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Auction archive: Lot number 199

PRIVATE PRESS A COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS, COMPRISING

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,688 - US$4,033
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$1,848
Auction archive: Lot number 199

PRIVATE PRESS A COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS, COMPRISING

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,688 - US$4,033
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$1,848
Beschreibung:

i) George Moore Pure Poetry. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924, 8vo, NUMBER 805 OF 1250 COPIES, original vellum over grey boards, endpapers browned; ii) Francis Macnamara. Miscellaneous Writings of Henry the Eighth. Waltham St Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924, 4to, NUMBER 142 OF 365 COPIES, printed in red and black, original vellum over red boards; iii) A New Orchard and Garden. London: The Cresset Press, 1927, 4to, NUMBER 21 OF 650 COPIES, ONE OF 50 on hand-made paper and specially bound, original limp vellum, ties; iv) Mona Wilson. The Life of William Blake London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927, 4to, NUMBER 6 OF 1480 COPIES, original vellum over patterned boards, collectors bookplate on front endpaper; v) Ben Jonson. The Masque of Queens. London: The Kings Printers, 1930, folio, NUMBER 133 OF 350 COPIES, plates by Inigo Jones original red boards, boards a little soiled; vi) Christina Rossetti. Goblin Market. Middleton, Sussex: The Silver Unicorn Press, 1931, 8vo, NUMBER 4 OF 100 COPIES, original printed boards, completely unopened; vii) Gustave Flaubert. Salambo. Waltham St Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931, 4to, NUMBER 297 OF 500 COPIES, woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings original blue cloth over marbled boards; viii) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Selected Poems of Coleridge. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935, 4to, NUMBER 90 OF 500 COPIES, plates, original orang limp vellum, top edge gilt, slipcase; ix) George Bernard Shaw. Shaw Gives Himself Away. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1939, 4to, NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH ON HER BIRTHDAY (“Love | Paul Demel | London 5th Nov. 1942”) beneath a portrait sketch on a preliminary blank, full black morocco with red onlays designed by Paul Nash boards very slightly bowed; x) Katherine Mansfield. The Garden Party and other stories. London: The Verona Press, 1939 [1947], large 8vo, NUMBER 67 OF 1200 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH ON HER BIRTHDAY (“For Vivien | with love | Dan [Cunningham] | “Corinthic” Nov. 5th 1948”) on the front free endpaper, illustrations by Marie Laurencin original patterned green cloth, upper board slightly soiled; xi) William Shakespeare. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1940], 8vo, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien Leigh by Theodore Bertstein (“…in remembrance of a lovely day in May…”) beneath his bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper, original cloth over patterned boards, slipcase, loss to foot of spine of slipcase; xii) William Shakespeare. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1940], 8vo, original patterned boards, slipcase; xiii) Harold Acton and Lee Y-Hsieh. Glue and Lacquer. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1941, 4to, NUMBER 362 OFF 350 COPIES, illustrations by Eric Gill black morocco over yellow boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt; xiv) Paul McPharlin. The Songs of Sappho. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1942], note to the Oliviers loosely inserted (“…this might brighten the long hours in the air…Bon voyage, Hugh CXXXX”), original printed boards, slipcase, boards slightly rubbed, slipcase faded; xv) John Hadfield. Georgian Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1949, 8vo, NUMBER 426 OF 660 COPIES, illustrations by Rex Whistler, original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xvi) John Hadfield. Restoration Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1950, 8vo, NUMBER 457 OF 660 COPIES, folding frontispiece and illustrations by Rex Whistler, original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xvii) John Hadfield. Elizabethan Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1955, 8vo, NUMBER 94 OF 660 COPIES, SIGNED BY JOHN PIPER lithographic plates by John Piper original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xviii) Emily Dickinson. Love Poems and Others. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1957], 8vo, presentation copy inscribed to the Oliviers (“Best wishes to you on you anni

Auction archive: Lot number 199
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

i) George Moore Pure Poetry. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1924, 8vo, NUMBER 805 OF 1250 COPIES, original vellum over grey boards, endpapers browned; ii) Francis Macnamara. Miscellaneous Writings of Henry the Eighth. Waltham St Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924, 4to, NUMBER 142 OF 365 COPIES, printed in red and black, original vellum over red boards; iii) A New Orchard and Garden. London: The Cresset Press, 1927, 4to, NUMBER 21 OF 650 COPIES, ONE OF 50 on hand-made paper and specially bound, original limp vellum, ties; iv) Mona Wilson. The Life of William Blake London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927, 4to, NUMBER 6 OF 1480 COPIES, original vellum over patterned boards, collectors bookplate on front endpaper; v) Ben Jonson. The Masque of Queens. London: The Kings Printers, 1930, folio, NUMBER 133 OF 350 COPIES, plates by Inigo Jones original red boards, boards a little soiled; vi) Christina Rossetti. Goblin Market. Middleton, Sussex: The Silver Unicorn Press, 1931, 8vo, NUMBER 4 OF 100 COPIES, original printed boards, completely unopened; vii) Gustave Flaubert. Salambo. Waltham St Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931, 4to, NUMBER 297 OF 500 COPIES, woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings original blue cloth over marbled boards; viii) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Selected Poems of Coleridge. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935, 4to, NUMBER 90 OF 500 COPIES, plates, original orang limp vellum, top edge gilt, slipcase; ix) George Bernard Shaw. Shaw Gives Himself Away. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1939, 4to, NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH ON HER BIRTHDAY (“Love | Paul Demel | London 5th Nov. 1942”) beneath a portrait sketch on a preliminary blank, full black morocco with red onlays designed by Paul Nash boards very slightly bowed; x) Katherine Mansfield. The Garden Party and other stories. London: The Verona Press, 1939 [1947], large 8vo, NUMBER 67 OF 1200 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO VIVIEN LEIGH ON HER BIRTHDAY (“For Vivien | with love | Dan [Cunningham] | “Corinthic” Nov. 5th 1948”) on the front free endpaper, illustrations by Marie Laurencin original patterned green cloth, upper board slightly soiled; xi) William Shakespeare. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1940], 8vo, presentation copy inscribed to Vivien Leigh by Theodore Bertstein (“…in remembrance of a lovely day in May…”) beneath his bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper, original cloth over patterned boards, slipcase, loss to foot of spine of slipcase; xii) William Shakespeare. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1940], 8vo, original patterned boards, slipcase; xiii) Harold Acton and Lee Y-Hsieh. Glue and Lacquer. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1941, 4to, NUMBER 362 OFF 350 COPIES, illustrations by Eric Gill black morocco over yellow boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt; xiv) Paul McPharlin. The Songs of Sappho. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1942], note to the Oliviers loosely inserted (“…this might brighten the long hours in the air…Bon voyage, Hugh CXXXX”), original printed boards, slipcase, boards slightly rubbed, slipcase faded; xv) John Hadfield. Georgian Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1949, 8vo, NUMBER 426 OF 660 COPIES, illustrations by Rex Whistler, original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xvi) John Hadfield. Restoration Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1950, 8vo, NUMBER 457 OF 660 COPIES, folding frontispiece and illustrations by Rex Whistler, original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xvii) John Hadfield. Elizabethan Love Songs. Hitchin: The Cupid Press, 1955, 8vo, NUMBER 94 OF 660 COPIES, SIGNED BY JOHN PIPER lithographic plates by John Piper original cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt; xviii) Emily Dickinson. Love Poems and Others. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [c.1957], 8vo, presentation copy inscribed to the Oliviers (“Best wishes to you on you anni

Auction archive: Lot number 199
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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