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Auction date Friday 17 June 2022 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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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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Total lots: 96

A GROUP OF THREE PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEWIS CARROLL (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON)
Lot 56 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE PHOTOGRAPHS BY LEWIS CARROLL (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON)
of the Drury sisters, Emmie, Ella and Minnie, taken 1869-1870.

Provenance: Emily (Emmie) Wyper, née Drury and thence by descent to the Preston Family
Dodgson met the young daughters of physician James Samuel Drury and his wife Sophia whilst…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S: THE WAR SPEECHES
Lot 57 Unsold
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S: THE WAR SPEECHES
comprising Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Victory and Secret Session Speeches, all edited by Charles Eade, first editions 1941-1946, published by Cassell, in modern three quarter blue leather bindings
Estimate: £1,100 - £1,500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S: POST-WAR SPEECHES
Lot 58 Unsold
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S: POST-WAR SPEECHES
comprising The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In The Balance, Stemming the Tide and The Unwritten Alliance, all edited by Randolph S. Churchill, first editions 1948-1961 published by Cassell, in modern three quarter blue leather bindings
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
CROWLEY, ALEISTER: MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Lot 59 Sold
CROWLEY, ALEISTER: MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
first edition, published by Castle Books, Secaucus, 1991, maroon cloth bound with dustwrapper; sold together with Waite, Arthur Edward: The Mysteries of Magic, revised edition, published by Kegan Paul, London 1897, blue cloth binding with annotated press clippings
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
DICKENS, CHARLES: TWO VOLUMES - DAVID COPPERFIELD AND BLEAK HOUSE
Lot 60 Unsold
DICKENS, CHARLES: TWO VOLUMES - DAVID COPPERFIELD AND BLEAK HOUSE
first edition, both illustrated by H.K. Browne (Phiz) and published by Chapman & Hall, 1850 and 1853 respectively, both in full green calf binding
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
DRYDEN, John. The Satires of Juvenal and Satires of Persius, 1693
Lot 61 Sold
DRYDEN, John. The Satires of Juvenal and Satires of Persius, 1693
The SATIRES of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Translated into ENGLISH VERSE, By Mr DRYDEN .... Together with the SATIRES of Aulus Persius Flaccus ...
Printed for Jacob Ronson. Dedicated to Charles, Earl of Dorset

Provenance: William Long (according to inscription on frontispiece).
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
ESCOFFIER, AUGUSTE.: A GUIDE TO MODERN COOKERY
Lot 62 Sold
ESCOFFIER, AUGUSTE.: A GUIDE TO MODERN COOKERY
revised edition, pulished by William Heinemann, London, 1909, later green three quarter binding
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
FLEMING, IAN: TWO VOLUMES
Lot 63 Sold
FLEMING, IAN: TWO VOLUMES
comprising From Russia, Wth Love, first edition 1957 and You Only Live Twice, third impression 1965 both published by Jonathan Cape; sold together with Gardner, John: For Special Services, first edition 1982, all cloth bound with dustwrappers
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
FRANCIS, JULIAN: TOM CHADWICK AND THE GROSVENOR SCHOOL OF MODERN ART
Lot 64 Sold
FRANCIS, JULIAN: TOM CHADWICK AND THE GROSVENOR SCHOOL OF MODERN ART
published by The Fleece Press, Upper Denby, 2012, half cloth binding with pictorial boards and slip case, sold together with two other Fleece publications of wood engravings -The Great Storm of October 1987 and Ethelbert White's Wood Engravings, both with slip cases
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £300 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
GARWOOD, TIRZAH: LONG LIVE GREAT BARDFIELD
Lot 65 Sold
GARWOOD, TIRZAH: LONG LIVE GREAT BARDFIELD
published by The Fleece Press, Upper Denby, 2012, half red cloth binding with pictorial boards and slip case
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HALL, CAPTAIN BASIL: ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
Lot 66 Unsold
HALL, CAPTAIN BASIL: ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
together with a vocabulary of the Loo-Choo language, published by John Murray, London, 1818, three quarter leather binding
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: GILL, ERIC 'Art & Love'
Lot 67 Sold
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: GILL, ERIC 'Art & Love'
publ. Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol, 1927, printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press and completed on the 30th June 1927, limited edition 189/260, signed by Gill

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: JONES, GWYN AND JONES, THOMAS 'The Mabinogion'
Lot 68 Sold
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: JONES, GWYN AND JONES, THOMAS 'The Mabinogion'
A New Translation from the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest, 1948, one of 550 copies, with illustrations by Dorothea Braby, original publisher's half morocco over cream buckram by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, lettered in gilt on the spine and with a Celtic design in gilt on the upper cover

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT: MAN IN ART
Lot 69 Unsold
HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT: MAN IN ART
published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1892, in vellum folio size binding
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928): A SIGNED LETTER ADDRESSED TO 'MY DEAR MOULE'
Lot 70 Sold
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928): A SIGNED LETTER ADDRESSED TO 'MY DEAR MOULE'
thought to be Henry Joseph Moule (1825-1904) relating to the artist's stay at Max Gate, dated May 20th 1903, 'and signed 'Yours T. Hardy', double sided on paper 18cm x 22.5cm

Henry Joseph Moule was a watercolour artist and close friend of Thomas Hardy for over fifty years. In 1883 he was appointed the first curator of the Dorset County Museum, a post he held until his death on 13 March 1904
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HASELDEN, THOMAS: THE SEAMAN'S DAILY ASSISTANT
Lot 72 Unsold
HASELDEN, THOMAS: THE SEAMAN'S DAILY ASSISTANT
printed by the Executors of David Hay, Dublin, 1774, full brown calf binding
Estimate: £600 - £800
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HOUSMAN, LAURENCE: STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Lot 73 Sold
HOUSMAN, LAURENCE: STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
illustrated by Edmund Dulac, published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1907, red three quarter leather binding; sold together with Browning, Robert; Pippa Passes; & Men & Women, illus. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, published by Chatto & Windus, 1908, no. 100 of 260, full vellum binding
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HUTCHINS, REV.: THE HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 74 Unsold
HUTCHINS, REV.: THE HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
second edition, four volumes, with a copy of Domesday Book and the Inquisitio Ghedi for the County, corrected, augmented and improved by R. Gough, extra illustrated beyond the original 196 plates with thirteen additional plates (including two watercolours), printed by John Nichols, 1796-1815, in three quarter red morocco binding with marbled boards and end papers and with various ink 'Memorandum' annotation sheets bound in
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HUTCHINS, JOHN: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 75 Unsold
HUTCHINS, JOHN: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
volumes I and II, printed by Bowyer and Nichols 1774, rebound in gilt tooled full red calf
Estimate: £600 - £800
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
HUTCHINS, JOHN., THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
Lot 76 Sold
HUTCHINS, JOHN., THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
'The Third Edition, Corrected, Augmented, And Improved By William Shipp And James Whitworth Hodson', Volumes I-IV, published 1861-1870, Westminster, John Bowyer Nichols and Sons (4)
Provenance: The Collection of Roy and Anita FurseyBoth scientists, Roy and Anita Fursey were avid…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
IBSEN, HENRIK AND RACKHAM, ARTHUR 'Peer Gynt'
Lot 77 Sold
IBSEN, HENRIK AND RACKHAM, ARTHUR 'Peer Gynt'
limited edition of 460 copies signed by Rackham, of which this is copy number 1, publ. George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., London, 1936, publishers full vellum, front board and spine stamped in gilt, pictorial endleaves
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £800
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
KITCHINER, WILLIAM: THE ART OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE
Lot 78 Sold
KITCHINER, WILLIAM: THE ART OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE
new edition, printed for Hurst, Robinson & Co, London, 1824, blue card binding
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
LAWRENCE, T.E: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
Lot 79 Sold
LAWRENCE, T.E: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1935, brown cloth binding with dustwrapper and sold together with a Lawrence of Arabia Memorial leaflet
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
LEECH, JOHN: PICTURES OF LIFE & CHARACTER
Lot 80 Unsold
LEECH, JOHN: PICTURES OF LIFE & CHARACTER
series I-IV, published by Bradbury, Evans & Co, London, two volumes with three quarter leather binding; sold together with a cloth bound copy of the First Series published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022

Total lots: 96

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