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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: 133

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: THE CLAVERINGS
Lot 49 Unsold
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY: THE CLAVERINGS
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1867

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 16 wood engravings. 2pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of each volume. 8vo., original bright green cloth blocked in blind and gilt with additional black-blocking on spines, in a later quarter green morocco fleece-lined drop-back box. Some spotting to plates and adjacent pages, otherwise exceptionally bright copies.
Sadleir states that he is inclined to assume that this variant of the binding with the black…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
AUSTEN-LEIGH, R.A.: BYGONE KING'S
Lot 50 Unsold
AUSTEN-LEIGH, R.A.: BYGONE KING'S
published by Spottiswoode & Co, Eton College, 1907, half cloth binding with blue papered boards; sold together with Hussey, Christopher: King's College Chapel
The Austen Leigh volume has slight sun damage to spine and the spine is slightly bumped. There is…
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
AUSTEN, JANE: EMMA, ILLUSTRATED BY HAMMOND
Lot 51 Sold
AUSTEN, JANE: EMMA, ILLUSTRATED BY HAMMOND
published by George Allen, London, 1898, gilt tooled green cloth binding
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £350
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886): A SIGNED LETTER
Lot 52 Sold
WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886): A SIGNED LETTER
to Miss Bayley, regarding their previous conversation concerning wild plants and mentioning an enclosure of Mugwort leaves, signed W Barnes and dated 1876; sold together with the mentioned Mugwort leaves, along with three other letters to Miss Bailey
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BURTON, RICHARD F.: ULTIMA THULE; OR A SUMMER IN ICELAND
Lot 53 Sold
BURTON, RICHARD F.: ULTIMA THULE; OR A SUMMER IN ICELAND
first edition, volumes I & II, published by William P. Nimmo, 1875, three quarter blue leather binding
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £70 - £90
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
BUTTS, MARY: ASHE OF RINGS
Lot 54 Sold
BUTTS, MARY: ASHE OF RINGS
published by Contact Editions, Paris, green paper bound with unopened pages
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £70
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: BRITANNIA, OR A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, TOGETHER WITH ADJACENT ISLANDS
Lot 55 Sold
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: BRITANNIA, OR A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND, TOGETHER WITH ADJACENT ISLANDS
second edition, two volumes, with eleven plates and fifty-one maps, printed by Mary Matthews for Awnsham Churchill, London, 1722, in full brown calf leather binding
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,250 - £1,500
17 June 2022
17 June 2022
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
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: 26 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF ATHELHAMPTON/ADMISTON CHURCH BY HICKS ARCHITECTS, DORCHESTER
Lot 71 Sold
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: 26 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF ATHELHAMPTON/ADMISTON CHURCH BY HICKS ARCHITECTS, DORCHESTER
the majority thought to have been produced by Thomas Hardy during his time with the firm, various sizes, several dated 1861, later frames
Note: Hardy worked for Hicks between 1856 and 1862 and comments in a letter to Alfred de la Fontaine, owner of Athelhampton at the time, that whilst he did not design the church, he produced 'many of the drawings'.
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £5,000
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

Total lots: 133

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