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MARX (KARL) Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie... Erster Band, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHANN GEORG ECCARIUS, Hamburg, Otto Meissner, 1867MARX (KARL) Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie... Erster Band, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHANN GEORG ECCARIUS, Hamburg, Otto Meissner, 1867. Sold for £218,500 inc. premium
NEWTON (ISAAC) Autograph manuscript, in English, headed "The Question stated about abstaining from blood", complete in itself and comprising two drafts (each ending "Quaere, Whether the law be still in force?") towards a passage in his last work, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, with extensive autograph revisions, deletions and insertions, [c. 1719]NEWTON (ISAAC) Autograph manuscript, in English, headed "The Question stated about abstaining from blood", complete in itself and comprising two drafts (each ending "Quaere, Whether the law be still in force?") towards a passage in his last work, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, with extensive autograph revisions, deletions and insertions, [c. 1719]. Sold for £58,750 inc. premium
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) Kate Keown [No. 5 Of Series of Twelve Lifesized Heads], [1866]CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) Kate Keown [No. 5 Of Series of Twelve Lifesized Heads], [1866]. Sold for £36,250 inc. premium
WAUGH (EVELYN) Series of forty-two autograph letters and cards signed ("Evelyn Waugh", "Evelyn", "E.W." and "E"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony") and wife Lady Violet; London, Piers Court, Combe Florey and elsewhere, 1927-1964WAUGH (EVELYN) Series of forty-two autograph letters and cards signed ("Evelyn Waugh", "Evelyn", "E.W." and "E"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony") and wife Lady Violet; London, Piers Court, Combe Florey and elsewhere, 1927-1964. Sold for £27,500 inc. premium
NIELSEN (KAY) 'Prince Bismarck discovering the soldier', from "In Powder and Crinoline", 1913NIELSEN (KAY) 'Prince Bismarck discovering the soldier', from "In Powder and Crinoline", 1913. Sold for £18,750 inc. premium
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, use of Sarum, Holland (perhaps Utrecht) third quarter of the fifteenth century.ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, use of Sarum, Holland (perhaps Utrecht) third quarter of the fifteenth century.. Sold for £16,250 inc. premium
SEUTTER (MATTHAUS) and others [Composite atlas], Augsburg, the Author, [c.1740]SEUTTER (MATTHAUS) and others [Composite atlas], Augsburg, the Author, [c.1740]. Sold for £9,375 inc. premium
GREAT BRITAIN - HEPTARCHY AND MIDDLESEX SPEED (JOHN) Britain as it was devided in the Tyme of the Englishe Saxons Especially their Heptarchy, [George Humble, 1627, or later] (2)GREAT BRITAIN - HEPTARCHY AND MIDDLESEX SPEED (JOHN) Britain as it was devided in the Tyme of the Englishe Saxons Especially their Heptarchy, [George Humble, 1627, or later] (2). Sold for £1,750 inc. premium

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BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) Two typed letters signed ("Benjamin Britten"), to the novelist Anthony Powell, the first agreeing "to read your next novel in proof, and make any suggestions about musical matters"; the second making those suggestions, The Red House, Aldeburgh, 2 January 1959 and 19 March 1960
ELIOT (T.S.) Five typed letters signed ("T.S. Eliot"). to Lady Violet Powell ("Dear Violet") and her husband, the novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony"), about mutual friends, social engagements and the reception of honours, 24 Russell Square, 1945-1956
FITZGERALD (F. SCOTT) Typed letter signed ("F Scott Fitzgerald"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Powell"), parodying English and American manners and tweaking him on the status of his wife, Lady Violet, daughter of the Earl of Longford, MGM studios, Culver City, California, 22 July 1937
GREEN (HENRY) Series of twelve autograph letters signed ("Henry"), plus two typed letters, to his fellow novelist and schoolmate Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony"), three referring to his novel Living, others talking about work and mutual friends, Birmingham, London and New Orleans, nine letters 1927-29, three 1934-41, the last two 1952
GREENE (GRAHAM) Series of sixteen letters signed ("Graham"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony"), the majority written in Greene's capacity as director of fiction at Eyre & Spottiswode, London and France, 1940-1986
JONES (DAVID) Autograph letter signed ("David Jones"), to his fellow Welshman Anthony Powell ("Dear Mr Powell"), discussing, at considerable length, genealogical researches and the ancient history of Wales in general, Northwick Park Road, Harrow, 10-11 July 1967
LARKIN (PHILIP) Series of seventeen autograph and typed letters, cards and notes signed to the novelist Anthony Powell (progressing from "Dear Mr Powell" to "Dear Anthony"), on various subjects including their own works, poetry, Waugh's diaries, cricket, mutual friends and gossip, Hull and elsewhere, 1958-1985
MANNING (OLIVIA) Series of twenty-eight autograph and typed letters signed ("Olivia"), to her fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Tony dear"), largely about their respective books, London and elsewhere, 1956-1976
MITFORD (NANCY) Series of eighteen autograph letters signed ("Nancy"), to her fellow novelist Anthony Powell and his wife Violet, the first letter thanking Powell for his kind remarks about Love in a Cold Climate, others speaking of mutual friends such as Evelyn Waugh,ʻI MIND PASSIONATELY ABOUT EVELYN I SEE THAT HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE MOST LOVED IN MY LIFE', Paris and elsewhere, 1949-1972
NAIPAUL (V.S.) Series of twenty autograph and typed letters ("Vidia"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell and his wife Violet, a warmly affectionate series acknowledging the support given him by Powell over the years, Trinidad, Malaysia, Wiltshire and elsewhere, 1958-1992
WAUGH (EVELYN) Series of forty-two autograph letters and cards signed ("Evelyn Waugh", "Evelyn", "E.W." and "E"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Tony") and wife Lady Violet; London, Piers Court, Combe Florey and elsewhere, 1927-1964,ʻI HOPE THE NOVEL WILL BE FINISHED IN A WEEK. I WILL SEND IT TO YOU AS SOON AS IT IS TYPED & THEN WANT TO REVISE IT VERY THOROUGHLY' – THE LETTERS OF EVELYN WAUGH TO ANTHONY POWELL.
WAUGH (EVELYN, Mrs) Series of fifty-one autograph and typed letters by Evelyn Gardner, Waugh's first wife, to Anthony Powell, a series providing a counter-balance to a story more often told from her first husband's point of view, Dorset, Tunbridge, Tirol, Ticehurst and elsewhere, 1928-c.1975
WODEHOUSE (P.G.) Typed letter signed ("P.G. Wodehouse"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Mr Powell"), thanking him for his book parcel received via his step-grandson Edward Cazalet, thanking him for What's Become of Waring and speaking of his admiration for Powell, his own insecurities about writing and their mutual love of cats, Remsenburg, Long Island, 16 November 1967
WODEHOUSE (P.G.) Typed letter signed ("P.G. Wodehouse"), to his fellow novelist Anthony Powell ("Dear Anthony Powell"), thanking him for sending three inscribed books and expressing his admiration, Remsenburg, Long Island, 24 January 1973
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