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Session: Modern Literature, Children's & Illustrated

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27 Nov 2012, session starting at 10:30 GMT
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Mint, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF ONLY 50 COPIES, A.W. LAWRENCE AND EDWARD ELIOT'S COPY, 1936
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Mint, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF ONLY 50 COPIES, A.W. LAWRENCE AND EDWARD ELIOT'S ...
ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, 1997
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ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, 1997
OFFICINA BODONI AESOP The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco, 2 vol. [including Caxton's translation], NUMBER 146 OF 160 COPIES
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OFFICINA BODONI AESOP The Fables... Printed From the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by ...
LAWRENCE (T.E.) An Essay on Flecker, NUMBER 20 OF 30 COPIES, Corvinus Press, 1937
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) An Essay on Flecker, NUMBER 20 OF 30 COPIES, Corvinus Press, 1937

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AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESS BLAKE (WILLIAM) Songs of Innocence, 1904--DANTE ALIGHIERI. The New Life, 1896--LANG (ANDREW) Aucassin & Nicolete, 1901--PATER (WALTER) Gaston De Latour, 1907--MACLEOD (FIONA) ...
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AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESS POUND (EZRA) Forked Branches, wood-engraved frontispiece by Dellas Henke, Iowa, Windhover Press; and others, american presses (c.35)
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ASHENDENE PRESS HORATIUS FLACCUS (QUINTUS) Carmina Alcaica, ONE OF 150 COPIES ON PAPER, 1903
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BARRIE (J.M.) The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie, 8 vol.
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BARRIE (J.M.) The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie, 8 vol.
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BAWDEN (EDWARD) FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) Salammbo, 1960; and 2 others, Lmtd editions Club (3)
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BEARDSLEY (AUBREY) HOFMANNSTHAL (HUGO VON) Das kleine Welttheater oder Die Glücklichen, NUMBER 414 OF 800 COPIES, 1903
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BEARDSLEY (AUBREY) SYMONS (ARTHUR, editor) The Savoy: an Illustrated Quarterly, numbers 1-4 (of 8), 1896
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BEARDSLEY (AUBREY) SYMONS (ARTHUR, editor) The Savoy: an Illustrated Quarterly, numbers 1-4 (of 8), 1896
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BLUNDEN (EDMUND C.) Poems Translated from the French (July, 1913-January, 1914), FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 100 COPIES], 1914
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BLUNDEN (EDMUND C.) Poems Translated from the French (July, 1913-January, 1914), FIRST EDITION, [LIMITED TO 100 COPIES], 1914
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BODONI PRESS BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI) The Nymphs of Fiesole, NUMBER 118 OF 225 COPIES, 1952; and others (9)
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BRIDGES (ROBERT) The Tapestry. Poems, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, 1925
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BRIDGES (ROBERT) The Growth of Love. A Poem in Twenty-Four Sonnets, 1884; and 8 others by Bridges, many inscribed (9)
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BROOKE (RUPERT) Poems, FIRST EDITION, 1911
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CAREY (ROSA NOUCHETTE) Lover or Friend?, 3 vol., 1890; and others (small quantity)
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CHANDLER (RAYMOND) The Long Good-Bye, [1953]; and another (2)
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CHANDLER (RAYMOND) The Long Good-Bye, [1953]; and another (2)
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US$ 160 - 230
€120 - 180
CHESTERTON (GILBERT K.) Greybeards at Play. Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen. Rhymes and Sketches, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, 1900
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CHESTERTON (GILBERT K.) Greybeards at Play. Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen. Rhymes and Sketches, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, 1900
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CHUBB (RALPH N.) Songs Pastoral and Paradisal, NUMBER 36 OF ONE HUNDRED COPIES
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CHUBB (RALPH N.) Songs Pastoral and Paradisal, NUMBER 36 OF ONE HUNDRED COPIES
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CHURCHILL (WINSTON SPENCER) GILBERT (MARTIN) Winston S. Churchill, 8 vol., 1966-1968; and others (12)
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CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.) Ian Hamilton's March, FIRST EDITION, 1900; and 2 others, one by Churchill, one by Hackett (3)
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CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.) Ian Hamilton's March, FIRST EDITION, 1900; and 2 others, one by Churchill, one by Hackett (3)
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£150 - 300
US$ 230 - 470
€180 - 350
CLAVE (ANTONI) RABELAIS (FRANCOIS) Gargantua, ONE OF 220 COPIES sur grand vélin d'Arches, this copy one of 20 reserved for collaborators in the production
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CLAVE (ANTONI) RABELAIS (FRANCOIS) Gargantua, ONE OF 220 COPIES sur grand vélin d'Arches, this copy one of 20 reserved for collaborators in the production, 1955
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COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) Poems... Second Edition. To Which Are Now Added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, 1797
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COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) Poems... Second Edition. To Which Are Now Added Poems by Charles Lamb, and Charles Lloyd, 1797
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DOVES PRESS MACKAIL (JOHN WILLIAM) William Morris. An Address Delivered the XIIth November MDCCCC at Kelmscott House, 1901; and 4 others, Doves press (5)
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DOYLE (CONAN) The Hound of the Baskervilles, George Newnes, 1902
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DOYLE (CONAN) The Hound of the Baskervilles, George Newnes, 1902
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DULAC (EDMUND) POE (EDGER ALLAN) The Bells, NUMBER 84 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, [1912]
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DULAC (EDMUND) POE (EDGER ALLAN) The Bells, NUMBER 84 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, [1912]
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ELIOT (T.S.) Ash Wednesday, NUMBER 62 OF 600 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1930; and 4 others by Eliot (5)
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ELIOT (T.S.) Ash Wednesday, NUMBER 62 OF 600 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1930; and 4 others by Eliot (5)
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ELIOT (T.S.) JONES (DAVID) In Parenthesis, NUMBER 68 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND T.S. ELIOT, 1961
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ELIOT (T.S.) JONES (DAVID) In Parenthesis, NUMBER 68 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND T.S. ELIOT, 1961
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ERNST (MAX) Écritures, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Paris, Gallimard, [1970]
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ERNST (MAX) Écritures, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Paris, Gallimard, [1970]
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ESSEX HOUSE PRESS BUNYAN (JOHN) The Pilgrim's Progress, NUMBER 326 OF 750 COPIES
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FLECKER (JAMES ELROY) Thiry Six Poems, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed "a gift from the author to his dear old friend & school fellow Gordon Luce, ...
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FLEMING (IAN) The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966, FIRST EDITIONS; and another, also by Fleming (4)
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FLEMING (IAN) The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966, FIRST EDITIONS; and another, ...
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FLINT (WILLIAM RUSSELL) KINGSLEY (CHARLES) The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, NUMBER 450 OF 500 COPIES, 1912--LONG (GEORGE) The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, NUMBER 147 OF 500 COPIES, 1909; and another, also illustrated by Flint (3)
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FLINT (WILLIAM RUSSELL) KINGSLEY (CHARLES) The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, NUMBER 450 OF 500 COPIES, 1912--LONG (GEORGE) The Thoughts of the ...
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS BREBEUF (JEAN DE) The Travels & Sufferings of Father Jean de Brebeuf among the Hurons of Canada, NUMBER 71 OF 300 COPIES, ...
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS MEEK (CHARLES) The Will to Function. A Philosophical Study, NUMBER 252 OF 300 COPIES, 1929; and 5 others, Golden Cockerel (9)
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GOLDING (WILLIAM) Lord of the Flies, 1954
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GOLDING (WILLIAM) Lord of the Flies, 1954
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US$ 620 - 940
€470 - 700
GOODEN (STEPHEN) DODGSON (CAMPBELL) An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden, NUMBER 93 OF 160 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL PROOF FRONTISPIECE SIGNED BY GOODEN, 1944
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GOODEN (STEPHEN) DODGSON (CAMPBELL) An Iconography of the Engravings of Stephen Gooden, NUMBER 93 OF 160 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL PROOF FRONTISPIECE SIGNED ...
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GOODEN (STEPHEN) MOORE (GEORGE) The Brook Kerith, NUMBER 62 OF 375 COPIES, 1929; and 2 others illustrated by Gooden (3)
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GRAVES (ROBERT) Mock Beggar Hall, 1924; and 4 others (5)
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GRAVES (ROBERT) Mock Beggar Hall, 1924; and 4 others (5)
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GRAVES (ROBERT) Over the Brazier, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, 1916
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GRAVES (ROBERT) Over the Brazier, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, 1916
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GREGYNOG PRESS BLUNT (ANNE, Lady) The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, NUMBER 10 OF 25 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES
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GREGYNOG PRESS BLUNT (ANNE, Lady) The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, NUMBER 10 OF 25 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES
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JAPANESE CRÉPE BOOKS JAMES (T.H.) The Cub's Triumph, [1886]; and others (4)
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JAPANESE CRÉPE BOOKS JAMES (T.H.) The Cub's Triumph, [1886]; and others (4)
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KELMSCOTT PRESS MORE (THOMAS) Utopia, ONE OF 300 COPIES, 1893
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KELMSCOTT PRESS MORE (THOMAS) Utopia, ONE OF 300 COPIES, 1893
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KIPLING (RUDYARD) Songs of the Sea From Rudyard Kipling's Verse, ONE OF 500 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER, 1927; and others (small quantity)
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LARKIN (PHILIP) The North Ship, 1966
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LARKIN (PHILIP) The North Ship, 1966
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LAWRENCE (T.E) Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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LAWRENCE (T.E) Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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US$ 470 - 620
€350 - 470
LAWRENCE (T.E.) An Essay on Flecker, NUMBER 20 OF 30 COPIES, Corvinus Press, 1937
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) An Essay on Flecker, NUMBER 20 OF 30 COPIES, Corvinus Press, 1937
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) Crusader Castles, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) Crusader Castles, 2 vol., LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Mint, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF ONLY 50 COPIES, A.W. LAWRENCE AND EDWARD ELIOT'S COPY, 1936
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Mint, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 10 OF ONLY 50 COPIES, A.W. LAWRENCE AND EDWARD ELIOT'S COPY, 1936
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Diary of T.E. Lawrence 1911, NUMBER 167 OF 130 COPIES
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) The Diary of T.E. Lawrence 1911, NUMBER 167 OF 130 COPIES
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MACDIARMID (HUGH) Complete Poems 1920-1976, 2 vol., SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1978
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MACDIARMID (HUGH) Complete Poems 1920-1976, 2 vol., SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 1978
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MATRIX Matrix. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles, vol. 17, 20, 21, 24, and 27, LIMITED TO 800 COPIES
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MOORE (HENRY) SITWELL (SACHEVERELL) Valse des fleurs. A Day in St. Petersburg and a Ball at the Winter Palace in 1868, NUMBER XXXVIII OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY HENRY MOORE AND THE AUTHOR, AND SPECIALLY BOUND
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MOORE (HENRY) SITWELL (SACHEVERELL) Valse des fleurs. A Day in St. Petersburg and a Ball at the Winter Palace in 1868, NUMBER XXXVIII OF 60 ...
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