29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 61
 

61

[Cripps (Richard Vere)].
[Fowkes (Aubrey) pseud.].
Eight to Nine, The Preteens, by A Boy;
Ten, The Preteens, by A Boy;
Eleven, The Preteens, by A Boy;
Twelve, A Diary of the Preteens, by A Boy;
Fourteen A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Fifteen, A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Sixteen, A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Sixteen And A Half, A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Seventeen, A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Eighteen, A Diary of the Teens, by A Boy;
Nineteen, A Last Diary of the Teens, by A Boy.
All published by The Fortune Press and undated, Eleven, Sixteen and Nineteen in dust jackets (some wear), the others in cloth [Timothy d’Arch Smith 205, 204, 206, 201, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 203];
Fowkes (Aubrey) pseud., A Youth of Fourteen, From the Private Papers of Francis Greeley. Fortune Press, 1969, cloth. [d’.A.S. 214];
idem, New Face at Repton Hall, From the Private Papers …. Fortune Press, 1965, cloth [d’.A.S. 211]
idem, The Blue Marble. Fortune Press, 1965, cloth [d’.A.S. 210] (two copies);
idem, ‘King John’, Young Hero of Transportation Days. Fortune Press, no date, cloth. [d’.A.S. 212];
idem, The Star Brooch, Fortune Press, 1969 [1971], cloth [d’.A.S. 213];
idem, Butterfly Days, Fortune Press, 1957, cloth [d’.A.S. 207];
idem, More Butterfly Days, Fortune Press, 1958, cloth [d’.A.S. 208];
idem, Waif Triumphant, Fortune Press, 1958, cloth [d’.A.S. 209];
Quinterley (Esmond) pseud., Ushering Interlude, Paris: Palais Royal Beaujolais Library, 1936, stained cloth [d’.A.S. 213]
idem, Ushering Interlude, Fortune Press, 1936, second impression, cloth [d’.A.S. 442];
idem, Ismay Somer, Paris: Fortune Press, 1937, cloth [d’.A.S. 214].
[sold not collated]. (23)

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

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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