lot 172 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

BINDINGS Paroissien Romain, approuve par J.H. Guibert, Tours 1866, binding stamped Auguste-Petit, inlaid and monogrammed silve...

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lot 173 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

A collection of 18th century family prayer books, formerly at Porkington Library, nr Oswestry, including a Baskerville 1762 pr...

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WELLS (H G), The War of the Worlds, London: Heinemann, 1898, first edition, first issue, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO E. J. SULLIVAN

lot 174 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

with signed angelic caricature by Wells below, with the publishers' 16pp catalogue at end dated autumn 1897, text slightly foxed or stained, original ... read more

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lot 175 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

Eragny Press. PERRAULT (Charles) Deux Contes de ma Mere Loye, La Belle au Bois Dormant & Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. London 1899...

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lot 176 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

Eragny Press. LAFORGUE (Jules) Moralites Legendaires, 2 volumes, 1897-98, 8vo, one of 220 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece...

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lot 177 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

MILNE (A A) When We Were Very Young, first edition 1924, 8vo, 2nd state with 'ix' to p.9 (contents), illustrated by E.H.Shepard, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ... read more

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lot 178 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

WOOLF (Virginia) Street Haunting. San Francisco: The Westgate Press, printed by the Grabhorn Press, 1930. Number 420 of 500 si...

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lot 179 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

STEINBECK (John) East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952, 8vo, first edition, one of 1,500 copies signed by Steinbeck,...

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lot 180 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

TOLKIEN (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, first editions and first impressions, 3 vols. 1954-55, vol. 3 in third state with sagging text and ... read more

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lot 181 (The Library Sale, 12th Jul, 2017)

Fine binding. WAUGH (Evelyn) Officers and Gentlemen, first edition 1955, 8vo, in full red, blue and green morocco gilt by Sang...

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