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Papers & Portraits: The Roy Davids Collection Part II

Session: Papers & Portraits: The Roy Davids Collection Part II

London, New Bond Street
29 Mar 2011, session starting at 10:30 BST

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NEWTON, Sir ISAAC (1642–1727, natural philosopher, mathematician and theologian)
Sold for £102,000 inc. premium
NEWTON, Sir ISAAC (1642–1727, natural philosopher, mathematician and theologian)
KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821, poet)
Sold for £96,000 inc. premium
KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821, poet)
RALEGH, Sir WALTER (1554-1618, poet, writer, explorer and courtier)
Sold for £36,000 inc. premium
RALEGH, Sir WALTER (1554-1618, poet, writer, explorer and courtier)
JOYCE, JAMES (1882-1941, Irish novelist, poet and playwright)
Sold for £33,600 inc. premium
JOYCE, JAMES (1882-1941, Irish novelist, poet and playwright)

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ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719, essayist, poet and statesman)
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888, American author)
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AUBREY, JOHN (1626-1697, antiquary and virtuoso, author of 'Brief Lives', F.R.S.)
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AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH (1907-1973, poet)
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AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH (1907-1973, poet)
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AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH (1907-1973, poet)
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[AUSTEN, JANE (1775-1817, novelist)]
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BACON, Sir FRANCIS (1561-1626, philosopher, writer and statesman)
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BACON, Sir FRANCIS (1561-1626, philosopher, writer and statesman)
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BALDWIN
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BALDWIN, JAMES (1924-1987, American novelist, playwright and poet)
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BARETTI
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BARETTI, GUISEPPE (1719-1789, poet and critic)
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BARNES
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BARNES, JULIAN (b. 1946, novelist)
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£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 620 - 940
BARRIE
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BARRIE, Sir JAMES MATTHEW (1860-1937, playwright and novelist, O.M.)
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BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES (1821-1867, French poet)
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BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES (1821-1867, French poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898, artist and poet)
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BECKETT, SAMUEL (1906-1989, Irish dramatist, poet and novelist)
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BECKETT, SAMUEL (1906-1989, Irish dramatist, poet and novelist)
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£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,200 - 9,400
BEERBOHM, Sir MAX (1872-1956, caricaturist, author, broadcaster and wit)
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BEERBOHM, Sir MAX (1872-1956, caricaturist, author, broadcaster and wit)
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BEERBOHM, Sir MAX (1872-1956, caricaturist, author, broadcaster and wit)
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£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 620 - 940
BELLOC, HILAIRE (1870-1953, poet and historian)
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BELLOC, HILAIRE (1870-1953, poet and historian)
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BENNETT, ARNOLD (1867-1931, novelist and essayist)
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BENNETT, ARNOLD (1867-1931, novelist and essayist)
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BERNHARDT, SARAH (1844-1923, celebrated French actress)
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BERNHARDT, SARAH (1844-1923, celebrated French actress)
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£2,500 - 3,500
€2,900 - 4,100
US$ 3,900 - 5,500
BETJEMAN, Sir JOHN (1906-1984, poet, author and broadcaster)
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BETJEMAN, Sir JOHN (1906-1984, poet, author and broadcaster)
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£2,500 - 3,500
€2,900 - 4,100
US$ 3,900 - 5,500
BOWEN, ELIZABETH (1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer)
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BOWEN, ELIZABETH (1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer)
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BRAINE, JOHN (1922-1986, novelist)
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BRAINE, JOHN (1922-1986, novelist)
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BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844-1930, poet)
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BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844-1930, poet)
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BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (1806-1861, poet)
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BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (1806-1861, poet)
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BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889, poet)
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BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889, poet)
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£400 - 600
€470 - 700
US$ 620 - 940
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BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889, poet)
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BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901, poet and novelist)
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BURNEY, FANNY (1752-1840, novelist, married name Fanny D'Arblay)
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BURNEY, FANNY (1752-1840, novelist, married name Fanny D'Arblay)
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BURNEY, FANNY (1752-1840, novelist, married name Fanny D'Arblay)
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BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796, Scottish poet)
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BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796, Scottish poet)
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£500 - 800
€580 - 930
US$ 780 - 1,200
BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796, Scottish poet)
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BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796, Scottish poet)
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BURROUGHS
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BURROUGHS, WILLIAM SEWARD (1914-1997, American novelist)
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£400 - 500
€470 - 580
US$ 620 - 780
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BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640, author of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy')
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£1,000 - 1,200
€1,200 - 1,400
US$ 1,600 - 1,900
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
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BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
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BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
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BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, Lord (1788-1824, poet)
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CAMPBELL, ROY (1901-1957, South African poet)
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£800 - 1,200
€930 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777-1844, Scottish poet)
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CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777-1844, Scottish poet)
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£500 - 800
€580 - 930
US$ 780 - 1,200
CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881, essayist and historian)
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CATHER, WILLA (1873-1947, American novelist)
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CATHER, WILLA (1873-1947, American novelist)
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CHESTERTON, GILBERT KEITH (1874-1936, novelist and journalist)
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CHESTERTON, GILBERT KEITH (1874-1936, novelist and journalist)
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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON (1874-1965, statesman, Prime Minister, war leader, and author)
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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON (1874-1965, statesman, Prime Minister, war leader, and author)
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CHURCHILL
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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON (1874-1965, statesman, Prime Minister, war leader, and author)
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COCTEAU, JEAN (1889-1963, French poet, novelist, dramatist and playwright)
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COCTEAU, JEAN (1889-1963, French poet, novelist, dramatist and playwright)
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COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834, poet, critic, philosopher, conversationalist)
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COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834, poet, critic, philosopher, conversationalist)
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£3,000 - 4,000
€3,500 - 4,700
US$ 4,700 - 6,200
COLUM, PADRAIC (1881-1972, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist and biographer)
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COLUM, PADRAIC (1881-1972, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist and biographer)
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CONRAD, JOSEPH (1857-1924, novelist)
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CONRAD, JOSEPH (1857-1924, novelist)
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£6,000 - 8,000
€7,000 - 9,300
US$ 9,400 - 12,000
COWARD, Sir NOEL (1899-1973, playwright, composer, director, actor, singer and artist)
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COWARD, Sir NOEL (1899-1973, playwright, composer, director, actor, singer and artist)
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COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800, poet)
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COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800, poet)
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COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800, poet)
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COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800, poet) and HARRIET COWPER, Lady HESKETH (1733-1807)
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COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800, poet) and HARRIET COWPER, Lady HESKETH (1733-1807)
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DAHL, ROALD (1916-1990, fiction writer)
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DAHL, ROALD (1916-1990, fiction writer)
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DE LA MARE, WALTER (1873-1956, poet and writer)
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DE LA MARE, WALTER (1873-1956, poet and writer)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)
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£1,200 - 1,800
€1,400 - 2,100
US$ 1,900 - 2,800
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[DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870, novelist and actor)]
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[DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898, 'Lewis Carroll', author and mathematician)
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DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898, 'Lewis Carroll', author and mathematician)
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DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898, 'Lewis Carroll', author and mathematician)
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DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898, 'Lewis Carroll', author and mathematician)
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DONNE, JOHN (1572-1631, poet)
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DONNE, JOHN (1572-1631, poet)
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DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700, poet, playwright, critic and translator)
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DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700, poet, playwright, critic and translator)
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DURRELL, LAWRENCE (1912-1990, novelist, poet and travel writer)
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DURRELL, LAWRENCE (1912-1990, novelist, poet and travel writer)
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£800 - 1,200
€930 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
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DYCE, ALEXANDER (1798–1869, literary scholar)
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DYER, Sir EDWARD (1543-1607, poet and courtier)
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DYER, Sir EDWARD (1543-1607, poet and courtier)
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£1,200 - 1,800
€1,400 - 2,100
US$ 1,900 - 2,800
ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880, novelist and poet)
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ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880, novelist and poet)
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ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880, novelist and poet)
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£1,500 - 1,800
€1,800 - 2,100
US$ 2,300 - 2,800
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[ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880, novelist and poet)]
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£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,200 - 9,400
ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNES (1888-1965) and WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN (1907-1973)
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ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNES (1888-1965) and WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN (1907-1973)
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ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNS (1888-1965, poet and literary critic)
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ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNS (1888-1965, poet and literary critic)
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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882, essayist and poet)
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EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706, diarist, antiquarian, numismatist and garden historian, F.R.S.)
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EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706, diarist, antiquarian, numismatist and garden historian, F.R.S.)
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£3,000 - 4,000
€3,500 - 4,700
US$ 4,700 - 6,200
FASTOLF, Sir JOHN (1380–1459, soldier and landowner)
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FASTOLF, Sir JOHN (1380–1459, soldier and landowner)
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£1,500 - 2,000
€1,800 - 2,300
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
FAULKNER, WILLIAM (1897-1962, American novelist)
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FAULKNER, WILLIAM (1897-1962, American novelist)
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£1,000 - 1,200
€1,200 - 1,400
US$ 1,600 - 1,900
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FITZGERALD, EDWARD (1809-1883, writer and translator)
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FLETCHER, JOHN GOULD (1886-1950, Imagist poet and essayist)
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FLETCHER, JOHN GOULD (1886-1950, Imagist poet and essayist)
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£500 - 600
€580 - 700
US$ 780 - 940
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FORD, FORD MADOX (1873-1939, English novelist, author of 'The Good Soldier')
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FORSTER, EDWARD MORGAN (1879-1970, novelist and essayist)
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£450 - 550
€530 - 640
US$ 700 - 860
FROST, ROBERT (1874-1963, American poet)
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FROST, ROBERT (1874-1963, American poet)
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GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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£600 - 800
€700 - 930
US$ 940 - 1,200
GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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£600 - 800
€700 - 930
US$ 940 - 1,200
GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933, novelist and playwright, O.M.)
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GENLIS, STÉPHANIE-FÉLICITÉ, Madame de (1746-1830, French writer)
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GIDE, ANDRÉ (1869-1951, French novelist, critic, diarist, playwright and traveller)
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GIDE, ANDRÉ (1869-1951, French novelist, critic, diarist, playwright and traveller)
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GISSING, GEORGE (1857-1903, novelist)
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GISSING, GEORGE (1857-1903, novelist)
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£2,000 - 2,500
€2,300 - 2,900
US$ 3,100 - 3,900
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GISSING, GEORGE (1857-1903, novelist) and WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946, novelist and writer)
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£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,100 - 4,700
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GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG von (1749-1832, German poet)
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GOGARTY, OLIVER ST. JOHN (1878-1957, Irish writer)
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GOGARTY, OLIVER ST. JOHN (1878-1957, Irish writer)
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GOLDING, Sir WILLIAM (1911-1993, novelist)
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GOLDING, Sir WILLIAM (1911-1993, novelist)
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GOLDING, Sir WILLIAM (1911-1993, novelist)
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GOLDING, Sir WILLIAM (1911-1993, novelist)
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GRAVES, ROBERT (1895-1985, writer and poet)
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GRAVES, ROBERT (1895-1985, writer and poet)
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GRAVES, ROBERT (1895-1985, poet and writer)
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GRAVES, ROBERT (1895-1985, poet and writer)
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GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861, Scottish poet)
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£350 - 450
€410 - 530
US$ 550 - 700
HAGGARD, Sir HENRY RIDER (1856-1925, novelist)
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HAGGARD, Sir HENRY RIDER (1856-1925, novelist)
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£300 - 400
€350 - 470
US$ 470 - 620
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