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Auction archive: Lot number 31

DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956). Songs of Childhood . London: Longmans, 1918. 8°. Frontispiece. Original green cloth (gilding at spine dulled). New Impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'W. Jack de la Mare with all remembrances 30 VI '28'.

Auction 01.11.2006
1 Nov 2006
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$573 - US$955
Price realised:
£660
ca. US$1,261
Auction archive: Lot number 31

DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956). Songs of Childhood . London: Longmans, 1918. 8°. Frontispiece. Original green cloth (gilding at spine dulled). New Impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'W. Jack de la Mare with all remembrances 30 VI '28'.

Auction 01.11.2006
1 Nov 2006
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$573 - US$955
Price realised:
£660
ca. US$1,261
Beschreibung:

DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956). Songs of Childhood . London: Longmans, 1918. 8°. Frontispiece. Original green cloth (gilding at spine dulled). New Impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'W. Jack de la Mare with all remembrances 30 VI '28'. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Return . London: Collins, 1922. 8°. Original blue cloth. Revised edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. DE LA MARE, Walter. Thus Her Tale . Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press, 1923. 4°. Illustrations by William Ogilvie. Original paper wrappers (disbound). ONE OF 150 COPIES on hand-made paper. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Riddle and Other Stories . London: Selwyn & Blount, 1923. Original fawn buckram (spine darkened). This AN UNNUMBERED COPY OF AN EDITION OF 310. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'from Colin and Walter de la Mare with very best wishes May 18th [changed from 17th] 1923'. DE LA MARE, Walter. Seaton's Aunt . London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. 8°. Original green wrappers with wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton, unopened. DE LA MARE, Walter (editor). Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems. London: Constable, 1928. 8°. Original deep red cloth. Revised edition. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Ottoline with love from W.J. dlm 1928'. Occasional pencil marks by Morrell. DE LA MARE, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe . London: Faber & Faber, 1930. 8°. Illustrations by Rex Whistler. Original blue cloth gilt (faded). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'Ottoline with love from W.J. d l M June 1930'. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Printing of Poetry . Cambridge: University Press for the Double Crown Club, 1931. 12°. Bottom edges uncut. Original blue cloth, faded (partly uncut). ONE OF NINETY COPIES, this unnumbered. Text of an address to the club in 1927. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Ottoline with love from the Excogitator thereof Christmas 1931.' 'Some men are born with a library, some acquire a library, others become reviewers.' DE LA MARE, Walter. A Froward Child . London: Faber & Faber, 1934. 8°. Original green paper boards (worn). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED 'Darling Ottoline from Ettie [Lady Desborough], Welbeck. June 1935'. DE LA MARE, Walter. Early One Morning in the Spring . London: Faber & Faber, 1935. 8°. Frontispiece and plates by Barnett Friedman. Original red cloth. Second impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'Ottoline with love from J. 1935. "I looked & listened far away As if for what can not have been".' [DE LA MARE, Walter]. A Midsummer-Night's Dream ... introduction by Walter de la Mare. London: Macmillan, 1935. 8°. Original green cloth. PRESENTATION COPY from Walter de la Mare, inscribed 'Ottoline from J[ack]. All hope abandon ye who trespass here.' (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
1 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
1 November 2006, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

DE LA MARE, Walter (1873-1956). Songs of Childhood . London: Longmans, 1918. 8°. Frontispiece. Original green cloth (gilding at spine dulled). New Impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'W. Jack de la Mare with all remembrances 30 VI '28'. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Return . London: Collins, 1922. 8°. Original blue cloth. Revised edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. DE LA MARE, Walter. Thus Her Tale . Edinburgh: The Porpoise Press, 1923. 4°. Illustrations by William Ogilvie. Original paper wrappers (disbound). ONE OF 150 COPIES on hand-made paper. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Riddle and Other Stories . London: Selwyn & Blount, 1923. Original fawn buckram (spine darkened). This AN UNNUMBERED COPY OF AN EDITION OF 310. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'from Colin and Walter de la Mare with very best wishes May 18th [changed from 17th] 1923'. DE LA MARE, Walter. Seaton's Aunt . London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. 8°. Original green wrappers with wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton, unopened. DE LA MARE, Walter (editor). Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems. London: Constable, 1928. 8°. Original deep red cloth. Revised edition. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Ottoline with love from W.J. dlm 1928'. Occasional pencil marks by Morrell. DE LA MARE, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe . London: Faber & Faber, 1930. 8°. Illustrations by Rex Whistler. Original blue cloth gilt (faded). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'Ottoline with love from W.J. d l M June 1930'. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Printing of Poetry . Cambridge: University Press for the Double Crown Club, 1931. 12°. Bottom edges uncut. Original blue cloth, faded (partly uncut). ONE OF NINETY COPIES, this unnumbered. Text of an address to the club in 1927. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Ottoline with love from the Excogitator thereof Christmas 1931.' 'Some men are born with a library, some acquire a library, others become reviewers.' DE LA MARE, Walter. A Froward Child . London: Faber & Faber, 1934. 8°. Original green paper boards (worn). FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED 'Darling Ottoline from Ettie [Lady Desborough], Welbeck. June 1935'. DE LA MARE, Walter. Early One Morning in the Spring . London: Faber & Faber, 1935. 8°. Frontispiece and plates by Barnett Friedman. Original red cloth. Second impression. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'Ottoline with love from J. 1935. "I looked & listened far away As if for what can not have been".' [DE LA MARE, Walter]. A Midsummer-Night's Dream ... introduction by Walter de la Mare. London: Macmillan, 1935. 8°. Original green cloth. PRESENTATION COPY from Walter de la Mare, inscribed 'Ottoline from J[ack]. All hope abandon ye who trespass here.' (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
1 Nov 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
1 November 2006, London, South Kensington
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