Bloomsbury Auctions

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452. Beardsley (Aubrey) th e St o ry o f ve n u S a n d ta n n h ä u S e r,
one of 250 copies on hamd-made paper, in an edition of 300 copies,
this unumbered, original grey cloth, original printed label to upper
cover, spine faded, 4to, privately printed, 1907. £150 - £200
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Lot 453
453. Beckett (Samuel) mu r p h y, firSt fr e n C h e d i t i o n, browned at
margins, modern cloth, o r i g i n a l w r a p p e r S b o u n d-in, wrappers a
little spotted and browned, spine repaired and restored, 8vo, Paris,
Bordas, 1947. £750 - £1,000
*** Scarce. Bordas had around 3,000 copies printed, however only
295 sold before the company folded. The sheets were then bought
by Les Éditions de Minuit, who then issued the book in their own
wrappers.
Lot 454
454. Beckett (Samuel) en at t e n d a n t godo t, firSt e d i t i o n,
browning to margins, original printed wrappers, light creasing to
spine, very light browning to head, but overall a very good copy,
8vo, Paris, 1952. £1,500 - £2,000
❦ Modern First Editions
455. Capote (Truman) lo C a l Co l o r one of 200 copies,
photographic plates, original boards, gilt, spine ends and corners
worn, rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo, [1950]. £100 - £150
*** Contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson (on New Orleans),
Cecil Beaton (on Tangier) and Bill Brandt (on Europe), among
others.
Lot 456
456. Cartier-Bresson (Henri) le S eu r o p é e n S, firSt e d i t i o n,
photographic plates by Henri Cartier-Bresson, original deorative
boards after a design by Joan Miró, spine repaired with some loss
at foot, rubbed at extremities, folio, Paris, 1955. £300 - £400
Lot 457
457. Chandler (Raymond).- Newhouse (Edward) th e te m p tat i o n
o f ro g e r he r i o t t, firSt en g l i S h e d i t i o n, S i g n e d b y ray m o n d
Ch a n d l e r on front free endpaper, slight spotting to endpapers
and corners of pages 77- 80, original cloth, slightly cocked, slight
mark to front board, spine bumped at head, dust-jacket, a few
minor chips, spine darkened, otherwise a good copy, 8vo, 1955.
£800 - £900
458. Deighton (Len) th e ip C r e S S fi l e, ownership inscription to
endpaper, second issue dust-jacket, spotting to fore-edge, otherwise
very good, 1962; Horse Under Water, jacket price-clipped, adhesion
marks to flaps and spine, a little creased at head, 1963; Funeral
in Berlin, jacket with light surface soiling, creased at head, 1964;
Billion Dollar Brain, jacket price-clipped, creased, a little chipped
at head, rubbed, 1966, firSt e d i t i o n S, original boards, dust-jackets,
8vo (4) £200 - £300