Books & Works on Paper,

to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

Bindings- Literature Bindings- Literature

Addison (Joseph) & Sir Richard Steele, The Guardian, 2 vol., engraved title vignettes, light age yellowing and light foxing, bookplate of British writer and politician Jonathan Aitken, half calf, rubbed and scuffed, additional brown endpapers, 4to, Printed by T. Gillet (for various publishers), 1797; Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, containing a series of Elegant Views…, vol. 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 only, of 10, steel engraved frontispieces, engraved plates, tissue guards, tree calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, W. Clarke, 1807-1810; Hallam (Henry) The Constitutional History of England, 3 vol., third edition, bookplate of A. Harold Levy, contemporary half calf, gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, rubbed, spine slightly scuffed, 4to, John Murray, 1832; Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha, 3 vol., frontispiece, additional engraved title and illustrations by Tony Johannot, light age yellowing, bookplate of M. P. Grace, contemporary half calf, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, Willoughby & co., 1837-39 (3); Arnold (Matthew) Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, First Edition, half title and advertisement leaf at end, bookplate of English classical scholar and clergyman Thomas Gaisford, green Morocco gilt by R. Bedford, light staining, marbled endpapers, 8vo, B. Fellowes, 1852; Hughes [Thomas] Tom Brown at Oxford, 3 vol., First edition, re-bound in blue Morocco, gilt, t.e.g., by Riviere, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, Macmillan & co., Cambridge, 1861; Eliot (George) The Novels of George Eliot, 8 volumes in 7, a new edition, contemporary red half calf, gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, a little rubbed, 8vo, W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, [?1880]; Lamb (Charles) [Works], Edited, With Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger, 6 vol., comprising Poems, Plays, and Miscellaneous Essays, 1888; Mrs. Leicester's School, etc., 1890; Tales from Shakespeare, 1895; The Essays of Elia, 1896; Letters, 2 vol., 1897, contemporary half-calf, gilt, t.e.g., Macmillan & co, 8vo; with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Shakespeare, Charles & Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, Illustrations and 12 plates by A. Rackham, light age yellowing, re-bound in quarter calf, 4to, The Temple Press, 1909, and a few other volumes (40)

£500-700

Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins, 24th Aug, 2023 10:00

97 Bindings.- Bindings.Boswell (James)

The Life of Samuel Johnson, 3 vol., First Navarre Society Edition, contemporary half morocco gilt, 1924 § Darwin (Charles) A Naturalist's Voyage, new edition, contemporary polished calf gilt, contemporary presentation prize bookplate, 1890 § Zimmern (Alfred) The League of Nations and the Rule of Law 1918-1935, first edition, contemporary half morocco, prize bookplate and armorial crest to upper cover, 1936; with 7 others similar in half morocco, some wear to extremities, v.s. (12)

£100-150

98 Fine Bindings by Zaehnsdorf (4) Fine Bindings by Zaehnsdorf Hamilton (Nigel)

Monty. The Making of a General 1887-1942 first edition, signed by Montgomery of Alamein to half-title and the author to title pages, full black decorated morocco, tan leather lettering label, a.e.g, 1981; A History of Warfare, first edition, full black morocco, gilt, gilt stamp to upper cover faded, a.e.g., solander box, George Rainbird, Cleveland and New York, 1968 § Glover (Michael, ed.) A Gentleman

Volunteer. Letters of George Hennell 1812-13, first edition, limited to no. 5 of 25 copies, this specially bound for Trevor William, signed on the half-title by Glover and Sir Antony Read author of foreword, illustrated, full black decorated morocco, red water-silk endpapers, a.e.g., slipcase, 1979 § Mountbatten. Eighty years in Pictures, first edition, full purple Morocco, gilt, a.e.g., 1979, v.s. (4)

£400-600