Books & Works on Paper
Lots: 244
Highlights of the sale include a 1562 edition of Claudius Ptolemy’s seminal Geographia, which represented the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire, with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000. A 1964 first edition of Chairman Mao’s Quotations, known worldwide as the ‘Little Red Book’, which still in its printed wrappers was intended for high-ranking officers only, comes for sale with an estimate of £3,000 - £4,000.
The costume design archive of Sally Jacobs (1932 – 2020), a British stage designer whose career was innovative, wide-ranging, and influential takes centre stage of the sale. The artworks in the present collection offer an insight into the costume design process behind landmark productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Opera, working with directors such as Peter Brook. In Jacobs’ signature style, they colourfully depict an array of British acting royalty. Comparable works are held by institutions including the Harvard Theatre Collection and Victoria & Albert Museum. Lot 161, it has an estimate of £16,000 - £18,000.
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Lot 99 - Cruikshank. Egan. Life in London, Ist ed., 2nd issue. 1821
Sold for £200
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Lot 100 - Dickens, Christmas Books. 5 vol. First eds. 1843-48
Sold for £3,750
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Lot 101 - Dickens. 4 Christmas Books (Not Christmas Carol), first editions.
Sold for £1,750
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Lot 102 - Dickens. Master Humphry's Clock. 3 vol. first ed., 1840-41
Sold for £406
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Lot 105 - Egan (Pierce) The Fancy's Togs' Man versus Young Sadboy, the Milling Quaker
Sold for £300
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Lot 106 - Eliot. Murder in the Cathedral, signed by the author
Sold for £350
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 107 - Fielding (Henry). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 volumes, 1st edition, 1749
Sold for £2,500
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Lot 109 - Keynes. The Economic Consequences of the Peace, first ed. 1919 & another (2)
Sold for £500
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Lot 115 - Turner. A Compleat History Of the Most Remarkable Providences, 1697
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 120 - Fermor.George Psychoundakis: A Letter to C.A.Trypanis. inscribed. 1999
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 121 - Fowles, Daniel Martin. 1st ed. signed by the author and others.
Sold for £212
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Lot 126 - Pratchett (Terry & Neil Gaiman. Good Omens, first ed. Insc. 1990
Sold for £575
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Lot 127 - Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 1st ed., first issue, paperback, 1997
Sold for £1,188
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Lot 130 - Shaw. The Intelligent Women’s Guild to Socialism and Capitalism, Inscribed. 1928
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 137 - Beardsley. The Savoy, original pts. inc. Poster etc.
Sold for £1,500
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![Lot 138 - [Beardsley (Aubrey) and others.] The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/202425-0-small.jpg?v=63819492267757)
Lot 138 - [Beardsley (Aubrey) and others.] The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
Sold for £688
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Lot 141 - Craig. Woodcuts and Some Words. and others similar, (31)
Sold for £650
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Lot 143 - De Becque (Maurice), Blasco-Ibañez (Vicente) Sonnica La Courtisane
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 153 - Hogarth (Burne) Artwork for the Tarzan and N'ani series
Sold for £1,062
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Lot 172 - Medley. Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections. 1982
Sold for £25
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![Lot 181 - Belch. W.Belch’s Nursery Calculations. Or, A Peep into Numbers. [1800]](https://chiswick.blob.core.windows.net/stock/202379-1-small.jpg?v=63819495674590)
Lot 181 - Belch. W.Belch’s Nursery Calculations. Or, A Peep into Numbers. [1800]
Sold for £812
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Lot 183 - Phoebe, The Cottage Maid. Exemplified in a Series of Rural Figures, 1811
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 193 - Taschen.- Braun (Alexander, ed.) Winsor McCay: The Complete Little Nemo 1905-1927
Sold for £100
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