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Gill (Eric) Wood-Engravings..., number IV of 50 copies from an edition limited to 150, title and one plate printed in red and black, 32 woodcut or wood-engraved plates by Eric Gill...

Lot 176

01/01/1970

Gill (Eric) Wood-Engravings..., number IV of 50 copies, Ditchling, St. Dominic's Press, 1924

£1,000 - £1,500

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Gill (Eric) Engravings... a Selection, one of 10 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the artist with 6 illustrations coloured by the artist and with 4 signed proofs of the portrait...

Lot 202

01/01/1970

Gill (Eric) Engravings, one of 10 copies on Japanese vellum, from an edition limited to 480, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929

£4,000 - £6,000

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Schmied (François-Louis) Illustrations for Victor Bérard's translation of 'L'Odyssée', 96 pochoir prints (of 98) on vellum, heightened in gold and silver, all ...

Lot 157

01/01/1970

Schmied (François-Louis) Illustrations for Victor Bérard's translation of 'L'Odyssée', 96 pochoir prints, [c. 1930]

£3,000 - £5,000

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Levant.- Fuller (Thomas) A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, first edition, engraved additional title, engraved

Lot 325

01/01/1970

Levant.- Fuller (Thomas) A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, first edition, Printed by J.F. for John Williams, 1650.

£800 - £1,200

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Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite, 2 vol., translated by Lodovico Domenichi, woodcut printer's device to titles and a different version to final f. in each vol., wood...

Lot 5

01/01/1970

Plutarch. La prima [- seconda] parte delle Vite , 2 vol., translated by Lodovico Domenichi, Venice, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1560

£8,000 - £12,000

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Rorke's Drift.- Chard (John Rouse Merriott, Royal Engineers, V.C., 1847-97).-Illuminated address presented to John Chard R.E., V.C. by the

Lot 31

01/01/1970

Rorke's Drift.- Chard (John Rouse Merriott).-Illuminated address presented to John Chard R.E., V.C. by the "Inhabitants of North Curry, Othery [Somerset] and Neighbourhood, manuscript on vellum, black ink, illuminated in gold, red, blue and purple, mounted on original wooden rollers, housed in the original morocco cylinder case, 1879.

£3,000 - £4,000

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Sri Lanka.- Colombo printed.- Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera. Sella Lihini Sandese. The Sella's message, edited and translated by William Charles Macready, 2ff. errata at end, o...

Lot 357

01/01/1970

Sri Lanka.- Colombo printed.- Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera. Sella Lihini Sandese. The Sella's message, [Colombo], [Printed at the Wesleyan mission Press], 1865.

£400 - £600

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South East Asia.- Barrow (John) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793, first edition, 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander and Daniell (2 of fru...

Lot 354

01/01/1970

South East Asia.- Barrow (John) A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793, first edition, 1806

£600 - £800

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Gloucestershire.- Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, second edition, 8 engraved plates of coats of arm, 64 double-page engraved plates, one double...

Lot 365

01/01/1970

Gloucestershire.- Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, second edition, 1768.

£1,000 - £1,500

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Britain.- Daniell (William) A Voyage round Great Britain, 8 vol., first edition, aquatint dedication, 308 hand-coloured aquatints (one with tear into image), tissue-guards, ad...

Lot 363

01/01/1970

Britain.- Daniell (William) A Voyage round Great Britain, 8 vol., first edition, 1814-25.

£5,000 - £7,000

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Garrick (David, actor and playwright, 1717-79) Autograph Letter signed to Dorothy Boyle, countess of Burlington, 3pp. & address panel, no place, 9th September 1749, relati...

Lot 15

01/01/1970

Garrick (David) Autograph Letter signed to Dorothy Boyle, countess of Burlington, 1749, relating an anecdote about a bookshop named after him in The Strand.

£750 - £1,000

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Peake (Mervyn, English writer, artist, poet & illustrator, 1911-1968) 2 Autograph Letters signed to his friend Helene Bruce ('Lanie'), 5pp., Wallington, Surrey and Sark, 1st No...

Lot 33

01/01/1970

Peake (Mervyn) 1911-1968) English writer, artist, poet & illustrator. 2 Autograph Letters signed to his friend Helene Bruce ('Lanie dear'), 5pp., Wallington, Surrey and Sark, 1st November 1931 - 14th May 1934

£800 - £1,200

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London.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plate...

Lot 366

01/01/1970

London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, [1808-10].

£2,500 - £3,500

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Verlaine (Paul) Dédicaces, one of 55 copies on Hollande with an autograph poem by the author, this a presentation copy to a M. Louis, initial and final advertisement ff., ha...

Lot 9

01/01/1970

Verlaine (Paul) Dédicaces, one of 55 copies on Hollande with an autograph poem about Bibi la Purée, Léon Vanier, 1894.

£500 - £700

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Food & Drink.- [Montefiore (Lady Judith)] The Jewish Manual; or Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery, first edition, one or two marginal pencil marks, odd fa...

Lot 75

01/01/1970

Food & Drink.- [Montefiore (Lady Judith)] The Jewish Manual; or Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery, first edition, 1846

£3,000 - £4,000

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Deluxe binding.- Ruskin (John) The Works, 39 vol., 'Library Edition', edited by Cook and Wedderburn, one of 2,062 copies, frontispieces, plates and numerous text illustrations, and...

Lot 92

01/01/1970

Deluxe binding.- Ruskin (John) The Works, 39 vol., 'Library Edition', publisher's deluxe binding, London & New York, 1903-12.

£4,000 - £6,000

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Wilde (Oscar) [The Works], 15 vol., one of 1000 sets on hand-made paper, original white buckram, discolouration to some spines but generally a better set than often found, t.e.g., ...

Lot 93

01/01/1970

Wilde (Oscar) [The Works], 15 vol., one of 1000 sets on hand-made paper, 1908-22.

£2,000 - £3,000

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Lot 80

01/01/1970

Theatre.- Doran (Dr. John) "Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage, 3 vol. extended to 6, extra-illustrated, 1879.

£1,000 - £1,500

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Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, pencil note to title verso

Lot 110

01/01/1970

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, specially-bound by Exeter Bookbinders, 1932

£500 - £700

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Collected Essays, 4 vol., Centenary limited edition, limitation bookplates laid down to front free endpapers, original blue morocco-backed cloth...

Lot 90

01/01/1970

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Collected Essays, 4 vol., Centenary limited edition, [1976].

£600 - £800

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Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Unknown War. The Eastern Front,

Lot 86

01/01/1970

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Unknown War. The Eastern Front, "Keystone Library edition", 1937.

£500 - £700

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Dumas (Alexandre) [The Works], 40 vol. de luxe limited edition, plates with captioned tissue-guards, the odd small surface stain or spot, traces of bookplate removal to front paste...

Lot 83

01/01/1970

Dumas (Alexandre) [The Works], 40 vol. de luxe limited edition, Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1893-1896.

£800 - £1,200

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Fore-edge painting.- Dictionary of National Biography (The), contemporary black morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son for H. Sotheran, g.e., fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Curr...

Lot 95

01/01/1970

Fore-edge painting.- Dictionary of National Biography (The), fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1925.

£1,500 - £2,000

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Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, preliminary publisher's advertisement f., half-title, frontispiece ...

Lot 81

01/01/1970

Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, Vizetelly & Co., 1886

£1,000 - £1,500

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Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Mummer's Fool, number 22 of 60 copies, original cloth-backed colour-printed boards with paper disc moon and dried grasses mounted on covers ...

Lot 230

01/01/1970

Gogmagog Press.- Cox (Morris) Mummer's Fool, one of 60 copies, 1965 & others from the press (6)

£1,000 - £1,500

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