Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 472
472. [Halsz (Guyla)], “Brassaï”. piCaSSo & Co., firSt am e r i C a n
e d i t i o n, S i g n e d p r e S e n tat i o n C o p y f r o m t h e a u t h o r, plates, original
pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, spine faded, chipped with loss,
8vo, New York, 1966. £100 - £150
*** The presentation inscription reads ‘Pour Tambi, bien
amicalement, Brassaï, le 19 Avril, 1969’.
Lot 473
473. [Lorenzini (Carlo)] ‘C. Collodi’ th e Sto ry o f a puppet o r
t h e adv e n t u r e S o f pin o C C h i o, Translated by M.A. Murray, firSt
en g l i S h e d i t i o n, frontispiece and illustrations by C. Mazzanti,
titles printed in red and black, occasional light soiling, original
decorated cloth and edges, rubbed spot above title, spine faded, a
very good copy, 8vo. 1892. £1,200 - £1,400
Lot 474
474. MacKenzie ( Sir Compton) gallipoli memorieS, S i g n e d b y t h e
a u t h o r on title, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper,
o r i g i n a l p u b l i S h e r’S w r a p -a r o u n d with short tear to lower panel,
1929; First Athenian Memories, 1931; Greek Memories, jacket with
very light surface soiling, spine ends slightly bumped, 1932; Aegean
Memories, spine faded, jacket with very light surface soiling, 1940,
firSt e d i t i o n S, original cloth, dust-jackets, spine a little browned,
still an excellent set, 8vo (4) £600 - £800
*** Scarce complete set of the author’s war memoirs. The third
volume, Greek Memories, was suppressed on publication as a
result of action by the Foreign Office, and the author was arrested
and charged under the Official Secrets Act. Mackenzie served with
the Royal Marines during the war.
Lot 475
475. Mackenzie (Sir Compton) ga l l i p o l i me m o r i e S, 1929;
First Athenian Memories, 1931; Greek Memories, 1932; Aegean
Memories, 1940, firSt e d i t i o n S, all but the second with frontispiece,
original cloth, the third with spine very lightly spotted, the fourth
faded, all with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed and soiled, mostly
spines, 8vo (4) £200 - £300
476. Mackenzie (Sir Compton) my life a n d ti m eS , 10 vol.,
v o l.1 S i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r o n t i t l e and inscribed by him on front
free endpaper, 1963-71; First Athenian Memories, 1931; Aegean
Memories, 1940, firSt e d i t i o n S, all but the second with frontispiece,
original cloth, the last faded, dust-jackets, the first with slighlty
faded spines, the last two a little rubbed, the third price-clip
ped and slightly frayed; and a duplicate of vol.1 of the first, 8vo
(13) £80 - £120
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