Auction:
Friday 17th June at 10.30am
Including property from the library of a remarkable collector of English literature, who sought out important association copies and first editions of the works of Hardy, Lawrence, Austen, Fleming, Tolkien, Milne, Trollope et al (Lots 1-49).
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
[AUSTEN, JANE]: MANSFIELD PARK
London, T. Egerton, 1814
FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. with half-titles and advertisement leaf in vol. 3. 8vo., handsome 20th century half speckled calf, marbled boards, spines decorated in gilt with red… |
£8,000 - £15,000 | £22,000 | View |
| 2 |
[AUSTEN, JANE]: EMMA
London, John Murray, 1816
FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. with half-titles. 8vo., 20th century full calf by Sangorski, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, double gilt rule on… |
£8,000 - £15,000 | £15,000 | View |
| 3 |
[AUSTEN, JANE]: NORTHANGER ABBEY & PERSUASION
London, John Murray, 1818.
FIRST EDITION. 4 vols., with half-titles, (after p. xx before Advertisement in vol. 1 & after titles in vols. 2-4). 8vo., 20th century full calf by Sangorski, spine in… |
£4,000 - £6,000 | £10,500 | View |
| 4 |
[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE]. BELL, CURRER: VILLETTE
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1853
FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated Feb. 1853 at end of vol. 1, Westley’s of London bookbinder’s ticket. 8vo., original blind-stamped olive… |
£4,000 - £8,000 | £4,000 | View |
| 5 |
[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE]. BELL, CURRER: THE PROFESSOR, A TALE
London, Smith, Elder & Co 1857
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half-titles in both volumes, 2 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of vol. 1 & 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of vol. 2 dated June… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £2,800 | View |
| 6 |
CHRISTIE, AGATHA: HALLOWE'EN PARTY
London, Collins Crime Club, 1969
PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author to Mrs Honeybone on front free endpaper in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., red cloth, original… |
£600 - £1,000 | £1,700 | View |
| 7 |
CHRISTIE, AGATHA: ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER
London, Collins Crime Club, 1972
PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author on title page to her private secretary Daphne Honeybone (see above) in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION.… |
£600 - £1,000 | £1,700 | View |
| 8 |
CHRISTIE, AGATHA: POIROT'S EARLY CASES
London, Collins Crime Club, 1974.
PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by the author on title page to her private secretary Daphne Honeybone (see above) in the year of publication. FIRST EDITION.… |
£600 - £1,000 | £1,800 | View |
| 9 |
CHRISTIE, AGATHA; THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921
FIRST EDITION. 8vo., original tan cloth decorated and lettered in black, front of original and rare dust jacket affixed to upper pastedown. Later quarter… |
£8,000 - £12,000 | £16,000 | View |
| 10 |
DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
London, George Newnes, 1902
FIRST EDITION, first issue with ‘you’ for ‘your’ p.13, line 3. Frontispiece and 15 plates by Sidney Paget. 8vo., original scarlet cloth blocked in black and gilt. … |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £2,000 | View |
| 11 |
DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE ADVENTURES & MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
London, George Newnes, 1892 & 1894 [1893].
FIRST EDITIONS. 2 vols. All illustrations by Sidney Paget present in both volumes. 4to., original light blue and dark blue cloth blocked and titled in… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £5,000 | View |
| 12 |
DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN: THE WHITE COMPANY
Smith, Elder & Co, 1891
FIRST EDITION, one of 750 copies. 3 vols., original red-brown cloth blocked in black and titled in black and gilt, grey floral endpapers. An exceptionally bright copy in… |
£7,000 - £11,000 | - | View |
| 13 |
FLEMING, IAN: CASINO ROYALE
London, Jonathan Cape, 1953
FIRST EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET OF THE FIRST JAMES BOND NOVEL. 8vo., original black cloth lettered in red with red heart on upper cover, original unclipped… |
£8,000 - £15,000 | £8,000 | View |
| 14 |
FLEMING, IAN: DR. NO
London, Jonathan Cape, 1958
FIRST EDITION. 8vo., original black cloth with dancing girl in brown on upper cover, original dust jacket. Very good. |
£800 - £1,500 | £950 | View |
| 15 |
FLEMING, IAN: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
London, Jonathan Cape, 1963
FIRST EDITION, no. 109 of 250 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Frontispiece portrait of Ian Fleming from the painting by Amherst Villiers. 8vo., original vellum backed black… |
£7,000 - £10,000 | - | View |
| 16 |
FLEMING, IAN: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
London, Jonathan Cape, 1964
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR – “To Philip CMG from Ian (failed OBE)” on front free endpaper. 8vo., original black cloth with lettering in gilt… |
£8,000 - £15,000 | - | View |
| 17 |
HARDY, THOMAS:THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1878
FIRST EDITION. AUTOGRAPH RECEIPT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR for the contribution of an episode of the novel to “Belgravia” loosely inserted. 3 vols., map frontispiece… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £3,600 | View |
| 18 |
HARDY, THOMAS: UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
London, Tinsley Brothers, 1876
FIRST ONE VOLUME & FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Frontispiece, illustrated title page and plates by R. Knight. 8vo., original green cloth, decorated in black and gilt… |
£200 - £400 | £260 | View |
| 19 |
HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. One of 1000 copies. 3 vols. 8vo., original tan cloth with honeysuckle design by Charles Ricketts in gilt on upper cover… |
£5,000 - £8,000 | £4,600 | View |
| 20 |
HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. One of 1000 copies. 3 vols. 8vo., handsomely bound in later half tan morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,100 | View |
| 21 |
HARDY, THOMAS: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1892
FIRST EDITION, second impression. One of 500 copies. vols. 8vo., original cloth with honeysuckle design by Charles Ricketts in gilt on upper cover,… |
£800 - £1,500 | - | View |
| 22 |
HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Sir George Douglas, 2 days after publication (June 2, 1891). 8vo., original pictorial light… |
£3,000 - £6,000 | £4,600 | View |
| 23 |
HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896
Vol XV of the first edition of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.’s Wessex Novels. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on first blank “To Mrs Henry… |
£3,000 - £4,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 24 |
HARDY, THOMAS: DESPERATE REMEDIES
London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896
Vol XII of the Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.’s Wessex Novels. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title, dated Dec. 1913. Frontispiece of Knapwater House, map of… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £1,500 | View |
| 25 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE DYNASTS
London, Macmillan & Co., 1910
First one volume edition. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Sir Frederick Treves, Bt. on New Year’s Eve 1910, a month after publication. 8vo., original… |
£2,500 - £4,000 | £2,600 | View |
| 26 |
HARDY, THOMAS: TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES
London, Macmillan & Co., 1909
FIRST EDITION, with 4pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO EDMUND GOSSE IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION. 8vo., original… |
£7,000 - £10,000 | £7,000 | View |
| 27 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE TRUMPET MAJOR
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1880
FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo., original red pictorial cloth, blocked in black and gilt, in recent red cloth slipcase. Internally clean, rebacked with original… |
£1,500 - £2,500 | £1,400 | View |
| 28 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1886
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo., original blue cloth, blocked in black with gilt lettering to spine, original floral endpapers. Later quarter green morocco and green… |
£2,800 - £4,000 | £2,800 | View |
| 29 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE WOODLANDERS
London, Macmillan & Co., 1887
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN PRIMARY BINDING. 3 vols. 8vo., original dark green buckram, blocked in black on front and in blind on back with 2-rule border and… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 30 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE WOODLANDERS
London, Macmillan & Co., 1887
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title-page of volume 1. 3 vols. 8vo., rebound by Riviere with original spines pasted in at the rear of each… |
£3,000 - £4,000 | £2,800 | View |
| 31 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA: A COMEDY IN CHAPTERS
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1876
FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., advertisement leaf at the end of each volume. Wood engraved frontispieces and 9 plates by George Du Maurier. 8vo., original red brown… |
£800 - £1,500 | £750 | View |
| 32 |
HARDY, THOMAS: THE FAMOUS TRAGEDY OF THE QUEEN OF CORNWALL AT TINTAGEL IN LYONNESSE.
London, Macmillan & Co., 1923
FIRST EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, formerly owned by H.A. Martin, President of the ‘Hardy Players’ who first performed the play and member of the original cast.… |
£1,000 - £1,800 | £1,400 | View |
| 33 |
LAWRENCE, TE: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A TRIUMPH.
[London, Privately Printed, 1926.
SUBSCRIBERS’ OR “CRANWELL” EDITION. 1 of 170 COMPLETE COPIES, inscribed ‘Complete copy I.XII.25, TES’ by Lawrence on p. xix, together with his ink correction of the… |
£30,000 - £50,000 | £52,000 | View |
| 34 |
LAWRENCE, T.E.: THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARAB REVOLT
[London, privately printed, 1924]
FIRST STATE OF THE VERY RARE PROSPECTUS FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS’ EDITION OF SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Pp.44. 8vo., original off-white wrappers, in original mailing… |
£20,000 - £30,000 | £19,000 | View |
| 35 |
LAWRENCE, T.E: THE MINT
Garden City NY, Doubleday Doran & Co, 1936
FIRST EDITION (first American copyright edition). No. ‘9 UK’ of 50 copies. ASSOCIATION COPY BELONGING TO THE AUTHOR’S BROTHER, with two ownership… |
£10,000 - £20,000 | - | View |
| 36 |
[LAWRENCE, T.E]: MASEFIELD, JOHN: SALT-WATER BALLADS
London, Elkin Mathews, 1918
Sixth edition. OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION OF T.E. LAWRENCE on front free endpaper in pencil (‘TEL, Paris 1919]’)* 8vo., original blue cloth. With letter from Bertram Rota… |
£800 - £1,800 | £2,600 | View |
| 37 |
LAWRENCE. T.E: CRUSADER CASTLES
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936
FIRST EDITIONS. 2 vols. 4to., half brown morocco, cream cloth, top edges gilt, cloth slightly spotted. Lawrence gathered material for Crusader Castles on a… |
£600 - £1,000 | £850 | View |
| 38 |
MILNE, A.A: THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER
London, Methuen & Co., 1920
ONE OF 20 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ARTIST. Decorations by E.H. Shepard. 4to., full vellum with lettering in gilt, yapp edges. In later green… |
£8,000 - £15,000 | £12,500 | View |
| 39 |
MILNE, A.A: THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER
FIRST EDITION. Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 8vo., original olive green leather blocked in gilt, gilt edges, original tissue wrapper IN THE ORGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOX with two printed labels. Very good
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£1,500 - £2,000 | £1,600 | View |
| 40 |
MILNE, A.A: WINNIE THE POOH
London, Methuen Children’s Books, 1973
ONE OF 300 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Large 8vo., original blue morocco blocked in gilt by Sangorski, all edges… |
£500 - £1,200 | £900 | View |
| 41 |
RACKHAM, ARTHUR - BARRIE, J.M: PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1906
ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 50 colour plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to., original full vellum blocked in gilt, yellow silk ties,… |
£2,500 - £5,000 | £2,900 | View |
| 42 |
RACKHAM, ARTHUR - GRAHAME, KENNETH: WIND IN THE WILLOWS
London, Methuen, 1951
ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, on hand-made paper. Special 100th edition. 12 colour plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to., original white calf, gilt… |
£1,000 - £1,500 | £2,800 | View |
| 43 |
RACKHAM, ARTHUR - SWIFT, JONATHAN: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1909
ONE OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 13 colour plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to., original white cloth blocked in gilt, top edge gilt,… |
£600 - £1,200 | £1,100 | View |
| 44 |
TOLKIEN, J.R.R: THE HOBBIT
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1937
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with ‘Dodgeson’ corrected in ink on inside lower flap of dust jacket. 10 illustrations, pictorial endpapers. 8vo., original green… |
£30,000 - £40,000 | £30,000 | View |
| 45 |
TOLKIEN, J.R.R: THE HOBBIT
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1971
Third edition, sixth impression. SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY THE AUTHOR (“signed for B.R. Witherden’), ownership inscription of ‘Brian Witherden, Merton’ on… |
£2,500 - £5,000 | £9,500 | View |
| 46 |
TOLKIEN, J.R.R: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1965
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING – 14th impression SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper; THE TWO TOWERS – 11th impression; THE RETURN OF THE KING – 11th… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
| 47 |
TOLKIEN, J.R.R: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper “Love and memories of ‘Miramar’”. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. 8vo., original… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £7,500 | View |
| 48 |
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: HOW THE "MASTIFFS" WENT TO ICELAND
London, Virtue & Co, 1878
FIRST EDITION, issued privately. Frontispiece colour map, 14 lithographs by Mrs Hugh Blackburn, 2 mounted photographic plates. 4to., original blue cloth decorated in… |
£5,000 - £8,000 | £5,000 | View |
