DISTINGUISHED TYPOGRAPHY - Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 119
119. Mathers (E. Powys) lo v e ni g h t: a la o t i a n ga l l a n t Ry,
n u m b e R 4 o f 5 C o p i e s o n v e l l u m a n d w i t h a n e x t R a s u i t e o f
6 u n u s e d p l at e s (but unsigned), from an edition limited to
200, wood-engraved title-vignette with decorative border,
13 illustrations and tail-piece by John Buckland Wright, 10
full-page, additional plates on vellum and in pocket at end,
original vellum, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e., preserved in
grey/green morocco drop-back box ruled in gilt, spine faded,
8vo, 250 x 155mm., Golden Cockerel Press, 1936.
£4000 – £6000
Lot 120
120. Gautier (Théophile) ma d e m o i s e l l e d e ma u p i n,
translated by R. & E.Powys Mathers, n u m b e R 36 o f 50
s p e C i a l ly-b o u n d C o p i e s w i t h a n e x t R a 4 p l at e s, from an
edition limited to 500 on laid Van Gelder printed in Perpetua,
title printed in blue and black, 12 copper-engraved plates by
John Buckland Wright, original vellum, gilt, by Sangorski
& Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly soiled,
modern cloth slip-case, 4to, 250 x 190mm., Golden Cockerel
Press, 1938. £800 – £1200
Lot 121
121. Omar Khayyám. th e...Ru b á i y á t, translated by
Edward Fitzgerald, n u m b e R 28 o f 30 s p e C i a l ly-b o u n d
C o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e a Rt i s t a n d o t h e R C o n t R i b u t o R s a n d
w i t h 5 a d d i t i o n a l e n g R av i n g s a n d C o l l o t y p e fa C s i m i l e s
o f fi t z g e R a l d’s t R a n s l at i o n, from an edition limited
to 300 on Arnold & Foster paper, printed in Perpetua,
8 copper-engraved plates by John Buckland Wright, 5
additional engravings and facsimiles in pocket at end, w i t h
e n g R av e d b o o k p l at e o f an t h o n y Re i d (Buckland Wright’s
bibliographer) by Buckland Wright depicting running naked
Greek athletes tipped to front pastedown, original pictorial
cream morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g, others
uncut, spine slightly rubbed and soiled, cloth slip-case
(soiled), small folio, 310 x 185mm., Golden Cockerel Press,
1938. £1500 – £2000
* * * The additional engravings are of a more erotic nature
and do not appear in the ordinary edition.