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Lot 99
Geoffrey Chatten (b1938-) framed oil on panel of a summer beach scene at Gorleston with Punch and Judy with the pavilion in the background, c2010 and signed 'Chatten', 70cm x 100cm, Droit De Suite Royalty charges with a hammer price more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000 will apply. From €1,000 to €50,000 Royalties due are 4%.
Lot 176
World.- Blaeu (Willem Janszoon) Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, world map on Mercator's projection, with largely identical geographical information as found on Blaeu's wall map of 1605, elaborately decorated with ships, sea monsters, compass roses, and ornate border panels, the upper panel features allegorical representations of the sun, moon and the five known planets, the lower panel showing the seven wonders of the ancient world, with the elements and seasons featured in the left and right panels accordingly, engraving with early hand-colouring, heightened with white, an excellent impression of Shirley's fourth state (of five), on laid paper without watermark, platemark 410 x 545 mm (16 1/8 x 21 1/2 in), sheet 510 x 610 mm (20 1/8 x 24 in), Latin text verso, expert almost invisible marginal repair to lower right corner, some surface dirt and minor spotting, unframed, Amsterdam, [circa 1630]Literature:Shirley 255 iv/v⁂ A masterpiece in world mapping from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography.
Lot 241
Burgess (Anthony) The Enemy in the Blanket, ink ownership inscription dated "Kuala Lumpur, March, 1958" on endpaper, slight shelf-lean, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat repairs, spotting to rear panel, light rubbing to extremities, 1958; Enderby Outside, jacket price-clipped, light sunning to spine, 1968, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets; and 8 others, Burgess, 8vo (10)
Lot 248
Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, second issue with "Quin Savory", ink inscription to pastedown, light fading and toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932; The Quiet American, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and upper panel, light chipping and creasing to tips of spine and corners with neat tape repairs to verso, 1955; Our Man in Havana, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning to spine and rear panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped and rubbed, a few small nicks to head and foot, spot to rear panel, 1958, first editions, original cloth, generally excellent copies [Wobbe A5a A35a; A38a]; and 4 others, Greene, 8vo (7)
Lot 260
Powell (Anthony) A Lady Molly's, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1957; Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light staining to lower panel, a few small tears with creasing to head, 1960; The Kindly Ones, jacket with light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1962; The Valley of Bones, jacket with light toning to spine, some rubbing to extremities, 1964; Temporary Kings, jacket with very minor chipping to spine tips, original publisher's wraparound band, 1973, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent copies; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Lot 343
Mineral waters at Barèges.- Meighan (Sir Christopher, English gentleman who was a member of the French semi-lay Roman Catholic Congregation called the Order of the Holy Ghost, fl. 1764) Autograph Letter signed to Andrew Coltée Ducarel, 3pp. & address panel, folio, Paris, 8th April 1763, a long letter announcing his intention of visiting the Pyrenees and the waters at Barèges, "I, strongly feel the Impulse of this Passion of traveling... the Party of traversing the Pyrenees, from Perpignan, to Bayonne, in examining the Plants peculiar to such a mountainous Region, the mineral Fountains as those named, les Eaux bonnes, those of Cauterez, and many other, which, besides the famous Springs of Bareges, abound there; in searching the various Minerals and Fossils, in observing the Difference of the Climes in high and low Situations, and Health of the Inhabitants", and other news including antiquarian and medals, "I sometimes meet Abbé Barthelemi, who has nothing new, he becomes too much a Courtier... An acquaintance I have made with Monsieur Duhodent, particularly rich in Medals", books for sale in France, "Monsieur Pellerin... will not his late Volumes des Villes grecques, interest you as well as his Recueil des Rois, peu connus?... I have procured you Chevilland's Nobiliare de Normandie... only to be purchased in Paris", and his application to join the Royal Society, "If I have the honour and good Fate of being admited into your illustrious R[oyal] Society, Mr. Morehead or Counsellor Duane, will immediately, pay the twenty five pounds", 1 small hole and tear where opened, 3 small tears in margins, creased; and another ALs from Meighan to Ducarel concerning the printing of the "Labbé Fontaine's Translation of Horaces Odes", sm. 4to, 1792, both folds, browned (2).⁂ The original of a letter published by John Nichols, Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, vol. IV, 1822. Meighan published A treatise of the nature and powers of Bareges's baths and waters, 1742, and a new enlarged edition in 1764. Meighan was elected to the Royal Society in 1764, one of his proposers was Ducarel.Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713-85), librarian and antiquary.
![Colet (John) A ryght fruitfull monition, co[n]cernyng the ordre of a good christian mans lyfe..., 16pp., second edition, blac](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/3e4840a5-6b46-48b4-a3f2-ae4e01422db5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 361
Colet (John) A ryght fruitfull monition, co[n]cernyng the ordre of a good christian mans lyfe..., 16pp., second edition, black letter, woodcut initial and tail-piece, Bute copy with Cardiff Castle bookplate, bound in handsome early twentieth century panelled dark blue morocco, gilt, by de Coverly, double gilt fillet borders and panel with delicate central lozenge of flowers, pinecones and ornaments tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt, g.e., joints a little rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, [STC 5548], 12mo, J[hon] C[awood], 1563.⁂ A superb copy of this rare work offering advice on one's duty to God and one's neighbours, chastity before marriage, proper behaviour towards one's wife, children and servants, and charity to the poor. ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, Bodleian Library in Oxford, and a private collection - ?this copy) and another in the Folger Library in America.
![Lamb (Charles [& Mary]) John Woodvil, a Tragedy...to which are added, Fragments of Burton, first edition, a fine copy in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/65bd0f6c-4e2f-4dde-af0b-ae4e01442a31/468x382.jpg)
Lot 468
Lamb (Charles [& Mary]) John Woodvil, a Tragedy...to which are added, Fragments of Burton, first edition, a fine copy in handsome later crushed dark blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, covers with triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, 1802; The Works, 2 vol., first collected edition, lacking advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, modern blue morocco, by Bayntun of Bath, covers with geometric panel formed by rules in black & gilt and small gilt circles to corners, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly faded, 1818; and an 1867 Essays of Elia with mounted manuscript note by Charles Lamb, 8vo (4)⁂ The first mentioned is Lamb's first dalliance with prose drama; against the advice of his friends Coleridge & Southey he submitted John Woodvil to the Drury Lane Theatre but the play was deemed unsuitable. The work also includes Mary Lamb's poem 'Helen', marking her first appearance in print, while the second item also contains poems by Mary.
Lot 498
Eliot (T.S.) The Sacred Wood, first edition, first state without advertisements and with type of "Methuen" at foot of spine measuring 3mm., signed by the author on title, slight toning to endpapers, original blue cloth, slight rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, second state dust-jacket with sub-title to upper panel and "Books by A. Clutton-Brock" to lower panel, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few very short tears with light creasing to head, [Gallup A5a], 8vo, 1920.
Lot 501
Gibbons (Stella) Cold Comfort Farm, autograph note initialled from the author loosely inserted, some scattered spotting, spine faded, spine frayed at foot, extremities rubbed, first issue jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends, corners and joints neatly repaired and restored, a few neat repairs to head of panel, some light surface rubbing and some retouching, 1932; Cold Comfort Farm, ink price note to front pastedown, covers and spine with light toning to head and foot, jacket spine lightly faded, fading to head of upper panel, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting author's name at head of spine, a few short nicks to head, creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1940; Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, jacket with price sticker to front flap, light browning to spine and lower panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small chips or nicks to head and foot of panels, 1949, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)⁂ The complete Cold Comfort books. All scarce in the dust-jackets.
Lot 502
Hemingway (Ernest) The Old Man and the Sea, first edition, first issue, with 'A' and publisher's seal to title verso, original light blue cloth, first issue unclipped dust-jacket priced $3.00 and with author's photographic portrait on rear panel, flaps with blurb printed in brown, slightly chipped at spine ends and corners, preserved in half morocco drop-back box, [Hanneman A24a], 8vo, New York, 1952.⁂ A very good copy of the true first edition of Hemingway's great novella.
Lot 504
Le Carré (John) Call for the Dead, first edition, slight cracking to upper hinge but holding firm, foxing to top edge, original boards, light sunning to spine, second impression dust-jacket, minor chipping to foot of spine and corners, portion of loss to head of spine with loss to 1 letter of title, tape to verso foot of spine, small patch of light staining to foot of upper panel, some light creasing to head and foot, but a good, bright copy overall, 8vo, 1961.
Lot 508
Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, very faint sunning to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to split, long split to lower joint, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first letter of title at head of spine, light water-staining to spine and lower panel, light toning to panel margins, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
Lot 519
Orwell (George) Animal Farm, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light fading to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket with blue Searchlight advertisement to verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light fraying to head of lower panel, short splits to head and foot of fore-edges, rubbed, some neat retouching, but a very good example overall, 8vo, 1945.
![[Rowling (J.K.)] "Robert Galbraith". The Cuckoo's Calling, 2013; The Silkworm, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on ti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/75e0d87f-6de4-4f49-ae34-ae4e0142d80f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 530
[Rowling (J.K.)] "Robert Galbraith". The Cuckoo's Calling, 2013; The Silkworm, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, hologram sticker facing title, Goldsboro Books golden ticket in golden envelope loosely inserted, 2014; Career of Evil, first state with "Copyright J. K. Rowling" to title verso, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, Signed First Edition Foyles sticker to jacket upper panel, 2015; Lethal White, 2018; Troubled Blood, 2020, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to head and foot, else near-fine, 8vo (5)⁂ The complete Cormoran Strike novels published to date.
![Sassoon (Siegfried) [The Sherston Trilogy], 3 vol. comprising Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Offi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/92c553c3-e732-4b91-890e-ae4e0142e920/468x382.jpg)
Lot 533
Sassoon (Siegfried) [The Sherston Trilogy], 3 vol. comprising Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928; Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, jacket price-clipped, 1 or 2 short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, 1930; Sherston's Progress, chip to foot of lower panel, chipping to head of upper fore-edge, 1936, first trade editions, original cloth, scattered edge-spotting, some browning to endpapers, original cloth, some light toning to spines, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling, but generally excellent overall, 8vo.
Lot 534
Savage (Thomas) The Power of the Dog, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, light creasing joints and spine tips, remains of prices label to lower panel, but overall a sharp, near-fine example, 8vo, Boston, 1967.⁂ A superb example of Savage's most famous work. Though published to critical acclaim the novel sold poorly and was largely forgotten until a recent revival that culminated in Jane Campion's superb 2021 film adaptation. Many copies allegedly went to libraries and first editions in good condition are consequently scarce.
Lot 535
Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first issue with 'bite' for 'bight' on p.281, light sunning to spine, jacket neatly price-clipped, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light toning to lower panel, New York, 1952 § Linder (Robert M.) Rebel Without a Cause, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head, neat tape repairs to verso, a little rubbed, New York, 1944 § Ferber (Edna) Giant, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, Garden City, NY, 1952, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent copies, 8vo (3)⁂ An excellent group of works that provided the basis or title for the three films James Dean starred in before his death. The second appears to be especially unusual, we can trace no example in the dust-jacket.
Lot 563
Ruscha (Ed) Every Building on the Sunset Strip, first edition, second issue with final panel flush to fore-edge, black and white illustrations, folding concertina-style into original stiff wrappers, ink gift inscription to upper cover "Dearest Dick - I hope this night turns out to be the most glorious day in Hollywood & night in the Ukraine you've ever had!! Love, Kate", light toning and marking to spine, original silver reflective slip-case, an excellent example, small 4to, Los Angeles, Privately Printed, 1966.⁂ Ruscha's landmark photobook documenting one of Los Angeles' most famous streets with a charming Hollywood association. The book was gifted by actress Kate Draper to the playwright and screenwriter Dick Vosburgh on the occasion of the opening night of Vosburgh's A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine in which Draper was appearing.
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