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Lot 329

HILDER, Rowland (Illustrator):1. With Original Sketch, signed: Webb, Mary: Precious Bane. L, Cape, reprint. Signed by R Hilder on title page. Plus: an original sketch for one of the illustrations in the book: page 87 Rough for Precious Bane" and Mary Webb, in pencil, at the bottom. CONDITION: Some foxing and browning; o/w G; 2. Lesterman, John: Pair of Rovers: A Tale of the Sea. L, Cape, 1928, 1st. edn. Signed by R Hilder. CONDITION: G+; 3. Plus four others (6)

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Lot 330

PIPER, John (Illustrator):1. Thomas, R S: The Mountains. With ten drawings by John Piper engraved on the wood by Reynolds Stone, with a descriptive note by John Piper. NY, Chilmark Press, 1968. Printed at the Rampant Lions Press. Limited edn. no. 183 of 350. Cloth backed marbled boards and slipcase. CONDITION: VG/Fine; 2. Stokes, Adrian: Venice. Lion and Unicorn Press, 1965, 1st edn. Illustrated by John Piper. Original cloth. CONDITION: VG+;3. Hadfield, John (editor): Elizabethan Love Songs. Cupid Press, Suffolk, 1955. Limited edn. no. 5 of 660. Cloth backed marbled boards. CONDITION: VG+;4. Betjeman, John (editor): English, Scottish and Welsh Lanscape 1700-1860. Frederick Muller, 1944, 1st edn. CONDITION: dw (worn); o/w VG (4)

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Lot 331

VICTORIAN NOVELS:1. Hope, A: The Prisoner of Zenda. Bristol, Arrowsmith 3/6 series, vol. xviii, nd, c.1896. With a tipped-in card inscribed by the author and signed in full. Original cloth. CONDITION: Spine faded and endpapers browned; o/w G+;2. Stevenson, R L: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. L, Longmans, 1896, rep., plain cloth. CONDITION; G;3. Trollope, A: Orley Farm. Two volumes in one. 1862, 1st, edn. Rebound in full leather. CONDITION: VG;4. Trollope, A: The Last Chronicle of Barset. Two volumes. S. Elder, 1867, 1st, edn. Rebound in plain cloth. CONDITION: G+/VG;5. Plus four others. Stevenson: Moral Emblem; Q: Troy Town; Trollope: Vicar of Bullhampton; and Henry: British Legion (9)

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Lot 332

WELCH, DENTON:1. Maiden Voyage (Author's First Book). Routledge, 1943, 1st. edn. CONDITION: dw a little worn; o/w VG;2. I Left My Grandfather's House. Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958. Limited edn. (out of series). CONDITION: VG;3. Methuen-Campbell, James: Denton Welch: Writer and Artist. Tartarus Press, 2002, limited edn. 500, this one inscribed and signed Êto GriseldaË. CONDITION: dw; fine;4. In Youth Is Pleasure. 1944, 1st, edn. Inscribed and signed Êto Griselda, with love, Feb. 1945Ë; Plus: A Christmas card, signed ÊDË. CONDITION: G+;5. Brave And Cruel And Other Stories. 1948, 1st dw. CONDITION: G+;6. A Voice Through A Cloud. 1950, 1st dw. CONDITION: VG;7. A Last Sheaf. 1951, 1st dw. CONDITION: VG;8. Dumb Instrument. 1976, limited edn. 600. CONDITION: VG (8)

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Lot 334

ILLUSTRATED:1. McKnight Kauffer, E (ill.): Cervantes: Don Quixote de la Mancha. Two volumes. Nonesuch Press, 1930, limited edn # 448/1475. Bound in the original tan niger Morocco. CONDITION: Slipcase (little worn); o/w VG+;2. McKnight Kauffer, E (ill.): Benito Cereno. Nonesuch Press, 1926, limited edn # 869/1650. CONDITION: Spine little faded; VG;3. Kent, Rockwell (ill.): Wilderness. A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska, NY, Putnam's Sons, 1920, 1st. edn. 1st issue binding. CONDITION: VG;4. Kent, Rockwell (ill.): Voyaging Southward From the Strait of Magellan. NY, Putnam's Sons, 1924, 1st. edn. CONDITION: VG;5. Kent, Rockwell (ill.): N by E. L, Cassell, nd, preface dated 1930. CONDITION: G;6. Kent, Rockwell (ill.): Salamina. L, Faber, 1936, 1st. edn. CONDITION: dw (torn with some loss); G;7. Plus three others illustrated by R Kent (10)

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Lot 335

BEWICK; BIRKET FOSTER; ETC.:1. Bewick, J & T (ill): Le Grand: Fabliaux or Tales, Three vols. L, Rodwell, 1815. Full leather. CONDITION: One cover detached; o/w VG;2. Bewick (ill.): The Looking-Glass for the Mind. 1812, 12th. edn. 1/2 leather. CONDITION: G;3. Bewick (ill.): Fabulous Histories. 1821;4. Bewick (ill.): The Hive. 1806;5. Plus others (17)

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Lot 336

CARTOONS AND CARICATURES:1. Caldecott, R (ill): Irving, W: Old Christmas. Macmillan, nd, 1875, original boards. CONDITION: G;2. The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to the Graphic". Routledge, 1888, limited edn. CONDITION: Covers worn; o/w G; 3. Others: illustrated by Phil May; Nicolas Bentley; etc. (22)

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Lot 34

POPE, Alexander:Three works:1. The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. In 6 Vols. L, Lintot, 1732, 3rd. Edn. with plates and maps and with the publisher's catalogue in vols: 1,3,4,5 and 6. Contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; o/w VG; 2. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. In 5 Vols. L, Lintot, vols: 1-3, 1725 and vols: 4-5, 1726. With a frontis plus 24 plates; also with the publisher's catalogue in vols: 1-4. Contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; o/w VG;3. The Works Of Alexander Pope. 7 vols. L, Lintot, 1736-39. With a frontis. Contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; lacking one label; o/w VG (18)

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Lot 35

SWIFT, Jonathan:1. Miscellanies, fourteen volumes. L, Bathurst, 1736-45 (Vols. 1-12), 1747 (vol. 13- A Tale of a Tub; and vol. 14- Gulliver's Travels). With plates and maps. Contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; o/w VG;2. Letters. L, Bathurst, 1768. Contemporary full leather, worn (15)

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Lot 36

BINDING:1. Dryden, John: The Miscellaneous Works, in four volumes. L, Tonson, 1767. Full leather. CONDITION: Light scuffing; o/w G;2. Sterne, Laurence: The Works, in eight volumes. L, Millar, 1794. 1/4 leather, worn; o/w G;3. Plus seven other leather bound volumes: Byron, Milton, Bacon, etc. (19)

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Lot 38

ATLAS, MAPS, ETC:1. Fenning, D; Collyer, J; etc: A New System of Geography. Or, a General Description of the World. Volume I only. L, Johnson, 1788, Illustrated with folding maps and plates. Folio, full leather; covers detached and a few tears to maps, etc. Sold W.O.F;2. The Citizen's Atlas. Covers detached; o/w G;3. Lightfoote, John: The Harmony Chronicle. L, Miller, 1655, small Folio; full leather; covers worn and detached (3)

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Lot 39

ILLUSTRATED:1. Rackham, Arthur: Peter Pan in Kensington gardens. L, H&S, 1906. 1st. edn. 4to. with frontis and 49 coloured tipped-in plates at the end. Origil pictorial cloth, gilt; CONDITION: A couple of small stains, one page torn (without loss); foxing to the text; o/w G+;2. Rackham, Arthur: A Midsummer Nights Dream. L,Heinemann, 1908. 1st. edn. with 40 coloured plates. Original cloth, gilt; CONDITION: Spine darkened and a little worn; occasional foxing; o/w G+;3. Dulac, Edmund: Arabian Nights. L, H&S, 1907, 1st. edn. with frontis and 49 coloured tipped-in plates at the end. Original pictorial cloth, gilt; CONDITION: spine darkened, o/w G+;4. Lear, Edward:The Book of Nonsense PLUS: More Nonsense. ND, c.1890s; both fully illustrated, and in the original pictorial cloth. Covers worn and cut; internally clean;5. Pogany, Willy:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. L, .Harrap, 1910, 1st. edn.(?). 4to. with 20 plates. original cloth, gilt; covers little worn; occ. foxing; o/w

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Lot 40

SALMON, N:History of Hertfordshire,L, 1728, 1st. edn. with list of subscribers and double page Map. Contemporary full leather, rebacked with new endpapers. Small stain to map; occasional foxing; o/w VG

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Lot 41

SCIENCE, CHURCHILL, ETC:1. A New and Universal Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences. L, Printed for the Proprietors and sold by John Hinton, 1751, 1st. edn. Illustrated with many plates. Folio, full leather; front covers detached; the odd small stain;2. Churchill, Winston S: London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. L, Longmans, 1900, 1st. edn. with folding maps, etc. Original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, little worn; frontis map little frayed; light foxing; o/w G;3. Blakeney, W: On the Coasts of Cathay and Cipango Forty Years Ago. A Record of Surveying Service in the China Yellow and Japan Seas and on the Seaboard of Korea and Manchuria. L, Elliott Stock, 1902, 1st. edn. with folding maps and plates. Original pictorial cloth, worn and with a cut to side; some of the folding maps torn and repaired (3)

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Lot 45

WRIGHT'S DIRECTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:1. 1862: No Map, rebound in cloth. CONDITION: Occasional foxing and browning; o/w G;2. 1885: Original cloth, gilt. No map. CONDITION: VG;3. 1897: Original cloth, rebacked with original spine. No map. CONDITION: VG;4. 1910: Original cloth, rebacked with original spine. Map in facsimile;5. 1902: Original cloth, rebacked with original spine. No map (5)

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Lot 47

WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:1. 1885-6: 2nd edn. Map pasted to inside of front cover. Half leather. CONDITION: Little scuffed; o/w VG;2. 1894: 3rd. edn. with a facsimile map. Half leather. CONDITION: Little scuffed; o/w VG;3. 1864: Lacking the map. Full leather, rebacked with new spine and epps (3)

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Lot 51

NATURAL HISTORY:1. RSPCA: Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Nine volumes. Oxford, 1977-1994. 1st. edns., dws. CONDITION: VG+;2. Whitehead, G. K: The Ancient White Cattle of Britain and their Descendants. L, Faber, 1953, 1st. edn, dw. CONDITION: Foxing to endpapers; o/w VG+;3. H”lldobler & Wilson: The Ants. 1990, dw. CONDITION: VG+/fine (11)

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Lot 56

DICKENS, Charles:The Works, Thirty Volumes,The illustrated Library Edition, no date, c.1880. Full Tree calf. CONDITION: Rubbing and scuffing to covers; o/w G+ (30)

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Lot 61

FIELDING, Henry:The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, in six volumes,L, A.Millar, 1749, the 2nd. edn. published the same year as the first, with the unpaged Errata leaf omitted (as should be) and p.lxiii inserted with the contents expanded. 12mo, bound in late 19th century full mottled calf gilt, with green and red leather label. CONDITION: The lower cover to vol. 4 detached and many joints a little rubbed, o/w a handsome set (6)

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Lot 62

FIELDING, Henry:Amelia, in four volumes,L, A.Millar, 1752 (i.e. 1751), 1st. edn. First impression, of Fielding's last novel. The issue with the fourth line of p.191 in Vol. III uncorrected, and reading the at Folly" which was subsequently changed to "at the Folly.". ppxii, 285, (i)blank; viii, 262, (i) "Universal-Register-Office" advert; ix, (i), 323; vii, 296. 12mo, bound in 19th century full mottled panelled calf, gilt. CONDITION: Neat repair to outer blank margin of B7, vol.1, and to A4 and B3 in vol. 2, touching text; o/w a VG and handsome set (4)

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Lot 63

FIELDING, Henry:Two works:1. Miscellanies, in three volumes. L, A.Millar, 1743, 1st.edn. First impression, Large Paper issue with the extra general title page and list of subscribers in volume one plus three title pages. The first printing of Fielding's famous satirical romance, Jonathan Wilde, is contained in its entirety in volume 3. Full tree calf binding, gilt.with two labels to each volume. CONDITION: Joints rubbed; o/w a VG and handsome set;2. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr Abraham Adams. L, A. Millar, 1743. 3rd. edn., 2 vols., xx, 226, [2],+ 5 engraved plates; [6], 226pp.+ 7 engraved plates. Contemporary full leather rebacked with gilt decoration and two gilt leather labels. CONDITION: Armorial bookplate to front pastedown; a couple of tears (without loss); o/w VG (5)

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Lot 64

FIELDING, Henry:Five plays:1. Love in Several Masques. L, J Watts, 1728, First edn. pp title page, (iv) dedication, 82, (i) Epilogue, (i)blank. Nicely bound in the last 50 years in leather backed cloth. CONDITION: the odd small spot; o/w a VG;2. The Coffee-house Politician; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap. L, J. Watts, 1730, 1st. edn, pp title page, (iv)prologue and epilogue, (i)advert dated Nov.1730, (i)Dramatis Personae, 78, (ii)blank.Bound in marbled card. CONDITION: VG;3. The Miser. A Comedy. L, J Watts, 1733, First edn. pp title page, (iv)dedication, (ii)prologue and epilogue, (iii)advert dated March.12, 1733, (i)Dramatis Personae, 87, (i)advert. Disbound: removed from bound volume. CONDITION: VG;4. The Miser. 1744, 2nd. edn. VG;5. Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times. L, J Watts, 1736, First edn. pp title page, (i)advert, (i)Dramatis Personae, 64, (i)epilogue, (iii)advert. Disbound: removed from bound volume. CONDITION: small loss to margin of t

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Lot 65

FIELDING, Henry:Pamphlets, etc:1. The Champion, two volumes. L, H. Chapelle, 1743, 1st. edn. CONDITION: Joints rubbed; o/w a VG and handsome set;2. An Enquiry Into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers, & c. L, A. Millar, 1751. 2nd. edn. full leather. CONDITION: Hinges cracked but holding firm;3. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon. L, A. Millar, 1755, 1st. edn. pp title page, (vi) (dedication to public, 276. pp241-276 misnumbered. Full leather. CONDITION: Scattered worm holes, more so in the last 20 leaves;4. Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury, 29th June, 1749. L, A. Millar, 1749, 1st. edn. pp title page, (i), 7-64. Moder marbled boards with leather label, VG (5)

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FIELDING, Henry:Pamphlets, etc:1. A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, Who Suffered on Account of the Late Riot in the Strand. L, A. Millar, 1749, First edn. bound in the last 50 years in leather backed marbled boards. CONDITION: the last two leaves torn and repaired; a number of pages crudely ripped out of the original binding with tears and holes to inner margin;2. Serious address to the people of Great Britain. L, M. Cooper, 1745. 1st. edn. pp title page, 45, (i)blank. Disbound: removed from bound volume. CONDITION: name to title page; o/w VG;3. The History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland. Dublin, 1745, pp32. Disbound: removed from bound volume. CONDITION: Title page torn with loss and repair; ink writing to tp and two pages;4. A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending Their Morals, and for Rendering them Useful Members of the Society. L, A. Millar, 1753, 1st. edn. With the large folding plan (almost always missing). pp (iv), f

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Lot 67

FIELDING, Henry:The Works. With the Life of the Author, in twelve volumes,L, Strahan.., 1783 (vol. 5 is from a different edn. dated 1775 and without frontis), new edn. with a frontis plate to each volume except vol. 5. Full tree calf, gilt. CONDITION: Covers worn and hinges cracked; o/w G. Plus: two volumes (1 and 2) from the 1766 edn. (14)

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FIELDINGIANA:1. Cibber, Colley: An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber. L, J Watts, 1740, 1st. edn. 4to.ppFrontis, tp, (ix)dedication, (i)blank, (iv)contents, 346. Full leather binding. CONDITION: Hinges cracked and covers almost detached; 2pp manuscript not to front blank endpaper; o/w G;2. A Woman of Quality [James Ralph]: The Other Side of the Question or an Attempt to Rescue the Characters of the Two Royal Sisters... L, T. Cooper, 1742. 1st. edn. Half leather with marbled boards. CONDITION: VG;3. Winnington, Thomas: An Apology, For the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-rate Minister. L, W. Webb, nd, [1746], pp50; bound in marbled boards with gilt lettered vellum label to spine. CONDITION: G+; 4. Bolingbroke: The philosophical works of the late Right Honorable Henry St John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in five volumes. L, D. Mallet, 1754. Full leather. CONDITION: Covers worn and few detached; occasional foxing; o/w G;5. Lawrence, F: the life of Henry Fielding

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Lot 76

STEVENS, Wallace:1. Ideas of Order. The Alcestis Press, NY, 1935, 1st. edition, first printing. Number 104 of a limited edition of 165 copies signed by the author. Original wrappers, with the glassine jacket and with the original purchase receipt from Robert Dagg rare books", 18 August, 1993 for $1750+ postage. Pencil inscription to front flyleaf: Sterling- Souvenire of some good times in Hollywood, signed: LATIMER (Alcestis Press editor Ronald Lane Latimer?). CONDITION: VG; 2. Esthétique du Mal. The Cummington Press, Mass., July, 1945, number 91 of limited edn. of 300 (total edition of 340). 8vo. With pen and ink drawings by Wightman Williams. Original leather backed straw-paper-covered boards. CONDITION: Spine slightly scuffed; o/w VG+; 3. Transport to Summer. Knopf, NY, 1947, 1st edn. stated, DW($2.50). CONDITION: Plastic protection to dw(the kind that sticks on); VG+; 4. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Knopf, NY, 1954, 1st collected edn. # 755/2500 copies, dw. CONDITION: Couple of small chips to dw; o/w VG+; 5. Stevens, Holly (edit.): Letters of Wallace Stevens. L, Faber,1967, 1st edn, dw(7 Guineas). CONDITION: VG+; 6. Stevens, Holly: Souvenirs and Prophecies: The Young Wallace Stevens. Knopf, NY, 1976, 1st. edn. stated. Uncorrected Proof copy; pb. CONDITION: VG/Fine; 7. Blount, B J (edit.): Contemplated spouse, Stevens letters. 1st edn. dw. CONDITION: Fine (7)

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Lot 77

STEVENS, Wallace:1. Harmonium. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1923. First edition, (date in Roman numerals on title page, & Sept. 1923 on copyright page), DW($2.00), third binding state, Octavo. 140 pages. Original blue cloth with titles printed in red on a yellow paper label mounted to the spine. CONDITION: DW torn with loss to front and spine parts, light rubbing to head & foot of spine; o/w VG;2. Harmonium. New York, Knopf, 1931, 1st thus (this edition contains fourteen new poems, while dropping three from the original 1923 edition), dw, first issue binding with pattern Boards (500 were so bound). Signed in full by Stevens at the top of title page and his signature covered with varnish!! CONDITION: Spine of dw darkened & with few cuts & small loss; front inner hinges split (but still firm); o/w vg;3. The Man With The Blue Guitar and Other Poems. Knopf, NY, 1937, 1st edn. stated, dw($2.00), yellow cloth, pattered endpapers and corrected state of the dw. CONDITION: Spine of

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Lot 78

JOYCE, James:1. Anna Livia Plurabelle. Crosby Gaige, NY, 1928, 1st. edn. number 703 of a limited edition of 800 copies, signed by Joyce. Original covers, gilt. CONDITION: Inscription to half title; o/w VG++;2. Ulysses. Shakespeare and Co., Paris, 1928, 10th printing; pb with the original blue wrappers. CONDITION: Mostly unopened. Couple of small cuts to wrappers; o/w VG (2)

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Lot 79

ELIOT, T S :Ara Vus Prec,London, The Ovid Press, printed by John Rodker Dec.10, 1919, 1st. edn., limited to 264 copie; 10 review copies, unnumbered, the rest are numbered. This copy is unnumbered and also signed on title page by Eliot and with the u" in Vus struck out and corrected with "o" 4to. Plain black boards black endpapers, yellow cloth spine with printed label, "Ara Vos Prec."The error ‘Vus’ for ‘Vos’ in the title was discovered after all the sheets had been printed and was corrected only on the label. This is the first title published by John Rodker under his Ovid Press imprint, and Eliot's fourth book; Plus loosely inserted: the original Sotheby's receipt: 17 July, 1997; £460. CONDITION: Boards little worn, small cut to side of spine & the label chiped. Inner hinges cracked (but holding firm); o/w VG

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Lot 80

ELIOT, T S:Ash Wednesday,NY, The Fountain Press, 1930, 1st. edn., numbered limited edn. 509 of 600 copies signed by Eliot. Original cloth, glassine dw and slipcase;Plus loosely inserted: the original Chritie's auction receipt: 11 Dec, 1998; œ632.50 and visa payment receipt. CONDITION: Two tears to glassine dw; browning to endpapers; slipcase little worn & with an inch tear; o/w VG+

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Lot 81

ELIOT, T S:1. Poems. NY, knopf, 1920, First American edn. of Ara Vos Prec, with the order of the poems changed and a few substitutions. His first book published in the U.S. with dust jacket. CONDITION: dw torn with some loss & taped at the bottom; o/w VG;2. Animula. With colour wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes. L, Faber, 1929, large paper limited edn. #179 of 400 copies signed by Eliot. Bound in the original yellow boards; plus receipt of purchase from Claude Cox" Nov 1987, £25. CONDITION: Spine chipped & with small loss; o/w vg; 3. Ash Wednesday. L, Faber, 1930, first trade edn., dw(3s 6d). CONDITION: Few cuts to dw & small loss; o/w vg+; 4. Four Quartets. NY, Harcourt, 1943, first edn., 2nd printing, dw. CONDITION: dw price clipped & with small cuts; o/w vg+; 5. Poems 1909-1925. L, Faber, 1925, 1st edn., dw(7s 6d on spine), and purchase receipt for £50. CONDITION: A very extensively annotated copy, with ink and pencil notes etc. Former owner's name: Robert Brown (5)

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YEATS, W B:1. The Winding Stair. NY, The Fountain Press, 1929 first edn., signed by the author on half-title; limited edn., number 625 of 642 copies of which 600 were signed, 8vo, original dark blue cloth, gilt; top edge gilt, purple gold-flecked endpapers. CONDITION: Endpapers lightly faded at edges; o/w VG;2. THE Winding Stair. L, Macmillan, Dec. 1933, 1st English edn., 2nd impression. Original boards. CONDITION: G+ (2)

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Lot 84

YEATS, W B:1. The Tower. L, Macmillan, 1928, first edn., dw(6/- net). Original green pictorial cloth gilt designed by T Sturge Moore, and two page publisher's advertisements at end. CONDITION: dw with small loss to edges; o/w VG;2. A Full Moon in March. L, Macmillan, 1935, 1st edn., dw(5/- net); Wade 182; 2000 copies. CONDITION: dw with cuts & small loss; book name of Robin Skelton" to front pastedown; light browning to part of endpapers; o/w VG;3. Later Poems. NY, Macmillan, 1924, new & revised edn., March 1924, dw($2.50). Original boards. CONDITION: dw faded at edges & a small hole to lower spine; endpapers browned; o/w VG; 4. One issue of The Dial. New York, July 1924; vol. 72, no.1, in original wrappers. CONDITION: VG (4)

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Lot 85

LAWRENCE, D H:1. Love Poems and Others. L, Duckworth, 1913, First edn., first issue, with i" in line 16 on p. xlv. Roberts A3(i), dw. CONDITION: Edges of dw little frayed and with small very loss, endpapers browned; o/w VG+; 2. Look! We Have Come Through! L, Chatto and Windus, 1917, 1st. edn. dw. With a letter from Blackwell Rare books, 4-1-86; stating that this copy came from Louisa Burrows (to whom Lawrence was engaged for 15 months) etc. CONDITION: dw with few cuts and small loss; small fade mark to head and foot of spine; occasional foxing; spare paper label still present at the back; 3. Birds, Beasts and Flowers! Poems. NY, Thomas Seltzer, 1923, 1st. US edn., dw($2.50). CONDITION: Few cuts to dw and small loss; covers faded; browning to endpapers o/w g+; 4. Last Poems. G Orioli, Florence, 1932, 1st. edn., dw(£1.10.0), limited edition #138 of 750 copies(700 for sale); extra paper label present at back; and original invoice from Gekoski, 18 Jan, 1993, £150. CONDITION: dw backed onto linen; light foxing to back pastedown; o/w vg; 5. Kangaroo. L, Heinemann, 1950, reprint, "With manuscript notes by John Middleton Murry" stated by the former bookseller. (John Middleton Murry was the husband of Katherine Mansfield and a friend of D H Lawrence). CONDITION: Spine faded; o/w G (5)

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Lot 86

LAWRENCE, D H:1. Pansies. Privately printed for subscribers, by P R Stephenson. London, June, 1929, signed limited edn., # 80, of 500 copies; original wrappers and glassine dw. CONDITION: VG+;2. Bay. A Book of Poems. [Westminster, Printed by Cyril W. Beaumont], November, 1919. First edition, first issue. Number 111 of 200 copies; original boards. CONDITION: Small ink mark to title page; o/w VG+;3. Amores: Poems. NY, Huebsch, 1916 (no other statement & only three books listed facing title page), first US edition, dw($1.50 on spine of dw, the 50 crossed out and .25 in its place). CONDITION: A couple of minor tears to dw; o/w VG+;4. Nettles. L, Faber, 1930, first edn., (Criterion Miscellany No.11), dw(one shilling net), original wrappers and dw. CONDITION: dw very slightly dust soiled; o/w vg (4)

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Lot 87

1. O'HARA, Frank: Love Poems (Tentative Title). NY, Tibor De Nagy, 1965, 1st trade edn., limited to 500 copies, original wrappers. CONDITION: Slight offsetting to title page; o/w VG;2. MOORE, Marianne: The Pangolin And Other Verse. L, Brendin Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Limited to 120 copies printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by George Plank; original covers. CONDITION: VG+;3. MEW, Charlotte: The Farmer's Bride. L, The Poetry Bookshop, 1916 1st. edn., original wrappers; (The Author's First Book); preserved in a specially made box. CONDITION: Wrappers torn with small loss; foxing (some heavy); o/w VG+;4. MEW, Charlotte: The Rambling Sailor. L, Poetry Bookshop, 1929, first edn., dw(3/6), frontis portrait. CONDITION: vg;5. ELSKAMP, Max: Les Fleurs vertes. Bruxelles, Nouvelle Soci‚t‚ d'dition, 1934, Limited edn. # 182 of 200 copies; original wrappers. CONDITION: Back wrapper detached; o/w vg;6. Plus three other modern first editions (one signed) (8)

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Lot 88

SCHUYLER, James:1. Holograph Notebook. Written in ink and pencil, dates from 1966 to 1969; contents include art, books, etc;2. The Morning of the Poem. NY, Farrar, 1980. 1st edn. stated, dw($10.95). Inscribed ÊFor VirgilË (Virgil Thomson: 1896-1989. American composer and critic); I ..... my long life..." signed and dated 3/14/80. CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; o/w fine; 3. The Crystal Lithium. NY, Random house, 1972, dw. CONDITION: dw poor; o/w VG; 4. Hymn to Life. NY, Random house, 1974, 1st edn. stated, dw($6.00). CONDITION: Name to front flyleaf; o/w fine; 5. Hymn to Life. NY, Random house, 1974, 1st edn. stated, pb; inscribed “For Tom, with all love”, signed and dated, 3/80. CONDITION: VG (5)

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Sworders
Lot 89

SCHUYLER, James:1. The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court. Vermont, Janus Press (1976); limited edn., #20 of 150; presentation copy to Ted Berrigan (fellow New York School poet), and subsequently by him to Tom Carey. Original wrappers. CONDITION: Fine; 2. May 24th Or So. NY, Tibor De Nagy, 1966, limited edition of 300 copies. Inscribed on dedication page after For Jane & Joe Hazam: and Ted (Ted Berrigan), the other great inspirer, signed and dated, Oct 3, 1966; Also, m after: today- dated, July 26th, 1965. (?) CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; o/w Fine;3. Early in '71. Berkeley, CA, Figures, 1982, limited edn. of 500 copies, this one signed by author on tp. original wrappers. CONDITION: spine little faded; o/w VG+;4. A Few Days. NY, Random house, 1985, 1st edn. stated, dw($14.95). Inscribed Êto Virgil (Thomson), whose music I admire and enjoy so much, loveË. Signed and dated Oct. 30, 1985, Hotel Chelsea. CONDITION: Fine;5. Schuyler, James & Ashbery, John: A Nest

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Sworders
Lot 90

ART REFERENCE BOOKS:Nineteen various volumes including:1. Hofstatter, Hans H: Gustav Klimt - Erotic Drawings. L, 1980, numbered limited edn. 197/1000; folio & in sc. CONDITION: VG+/Fine;2. Collins, G R and Nonell, J B: Designs and Drawings of Antonio Gaudi. Princeton University Press, 1983, folio, dw. CONDITION: Torn with small loss; o/w VG;3. Lautrec By Lautrec. L, 1964, 1st edn. dw(10 Gns). CONDITION: Fine;4. Plus fifteen others (19)

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Sworders
Lot 93

LAWRENCE, D H:Eleven volumes (by and about) including:1. New Poems. L, Secker, 1918, 1st edn.; original wrappers. CONDITION: Worn and lacking back wrapper; o/w G;2. Amores. L, Duckworth, nd (1916), 1st edn., 2nd issue (without adverts); original cloth;3. The Trespasser. L, Duckworth, 1912, 1st edn, 2nd impr.;4. Last Poems. 1933, 1st US edn, dw;5. Plus seven others (11)

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Sworders
Lot 94

MOORE, Marianne:1. Observations. Dial Press, NY, 1924. First edn. of the author's scarce first book. Original covers and paper label, and with an extra paper label to back pastedown. CONDITION: Browning to endpapers; o/w VG;2. Nevertheless. NY, Macmillan, 1944 1st. edn, dw($1.25). The American poet, Louis Untermeyer's copy and with a letter to him from Marianne Moore, in stamped and addressed envelope, dated March 19, 1949 (typed, but with hand written additions and signed). CONDITION: dw with a couple of cuts; o/w VG+;3. Selected Poems. L, Faber, 1935, first edn., dw(7s. 6d.). CONDITION: dw little grubby & worn; o/w vg;4. What Are Years. NY, Macmillan, 1941, 1st edn. stated, dw($1.50). CONDITION: dw with tears and repairs; browning to endpapers; o/w g+;5. Plus ten others mostly first editions (14)

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Lot 95

YEATS, William Butler:1. Michael Robartes and the Dancer. The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1920. 1st. edn. limited to 400 copies; original boards. CONDITION: Foxing to boards and browning to endpapers; o/w VG;2. Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems. The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1932, 1st. edn. limited to 450 copies; original boards. CONDITION: covers partially faded; foxing to endpapers; o/w VG+;3. Plus one other (3)

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Sworders
Lot 96

AUDEN, W H:Twelve works (mostly 1st edns.) including:1. Another Time. NY, Random House, 1940, uncorrected proof copy ($2.00). Original wrappers with Caroline Newton's bookplate to inside of front wrapper. CONDITION: Disbound; o/w VG;2. Look, Stranger! L, Faber, 1936, 1st edn., dw. CONDITION: G+;3. Nones. NY, 1950, 1st edn. stated, dw($2.50);4. Plus eleven others (14)

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Duke's Avenue Auctions
Lot 245

A Royal Doulton figure 'Belle 'O' the Ball' HN 1997, another 'The Lady Anne Nevill' HN 2006 (examine) and three Hummel figures

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 1

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- The Painter With Mary - Project 14:- Paper Crowns silk screen print, signed, inscribed and numbered 210/250 sheet size 65 x 79cm.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 101

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Man Chasing Woman Chasing Man:- signed, inscribed and dated Ivybridge /84 on the reverse oil on board 15.5 x 49.5 cm.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 102

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Three Magi Presenting their entrails to The Virgin & Child [the World]:- signed and dated 1972 bottom right further inscribed with notes watercolour, pen and ink on paper 15 x 31cm *Notes Exhibited. Plymouth Museum Retrospective 1997

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 105

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Snowy:- Project 11. Old Age lithograph, signed in pencil on the mount 19.5 x 19.5cm.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 107

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- The Painter with Esther: - Aristotle /Phyllis Theme Project 18 - artist's proof silk screen print signed, inscribed and numbered A/P 17/25 sheet size 90 x 75cm.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 110

Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Diogenes and Belle at Prayer with Chairs:- Project 2. Death and The Maiden. 1974 oil on canvas 196 x 214cm. * Provenance. The Lenkiewicz Foundation Collection. *Notes Exhibited. The Painter with Women (Retrospective Section), ICC Birmingham 1994; Plymouth City Museum Retrospective, 1997; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, A Retrospective, 1998; At the Edge, Hartlepool Art Gallery 2007 and Novas Gallery 2008; Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 2009; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 2011; Torre Abbey 2011; Royal William Yard, Plymouth, 2012; Spinnerei, Leipzig, and Nuremberg, Germany, 2013 (see Introduction for post-2007 exhibition details). * Notes. Begun in the autumn of 1974 after a surprise visit to Plymouth by Lenkiewicz' muse Belle Pecorini, this painting was completed too late to feature in the first showing of its Project on the theme of Death and the Maiden. Nevertheless, Lenkiewicz was able to submit it, unsuccessfully, to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1975. The work was shown at Lenkiewicz's gallery called The Fool in Clifton Street in 1974, its one room more than large enough for the seventy pictures, many of which introduced a new turn in the artist's method: 'the aesthetic note' - smaller works, usually executed in watercolour or gouache on paper on which were inscribed notes written in the artist's hand. These works, numbering almost fifty, were later bound into a large folio with many more notes and annotated sketches of memento mori in art across world cultures, including sketches he made during visits to the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection. This folio is titled Death & The Maiden Paintings: R.O. Lenkiewicz and is in the collection of The Lenkiewicz Foundation. The vagrant Diogenes, Edwin Mackenzie, featured extensively in this Project. In The Putrefaction of Diogenes he himself appeared as a memento mori - a gruesome reminder that death is inevitable - but here the motif appears in the classical form of the skull, reinforced by Lenkiewicz' favourite visual metaphor for absence and loss - the empty chair. The subject matter of the exhibition was based on Lenkiewicz's observation that: 'An intense aesthetic/personality interest in another person seems always to carry with it the inevitability of change. In this change we witness the death of love and the decay of our interest. The undermining influence of this experience hints at the contact between 'Death and the Maiden' - between 'Love and Tragedy' - between life and us.' Literature R.O. Lenkiewicz (1997). White Lane Press. p.48 Robert Lenkiewicz. Paintings & Projects (2006). White Lane Press. Plate 9. Robert Lenkiewicz. Still Lives (2011). Lenkiewicz Archive. p. 9.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 12

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Early drawing / Diogenes:- off-set lithograph signed, inscribed and numbered 169/250 63.5 x 45cm.

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Lot 13

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Study. The French Girl Leaning on a Stretcher:- signed three times and inscribed on the reverse oil on canvas 59 x 59cm.

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Lot 14

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Paula with Pink Top:- signed twice and inscribed on the reverse oil on canvas 58.5 x 58.5cm.

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Lot 15

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- The Painter with Lindsay Seers:- signed twice on the reverse Project 18. The Painter with Women oil on board 41 x 33cm

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Lot 16

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Study of Myriam Rivera:- signed, inscribed and dated 1987 on the reverse oil on board 150 x 120cm.

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Lot 17

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Girl with Red Scarf (Fiorella):- signed twice and inscribed on the reverse oil on canvas 51 x 26cm

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 19

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- Mouse with Alice Lenkiewicz, Fitzroy Road, London, 1960s:- signed and inscribed on an accompanying note conte crayon drawing on paper 35.5 x 23.5cm

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 2

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- The Painter with Karen - St Anthony Theme:- also known as 'The Dance' artist's proof silk screen print signed, inscribed and numbered A/P 13/49 sheet size 82 x 87cm.

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Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Lot 20

* Robert O. Lenkiewicz [1941-2002]- 'Barney':- signed and inscribed on an accompanying note pencil drawing on paper 30.5 x 23.5cm. * Note. This was a sketch for the huge canvas 'The Apotheosis of Albert Fisher' which is now destroyed.

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