November’s Fine Books and Manuscripts auction is formed around a large single owner collection from a gentlemen of varied and interesting taste.
From early Western Illuminated Manuscript leaves to private press books and modern first editions and all manner of subjects between. This sale will have something for all collectors at every price point.
Lot 193 - Bacon. Sylva Sylvarum:, 1635; The Essays, or Councils, 1701
Sold for £525
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Lot 194 - Beaumont (Francis) and (John) Fletcher [and others]
Sold for £875
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Lot 195 - Beaumont (Francis) and (John) Fletcher, A collection of four volumes of the plays
Sold for £1,625
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Lot 196 - Beaumont (Francis) and (John) Fletcher, Comedies and Tragedies
Sold for £3,750
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Lot 198 - Byron, Thurston’s Illustrations of Lord Byron’s Poem The Corsair, 1814
Sold for £275
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Lot 200 - Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Faustus: from the German of Goethe
Sold for £812
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Lot 201 - Crashaw. Poetry...with some account of the Author...by Peregrine Phillips, first ed. 1785
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 208 - Fletcher (John) Rule A Wife And have a Wife. A comedy. Acted by His Majesties servants.
Sold for £1,625
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Lot 213 - Ghanem. Aden Arabic for Beginers, first ed. Aden, 1955
Sold for £150
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Lot 215 - Ibn Wahshih. Ancient Alphabets and Hieroglyphic Characters Explained, 1806
Sold for £250
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Lot 216 - Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language
Sold for £275
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Lot 220 - [Markham]. Covntrey Contentments, or The English Huswife. 1623
Sold for £188
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Lot 221 - Middleton (R. Hunter) Thomas Bewick's Fables of Aesop and Others, 1/80
Sold for £200
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Lot 226 - Raleigh (Sir Walter) [John Milton] The Cabinet-Council
Sold for £1,062
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Lot 227 - Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and select essayes and observations
Sold for £1,125
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Lot 236 - Witchcraft. [Hale (Mathew)] A Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes...1682
Sold for £4,000
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Lot 238 - Amis. The Rachel Papers and others, first ed. signed. 1963
Sold for £625
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Lot 243 - Bradbury (Ray) & Mugnaini (Joseph, illustrator) Fahrenheit 451
Sold for £212
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Lot 244 - Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, first ed. 1921
Sold for £1,375
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Lot 248 - Doves Press. [Francis of Assisi, Saint] Laudes creaturarum, 1910
Sold for £600
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Lot 251 - Erskine-Tulloch, bookbinder— Nardelli. The Rhinoceros: A Monograph – The Author’s copy
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
Lot 252 - Saumerez Smith, bookbinder—Nardelli The Rhinoceros: A Monograph – The Author’s copy .
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 254 - Fleming: Casino Royale, first ed. second impression, , 1953
Sold for £5,000
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Lot 259 - Golden Cockerel Press. Jones. Jonas. 1/175. 1926 & others (3)
Sold for £938
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Lot 260 - Graham. Demelza and other titles, first edition, 1946
Sold for £500
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Lot 261 - Graham. Ross Poldark. A Novel of Cornwall 1783-1787, first ed. 1945
Sold for £750
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Lot 264 - Gregynog Press. Xenophon. Cyrupaedia: 1/160 copies. 1936
Sold for £1,500
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Lot 266 - Hughes-Stanton (Blair [ill.]) The Revelation of Saint John
Sold for £1,125
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Lot 267 - Jansson. Comet in Moominland, and others first English editions.
Sold for £2,375
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Lot 268 - Jansson. Finn Family Moomintroll, first English ed, 1950
Sold for £1,062
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Lot 270 - Kelmscott Press. Cavendish. The Life of Thomas Wolsey, 1893
Sold for £1,375
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Lot 271 - Le Cain (Errol, illustrator) & Coleridge (Samuel Taylor)
Sold for £1,125
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Lot 275 - Limited Editions.- Thomas (R. S.) & Piper (John, illustrator)
Sold for £375
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Lot 285 - Morris. Roots of the Mountain, floral binding, 1890
Sold for £1,375
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