CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American Novelist of hardboiled Crime fiction. Several of Cain's novels inspired highly successful movies including Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce and The Postman Always Rings Twice. T.L.S., James M Cain, one page, 4to, Los Angeles, 25th January 1946, to the Editors of Newsweek in New York, on the printed stationary of RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Cain informs his correspondents, in full, 'Your review of The Spiral Staircase is excellent, but not one word in it discusses the producer of this remarkable picture, Dore Schary, or the writer, Mel Dinelli. The omission of such credits in New York reviews is quite common, but wholly bewildering to anyone in the picture business. Siodmak is unquestionably a good director, but he didn't come in until Dinelli had done the script under Schary's direction, and the script, as anyone here will tell you, is 90% of the grief on a moving picture. These bouquets your reviewers toss around for "performances" and such things, are all right as far as they go, but your reviews would have more savvy if occasionally you dealt with the more important values of a picture in terms of those you are responsible for them. This is not for publication, merely a suggestion from a regular reader.' A letter of good content. With light creasing and minor dust staining. GIsadore Schary (1905-1980) American Film Director, Writer, and Producer.Mel Dinelli (1912-1991) American Writer for Theatre, Radio, Film and Magazines, usually in the suspense genre.Robert Siodmak (1900-1973) German Film Director.
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cummings e.e.: (1894-1962) American Poet, Author, and Playwright. T.L.S., Cummings, (a very truncated form of his signature) one page, 4to, Silver Lake, New Hampshire, 16th September 1958, to Bernice. cummings states, in full, 'Mr Schlessiger, to whom I wrote after receiving your letter of August 24th, writes "I am sending the agreements down to Miss Baumgarten who will be writing you shortly about the matter" but "As far as I can judge… the only share" which Harcourt legally has "would come from a cheap edition of a complete book of poetry." This naturally pleases me, since (as I wrote you on August 20th) I wish Grove Press, which has already republished eimi, to publish a selection of my poems next fall.' With a very small tear to the upper right corner, and light creasing. VGEIMI, a travelogue by e.e. cummings, dealing with a visit to the Soviet Union in the spring of 1931, published by Covici-Friede, New York, 1933.
HEMINGWAY ERNEST: (1899-1961) American Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1954, Pulitzer Prize winner 1953. An engaging vintage signed and inscribed 9½ x 7 photograph, the image depicting Hemingway seated in a half-length pose within an arena, evidently a bull ring, flanked by two other men. Photograph by the bullfight photographer Francisco 'Canito' Cano and signed ('Cano') by him with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Signed by Hemingway in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image, 'To Annie Weete, love, Ernest'. Neatly laid down to a card and with some very minor, light age wear to the image. About VG
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A.L.S., Victor Hugo, one page, small 8vo, Hauteville House, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, 9th June 1866, in French. Hugo states that he has asked Paul Meurice to make a donation in his name, for the sum of 25 francs, to a subscription opened by a lady in favour of ‘an unfortunate writer’. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, otherwise VG Paul Meurice (1818-1905) French Novelist and Playwright, a close friend of Hugo. Meurice took care of Hugo’s financial and literary interests during the twenty years of his exile.
BENNETT ARNOLD: (1867-1931) English Writer. T.L.S., Arnold Bennett, one page, 4to, Cadogan Square, London, 9th April 1923, to Geoffrey Lapage. Bennett states, in full, 'I am obliged for your letter and the enclosures. I return all the latter (the word struck through and replaced by 'contributions' in Bennett's hand) together with my report and adjudication. Let me say that in my opinion the general level of the contributions is rather high - considerably higher than I should have expected.' With numerous pencil sketches of various figures by Lapage to the verso, and a note on the preservation of pencil and ink drawings, with several images covered in gum acacia and varnish. Together with a second, brief T.L.S., Arnold Bennett, one page, 4to, George Street, London, 17th November 1922, also to Geoffrey Lapage. Bennett states, in full, 'I will do it. Is this enough?' With light age wear. Also including a manuscript copy of Bennett's Report on Fiction Prize, in the hand of Lapage and signed by him with his initials ('G.L.') at the head, three pages, 4to, n.p, n.d. (1923). The report commences, 'Subject is the chief thing in a work of art; treatment is secondary. See the Greeks, see Matthew Arnold. It has been said that the test question for a good plot is; Does it seem interesting when told in a few words...' and continues with Bennett's critique of three fictional stories. With light creasing and age wear. G, 3Geoffrey Lapage(1888-1971) English Parasitologist and Writer, lecturer in Zoology at the University of Manchester. Lapage also wrote books for children, and some volumes of verse, as well as a study of drawings by scientific men entitled Art and the Scientist (1961). Bennett adjudicated for the Manchester University Unions Magazine Fiction Prize in 1923.
POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate Poet, a major figure in the Modernist movement. A.N.S., with his initials, E.P., to the ample left margin of a postcard which features a portrait of the poet in a head and shoulders pose to the right side (and, as such, could also be considered a signed photograph), Brunnenburg, Merano, Italy, n.d. (1959), to Madame L. M. Theis in Sussex. Pound writes, in full, 'Thanks I like cuttings when etc.'. With a typed address and postmark to the verso. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Schloss Brunnenburg, a 13th century castle, was the home of Pound's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, and her husband. The poet stayed with his daughter and her family in 1958 after returning from the United States and wrote the last six of his 116 'Cantos' from The Cantos whilst residing in the castle. The Cantos is generally considered one of the most significant works of modernist poetry of the 20th century.
DE LA MARE WALTER: (1873-1956) English Poet & Novelist. A.L.S., Walter de la Mare, two pages, 8vo, Pittsburgh, 7th November 1924, to Miss Cuthbert, on the printed stationery of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association. De la Mare informs his correspondent, in part, 'Of course I'd be delighted to suggest a date for coming to Cornell - if only there were one to suggest. But alas the days stretch on - & that are not very many of them left before I sail… If a chance should appear, I will write at once.' With light age wear, otherwise about VG
RICHARDS FRANK: (1876-1961) English Writer, creator of Billy Bunter. T.L.S., Charles Hamilton (his real name), two pages, 4to, London, 16th April 1945, to Mr. Bagley. Hamilton apologises for not writing to his correspondent sooner, having been busy with his autobiography, a book that he hopes will be published soon, commenting however, 'If it doesn't, Frank Richards will survive. He has sold one of his bungalows, near Broadstairs, for very nearly as much as it cost; so the outlook is 'set fair' for quite a long time to come' further adding, 'And the brave new world is at hand; the Utopia that is to follow the war. Let us hope that it will not get mislaid, like the 'land fit for heroes' after the last war' continuing to discuss the Amalgamated Press and publishing, 'I shall have to trust some publisher with 'Carcroft' when the time comes in the piping times of peace. I see no reason why this should not sell as fast as Greyfriars used to. So far as I can see, all depends on the character of the publisher - if he is decent, the author is O.K. - if he isn't, he will exploit the author' Hamilton also discusses various other authors including Poe and Voltaire, 'There is a chapter in Zadig in which we get all the detective-literature in tabloid form. There were giants in the earth in those days - they could afford to chuck away on a chapter, stuff that would last a modern novelist a lifetime. Look at the original Eliza Doolittle in Smollett - hardly a chapter!' adding his views on the benefits of Latin, 'You can bet that "learning Latin" does not necessarily tend to make one live in a past dead world. In some cases, no doubt, it does; but there is no reason why it should. The past dead world comes to life as you read. It is not dead at all. One might say the same of studying Chaucer, or even Shakespeare' concluding cynically, 'I was asked, the other day, what I thought of the modern novel… It can be summed up in a sentence, "Boy meets Girl, and so to bed!".' With two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, slight traces of former mounting to the left edge of the verso and light age wear. About VG
HUGHES THOMAS: (1822-1896) English Author of Tom Brown's School Days. A.L.S., Thos. Hughes, one page, 8vo, n.p, 19th October 1865, to Stanhope, on the embossed stationery of the House of Commons. Hughes writes, in full, 'Will you kindly see our implacable first whip (whom I can't see about the lobby) & get him to find me a pair after 7 tonight as I have 4 children ill with whooping cough & want to get home & help my wife - Do this & earn the prayer.' With blank integral leaf. With light age wear, otherwise VGIn British parliamentary practice, pairing is an informal arrangement between the government and opposition parties whereby a member of a House of Parliament agrees, or is designated, by the party whip to abstain from voting while a member of the other party needs to be absent from the House due to other commitments such as illness or travel problems.The present letter is written in the first year of Hughes's parliamentary career having been elected as Member of Parliament for Lambeth in 1865. He served in this post until 1868 and later also served as Member of Parliament for Frome from 1868-74.Hughes was father to a total of nine children, five sons and four daughters (the eldest of whom, Lilian, was to perish in the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912).
BINYON LAURENCE: (1869-1943) English Poet whose most famous work, For the Fallen, is used in Remembrance Sunday Services. A fine A.L.S., Laurence Binyon, three pages, 8vo, London, 4th October 1932, to Mr. Lapage, on the attractive printed stationery of the British Museum. Binyon acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's book and states 'I see no reason why you should despond about your poems, though one may well be made to despond by the reception the world gives to poetry', continuing 'I feel myself that if what most reviewers say about my verse is true then I don't want to go on writing'. Binyon further offers his correspondent his opinion of their work, along with some constructive criticism, 'There is plenty of technical accomplishment in your book, and force of feeling coming through it. The blank verse is vigorous & alive. You ask me to write candidly about 'faults'….I rather fancy that your poems have too much 'reason' in them, I mean that they seem to belong too much to the plane of the self-conscious reasoning mind which observes, argues & concludes; resulting sometimes in a rather prosaic cast of phrase. Of course that is all right in the satiric vein which you open up now & then….I suppose there may be wanting to your poems a certain newness & difference of voice which is what fixes attention: at least not sufficiently marked to impose itself. Many people try to get this by tricks & stunts so as to be thought original; but the only originality is the release of one's uniqueness. I think perhaps you accept phrases - possibly thoughts also - that come too easily & not from your own depths. I'm afraid I express myself very badly, & dislike criticising anyhow'. Binyon also informs his correspondent that he has recently been translating Dante '& have found it a marvellous discipline' and concludes by hoping that his remarks have not been unhelpful. A letter of good content, written in the poet's typically elegant hand. A couple of very light, extremely minor stains only very slightly affect a few words of text to the second page, which remain perfectly legible. Otherwise EX Geoffrey Lapage(1888-1971) English Parasitologist and Writer, lecturer in Zoology at the University of Manchester. Binyon had been employed at the British Museum following his graduation in 1893 and at the time of the present letter was Keeper of the Prints and Drawing Department. He retired in 1933 and over the next decade published his acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, which had been completed with some editorial assistance from his friend Ezra Pound.
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[WILDE OSCAR]: DOUGLAS ALFRED: (1870-1945) English Author & Poet, the intimate friend and lover of Oscar Wilde. T.L.S., Alfred Douglas, one page, small 4to, London, 23rd July 1907, to John Nayler, on the printed stationery of The Academy. Douglas informs his correspondent, in full, 'I am afraid I cannot make use of this article although it is very interesting. It deals rather too much with the commercial side of literature for publication in "The Academy" but I read it with great interest.' With light age wear, otherwise VGFrom 1907-10 Douglas served as editor of The Academy, a review of literature and general topics published in London from 1869-1915.
HUGHES LANGSTON: (1902-1967) American Poet, Novelist & Playwright, active in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. A good vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Hughes in a head and shoulders pose with several rows of books visible in the background. Signed in bold, black fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 1957 in his hand. VG
AUDEN W. H.: (1907-1973) Anglo-American Poet. A good A.L.S., Wystan Auden (a scarce form of the poet's signature), one page, 4to, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 13th October n.y. (1943), to Gerald Saunders. Auden informs his correspondent that he is editing 'a selected Tennyson for Doubleday' and encloses 'a preliminary draft of selections' (no longer present) and continues to ask if Saunders could 'a) Tell me what you think I've missed that should be included. b) Give me any data about dates of composition (e.g. of the songs in The Princess) which are not generally known'. In a postscript Auden writes 'I have now a Navy composition course and also to teach English to a group of Chinese naval officers'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Auden to Professor Gerald Saunders of the English Department at the State Normal College in Ypislanti, Michigan, and signed ('W. H. Auden') by Auden to the verso in the return address. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate 1850-92. Auden's A Selection from the Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson was first published in America in 1944 and was subsequently published in England, in 1946, with the title Tennyson: An Introduction and a Selection
NICOLSON HAROLD: (1886-1968) British Diplomat, Author, and politician, the husband of writer Vita Sackville-West. T.L.S., Harold Nicolson, one page, 4to (folding airmail stationery), London, 20th December 1961, to the editor Miss Robin Myers. Nicolson states, in full 'My publishers have sent on to me your letter of December 14 in which you enquire whether you may change the title of my book from "Evolution of Diplomatic Method", to "Evolution of Diplomacy". I am afraid I do not quite see why the second title is "livelier than the former", and "more instantly understandable to an American audience". Yet you know about these things better than I do, so please call the book what you like.' With several pin holes to the upper left corner and light age wear. VGNicolson's The Evolution of Diplomatic Method was pubished by Constable & Co. Ltd., in 1954, and comprised of four lectures dealing with diplomacy in Greece and Rome, Renaissance Italy, seventeenth century France, and the twentieth century.
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET: (1874-1965) English Playwright & Novelist. An early T.L.S., W. S. Maugham, one page, 4to, Mount Street, London, 21st June 1909, to Ernest, evidently an actor. Maugham informs his correspondent, in full, 'Forgive me if I answer your polite letter by typescript, but your handwriting is so beautiful that I am ashamed to display mine to your artistic eye. Of course you are the greatest actor of the age. No one could ever dream of denying so patent a fact, and it is heartening for me to say that we have already engaged A.E. Matthews for a part which you could play like nobody on God's earth. I am hoping to be luckier another time.' With light age wear, otherwise VGA. E. Matthews (1869-1960) English Actor.
POPE ALEXANDER: (1688-1744) English Poet, known for his satirical verse and use of the heroic couplet. Pope is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after William Shakespeare. Fine, dark ink signature ('A. Pope') to the verso of a manuscript document signed ('J: Caryll') by John Caryll, one page, slim oblong 12mo, n.p., 2nd September 1717. Caryll's document is addressed to the goldsmith [Richard] Wright of Convent Garden and states, in full, 'Pray pay unto Mr. Alexander Pope or order the sum of thirty three shilings on acct of yr friend'. Signed by Pope to the verso as an acknowledgement of having received the funds. With a partial integral address leaf. Rare. Some light overall age toning and wear, otherwise VG John Caryll (1667-1736) The Younger. Second Jacobite Baron Caryll of Durford and friend of Alexander Pope. Richard Wright conducted the business of Wrights & Co. between 1708-29, the private bank having been established as the goldsmithing business of William Wright in 1699, based in Covent Garden, London. Pope published several works in the same year as signing the present document, including Eloisa to Abelard, Three Hours After Marriage and Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. It was also the year in which his father, a linen merchant in London, died.
Italy 1863 -1922 Compact yet valuable collection on 3 annotated leaves with better and hi cat stamps, m& (chiefly,u);we note 1863 2L pale scarlet,1878 surcharged officials,1879 King Umberto low vals mint(3,cat £2100),1889 5L red and green light used(cat £750),1891 5L carmine and blue fu,1922 o’printed Trieste Philatelic Congress 10c,15c,25c cds with Trieste cancels (cat £975-not expertised) etc Scores The better items excluding Trieste o’printed issues cat £3500+ Condition varies ,some imperfections but generally sound
Thomson (Hugh). Quantity Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, by J.M. Barrie, 1913, limited edition 720/1000, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, 22 colour tipped in plates with tissue guards, book plate and period inscription to the front endpapers from 'William Hesketh Viscount Leverhulme', some minor toning, top edge gilt, publisher's original gilt decorated full vellum, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, lacking cloth ties, large 4to, together with Rowling (J.K.), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 1st edition, 2005, signed by the author to the title page, original boards in dust jacket, 8vo, and Detmold (E.J.), The Book of Baby Pets, 1st edition, 1915, 19 colour plates by the author, some light spotting, original brown cloth spine to illustrated boards, large 4to, plus 10 further volumes of illustrated juvenile literature, including Jean De Brunhoff, 8vo/4to (13)
Irving (Henry & Marshall, Frank A., editors). The Works of William Shakespeare, volumes 1-8, 1894, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Tombleson (W.), Views of the Rhine, edited by W.G. Fearnside, 1832, numerous black and white plates with tissue guards, folding map to rear, some minor spotting, new endpapers, rebound in modern green half morocco retaining contemporary cloth boards, 8vo, and other 17th-19th century literature and reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition generally good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 140 volumes) (6 shelves)
Birch (Thomas). Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, From the Year 1581 till her Death..., volumes 1 & 2, printed for A. Millar, 1754, period inscriptions to head of title pages, some light watermarks and spotting, uniform contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated labels to spines, boards and spines rubbed with some loss, volume 2 lacking front boards, 4to, together with Byron (George), The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, volumes 1-10, new edition, 1873, Life of Lord Byron, by Thomas Moore, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1854, black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, boards slightly rubbed, spines lightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th century literature and reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 160 volumes) (6 shelves)
Gregynog Press. The Star of Seville: A Drama in Three Acts and In Verse attributed to Lope de Vega translated out of Spanish by Henry Thomas, Gregynog Press, 1935, title with vignette printed in red, blue, orange and black, text printed in red and black, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blind and gilt decorated black full morocco, joints rubbed, with early inscription to front endpaper 'Ex Libris Thomas Artemus Jones To "D.J.", with love, Mildred Artemus-Jones, September 1945', 8vo, limited edition 50/175, together with Orpheus Press. Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Sonette an Orpheus, geschrieben als ein grab-mal fur Wera Ouckama Knoop, illustrationen von Rigby Graham, Munich, Orpheus Press, 1960, colour linocuts by Rigby Graham, original light brown full morocco, large 8vo, limited edition of 25 copies, this being number 1, signed by Rigby Graham and Douglas Martin, plus Fanfrolico Press, The Complete Poetry of Gaius Catullus translated by Jack Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, [1929], wood engraved illustations by Lionel Ellis, top edge gilt, original tan full morocco, some marks to extremities, and spine lightly faded, large 8vo, limited edition 170/325 signed by Jack Lindsay Harrop 32 for the first title. Sir Thomas Artemus Jones (1871-1943), journalist, judge and historian married his wife Mildred in 1927, and a volume of his articles was edited by her for posthumous publication in 1944, entitled without my wig. (3)
Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript, 1984, numerous monochrome facsimiles, some light toning, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, folio, together with other modern literature, including D.H. Lawrence, Ford Madox Ford, William Faulkner, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Nightingale (J). Memoirs of Queen Caroline, volumes 1 & 2, volume 1, 5th edition, 1820-21, Trial of Queen Caroline, volumes 1-3, 1821, The Last Days of Queen Caroline, 1822, all J. Robins and Co., Albion Press, numerous monochrome illustrations, some spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Foot (Samuel), The Dramatic Works Of..., volumes 1-4, 4th edition, 1778, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, period inscription to volume 2 front end paper, book plates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf bound by Riviere, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Pennant (Thomas), British Zoology, volume IV, Crustacea, Mollusca, Testacea, volume 4 only, Benj. White, 1777, 93 engraved plates, bookplate to front endpaper, worming from page 67 to rear endpapers (affecting upper outer margins only), some minor toning, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed and marked with minor loss, 4to, plus 19 further volumes of 18th and 19th literature, all leather bindings, 8vo/4to (30)
Alighieri (Dante). The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, new edition, 1844, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning, contemporary half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Moore (Edward), Studies in Dante, volumes 1-4, Oxford, 1969, uniform original blue cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other 19th century and modern Dante reference and related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Kelly (R. Talbot). Egypt, Painted and Described, 1902, limited deluxe edition 337/500, signed by the author to limitation page, 75 colour illustrations with tissue guards, later inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original decorative cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Austin (Alfred), Lamia's Winter-Quarters, 1907, limited deluxe edition 185/250, signed by the author to limitation page, colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated whtie cloth, spine lightly marked and rubbed, 4to, and Grego (Joseph), Cruikshank's Water Colours, 1903, limited deluxe edition 185/300, signed by the publisher to limitation page, numerous colour illustrations with tissue guards, some light spotting, original gilt decorated whtie cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, all A. & C. Black, plus 16 further early 20th century illustrated travel reference, including Oxford Its Buildings and Gardens, by Ralph Durand, limited deluxe edition 9/100, 1909, original gilt decroated vellum, all original decorated cloth, 8vo/4to (19)
Trollope (Frances). Vienna and The Austrians..., volumes 1 & 2, 1838, black and white engraved plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light marks and spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards slightly rubbed, spines faded and rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Swinburne (Algernon Charles), Poems and Ballads, new edition, 1901, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green straight grained morocco, bound by Hatchard, boards slightly marked, spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volumes 1-7, 1891, black and white portrait frontis to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tan half calf bound by Denny, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature and reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, some foreign language, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (60)
Japanese Fairy Tale Series. Numbers 1, 2 (2 copies), 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (2 copies), 9-16, mixed editions, Kobunsha, Tokyo, circa 1900, colour illustrations, original wrappers, one or two small tears and some light spotting, 8vo, with others related including Japanese Story-Tellers from the French of Jules Adam. By Osman Edwards, T. Hasegawa, Tokyo, circa 1900 and three different calendars for 1907 (28)
Buchanan (Robert). Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life, 1867, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated blue full morocco, spine lightly faded and rubbed to head of foot, 4to, together with Milton (John), L'Allegro And Il Penseroso, 1848, 30 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, large 8vo, and Foster (Birket, illustrator), Poems, by Thomas Flood, 1871, 22 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, front endpapers and frontispiece partially detached, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other 19th century illustrated literature, some leather bindings, mostly original gilt decorated cloth, condition generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (approximately 75 volumes) (3 shelves)
Vyner (Robert T.). Notitia Venatica, A Treatise on Fox-Hunting Embracing The General Management of Hounds, new edition, 1892, 12 hand coloured illustrations, book plate to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, bound by Hatchards, spine and hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Scrope (William), Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the River Tweed, 1885, 23 black and white illustrations, some light toning and spotting, front endpapers and titler page partially detached, guttering cracked, original green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, Colquhoun (John), The Moor and the Loch, containing Minute Instructions In All Highland Sports, new edition, 1888, 15 black and white illustrations, including portrait photograph frontispiece, some minor toning, original gilt decorated brown half morocco, spine and hinges rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century, natural history reference, including The Birds of the British Isles, 12 volumes, by David A. Bannerman, 1st editions, 1953-63, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)
Hofland (Barbara Hoole). A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights, a Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, [1819], 23 etched and aquatint plates on india paper, extra-illustrated with four engraved views tipped-in at front, occasional light spotting, untrimmed in later red half morocco, edges slightly rubbed, folio Abbey Scenery 425. (1)
Powell (Anthony). A Question of Upbringing, 1st edition, 1951, a few light marginal spots, original red cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed with a couple of faint stains to flaps, 8vo, together with 11 other titles in the 'Dance to the Music of Time' novels, all 1970s reprints except The Military Philosophers, 1st edition, 1968 (12)
Binding. Poems, by Samuel Rogers, 1984, black and white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green morocco bound by T. Wright, boards and spines slightly rubbed, front hinges cracked, 8vo, together with The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1919, black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated half blue morocco, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with 50 further volumes of 18th and early 20th century literature, all gilt decorated leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to (52)
Verve. An artistic and literary quarterly, volume 1, number 2, Spring 1938, 4 colour lithographs by Kandinsky (2) and Masson (2), colour and monochrome illustrations, original card wrappers, with design by Georges Braque, some light marks and fraying to extremities, spine and outer edges of rear cover faded, folio (1)
Millais (John G.). Far Away Up The Nile, 1924, numerous black and white illustrations, book plates to front pastedown, loss to front endpaper, some spotting, original red cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Larminie (William), West Irish Folk-Tales and Romance, The Camden Library, 1893, ex library copy with associated stamps, some light spotting, original gilt decorated cloth, rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other miscellaneous modern literature, including Folio Society, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Jahn (Otto). W.A. Mozart, volumes 1 & 2, Germany, 1867, black & white portraits, folding sheet music to rear of volume 1, bookplates to front pastedown, some minor toning and spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated brown half morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Byron (Lord), The Complete Works of Lord Byron, volumes 1-4, new edition, Paris, 1840, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, ex-library copies with associated stamps, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated blue quarter morocco, boards and spines slight rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th and early 20th-century literature and reference, all gilt-decorated leather bindings, some foreign language and odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo [95 volumes] (95)
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