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Rare Books - 'The Bell Jar' 1st Edition, by Victoria Lucas (Sylvia Plath); Fine Art - Augustus John, Sir William Russell Flint, Jan Adriaen Vander Borght, A. G. Wallis; Jewellery (over 100 lots); Silver - Dr. Christopher Dresser design bachelor's travelling teaset, Stuart Devlin, Garrard's, Asprey and much more
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Lot 293
B. JAMES & SONS LONDON, ENGLAND, 'AVOCET' 11' 4'' THREE PIECE SLIT CANE AVON STYLE ROD, BURGUNDY CLOSE WHIPPED, BRONZE FERRULES, HIGH BRIDGE GUIDES WITH AGATE TIP/BUTT, 23'' ONION CORK HANDLE WITH LIGHT ALLOY SLIDING REEL RINGS, BUTT CAP, RED RUBBER BUTTON IN B. JAMES & SONS CLOTH BAG (4).Hammer: £ 80
Lot 300
DEIGHTON. LEN, 'HORSE UNDER WATER', 1ST EDN. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1963 WITH PLASTIC COVERED D.J., 'HORSE UNDER WATER', PB. UNCORRECTED PROOF WITH 'PROOF ONLY' D.J., 'FUNERAL IN BERLIN', 1ST EDN. JONATHAN CAPE LONDON 1964, WITH D.J., 'BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN', 1ST EDN. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1966, WITH D.J., 'AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE', 1ST EDN. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1967, WITH D.J. (5).Hammer: £170
Lot 301
SHELL GUIDES: A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-NINE POST WAR SHELL GUIDES, VARIOUS DATES, ALL PUB. FABER & FABER, INCLUDES 'OXFORDSHIRE', 'SOUTH-WEST WALES', 'SHROPSHIRE','HEREFORDSHIRE'(2), 'NORTHUMBERLAND', 'DEVON' (2) AND OTHERS, ALL BAR TWO 4to IN D.J'S WHERE CALLED FOR, TO INCLUDE TWO LATER SOFT COVER REPRINTS, 'NOTTINGHAMSHIRE' AND 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. (39).
Hammer: £120
Lot 305
RUTH RENDELL WRITING AS BARBARA VINE, 'THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT', SIGNED 1ST EDN., PUB. PENGUIN VIKING, 2008, 'A FATAL INVERSION', SIGNED 1ST EDN., PUB. VIKING, 1987, ELEVEN OTHER WORKS, D.J'S, 'NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG', UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF, P.B, 'GALLOWGLASS' FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER AND THREE RUTH RENDELL UNCORRECTED PROOFS (18).Hammer: £ 5
Lot 307
WAUGH. EVELYN, 'BLACK MISCHIEF', 1ST EDN., CHAPMAN & HALL LTD., LONDON 1932, D.J., 'LOVE AMONG THE RUINS', 1ST EDN., C & H., LONDON 1953, D.J., 'THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD', 1ST EDN., C & H., LONDON 1957, D.J.,'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER', PROOF COPY, P.B, EIGHT OTHER 1ST EDNS., AND THIRTY OTHER RELATED WORKS (42).Hammer: £180
Lot 309
POWELL. ANTHONY, 'TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING. THE MEMOIRS OF ANTHONY POWELL' (4 VOLUMES) HEINEMANN 1976 - 1982, LONDON, 1976. 1ST EDNS, D.J'S, FOUR VOLUMES, 'A QUESTION OF UPRISING', PROOF COPY, P.B, 'THE FISHER KING',HEINEMANN, LONDON 1986, 1ST EDN., D.J.,AND OTHER WORKS INCLUDING 1ST EDNS.(14).
Hammer: £190
Lot 310
POWELL. ANTHONY, A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME COMPRISING: A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING, A BUYER'S MARKET, THE ACCEPTANCE WORLD, AT LADY MOLLY'S, CASANOVA'S CHINESE RESTAURANT, THE KINDLY ONES, THE VALLEY OF BONES, THE SOLDIER'S ART, THE MILITARY PHILOSOPHERS, BOOKS DO FURNISH A ROOM, TEMPORARY KINGS, HEARING SECRET HARMONIES, 1ST EDNS. (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 'A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING'), SPURLING. HILARY, HANDBOOK TO ANTHONY POWELL'S MUSIC OF TIME, HEINEMANN, LONDON 1977, 1ST EDN. (13).Hammer: £600
Lot 311
PRIESTLEY. J.B., 'THE TOWN MAYOR OF MIRAUCOURT', HEINEMANN, LONDON 1930, LTD. EDN. 437/500, SIGNED, VELLUM BINDING, SLIP CASE, 'ALBERT GOES THROUGH', HEINEMANN, LONDON 1933, IST EDN., SIGNED WITH DEDICATION, TWO PROOF COPIES 'DRAGON'S MOUTH', 'THE OTHER PLACE', AND OTHER RELATED WORKS (TWO BOXES)..Hammer: £ 42
Lot 312
AGATE. JAMES, 'HERE'S RICHNESS', HARRAP LONDON 1942, 1ST EDN. IN HALF LEATHER LIMITED AND SIGNED [93/100] SIGNED BY AGATE AND OSBERT SITWELL (WHO PROVIDES A FOREWORD). 'OSBERT SITWELL', PHILIP ZIEGLER, UNCORRECTED PROOF, PARKER. DEREK, 'SACHEVERELL SITWELL A SYMPOSIUM', BERTRAM ROTA, LONDON 1975, SITWELL. SACHEVERELL, 'CUPID AND THE JACARANDA', MACMILLAN, LONDON 1952, 1ST EDN., AND RELATED WORKS INC. 1ST EDNS. BY MEMBERS OF THE SITWELL FAMILY (A BOX).Hammer: £ 38
Lot 318
WILSON. ANGUS, 'NO LAUGHING MATTER', 1ST EDN., SECKER & WARBURG, LONDON 1967, D.J., SIGNED, DEDICATION: 'TO JACK AND JACQUETTA, WITH ALL MY LOVE, ANGUS, AUGUST 1967.' FROM THE LIBRARY OF J.B. PRIESTLEY, ALSO A 1ST EDN. OF 'NO LAUGHING MATTER', D.J.; 'THE MIDDLE AGE OF MRS ELIOT', 1ST EDN., SECKER & WARBURG, LONDON 1958, INSCRIBED - JOHN BRAINE 1958, D.J., ALSO A 1ST EDN., 'THE MIDDLE AGE OF MRS ELIOT,' D.J., TOGETHER WITH ELEVEN OTHER RELATED WORKS (16).Hammer: £ 32
Lot 319
GUINESS. BRYAN, 'PERSONAL PATCHWORK', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., THE CYGNET PRESS, LONDON 1986, P.B., LAHR. JOHN (ED.), 'THE ORTON DIARIES', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., METHUEN, LONDON 1986, BENNETT. ALAN, 'A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE'S', SIGNED, FABER & FABER, LONDON 2009, OTHER SIGNED 1ST EDNS. INCLUDING CLIVE JAMES, WILLIAM SHAWCROSS, ELIZABETH LONGFORD, ALISON LURIE, D.J'S, ALSO, MANTEL. HILARY, 'WOLF HALL', 1ST EDN. WITH DEDICATION TO THE RECIPIENT (JOHN HEALD) FROM LADY MARY WILSON, WIFE OF THE LATE PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON, LORD WILSON OF RIEVAULX. (24).Hammer: £ 40
Lot 320
BENNETT. ALAN, 'WRITING HOME', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., FABER & FABER, LONDON 1994, D.J., JACOBSON. HOWARD, 'THE FINKLER QUESTION', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., BLOOMSBURY, LONDON 2010, D.J., JAMES. P.D., 'THE MURDER ROOM', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., FABER & FABER, LONDON 2003, AND TWENTY-THREE OTHER SIGNED BOOKS, D.J'S, MANY 1ST EDNS. (26) (TWO BOXES).Hammer: £ 35
Lot 321
LAHR. JOHN, 'PRICK UP YOUR EARS', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., PENGUIN BOOKS, LONDON 1978, ATWOOD. MARGARET, 'BLUEBEARD'S EGG', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1987, FORSYTH. FREDERICK, 'THE FOURTH PROTOCOL', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., HUTCHINSON, LONDON 1984, NINETEEN OTHER SIGNED EDNS., D.J'S. (22).Hammer: £ 20
Lot 322
DEIGHTON. LEN, 'MAMISTA', AN UNCORRECTED PROOF FROM CENTURY, LTD. EDN. 753/1000, 'WINTER A BERLIN FAMILY 1899-1945', THIS ADVANCE READING COPY IS A FACSIMILE OF THE AUTHOR'S UNCORRECTED TYPESCRIPT AND NOT FOR RESALE, LTD. EDN. 471/1000, 'SS-GB', 1ST EDN., D.J., JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1978, 'YESTERDAY'S SPY', 1ST EDN., D.J., JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1975, AND SEVENTEEN OTHER 1ST EDNS. (21).Hammer: £ 42
Lot 323
SNOW. C.P., 'LAST THINGS', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., MACMILLAN, LONDON 1970, 'LAST THINGS',ANOTHER SIMILAR 1ST EDN., D.J., 'LAST THINGS', AN UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, P B., 'THE SLEEP OF REASON', AN UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, P B., 'VARIETY OF MEN', PROOF COPY, P B., MACMILLAN, LONDON 1967, TEN OTHER RELATED WORKS (15).Hammer: £ 25
Lot 324
LEWIS. JEREMY, 'CYRIL CONNOLLY A LIFE', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1997; CARPENTER. HUMPHREY, 'THE ENVY OF THE WORLD', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON, LONDON 1996; HARRIS. ROBERT, 'FATHERLAND', SIGNED, P.B., AND TWENTY-TWO OTHER SIGNED P.B'S AND H.B'S (25).Hammer: £ 20
Lot 325
BETJEMAN. JOHN, 'MURRAY'S BERKSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., JOHN MURRAY, LONDON 1949; NEWBOLT. HENRY, 'SELECTED POEMS', SIGNED WITH DEDICATION BY JOHN BETJEMAN NOV 1940, THOMAS NELSON & SONS, LONDON 1940; 'SUMMONED BY BELLS', 1ST EDN., D.J., JOHN MURRAY, LONDON 1960, AND TWENTY-FIVE OTHER RELATED WORKS (28).Hammer: £ 25
Lot 327
BETJEMAN. JOHN, (VARIOUS AUTHORS) 'FLOWERS OF CITIES: A BOOK OF LONDON', 1ST EDN., MAX PARRISH, LONDON 1949, D.J., ANOTHER COPY- 1ST AMERICAN EDN., HARPER BROTHERS, NEW YORK 1950, D.J. AND WRAPPER, SIR ARTHUR BRYANT (PREFACE BY), COUNTRY LIKE THIS, THE FRIENDS OF THE VALE OF AYLESBURY, 1ST EDN., 1972, D.J AND WRAPPER, LYCETT GREEN. CANDIDA, 'OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY: AN ENGLISH ODYSSEY', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., D.J., DOUBLEDAY, LONDON 2002, INCLUDING OTHER 1ST EDNS. AND TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS (33).Hammer: £ 25
Lot 328
HARCOURT. WILLIAMS (EDITOR), 'VIC-WELLS.THE WORK OF LILIAN BAYLIS', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., COBDEN SANDERSON, LONDON 1938, D.J., SIGNED BY FAMOUS ACTORS/PERSONALITIES INCLUDING: DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE, RALPH RICHARDSON, LAURENCE OLIVIER, JOHN GIELGUD, TYRONE GUTHRIE, EDITH EVANS, PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANGUS McBEAN. GEILGUD. JOHN, 'DISTINGUISHED COMPANY', SIGNED, HEINEMANN, LONDON 1973, DAVIOT. GORDON, 'QUEEN OF SCOTS', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, SIGNED BY FAMOUS ACTORS/ PERSONALITIES INCLUDING: LAURENCE OLIVIER, JAMES MASON, FELIX AYLMER, JOHN GIELGUD; DAY LEWIS. C, 'THE GEORGICS OF VIRGIL', JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON 1941, SIGNED BY NANCY ASTOR WITH CLIVEDEN LIBRARY LABEL (4).Hammer: £ 20
Lot 330
LANCASTER. OSBERT, 'THE LITTLEHAMPTON BEQUEST', SIGNED, LTD. EDN. 42/75, D.J. AND WRAPPER, SIGNED BY OSBERT LANCASTER AND THE EARL OF LITTLEHAMPTON, JOHN MURRAY, LONDON 1973, 'SAILING TO BYZANTIUM', SIGNED, LTD. EDN. 8/50, JOHN MURRAY, LONDON 1969, WITH SLIPCASE, THREE RELATED WORKS, WAUGH. AUBERON, 'PATH OF DALLIANCE', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., CHAPMAN AND HALL, LONDON 1963, D.J., AND OTHER WORKS BY ISHERWOOD, BRAINE, HOLROYD (A LOT) (TWO BOXES).Hammer: £ 28
Lot 332
PINTER. HAROLD, 'VARIOUS VOICES: PROSE, POETRY, POLITICS 1948-1998', SIGNED, FABER AND FABER, LONDON 1999, P.B; SHAFFER. ANTHONY, 'PLAYSCRIPT 46 'SLEUTH'', 1ST EDITION, CALDER & BOYARS, LONDON 1971, D.J., LEWIS. EILUNED, 'DEW ON THE GRASS', LOVATT DICKSON, LONDON 1934, SIGNED BY SYLVIA LYND (THE POET AND WIFE OF ROBERT LYND ''Y.Y.'') DEDICATION ''TO ALL THE PRIESTLEYS'' FROM THE LIBRARY OF J.B. PRIESTLEY, CARTER. JOHN, AND POLLARD. GRAHAM, THE FIRM OF CHARLES OTTLEY LANDON & CO., SOFT COVER, RUPERT HART-DAVIS, LONDON 1948, LATER CORRECTIONS 1967, OTHER THEATRICAL RELATED WORKS AND PLAYS INCLUDING BY, OSBORNE, RATTIGAN AND COWARD (44).Hammer: £ 50
Lot 333
HEANEY. SEAMUS, 'SEEING THINGS', SIGNED, 1ST EDITION, FABER AND FABER, LONDON 1991, P.B., 'DOOR INTO THE DARK', FABER AND FABER, LONDON 1985, P.B., MOTION. ANDREW, 'THE PALE COMPANION', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., VIKING, LONDON 1989, D.J., 'FAMOUS FOR THE CREATURES', SIGNED, UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF, VIKING, LONDON 1991, P.B., AND FOUR OTHER SIGNED PUBLICATIONS BY ANDREW MOTION, ALSO TWENTY THREE OTHER SIGNED BOOKS, MOSTLY 1ST EDNS. (31).Hammer: £ 55
Lot 334
ARMITAGE. SIMON, 'THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., FABER AND FABER, LONDON 2012, D.J., 'THE NOT DEAD', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., 337/500, POMONA, HEBDEN BRIDGE 2008, P.B., 'OUT OF THE BLUE', SIGNED, 1ST EDN., ENITHARMON, LONDON 2008, FORTY OTHER SIGNED POETRY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS INCLUDING BY SPENDER, EWART, MOTION, FULLER, SERGEANT, RYLANDS, STARK AND FOURTEEN OTHER POETRY BOOKS (58).Hammer: £ 80
Lot 335
'THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, ESQ; LATE MASTER OF CEREMONIES AT BATH', 2ND EDN., PUB. J. NEWBERY, LONDON 1772, FULL CALF BINDING; 'SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS', M. SEYMOUR SMITH (ED.), HEINEMANN, LONDON 1966, FULL RED MORROCO BINDING, GILT TOOLED, STAMPED 'HATCHARDS LTD. 187 PICADILLY'; COWPER. WILLIAM, 'POEMS', CONTAINING HIS POSTHUMOUS POETRY, AND A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, BY JOHN JOHNSON, IN THREE VOLUMES, HALF LEATHER BINDINGS, J. RIVINGTON AND OTHERS, LONDON 1815, SIX OTHER LEATHER BOUND BOOKS AND ANOTHER BOOK (A LOT).Hammer: £ 38
Lot 336
POETRY (LONDON) ISSUES Nos. 7 & 8 - BI-MONTHLY OF MODERN VERSE AND CRITICISM - OCTOBER-NOVEMBER/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1942 (2) TAMBIMUTTU (EDITOR); SQUIRE. J.C., (EDITOR): THE LONDON MERCURY, PUB. BY LONDON:THE LONDON MERCURY LTD., FIVE ISSUES, VOL. 22 No. 127 (MAY 1930), VOL. 27 No. 158 (DECEMBER 1932), VOL. 28 No. 163 (MAY 1933), VOL. 28 No. 166 (AUGUST 1933), VOL. 30 No. 176 (JUNE 1934); GILES CARTOONS 1983 (3), THE PAVILLION, MYFANWY EVANS (ED.), AND EIGHT OTHER PUBLICATIONS (19).Hammer: £ 18