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Lot 450
Lucian Ercolani - Ercol - Giraffe Model 363 - A retro 20th Century Ercol ' Giraffe ' room divider / bookcase cabinet of beech and elm wood construction. The top shelf with spindled centre, and two further adjustable shelves, joined by four cylindrical uprights above a two door cupboard. All being raised on four legs united by a stretcher. Measures approx. 191cm x 90cm x 36cm.
Lot 531
Mid-20th Century glazed light oak haberdashers cabinet, the top section with double sliding doors enclosing four banks of four open fronted drawers, the middle section with an identical arrangement over single shelf section with further double sliding doors, 183cm x 51cm x 178cm high (32 drawers in total)
Lot 506
Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, ink gift inscription in another hand "M. M. Chatterton Easter 1936 from L. W. S." to front free endpaper, light edge-spotting occasionally straying to margins, light browning to half-title and rear endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Scarce signed.
Lot 185
Stoker (Bram) Dracula, first Dutch edition, occasional light browning or marginal toning, foxing to endpapers, bookplate of Pim Bouwmeester to front pastedown, original off-white cloth, lettering and linear decoration in black, slight shelf-lean, light foxing, surface soiling, 8vo, Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1928.⁂ A rare early edition of Dracula with an attractively minimalist cover design. We can trace no other example of this edition at auction or on WorldCat.
Lot 515
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, light spotting to edges and endpapers, ink inscription to front fee endpaper, crease to pp.17-18, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, price-clipped, slight dulling to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped with chip to head of spine touching author's name, small portion of insect damage to upper fore-edge, lower panel with light spotting and browning, 1 or 2 very short nicks to head and foot of upper panel with some light creasing but a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1953.
![Snow (C. P.) [Strangers and Brothers sequence], 11 vol., comprising Strangers and Brothers, neat ink ownership inscription, s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/0faefff6-f0d1-467e-8b06-afc1010143c7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 564
Snow (C. P.) [Strangers and Brothers sequence], 11 vol., comprising Strangers and Brothers, neat ink ownership inscription, second issue dust-jacket with shorter flaps and printed on the reverse of an Eleanor Farjeon title, price-clipped, chip to head of spine affecting title, small chip and short tear to foot of upper panel, 1940; The Light and the Dark, light sunning to lower half of spine, first issue jacket with design flush to head of upper panel, lacking lower half of spine, chipping and tears to panels, 1947; Time of Hope, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, slight shelf-lean, jacket price-clipped, short split to head of lower joint, a few chips to extremities, 1949; The Masters, jacket price-clipped and with publisher's stamp to front flap, split along upper joint, chip to head of spine, 1951; The New Men, 1954; Homecomings, jacket with light spotting to rear panel, 1956; The Conscience of the Rich, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1958; The Affair, T.L.s. from the author regarding the correction of a grammatical Latin error for the third printing loosely inserted, jacket with light surface soiling to lower panel, light rubbing to extremities, 1960; Corridors of Power, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket extremities rubbed, 1964; The Sleep of Reason, 1968; The Last Things, 1970, first editions, occasional light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some light bumping, dust-jackets, some light toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 8vo.⁂ A complete set of Snow's remarkable roman fleuve, rare to find complete.
Lot 541
Murdoch (Iris) Under the Net, first edition, signed by the author on title, some marginal foxing, two Autograph Cards signed "Iris" from the author loosely inserted, ink ownership inscription and bookseller's label to front pastedown, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly browning, spine ends a little bumped with short split to head, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine chipped at head, light marginal browning and small splash-mark to rear panel, a very good copy, 8vo, 1954.⁂ The author's first novel, scarce signed.
![[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., half-titles, divisional fly-titles, vol. 3 with 16pp. publisher](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/cda20631-d0ef-46f9-b4c7-afc100fde683/468x382.jpg)
Lot 163
[Evans (Mary Ann)] "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., half-titles, divisional fly-titles, vol. 3 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, the odd scattered spot, pastedowns with four spots each of ?wax/paint adhesive and paper remains, original orange-brown cloth (Carter variant B) by Edmonds & Remnants, small mark vol. 2 upper cover, spine ends a little bumped, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a1], 8vo, 1860; Felix Holt, 3 vol., half-titles, 24pp. publisher's advertisements to vol. 3 at end (2 pp. stuck together), vol. 1 manuscript ink inscription to front endpaper, original reddish-brown cloth (Cater variant A) by Edmonds & Remnants, some wear to spine and corners, [Baker & Ross A8.1], 1866; Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, half-title, divisional fly-titles, 20pp. publishers advertisements at end, original cinnamon cloth (Carter variant A), spine ends bumped, a few marks to lower cover, slight shelf-lean, [Baker & Ross A6.1.a], 1861, all first editions; and 8 others by the same or relating to, 8vo (15)
Lot 521
Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, third impression, signed by the author on endpaper, foxing to endpaper, pencil and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, shelf-lean, wear to head of spine, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, marking and soiling to panels, 8vo, 1955.⁂ With the ownership inscription of Maisie Purves-Smith, wife of the Australian painter Peter Purves-Smith.
Lot 546
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and edges, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly faded, light sunning to upper and lower edges, red dust-jacket by Michael Kennard, spine sunned, slight fraying to head of spine, minor chipping to corners, short closed tear to head and foot of lower panel, light rubbing, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1949.⁂ An excellent example of Orwell's final novel, as dystopian classic and one of the most popular and influential novels of the 20th century.
Lot 434
DNA.- Watson (James D.) The Double Helix, first English edition, signed by the author on title, some edge-spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original boards, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to lower edge, dust-jacket, short tear to head of upper panel, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1968 § Crick (Francis) What Mad Pursuit, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, sunning to spine and head of upper panel, New York, 1988, excellent copies, housed together in custom velvet-lined drop-back box, lettered in gilt on upper cover, 8vo (2)⁂ Two accounts of the discovery of the structure of DNA, a milestone in the history of science, signed by the two key figures, joint authors of the original paper published in Nature magazine that gave rise to modern molecular biology.
Lot 527
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and scattered edge-spotting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, some light spotting, minor chipping to tip of spine and corners, very light creasing to head, a bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A superb example of Huxley dystopian classic.
Lot 48
Ireland.- Petty (Sir William) Sir William Petty's Political Survey of Ireland, second edition, with final advertisement leaf, contemporary ink inscription to title (partly crossed out), with manuscript correction tipped to p.8 concerning numbers of nationalities, papists etc., a little browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt shelf-number to foot of spine, rubbed, spine chipped at head, [Goldsmiths 5514; Keynes 38; Kress 3111], 8vo, for D.Browne, 1719. .⁂ An enlargement of the work originally published in 1691 as The Political Anatomy of Ireland, with an additional section on 'The Present State of Ireland' giving lists of the lords spiritual and temporal, the members of Parliament, and the principal officers in the government in 1719, as well as the 'Verbum Sapienti' which was included in the original edition.
Lot 526
Hemingway (Ernest) Fiesta, first English edition, first impression, original cloth, marginal browning to endpapers, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light shadowing to spine, first impression dust-jacket, light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, pencil notes to rear flap, light creasing to head, some light marking or surface soiling to panels, but an excellent example overall, [Hanneman 33A], 8vo, 1927.⁂ The first English edition of The Sun Also Rises, one of Hemingway's best works and a cornerstone of modernist fiction. While copies in the second impression jacket have occasionally appeared on the market, copies in first impression jackets are exceptionally rare with only a handful of copies recorded.
Lot 545
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, green dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard, spine tips and corners a little chipped, very light fading and light rubbing to spine, a near-fine example otherwise with the Evening Standard Book of the Month s wraparound band, [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, 1949.⁂ A superb copy, rare in such condition and with the wraparound band.
Lot 493
Burgess (Anthony) A Clockwork Orange, first edition, ink stamp of Rice's Bookshop, Newcastle, Australia to front free endpaper, original boards, very slight shelf-lean, light spotting to top edge, first issue dust-jacket with wide flaps, price-clipped, light toning to spine, minor chipping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1962.
Lot 549
A VICTORIAN OAK AND BRASS MOUNTED HALL STAND ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO, CIRCA 1883Headed by a baluster gallery above a shelf with a drawer below with handle and convex quarter-fillets, the lower shelf with baluster galleries, flanked by D-shaped stick stands with metal drip-trays, on tapering block feet, the drawer stamped with two lozenge marks for November 1883102cm high, 101cm wide, 31cm deep James Shoolbred and Co. was located on Tottenham Court Road, a thriving centre for fashionable furniture shops from the 1860s, and became one of the first large department stores in London. The company expanded from a small draper business and started to manufacture high quality furniture circa 1870, for which they were granted a Royal warrant by the mid-1880s. Much of the furniture designed by the company was influenced by the 'Aesthetic Taste' popularised by the architect E.W. Godwin.An identical hall stand was sold Christies London, Important English Furniture, 22nd Nov 2007, Lot 683 (£8125), and another identical example Christies London, Furniture Sculpture and Carpets, 11th September 2008, Lot 117 (£8750).
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