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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

LELAND, JOHN., THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND THE ANTIQUARY.,
Lot 81 Sold
LELAND, JOHN., THE ITINERARY OF JOHN LELAND THE ANTIQUARY.,
'In Nine Volumes', 'The Second Edition: Collated and Improved from the Original MS. With the Addition alfo of a General Index.', Volumes I-IX, published 1745, Oxford, Printed at the Theatre; with Marshall., 'THE RURAL ECONOMY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND', 'In Two Volumes', volumes I-II, published 1796, ; and Stukelet, William., M. D., 'ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM', published 1724, London, and another title (a lot)
Provenance: The Collection of Roy and Anita FurseyBoth scientists, Roy and Anita Fursey were avid…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
LUBBOCK, J.G. ' The Sphere of Rocks and Water'
Lot 83 Unsold
LUBBOCK, J.G. ' The Sphere of Rocks and Water'
signed copy, number 9 from the edition of 80, publ. Bertram Rota, London, designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester, colour printed engraved plates, some double page, morocco backed pictorial cloth, transparent wrapper, slip case

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MANSFIELD, KATHERINE 'The Garden Party'
Lot 84 Unsold
MANSFIELD, KATHERINE 'The Garden Party'
with coloured lithographs by Marie Laurencin, Verone Press, London, number 627 of the edition of 1200, Small quarto decorated pale green cloth. Red leather label to the spine, lettered in gilt, designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed in the Autumn of 1939 at the Officina Bodoni, Verona, with tipped in Publisher's Note

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MASSON, FREDERIC: NAPOLEON ET SON FILS
Lot 85 Unsold
MASSON, FREDERIC: NAPOLEON ET SON FILS
No. 728/800 of the 'Blanchet Freres & Kleber' edition, complete with 52 plates, water-marks to some page leading edges, published by Goupil & Co, Paris, 1904, in gilt tooled full brown calf leather binding
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MAYO, CHARLES HERBERT: A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MAYO & ELTON FAMILIES
Lot 86 Unsold
MAYO, CHARLES HERBERT: A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MAYO & ELTON FAMILIES
second edition, privately printed at The Chiswick Press, 1908, olive green cloth binding, inscribed by the author to AW Gould and dated May 15 1909
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MILNE, A.A. 'Winnie the Pooh'
Lot 87 Sold
MILNE, A.A. 'Winnie the Pooh'
1926 first edition, publ. Methuen & Co Ltd, rebound by Winstanley of Salisbury 1997; together with a copy of 'The House at Pooh Corner' 1928 second edition, Methuen & Co Ltd (2)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MOORE, THOMAS: NATURE PRINTED BRITISH FERNS
Lot 88 Sold
MOORE, THOMAS: NATURE PRINTED BRITISH FERNS
octavo edition, volumes I & II, published by Bradbury Evans & Co, red three quarter leather binding, previously owned by Mr MH Woodford of the 'Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN' with purchase receipt from Wheldon & Wesley dated 1976
Hammer price: £390
Estimate: £150 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
MOSENTHAL & HARTING:OSTRICHES AND OSTRICH FARMING
Lot 89 Sold
MOSENTHAL & HARTING:OSTRICHES AND OSTRICH FARMING
published by Trubner and Co,London 1876, red cloth binding, sold together with Cheesman: In Unknown Arabia and Thomas: Alarms and Excursions in Arabia
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM 'The Square Book of Animals'
Lot 90 Sold
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM 'The Square Book of Animals'
Rhymes by Arthur Waugh, Heinemann, 1900, 12 chromolithographed plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER AND SONNET FROM DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO FREDERIC J SHIELDS
Lot 92 Sold
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER AND SONNET FROM DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO FREDERIC J SHIELDS
written on the 20th May 1880 for the purpose of Shields' sketch of William Blake's work room and death room, 3 Fountain Court, Strand. Together with a reprint of an article reprinted from the 'Manchester Quarterly' April 1910 'Blake's Work Room and Death Room and Rossetti's Sonnet' which references this letter and sonnet.

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
The letter reading as follows:My dear Shields,Thanks for you loving words on the sonnet, and thanks…
Hammer price: £7,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH SKETCHES FROM CHRISTINA ROSSETTI TO FREDERIC J SHIELDS
Lot 93 Sold
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH SKETCHES FROM CHRISTINA ROSSETTI TO FREDERIC J SHIELDS
the final page of the letter with four ink sketches of kneeling women, one washing her long hair

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
The letter reading as follows:30 Torrington Square - w.c. FridayDear Mr Shields,I have copied from…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £400 - £800
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
PICART, Bernard. The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World
Lot 94 Sold
PICART, Bernard. The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World
7 volumes, bound as 6 volumes, 1733-39. Dedicated to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, with illustrations by Claude du Bosc.
Volume 1 of the religious customs of the Jews and Roman Catholics, typographical error on half…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
POWYS: T.F.: MR TASKER'S GODS
Lot 95 Sold
POWYS: T.F.: MR TASKER'S GODS
first edition, published by Chatto & Windus 1925; sold together with Powys, J.C.: Morwyn, first edition, published by Cassell, 1937, both in cloth bindings with dustwrappers
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS TO TOM TAYLOR
Lot 96 Unsold
A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS TO TOM TAYLOR
congratulating Taylor on the birth of his "bouncing baby boy"

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Kerrison Preston Esq. (1884-1974) practised as a solicitor in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) from 1909 to 1949. He was a noted connoisseur with a collection including Pre-Raphaelite works by Rossetti and Burne-Jones, which were saved for the nation by Duke’s in 2007 and now form part of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
The letter reading as follows:Jan 15 1861Sandown HouseEsherSurreyMy dear Tom,With all the pleasure…
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
SCOTT, GEORGE RYLEY: THE HISTORY OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
Lot 97 Sold
SCOTT, GEORGE RYLEY: THE HISTORY OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
first edition, published by T. Werner Laurie, London, 1940, later red three quarter leather binding
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £70 - £90
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
RUSSELL, JAMES: THE LOST WATERCOLOURS
Lot 98 Sold
RUSSELL, JAMES: THE LOST WATERCOLOURS
published by The Mainstone Press, Norwich, 2016, cloth binding with slip case
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
SAVAGE, JAMES: THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
Lot 99 Unsold
SAVAGE, JAMES: THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER
published by G. Clark, Cornhill, 1833, half brown cloth binding with marbled boards, sold together with Pearce, R: Methodism in Portland, published by Charles R. Kelly, London, 1898, brown cloth binding
Estimate: £80 - £100
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
STAHL, P: TONY AND PUSS
Lot 100 Unsold
STAHL, P: TONY AND PUSS
illustrated by Lorenz Frolich, published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London, 1870, in gilt and black tooled red cloth
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
SPIELMANN, M.H. & LAYARD, G.S.: KATE GREENAWAY
Lot 101 Unsold
SPIELMANN, M.H. & LAYARD, G.S.: KATE GREENAWAY
edition de-luxe No. 399 of 500, published by A & C Black, London 1905, complete with original Greenway sketch inset to front endpaper and signed twice by John Greenaway, with fine gilt tooled green leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Lot 102 Sold
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
India paper edition published by Allen & Unwin, 1969, black pictorial cloth binding with slip case; sold together Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Silmarillion, first edition, published by Allen & Unwin, 1977, blue cloth binding with dustwrapper
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
TRIGGS, H. INIGO: FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Lot 103 Sold
TRIGGS, H. INIGO: FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
subscriber's copy, published by B.T. Batsford, London, 1902, in folio size three quarter leather binding
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
VIMONT, JOSEPH: PHRENOLOGIE, HUMAINE ET COMPAREE
Lot 104 Unsold
VIMONT, JOSEPH: PHRENOLOGIE, HUMAINE ET COMPAREE
published by Establissement Encyclograhique, Brussels, 1836, brown three quarter leather binding
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WALLIS, JOHN (EDITOR): THE BOOK OF DAYS OF LLEWELYN POWYS
Lot 105 Unsold
WALLIS, JOHN (EDITOR): THE BOOK OF DAYS OF LLEWELYN POWYS
with twelves etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, half green leather binding
Estimate: £250 - £300
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WELLS, H.G: 'WAR OF THE WORLDS'
Lot 106 Sold
WELLS, H.G: 'WAR OF THE WORLDS'
1st edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1898, grey cloth binding
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
17 June 2022
17 June 2022

Total lots: 96

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