forthcoming sales - Dominic Winter Book Auctions

582 Yeats (Elizabeth Corbet). Elementary Brushwork Studies, 1st
ed., 1900, 24 colour plates each with adjacent descriptive text, 4 pp.
publishers adverts to rear, light offsetting and a few spots, the
contents which were originally stapled have been expertly attached
to the spine, orig. light-brown cloth, lettered in black to upper cover,
oblong 4to
Elizabeth Corbett Yeats (1868-1940) worked as an art teacher in London before
later establishing the Cuala Press with her brother W.B. Yeats. In this art
instruction book she encourages the student to adopt a free and painterly
style in the representation of flowers.
(1) £300-400
GENERAL
583 Aldin (Cecil, illust.). The Dogs of War. Wherein the Hero-
Worshipper Portrays the Hero and Incidentally Gives an Account of
the Greatest Dogs’ Club in the World, [1906], col. plts. and
numerous b & w illusts. to text, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed,
square 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Posthumous
Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols., 1910, numerous col. and b & w
illusts. by Cecil Aldin, orig. linen-backed dec. boards, a little rubbed
and minor wear to extremities, large 8vo, plus Emanuel (Walter
and Aldin, Cecil), A Dog Day, or the Angel in the House, new and
cheap edition, reprinted, 1912, signed on title by both Emanuel and
Aldin, twenty-eight tinted litho. plts., orig. linen-backed pict. boards,
soiled and some minor wear, small 4to, and two others
(6) £100-150
130
584 Ardizzone (Edward, illust.). The True and Pathetic History of
Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse, by Noel Langley, 1st ed., 1947, col.
illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed boards in price-clipped d.j.,
slight loss to head of spine/front cover, base of spine chipped,
rubbed, 8vo, together with Merry England, by Cyril Ray, 1st ed.,
1960, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth gilt, some wear to extrems., 8vo,
plus Long Ago When I Was Young, by E. Nesbit, 1st ed., 1966, b&w
illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, small 4to, plus twenty-three other
Ardizzone related, incl. The Little Fire Engine, by Graham Greene,
1973; The Suburban Child, by James Kenward, pub. Cambridge,
1955; Sugar for the Horse, by H.E. Bates, 1957, etc.
(26) £150-200
585 Ardizzone (Edward, illust.). The Penny Fiddle, Poems for
Children, by Robert Graves, 1st ed., 1960, illusts. throughout, orig.
cloth gilt, in d.j. (small tape repair to verso), rubbed, 4to, together
with Long Ago When I Was Young, by E. Nesbit, 1st ed., 1966, b&w
illusts, throughout, orig. cloth gilt in price clipped d.j., small 4to, plus
A Ring of Bells, Poems of John Betjeman, Introduced and Selected
by Irene Slade, 1st ed., 1962, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. pict.
cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus twenty-two other Ardizzone related, incl. The
Little Steamroller, by Graham Greene, 1974; The Singing Cupboard,
by Dana Faralla, 1962; The Rib of the Green Umbrella, by Naomi
Mitchison, 1960; Complete Poems for Children, by James Reeves,
1973, etc.
(25) £150-200
586 Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition,
12 vols., Edinburgh, 1911-12, port. frontis. to vol. 1, t.e.g., remainder
rough-trimmed, orig. green cloth, gilt dec. spines, slightly rubbed, 8vo
(12) £200-300
587 Bindings. The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy, 1st ed., 1922,
folding family tree at front of vol., a.e.g., later gilt-dec. green full calf
(by Bayntun, Bath), morocco title and author’s labels to spine, with
orig. cloth covers and spine bound in at rear of vol., together with
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illust. John
Tenniel, pub. Macmilland, 1959, bound with Through the Looking-
Glass and What Alice Found There,pub. Macmillan, 1955, b&w
illusts., a.e.g., later light blue full calf (by Bayntun, Bath), morocco
title and author label to spine, in excellent condition, 8vo
(2) £70-100
588 Churchill (Randolph S. & Gilbert, Martin). Winston S.
Churchill, Vols. I-VIII, 1st eds., 1966-88, b&w plts. after photos, orig.
cloth gilt, together with Churchill (Winston S.), Marlborough, His
Life and Times, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1933-38, b&w plts., maps and plans,
including one or two in colour, t.e.g, org. maroon cloth gilt, spines
faded, and some marks and soiling particularly to first vol., plus
another edition of the same work printed on thin paper, and
published in two volumes in 1947, in chipped d.j.s, and a Folio
Society edition of The World Crisis, 5 vols., published in 2007, all 8vo
(19) £150-200