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Auction archive: Lot number 199

Private Press Books

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,431 - US$2,147
Price realised:
£3,250
ca. US$4,652
Auction archive: Lot number 199

Private Press Books

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,431 - US$2,147
Price realised:
£3,250
ca. US$4,652
Beschreibung:

Private Press Books A COLLECTION OF 9 BOOKS ON ARABIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, 1930-1948, COMPRISING: Blunt, Anne and Wilfred Scawen. The Celebrated Romance of The Stealing of the Mare. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1930, number 245 of 275 copies, original calf-backed boards [Harrop 16] Ashbee, C.R. Kingfisher out of Egypt. London: OUP / Humphrey Milford, 1934, number 99 of 750 copies, original vellum-backed boards Ashbee, C.R. The Kings of Min Zamān. London: OUP / Humphrey Milford, 1938, original vellum-backed boards Bell, Gertrude. The Arab War. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1940, number 374 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 147] Lawrence, T.E. Shaw-Ede. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1942, number 82 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 151] Philby, H. St.J.B. A Pilgrim in Arabia. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, number 47 of 350 copies, original niger-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 154] de Chair, Somerset. The Golden Carpet. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, number 73 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 155] de Chair, Somerset. The First Crusade. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1945, number 390 of 500 copies, original vellum-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Cockalorum 168] de Quincey, Thomas. Revolt of the Tartars. London: Dropmore Press, 1948, one of 450 copies, of which this is number 5 of 50 copies specially bound in full morocco 4to and large 8vo, a few spines worn and faded, occasional offsetting and spotting, 3 vol. with labels at foot of spine (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 199
Auction:
Datum:
19 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Private Press Books A COLLECTION OF 9 BOOKS ON ARABIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, 1930-1948, COMPRISING: Blunt, Anne and Wilfred Scawen. The Celebrated Romance of The Stealing of the Mare. Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1930, number 245 of 275 copies, original calf-backed boards [Harrop 16] Ashbee, C.R. Kingfisher out of Egypt. London: OUP / Humphrey Milford, 1934, number 99 of 750 copies, original vellum-backed boards Ashbee, C.R. The Kings of Min Zamān. London: OUP / Humphrey Milford, 1938, original vellum-backed boards Bell, Gertrude. The Arab War. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1940, number 374 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 147] Lawrence, T.E. Shaw-Ede. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1942, number 82 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 151] Philby, H. St.J.B. A Pilgrim in Arabia. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, number 47 of 350 copies, original niger-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 154] de Chair, Somerset. The Golden Carpet. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, number 73 of 500 copies, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Pertelote 155] de Chair, Somerset. The First Crusade. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1945, number 390 of 500 copies, original vellum-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe [Cockalorum 168] de Quincey, Thomas. Revolt of the Tartars. London: Dropmore Press, 1948, one of 450 copies, of which this is number 5 of 50 copies specially bound in full morocco 4to and large 8vo, a few spines worn and faded, occasional offsetting and spotting, 3 vol. with labels at foot of spine (9)

Auction archive: Lot number 199
Auction:
Datum:
19 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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