FARLEIGH (John)

lot 446A (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

The Creative Craftsman, London 1950, 8vo, full morocco by Edward Womesley, with gilt hand motifs to both boards, good slip case. Note: previously ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 4  

Literature, various

lot 447 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

De BALZAC (H) The Girl with Golden Eyes, illustrated by D. Denton, privately printed at the Sign of the Peacock, no date, 8 colour plates with ... read more

Estimated at £40 - £80 More details 4  

[PAYNE (Charlie Johnson], 'Snaffles'.

lot 448 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

I've Heard the Revelly, 1st edition, 1953, small 4to, signed in pencil to half title, 6 colour plates, original cloth in dust jacket; Osses and ... read more

Sold for £80 More details 4  

BARKER (Nicholas; editor)

lot 449 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

Two East Anglian Picture Books, a Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian MS. Ashmole 1504. London: The Roxburghe Club 1988, ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3  

GRIFFITHS (Jeremy) & A S G EDWARDS

lot 450 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

The Tollemache Book of Secrets: A Descriptive Index and Complete Facsimile...with Catherine Tollemache's Receipts of Pastery, Confectionary &c. ... read more

Sold for £140 More details 2  

TOLKIEN (J R R)

lot 451 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

Poems and Stories, London: George Allen and Unwin, de luxe edition 1980, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, original decorative cloth and labelled box

Sold for £140 More details 3  

SEARLE (Ronald)

lot 452 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

Les Tres Riches Heures de Mrs Mole, 2011, no.11/156 copies, signed, good in slip case

Sold for £180 More details 4  

HUNT (John)

lot 453 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

The Ascent of Everest, 1st edition 1953, signed by the author to title, an excellent copy in dust jacket, with 3 contemporary newspapers recording ... read more

Sold for £700 More details 4  

MACFARLANE (Robert) Four signed first editions

lot 454 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

Mountains of the Mind, 2003; The Wild Places, 2007; The Old Ways, 2012; Landmarks, 2015; all fine copies in dust jackets (4)

Sold for £160 More details 11  

FAULKS (Sebastian) Three signed first editions

lot 455 (The Library Sale, 12th Oct, 2023)

The Girl at the Lion D'Or, 1989, signed half title, dust jacket; Birdsong,1993, signed to a title page label, dust jacket; Charlotte Gray, 1998, ... read more

Sold for £280 More details 4