Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 513
513. Dryden (John) al l f o r lo v e: an t o n y [a n d] Cl e o pat r a,
one of 140 copies, printed in black and colours, tipped-in handcoloured
frontispiece of Cleopatra on papyrus and heightened with
gold, decorations and hand-coloured illustrations, original cloth,
uncut, small folio, Kentfield, Ca., 1976. £100 - £150
514. Mann (Thomas) th e tr a n S p o S e d he a d S: a le g e n d o f in d i a,
one of 140 copies, printed in black and colours, decorative title
and illustrations, original patterned Indian cloth, uncut, spine a
little faded, cloth slip-case, small folio, Kentfield, Ca., Allen Press,
1977. £80 - £120
Lot 515
515. Sophocles. an t i g o n e, one of 130 copies, printed in black and
colours, decorations and hand-coloured illustrations by Victor
Seward, original printed boards, uncut, slightly browned at upper
edges, 4to, Greenbrae, Ca., Allen Press, 1978. £80 - £120
516. Dickens (Charles) pi C t u r e S f r o m ita ly , Greenbrae, Ca., 1982
§ Wharton (Edith) Quartet: Four Stories, illustrations, Kentfield,
Ca., 1975, each one of 140 copies, printed in black and colours,
original patterned cloth, uncut, 8vo & folio, Allen Press (2)
£150 - £200
517. Jo n a h, Ju d i t h, ru t h: Three Stories from the Old Testament
King James Authorized Version, loose as issued in original brown
wrappers, original cloth drop-back box, both with title in gold
on upper cover, Greenbrae, Ca., 1984 § Robbe-Grillet (Alain)
Jealousy: Rhythmic Themes, T.L.s. from Lewis Allen, the printer,
to Alfred A.Knopf loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, spine
very slightly yellowed, lower corners bumped, Kentfield, Ca.,
1971, each one of 140 copies, printed in brown/black and colours,
illustrations by Michèle Forgeois, uncut, 4to, Allen Press (2)
£150 - £200
518. Ardizzone (Edward).- Yorke (Malcolm) to wa r w i t h
pa p e r & br u S h: Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist,
one of 700 copies, original cloth, slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece
Press, 2007 § Brand (Christianna) Nurse Matilda Goes to Town, [2
copies], original pictorial boards, gilt, dust-jackets a little spotted
and stained, Leicester, 1967 § Ardizzone (Edward) Diana and her
Rhinoceros, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket a little rubbed
and browned, 1964, firSt e d i t i o n S, illustrations by Ardizzone, some
colour; and 3 others illustrated by or concerning Ardizzone, v.s.
(7) £120 - £180
519. Barbier (George).- Le Gallienne (Richard) th e ro m a n C e
o f pe r f u m e , presentation copy with accompanying letter loosely
inserted, colour plates by George Barbier, illustrated promotional
leaflet for Hudnut perfume shop loosely inserted in pocket at end,
original pictorial boards, uncut, glacine wrapper torn and frayed,
8vo, New York & Paris, Richard Hudnut, printed by William Henry
Rudge of New York, 1928. £80 - £120
520. Basho. th e re C o r d S o f a we at h e r ex p o S e d SK e l e to n,
number 18 of 200 copies signed by the designer William Turnbull,
printed on alternating sheets of paper and acetate, original printed
wrappers, acetate dust-jacket, original blind-stamped white calf
folder (slightly soiled), cloth slip-case, 4to, 1969. £75 - £100
521. Blamires (David) ad u lt S al p h a b e t S: Examples of English
Press Alphabet Books from the last hundred years..., n u m b e r
viii o f xxv h a n d-C o l o u r e d C o p i e S S i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r, from
an edition limited to 170, illustrations with pochoir colouring by
Sylvia Stokeld, original patterned cloth, printed label on upper
cover, uncut, slip-case, folio, Church Hanborough, Hanborough
Parrot Press, 1990. £100 - £150
*** The colophon states that 85 copies were to be hand-coloured
but this was revised to 25.
Lot 522
522. Chaucer (Geoffrey) th e wo r K S [with] a Co m pa n i o n vo l u m e
to t h e Ke l m S C o t t Ch a u C e r by Duncan Robinson, together 2 vol.,
one of 515 copies, the first a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott
Chaucer, printed in red and black, illustrations, many tipped in,
original patterned cloth designed by William Morris, the first
uncut, together in board slip-case, folio, Basilisk Press, 1974-75.
£750 - £1,000