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Auction date Tuesday 7 December 2021 10:00 GMT

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Total lots: 793

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
522 A 'BREECHES BIBLE', ROBERT BAKKER 1607
rebound with repairs
£50 - £100 £420 View
523 A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS £40 - £60 £80 View
524 M. & E. KIRBY; 'STORIES ABOUT BIRDS OF LAND AND WATER.' CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN
c 1870 (damage to spine) with John James Audubon, The Birds of America, New York 1942 (reprint)
£40 - £60 £25 View
525 JOHN LOCKE; ' SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING EDUCATION.' LONDON, BLACK SWAN, 1705
(some damage) and other books
£20 - £40 £150 View
526 REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN: 'THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER.' (6)
with other similar books
£20 - £40 £10 View
527 CHARLES STONHAM: 'THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS', LONDON E.GRANT RICHARDS
1906, 5 Vols
£40 - £80 £200 View
528 AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: R.C.H.M
2 vols. , with; 'Domesday Book studies', Dorset, and other books of Dorset interest
£40 - £80 £50 View
529 G. A. HENTY: 'THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM'
and others, and a collection of Victorian books with decorative cloth bindings
£20 - £40 £90 View
530 CHARLES DICKENS: HOUSEHOLD EDITIONS
various, unbound, some in modern box files, others in old brown paper wrappers
£30 - £50 £60 View
531 'DEL DECAMERONE DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCI', VOL. II, AMSTERDAM 1718
with; 'The works of Spenser' vol. III, London 1750; 'La vie et les aventures...de Robinson Crusoe', Neuchatel 1774, and 'Divine songs attempted in easy language', York 1804 (4)
£20 - £40 £30 View
532 I.N. DRACOPOLI: 'THROUGH JUBALAND TO THE LORIAN SWAMP'
Seeley, Service & Co 1914, and other books on Africa (10)
£20 - £40 - View
533 EDWARD ARDIZZONE: 'TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER' O.U.P. 1962
with; Raymond Briggs: 'Father Christmas goes on holiday', 'When the wind blows' , and 18 Rupert books
£20 - £40 £20 View
534 STEPHEN SPENDER: 'TRIAL OF A JUDGE', FABER AND FABER 1938
and a collection of poetry volumes
£20 - £40 £30 View
535 WILLIAM EMPSON: 'POEMS', CHATTO & WINDUS 1935
(his own inscribed copy), and others (from the West family library)
£20 - £40 £25 View
536 ROMANZO ADAMS: 'INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE IN HAWAII', MACMILLAN CO. 1937
inscr. by the author to H.G. Wells, and a further collection of books of ethnographical studies
£30 - £50 £50 View
537 H. DE BALZAC: WORKS, MACMILLAN CO. 1901
38 vols. (2 missing)
£30 - £50 £40 View
538 THOMAS HARDY:THREE MACMILLAN & CO. 'WESSEX EDITION' VOLUMES
and other books of dorset interest
£30 - £50 £20 View
539 D.H. LAWRENCE:'APOCALYPSE' (LUGARNO SERIES), FLORENCE 1931
No. 656, with (worn) dust jacket, and a further quantity of Lawrence works, and others (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
£30 - £50 £45 View
540 A COLLECTION OF EARLY 'SHELL' GUIDES, MANY SPIRAL-BOUND 1930S
some later (worn condition)
£40 - £80 £400 View
541 HAVELOCK ELLIS: 'SONNETS, WITH FOLK SONGS FROM THE SPANISH' GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
1925, inscr. to Harold child, and with letter, and other volumes by Ellis
£40 - £60 £20 View
542 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART £20 - £40 £70 View
543 A COLLECTION OF PENGUIN AND KING PENGUIN BOOKS £30 - £50 £15 View
544 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF BLOOMSBURY GROUP INTEREST
some from the library of Kitty West/Church
£20 - £40 £60 View
545 JOHN PIPER: VARIOUS BOOKS, INCLUDING 'ROMNEY MARSH'
and a (worn) copy of 'John Piper' by Anthony West, inscr. 'to Kitty from John' (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
£30 - £50 £60 View
546 'THE NOTEBOOKS OF HENRY JAMES' ED. MATTHIESSEN AND MURDOCK, O.U.P. 1947
with inscr. 'Given by Mrs James, wife of James' nephew to Rebecca West...', and other books about and by James (from the library of Kitty Church/West)
£20 - £40 £90 View
547 WALTER DE LA MARE, ILLUS. ARDIZZONE: 'PEACOCK PIE, A BOOK OF RHYMES'
Faber & Faber Ltd. 1946, and other books
£30 - £50 £35 View
548 J.M. RICHARDS: 'A MINIATURE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE'
The Architectural press 1938, and other books incl. 'British artists of today' and 'Britain in pictures' series, and similar (worn)
£30 - £50 £45 View
549 SACHEVERELL SITWELL, ILLUS. JOHN FARLEIGH: 'OLD FASHIONED FLOWERS'
Curwen Press 1959, and other books (worn)
£20 - £40 £30 View
550 REBECCA WEST / H.G.WELLS: VARIOUS BOOKS
from the library of Kitty West/Church
£20 - £40 £35 View
551 SIGNED BY H.G. WELLS: A.S. PUSHKIN: 'EVGEY ONEGIN' PUSHKIN PRESS 1937
copy no. 154, inscribed by H.G. Wells; 'Anthony with love from his Father HG' (Anthony West, Wells' son with Rebecca West; from the library of Kitty West/Church)
£50 - £100 £120 View
552 NORTHROP FRYE: 'FEARFUL SYMMETRY. A STUDY OF WILLIAM BLAKE', PRINCETON 1947
and 'Visions of the daughters of Albion', J.M. Dent & Sons 1932
£30 - £50 - View
553 ANTHONY ROSSITER: 'THE PENDULUM' GOLLANCZ 1966
inscr. by the author,; 'For Kitty - a soul mate in so much,.'and 'The golden chain', similarly inscribed (2) (library of Kitty Church/West)
£20 - £40 £20 View
554 MARY DE MORGAN, ILLUS. WALTER CRANE: 'THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FLORIMONDE'
Macmillan 1880 (poor copy), with 'The baby's opera', and 'At home' (3)
£20 - £40 £50 View
555 FORD M. HUEFFER:, 'FORD MADOX BROWN'
Longmans, Green & Co. 1896, with A.H. Palmer: 'The life and letters of Samuel Palmer' Seeley & Co 1892 (2)
£20 - £40 £45 View
556 A COLLECTION OF 'HORIZON' REVIEW
'The Cornhill magazine', and other literary periodicals, 1940s and later
£30 - £50 £50 View
557 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANY FIRST EDITIONS
in worn condition (from the library of Kitty West/Church)
£20 - £40 £120 View
558 HENRIK IBSEN: PROSE DRAMAS, EDITED BY WILLIAM ARCHER, 3 VOLS.
Walter Scott publ. 1890
£20 - £40 - View
559 W.H. AUDEN: 'THE ORATORS', FABER & FABER 1932
and other works by Auden and Isherwood (4)
£20 - £40 £50 View
560 ROBERT GRAVES: 'POEMS 1926-1930', HEINEMANN LTD 1931
and 'The poet's eye', chosen by Grigson, Muller 1944 (2)
£20 - £40 £20 View
561 JAMES STERN: 'THE MAN WHO WAS LOVED', SECKER & WARBURG 1951
inscr. by the author to Kitty (West/Church), with other similar items, and Rebecca West's own copy of Walter De La Mare's 'Stuff and nonsense', and Hugh Walpole's own copy of Goethe's 'The sorrows of…
£30 - £50 £15 View
562 JOHN OSBORNE: FABER PAPER COVERED EDITIONS
'Look back in anger' and 'The entertainer', pan edition 'Cathy come home', and a quantity of various paperbacks
£20 - £40 £20 View
563 A LARGE QUANTITY OF BOOKS £30 - £50 £80 View
564 A COLLECTION OF MEDICAL BOOKS £40 - £60 £20 View
565 A LARGE COLLECTION OF BOOKS £30 - £50 £100 View
566 A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON LONDON AND HISTORY £30 - £50 £40 View
567 A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS £30 - £60 £40 View
568 'LLADRO, THE MAGIC WORLD OF PORCELAIN', SALVAT EDITORES 1991
and other books
£10 - £20 - View
568a A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS £20 - £40 £25 View

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