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Auction archive: Lot number 388

POWYS, JOHN COWPER. A Collection of 129 books by John Cowper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Theodore Francis Powys, including approximately 60 First Editions, many in original dust jackets, many inscribed or signed, and 8 autographed letters signed by Jo...

Auction 22.05.1996
22 May 1996
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$2,760
Auction archive: Lot number 388

POWYS, JOHN COWPER. A Collection of 129 books by John Cowper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Theodore Francis Powys, including approximately 60 First Editions, many in original dust jackets, many inscribed or signed, and 8 autographed letters signed by Jo...

Auction 22.05.1996
22 May 1996
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$2,760
Beschreibung:

POWYS, JOHN COWPER. A Collection of 129 books by John Cowper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Theodore Francis Powys, including approximately 60 First Editions, many in original dust jackets, many inscribed or signed, and 8 autographed letters signed by John Cowper Powys. V.p., v.d. Various sizes, various bindings, condition varies. Includes: POWYS, JOHN COWPER. Odes and Other Poems. London, 1896. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A2 -- Poems. London, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A3 -- The War and Culture. New York, 1914. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A4 -- Visions and Revisions. New York, 1915. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY signed twice by Powys. Thomas A5 -- Visions and Revisions. New York, 1915. Second printing -- Wood and Stone. New York, 1915. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A6 -- One Hundred Best Books. New York, 1916. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A8 -- One Hundred Best Books. New York, 1916. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. Thomas A8 -- Rodmoor. New York, 1916. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A9 -- Suspended Judgments. New York, 1916. Dust jacket -- Wolf's-Bane Rhymes. New York, 1916. Dust jacket -- Mandragora. New York, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A11 -- The Complex Vision. New York, 1920. FIRST EDITION, later state, contains errata page. Thomas A13 -- Samphire. New York, 1922. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A14 -- Psychoanalysis and Morality. San Francisco, 1923 -- The Religion of a Sceptic. New York, 1925. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A17 -- Ducdame. New York, 1925. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A16 -- Wolf Solent. New York, 1929. 2 volumes, pictorial dust jacket; slipcase . FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Eleanor Johnson. Thomas A19 -- Wolf Solent. New York, 1929. 2 volumes, pictorial dust jacket . Fourth printing. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to M.F. Lewis on front free endpaper -- The Owl, The Duck, And--Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe! Chicago, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, number 207 of 250 copies signed by Powys -- The Meaning of Culture. New York, 1929. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A21 -- In Defence of Sensuality. New York, 1930. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A23 -- Dorothy M. Richardson. London, 1931. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A25 -- A Glastonbury Romance. New York, 1932. Pictorial dust jacket. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Thomas A26b -- A Philosophy of Solitude. New York, 1933. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A27 -- A Glastonbury Romance. London, [1933]. Pictorial dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY with lengthy inscription to "Eleanor." Thomas A28 -- Weymouth Sands. New York, 1934. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A29 -- Autobiography. New York, 1934. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A30 -- The Art of Happiness. New York, 1935. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A32 -- The Art of Happiness. New York, 1935 -- Maiden Castle. New York, 1936. Dust jacket -- Enjoyment of Literature. New York, 1938. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A38 -- Owen Glendower. New York, [1940]. 2 volumes, lacking cardboard slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A41 -- Mortal Strife. London, 1942. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A43 -- Dostoievsky. London, [1946]. Dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY with lengthy inscription. Thomas A45 -- Obstinate Cymric. Carmarthen, 1947. Light blue dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A46 -- Porius. London, [1951]. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A48 -- Rabelais. New York, [1951] -- The Inmates. London, [1952]. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A49 -- Lucifer. London, [1956]. LIMITED EDITION, number 406 of 560 signed copies -- Up and Out. London, 1957. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, with Colgate University Press label glued onto title page (over Macdonald imprint). Thomas A56 -- 31 other books and 16 pamphlets -- A group of 8 AUTOGRAH LETTERS SIGNED by John Cowper Powys to Eleanor Johnson dating from 1930 to 1958 and two related letters. [With:] POWYS, JOHN COWPER and LLEWELLY POWYS. Confessions of Two Brothers. Rochester, 1916. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. [And:] POWYS, LLEWELYN. Ebony and Ivory. New York

Auction archive: Lot number 388
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

POWYS, JOHN COWPER. A Collection of 129 books by John Cowper Powys, Llewelyn Powys, and Theodore Francis Powys, including approximately 60 First Editions, many in original dust jackets, many inscribed or signed, and 8 autographed letters signed by John Cowper Powys. V.p., v.d. Various sizes, various bindings, condition varies. Includes: POWYS, JOHN COWPER. Odes and Other Poems. London, 1896. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A2 -- Poems. London, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A3 -- The War and Culture. New York, 1914. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A4 -- Visions and Revisions. New York, 1915. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY signed twice by Powys. Thomas A5 -- Visions and Revisions. New York, 1915. Second printing -- Wood and Stone. New York, 1915. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A6 -- One Hundred Best Books. New York, 1916. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A8 -- One Hundred Best Books. New York, 1916. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. Thomas A8 -- Rodmoor. New York, 1916. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A9 -- Suspended Judgments. New York, 1916. Dust jacket -- Wolf's-Bane Rhymes. New York, 1916. Dust jacket -- Mandragora. New York, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A11 -- The Complex Vision. New York, 1920. FIRST EDITION, later state, contains errata page. Thomas A13 -- Samphire. New York, 1922. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A14 -- Psychoanalysis and Morality. San Francisco, 1923 -- The Religion of a Sceptic. New York, 1925. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A17 -- Ducdame. New York, 1925. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A16 -- Wolf Solent. New York, 1929. 2 volumes, pictorial dust jacket; slipcase . FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Eleanor Johnson. Thomas A19 -- Wolf Solent. New York, 1929. 2 volumes, pictorial dust jacket . Fourth printing. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to M.F. Lewis on front free endpaper -- The Owl, The Duck, And--Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe! Chicago, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, number 207 of 250 copies signed by Powys -- The Meaning of Culture. New York, 1929. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A21 -- In Defence of Sensuality. New York, 1930. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A23 -- Dorothy M. Richardson. London, 1931. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A25 -- A Glastonbury Romance. New York, 1932. Pictorial dust jacket. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Thomas A26b -- A Philosophy of Solitude. New York, 1933. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A27 -- A Glastonbury Romance. London, [1933]. Pictorial dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY with lengthy inscription to "Eleanor." Thomas A28 -- Weymouth Sands. New York, 1934. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A29 -- Autobiography. New York, 1934. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A30 -- The Art of Happiness. New York, 1935. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A32 -- The Art of Happiness. New York, 1935 -- Maiden Castle. New York, 1936. Dust jacket -- Enjoyment of Literature. New York, 1938. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A38 -- Owen Glendower. New York, [1940]. 2 volumes, lacking cardboard slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A41 -- Mortal Strife. London, 1942. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A43 -- Dostoievsky. London, [1946]. Dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY with lengthy inscription. Thomas A45 -- Obstinate Cymric. Carmarthen, 1947. Light blue dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A46 -- Porius. London, [1951]. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A48 -- Rabelais. New York, [1951] -- The Inmates. London, [1952]. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Thomas A49 -- Lucifer. London, [1956]. LIMITED EDITION, number 406 of 560 signed copies -- Up and Out. London, 1957. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, with Colgate University Press label glued onto title page (over Macdonald imprint). Thomas A56 -- 31 other books and 16 pamphlets -- A group of 8 AUTOGRAH LETTERS SIGNED by John Cowper Powys to Eleanor Johnson dating from 1930 to 1958 and two related letters. [With:] POWYS, JOHN COWPER and LLEWELLY POWYS. Confessions of Two Brothers. Rochester, 1916. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. [And:] POWYS, LLEWELYN. Ebony and Ivory. New York

Auction archive: Lot number 388
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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