Printed Books and Maps

Auction 19844

Oxford

25 Sep 2012, starting at 10:30 BST.

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Auction highlights

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

BINDINGS - MALORY (THOMAS) [Le Morte D'Arthur], 2 vol. 1904

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

BALLET CHALON (A.E.) La Sylphide. Souvenir d'adieu de Marie Talioni, 1845

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

NEWTON (ISAAC) Opticks...Second Edition, with Additions, 1718

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

KIRCHER (ATHENASIUS) China monumentis, 1667

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592	CHURCHILL FAMILY ALBUM, including TWO OTHERWISE UNKNOWN IMAGES OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AT EIGHTEEN [1892-1893]	£499 US$ 755 €584
593	CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1900; and a large quantity of others	£687 US$ 1,038 €803
594	CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Autograph album signed by Churchill and others	£312 US$ 471 €365
595	CHURCHILL (WINSTON SPENCER) Ian Hamilton's March, 1900; and a large quantity of others (large quantity)	£812 US$ 1,227 €949
596	CUALA PRESS YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER) and F.R. HIGGINS, editors. Broadsides. A Collection of Old and New Songs, 1935--O'CONNOR (FRANK) A Lament for Art O'Leary, ONE OF 130 COPIES, 1940 (2)	£1,749 US$ 2,642 €2,045
597	CUALA PRESS YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER) Dramatis Personae, ONE OF 400 COPIES, 1935; and 8 others, also Cuala Press (some as Dun Emer Press) (9)	£437 US$ 660 €511
598	DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) "Lewis Carroll" Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There	£312 US$ 471 €365
599	DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1893	£74 US$ 113 €87
601	DOYLE (RICHARD) ALLINGHAM (WILLIAM) In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World	£999 US$ 1,510 €1,168
603	DULAC (EDMUND) POE (EDGAR ALLAN) The Bells and Other Poems, NUMBER 471 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, 1912	£162 US$ 245 €189
604	EL LISSITZKY] - SAUTIN (IVAN V.) and IVAN P. IVANITSKY, editors. U.S.S.R. An Album Illustrating the State Organization and National Economy of the U.S.S.R., 1939	£1,062 US$ 1,604 €1,241
605	FLEMING (IAN) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963	£74 US$ 113 €87
606	GLENDINNING (VICTORIA) Vita. the Life of V. Sackville-West, 1983; and others (large quantity)	£249 US$ 377 €292
607	GOBLE (WARWICK) BASILE (GIAMBATTISTA) Stories from the Pentamerone, EDITION DE LUXE, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, 1911	£374 US$ 566 €438
608	GOBLE (WARWICK) JAMES (GRACE) Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1910--BEHARI DAY (LAL) Folk-Tales of Bengal, 1912 (2)	£499 US$ 755 €584
609	GOBLE (WARWICK) KINGSLEY (CHARLES) The Water-Babies, ONE OF 260 COPIES, EDITION DE LUXE, 1909	£499 US$ 755 €584
610	GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS KEATS (JOHN) Endymion, NUMBER 278 OF 500 COPIES, 1943-1947; and 7 others, also Golden Cockerel Press (8)	£524 US$ 792 €613
611	GRAVES (ROBERT) T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer, Robert Graves, with letter, 1938; and another (2)	£437 US$ 660 €511
612	GREGYNOG PRESS HABERLY (LOYD) Anne Boleyn and Other Poems, NUMBER 184 OF 300 COPIES, 1934--THOMAS (HENRY, translator) The Star of Seville: A Drama in Three Acts and in Verse Attributed to Lope de Vega, NUMBER 119 OF 175, 1935--BLUNT (ANNE) and WILFRID SCANWEN BLUNT. The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, NUMBER 141 OF 275 COPIES, 1930 (3)	£437 US$ 660 €511
613	HARDY (THOMAS) Jude the Obscure, 1896; and 4 others (5)	£374 US$ 566 €438
614	HARRIS (JOEL CHANDLER) Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings. The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1881	£937 US$ 1,415 €1,095
615	JONES (DAVID). ISAACS (J., editor) The Chester Play of the Deluge, NUMBER 251 OF 275 COPIES, 1927	£524 US$ 792 €613
616	JUVENILIA The History of Little Fanny. Exemplified in a Series of Pictures	£62 US$ 94 €73
617	KELMSCOTT PRESS CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works, NUMBER 205 OF 1000 COPIES, 2002	£599 US$ 906 €701
618	KELMSCOTT PRESS MORRIS (WILLIAM) Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, 1895	£187 US$ 283 €219
619	KELMSCOTT PRESS MORRIS (WILLIAM) A Note... On His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, 1898; and another (2)	£624 US$ 943 €730
620	KELMSCOTT PRESS MORRIS (WILLIAM) Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES, 1893	£249 US$ 377 €292
621	KELMSCOTT PRESS MORRIS (WILLIAM) Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, 1895	£499 US$ 755 €584
622	KELMSCOTT PRESS TENNYSON (ALFRED) Maud, a Monodrama, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1893	£874 US$ 1,321 €1,022
623	KELMSCOTT PRESS The Romance of Sir Degrevant [Sire Degravaunt], LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, 1896	£499 US$ 755 €584
624	KELMSCOTT PRESS The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane, LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, 1893	£999 US$ 1,510 €1,168
625	KIPLING (RUDYARD) Just So Stories, 1902; and 5 others, also Kipling (6)	£249 US$ 377 €292
626	KIPLING (RUDYARD) The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book, FIRST EDITIONS, 1894-1895	£1,374 US$ 2,076 €1,606
627	LEAR (EDWARD) A Book of Nonsense, sixth edition, [1862]	£74 US$ 113 €87
628	LEIGHTON (CLARE) Woodcuts. Examples of the Work of Clare Leighton. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc, NUMBER 34 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 1930; The Farmer's Year, a Calendar of English Husbandry, 1933 (2)	£749 US$ 1,132 €876
629	MILNE (ALAN ALEXANDER) Winnie the Pooh, 1926; When We Were Very Young, sixth edition, 1924; Now We are Six, 1927 (3)	£499 US$ 755 €584
631	MORRIS (WILLIAM) The Collected Works, 24 vol., 1910-1915	£474 US$ 717 €555
632	MORRIS (WILLIAM) The Well at the World's End. A Tale, 2 vol., fine binding, 1896	£349 US$ 528 €409
633	MOVEABLE BOOKS. WEEDON (L.L.) Pretty Pictures; and others (9)	£562 US$ 849 €657
634	NICHOLSON (WILLIAM) Twelve Portraits, 1899	£749 US$ 1,132 €876
635	NICHOLSON (WILLIAM) WAUGH (ARTHUR) The Square Book of Animals	£562 US$ 849 €657
638	PEAKE (MERVYN) Titus Groan, 1946; Gormenghast, 1950; Titus Alone, 1959, FIRST EDITIONS	£174 US$ 264 €204
639	POGANY (WILLY) WAGNER (RICHARD) Tannhauser, 1911	£162 US$ 245 €189
640	POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, FIRST EDITION, 1908	£474 US$ 717 €555
641	POTTER (BEATRIX) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, [1922]	£1,874 US$ 2,831 €2,191
642	POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tailor of Gloucester. A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript and Illustrations, 1968; and a quantity of others on Beatrix Potter	£112 US$ 169 €131
643	POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnnies, FIRST EDITION, 1909; and 22 others	£249 US$ 377 €292
644	POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first published edition, first issue, [1902]	£1,187 US$ 1,793 €1,387
645	POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, FIRST EDITION, 1911	£249 US$ 377 €292
647	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) BARRIE (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, 1906	£437 US$ 660 €511
648	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) BIANCO (MARGERY WILLIAMS) Poor Cecco, 1925--BROWN (ABBIE FARWELL) The Lonesomest Doll, 1928--SWINBURNE (ALGERNON CHARLES) The Springtide of Life, 1918--EVANS (C.S.) The Sleeping Beauty, 1920 (4)	£312 US$ 471 €365
649	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) Book of Pictures, NUMBER 765 OF 1030 COPIES, 1916	£349 US$ 528 €409
650	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) DICKENS (CHARLES) A Christmas Carol, 1915	£274 US$ 415 €321
651	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) GOLDSMITH (OLIVER) The Vicar of Wakefield, NUMBER 490 OF 775 COPIES, 1929	£374 US$ 566 €438
652	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) GOSSE (EDMUND) The Allies' Fairy Book, NUMBER 394 OF 525 COPIES, [1916]	£374 US$ 566 €438
653	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) IRVING (WASHINGTON) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1928	£474 US$ 717 €555
654	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) LA MOTTE-FOQUE (FRIEDRICH H.C. DE) Undine, NUMBER 566 OF 1000 COPIES, 1909	£349 US$ 528 €409
655	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) LYTTELTEN (R.H.) Outdoor Games: Cricket and Golf, NUMBER 8 OF 150 COPIES, 1901	£349 US$ 528 €409
656	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) Little Brother and Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, NUMBER 159 OF 525 COPIES, 1917	£749 US$ 1,132 €876
657	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) Mother Goose, NUMBER 391 OF 1130 COPIES, 1909	£599 US$ 906 €701
658	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) PHILLPOTS (EDEN) A Dish of Apples, NUMBER 246 OF 575 COPIES, 1921	£399 US$ 604 €467
659	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) RUSKIN (JOHN) The King of the Golden River, 4 colour plates by Rackham, publisher's wrappers; and a quantity of others	£1,124 US$ 1,699 €1,314
660	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) A Midsummer Night's Dream, NUMBER 259 OF 1000 COPIES, 1908--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Tempest, 1926--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Tempest, 1909 (3)	£687 US$ 1,038 €803
661	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) A Midsummer Night's Dream, [1929]; and another (2)	£174 US$ 264 €204
662	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) SWIFT (JONATHAN) Gulliver's Travels, NUMBER 76 OF 750 COPIES, 1909	£687 US$ 1,038 €803
663	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) The Ingoldsby Legends, 1907, and 4 others also illustrated by Rackham (5)	£562 US$ 849 €657
664	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) WAGNER (RICHARD) Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911; and 4 others, also illustrated by Rackham (5)	£624 US$ 943 €730
665	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) WAGNER (RICHARD) The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie, 1910; and 3 others, also illustrated by Rackham (4)	£524 US$ 792 €613
666	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) WALTON (IZAAK) The Compleat Angler, 1931--RUSKIN (JOHN) The King of the Golden River, 1932--LA MOTTE-FOQUE (FRIEDRICH H.C. DE) Undine, 1909--IBSEN (HENRIK) Peer Gynt, 1936 (4)	£499 US$ 755 €584
667	RACKHAM (ARTHUR) [CHILD (FRANCIS JAMES)] Some British Ballads, 1919; and 3 others, also illustrated by Rackham (4)	£374 US$ 566 €438
668	RACKHAM (ARTHUR). [BARHAM (RICHARD HARRIS)] The Ingoldsby Legends, NUMBER 58 OF 560 COPIES, 1907	£474 US$ 717 €555
669	RACKHAM (ARTHUR, Circle of) "Stop Thief!"	£1,624 US$ 2,454 €1,899
672	SASSOON (SIEGFRIED) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, publisher's cloth, Faber, 1930--LAWRENCE (D.H.) Last Poems, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES,1928; and others (18)	£999 US$ 1,510 €1,168
673	SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS HABERLY (LOYD) Mediaeval English Pavingtiles, LIMITED TO 425 COPIES, 1937	£199 US$ 302 €233
674	SIGNED BOOKS PRIESTLEY (J.B.) Angel Pavement, 1930--ALDINGTON (RICHARD) Last Straws, Paris; and others (quantity)	£74 US$ 113 €87
675	STEPHEN (ADRIAN) The "Dreadnought" Hoax, 1936; and a quantity of others, including books illustrated with engravings	£312 US$ 471 €365
676	STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) A Child's Garden of Verses, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Longmans, 1885	£749 US$ 1,132 €876
677	SYMONDS (JOHN ADDINGTON) A Problem in Greek Ethics. Being an Inquiry into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion, NUMBER 20 OF 100 COPIES, 1901	£624 US$ 943 €730
679	VERNE (JULES) , 1898 An Antarctic Mystery, 1898	£349 US$ 528 €409
680	WELLS (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, 1901	£62 US$ 94 €73
681	WELLS (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, 1898; and others by Wells (31)	£187 US$ 283 €219
682	WHITE (T.H.) The Sword in the Stone, 1938; The Witch in the Wood, 1940; The Ill-Made Knight, 1941, FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS (3)	£1,749 US$ 2,642 €2,045
683	WILDE (OSCAR) Salome. Drame en un acte, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, 1893	£437 US$ 660 €511
684	WILDE (OSCAR) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, 1912; and others (14)	£312 US$ 471 €365
685	WILDE (OSCAR) The Importance of Being Earnest, 1899; and 3 others, wilde (4)	£312 US$ 471 €365
687	YEATS (W.B.) The Green Helmet and Other Poems, LIMITED TO 400 COPIES, 1910; and large quantity of poetry (quantity - 3 boxes)	£249 US$ 377 €292
688	YEATS (W.B.) Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, 1932; and 2 others by Yeats (3)	£74 US$ 113 €87