Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 484
484. Tennant (Stephen) my br o t h e r aq u a r i u S, firSt e d i t i o n,
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 to Ce C i l day -le w iS w i t h
e l a b o r at e a u t o g r a p h n o tat i o n to f r o n t e n d pa p e r S a n d upper pa n e l
o f J a C K e t, a.n.S. f r o m t h e a u t h o r l o o S e ly i n S e rt e d, frontispiece,
some light spotting to head, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, light
surface soiling, a little creased at head and foot, otherwise a good
copy, sm.4to, 1961. £300 - £400
*** The notes include quotations from numrous poets, as well as
remarks on the jacket artwork ‘This is a young Dionysus’, and
a presentation to Day-Lewis using lines from his own poetry: ‘a
small gift in the beautiful season when the first hosts ‘shatters the
autumn rose’ from World Over All by C.D.L.’
Lot 485
485. Verne (Jules) fo u n d l i n g mi C K, (p’t i t bo n h o m m e) firSt
en g l i S h e d i t i o n, 76 plates, small bookseller’s label to front
pastedown, pencil inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting
to endpapers, singeing to top corners of pp. 175-179 not affecting
text or illustration, original pictorial cloth, spine darkened, spine
ends bumped and repaired, otherwise a good, bright copy, 8vo,
1895. £800 - £1,000
*** A very scarce Jules Verne title.
486. Waugh (Evelyn) bl a C K miSChief, firSt e d i t i o n, map
frontispiece, Book Society bookplate, light foxing mainly affecting
first and last leaves as well as fore-edges otherwise good, original
patterned cloth, dust-jacket, browned, surface soiling, chipped and
creased at extremities, 8vo, 1932. £100 - £200
Lot 487
487. Waugh (Evelyn) me n at ar m S : a no v e l, firSt 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 to h.f. ru b i n S t e i n a n d
a n au t o g r a p h no t e S i g n e d f r o m wa u g h to ru b i n S t e i n, original
cloth, 8vo, 1952. £1,000 - £1,500
*** Inscription by Waugh reads: “H.F. Rubinstein from Evelyn
Waugh with gratitude.” The note from Waugh on Combe Florey
headed paper thanks him for the gift of a book, Unearthly
Gentleman, by Rubinstein and published in 1965.
Pencil inscription by Rubinstein reads: “(presumably for persuading
him not to sue a priest who had attacked him viciously in ‘The
Tablet’ on the publication of ‘Helena’) H.F.R.”
Lot 488
488. Williamson (Henry) [a Ch r o n i C l e o f an C i e n t Su n l i g h t], 15
vol., firSt e d i t i o n S, some earlier volumes with occasional foxing
and ownership signature to front free endpaper, original cloth or
boards, all with dust-jackets, early volumes a little rubbed and
spotted, some spines browned and slightly frayed at edges, the first
lacking small portion to upper edge of front panel, 1951-69; and
another by Williamson, 8vo (16) £300 - £500
*** A complete set of Williamson’s epic depiction of English social
life in the first half of this century.
Comprising: The Dark Lantern, 1951; Donkey Boy, 1952; Young
Phillip Maddison, 1953; How Dear is Life, 1954; A Fox Under
My Cloak, 1955; The Golden Virgin, 1957; Love and the Loveless,
1958; A Test to Destruction, 1960; The Innocent Moon, 1961; It
Was the Nightingale, 1962; The Power of the Dead, 1963; The
Phoenix Generation, 1965; A Solitary War, 1966; Lucifer Before
Sunrise, 1965; The Gale of the World, 1969.
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