29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Yeats (W.B.).
The Secret Rose ... with Illustrations by J.B. Yeats.
Lawrence & Bullen, 1897, first edition, xi, [1], 265, [3] pages, seven plates, foxing to endpapers, original cloth gilt;
Rossetti (Christina), Goblin Market, Illustrated by Laurence Housman.
Macmillan, 1893, first thus, [4], 64 pages, illustrated throughout, original cloth gilt;
Keats (John), Isabella, or the Pot of Basil ... Illustrated and Decorated by W.B. Macdonald.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1898, first thus, [56] pages, quarto, illustrated throughout, original cloth gilt.
Tourneur (Nigel), Hidden Witchery. Decorated by Will Mein.
Leonard Smithers, 1898, limited edition of 450, [12], 244 pages, three full pages illustrations, vignettes, original cloth (back-strip torn and detached). (4)
Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400
Secret Rose: Foxing to endpapers, otherwise Near VG. No inscriptions found, closed edges dust marked. A few nicks to head and tail of spine.
Goblin Market: Foxing to endpapers and prelims. No inscriptions found. Gutter slightly gaping in places. Edges a little dust marked, o/w VG.
Isabella: Endpapers tanned. Ownership inscription to front endpaper (1913). A little offsetting in places. Wear to head and tail of spine and corners. Edges a little dust marked.
Witchery: Foxing and dust marking to endpapers. Dust-marked closed edges and cloth. Remnant backstrip detached.
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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