Fine binding, Vale Press: MILTON (John)
lot 259 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Early poems, printed by the Ballantyne Press, [1896], 4to, one of 310 copies, with woodcut full-page frontis with vine border and intertwined woodcut ... read more
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DODGSON (Charles Luttwidge, "Lewis Carroll")
lot 260 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 2nd (first published) edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1866, 8vo, half title, illustrations by John Tenniel, ... read more
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DODGSON (Charles Luttwidge, "Lewis Carroll")
lot 261 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Through the Looking Glass, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1872, with 'wade' for 'wabe' on p.21, with ‘To All Child-Readers’ 4page leaflet tipped in at the ... read more
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lot 262 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Daphnis et Chloe, Paris 1890, large 8vo, etched plates by Champollion, title in red and black, no.196/1100 copies, light foxing, fine full blue ... read more
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lot 263 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Proverbs in Porcelain, to which is added "Au Revoir", a Dramatic Vignette. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd, 1893, 8vo, large paper ... read more
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Fine binding. ERAGNY PRESS. VILLON (Francois)
lot 264 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Les Ballades. London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1900, 8vo, printed in red and black, pictorial title, decorative initials, one of 226 copies, full morocco ... read more
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French literature – bindings. HUYSMANS (J-K)
lot 265 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
En Menage, 1923, 8vo, illustrated by Jodelet, copy no.36 on Holland paper, dark blue morocco binding (spine faded), signed in compass form to rear ... read more
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Fine binding. SWINBURNE (Algernon Charles)
lot 266 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Poems and Ballads. London: J C Hotten 1866, 12mo, light foxing mainly to very first and last leaves, all edges gilt, fine full brown morocco gilt ... read more
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lot 267 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
GRIMM (Brothers) Household Stories, Translated by Lucy Crane, illustrated by Walter Crane, London: Macmillan & Co 1882, large 8vo, slight spotting at ... read more
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Fine binding. CLARETIE (Jules)
lot 268 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)
Bouddha, Paris 1888, 12mo, illustrations engraved after Robaudi, limited edition on japon paper, inscribed to ‘L. Vanies’ by ‘L. Longuet’, this copy ... read more
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