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Auction archive: Lot number 261

PRIVATE PRESSES. - Group of ten titles, including the Nonesuch, Gregynog, Golden Cockerel, and Astolat presses.

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$497 - US$829
Price realised:
£250
ca. US$414
Auction archive: Lot number 261

PRIVATE PRESSES. - Group of ten titles, including the Nonesuch, Gregynog, Golden Cockerel, and Astolat presses.

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$497 - US$829
Price realised:
£250
ca. US$414
Beschreibung:

Group of ten titles, including the Nonesuch, Gregynog, Golden Cockerel, and Astolat presses.
1) Gregynog Press. Euripides. The Plays. Newtown, 1931. 2 volumes, folio. Red cloth (slightly soiled and chipped). Number 444 of 500 copies. 2) Nonesuch Press. J. Thomson. The Seasons. London: 1927. Quarto. Marbled cloth (slightly soiled and chipped). Number 1444 of 1500 copies. 3) Nonesuch Press. Pindar. Pythian Odes. London: 1928. Small octavo. Cream buckram (spines faded). Number 298 of 1050 copies. 4) Nonesuch Press. G. Farquahar. The Complete Works. London: 1930. 2 volumes, quarto. Blue cloth-backed boards (spines faded). Number 421 of 1000 copies. 5) Nonesuch Press. J. Dryden. The Dramatic Works. London: 1931-1931. 6 volumes. Large 8vo. Green cloth-backed paper-covered boards (spines faded, slight scuffing to covers). Number 83 of 800 copies. 6) Nonesuch Press. Sir J. Vanbrugh. The Complete Works. London: 1927-1928. 4 volumes, quarto. Blue cloth-backed paper-covered boards (spines faded). Number 386 of 1410 copies. 7) Astolat Press. C.R. Ashbee. Peckover. The Abbotsford Papers. London: 1932. Folio. Vellum-backed decorated paper-covered boards (spine slightly soiled, corners bumped). Number 224 of 350 copies. 8). Nonesuch Press. R. Burton. The Anatomy of Melancholy. London: 1925. Volume 1 only, small folio. Vellum-backed paper-covered boards (light dampstaining). Number 90 of 790 copies. 9) Golden Cockerel Press. Plato. The Phaedo. Waltham St. Lawrence: 1930. Quarto. Blue buckram (spine faded, spine label rubbed). Number 230 of 500 copies. 10) Nonesuch Press. W. Cobbett. Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine. London: 1927. Octavo. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards (faded). Number 639 of 1800 copies. Lot sold not subject to return.

Auction archive: Lot number 261
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Group of ten titles, including the Nonesuch, Gregynog, Golden Cockerel, and Astolat presses.
1) Gregynog Press. Euripides. The Plays. Newtown, 1931. 2 volumes, folio. Red cloth (slightly soiled and chipped). Number 444 of 500 copies. 2) Nonesuch Press. J. Thomson. The Seasons. London: 1927. Quarto. Marbled cloth (slightly soiled and chipped). Number 1444 of 1500 copies. 3) Nonesuch Press. Pindar. Pythian Odes. London: 1928. Small octavo. Cream buckram (spines faded). Number 298 of 1050 copies. 4) Nonesuch Press. G. Farquahar. The Complete Works. London: 1930. 2 volumes, quarto. Blue cloth-backed boards (spines faded). Number 421 of 1000 copies. 5) Nonesuch Press. J. Dryden. The Dramatic Works. London: 1931-1931. 6 volumes. Large 8vo. Green cloth-backed paper-covered boards (spines faded, slight scuffing to covers). Number 83 of 800 copies. 6) Nonesuch Press. Sir J. Vanbrugh. The Complete Works. London: 1927-1928. 4 volumes, quarto. Blue cloth-backed paper-covered boards (spines faded). Number 386 of 1410 copies. 7) Astolat Press. C.R. Ashbee. Peckover. The Abbotsford Papers. London: 1932. Folio. Vellum-backed decorated paper-covered boards (spine slightly soiled, corners bumped). Number 224 of 350 copies. 8). Nonesuch Press. R. Burton. The Anatomy of Melancholy. London: 1925. Volume 1 only, small folio. Vellum-backed paper-covered boards (light dampstaining). Number 90 of 790 copies. 9) Golden Cockerel Press. Plato. The Phaedo. Waltham St. Lawrence: 1930. Quarto. Blue buckram (spine faded, spine label rubbed). Number 230 of 500 copies. 10) Nonesuch Press. W. Cobbett. Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine. London: 1927. Octavo. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards (faded). Number 639 of 1800 copies. Lot sold not subject to return.

Auction archive: Lot number 261
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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