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Whistler (Rex) - A Couple in a Four-Poster Bed, the awakened woman alarmed by small figures in 18th century costume, original 1 drawing in pen, ink and watercolour, inscribed on verso "Picture painted by Rex J.Whistler. Student at the Sanatorium, Haileybury College, 1921. Given to Sister R.M.Ja ...[more]
Selections…[and] Second Selections from Modern Poets, 2 vol (J.C., editor) Selections [and] Second Selections from Modern Poets, 2 2 vol., later impressions, both inscribed to Ronald Fuller "Ronald from Rex Whistler Christmas 1926" on front free endpaper, 1926 § Berger ...[more]
Swettenham (Frank) - Arabella in Africa, first edition, first issue with map in pocket at end, 21 plates by Rex Whistler and Mary Forster- 3 Knight (14 by Whistler) and 19 head- & tail-pieces by Whistler, one hand-coloured, folding map in pocket, advertisement leaf at end, front free endpape ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - `Fascisti!`, original drawing in pen, ink and watercolour, signed in ink lower left corner, also titled and signed on mount 4 "Rex.J.Whistler pinx.t AD1925" in ink, c.255 x 165mm., a few small spots to sky area, framed and glazed, [Not in Whistler & Fuller], 1925. ...[more]
Olivier (Edith).- de Charriere (Isabelle) - Four Tales by Zelide, translated by S.M.S., presentation copy from Rex Whistler to Edith Olivier 5 with charming pen and ink drawing on front free endpaper resembling a bookplate and comprising inscription within cartouche ornamented with cupid above a ...[more]
] Mildred, number 70 of 112 copies , tipped-in frontispiece portrait by... (Edith, editor )] Mildred , number 70 of 112 copies , tipped-in 6 frontispiece portrait by Stephen Tennant, vignettes by Rex Whistler, with A.L.s. from the editor presenting the book loosely inserted, " You I k ...[more]
] Mildred, number 73 of 112 copies , tipped-in frontispiece portrait by... (Edith, editor )] Mildred , number 73 of 112 copies , tipped-in 7 frontispiece portrait by Stephen Tennant, vignettes by Rex Whistler, original grey-green patterned-paper boards with small blue flowers, printed label o ...[more]
] Mildred, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 112 (Edith, editor )] Mildred , out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 112 , 8 tipped-in frontispiece portrait by Stephen Tennant, vignettes by Rex Whistler, original patterned paste-paper boards of red and white trellis with flo ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- Belsham (W.) - Memoirs of the Reign of George III, to the Session of Parliament ending A.D. 1793, 4 vol., third edition , 9 Rex Whistler`s copy with his bookplate and signature at head of each vol. (another`s crossed out in vol.1) and inscription to him "Rex Whistler for ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- - Poems of To-day: an Anthology, First & Second Series, 2 vol., reprints, Rex Whistler`s copies with his bookplate in 10 sepia inscribed by him at foot "From Edith [Olivier] Christmas 1926", vol.2 with his signature at head of title (cut away in vol.1) and with s ...[more] Whistler (Rex) - 3 original drawings for `A Book of Pensées` by Ronald Hall [unpublished], comprising: `The Man of Destiny`, pen and 11 ink, signed and dated lower right, mounted on board ; `Illustration to Death`s Precipice `, pen and ink with watercolour, signed lower right ; `A Man of Pedigr ...[more]
Sitwell (Sacheverell) - All Summer in a Day: An Autobiographical Fantasia, first edition, inscribed by Stephen Tennant to Rex Whistler 12 "Stephen to Rex with love Jan.1927" with verses by Edna St.Vincent Millay in turquoise ink on front free endpaper and note "Avignon `La Ville Sonna ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - The Tate Gallery, poster, colour lithograph, c.750 x 570mm., text cut away at foot, lightly faded with some browning, a 13 few small scratches, framed and glazed, [Whistler & Fuller 653], London Underground Railways, [1928]. In 1926 Whistler was commissioned to paint the wa ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - Britannia visits the London Museum, poster, colour lithograph, c.750 x 570mm., slight wear to border lower left corner, 14 text cut away at foot, framed and glazed, [Whistler & Fuller 652], London Underground Railways, 1928. Following the success of the Tate Gallery murals ...[more]
Olivier (Edith).- Sackville-West (Vita) - Andrew Marvell, inscribed by Rex Whistler to Edith Olivier "For Edith with love from Rex 1929" 15 with a leafy spray on front free endpaper, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket with price torn away from flap, 1929; another copy, out-of- series ...[more]
Barker (F.D.) - An Angler`s Paradise, 1929 § Massingham (H.J.) The Friend of Shelley: A Memoir of Edward John Trelawny, 1930 § 16 Nichols (Beverley) Down the Garden Path, 1932 § De la Mare (Walter) The Lord Fish, variant binding of original pictorial pink cloth blocked in blue, [1933] § Lockwood (S ...[more]
The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, out-of-series copy from an edition... (Rex, artist ) The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, out-of- 17 series copy from an edition limited to 360 and signed by the artist, this copy for Richard Cobden-Sanderson (the publisher) with pen and ink device of smoking ...[more]
Album of designs, proofs etc. for `The New Forget-Me-Not (Rex, artist ) Album of designs, proofs etc. for `The New Forget-Me-Not. A 18 Calendar`, comprising: pencil sketch for dust-jacket with list of illustrations in ink on verso, c.260 x 210mm .; proof of upper panel and spine of dust-ja ...[more]
The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, number 34 of 360 copies signed by the... (Rex, artist ) The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, 19 number 34 of 360 copies signed by the artist, this copy one of 50 with an additional decoration below his signature, pictorial presentation leaf, 4 colour plates ...[more]
The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, pictorial presentation leaf (Rex, artist ) The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, pictorial presentation 20 leaf, 4 colour plates of the seasons and black & white illustrations by Rex Whistler, this copy with presentation leaf completed to "Miss Edit ...[more]
Whistler (Laurence) - Children of Hertha & other Poems, number 19 of 20 hand-coloured copies signed by the author and artist , from an 21 edition limited to 300, decorative vignette title, 2 head-pieces, illustration and tail-piece by Rex Whistler, all hand-coloured by the artist , original b ...[more]
Whistler (Laurence) - Children of Hertha & other Poems, number 46 of 300 copies, light spotting to endpapers, original black patterned- 22 paper wrappers with label printed in gold, Oxford, Holywell Press, 1929; Armed October and other poems, original cloth-backed boards, 1932; Four Walls, ...[more]
Whistler (Laurence) - Children of Hertha & other Poems, number 102 of 300 copies, inscribed "Ivor M.Cross Stowe 1930" on front free 23 endpaper, original black patterned-paper wrappers, label printed in gold, spine chipped at head, Oxford, Holywell Press, 1929; The Emperor Heart, sig ...[more] Whistler (Rex) - Design for curtain for "Operatic Pills", scene in C.B.Cochran`s revue `Wake Up and Dream `, original drawing in pencil, 24 pen, ink and watercolour, 2 sheets joined in centre, together c.400 x 630mm., lightly soiled with a few small stains, slight creasing to edge of one ...[more]
Blunden (Edmund) - Leigh Hunt. A Biography, first edition, inscribed by the author to Siegfried Sassoon "Siegfried from Edmund June 25 16, 1930. `This is the weather that Leigh Hunt liked` [referring to Hardy`s poem `Weathers`]" in ink on sheet mounted on front pastedown, plates, origin ...[more]
De la Mare (Walter) - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, number 46 of 650 copies signed by the author and with the illustrations 26 printed from the copper plates (not blocks as in the ordinary edition), engraved additional pictorial title and 2 head- & 2 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, light ...[more]
De la Mare.- Whistler (Rex).- - The 5 original copper plates for `Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe`, for the pictorial title (c.210 x 27 135mm.) and 2 head- & 2 tail-pieces (c.65 x 115mm. & 55 x 115mm.), [Whistler & Fuller 427], 1930; with modern pulls from the 2 tail- pieces and ...[more]
De la Mare (Walter) - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, first edition, additional pictorial title, 2 head- and 2 tail-pieces by Rex 28 Whistler, original blue cloth with gilt decorations by Whistler on upper cover and spine and pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut, slight fading to spine, d ...[more]
De la Mare (Walter) - Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe, first edition, additional pictorial title and 2 head & 2 tail-pieces by Rex 29 Whistler, inscribed to Edith Olivier by the artist "For Edith with love from Rex. May 2nd 1930" within decorative flourish on front free endpaper ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver`s Travels, 3 vol., number II of 10 copies on vellum with an additional suite of plates also on vellum , from an 30 edition limited to 205, title-vignettes, 12 engraved plates, 5 maps, 4 head- and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured under the artist`s ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver`s Travels, 2 vol., number 152 of 195 copies on hand-made paper from an edition limited to 205, title- 31 vignettes, 12 engraved plates, 5 maps, 4 head- and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured by the artist, Eddie Marsh`s copy inscribed in ink by Whi ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver`s Travels, 2 vol., number 36 of 195 copies on hand-made paper from an edition limited to 205, title-vignettes, 32 12 engraved plates, 5 maps, 4 head- and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured under the artist`s supervision, Lady Juliet Duff`s copy wi ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan) - Gulliver`s Travels, 2 vol., number 153 of 195 copies on hand-made paper from an edition limited to 205, title- 33 vignettes, 12 engraved plates, 5 maps, 4 head- and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, very slight offsetting, light spotting to endpapers, with T.L.s. from Dennis Cohen (t ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan).- Whistler (Rex).- - 3 original copper photogravure plates for `Gulliver`s Travels`, comprising: Frontispiece to vol.1 34 (Gulliver and Capt. Pritchard drinking outside an inn), c.235 x 183mm., head-piece to Part III (Gulliver seated surveying a landscape with the island of Laputa ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan).- Whistler (Rex) - Proofs of engravings for `Gulliver`sTravels`, comprising 7 plates (6 hand-coloured), 3 maps and 35 head-piece to Part II, 3 of the plates with extensive marginal annotations by the artist as to colouring in pencil or purple crayon, one tipped to board, the rest ...[more]
Swift (Jonathan).- Whistler (Rex) - Engravings...for Jonathan Swift`s Gulliver`s Travels Reprinted from the Original Plates, Introduction 36 by Anthony Rota, out-of series copy (not for sale) from an edition limited to 100 copies on hand-made paper, this one of 26 unnumbered copies with one of the ...[more] Swift (Jonathan).- Whistler (Rex) - Engravings...for Jonathan Swift`s Gulliver`s Travels Reprinted from the Original Plates, Introduction 37 by Anthony Rota, number 69 of 100 copies on hand-made paper , engraved title-vignette and 25 engraved sheets comprising 12 plates, 5 maps, 4 head- & 4 tai ...[more]
The Traveller`s Companion, A Travel Anthology, first edition (Paul & Millicent, editors ) The Traveller`s Companion, A Travel Anthology, 38 first edition , colour additional pictorial title and 7 black & white plates by Rex Whistler, with illustrated A.L.s. from the artist to Paul ...[more]
The New Keepsake, pictorial presentation leaf and illustrations by Rex... (Rex, artist ) The New Keepsake, pictorial presentation leaf and 39 illustrations by Rex Whistler, this copy with presentation leaf inscribed by the artist to Edith Olivier "Edith with best love and wishes Rex Ch ...[more]
Collection of letters, including 25 Autograph Letters signed (Reginald John [Rex], artist, 1905-44) Collection of letters, including 25 40 Autograph Letters signed, & 6 Autograph Postcards signed (15 envelopes) to Lady (Gladys Mary) Juliet Duff, Bulbridge House, Wilton, near Salisbury & ...[more]
Dane (Clemence) - Broome Stages, signed presentation copy from the author to the artist Rex Whistler from Clemence Dane July 20th 41 on front free endpaper, 1931 § Swettenham (Frank) Arabella in Africa, first edition , second issue, 1925 § Godley (Elizabeth) Green Outside, A.L.s. from th ...[more]
Dane (Clemence) - Broome Stages, 1931 § Simpson (Helen) Boomerang, 1932 § Morton (J.B.) Hag`s Harvest, 1933 § Bell (Neil) 42 Bredon & Sons, 1933 § Ashton (Helen) The Swan of Usk, 1940, first editions , original cloth, all with dust-jackets by Rex Whistler, the last a little rubbed, [Whistler ...[more]
James (Edward) - The Next Volume, number 14 of 25 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper and signed by the author and artist , 43 from an edition limited to 525, this copy for Harry Talbot de Vere Clifton with signed watercolour, pen & ink drawing by Whistler of the recipient`s coat-of-arms ...[more]
James (Edward) - The Next Volume, out-of-series copy on hand-made paper , from an edition limited to 525 copies including 25 on 44 hand-made paper, this copy for Venetia James (the author`s aunt) with signed watercolour, pen & ink drawing by Whistler dated 1933 of a cupid holding a flaming to ...[more]
James (Edward) - The Next Volume, copy on hand-made paper but numbered 524 and not signed , from an edition limited to 525 45 including 25 on hand-made paper, plates and illustrations by Whistler, later blue morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, [Whistler & ...[more]
James (Edward) - The Next Volume, number 96 of 525 copies, signed and inscribed by the author "To A.J.Stockwell with gratitude for 46 the fine job of printing which he and his firm have done for me in `So Far So Glad` from Edward James December 1933" on front free endpaper, plates and illust ...[more]
James (Edward) - The Next Volume, second edition, number CCCVII of 412 copies, plates and illustrations by Whistler, original grey 47 cloth decorated with compass and gilt stars, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket, with price $7 on front flap, slightly soiled, spine a little frayed at head, [Whistler ...[more]
[James (Edward)] - Opus Septimum, one of 30 copies , with note in ink by James "Most of these thirty copies were suppressed" at foot 48 of title, signed and inscribed by the author "For Ivan Zvegintzoff, hoping he will keep this pamphlet for its rarety [sic], inspite of what de ...[more]
Nichols (Beverley) - Down the Garden Path, 1932; A Thatched Roof, 1933; A Village in a Valley, 1924, [The Chronicles of Allways 49 series], together 3 vol., first editions , all with decorative titles, illustrations, endpapers and dust-jackets by Rex Whistler, original cloth, dust-jackets slightly ...[more] Whistler (Rex) - The Age of Walnut 1660-1714, poster for loan exhibition in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital, colour lithograph, c.765 x 50 510mm., lightly creased where previously folded with a few small tears to folds or edges, laid down on thin tissue paper, [Whistler & Fuller 655], Vincen ...[more]
De la Mare (Walter) - The Lord Fish, number 1 of 60 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper signed by the author , pictorial title, 3 51 plates and 7 head-pieces by Rex Whistler, original vellum stained lilac, yapp edges, t.e.g., others uncut, gilt illustration on upper cover, pictorial endpapers ...[more]
Romains (Jules) - Men of Good Will, translated by Warre B.Wells & Gerard Hopkins, vol.1-10 in 8, first English edition , vol.1-9 with 52 pictorial titles by Rex Whistler, original cloth, dust-jackets by Whistler, some light spotting or browning but a good set, Lovat Dickson, 1933-36; and p ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - The Financial News. Map of the Stock Exchange, c.410 x 560mm., central crease where previously folded with with one 53 or two small tears and repairs to fold, some very light marginal soiling, 1933; Prospect of the City of London. Being a Map for the Merchants, Bankers, Brokers &am ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - The Financial News. Prospect of the City of London. Being a Map for the Merchants, Bankers, Brokers & other 54 Venturers trading into that City, colour lithograph, c.445 x 600mm., faint central crease where previously folded, a little faded, framed and glazed, [Whistler & ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- - Clovelly chintz designed by Rex Whistler, c.7 metres of fabric printed in black on white, [Whistler & Fuller 359], 55 produced by W.H.Haynes Ltd. of London, n.d.; with a modern pack of 3 tea towels in the design, in red, green and blue, and a modern reproduction of the High ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- Wedgwood. - A bone china tea service in Clovelly View pattern designed by Rex Whistler, comprising: a teapot with 56 cover, three cups and saucers, four 6 inch side plates, two various 9 1/4 and 9 1/2 inch cake plates, a milk jug and a sugar bowl, all in black on white, gold-rimmed ( ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- Wedgwood. - A Queensware tea service in Clovelly View pattern designed by Rex Whistler, comprising: a Patrician 10 57 3/4 inch plate, the design printed in gold within an embossed rim ; three teapots with covers, the designs in black, red and blue; a teapot stand in red ; two 8 inc ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- - Clovelly wallpaper designed by Rex Whistler, printed in Jouy red on white, c.420 x 520mm., lightly yellowed, some 58 tears and creases at edges, [Whistler & Fuller 359], Cole & Sons Ltd. of London, n.d.; with a modern pack of 3 tea towels in the design, in red, green a ...[more]
Gibbs (Lewis) - Parable for Lovers, first edition , frontispiece and pictorial title by Rex Whistler and printed in blue, inscribed by Whistler 59 to Dame Adelaide Livingstone "To Adelaide with love from Rex Rome 1934" within papal cartouche in pencil with red, blue and green crayon on ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - 2 designs for dust-jacket for `Poems of Ten Years 1924-1934` by Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, pen and 60 sepia ink with wash, design for pictorial title/dust-jacket (used for both) with portrait medallion of the author, c.195 x 130mm., design for spine with statue within a ...[more]
Andersen (Hans Christian) - Fairy Tales and Legends, [one of 200 copies] signed by the artist on half-title , decorative vignette title and 61 illustrations by Rex Whistler, some full-page, original cream buckram elaborately decorated in gilt, pink and cream patterned endpapers, both designed by Whist ...[more]
Andersen (Hans Christian) - Fairy Tales and Legends, uncorrected proof copy, decorative vignette title and illustrations by Rex Whistler, 62 some full-page, manuscript note in ink "Proof copy. Ready early October. cloth bound 7/7 net" on front free endpaper, bookplate of Dr.Richard Klein wi ...[more] Andersen (Hans Christian) - Fairy Tales and Legends, first trade edition, decorative vignette title and illustrations by Rex Whistler, some 63 full-page, all neatly hand-coloured in a fine amateur hand , original green cloth elaborately decorated in white, pink and cream patterned endpapers, bot ...[more]
[Beer-Hofmann (Gabriel)], "G.S.Marlowe". - I am Your Brother, first edition , slight spotting at beginning and end, bookplate of Cornelius 64 Davies, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket by Rex Whistler, a little rubbed and soiled, tear to upper panel with slight loss to foot of spine an ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - 5 designs for an article `Something Floral` by Constance Spry, for Harper`s Bazaar , 5 original drawings on 3 sheets, 65 comprising three girls in evening dress with flowers in hair or on bodice, c.260 x 230mm., floral chaplet dislodged by military partner, c.295 x 250mm., an ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - 5 unidentified original drawings, comprising circular table with ship centrepiece, c.200 x 250mm ., ornamental angel 66 holding a cornucopia of flowers, c.250 x 200mm., a mantelpiece with a Tudor portrait between vase of grapes and flowers, pencil sketch of staircase on verso, ...[more]
Waughburton". Innocence & Design , first edition Waughburton". Innocence & Design , first edition, illustrations by Christopher Sykes, 67 signed and inscribed by Robert Byron "To my great new friend Rex Whistler, Richard Waughburton 5th July 35" in ink above ske ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - Girl with a Red Rose [Portrait of Lady Caroline Paget], colour lithograph, signed by the artist in pencil lower right, c.405 68 x 310mm., framed and glazed, [Whistler & Fuller 120], [1935]. Very rare. "Exhibited at Tooth`s Gallery, Dec. 1935. Reproduced in colour by ...[more]
Agate (James) - Kingdoms for Horses, first edition , title-vignette, 4 plates and 4 head-pieces by Rex Whistler, original cloth, dust-jacket 69 by Whistler, very slightly soiled, small tear to upper edge but still a good copy, [Whistler & Fuller 482], Victor Gollancz, 1936; and an uncorrect ...[more]
Olivier (Edith).- Sitwell (Sacheverell) - Conversation Pieces: A Survey of English Domestic Portraits and their Painters, first edition, 70 inscribed by Rex Whistler to Edith Olivier "For darling Edith with very great love from Rex Christmas 1936" with accompanying small sketch of costumed ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - Design for book-plate for The Book Society, original drawing of an 18th century gentleman reading in his library, pen, 71 ink and wash highlighted in body colour, signed in ink lower centre, c.160 x 115mm., framed and glazed, [Whistler & Fuller 597], [1936]. Exhibited at Re ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - Caricature of Mr Seden Brown, pencil on graph paper, c.200 x 165mm., with drawing of sailors playing lacrosse on 72 verso (lined paper), lightly spotted and soiled, traces of tape at upper edge, n.d. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Du Maurier (Daphne) - Jamaica Inn, later printing, Garden City, [Not in W & F], NY, 1937 § Walpole (Hugh) Four Fantastic Tales, 1932 § 73 Morrison (N.Brysson) The Gowk Storm, 1933 § Cost (March) A Man Named Luke, reprint, 1948; The Dark Glass, signed presentation copy from the author in ...[more]
Whistler (Rex) - The Times Weekly Edition. England in the Seventies. The Life of the Time depicted in the Manner of the Period by an 74 Artist of To-day, colour lithograph, c.420 x 560mm., faint central crease where previously folded and slight rusting where staples removed, framed and glazed, [Whist ...[more]
.- Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience, Zodiac Books No.7, with A.L.s ( Lady Juliet).- Blake (William) Songs of Innocence and 75 Experience , Zodiac Books No.7, with A.L.s. from Rex Whistler to Lady Juliet Duff within elaborate pen and ink rococo border dated January 1940 on front free endp ...[more] Whistler (Rex) - `Keeping Cool at Lympne`, original drawing in watercolour over pencil, titled in pencil at foot, c.245 x 195mm., very 76 slight marginal spotting or soiling, [Not in Whistler & Fuller but cf. nos.176 & 177 for other portraits of the same dated 1930], [?1938]. The subjec ...[more]
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. - State Performance By Command of His Majesty The King in honour of the visit of The President 77 of the French Republic and Madame Lebrun, printed in red and black with some decorations by Rex Whistler, elaborate original pictorial wrappers in the shape of a Baroque ...[more]
Whistler (Rex).- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. - State Performance..., printed in red and black with some decorations by Rex 78 Whistler, elaborate original pictorial wrappers in the shape of a Baroque cartouche with embossed frame and tied with gold cord with tassle by Whistler, lightly spotted a ...[more]
Wiggins Teape Ltd. - Calendar for 1940-1, (April-March), 12 colour plates after paintings by Rex Whistler mounted on thick paper, 79 perforated at head for months to be torn off(short split to perforations), tied to board at head with cord, upper wrapper a little soiled, c.680 x 500mm., [Whistler &a ...[more]
Wiggins Teape & Alex Pirie Ltd. - Calendar for 1940-1, (April-March), 12 colour plates after paintings by Whistler, perforated at head for 80 months to be torn off (short split to perforations), tied to board at head with cord, upper wrapper a little soiled and creased at corners, c.680 x 500mm., ...[more]
Harcourt-Smith (Simon) - The Last of Uptake..., one of 100 copies on handmade paper signed by the author and artist , colour 81 frontispiece and plain illustrations by Rex Whistler, original morocco-backed cloth, transparent wrapper, Batsford, [1942] ; Alberoni or The Spanish Conspiracy, origin ...[more]
editor ) The Masque: A Theatre Notebook, 9 parts, original printed wrappers editor ) The Masque: A Theatre Notebook, 9 parts, original 82 printed wrappers, some by Rex Whistler, the first six with staples slightly rusting, with 2 prospectuses, together in 2 patterned-paper board slip-cases by Whi ...[more]
Whistler (Laurence and Rex) - ¡Oho!, signed by Laurence at both ends , original pictorial boards, spotted, dust-jacket lightly spotted and 83 frayed at edges, 1946 § Aberconway (Christabel, Lady ) The Story of Mr Korah, signed presentation copy from the author to Lady Hailes inscribed on fr ...[more]
Waugh (Evelyn) - Wine in Peace and War, number 68 of 100 copies signed by the author , 2 colour illustrations by Rex Whistler, 84 endpapers lightly spotted, original claret sheep, gilt, a little spotted and rubbed at edges, spine faded, transparent wrapper, [Whistler & Fuller 509 but not list ...[more]
Beaton (Cecil) - Ashcombe: The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease, first edition, inscribed by the author to Lady Juliet Duff "To dearest Juliet, 85 a lovely [?] in Ashcombe`s galaxy of ghosts, with gratitude & affection love from Cecil" in ink on front free endpaper, illustrations, book ...[more]
Georgian Love Songs; Restoration Love Songs; Elizabethan Love Songs (John, editor ) Georgian Love Songs; Restoration Love Songs; 86 Elizabethan Love Songs, together 3 vol., each one of 660 copies, the first two with plates by Rex Whistler, the last with lithographed plates by John Piper and sign ...[more]
.- Hadfield Restoration Love Songs, number 655 of 660 copies ( Lady Juliet).- Hadfield (John, editor ) Restoration Love Songs, number 87 655 of 660 copies, folding colour frontispiece, illustrations and decorations by Rex Whistler, inscribed to Juliet Duff by Duff Cooper "For Juliet wit ...[more]
Rothmans of Pall Mall. - Diamond Jubilee 1890-1950. 60 Years of Fine Blending, 6 colour plates by Rex Whistler, with 5 additional 88 uncoloured proofs (lacking only únny`s First Cigarette`) and 7 additional proofs of other unused drawings including one of gentlemen watching street celebration not ...[more] Whistler (Rex) - The Königsmark Drawings, number 682 of 1000 copies, 10 tipped-in colour plates by Rex Whistler, scarce prospectus 89 loosely inserted, original red cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and spotted, slip-case (rubbed and faded), [Whistler & Fuller 516], Richards Press, 195 ...[more]
McLaren (William).- Shakespeare (William) - The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, 164pp., calligraphic 90 manuscript in brown, purple, blue and black ink with pen, ink and watercolour pictorial title and c.50 illustrations and decorations by William McLaren in the style of ...[more]
Epitaph on Sir Philip Sidney, 8pp., calligraphic manuscript in gold ( Sir Walter) Epitaph on Sir Philip Sidney, 8pp., calligraphic manuscript 91 in gold, black and purple ink with decorative title, head- and tail-piece in pen, ink and watercolour by William McLaren in the style of Rex Whistler ...[more]
McLaren (William).- Nichols (Beverley) - Merry Hall, 1951; Garden Open Today, 1963 § Graham (Andrew) Love for a King, 1959 § 92 Hadfield (Miles) Gardening in Britain, 1960, all but the last with decorative titles and illustrations by William McLaren in the style of Rex Whistler , original cloth or ...[more]
Whistler (Laurence) - The Engraved Glass..., number 181 of 550 copies signed by the author, small stain to colophon, Hitchin, Cupid 93 Press, 1952; Engraved Glass 1952-58, with Christmas card from Paul and Victoria Getty depicting Laurence Whistler`s window engraved for them at Wormsley House loos ...[more]
Briggs (Raymond).- Fisk (Nicholas) - Richthofen the Red Baron, 1968 § Briggs (Raymond) Father Christmas, 1973; Father Christmas 94 Goes on Holiday, 1975; Fungus the Bogeyman, 1977; The Snowman, 1978; When the Wind Blows, signed and inscribed by the author/artist "For Margery Fisher with best wis ...[more]
Dulac (Edmund).- - Lyrics pathetic & humorous from A to Z, first edition, 24 colour plates by Dulac a few worn at fore-edge, pencil 95 inscription to title, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little rubbed at edges, corners rather worn, fading to upper cover at fore-edge, possibly reca ...[more]
Dulac (Edmund).- - Edmund Dulac`s Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the United Nations, number 203 of 350 copies signed by the artist, 15 96 tipped-in colour plates by Dulac, slight darkening towards margins and browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, some soiling to covers ...[more]
Finlay (Virgil) - `Beasts of the Fields` original pen and ink drawing for an unknown early `pulp-fiction` magazine, irregular shape 97 c.200x280mm (8"x11"), n.p ., [c.1940s]. Virgil Finlay (1914-1971) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. Finlay specialized ...[more]
Jones (Harold).- Atkinson (M.E.) - August Adventure, some light spotting, 1936 § Jones (Harold) The Visit to the Farm, [1939]; The 98 Enchanted Night, 1947; Songs from Shakespeare, 1961 § Lewis (Naomi, editor ) The Silent Playmate, 1979, all with illustrations by Harold Jones, some colour, the ...[more]
Potter (Beatrix) - Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes, first edition , first or second printing, full-page colour illustrations, pictorial 99 endpapers, ink stamp to front endpaper verso, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, spine slightly darkened and creased, a little rubbed but ...[more]
Rackham (Arthur).- Poe (Edgar Allan) - Tales of Mystery and Imagination, number 156 of 460 copies signed by the artist, pictorial title, 100 plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 12 colour and mounted with captioned tissue guards, original pictorial parchment, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a very g ...[more]
Robinson (William Heath) - `Hobart`, original watercolour from Rudyard Kipling`s `A Song of the English`, signed lower left, framed and 101 glazed, image c.370 x 295 mm., 1909 § Robinson (William Heath) A Song of the English, one of 500 copies signed by the artist, 30 tipped-in colour plates an ...[more] `Unknown`.- - Waterbaby, original pen, ink and watercolour image of a `water baby, fly fishing`, very indistinct signature to right-hand 102 corner, c.170 x 115 mm., n.p., n.d. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Upton (Florence) - The Adventures of Borbee, pictorial title, 31 colour plates and illustrations by the author, original cloth-backed 103 pictorial boards, some light foxing, a little rubbed, but a remarkably good copy overall, oblong folio, 1908. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Barbier (George).- Verlaine (Paul) - Les Féte Galantes, number 632 of 1025 copies, title and 21 pochoir-coloured plates by George 104 Barbier, tissue guards, original wrappers, pochoir vignettes on covers, tanned, in original slip-case, a very good copy, 4to, Paris , 1928. View on bloomsburyau ...[more]
The Pierrot of the Minute A Dramatic Phantasy in One Act , one of 300 copies The Pierrot of the Minute A Dramatic Phantasy in One Act 105 , one of 300 copies, frontispiece, initial, vignette and tail-piece by Aubrey Beardsley, original pictorial cloth, gilt, marked and rubbed, Leonard Smithers , 18 ...[more]
Bosschère (Jean de) - The Closed Door, translated by F.S.Flint, number 24 of 50 copies on hand-made paper with hand-coloured plates 106 and initialled by the author , plates and illustrations by Bosschère, the plates hand-coloured by the artist , light foxing, fencing bookplate of Arthur Leslie P ...[more]
a complete set of titles comprising nos.1-132 in 126 including the 6 English... a complete set of titles comprising nos.1-132 in 126 107 including the 6 English Poets (nos.41, 42, 54, 56, 114 & 118 not published) and 7 omnibus editions, illustrations, some colour, original pictorial boards, o ...[more]
Sir Patric Spens, number 10 of only 12 copies signed by the limner (Robert, limner ) Sir Patric Spens, number 10 of only 12 copies 108 signed by the limner, mounted photographic plates of the original illuminated leaves, cloth, uncut, narrow folio, Robert Burns, 1930. View on bloomsburya ...[more]
], "JAK". "I asked for help from the Great White Queen over the water!", c (Raymond Allen, 1927-1997)], "JAK". "I asked for help from 109 the Great White Queen over the water!", c.430 x 550 mm., signed lower right , 1980; `I say, Sir, we`ve just been arrest ...[more]
], "JAK". `Miss Whiplash`, `There was [no] need to dress for the Captains... (Raymond Allen, 1927-1997)], "JAK". `Miss Whiplash`, 110 `There was [no] need to dress for the Captains table Miss Whiplash, Everything on the Canberra is terrible enformale`, pen and ink, with waterc ...[more]
Gentleman (David).- MacCarthy (Fiona) - The Wood Engravings of David Gentleman, one of 350 copies signed by the artist, 111 Montgomery, 2000 § Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Books, limited edition signed by the artist, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slip- case, Lunenberg, for members of the Lim ...[more]
Imprint (The), vol.1 & 2 nos.1-9 [all published] bound in 1 vol., erratic pagination but apparently complete with all the parts of the Dibdin 112 essay bound at end (ending on p.88), old cloth, January-November 1913 § Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts, edited by Oliver ...[more]
Kent (Rockwell).- Melville (Herman) - Moby Dick or the Whale, 3 vol., one of 1000 copies, pictorial title, plates and illustrations by 113 Rockwell Kent, a little browned with light offsetting, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, uncut, rubbed and lightly stained, spine ends worn, Chicago, Lak ...[more]
Krenkel (Roy G.) - `The Secret Trail` original biro sketch of Native Americans with bows, arrows and horses on a rocky outcrop, initialled 114 and titled by the artist, c.270 x 210mm (10.5" x 8.25"), n.p., n.d; Tarzan, original blue biro drawing after the character by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ...[more]
Krenkel (Roy G.) - `Dinosaur` original watercolour and gouache drawing of a dinosaur and his kill in wind- and rain-swept landscape, 115 initialled by the artist bottom right, 255 x 265mm (10"x10.5"), n.p., n.d. View on bloomsburyauctions.com Krenkel (Roy G.) - Two nudes, ink & watercolour drawing, Ajor character by E.R.Burroughs, titled and initialled by the artist, c.175 x 116 140mm. (6.75" x 5.5") n.p., n.d.; Nude, original pen and ink drawing highlighted in watercolour, initialled by the artist, 270 x 85mm. (10.5&qu ...[more]
Nicholson (William) - Portofolio covers for De Luxe Editions, comprising: An Almanac of Twelve Sports, [one of c.50 copies], original 117 vellum with cloth flaps, title and design of coachman in black and yellow on upper cover, spotting and slight wear to upper cover, lacking ties, [1897-98]; An ...[more]
Pitts (Jim) - Sorcery in Shad, unpublished drawings (?for the U.S. edition), 2 original ink stippled drawings, signed by the artist, 265 x 118 210mm. (10.5" x 8.25") ; `Juicy News Travels Fast`, illustration #5, 180 x 120mm. ( 7" x 4.75"), n.p., 1992 (2) View on bloom ...[more]
Propert (W.A.) - The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920, number 463 of 500 copies, additional pictorial title in red and black 119 by Natalia Gontcharova, plates, many colour and mounted on captioned card, light spotting and ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth-backed marbled boards, sp ...[more]
, Ginnan and H.Gilman, editors . Art and Letters: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol (Frank), Ginnan (Charles) and H.Gilman, editors . Art and 120 Letters: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol.1 nol.1 - vol.3 no.1 , together 9 issues of 10 (lacking only final issue of Spring 1920), plates and illustrations, ...[more]
The Tale of Driver Grope , 1969 § Stone Emergency Mouse, 1978; Inspector Mouse The Tale of Driver Grope , 1969 § Stone (Bernard) 121 Emergency Mouse, 1978; Inspector Mouse, 1980 § Stevenson (R.L.) Treasure Island, 1985 § Orwell (George) Animal Farm, 1995 § Steadman (Ralph) I Leonardo, 1983; Between th ...[more]
Sullivan (Edmund J.).- Hunt (J.H.Leigh) - The Old Court Suburb: Memorials of Kensington , edited by Austin Dobson, 2 vol., number 10 122 of 150 large paper copies signed by the artists , plates and illustrations by Edmund J.Sullivan, Herbert Railston and Claude Shepperson, plates on india paper and ...[more]
Sutherland (Graham).- - Silk Scarf, designed by Graham Sutherland for Hardy Amies, signed by the artist in the print, c.750 x 750mm 123 framed and mounted, n.d. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Todd (Justin) - The Angel and the shepherds, an original illustration used for a Christmas Card for the Midland Bank HQ, c.310 x 235 124 mm., framed and glazed, [c.1970] Justin Todd is an artist and illustrator, he was a tutor at Brighton College of Art in the 1960s and has illustrated may popular a ...[more]
and Randolph Schwabe, editors. Artwork: An Illustrated Quarterly of Arts &... (Herbert) and Randolph Schwabe, editors. Artwork: An 125 Illustrated Quarterly of Arts & Crafts, no.1-7, 12, 14-19, 23, 25, 27 & 28, together 18 issues, illustrations, original printed wrappers, some rubb ...[more]
Ashendene Press.- Thucydides. - [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated by Benjamin Jowett, [one of 260 copies], printed in red 126 and black with text in Ptolemy type, sidenotes in Blado Italic, initials and chapter headings designed by Graily Hewitt, prospectus loosely inserted, original whit ...[more]
Bernard (Auguste) - Geoffroy Tory...First Royal Printer, translated by G.B.Ives, number 261 of 370 copies designed by Bruce Rogers, 127 illustrations, original buckram-backed decorated boards, gilt, slip-case (rubbed, split at joints), Boston & New York, Riverside Press, 1909 § Petronius (Gaiu ...[more]
Milton (John) - Paradise Lost [and] Paradise Regain`d, together 2 vol., [each one of 300 copies on paper], printed in red and black, 128 bookplate of Collin Armstrong, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spines titled in gilt, uncut, covers slightly yellowed, preserved together in modern cloth ...[more] English Bible (The), 5 vol., [one of 500 copies], initials in red by Edward Johnston, light foxing to a few leaves at beginning and end of 129 vol.1, bookplate of H.M.Bromer, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, uncut, vol.2 with some natural discolouration to vellum, cloth slip-cases (very sli ...[more]
Browning (Robert) - Dramatis Personae, [one of 250 copies], printed in red & black, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spine 130 titled in gilt, uncut, small 4to, Doves Press, 1910. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Shakespeare (William) - The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, [one of 200 copies], printed in red and black, John Quinn`s copy with his 131 bookplate by Jack B.Yeats, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spine titled in gilt, uncut, preserved in later cloth folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case (ru ...[more]
Keats (John) - [Poems], [one of 200 copies], printed in red and black, original russet morocco, gilt, by the Doves Bindery, spine gilt with 132 seven raised bands, g.e., signed 19 C-S 16 on rear turn-in, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, small 4to, Doves Press, 1915. View on bloomsburyau ...[more]
Wordsworth (William) - The Prelude: An Autobiographical Poem 1799-1805, one of 155 copies, printed in red and black, light foxing to 133 one or two leaves, original russet morocco, gilt, by the Doves Bindery, spine gilt with seven raised bands, g.e., signed 19 C-S 16 on rear turn-in, spine and joint ...[more]
Emerson (Ralph Waldo) - Nature, number 210 of 250 copies for America, title and initials designed by Anna Simons printed in red and 134 black, original vellum-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., dust-jacket, New York, printed by the Bremer Press of Munich, 1929 § O`Neill (Eugene) Strange Interlude, numb ...[more]
Essex House Press.- Dryden (John) - Alexander`s Feast; or, the Power of Music, number 104 of 140 copies, all on vellum , hand- 135 coloured wood-engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage, printed in red and black and with initials supplied by hand in gold, red, blue or green, hand-coloured device on c ...[more]
.- Malory Le Morte Darthur: The Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights... ( Sir William Russell).- Malory ( Sir Thomas) Le Morte 136 Darthur: The Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, 4 vol., number 20 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, 1910-11 § Kings ...[more]
.- Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, 3 vol., number 104 of 500 copies on... ( Sir William Russell).- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Canterbury 137 Tales, 3 vol., number 104 of 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, titles in blue and black, tipped-in colour plates after watercolours by Sir William Russell ...[more]
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) - Troilus and Criseyde, edited by Arundell del Re, number 140 of 225 copies, wood- 138 engraved pictorial title, decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill, initials printed in red, blue and black, original morocco- backed patterned-paper board ...[more]
Gooden (Stephen).- Aesop. - Fables, translated by Sir Roger l Estrange, number 156 of 525 copies signed by the artist, copper- 139 engraved title and plates by Stephen Gooden, also decorative initials, very light offsetting, original pictorial vellum, gilt, by Leighton- Straker, with fox in gilt on uppe ...[more]
Grabhorn Press.- Whitman (Walt) - Leaves of Grass..., number 28 of 400 copies, printed in red and black by Edwin and Robert 140 Grabhorn, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo, original morocco-backed wooden boards, by Hazel Dreis, publisher s device cut into lower outer corner of upper cover, uncut, ...[more]
Gregynog Press.- Euripides. - The Plays, translated by Gilbert Murray, 2 vol., number 106 of 500 copies, titles in terracotta and black, 141 wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray after Greek vase paintings, C.H.St.John Hornby`s copy with his bookplate , original ...[more] Hardy (Thomas) - The Dynasts, 3 vol., one of 525 large paper copies signed by the author , etched portrait by Francis Dodd signed by 142 him in pencil, printed in red and black, original vellum-backed batik boards, uncut and unopened, dust-jackets, spines slightly rubbed and frayed at head, 4to, pr ...[more]
[Lefevre (Raoul) - The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, translated by William Caxton, edited by H.Halliday Sparling, 3 vol. in 2, one of 143 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black with text printed in Troy type and preliminaries and glossary in Chaucer type, wood-engraved title, borde ...[more]
[Lull (Ramón)] - The Order of Chivalry, translated by William Caxton, edited by F.S.Ellis [with] L`Ordene de Chevalerie, translated by 144 William Morris, together 2 works in 1 vol., one of 225 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Edw ...[more]
translator ) Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile translator ) Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile, one of 500 copies on Perch paper, 145 printed in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, original holland-backed boards, upper cover titled ...[more]
Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - The Poetical Works, 3 vol., one of 250 copies on Flower paper, vol.1 printed in black, vol.2 & 3 in red and black 146 in Golden type, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, with original receipt from the press and accompanying A.L.s. from S ...[more]
Chaucer (Geoffrey) - The Works...now newly imprinted, edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 425 copies on paper, printed in red and black in 147 Chaucer and Troy types, woodcut title, borders and initials by C.E.Keates, W.H.Hooper and W.Spielmeyer after William Morris, 87 woodcut illustrations by W.H.Hooper aft ...[more]
Kent (Rockwell).- Voltaire (J.F.M. Arouet de) - Candide, number 17 of 95 special hand-coloured copies signed by the artist , from an 148 edition limited to 1470, pictorial title, numerous illustrations and decorations by Rockwell Kent, all coloured by hand in the artist`s studio , original morocco-ba ...[more]
Kent (Rockwell).- Chaucer (Geoffrey) - The Canterbury Tales, translated by William Van Wyck, 2 vol., number 890 of 999 copies signed 149 by the artist, printed in black and brown, original cloth, spotting to spines and joints, New York, 1930 § Voltaire (J.F.M. Arouet de) Candide, one of 1470 copie ...[more]
Kent (Rockwell).- - Beowulf, translated by William Ellery Leonard, number 670 of 950 copies signed by the artist with his thumb print, 150 printed in red and black with decorative initials in blue, lithographed title and plates, original pictorial cloth blocked in white, dust-jacket frayed and slightl ...[more]
Nash (John Henry).- Dante Alighieri. - The Comedy...commonly called The Divine Comedy, translated by Melville Best Anderson, 5 vol. 151 including `The Florence of Dante` by Anderson and prospectus, number 132 of 250 copies on handmade Van Gelder, printed in Cloister Old Style Lightface ruled in green, ...[more]
"Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, 3 vol "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, 3 vol., portrait, decorative 152 titles and illustrations by E.McKnight Kauffer, 1925 § Blake (William) The Writings , edited by Geoffrey Keynes, 1925 § Milton (John) Poems ...[more]
Dante Alighieri. - La Divina Commedia..., translated by H.F.Cary, number 844 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian 153 and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed at edges but ...[more]
Shakespeare (William) - The Works, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 7 vol., one of 1600 sets, printed in Monotype Fournier, original russet 154 morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a very good set with only barely discernible fading or darkening to spines, original board slip-cases (rubbed, a few stains, so ...[more] Officina Bodoni.- Shelley (Percy Bysshe) - Epipsychidion, one of 222 copies, printed in grey and black, handsomely bound in green 155 morocco ruled in gilt and with elaborate gilt border, by the Officina Bodoni Bindery, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, vey slightl ...[more]
Rackham (Arthur).- Grimm (J.L. & W.C.) - The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas, number 731 of 750 156 copies signed by the artist, title in red and black with decorative border, 40 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, with captioned tissue guards, black & ...[more]
Symons (Arthur) - London: A Book of Aspects, bound in attractive blue morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with gilt-ruled borders, central 157 coat-of-arms and floral cornerpieces of onlaid white and yellow morocco onlays, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in cloth drop- back box, 8vo, pr ...[more]
Szyk (Arthur) - Ink & Blood: A Book of Drawings, with a Prefatory Text by Struthers Burt, one of 1000 inscribed copies signed by the 158 artist, this copy inscribed to Dr. Morris D.Bauman , plates by Szyk, a few colour and mounted, the rest printed in brown, original morocco, a little damp-stain ...[more]
Sumner (James) - The Mysterious Marbler, number 141 of 250 copies, original morocco-backed marbled boards, North Hills, Pa., 1976 159 § Nevins (Iris) Varieties of Spanish Marbling, number 48 of 250 copies, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 1991 § Berger (Sidney E.) Karli Frigge`s Life in Marb ...[more]
Henry Morris. Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull Henry Morris. Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1979 , number 223 160 of 350 copies, 1980 § Heaney (Howell J.) & Henry Morris. Thirty Years of Bird & Bull 1958-1988, 2 vol., number 132 of 300 copies, 1 ...[more]
Bachaus". The First Fine Silver Coinage of the Republic of San Serrriffe Bachaus". The First Fine Silver Coinage of the Republic of San 161 Serrriffe : The Bird & Bull Press Commemmorative 100 Coronas, 2 vol. including silver proof coin, one of 350 copies, prospectus and ephemera l ...[more]
editor ) Trade Tokens of British and American Booksellers & Bookmakers with... editor ) Trade Tokens of British and American 162 Booksellers & Bookmakers with Specimens of Eleven Original Tokens , 2 vol. including folder of tokens, one of 300 copies, this one of a few copies with an ...[more]
editor ) The Private Press-Man`s Tale, one of 230 copies editor ) The Private Press-Man`s Tale , one of 230 copies, illustrations by Lili 163 Wronker, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, 1990 § Constant (S.V.) Calls, Sounds & Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers, one of 200 ...[more]
Heaney (Howell) & others. - Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine: Bartholomaeus Anglicus, John of Trevisa, John Tate, Wynkyn de 164 Worde, and De Proprietatibus Rerum , number 7 of 138 copies, illustrations, with an original leaf from Þ Proprietatibus Rerum ` c.1495 loosely inserted in tran ...[more]
Morris (Henry) - Broadside Vignettes [and] Vignettes , together 2 vol., vol.1 one of 145 copies, 21 broadsides, each loose in paper 165 folder, all in original cloth drop-back box, head of spine bumped, vol.2 number 78 of 150 copies, samples and illustrations, many tipped in, original cloth, uncut, ...[more]
Dard Hunter & Son, number 84 of 225 copies, specimens (Henry, editor ) Dard Hunter & Son, number 84 of 225 copies, specimens, 166 plates and illustrations, some colour, many tipped in, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, with prospectus in original cloth drop-back box, 4to, Newtown, P ...[more]
The Handmade Papers of Japan …with a reprint of the original text by Thomas... (Sidney E., editor ) The Handmade Papers of Japan 167 with a reprint of the original text by Thomas Keith Tindale and Harriett Ramsey Tindale, number 9 of 170 copies, original morocco- backed cloth, with prosp ...[more] Brett (Simon).- Davis (Michael Justin) - To the Cross, 2 vol., number 6 of 25 special copies with an additional suite of the engravings and 168 signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 100, original morocco-backed vellum, spine faded, additional engravings on Japon numbered and ...[more]
Buckland Wright (Christopher) - Endeavours & Experiments: John Buckland Wright s essays in woodcut and colour engraving, together 169 with other blocks remaining in his studio, one of 90 specially-bound copies with an additional print , frontispiece and illustrations, some wood-engraved, a few ...[more]
and Louis Jou, illustrator .- Ronsard Sonnets pour Hélène (Georges, binder ) and Louis Jou, illustrator .- Ronsard (Pierre de) Sonnets 170 pour Hélène , number 21 of 225 copies on papier vergé, from an overall limitation of 258, printed in red & black, woodcut vignette portrait, decora ...[more]
Minxes Admonished, or Beauty Reproved, one of 550 copies ( Sir William Russell) Minxes Admonished, or Beauty Reproved, one of 171 550 copies, plates and illustrations by William Russell Flint, original morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, original slip-case, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden ...[more]
Group of Idlers, one of 850 copies , colour printed offset lithograph, c ( Sir William Russell) Group of Idlers, one of 850 copies , colour 172 printed offset lithograph, c.500 x 670 mm., signed in pencil, lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left, framed and glazed, 1967; Disc ...[more]
.- Gardner & Nigel D.Clark. Flint 1880-1969, 2 vol ( Sir William Russell).- Gardner (K.S.) & Nigel D.Clark. Flint 1880-1969, 2 vol., number 173 2 of 500 de luxe copies from an edition limited to 1500 , illustrations, many colour, signed by Cecilia Green on half-title, original pic ...[more]
Gill (Eric).- - Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The)..., one of 480 copies from an edition limited to 600, facsimile reprint of the 174 Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1931, illustrations by Eric Gill, original cloth, t.e.g., transparent wrapper, cloth slip-case, small folio, Wellingborough, Ch ...[more]
Gill (Eric) - Procreant Hymn, 2 vol., one of 15 hors commerce copies from an edition limited to75 in total , each volume with 5 engraved 175 plates by Gill, original patterned-paper boards, uncut, together in slip-case, 4to, Llandogo, Old Stile Press, 2010. Comprising two versions of the work: o ...[more]
Golden Cockerel Press.- Milton (John) - Paradise Lost: A Poem, edited by J.Isaacs, number 129 of 200 copies, wood-engraved title by 176 Robert Gibbings in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Mary Groom, original half black pigskin over Cockerell marbled cloth boards, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gil ...[more]
Jones (David) - The Engravings, number xxvii of 75 sets , 96 plates printed on japon comprising 74 wood-engravings printed from the 177 original blocks, and 66 wood-engravings, copper-engravings and dry-points printed by offset, all by David Jones, with 8pp. index and `A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon` (t ...[more]
Syr Perecyvelle of Gales , edited by F.S.Ellis Syr Perecyvelle of Gales , edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 350 copies on Flower paper, printed 178 in red and black in Chaucer type, wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Edward Burne-Jones and borders and initials by William Morris, occasional spotting, o ...[more]
-. Herrick (Robert) - Poems Chosen Out of the Works.., edited by F.S.Ellis, one of 250 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black 179 in Golden type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, bookplate of George Hewitt Myers, endpapers lightly soiled, original limp vellum wi ...[more]
Kitaj.- Creeley (Robert) - A Day Book, number 194 of 200 copies signed by the author and artist from an edition on 295, 8 screenprints, 180 4 etchings and 1 lithograph by R.B. Kitaj, on various laid and wove papers, each signed and numbered by the artist, original cloth, slip- case, folio, Berlin, Gr ...[more] Mackley (George) - Confessions of a Woodpecker, 3 vol. including `George Mackley: Wood Engraver` and `Wood Engraving`, number 181 194 of 250 copies signed by the author/artist, 20 mounted woodcuts loose as issued in pocket at end of the first, first in calf-backed marbled boards, last two in original ...[more]
Nonesuch Press.- - Genesis, number 102 of 375 copies printed in Rudolf Koch`s Neuland type, 12 woodcut plates by Paul Nash, 182 original boards, gilt, spine ends and corners little worn, marked, uncut, [Dreyfus 14], 4to, printed by the Curwen Press for the Nonesuch Press , 1924. View on blooms ...[more]
translator. India Love Poems, number 89 of 200 copies signed by the... translator. India Love Poems, number 89 of 200 copies signed 183 by the translator and the artist, 18 colour lithographs by John Piper, original morocco-backed silk, uncut, cloth slip-case with wood veneer, Paradine Press, 19 ...[more]
Piper (John).- West (Anthony) - John Piper, number 10 of 126 copies with an original lithograph of a foliate head numbered and signed 184 by the artist in pencil tipped in at beginning, illustrations, original morocco, t.e.g., slip-case, 4to, 1979. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Ravilious (Eric) - The Wood Engravings..., number 83 of 500 copies, text printed on pale grey paper, plates and illustrations, 3 folding, 185 original hessian printed with illustrations in black, spine slightly browned, folio, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972. In the pictorial hessian binding rather tha ...[more]
Ravilious (Eric) - For Shop Use Only: Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks & Devices, with contributions by John Lewis, Enid Marx and Robert 186 Harling, number 8 of 75 copies of Edition A , from an edition of 87 special copies with portofolio and from a total edition limited to 425, original wood-en ...[more]
Royal Air Force Museum. - They Fell in the Battle: A Roll of Honour of the Battle of Britain 10 July - 31 October 1940, out-of-series copy 187 from an edition limited to 80 copies , signed by Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh at end of Foreword, printed in Air Force blue on rectos only, title in blue an ...[more]
The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur…, 2 vol ( Sir Thomas) The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur , 2 188 vol., number 38 of 370 copies printed from the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1498, printed in red and black in double-column, woodcut illustrations, orig ...[more]
-. Boccaccio (Giovanni) - Decameron, The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation, 2 vol., number 301 of 325 copies, printed 189 in blue and black, wood-engraved title-borders and illustrations after the Venetian edition of 1492, decorative initials, original half blue morocco, t.e.g., others ...[more]
Spare (Austin O.) - Earth Inferno, number 103 of 275 copies signed by the author/artist, illustrations and decorations by Spare, some 190 light marginal soiling, original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and spotted, slightly frayed and stained at edges, folio, 1905. The artist`s first published wo ...[more]
Theocritus. - Sixe Idyllia, introduction by Douglas Cleverdon, 8 etched plates by Anthony Gross, original cloth-backed marbled boards, 191 spine lightly spotted, original board slip-case, New York, Clover Hill Editions, 1971 § Flaubert (Gustave) Salambo, one of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustratio ...[more]
Venturi (Lionello) - Jacques Villon: Huit Lithographies Originales, number 71 of 225 copies, one of 200 on Arches, 8 colour lithographs 192 by Villon, each signed in pencil, with captioned tissue guard, original cloth, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, split to foot of lower joint, large oblong folio ...[more]
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) - Candide, one of 50 copies with 2 sets of plates (26 white and 26 yellow) from an edition of 625, 193 illustrations, additional suites loosely inserted in pocket at end, original morocco-backed cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, chipped, New York, [1944] § Coleridg ...[more] Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - "Le Futurisme", front page in Le Figaro, article circled in blue chinagraph pencil by Marinetti , newspaper 194 8pp., some browning, folds, [PMM 400], folio (c.620 x 450mm), Paris, 20 February 1909. Set fire to the library shelves! Turn aside the canals t ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Fondazione e Manifesto del Futurismo, 20 February, 1909; Manifesto Tecnico della Letteratura Futurista, 195 11 May 1912; Supplemento al Manifesto della Letteratura Furutista, 11 August 1912; L`Imagination sans fils et les mots en Liberté, 11 May 1913; A bas le Tango et Pars ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Manifeste du Futurisme, (Pubblié par le "Figaro"[ ]), 4pp. printed manifesto, some browning, 4to, Milan, 196 1909 . View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Carlo Carrà, Luigi Rossolo, Giacomo Balla and Gino Severini Carlo Carrà, Luigi Rossolo, Giacomo Balla and Gino Severini. Manifesto 197 dei Pittori Futuristi , 11 February 1910; La Pittura Futurista, 11 April 1910, each 4pp. printed manifesto ; and 7 others, Manifeste des Peintres Futuristes (1 ...[more]
Paolo Buzzi, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, &c., "Les Poètes Futuristes Paolo Buzzi, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, , "Les Poètes 198 Futuristes. Les Peintres Futuristes". Venise Futuriste , first French issue , 1p. printed on green paper, Milan , 1910; with the first Engli ...[more]
Pratella (Balilla) - Manifesto dei Musicisti Futuristi, n.d. [1910] § Marinetti (F.T.) La Danse Futuriste , [1920], each 4pp. printed manifesto, 199 Milan ; and 9 other Futurist manifestos, Il Teatro di Varietà (29 September 1913), Il Tattilismo (11 January 1921), Le Tactilisme (11 Januar ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Manifesto della Donna futurista, 4pp. printed manifesto, age-toning, 25 March 1912; and 3 others, 200 Manifeste de la Femme Futuriste (25 March 1912), Contre Le Luxe Feminin (11 March 1920), La Donna e Il Futurismo (n.d.), 4to & 8vo (4) View ...[more]
Manifeste technique de la littérature futuriste Manifeste technique de la littérature futuriste, 11 May 1912; Supplément au Manifeste 201 technique de la Littérature futuriste, 11 August 1912; L`immaginazione senza fili e la Parole in Libertà, 11 May 1913, each 4pp. printed manifesto, some browning ...[more]
De Saint-Point (Valentine) - Manifesto Futurista della Lussuria, 11 January 1913 § Papini (Giovanni) Contro Roma e contro Benedetto 202 Croce, 21 February 1913 § Corradini (Bruno) and Emilio Settimelli. Pesi, misure e prezzi del genio artistico, 11 March 1914 § Braga (Dominique) Il Futurismo Giudicato ...[more]
Apollinaire (Guillaume) - L`Antiradizione Futurista, 4pp. printed manifesto, age-toning toward edges, Milan, 20 June 1913; and the 203 French issue of the same, L`Antitradition Futuriste, 4to (2) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Carrà La Pittura dei Suoni, Rumori, Odori , 4pp Carrà (Carlo) La Pittura dei Suoni, Rumori, Odori , 4pp. printed manifesto , 11 August 204 1913; and the French issue of the same, 4to (2) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Balla (Giacomo) - Il Vestito Antineutrale, 4pp. printed manifesto, illustrations, a very good copy, [Salaris p.84], 4to, Milan , 11 September 205 1914. Futurist critique of the " timidezza, di malinconia e di schiavitu" of contemporary clothing. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
and others . Sintesi futurista della Guerra , 4pp and others . Sintesi futurista della Guerra , 4pp. printed manifesto with double-page 206 typographic expression and list of further manifesti on final page, some light staining, [Salaris p.84], 4to, Milan , 20 September 1914. View on ...[more]
Govoni Corrado, Cangiullo Francesco, Paolo Buzzi and others Govoni Corrado, Cangiullo Francesco, Paolo Buzzi and others. Parole 207 consonanti vocali numeri in libertà . Dal volume di prossima pubblicazione I paroliberi futuristi , 2pp. printed manifesto, with "parole in libertà" typo ...[more] Balla (Giacomo) and Fortunato Depero. - Ricostruzione futurista dell`universo, 4pp. printed manifesto, 6 photographic illustrations of 208 sculptures, slight browning to edges, [Salaris p.85], 4to, Milan, 11 March 1915. "The inventions contained in this manifesto are absolute creations, genera ...[more]
Azari (Fedele) - Il Teatro Aereo Futurista, Milan , April 1919; La flora futurista ed equivalenti plastici di odori artificiali, Milan , November 209 1924; Vita Simultanea Futurista, Rome , 1927, first editions , printed manifestos, each 2pp., very good ; and 1 other, Le Théâtre Aérien Fu ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - La Conquête des Étoiles, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on half title, leaves a 210 little browned, front free endpaper and half title repaired at upper fore corners, original green wrappers printed in black, upper fore corner of upper c ...[more]
Buzzi (Paolo) - L`Esilio, poema in prosa, libro terzo, first edition , a few scattered stains, original pictorial wrappers illustrated by Enrico 211 Sacchetti, lightly soiled and rubbed, rebacked & recased preserving backstrip, [Salaris p.26], 1906; Poema dei quarantanni, portrait frontispi ...[more]
Literary criticism.- Mendoca (Nascimento) - F.T.Marinetti, Autor do Roi Bombance..., 4pp. leaflet, portrait photograph of Marinetti by Paul 212 de Souza mounted to upper cover, some light soiling, a little creased, [Salaris p.111], 1908 § Busetto (Andrea) Marinetti , illustrations, small stamp and ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Poupées Électriques, drame, avec une Préface sur Le Futurism, first edition, signed presentation 213 inscription by the author with recipients name removed, some scattered foxing, original printed yellow wrappers, fictional "Deuxiéme Édition" issue statement ...[more]
editor ) L`Œuvre , no.9 only, frontispiece by Paul Ranson editor ) L`Œuvre , no.9 only, frontispiece by Paul Ranson (printed in colour), 214 original printed wrappers with illustration by Paul Iribe, spine and hinges repaired, upper cover a little browned, Paris, 1909. This was a special issu ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - La Ville Charnelle, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half title, some spotting, 215 original wrappers printed in red and black, fictional "Troisiéme Édition" to upper cover, lower fore-corner and spine ends repaired, a little ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Enquête Internationale sur le Vers Libre..., original brown printed wrappers, fictional "5 migliaio" issue 216 statement to upper cover, spine darkened and extremities rubbed, Milan , 1909; Osvobozenà Slova , [second edition], hinges cracked with some leaves l ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Mafarka le Futuriste, Roman Africain, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front 217 free endpaper , preliminary leaves foxed, original orange wrappers printed in black, slight worming to spine, faint creases to upper cover and spine, [Sala ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - La Conquête des Étoiles, signed presentation inscription from the author with recipient`s name removed, 218 a few scattered marks, original printed green wrappers, a few repairs to outer margins of upper and lower covers, spine darkened, extremities a little creased, [ ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Re Baldoria, signed presentation inscription to Koltonsky on front free endpaper, original pictorial 219 wrappers, spine and covers with repairs, rather spotted and soiled, [Salaris p.45], Fratelli Treves Editori, 1910; Gabrielle D`Annunzio Intime, small stamp to i ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Mafarka il Futurista, Romanzo, first Italian edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front 220 free endpaper , 4pp. advertisement at the end, a few scattered marks, original orange wrappers printed in black, fictional "10 miglaiaio" issu ...[more] Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso).- Nazariantz (Hrand) - F.T. Marinetti and Futurism, Armenian edition, 3 photographs of Marinetti, 3 221 caricatures, 2 by Enrico Sacchetti, partly unopened, original printed wrappers, [Salaris p.111-112], 8vo, Constantinople , 1910. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - La Battaglia di Tripoli, (26 Ottobre 1911) , original orange wrappers printed in black, Marinetti presentation 222 stamp to upper cover, fictional "38 migliaio" issue statement to upper cover, extremities a little creased, slightly soiled, 1912; Distruzione, ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Uccidiamo il Chiaro di Luna! first edition, 1911; first french edition , La Bataille de Tripoli (26 Ottobre 223 1911), 1912; original orange wrappers printed in black, fictional "20 mille" issue statement to upper cover of the second, extremities slightly ...[more]
Folgore (Luciano) - Il Canto dei Motori, original wrappers printed in red, fictional "8 migliaio" issue statement to upper cover, lightly 224 spotted, [Salaris p.38], Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1912; Crepapelle, Risate, stamp to inner upper cover, small stain to fron ...[more]
Periodicals.- - Lacerba. Periodico qiundicinale [- Periodico settimanale], 39 issues, comprising Anno I n.5, 6, 8, 9, 10-14, 16 & 23, 225 March-December 1913; Anno II n.1-4, 6-12 & 18-23, January-November 1914; Anno III n.1, 2, 4-10, 12 & 20, January-May 1915, some full-page illu ...[more]
Boccioni (Umberto) - Pittura Scultura Futuriste (Dinamismo Plastico), first edition , portrait frontispiece of Boccioni and 51 photographic 226 plates, 4pp. advertisements at the end, preliminary & penultimate leaves a little foxed, original printed wrappers, fictional "4 Migliaio" i ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Zang Tumb Tumb, Tuuumb tuuuum tuuuum tuuum, Adrianopoli Ottobre 1912, parole in libertá, first edition 227 , portrait frontispiece of Marinetti and 1 folding plate, preliminary leaves lightly foxed, original orange wrappers printed in black, lower wrapper with fictional ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - POI pois poids poil poison, original printed proof, numbered "3" in blue pencil by Marinetti, folio [c.330 x 228 224mm], for publication in "I Paroliberi Futurisi" , [executed in 1914-15]. This proof was meant to be included in the book "I Paroli ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Belle tourbillon de chandelles tourbillon de poussière crooc-craac..., original printed proof numbered "5", 229 corrected and numbered in blue pencil by F.T. Marinetti and for the publication of I Paroliberi Futuristi , folio [c.330 x 224mm], [executed ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - L`Aeroplano del Papa, romanzo profetico in versi liberi , first Italian edition , minor foxing, original 230 wrappers printed in red and green, fictional "5 migliaio" issue statement to lower cover, backstrip and corners repaired, [Salaris p.46], Milan, 1 ...[more]
D`Alba (Auro) - Baionnette. Versi Liberi e Parole in Liberta, first edition , half-title, some scattered foxing to preliminary leaves, original 231 wrappers printed in red, extremities and spine ends repaired, some spotting, [Salaris p.32], 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 191 ...[more]
Govoni (Corrado) - Rarefazioni e Parole in Libertà, first edition , numerous illustrations and typographical designs in the text, a few small 232 chips to outer edges, original printed soft covers, spine ends repaired, lower cover slightly soiled, [Salaris p.41], 4to, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di &q ...[more]
Carrà (Carlo Dalmazzo) - Guerrapittura, first edition , photographic frontispiece and 12 photographic "guerreschi" [warlike] plates (1 233 folding), illustrations and typographic designs in the text, some slight foxing, small tears repaired to first 2 leaves, original printed wrappers, fic ...[more] Cangiullo (Francesco) - Piedigrotta, 3 original proof sheets for pages 4, 5 & 12 of Piedigrotta (see following lot) with manuscript 234 corrections by the author , lightly browned with some scattered spots, a few small marginal closed tears, each c.330 x 220mm , [1915- 1916]. View o ...[more]
Cangiullo (Francesco) - Piedigrotta, Parole in Liberta, first edition , introduction by Marinetti, lightly foxed, edges a little darkened, 235 original red wrappers printed in black, fictional "20000 copieee" issue statement to lower cover in futurist typography, small mark to upper cover, ...[more]
Catalogues.- - Grande Esposizione Boccioni, pittore e scultore futurista, photographic plates and printed illustrations, original soft covers 236 printed in red, slight finger-soiling, Rome , Galleria Centrale d`Arte, 1916-17 § Esposizione di Pittura Futurista "di lacerba", illustratio ...[more]
Russolo (Luigi) - L`Arte dei Rumori, first edition , photographic portrait frontispiece and 1 plate, original printed wrappers, outer margins 237 a little foxed, good copy, [Salaris p.64], Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1916. L`Arte dei Rumori [ The Art of Noises ] is con ...[more]
Meriano (Francesco) - Equatore Notturno, parole in Libertà, 1916 § Mazza (Armando) Firmamento, con una spiegazione di F.T.Marinetti 238 sulle Parole in Libertà, 1920; first editions , typographical designs in the text, original printed wrappers, a few marginal repairs, some light finger-soiling &a ...[more]
, "Vela Latina", Due Pagine Furutiste in Ogni numero dirette del poeta... (Ferdinando, editor ), "Vela Latina", Due Pagine Furutiste in 239 Ogni numero dirette del poeta futuriste Francesco Cangiullo, 2 issues, comprising Anno IV, nos 4 & 7, both with typographical ...[more]
Sam Dunn è Morto. Romanzo Futurista, first edition Sam Dunn è Morto. Romanzo Futurista, first edition , black & white frontispiece 240 portrait, 2pp. advertisements, some minor spotting, one leaf with near full-width closed tear, original buff wrappers printed in red with decorative swirls by ...[more]
Periodicals.- - "La Folgore Futurista" Liriche - Parole in Libertà - Sintesi Teatrali, February issue, typographical designs and illustrations 241 in the text, original wrapper, lightly browned, excellent copy, [Salaris p.96], 8vo, Pavia, 1917. Contributors include Buzzi, Mazza, Folgore, ...[more]
Broadside.- - Marciare non Marcire. Futurismo., Ideologia del Futurismo e dei Movimenti che ne Derivano [Ideology of Futurism and the 242 Movements from which they Derive], 1 sheet printed on both sides in red ink, illustration by Balla titled "Il Pugno di Boccioni" [The Fist of Boccioni], s ...[more]
Balla.- Catalogues.- - Casa D`Arte Bragaglia, Invito, Mostra del Pittore Futurista Balla , numerous printed illustrations, original wrappers, 243 upper cover lightly stained, Rome, 1918 § Forlin (Corrado) Futurismo Ardentismo Forlin, 4pp. leaflet, slight foxing, Padova, 1941; and 1 others, ...[more]
& others "Dinamo". Rivista Mensile di Arte Futurista & others ( editors ) "Dinamo". Rivista Mensile di Arte Futurista , 3 issues comprising 244 nos 1,2 & 7, illustrations throughout, original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, [Salaris p.95], 8vo, Rome , 191 ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes, first edition , 4 folding plates, 4pp. advertisements at the end (unopened), 245 original wrappers printed in red and black, spine ends repaired, extremities slightly creased, an excellent copy, [Salaris p.48], 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuri ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - 8 Anime in una Bomba, romanzo esplosivo, first edition , 2pp. advertisement at the end, outer margins 246 lightly browned, original wrappers printed in orange and black, fictional "4 migliaio" issue statement to upper cover, some light staining to lower cover, ...[more] Cangiullo (Francesco) - Caffeconcerto, Alfabeto a sorpresa , 28pp. printed on coloured paper (green, yellow & pink), typographical 247 design and illustrations by Cangiullo, a few scattered spots, original blue wrappers printed in black, spine and extremities lightly faded, small mark to lower ...[more]
Vasari (Ruggero) - Tre Razzi Rossi, small stamp to inner upper cover, original wrappers printed in red and black, rebacked and outer 248 margins of covers repaired, [Salaris p.69] Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1921; La Mascherata degli Impotenti ed altre Sintesi Teatrali, tipped- ...[more]
editor ), Le Futurisme , Revue Sinthétique Illustreé, 5 issues comprising: no editor ), Le Futurisme , Revue Sinthétique Illustreé, 5 issues 249 comprising: no.2, Le Theatre de la Surprise, 1922; no.4, La nouvelle religion - morale de la Vitesse, 1st October 1922; no.7, L`Art Mécanique, 1st Ju ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Gli Indomabili, first edition , 2pp. advertisements at the end, small stamp to title, some light foxing to 250 preliminary leaves, original wrappers, printed in red and black, lightly soiled & foxed, [Salaris p.49] 8vo, Piacenza, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia ...[more]
editor ) Il Futurismo. Rivista Sintetica Illustrata , 7 issues, comprising No editor ) Il Futurismo. Rivista Sintetica Illustrata , 7 issues, 251 comprising No. 1 Il Teatro della Sorpresa. 11 January 1922; No.6 L Impero Italiano. May, 1923; No.8 L`Arte Meccanica, October 1923; No.10 La Musica ...[more]
Cangiullo (Francesco) - Poesia Pentagrammata, first edition, slight soiling to front free endpaper, original wrappers printed in red and 252 black by Enrico Prampolini, outer margins a little creased, leaves unopened, [Salaris p.27], 8vo, Naples, Gaspare Casella , 1923. View on bloomsburyauct ...[more]
editor ) Futurist Aristocracy, no.1, small stamp to inner upper cover editor ) Futurist Aristocracy, no.1, small stamp to inner upper cover, 253 original green printed wrappers, spine repaired, [Salaris p.97], New-York, 1923 § Marinetti (F.T.) and E.Prampolini "Natura" Stazione per A ...[more]
editor ) "Noi" Rivisita d`Arte Futurista, 4 issues, Anno 1, Series 2 editor ) "Noi" Rivisita d`Arte Futurista, 4 issues, Anno 1, Series 2, 254 comprising nos. 3-4, 5, 6-9 & 10-12, numerous plates and illustrations, original printed covers, lightly scuffed, otherwise e ...[more]
Steiner (Giuseppe) - 4 original pencil & ink studies for `Stati d`Animo Disegnati`, each on separate piece of paper signed, numbered and 255 titled (in Italian & French) by the poet , signatures scored through, accompanied by photostats from the relevant pages in the final printed work, ea ...[more]
Steiner (Giuseppe) - Stati d`Animo Disegnati, first edition , 20 illustrations by Steiner, 2pp. advertisements, original pictorial wrappers 256 printed in black & red, priced `Lire 5,-` on lower wrapper, a very good copy, 8vo, Milano, Edizioni futuriste di Poesia , 1923. View on blooms ...[more]
Morpurgo (Nelson) - Il Fuoco Delle Piramidi, Liriche e Parole in Libertà, first edition , small stamp to title, 2pp. advertisements at the end, 257 original wrappers printed in red and black, extremities a little browned, [Salaris p.57], 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 19 ...[more]
Casavola (Franco) - Avviamento alla Pazzzzia, first edition , stamp to inner upper cover and small sticker to front free endpaper, original 258 pictorial wrappers, lightly soiled, leaves unopened, [Salaris p.29], 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1924. View on bloomsburyau ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) and Enrico Prampolini. - [Prigionieri e vulcani...con scene dinamiche (tricromie) di Enrico Prampolini], the 4 259 colour plates by Enrico Prampolini from the 1927 edition of the play, loose, 125 x 182 mm . View on bloomsburyauctions.com Depero (Fortunato) - Numero Unico Futurista. Campari 1931, first edition, additional pictorial title, one colour plate and numerous 260 striking black & white designs with typographic elements by Depero and Giovanni Gerbino, for Campari cordials & bitters, original pictorial wrappers, some ...[more]
, " Il Futurismo". Settimanale dell`Artecrazia , 18 issues comprising Anno 1 (Mino, editor ), " Il Futurismo". Settimanale dell`Artecrazia , 261 18 issues comprising Anno 1: nos1, 2, 4-12, 15 and Anno II: nos 17, 18, 21-23, 32, illustrations, Anno 1 no.8 `Mussolini issue` wit ...[more]
“La Citta Nuova” Quindicinale di Arte-Vita, Anno 1 no ( editor ) La Citta Nuova Quindicinale di Arte-Vita , Anno 1 no.6 together with 262 Quindicinale di Architettura Diretto da Fillia, 5 issues comprising Anno III nos. 3-9, illustrations in the text, fold marks repaired and l ...[more]
“La Terra dei Vivi” Quindicinale di Turismo Arte Architettura, 5 issues ( editor ) La Terra dei Vivi Quindicinale di Turismo Arte 263 Architettura, 5 issues, comprising Anno 1 nos 2-7, illustrations in the text, no.2 a little browned and soiled, creased along folds, some margin ...[more]
Periodicals.- Depero (Fortunato) and others. - Dinamo Futurista, Anno 1- No.2, printed in pink & black, illustrations, advertisements, 264 original pink wrappers printed in black with design by Depero, some minor light discolouration but overall a very good example, [Salaris p.95], folio, Rovere ...[more]
Ginna (Arnaldo) - L`Uomo Futuro, original wrappers printed in red, extremities lightly browned and creased, small mark to upper cover, 265 [Salaris p.40], Rome, 1933 § Settimelli (Emilio) Marinetti, L`Uomo e l`artista, small stamp to inner upper cover, original wrappers printed in red and black, so ...[more]
Giuntini (Aldo) - L`Universo in Pugno..., first edition, text printed in blue and black, original blue printed wrappers, a little faded, leaves 266 unopened, [Salaris p.40], Carrara, 1934 § Papini (Giovanni) Esperenza Futurista, leaves a little browned, original wrappers printed in red and black, ...[more]
Periodicals.- - Stile Futurista. Estetica della Macchina: rivista mensile arte-vita. Anno 1 - N.1, Dir.: Enrico Prampolini e Fillìa [Luigi 267 Colombo], architectural and photographic illustrations, advertisements, original blue & black printed wrappers with design initialled E.P. ( Enrico Pram ...[more]
Somenzi (Mino) - Difendo il Futurismo, illustrations, original illustrated wrappers, lightly faded, extremities creased, [Salaris p.67] Rome, 268 [1937] § Palazzeschi (Aldo) L`Incendiario 1905-1909, second edition, slight foxing, original wrappers printed in red and blacl, scattered spotting, [Sala ...[more]
Periodicals.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Reale Accademia D`Italia, 4 issues, comprising: L`Architettura e le arti decorative negli stili 269 dei vari tempi, no.14 , 1936; L¯rica Generatrice e Inpiratrice di Poesia e Arti, no.16 , unopened, 1940; La Poesia Sublime dell`Esercito Italiano, ...[more]
Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - La Tecnica della Nuova Poesia, extract from "Rassegna Nazionale", original blue printed wrappers, 270 [Salaris p.53], 1937 § Menin (Mario) Camicia Nera Futurista e primo battaglista del mondo, original red printed wrappers, [Salaris p.55], 1941 § Caracciolo (Eu ...[more]
Aeropittura.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Gli Aeropoeti Futuristi dedicano al Duce il Poema di Torre Viscosa, [manifesto], original 271 wrappers, spine ends and cover extremities repaired, [Salaris p.53] Milan, Grafiche Esperia, 1938 § Prima Mostra di Aeropittura dei Futuristi Ommagio Futurista ai ...[more]
Periodicals.- - “La Forza”, Mensile della federazione nazionale dei gruppi naturisti-futuristi Presieduta da S.E.Marinetti [ Monthly national 272 federation of the naturist-Futurist groups Chaired by S.E.Marinetti], 2 issues, comprising Anno I, no.1 & 3-4, lightly browned along fol ...[more] Aeropittura.- Bellanova (Piero) - Picchiata nell`Amore, Romanzo, photographic frontispiece, leaves a little browned, original pictorial 273 wrappers designed by A.G.Ambrosi, spine and extremities slightly faded, [Salaris p.22], Rome, Unione Editoriale, 1940 § Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) L Aeropoema d ...[more]
Theatre.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - Il Teatro Futurista, Sintetico..., original wrappers printed in red and black, [Salaris p.53], Napoli, 274 1941 § [Cappa (Benedetta)] "Benedetta" Viaggio di Garara`, Romanzo Cosmico per Teatro, small stamp to title, original printed wrappers, extrem ...[more]
Aeropittura.- Platone (Augusto) - L`Uomo e la Macchina, original printed wrappers, excellent copy, [Salaris p.60], 1941 § Pattarozzi 275 (Gaetano) Carlinga di Aeropoeti Futuristi di Guerra, scattered spotting, original wrappers printed in red and black, lightly soiled, extremities creased, 1941 § ...[more]
Periodicals.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) - "Graphicus" Rivisita Mensile di tecnica ed estetica grafica, issue no.5 (dedicated to futurism), 276 including 2 sheets of coloured paper, some text printed in red, illustrations, original pictorial covers, [Salaris p.97], Rome, 1942; and 4 others ...[more]
Ubu enchaîné précédé de Ubu Roi, 1900; Messaline, Roman de l’Ancienne Rome Ubu enchaîné précédé de Ubu Roi , 1900; 277 Messaline, Roman de l Ancienne Rome, 1901; Le Sûrmale. Roman moderne, 1902; Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien, 1911, first editions , original printed wrap ...[more]
Mallarmé Un Coup de dés jamais n’Abolira le Hasard , one of 90 copies Mallarmé (Stéphane) Un Coup de dés jamais n Abolira le 278 Hasard , one of 90 copies, from an overall limitation of 100, this unnumbered, some minor spotting, original wrappers printed in red & black, overall a ver ...[more]
Picabia (Francis) - Penseés Sans Langage, scattered foxing, original covers printed in green and black designed by Picabia, Mention is 279 "1 Edition" to upper cover, spine ends repaired, light finger-soiling, leaves unopened, 8vo, Paris, Figuiére, 1919. View on bloomsburyauctions.c ...[more]
Roussel (Raymond) - La Doublure, first edition , slight toning toward top edge, original printed wrappers with Fac et Spera device, spine 280 slightly browned and with price-sticker, 8vo, Paris, Alphone Lemerre, Éditeur , 1897. Roussel`s first book. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Roussel (Raymond) - Chiquenaude, first edition , some age-toning to margins, partly unopened, original wrappers with úc et Spera` 281 device on upper cover, a little light toning but overall a very good example of a scarce early work, 8vo, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur , 1900. View on b ...[more]
Roussel (Raymond) - Locus Solus, first edition , one of an unspecified small number on Japon, signed presentation copy from the 282 author to French composer Louis Ganne , original printed wrappers with úc et Spera` device, a little very minor dust-soiling but overall a fine copy, 8vo, Paris, Lib ...[more]
L`Étoile au Front , pièce en trois actes, en prose…, first edition L`Étoile au Front , pièce en trois actes, en prose , first edition , one of an 283 unspecified small number on Japon, unopened, 4pp. advertisements, original printed wrappers with úc et Spera` device, an excellent copy, 8vo, ...[more]
La Poussière de Soleils, first edition , one of an unspecified small number... La Poussière de Soleils, first edition , one of an unspecified 284 small number on Japon, 12pp. "La Critique et l`Auteur de La Poussière de Soleils" bound in at front, 17 colour plates, unopened, original printe ...[more]
Duchamp (Marcel).- - The Blind Man, P.B.T., Issue no.2 only (of 2 published), illustrations, "Broyeuse de Chocolat" cover design by 285 Marcel Duchamp, spine ends and small tear to lower cover repaires, otherwise an excellent copy , 4to (c.280 x 200mm), New York, May 1917. The Blind ...[more] Duchamp (Marcel) - Transition, A Quarterly Review, no.26, subscription form at the back (printed on yellow paper), original pictorial 286 covers designed by Marcel Duchamp, extremities slightly rubbed, New York, 1937; Orbes , 2nd series no.4 (1 issue only), original printed wrappers, lower cover ...[more]
Eluard (Paul) - Proverbe, numbers 1-3 only (of 6), each 4pp., number 3 printed in red, some browning and light spotting, 8vo, Paris, 287 February-April 1920. One of the rarest Dadaist journals, featuring contributions by Jean Paulhan, Tristan Tzara, Philippe Soupault, André Breton, Louis Aragon, G. ...[more]
Roche (Juliette) and Albert Gleizes. - Demi Cercle, one of 500 numbered copies, original printed wrappers with design by Albert Gleizes, 288 a very good copy, folio, Paris, Éditions d`Art "La Cible", [1920]. A collaboration by husband & wife Gleizes and Roche, derived from their trav ...[more]
Die Blume Anna, Die neue Anna Blume Kurt Merz Schwitters Die Blume Anna, Die neue Anna Blume Kurt Merz Schwitters , original 289 green printed wrappers, spine and outer margins a little faded, bottom spine end a little torn, 8vo, Berlin, 1922. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Schwitters.- Vischer (Melchior) - Sekunde Durch Hirn, scattered spotting to foredges, ownership inscription to title (in pencil), original 290 pictorial covers designed by Kurt Schwitters, extremities slightly creased, 8vo, Paul Steegeman Verlag Hannover, [1920]. View on bloomsburyauctions.c ...[more]
editor ) Dada 1 . Recueil littéraire et artistique, July 1917; Dada 2… editor ) Dada 1 . Recueil littéraire et artistique, July 1917; Dada 2 , 291 December 1917, original orange wrappers with illustration to upper cover ; Dada 3 , some browning to margins and old folds , 1918, Dada 4 ...[more]
Tzara (Tristan) - DADA ne signifie RIEN, one of four "Papillons Dada" by Tzara in collaboration with Paul Eluard, this printed on light 292 green paper, an excellent example, 70 x 105 mm. , [Paris, c.1920]; with another ephemeral Dadaist item, a subscription leaf for the journal Cannibale ...[more]
Exhibition Catalogue.- - Modern Art at the Sequi-Centennial Exhibition, illustrations of works by Malevitch, Chagall, Franz Marc, Paul 293 Klee, Kandinsky, Burliuk and others, original illustrated wrappers, spine rubbed, small 4to, New York, MoMA, 1926. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Constructivism.- El Lissitzky.- Ginsburger (Roger) - Neues Bauen in der Welt 3: Frankreich, numerous photographic illustrations in the 294 text, original pictorial covers designed by El Lissitzky, recased and rebacked preserving original backstrip, small panel pasted over part of lower cover, 4to, Wien ...[more]
Horizont. Revue Souscasne Kultury v Ceskoslovensku (Jiri, editor in chief ) Horizont. Revue Souscasne Kultury v Ceskoslovensku , 9 295 issues comprising Rocnik 1, nos. 1-10, illustrations throughout, original printed wrappers, issue no.2 with original wraparound, a few small closed tears t ...[more]
Periodicals.- - Fototek 1, Moholy Nagy, introduction by Franz Roh ; Fototek 2. Aenne Biermann, together 2 issues (all published), 60 296 photographic plates and illustrations in each, original pictorial wrapers, original wraparound for the first loosely inserted, Berlin, Klinkhardt & Bier ...[more]
Periodicals.- - USSR in Construction. 10 issues, comprising no.7-8, 1931; no.2 & 8, 1932; 9 & 11 (photographs by Alpert), 1933; no.6, 7 297 (Alpert, Chaichet, Troshine), 8 & 11 (Rodchenko and Stepanowa), 1935; no.3 (edited by Telingater, photographs by Alpert), 1938, illustration ...[more]
Periodicals.- - Manométre, trimestriel, no.6, illustrations including an engraving by Moholy Nagy, original printed wrappers, slight finger- 298 soiling, 8vo, Lyon, 1924. Contributors include Mondrian, Vincent Huidobro, Emille Malespine and Serge Charchoune among others. View on bloomsbury ...[more] Van Doesburg (Theo) - Classique-Baroque Moderne, first French edition , 16 photographic illustrations, unopened, original wrappers, 299 Paris , [1921]; De Nieuwe Beweging in de Schilderkunst, first edition , 21 reproductions of works of Van der Leck, Wichmann, Kandinsky, Chagall, Cezanne, Mane ...[more]
editor ) De Stijl. Maandblad voor Nieuwe Kunst, Wetenschap en Kultuur editor ) De Stijl. Maandblad voor Nieuwe Kunst, Wetenschap en 300 Kultuur . Redactie : Theo van Doesburg, 6 issues, comprising 6th Year, No.3 & 4, May-June 1923, No.9, reproductions of works by van Doesburg & ...[more]
[Warhol (Andy)] - Interview: A Monthly Film Journal, 9 issues, comprising vol.I no.1-4, 10-12, vol.II No.1 & 5 , illustrations, original 301 pictorial wrappers, 4to, New York , 1969-71. Special issues on Elvis Presley, Rita Hayworth and others. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Archigram Eight: Milanogram , "Popular Pak Issue", first edition (Peter, editor ) Archigram Eight: Milanogram , "Popular Pak Issue", first 302 edition , folded sheets, illustrations, loose as issued in original yellow envelope printed in blue, a little soiled, oblong 8vo, ...[more]
Dada & Surrealism.- Dali (Salvador) - Les Diners de Gala, numerous illustrations, many colour, original pictorial cloth, pictorial gold dust- 303 jacket, very slightly rubbed, 4to, Paris, 1973. Cookery book from the famous Surrealist with suitably bizarre illustrations. View on bloomsbur ...[more]
Dada & Surrealism.- Rubin (William S.) - Dada and Surrealist Art, New York, [1968] § London Bulletin, No.6 [featuring Picasso`s 304 Guernica], lightly browned, original printed wrappers, October 1938 § Ades (Dawn) Dada & Surrealism Reviewed, original wrappers, 1978 § Coleby (Nicola, ...[more]
Exhibition Catalogue.- - This is Tomorrow, first edition , one of 1300 copies, illustrations throughout, ink ownership stamp to one of first 305 leaves and manuscript name at end, some light soiling, original spiral-bound printed wrappers, a little rubbed, slight creases at corners, still a good cop ...[more]
L`Architecture Vivante, L Architecture Vivante , a group of 22 mounted designs for the architectural magazine including photographs of 306 models, blueprints, architectural perspectives and studies, plus 5 original pen & ink sketches, altogether on 14 sheets, some ironically with plates featuri ...[more]
editor ) Strelets . Sbornik Pervyi [ The Archer editor ) Strelets . Sbornik Pervyi [ The Archer. First Collection ], one of 5,000 copies, 12 307 plates by Rozanova, David & Vladimir Burliuk, Kul bin (portrait of Marinetti), Siniakova and Lentulov on blue paper, some browning, origin ...[more]
Chernikov (Yakov Georgievich) - Osnovyi sovremennoi arkhitecturyi [Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture], first edition , 5 308 coloured-printed plates and over 225 illustrations, 3pp. advertisements, minor toning and very occasional spotting, original red & black wrappers, rubbed at extr ...[more]
Chernikov (Yakov Georgievich) - Arkhitecturnye fantazii [Architectural Fantasies], first edition , titles in Russian, French, German and 309 English, 101 colour-printed plates of designs, 101 printed architectural illustrations and 101 miniatures in the text, 12 full-page illustrations, slight age-t ...[more]
Malevich (Kazimir Severinovich).- Punin (Nikolai) - Pervyi tsikl lektsii, chitannykh na kratkosrochnykh kursakh dlya uchitelei risovaniya. 310 Sovremenoe iskusstvo [ The First Series of Lectures , Given at a Short-Term Course for Teachers of Drawing. Suprematist Art], first edition , light browning, R ...[more]
Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) - Vladimir Mayakovsky...Tragedia [Vladimir Mayakovsky...a Tragedy], first edition , 7 plates by 311 David & Vladimir Burliuk, futurist typography, contemporary ownership inscription on preliminary blank, original printed wrappers, Russian stamps and ink mark ...[more] Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) - Veshchi etogo goda [Things of this Year], first edition , 2pp. advertisements, Russian biblioteka 312 stamp on title, original printed wrappers, slight age-toning to margins, 8vo, Berlin , 1923. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
LEF. Zhurnal Levogo Fronta Iskusstv . No (Vladimir Vladimirovich, editor ) LEF. Zhurnal Levogo Fronta Iskusstv . No.2 [6], double-page 313 colour illustrations of textiles by Popova, slight yellowing to pages, small stain to fore-edge of a few ff., advertisements on inside covers, original wra ...[more]
and Sergei Tretyakov, editors . Novyy LEF [New LEF] (Vladimir Vladimirovich) and Sergei Tretyakov, editors . Novyy LEF [New LEF] , a 314 complete run of 24 issues in 22 vol., illustrations, advertisements, original pictorial wrappers by Alexander Rodchenko, some minor rubbing but overall a very ...[more]
Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) - Kak Delat` Stikhi [How to Write Poetry], first edition , some browning, inside front and back 315 wrapper versos with advertisements reproducing covers for 32 titles in this series, original printed wrappers, slightly creased and rubbed, Moscow, Biblioteka Ogonek ...[more]
Soviet Propaganda.- - 6 postcards depicting Soviet industrial supremacy over the West, issued as the economic depression of the 316 1930s hit America & Western Europe, colour, c. 110 x 150 mm., Leningrad, "Izogiz" , c.1933. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Tarabukin (Nikolai) - Opyt teorii zhivopisi [Essay on the Theory of Painting], first edition , light even browning throughout, original printed 317 wrappers to design by Michail Sokolov, browning to edges, Russian stamps and ink markings to wrappers, overall a very good copy, Moscow, Proletkult, 1 ...[more]
Arvatov (Boris Ignatievich) - Iskusstvo i Klassy [Art and the Classes], first edition , browning, partly clipped ownership inscription on title, 318 hinges reinforced, original wrappers printed to typographic design in red & black after "L.N.", some browning, spine with some restorat ...[more]
Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) - Zor [Vision], first edition, [one of 200 copies], hand-printed, lithographed text throughout by Mariya 319 Sinyakova, some age-toning and light creasing, original lithographed wrappers also by Sinyakova, hinges with old reinforcements, some browning and a few minor marks ...[more]
Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) - Stal`noi solovei [Steel Nightingale], first edition , MAF Seriia poetov no.2, light, even browning throughout, 320 hinges reinforced, original wrappers printed with MAF logo, preserved loose in printed card sleeve, Moscow, Izd. VKhUTEMAS , 1922. The second in a serie ...[more]
Aseev (Nikolai Nikolaievich) - Gromy o mramor: stikhi 1924-25 [Thunders against Marble: poems 1924-25], first edition , advertisements 321 on inside rear cover, striking cover design printed in black & red, small stamp on lower cover, Izdatel`stvo "Proletariy" ["Workers" P ...[more]
Bal`mont (Konstantin), Boris Pasternak and others. - My [We], first edition , browning, original printed wrappers with pictorial Futurist 322 design, contemporary ownership inscription on upper cover, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, 8vo, Moscow, Knigoizdatel`stvo pri Vserossiiskom Soiuze Poetov &q ...[more]
editor ) Strelets . Sbornik Pervyi [ The Archer editor ) Strelets . Sbornik Pervyi [ The Archer. First Collection ], one of 5,000 copies, 12 323 plates by Rozanova, David & Vladimir Burliuk, Kul bin (portrait of Marinetti), Siniakova and Lentulov on blue paper, some browning, Russia ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Dvenadtsat [The Twelve], third edition, illustrations after Iurii Annenkov including 14 full-page, 2pp. 324 advertisements, original wrappers with title printed in red & black and illustration on lower, small Russian stamp and inscription on rear cover, bound in ...[more] Brik (Osip Maksimovich) - Ne Poputchitsa [Not a Fellow Traveller], first edition, original pictorial wrappers designed by Anton Lavinskii, 325 from a preliminary design by Mayakovsky, slight browning and minor marking to lower cover, otherwise very good, [MoMA 472], 8vo, Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe izd ...[more]
and others. Yav` [Reality] , first edition and others. Yav` [Reality] , first edition , some contributions with facsimile signature of authors at 326 end, neat contemporary ownership inscription on title, hinges reinforced, original lithographed covers with design by Aristarkh Lentulov, minor ...[more]
Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. - Poshchechina Obshchestvennomu Vkusu [A Slap in the Face of Public Taste], first edition , one 327 of 600 copies, light age-toning, some marking to early ff., original burlap wrappers, small stamp on lower wrappers, small related inscription to upper wrapp ...[more]
Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. - Sadok sudei II [A Trap for Judges II], first edition , one of 800 copies, on green paper, 15 328 letterpress illustrations (6 by Elena Guro; 3 by David Burliuk; 2 by Natalia Goncharova; 2 by Mikhail Larionov; 2 by Vladimir Burliuk), wallpaper wrappers wit ...[more]
and Velimir Khlebnikov . Trebnik troikh: sbornik stikhov [Missal of the three and Velimir Khlebnikov . Trebnik troikh: sbornik stikhov 329 [Missal of the three: a collection of poems and drawings], first edition , one of 1,100 copies, 13 illustrations after the Burliuk brothers, Mayakovsky and Ta ...[more]
Burliuk (David & Vladimir) and others. - Buka russkoi literatury [The Bogeyman of Russian Literature], first edition , one of 2,000 copies, 330 Constructivist lithographs by Klutsis and Kliun, age-toning to margins, original wrappers printed in red & black with design by cover typography b ...[more]
Ehrenburg (Il`ia) - A vse-taki ona vertitsya [All the same it Turns], first edition , photogravure plates and line illustrations by Fernand 331 Léger and others, device on preliminary blank, some slight age-toning, 2pp. advertisements, original decorative wrappers by Léger, bound in later half moro ...[more]
Ehrenburg (Il`ia) - Portrety Russkikh Poetov [Portraits of Russian Poets], first edition , small device on preliminary blank, browning to 332 index ff., later French inscription on half-title, original wrappers with printed labels, some minor marking, overall a very good copy, [not in Kilgour or MoM ...[more]
Esenin (Sergei Aleksandrovich) - Preobrazhenie [Transformation], second, revised edition, browning, ink stamp to title, original printed 333 green wrappers, marked and rubbed, bound in later cloth, [cf. MoMA for later editions], 8vo, [Moscow], Imazhinisty, 1921. This is the revised edition of a book ...[more]
[Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". - Belaya Staya [White Flock], second edition, 1p. advertisements, original printed 334 wrappers, a fine copy, 8vo, St Petersburg, KN-VO Prometheus , 1918. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
[Gorenko (Anna Andreyevna)], "Anna Akhmatova". - Anno Domini MCMXXI, first edition , one of 2,000 copies, 1p. advertisements, slight 335 age-toning, original wrappers printed in blue & black, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, a fine copy, "Petropolis", 1921. The great Ru ...[more]
Guro (Elena) - Nebesnye Verblyuzhata [Baby Camels in the Sky], first edition , one of 750 copies, 21 illustrations (including 15 head- & 336 tail-pieces) and 9 photomechanical reproductions (4 tipped in) by the author, photograph of Guro tipped in at the beginning, some age- toning to margins, ...[more]
Journals.- - Soyuz Molodezhi pri uchastii Poetov "Gileya" No.3 [ Union of Youth with the Participation of the "Gylaea" Poets No.3 ], one 337 of 1,000 copies, 11 lithographed plates including 6 by Olga Rozanova, title heavily repaired to top half, original stapled lavendar wrapper ...[more] Kamenskii (Vasilii Vasil`evich) - Zvuchal Vesneianki. Stikhi [Sound Song of the Pipe of Spring. Poems], first edition , browning, 338 advertisement on inside rear cover, ink name on title, hinges reinforced, some adhesive damage to gutter of title, original pictorial wrappers printed in colours, reb ...[more]
"Velimir Khlebnikov". Zangezi, first edition , one of 2,000 copies "Velimir Khlebnikov". Zangezi, first edition , one of 2,000 copies, even 339 browning throughout, original pictorial wrappers by Petr. Miturich, contents loose, preserved in modern cloth-backed pictorial boards ...[more]
Kirsanov (Semen Isaakovich) - Poslednii sovremennik [The Last Contemporary], first edition , one of 3,000 copies, original decorative 340 wrappers by Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko, rubbed and slightly creased at edges, 2 small abrasions to lower cover, [MoMA 891], 8vo, Moscow, "Federatsiya, ...[more]
Klyuev (Nikolai) - Medny Kit [The Copper Whale], first edition , device on title and last f., some minor creasing and slight browning, 341 original upper wrapper bound in (worn), modern cloth-backed patterned boards, 8vo, St Petersburg , 1919. Nikolai Klyuev (1887-1937), leader of Russia`s "p ...[more]
Kruchenykh (Aleksei) and Velimir Khlebnikov. - Igra v adu. Poema [A Game in Hell. Poem], second, enlarged edition, first edition 342 illustrated thus, one of 800 copies, lithographed throughout, 25 illustrations by Olga Rozanova and Kazimir Malevich, small ownership stamp to first and last ff., ex-libr ...[more]
Kruchenykh (Aleksei) and others. - Lef Agitki Mayakovskogo, Aseeva, Tret`yakova first edition , one of 3,000 copies, original two-color 343 Constructivist wrappers designed by Kulagina, printed in black and red, some creasing and minor fraying, upper cover reinforced at inner fore-edge, [MoMA 597], 8v ...[more]
Kruchenykh (Aleksei) - 15 Let Russkogo futurizma [15 Years of Russian Futurism], first edition , 4 pages of half-tone reproductions, 3 344 full-page illustrations, age-toning, original wrappers printed in red after a design by Gustav Klutsis, [MoMA 739], 8vo, Moscow, Vserossiiskii soiuz poetov, 1928 ...[more]
Kruchenykh (Aleksei) - Priemy Leninskoi Rechi [Methods of Lenin`s Speeches], third edition, 4 illustrations by Klutsis, original wrappers 345 printed in red & black with typographical cover design by G. Klutsis, rebacked in plain paper with ms. title, otherwise a very good copy, preserved loose i ...[more]
Kuzmin (Mikhail Alekseevich) - Aleksandriiskiya pesni [Alexandrian Songs], first edition , device on title, 4pp. advertisements, later 346 inscription on recto of preliminary blank, original printed wrappers bound in, modern red cloth, 8vo, [Petersburg], Prometheus, [1921]. first separate pu ...[more]
Kuzmin (Mikhail Alekseevich) - Krylya. Povest v trekh chastyakh [Wings. Story in Three Parts], fourth edition, some age-toning to 347 margins, unopened, original wrappers to Futurist design, a very good copy, preserved in board sleeve and slip-case, 8vo, Petropolis, 1923. Russia`s first openly gay c ...[more]
Kuzmin (Mikhail Alekseevich) - Seti [Nets], third edition, device on preliminary blank, original decorative wrappers, lacking backstrip 348 (replaced with simple printed paper spine), [cf. Kilgour 96], Petropolis , 1923; with another, Evtushenko, 8vo (2) Third edition of this important collection ...[more]
Livshits (Benedikt Konstantinovich) - Volche solntse [The Wolfish Sun], 2 parts in one (second part Burliuk`s Chetyre Zhenshchiny [ 349 Four Women ]), anonymous colour plate, plain plate by Alexandra Exter, 4 plates by David Burliuk printed in blue, 6pp. advertisements, original printed wrappers ...[more]
[Lotarev (Igor Vasilevich)], "Igor Severyanin". - Menestrel`...Tom XII. [Minstrel...Book XII], first edition , original pictorial wrapper by 350 Ksenya Boguslavskaya, bound in later cloth-backed patterned boards, [Kilgour 666], 8vo, Moscow & Berlin , 1921. The Russian poet Severyan ...[more] Lunacharskii (Anatolii Vasilevich) - Bankirskiy Dom [The Banker`s House], age-toning to margins, original wrappers with pictorial design 351 on cover, advertisement on lower wrapper with small stamps and numbers, some marking and rubbing, preserved in two-tone cloth sleeve, 8vo, Moscow, 1929. ...[more]
Mayakovsky (Vladimir Vladimirovich) - 150,000.000, 7 full-page illustrations, some contents loose ?as issued, attractive typographic 352 colophon, original pictorial wrappers, a very good copy, 8vo, Prague, 1925. Originally written during the American intervention in the Russian Civil War, Mayakovsk ...[more]
Pasternak (Boris) - Sestra moya zhizn [My Sister-Life], first edition , light age-toning, bound in later half cloth preserving cut-down 353 original upper panel of wrappers, 8vo , 1922. The rare first edition of one of the Nobel Prize winner`s key books of poetry. Originally written in 1917 with ...[more]
Pasternak (Boris) - Temy i varyatsii. Chetvertaya kniga stikhov [Themes and Variations. Fourth Book of Verse], first edition , slight age- 354 toning, original purple wrappers with printed label, slight sunning to spine but otherwise a very good to fine copy, 8vo, Moscow & Berlin, "Gelikon ...[more]
Pasternak (Boris) - Vtoroye rozhdeniye [The Second Birth], first edition , one of 5,200 copies, small stain affecting top edge of most ff., 355 upper hinge pulled with resultant splitting, bookplate of Daniel M. Friedenberg, original pictorial boards by A.Levin, rebacked in later white board, rubbed ...[more]
Pasternak (Boris) - Izbrannie stikhi [Selected Poems], first edition , one of 5,200 copies, device on preliminary blank, frontispiece 356 portrait, title printed in red & black, original cloth with board title section, 8vo, Moscow, 1933. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
translator ) Gruzinskiye liriki [Georgian Lyrics], first edition , one of 1 translator ) Gruzinskiye liriki [Georgian Lyrics], first edition , one of 357 1,020 copies, device on preliminary blank, title and part-titles printed in red & black, illustrations by Lado Gudiashvili, patterned e ...[more]
Remizov (Aleksei) - Elektron [Electron], first edition , 3pp. advertisements, device on preliminary blank, some minor creasing, original 358 printed wrappers with design by the author and Yu. Annenkov, an unusually fine copy, [MoMA 239; Kilgour 934], 8vo, Petersburg, "Alkonost" , 1919. A ...[more]
Remizov (Aleksei) - Ognennaya Rossiya [Russia in Fire], first edition , device on preliminary blank, 2pp. advertisements, even browning 359 throughout, original wrappers printed in red & black, a very good copy, small 8vo, Reval [Estonia], 1921. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Remizov (Aleksei) - Shumy Goroda [City Noises], first edition, inscribed by the author on title , 1p. advertisements, browning throughout, 360 bound in later cloth, [not in Kilgour or MoMA], 8vo, Reval [Estonia] , 1921. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Remizov (Aleksei) - Kukkha Rozanovy pis`ma [Kuk-kha: Rozanov`s Letters], first edition , device on preliminary blank, original patterned 361 boards, slightly worn at spine, 8vo, Berlin , 1923. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Sel`vinskii (Il`ya) - Zapiski Poeta [Notes of a Poet], first edition , one of 3,000 copies, light age-toning, original doube-exposure 362 photographic wrappers by Lissitsky, some light soiling but overall a very good copy, [MoMA 750], 8vo, Moscow , 1928. Lissitzky was one of the principal inno ...[more]
Sel`vinskii (Il`ya) - Pushtorg [The Fur Trade], second edition, browning to margins, original cloth, a very good copy with constructivist 363 design by Vasily Surikov, lacking dust-jacket, [MoMA 962], 8vo, Moscow-Leningrad , 1931. Considered by some the best of the post- Revolution poets this, as with ...[more]
[Solzhenitsyn (Alexandr)] - Odin den` Ivana Denisovicha [One Day of Ivan Denisovich], first appearance , in vol.XXXVIII No.11 of Novy 364 Mir, original wrappers, foxing, closed tear near spine, torn, housed in later drop-back box, Moscow , 1962; Rakovyy Korpus [Cancer Ward], first edition of ...[more] Theatre.- Apushkin (Yakov) - Kamernii teatr [Chamber Theater], first edition , one of 5,000 copies, full-page photographic illustrations, 365 ink name on title, original wrappers printed in red, black & grey to Constructivist design by G. & V. Stenberg, small stamp and ink markings on in ...[more]
editor )] Liubov k trem apelsinam. Zhurnal Doktora Dapertutto [The Love for... editor )] Liubov k trem apelsinam. Zhurnal Doktora 366 Dapertutto [The Love for Three Oranges. Dr. Depertutto`s Journal], first issue for 1916, 5pp. advertisements printed on green paper, original pictorial wrappers b ...[more]
Tikhonov (Nikolai) - Braga [Home-brewed Beer], first edition , one of 3,000 copies, advertisement p., half-title and cover designs by 367 Annenkov, a very good copy, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, [MoMA 366], 8vo, Moscow , 1922. The book was displayed at the Paris- Moscow exhibition at the Pompi ...[more]
Tret`iakov (Sergei Mikhailovich) - Rechevik [Orators], first edition , one of 2,000 copies, original wrappers printed in red & black to 368 design by Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko, a very good copy, [MoMA 826], 8vo, Moscow-Leningrad , 1929. Tret`iakov was an important Leftist poet and th ...[more]
Tsvetaeva (Marina Ivanovna) - Tsar`-devitsa. Poema - Skazka [Tsar-Maiden. Poem - Fairy Tale], first edition , woodcut device to 369 preliminary blank, title printed in red & black, half-title printed in red, decorations and rubricated initials by L.E. Chirikova, occasional foxing, with loosely ...[more]
Tsvetaeva (Marina Ivanovna) - Razluka [Separation], first edition , device on preliminary blank, original pink boards with printed label to 370 design by A.Arnshtam, slightly torn at spine with some minor sunning but overall a very good copy, [Kilgour 290], 8vo , 1922. Considered one of the great ...[more]
Tsvetaeva (Marina Ivanovna) - Versty [Mileposts] vypusk I [issue I], some age-toning, original printed wrappers, a couple of small 371 superficial splits at spine but overall a fine copy, Russian bookseller`s small stamp on inside front cover, small 8vo, Moscow , 1922. View on bloomsburyauctio ...[more]
[Vogau (Boris Andreevich)], "Boris Pil`niak". - Povesti Peterburgskaya [A Peterburg Tale], first edition , decorative Futurist title, 372 illustrations and decorations by Vasily Masiutin, some age-toning, original wrappers with decorative title on upper cover, a very good copy, [MoMA 414], ...[more]
[Vogau (Boris Andreevich)], "Boris Pil`niak". - Golyy God [Naked Year], first edition , device on preliminary blank, browning, title with 373 elaborate frame border, preserved in modern board-backed sleeve and slip-case, 8vo, Berlin [ ] , 1922. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Zoshchenko (Mikhail Mikhailovich) - Vozvrashchennaya Molodost` [Youth Restored], third edition, browning, neat ownership inscription 374 on title, original cloth, partly sunned, 8vo, Moscow , 1935. Zoshchenko is considered one of the most important satirists of the post- Revolutionary period, a highly ...[more]
Andreev (Leonid) - Tsar Golod [King Hunger], first edition , additional trifold pictorial title, 6 full-page pictorial section-titles and tail-piece 375 by Yevgeny Lansere, preliminary leaf with device, slight age-toning, this copy without the advertisements sometimes present, bound in half morocco, ...[more]
Andreev (Leonid) - Anfisa, first edition , 2pp. advertisements, French booksellers` stamps on title, original printed wrappers bound in 376 modern cloth, [not in Kilgour], 8vo, Berlin, Ladysohnikow , n.d. [c.1910] View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Bal`mont (Konstantin Dmitrievich) - Pod Severnym Nebom [Under the Northern Sky], St Petersburg , 1894; bound after V` 377 Bezbrezhnosti [In Boundless Space], browning to title and some other minor marking, tape reinforcement to gutter at title, Moscow , 1895, together ?as issued in original p ...[more] Bal`mont (Konstantin Dmitrievich) - Goryashchiya Zdaniya [Burning Buildings], first edition , light discolouration affecting a few ff. at 378 lower fore-corner, modern cloth-backed patterned boards, [Kilgour 61], 8vo, Moscow , 1900. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Bal`mont (Konstantin Dmitrievich) - Liturgiya Krasoty [Liturgy of Beauty], first edition , modern half morocco, [Kilgour 65], 8vo, Moscow , 379 1905. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Bal`mont (Konstantin Dmitrievich) - Iz Mirovoi Poezii [From the World`s Poetry], facsimile ms. introduction in Bal`mont`s hand, browning, 380 original wrappers bound in modern cloth-backed boards, [Kilgour 82], Berlin , 1921; Dar Zemle [Offering to the Earth], original wrappers bound in modern cloth ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Stikhi o prekrasnom dame [Poems about a beautiful Woman], first edition , 5pp. advertisements, ink 381 name on title, patterned endpapers, small abrasions to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards with design initialled "V.V.", rubbed, uppper hi ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Zemlya v snegu. Tretyi sbornuk stikhov [Land in the Snow. Third Collection of Poems], first edition , 382 2pp. advertisements, original wrappers with pink & black design by Evgeni Evgenievitch Laceray, some browning and light staining, bound in modern boards, ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Snezhnaya noch [Snowy Night], comprising vol.3 of Sobranie Stikhotvoreniy , device on preliminary 383 blank, titles printed in blue & black, original wrappers bound in later half morocco , 1912; Nochnye chasy [The Hours of the Night], original printed wrap ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Stikhi o Rossi [Verses on Russia], device on title, browning, original wrappers bound in later cloth- 384 backed boards, [Kilgour 126], Moscow , 1915; Za Gran`yu Proshlikh Dnei [Beyond the Boundary of Bygone Days], Russian ink stamp on title, original wrappers, chipp ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Solovinyi sad [Garden of Nightingales], original wrappers with title within decorative border, a fine 385 copy, [not in Kilgour] , 1918; Yamby [Iambs], browning, original wrappers with Pegasus illustration initialled "NK", a very good copy, [Kilgour 128] ...[more]
Blok (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) - Poslednie dni Imperatorskoi Vlasti [The Last Days of Imperial Power], hinges reinforced, original 386 wrappers bound in, Russian bookseller`s stamp and marks on lower wrappers, modern cloth , 1921; Ramzes [Ramses], original wrappers, a very good copy, preserved in m ...[more]
Briusov (Valery Yakovlevich) - Zemnaya os` [Earth`s Axis], third edition, 7 plates by Alberto Martini, original printed wrappers, some 387 staining to edges but otherwise a very good copy, [Kilgour 155], Moscow , 1911; and another by the same, 8vo (2) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
[Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". - Zoloto v Lazuri [Gold on Azure], first edition, printed in red & black, 4pp. advertisements, 388 browning, discolouration to head of half-title, bound in later buckram-backed marbled boards, [Kilgour 175], 8vo, Moscow , 1904. The auth ...[more]
[Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". - Khristos voskres [Christ is risen], first edition , device on preliminary p., 5pp. 389 advertisements, original wrappers printed in black & red designed by P. Alekseev, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, [Kilgour 184], 12mo, St Petersburg ...[more]
[Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". - Korolevna i rytsari. Skazki [The Princess and Her Knights. Fairy Tales], first edition, device 390 on preliminary blank, 5pp. advertisements (unopened), original wrappers printed in red & black with illustration by N. Kupreyanov, a very g ...[more] [Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". - Pervoe Svidanie [First Encounter], first edition , one of 3,000 copies, device on preliminary 391 p., original printed wrappers with design initialled `V.Z.`, preserved in modern cloth sleeve, [Kilgour 186], 8vo, Petersburg, "Alkonost&quo ...[more]
[Bugaev (Boris Nikolaevich)], "Andrei Bely". - Peterburg [Petersburg], 2 vol., second edition, some age-toning, a few ff. reinforced at 392 inner margin, original wrappers bound in modern buckram, [cf. Kilgour 183], Berlin, Epocha , 1922; Posle razluki [After the Separation], first editio ...[more]
Bunin (Ivan) - Chasha Zhizni [The Cup of Life], first edition , original printed wrappers bound in later half crushed morocco, Moscow , 393 1915; Roza Ierikhona [Rose of Jericho], age-toning to margins, original printed wrappers bound in later morocco-backed boards, [Kilgour 202], Berlin , 1924; ...[more]
Gippius (Zinaida Nikolaevna) - Zhivvya Litsa [Living Faces], first edition , 2pp. advertisements, slight browning, original wrappers bound 394 in, some marking, modern red cloth, 8vo, Prague , 1925. The memoirs of the renowned, self-educated poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, essayist ...[more]
Gumilev (Nikolai Stepanovich) - MIK, Afrikanskaya Poema [MIK, An African Poem], first edition , frontispiece and decorations ?all by the 395 author, original wrappers, minor spotting and rubbing, ink stamps to lower wrapper, St Petersburg, 1918; Shater. Stikhi [The tent. Verses], first illustrat ...[more]
Ivanov (Viacheslav Ivanovich) - Prozrachnost` [Transparency], first edition , age-toning to margins, 4pp. advertisements, modern cloth- 396 backed boards, Moscow, 1904; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3) Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866 1949), poet, translator, and critic; one of the preeminent architec ...[more]
[Lokhvitskaya (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna)], "Teffi". - Gorodok [Small Town], first edition , original wrappers bound in, modern morocco- 397 backed boards, spine gilt, Paris , 1927; and 10 others, Russian, including another by the same, 8vo (11) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
[Peshkov (Aleksei Maksimovich)], "Maxim Gor`kii". - Detstvo [Childhood], ? first edition , browning with some fraying, preliminary f. with 398 device loose, some other separating, original printed wrappers, spine rubbed and slightly sunned, [Kilgour 48], Berlin , n.d. [?1913]; Moi Univers ...[more]
Russian Caricatures.- Kulikov (Afanasiy) - Four sheets, No.5 Pesnya [Song]; No.6 Ne po adresu molene [Prayer to the wrong one]; No.7 399 Malo dano, mnogo vzyskivaetsya [Giving little, recovering a lot]; No.8 Bedny Makar [Poor Makar], n.d. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Russian Ephemera.- - A small collection of Ephemera, comprising Publication of the Telegram from the Executive Military Committee of 400 the Military Deputies, 28 August [1917]; Facsimile of the Act of Renunciation of Mikhail Aleksandrovich and Nicholas II [supplement to Vestnik Osoboy Armii No15 ...[more]
Russian Periodicals.- - Novy Satirikon [The New Satiricon], 10 issues, comprising Fifth Year No.45 December 1917; Sixth Year No.1 401 January 1918, No2 January 1918, No.3 March 1918, No.4 April 1918, No.5 March 1918, No.6 March 1918, No.8 April 1918, No.9 May 1918 & No.13 June 1918 § Bich [The ...[more]
Russian Periodicals.- - Izvestiya [The News], No.6, 2 March 1917; and contemporary reprints of No.3 & 4 on 1 sheet and Nos. 1-10 in a 402 special souvenir issue, folds, some browning and spotting, [c.1918-1919]; and 5 issues of The Russian Daily News, v.s. (8) View on bloomsburyaucti ...[more]
[Teternikov (Fedor)], "Fedor Kuzmich Sologub". - Meklii bes [Mean Devil], third edition, 3pp. advertisements, original pictorial wrappers 403 bound in with marking to lower wrapper, modern cloth-backed boards, "Shipovnik", 1908; and 2 others by the same [Kilgour 1175 & 1177] ...[more] Ambler (Eric) - Uncommon Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original cloth, spine very slightly 404 faded otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, very small patch of creasing, some very light rubbing to extremities, but overall a remarkably sharp, near-fine exam ...[more]
Ambler (Eric) - Cause for Alarm, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Ernest Hodgson the stoutest of 405 exporters" to title, original cloth, spine slightly faded, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, a few very short closed tears to head and foot with small ...[more]
Bainbridge (Beryl) - A Weekend With Claude, jacket a little creased at head and foot, 1967; Another Part of the Wood, jacket a little 406 creased at head and foot, 1968; Harriet Said , signed presentation inscription from the author , jacket price-clipped, some light creasing to head and foot, ...[more]
Beckett (Samuel) - Ill Seen Ill Said, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "such ?bits and ?sausages, my friend" 407 jacket spine faded, 1982; The Unnamable, 1975, signed by the author , 1975, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine, 8vo (2) View on ...[more]
Betjeman (John) - Continual Dew, first edition, Autograph Poem in part by Betjeman with every other line in his hand , 2pp., loosely 408 inserted, ink inscription and bookplate of Maurice Craig, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light su ...[more]
[Burrage (Alfred McLelland)], "Ex-Private X". - War is War, first edition , front free endpapers partly browned, small sticker of bookseller 409 Frank Russell on rear pastedown, otherwise internally excellent, original boards, a fine, sharp copy, dust-jacket, minor splits to extreme corner ...[more]
Burton (Miles) - Heir to Lucifer, jacket lower panel creased at head, 1947; A Will in the Way, ink inscription, jacket with closed tear and 410 creasing to head of upper panel, 1947; The Silent Speaker, jacket lightly rubbed and creased at head and foot, 1947, first or first English editions, ...[more]
Christie (Agatha) - The Secret of Chimneys, first edition, ?lacking front endpaper, 2pp. advertisements, original blue cloth stamped in 411 black, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed at extremities, some light surface soiling, 1925; and a first edition of The Listerdale Mystery, ...[more]
Cornwell (Bernard) - [The Richard Sharpe novels], 21 vol., first editions, all signed by the author , original boards, dust-jackets, some 412 occasional light creasing to head, otherwise a fine set overall, 1981-2006; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (30) A superb set of Cornwell`s classic serie ...[more]
Dahl (Roald) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first edition, early issue with five line colophon, signed by the author on front free 413 endpaper, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, first issue dust-jacket priced at $3.95 and without ISBN to rear panel, light browning to spine, spine end ...[more]
Dahl (Roald) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first edition, first issue , frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original 414 cloth, very good, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chipped with loss to corners, spine ends and top edge of lower panel, some slight toning, 8vo, New York, 1 ...[more]
Dahl (Roald) - Danny the Champion of the World, first American edition , printing with number line reading from 15 to 1 but without 415 stating `first edition`, New York, 1975; Fantastic Mr. Fox, early reprint, New York, 1970; Boy, first edition , 1984, signed presentation inscriptions from the ...[more]
Deighton (Len) - The Ipcress File, jacket with short closed tear to foot of upper joint, a little rubbed and creased at head and foot, 1962; 416 Horse Under Water, second issue plain endpapers, jacket a little rubbed at head foot, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, jacket a lit ...[more] The Lost World, first edition, large paper copy first issue, 13 mounted plates ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition, large paper 417 copy first issue, 13 mounted plates, 2 colour, 2 map illustrations, frontispiece creased at corner, some very occasional spotting or finger- soiling, ...[more]
Du Maurier (Daphne) - Jamaica Inn, first American edition, second printing, first issue, with later presentation inscription from the author 418 dated 1970 on half-title , pictorial title, original cloth, slight mottling, dust-jacket designed by Rex Whistler, worn at edges with chip from top-edge ...[more]
Eberhart (E.Mignon) - The Glass Slipper, first English edition, some scattered spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a little 419 rubbed and creased at head and foot, still an excellent example, 8vo, 1938. A scarce title, especially in the dust-jacket. View on bloomsburyauc ...[more]
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) - The Great Gatsby, first edition, first printing, with "chatter" for "echolalia" on p. 60, "northern" for "southern" on p. 420 119, "it`s" for "its" and "away" for "away." on p.165, "sick in ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Casino Royale, first edition, third impression, a few very light marginal stains, light browning to endpapers, light 421 abrasions to rear pastedown, original boards, rubbed, dust-jacket, spine very slightly faded, some creasing around joints, spine chipped at foot, spine ends and corn ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Live and Let Die, first edition, a few spots to endpapers and edges, original boards, spine ends a little bumped, lightly 422 rubbed, second state printer`s proof dust-jacket with unclipped corners but with artist`s credit 27mm below blurb on front flap and Irish Times review corrected ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Live and Let Die, first edition, third impression, original boards, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine 423 ends and corners a little chipped with small portion of loss to head of spine, lower panel browned, rubbed and creased at head, [Gibson A2a3], 1956 ; an ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Moonraker, first edition, issue with "shoot" on p.10, ink inscription and browning to endpapers, original boards, spine 424 ends and corners a little bumped, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light spotting and age to ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Diamonds Are Forever, first edition, signed by Lana Wood "Plenty O`Toole" on endpaper, original boards, repair to head 425 of lower joint, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, retouched at spine ends, corners and joints, internal tear to lower panel, however in effect a remarkably b ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - From Russia With Love, first edition, ink inscription, and light tape marks to endpapers, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, 426 spine very slightly discoloured, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small tape mark, stain and short closed tear with accompanying creasing to upper p ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Dr. No, first edition, original second state boards with silhouette, dust-jacket, spine very slightly darkened, spine ends 427 and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light soiling to lower panel, still very good overall, [Gilbert A6a1.3], 8vo, 1958. ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - Goldfinger, first edition, signed by Shirley Eaton "Jill Masterson", Tania Mallet "Tilly Masterson" and Honor Blackman 428 "Pussy Galore" on endpaper, short closed tear to head of endpaper, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial boards, spine very sligh ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - For Your Eyes Only, jacket spine with usual fading, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a little creased at head and 429 foot, rubbing, 1960; Thunderball, jacket price-clipped, otherwise a near-fine copy without any of the usual browning , 1961, first editions, original bo ...[more] Fleming (Ian) - The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, signed by Roger Moore "007" on endpaper, jacket a little foxed and spotted, 430 excellent otherwise, 1962; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (4) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty`s Secret Service, signed by George Lazenby "007", ink inscription, jacket spine slightly browned, small 431 puncture mark to upper panel, light creasing to head, excellent otherwise, 1963; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, signed by Roger Moore, Maryam d«o ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - You Only Live Twice, first state, signed by Henry Blofeld , 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, signed by Roger Moore, 432 Maud Adams "Andrea Andrews" and Britt Eckland "Mary Goodnight" , bookseller`s label, 1965, first editions, spines a little browned, some ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - The Man with the Golden Gun, advance or review copy, original red boards lettered in silver, spine ends a little bumped, 433 dust-jacket without usual clipped corners, browned, spine ends and corners chipped, rubbed and creased at extremities with a few closed tears, [cf Gilbert p415], ...[more]
Fleming (Ian) - [The James Bond Novels] 14 vol., first paperback editions, browning to margins, occasional ink inscription to front 434 endpapers, original pictorial wrappers, upper cover of From Russia With Love unpriced ?for export, For Your Eyes Only with "4/- Australian" printed price t ...[more]
Ford (Ford Maddox) - The Brown Owl, the author`s first book, frontispiece, illustrations, light spotting to half-title, original decorated 435 cloth, spine slightly browned, 1892; No More Parades, ink inscription, spine a little rubbed and dulled, 1925; Last Post, dust-jacket, spine slightly bro ...[more]
Ford (Ford Maddox) - It Was the Nightingale, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, some light foxing, original cloth, 436 dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear and creasing to upper panel, New York, 1933; Mister Bosphorus and the Muses, illustrat ...[more]
Forster (E.M.) - A Passage to India, first edition , number 89 of 200 copies signed by the author, title printed in red & black, spare spine 437 label at end, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, but overall a very good copy, t.e.g., [Connolly 45; Kirkpatric ...[more]
Fowles (John) - The Collector, first edition, orginal boards, small dent to head of spine, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, very light sunning to 438 spine, small crease to head of spine, a near-fine copy otherwise, 8vo, 1963. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Golding (William) - Lord of the Flies, first edition, small ink inscription and light spotting to endpapers, variant blue cloth, shelf-lean, dust- 439 jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners chipped with 1/2" poriton of loss to head of spine affecting lettering, lower joint spli ...[more]
Greene (Graham) - Journey Without Maps, uncorrected proof copy, occasional scattered foxing, pencil inscription and abrasion marks to 440 front endpaper, original printed wrappers, spine creased and browned, upper cover detached, lower cover creased, wear to extremities, light soiling, 8vo, 1936. ...[more]
Greene (Graham) - The Heart of the Matter, first edition, promotional pamphlet for Heart of the Matter and flier for A Gun for Sale loosely 441 inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped light creasing to head, upper flap creased, publisher`s original w ...[more]
Greene (Graham) - The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, first edition, ink inscription, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends 442 and corners a little chipped, some scuff marks to spine, a little rubbed and creased at extremities, still a very good copy, 8vo, 1950. View on bloo ...[more] Greene (Graham) - The Little Fire Engine, first edition, coloured illustrations by Dorothy Craigie, original cloth, a little warped, dust- 443 jacket, tape repairs to verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped with 1/2" portion of loss to foot of spine, repaired closed tear to lower panel, ...[more]
Greene (Graham) - The End of the Affair, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Patricia Hogan, after a lovely 444 lunch, a discussion on suicide & a confession about opium, Graham Greene, K.L. Jan. 1952" to endpaper, some minor worming to inner margin, or ...[more]
Hemingway (Ernest) - Fiesta, first English edition of The Sun Also Rises, very minor darkening to margins and occasional light finger 445 marking, rear pastedown slightly abraded, but overall internally very good, original blue cloth, sympathetically rebacked preserving original (faded) backstrip, ...[more]
Hemingway (Ernest) - A Farewell to Arms, first edition, second issue with `serious` to p.66, very light browning to endpapers, original 446 cloth, dust-jacket, some light rubbing and minor creasing to head and foot, original publisher`s wraparound (faded at spine), otherwise a near-fine copy overal ...[more]
Herbert (Frank) - Dune, first edition, first issue with no ISBN or number line to verso of title, very small abrasion to head of front 447 endpaper, original cloth, some very light discolouration to head and foot, spine ends and corners a little bumped, first issue dust-jacket priced at $5.95 and w ...[more]
Hines (Barry) - A Kestrel for a Knave, uncorrected proof copy, bookplate signed by the author to title, original printed wrappers, creasing 448 to spine, proof dust-jacket, light browning to spine and head, some light creasing to head, still an excellent example, 8vo, 1968. A scarce example of ...[more]
Horler (Sydney) - The Spy, jacket with promotional label to upper panel,spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 449 short closed tears with creasing, 1931 § Oppenheim, (E.Phillips) Inspector Dickins Retires, jacket with promotional lablel to spine, spine faded, spine ends a ...[more]
Huxley (Aldous) - Brave New World, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly faded, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, 450 spine ends and corners a little chipped, small portion of loss to head of spine affecting lettering, some very light spotting to flaps, still very good ov ...[more]
Isherwood (Christopher) - Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition , Hogarth device on title, original cloth, spine very slightly dulled with 451 minor shelf lean, dust-jacket featuring design by John Banting, some minor rubbing but overall an unusually good example, [Woolmer 369], 8vo, Hogarth Pres ...[more]
Joyce (James) - Finnegans Wake, first edition, some very light spotting and some browning to endpapers, original cloth, near-fine, dust- 452 jacket, very short closed tears to head and foot with some tape repairs to verso, some light creasing to head, still an excellent, sharp copy, [Slocum & Cah ...[more]
Lawrence (D.H.) - Twilight in Italy, first edition, initialed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light spotting, endpapers 453 browned and with ownership inscription, original cloth, minor repairs to joints, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Roberts A8 ...[more]
Lawrence (D.H.).- [Chambers (Jessie), "E.T." D.H.Lawrence, A Personal Record, first edition, Louie Burrows` copy with her annotations 454 to c.15pp. and with additional autograph note, original cloth, some light staining to covers, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corner ...[more]
Le Carré (John) - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, some light fading to 455 head and foot, spotting to edges, dust-jacket, some very light rubbing to head and foot, but a near-fine example overall, 1963; and a copy of The Looking-Glas ...[more] Le Carré (John) - [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, double-signed by the author on title, bookplate signed 456 by Alec Guiness to title, jacket spine faded, 1974 ; The Honourable Schoolboy, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, author` ...[more]
Lennon (John) - A Spaniard in the Works, uncorrected proof copy, illustrations by the author, first gathering becoming loose, proof dust- 457 jacket, a little rubbed and creased at head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1965. Scarce, particularly in the proof dust-jacket. View on bloomsbu ...[more]
Lofting (Hugh) - The Story of Doctor Doolittle, first edition , colour frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by the author, pictorial 458 silhouette endpapers, minor staining to 3 initial ff., original decorative cloth with inset colour illustration on front cover, a very good copy, 8vo, N ...[more]
Lorac (E.C.R.) - Relative to Poison, dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tears, 1947; Death Before 459 Dinner, dust-jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1948 § Taylor (Phoebe Atwood) Figure Away, foxing, jacket creased a ...[more]
Mandela (Nelson) Long Walk to Freedom, first edition, signed and dated by the author on day of publication, document from the vendor 460 confirming provenance loosely inserted, plates, original boards, dust-jacket, a few small dents, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, Randburg, Macdonald Purnell, 1994. Vie ...[more]
Maugham (W.Somerset) - Cakes and Ale, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to C.R. Dawes with his ink inscription 461 on front free endpaper, endpapers and edges foxed, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight spotting and surface wear, rubbed at corners, a few small stains on upper c ...[more]
Morpurgo (Michael) - War Horse, first edition, p.15 creased with small portion of loss to margins, light creasing to a few other pp., 462 original pictorial boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a few small bumps and scratches, 8vo , 1982. First edition of the children`s story that has ach ...[more]
Murdoch (Iris) - Under the Net, first edition, first impression, faint browning to endpapers, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, 463 some very minor creasing to head and foot, very short closed tear to foot of spine and head of lower panel, a few spots to lower panel, but a remarkably ...[more]
A Child of the Revolution, some light foxing to endpapers, original cloth ( Baroness Emmuska) A Child of the Revolution, some light 464 foxing to endpapers, original cloth, mottled and faded, dust-jacket, price label of 7/6 to upper flap, spine slightly discoloured, spine ends and corners a litt ...[more]
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, light browning to endpapers, original cloth ( Baroness Emmuska) The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 465 light browning to endpapers, original cloth, near-fine, dust-jacket, priced at 7/6, creasing to head and foot of spine, remains of marking to spine, light surface ...[more]
Orwell (George) - Animal Farm, first edition, original cloth, some faint damp-staining to foot, dust-jacket with Searchlight advertisement 466 printed in blue verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, split to lower joint and upper fore-edge, light damp-staining, rubbed at extremities, light soi ...[more]
Orwell (George) - Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, original cloth, a small number of spots to edges, dust-jacket, some very faint fading 467 to spine, some light rubbing to extremities, original publisher`s wraparound band , a fine copy , 8vo, 1949, A stunning copy of Orwell`s dystopian c ...[more]
Owen (Wilfred) - Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, tissue guard (browned and torn at inner margin), light browning to endpapers, 468 spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, sm.4to, 1920. The most important book of poetry from the first world war. The power of ...[more] Powell (Anthony) - The Acceptance World, first edition , neat ownership inscription on front pastedown, original cloth, a near fine copy, 469 dust-jacket, very slightly chipped at corner tips and spine ends with 2 small closed tears to head of spine, otherwise a very good example, 8vo, 1955. The ...[more]
Pratchett (Terry) - The Dark Side of the Sun, first edition, jacket spine slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities, 1976; Strata, first 470 American edition , jacket rubbed, New York, 1981, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Pratchett (Terry) - The Colour of Magic, first edition, first impression , original boards, dent to spine, otherwise a sharp, tight copy, first 471 state dust-jacket , without the publisher s overlays or the price-sticker to inside front flap, spine slightly faded, light creasing to spine, small m ...[more]
Rosenberg (Isaac) - Poems, first edition, portrait frontispeice, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, browned at spine, spine ends and corners 472 a little rubbed, 8vo, 1922. Scarce in such excellent condition. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again, first edition, first impression with plain plates , frontispiece, plate and 8 473 illustrations by Tolkien, map endpapers, original decorative cloth , slightly cocked, corners a little bumped, otherwise excellent, first issue dust-jacket wit ...[more]
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, vol.1 & 3 first impressions, vol.2 second impression, vol.3 third state with 474 sagging text and printed 4 on p.49, folding maps, light spotting and browning to endpapers, abrasion marks from removal of tape to pastedowns, or ...[more]
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., first editions, vol.1 fourth impression, vol.2 second impression, vol.3 first impression, first 475 state without sagging text or signature `4` to p.49 , folding maps, some light browning and small ink inscription to endpapers, original clot ...[more]
Walters (Minette) - The Ice House, first edition, original boards, variant dust-jacket featuring 2 faces to the upper panel and no quote by 476 Colin Dexter to the rear panel, vertical crease to spine, some very light creasing to head, otherwise a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1992. The extremely scarc ...[more]
Waugh (Evelyn) - The Loved One, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Patrick Crichton-Stuart , to 477 endpaper, original cloth, faded at spine and margins, 8vo, Boston, 1948. Patrick Crichton-Stuart was on the board of directors of Gerald Duckworth and Co. publ ...[more]
Waugh (Evelyn) - Love Among the Ruins, number 88 of 350 copies signed by the author, illustrations, original pictorial buckram, gilt, 478 spine slightly faded, original printed glacine dust-jacket, light browning to spine and fore-edges, some light creasing to extremities, overall an excellent exam ...[more]
Wells (H.G.) - The Time Machine, first edition, later issue without the advertisements at rear, signed by the author on half-title, note from 479 previous owner discussing Wells` signing of this copy tipped onto pastedown, some browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth blocked in purple, spi ...[more]
Wells (H.G.) - The Time Machine, first edition, early issue with 16pp. publisher`s catalogue dated 1897, uncut edges and purple 480 lettering, light browning to endpapers, ink ownership inscription, original cloth with sphinx design to upper cover, corners and spine ends a little bumped, spine ligh ...[more]
Wells (H.G.) - The Island of Doctor Moreau, first edition, first issue, 33pp. advertisements at rear, original pictorial cloth with publisher`s 481 blind-stamp to lower cover, light stain to foot of upper cover, some light rubbing and bumping to extremities, still a remarkably sharp, excellent copy, ...[more] Wells (H.G.) - The War of the Worlds, first edition, this copy without advertisements, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original cloth, 482 very slight shelf-lean, slight discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some very light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent ...[more]
Wells (H.G.) - The First Men in the Moon, first edition, first issue , 12 plates, original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, very 483 slight shelf lean with minor rubbing to corner tips, otherwise a fine, sharp copy, [Wells 18], 8vo , 1901. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
White (Ethel Lina) - While She Sleeps, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, some light creasing and very short closed tears to head 484 and foot, surface soiling, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1940. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Wodehouse (P.G.) and H. Westbrook. - Not George Washington, first edition, first issue , colour frontispiece by John E. Sutcliffe, 485 occasional light spotting and ink underlinings, corners of pp.273 & 274 chipped, front endpaper detached, lacking rear endpaper, hinges starting, a few gatheri ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - A Gentleman of Leisure, first English edition, original red variant cloth, spine slightly faded, some minor creasing to 486 upper cover, dust-jacket , spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, otherwise an excellent example, [McIlvaine A13b2], 8vo, 1910. An excep ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - A Prefect`s Uncle, first edition, second issue listing 7 titles to half-title verso but without 8pp. advertisements, 8 487 plates by R.Noel Pocock, scattered spotting, mark from removed bookplate to front endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly faded, a ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - Bill the Conqueror, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 1964, ink inscription 488 to endpaper, original cloth, some very light fraying to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting head of title on ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - Sam in the Suburbs, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, front endpaper 489 clipped at corner, hinges starting, orginal pictorial cloth, spine slightly browned, some staining, light fraying to head and foot, New York, 1925; My Man, Jeev ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - Doctor Sally, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, some light spotting, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, spine with usual 490 fading, spine a little chipped at head with remains of tape repair to verso, otherwise excellent, [McIlvaine A46a], 8vo, 1932. An excellent example of ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - The Great Sermon Handicap, first edition, original boards, some very light rubbing to head and foot, gilt, dust- 491 jacket, some minor chipping to foot, some light rubbing and surface soiling, an excellent copy overall, [McIlvaine A49a], 12mo, [1933]. View on bloomsburyauc ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - Right Ho, Jeeves, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, original grey cloth lettered in red, fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, 492 spine faded, brown paper repairs to head and foot verso, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a little chipped and creased at head and foot, still in e ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, first edition, first issue, 6pp. advertisements, original turquoise cloth lettered in 493 black, spine sunned, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, spine ends and corners a little chipped affecting lettering at head of spine, a few short closed tears, some ligh ...[more]
Wodehouse (P.G.) - The Code of the Woosters, first English edition, 8pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original emerald- 494 green cloth lettered in black, near-fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, closed tear with accompanying creasing to head of upper panel, spine ends and corners a little ...[more] Woolf (Virginia) - Mrs Dalloway, first edition, occasional spotting, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spotting to fore-edge, spine ends 495 and corners a little rubbed and bumped, still an excellent example overall, [Kirkpatrick A9a], 8vo, 1925. View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Woolf (Virginia) - Three Guineas, first edition, front endpapers browned, original yellow cloth, slightly darkened at spine and margins, 496 dust-jacket, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine and joints skilfully repaired, in effect an excellent copy, [Kirkpatrick A23a], 8vo, 1 ...[more]
Wyndham (John) - The Day of the Triffids, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little 497 chipped, some light rubbing to extremities, light surface soiling to lower panel, still a very good copy, 8vo, 1951. View on bloomsburyauctions.com