Lot 159
Machen (Arthur) The House of Souls, first edition, author's own copy with presentation inscription from his to John Gawsworth, presentation inscription from Gawsworth to Barry Humphries, E. Grant Richards, 1906
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Machen (Arthur) The House of Souls, first edition, author's copy with signed presentation inscription from him to Lytton Armstrong (John Gawsworth) on title with date "Jan 21 '33" in Gawsworth's hand below, presentation inscription to frontispiece recto "This Shiel-Machen copy - for Rosalind & Barry with the unutterable affection of John Gawsworth" to frontispiece recto, occasional spotting and marking, lacking front and rear free endpapers, joint bookplate of M.P. Shiel and John Gawsworth to front pastedown, later red cloth, spine darkened, fraying to spine tips and corners, rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, E. Grant Richards, 1906.
*** The Machen-Shiel-Gawsworth copy of this collection of short stories, bringing together The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters with three other stories.
Description
Machen (Arthur) The House of Souls, first edition, author's copy with signed presentation inscription from him to Lytton Armstrong (John Gawsworth) on title with date "Jan 21 '33" in Gawsworth's hand below, presentation inscription to frontispiece recto "This Shiel-Machen copy - for Rosalind & Barry with the unutterable affection of John Gawsworth" to frontispiece recto, occasional spotting and marking, lacking front and rear free endpapers, joint bookplate of M.P. Shiel and John Gawsworth to front pastedown, later red cloth, spine darkened, fraying to spine tips and corners, rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, E. Grant Richards, 1906.
*** The Machen-Shiel-Gawsworth copy of this collection of short stories, bringing together The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters with three other stories.
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