanese yellow "Mingei" paper, double-page offset print title and direct prints, all from gesso, original black & white striped cloth, transparent wrapper, 1967 [1968], both signed by the artist, [Chambers 12 & 20], 8vo, Gogmagog Press (2)⁂ The first is a masterpiece of nature printing and one of the most desirable of Gogmagog titles; as Chambers notes, "this was perhaps the nearest he came to explaining the Gogmagog Press".
Lot 124
NO RESERVE Halifax (Edward Wood, 1st Earl) "Be so proud of the race to which you belong...", 2 broadsides and a poster of Halifax's speech given at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in February 1940, broadsides c.375 x 255mm., printed in red and black, one with first word "Be" supplied by hand in red watercolour over pencil and double rule border in blue (wormhole below final letter of first line), the second on thinner paper and with decorative border in black, poster a larger version of the second c.760 x 510mm. (folded), 1940 § Carter (Sebastian) A Printer's Dozen: Eleven spreads from unrealised books designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press by Sebastian Carter, number 9 of 200 copies, printed in black and colours, original cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1993; and a small bundle of others, type specimens and loose sheets of printing including a facsimile leaf of an early printing from the book of Jonas printed on vellum, v.s. (a bundle)⁂ Having served as Viceroy of India from 1925-31 Halifax worked closely with Neville Chamberlain to appease Hitler in the late 1930s, succeeding Anthony Eden as Foreign Secretary in 1938 when he attempted to prevent war through the Munich Agreement. Following Chamberlain's resignation in May 1940 Halifax gave way to Churchill who became Prime Minister.
Lot 125
Howe (Ellic) The London Bookbinders 1780-1806, number 59 of 250 copies, wood-engravings by Gwendolen Raverat, some printed in reddish-brown, original cloth with horizontal rules in blind, uncut, dust-jacket, Dropmore Press, 1950 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, number 15 of 112 copies with an additional 8 engravings printed from the wood, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, Pinner, 1991 § Pritchett (V.S.) The Turn of the Years, number 64 of 150 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth, illustration mounted on upper cover, Salisbury, 1982 § Warner (Sylvia Townsend) Boxwood: Sixteen Engravings by Reynolds Stone, first issue (rejected for uneven printing), "one of 500 copies" but fewer, original boards, gilt, transparent wrapper torn, Monotype Corporation Ltd., 1957; and a bundle of others including 2 unsigned proofs from the last issued in 1982 and 2 variations of a university coat-of-arms engraved by Reynolds Stone, v.s. (a bundle)
Lot 127
Jones (David) In Parenthesis, first edition, frontispiece, plate and map by the author, a few pencil annotations to preface and small markings to text, small book-label to rear pastedown, original beige cloth, spine a little browned but a good copy, 1937; The Anathemata, first edition, plates, Evan Gill's copy with his book-label, original cloth, dust-jacket, not price-clipped, spine lightly browned, 1952; The Sleeping Lord, number 143 of 150 copies signed by the author, frontispiece, original cloth, slip-case, 1974 § Jones (Huw Ceiriog) The Library of David Jones (1895-1974): A Catalogue, original cloth, dust-jacket, Aberystwyth, 1995 § Coventry (Francis) The History of Pompey the Little..., one of 400 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece and tail-piece by David Jones, leather book-label of Micheline & Mervyn Parkhouse, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, lower corners slightly bumped, slip-case, Waltham St. Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926 § Leslie (Shane) Fleet Street, The New Broadside No.16, 2 colour illustrations by David Jones, c.430 x 190mm., tipped into aperture mount, Poetry Bookshop, [c.1926]; and a bundle of others by or relating to Jones including several prospectuses for his works, v.s. (sm.qty)
Lot 13
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, spine ends bumped, 1938 § Lewis (C.S.) Till We Have Faces, fore-edge lightly spotted, 1956 § Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first English edition, second impression, lightly soiled, 1929 § Waugh (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, 1961, original cloth or boards, some endpapers browned, all but the first with ink ownership signatures to front free endpaper, all but the first with dust-jacket, some with bumping and chipping to edges, the last a tight, clean copy; and 164 others, 20th century, v.s. (168)
Lot 141
Schanilec (Gaylord) High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction, one of 200 copies signed by the artist with his chop mark, 10 colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, one double-page, original cloth, paper label inset into upper cover, small 4to, St. Paul, Mn., Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1987.⁂ The artist's first use of colour wood-engravings, using up to 6 or 7 different colours and 3 to 5 blocks for each design. This book established him as one of America's master printers and book artists.
![Eliot (T.S.).- Jones (David) In Parenthesis, [with an introduction by T.S.Eliot], number 5 of 70 copies signed by the author](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c80d5540-6644-4de5-a369-ac2400b1ba5c/f4e2acb1-7b84-4c52-b79d-ac2400b3666c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 15
Eliot (T.S.).- Jones (David) In Parenthesis, [with an introduction by T.S.Eliot], number 5 of 70 copies signed by the author & T.S.Eliot, frontispiece, plate and map by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., 8vo, 1961.⁂ An excellent copy of the author's first book, a prose poem based on his traumatic experiences in the trenches of the First World War. It was first published through T.S.Eliot at Faber & Faber in 1937 and is described by Eliot in his introduction as "a work of genius".
![NO RESERVE Nyns (Jacques, editor) Le Code Pénal, pochoir illustrations by Jean Dratz, Brussels, [1950] § Code de la Route: Te](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c80d5540-6644-4de5-a369-ac2400b1ba5c/2c88db84-cb50-471e-a6a1-ac2400b381fe/468x382.jpg)
Lot 157
NO RESERVE Nyns (Jacques, editor) Le Code Pénal, pochoir illustrations by Jean Dratz, Brussels, [1950] § Code de la Route: Texte Officiel et complet, limited edition, pochoir illustrations by Dubout, Paris, 1955 § Code du Voyage et du Tourisme, number 26 of 25 copies with an additional suite of plates in black, from an edition limited to 850, colour plates by Dubout, one folding, Paris, [c.1958], limited editions, some loose as issued, original printed wrappers, uncut, the first and last with board folders, all with slip-cases, the first rubbed and defective; and another illustrated by Dubout, 4to (4)
Lot 164
Brangwyn (Frank).- Thousand & One Nights (The) ..., 6 vol., number 43 of 100 copies on handmade paper initialed by the publisher, decorative titles in red & black, plates by Frank Brangwyn, faint marginal damp-staining to first few leaves of each vol., original yellow cloth decorated in green and pink, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, London and Philadelphia, 1896.
Lot 168
NO RESERVE Frimberger (Marianne) Wiener Bilderbuch, first edition, 8 colour lithographed plates, 1 detached (loosely inserted), occasional faint spotting, publisher's advertisement at end, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, original decorative boards, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Stuttgart, Gustav Weise, 1912.
Lot 169
Jones (David).- Farjeon (Eleanor) The Town Child's Alphabet, first edition, illustrations by David Jones in turquoise and black, 4pp. advertisements at end, signature removed from head of title, light foxing and browning at beginning and end, a few other spots, original pictorial boards designed by Jones, a little rubbed and browned, slight wear to foot of spine, small 4to, The Poetry Bookshop, 1924.⁂ A good copy of a fragile book, this copy issued in the more expensive boards rather than wrappers.
Lot 173
Potter (Beatrix) Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, first edition, colour frontispiece, title vignette and 12 plates, plain illustrations and decorations, occasional light spotting, original boards with mounted colour illustration, some light rubbing and spotting, [Linder pp.254-255; Quinby 28], 16mo, 1929.
Lot 176
NO RESERVE Society of Wood Engravers. Catalogue of the Second Annual Exhibition..., Foreword by Campbell Dodgson, light spotting, Chiswick Press for the Chenil Gallery, 1921; Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition..., St.George's Gallery, 1923, wood-engraved vignette by Eric Gill to cover or title, some pencil markings, original printed wrappers, the first a little spotted, the second browned at edges; and 3 more exhibition catalogues for the society (1924, 1928 & 1933) and 5 other exhibition catalogues from the 1920s & '30s and 5 prospectuses/booklists for The Studio, 8vo (15)⁂ Exhibitors include Gwen Raverat, Robert Gibbings, Lucien Pissarro, Gordon Craig, Claude Flight, Eric Gill, Paul Nash, John Nash, and Paul Gauguin.
Lot 178
Timlin (William M.) The Ship That Sailed to Mars, first edition, calligraphic text and 48 coloured plates after Timlin, text and plates mounted recto only as issued, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, very minor foxing to final pastedown, some short tears to leaves not affecting the pastedowns, original vellum-backed boards, gilt-tooled spine, lightly discoloured, else an excellent copy, 4to, George G. Harrap, [1923].
Lot 179
NO RESERVE Tugendhold (J.) Alexandra Exter, plates, some colour and tipped in, original printed wrappers, spine a little rubbed and faded, tear at foot, Berlin, Sarja, 1922 § Weterings (Joseph) Zodiaque, les Jours, les Heures, one of 500 copies, plates by Edgard Tytgat (frontispiece loose), original printed wrappers, Antwerp, 1942, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a monograph on the Russian avant-garde artist and theatre designer. It is the German translation of the first edition published simultaneously in Russian in Berlin.
Lot 18
NO RESERVE Fleming (Ian) Thrilling Cities, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, first editions, original boards or cloth-backed boards, the first with dust-jacket, faded, price-clipped; and 13 others by the same, other by C. P. Snow, many first editions, 8vo (16)
Lot 19
Ford (Ford Madox) The Young Lovell, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary ink ownership inscription, 1913; Joseph Conrad, 1924; England and the English: An Interpretation, 1907, the first two first editions, some light spotting, original cloth, light bumping and creasing to spine ends and extremities, some lightly faded; and 3 others, by or relating to Ford, 4to & 8vo (6)
Lot 194
NO RESERVE Original illustration.- Robinson (William Heath) Uncle Lubin and a gust of wind, pen and black ink with touches of white correction fluid on card, signed in the lower left corner, 150 x 110 mm (5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in), numerous inscriptions verso including the artist's return address, window mount affixed on top, surface dirt and browning, a few small spots, unframed, [circa 1900 or slightly later].⁂ The character "Uncle Lubin" first appeared in the Royal Magazine in May 1901.
Lot 2
Binyon (Laurence) The Winnowing Fan: Poems on the Great War, first edition, endpapers browned, faint spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and bumping to spine ends, 8vo, 1914.⁂ Includes the first book appearance of "For the Fallen" (which made its first appearance in The Times 21 September 1914), considered one of the most famous memorial poems of the Great War.
Lot 21
Graves (Robert, poet and novelist, 1895-1985) Autograph Letter signed "RG", ¼p., sm. 4to, Deyá, 13th April 1970, written as a reply on a TLs from Austin Storrey to Graves and sending him a copy of his poems, Island in the Sun, and Graves thanking him for the poems, referring to one, "And isn't the champagne Ghastly" and replying about package tourists to Majorca, "By the way, though there are now 4 million air-tourists a year here, my family & I were the first ?airliners to land by plane (May 1946, air-taxi... from the British Navy!", and commenting on his daughter Lucia Graves, "My daughter got a First at Oxford, St Anne's, then married a Spanish drummer & has passed a local exam actually allowing her to write songs for popular performance! Hope your daughters have the same luck", folds; and a copy of Island in the Sun, 1973, v.s., v.d. (2).⁂ Graves gives no indication of his opinion of Storrey's poems.
Lot 212
NO RESERVE Miscellaneous posters.- Pintori (Giovanni) Olivetti Summa 15, lithograph printed in colours, mounted on linen, sheet 690 x 480 mm. (27 1/4 x 18 7/8 in), very minor creases to extremities, unframed, Milan, 1955; together with 4 French Railways posters with designs by Salvador Dali, a Swiss travel poster by Marc Rudin, Grindelwald First, and five Formula 1 related posters, 4 are advertisements for Ferodo disc brakes, and the other is for Ferrari, lithographs, not mounted on linen, each approx 1010 x 630 mm (39 3/4 x 24 3/4 in), or smaller, occasional nicks and handling creases, unframed, [20th century] (10)
Lot 216
NO RESERVE Russian Propaganda.- Anonymous. Collection of five posters, one showing the hammer and sickle design above an open book, dated 1953, two duplicate posters from 1989-1990 with images of Lenin and celebrating 120 years since his birth, and two others from the 1970s, lithographs printed in colours, the first mentioned mounted on linen, various sizes from 560 x 820 mm (22 x 32 1/4 in) to 1060 x 800 mm (41 3/4 x 31 1/2 in), occasional repairs, handling creases, some surface dirt, all unframed, circa 1953-1990 (5)
Lot 22
Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, 1930; Stamboul Train, 1932; It's a Battlefield, spine lightly faded, 1934, first editions, some endpapers browned, occasional light spotting to the first, original cloth, spines gilt, light scuffing or marking to covers; and a second impression Man Within, 8vo (4)
Lot 23
Greene (Graham) It's a Battlefield, first edition, very light spotting to endpapers and half title, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original boards, light toning to upper panel, second issue dust-jacket priced at 3/6, spine ends and corners chipped with some loss, upper panel a little creased at foot, some fraying to head and foot, light surface soiling to lower panel, rubbing to extremities, still a good example overall, 8vo, 1934.
Lot 26
Greene (Graham) May We Borrow Your Husband?, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed decorative boards, 1967; A Visit to Morin, one of 250 copies, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, 1959; The Name of Action, original cloth, some light spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, soiled and lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and creased, 1930; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (8)
Lot 28
Greene (Graham) A Quick Look Behind, one of 330 copies signed by the author, original blind-stamped cloth, slip-case, 1983; The Quiet American, signed by the author to title, 1955; Our Man in Havana, 1958, the last two first editions, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little faded, extremities lightly bumped, else clean copies; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (6)
Lot 29
Greene (Graham) Why the Epigraph?, one of 950 copies signed by the author, original cloth, gilt, The Nonesuch Press, 1989; The Lost Childhood, 1951; Our Man in Havana, 1958; Loser Takes All, 1955, last three first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light bumping and creasing to spine ends; and 2 others, by the same, first editions, 8vo (7)
Lot 33
Hornung (E. W.) Mr. Justice Raffles, 1909; The Crime Doctor, 1914; Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman, 1910, first editions, the last first US edition, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and title, original cloth, the first pictorial, some light discolouration, spines bumped, else very clean, tight copies; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Lot 39
Hughes (Ted) The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar, number 41 of 87 copies signed by the author to title, from an edition of 100, original pictorial wrappers, very lightly creased but overall an excellent example, 1970; and a first edition of the same, ?one of 100 copies, 1970; and a proof copy of the cover, manuscript note to lower panel, possibly in the author's hand: 'one of four proof copies - never got beyond proof stage - the block (but without lettering) was used as the leaves of the pamphlet', minor creasing, [Sagar and Tabor, A21 a.1 & a.2], v.s. (3)⁂ Richard Gilbertson wrote of his original intentions that it was meant to be a woodcut blown up in the style of a broadside: 'then I found the marbled paper and changed my plans, for it seemed to me that if the woodcut were imposed on the flames-and-blue-sky of the paper that it could be very effective. But unfortunately it reminded Ted on an old school exercise book!...[this] made it necessary to do it again.' Sagar and Tabor, p.47
Lot 4
NO RESERVE Bramah (Ernest) The Wallet of Kai Lung, first edition, title and endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1900; The Wallet of Kai Lung, number 143 of 200 copies signed by the author, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, spine label chipped, rubbed, 1923; The Transmutation of Ling, limited edition, plates and decorations by Ilbery Lynch, captioned tissue-guards, spotting to endpapers, original buckram, lettered in gilt, rubbed, 1911; and 3 others, Kai Lung, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 40
Hughes (Ted, editor) With Fairest Flowers Whilst Summer Lasts: Poems from Shakespeare, first edition, signed by the author to half title, title illustration and wrappers by Leonard Baskin, original pictorial wrappers, packaged in folding wrapper with script reading 'Merry Christmas from Doubleday', some creases but else fine, [Sagar and Tobor, B53 a.], 8vo, 1971.⁂Sagar and Tobor note that the rare copies of this come in two states, 'some of these were issued as Christmas keepsakes by Doubleday', p.209.
Lot 47
Kipling (Rudyard) The Second Jungle Book, 1895; Rewards and Fairies, 1910; Puck and Pook's Hill, 1906, Actions and Reactions, 1909, first editions, some light browning to endpapers, some ink ownership inscriptions, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some spines faded, bumping and creasing to spine ends, the last joints splitting to head of spine; and 6 others by the same, 4to & 8vo (10)
Lot 48
Laughlin (James, editor) New Directions in Prose and Poetry, 7 vol., nos. 6, 7, 9-13, first editions, original boards or cloth, all but no.6 with dust-jackets, no.7 price-clipped, some bumping and creasing to spine ends, some with minor marking to extremities, else very clean copies, 8vo, Norfolk, CT., 1941.
Lot 49
NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Looking-Glass War, dust-jacket, 3 short tears (tape repairs), lightly faded spine, chipping to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1965 § Waugh (Evelyn) The Loved One, previous owner's ink signature, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, [1948] § Christie (Agatha) Ordeal by Innocence, dust-jacket, 2 short tears to spine foot, a little rubbed, 1958; 4.50 From Paddington, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1957, first editions, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities; and 5 others, first editions, 8vo (9)
Lot 50
Le Carré (John) Smiley's People, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, 1980; Our Game, 1995; The Russian House, 1989; The Night Manager, uncorrected proof, 1993, presentation inscriptions to Sally Soames from the author to second and third, original boards or wrappers, the first two with dust-jackets, small tear to foot of spine to the first, lower panel stained, else clean copies, 8vo (4)⁂ Presentation copy from Le Carré to Sally Soames: "Dear Sally, I think you must be a very good photographer. It was fun..." and another signed with the scarce use of his real name, "David alias John le Carré".
Lot 51
NO RESERVE Lee (Laurie) Cider with Rosie, 1959; Selected Poems, signed by the author to title, 1985 § Powell (Anthony) At Lady Molly's, 1957; Books Do Furnish a Room, 1971; Temporary Kings, 1973 § Ishiguro (Kazuo) When We Were Orphans, proof copy, 2000, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light bumping to extremities, else very clean copies; and 15 others by the same, 8vo (20)
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