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Lot 423 422 Folio Society. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2010, wood engraved illustrations and decorations by Eric Gill, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated black morocco, with separate printed commentary volume by Peter Holliday, contained together in original drop-back box, folio Limited edition, 398/2005 total copies. A handsome facsimile of the 1929-1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition. (1) £200-300
423 Folio Society. Morte Darthur: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur ..., 2003, black & white illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, all edges gilt, original full black Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle at Otley, with gilt blocked designs by Frances Button to spine and upper cover, contained with accompanying booklet in original dropback box, Limited edition, 401/1020 total copies. A handsome facsimile edition of the 1927 J.M. Dent edition. (1) £300-400
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424 Folio Society. Just So Stories for Little Children, by Rudyard Kipling, Introduced by Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat, 2012, original tipped-in etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, 14 tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed pictorial boards gilt, corners with vellum tips, original cloth drop-back box, folio, (limited edition 427/1030 total copies), together with Buffon (Comte de, Georges-Louis LeClerc), All the World’s Birds, Buffon’s Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of Birds, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Rizzoli, 2008, facsimile colour plates, original cloth, dust jacket, spine with some pale discolouration, matching slipcase, folio, plus Raemaekers (Louis), The Great War: A Neutral’s Indictment, One Hundred Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers, with an Appreciation by H. Perry Robinson and Descriptive Notes by E. Garnett, 1916, signed by the artist in pencil beneath a photographic plate of himself, colour and black & white mounted plates, text leaf to plate I with some insect damage to lower margin, top edge gilt, original half cloth gilt, contained in original drop-back box, worn with some loss, large folio, (limited edition one of 1050 total copies, of which 1000 were for sale), and 28 others similar, including: The Holy Land, and Egypt and Numbia, from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts R.A., 3 volumes, New York: Rizzoli, 2000; The Country Scene, in Poems by John Masefield, and Pictures by Edward Seago, 1937; Peter and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Illustrated by Debra McFarlane, Folio Society, 2007; The New Temple Shakespeare, with Engravings by Eric Gill, 19 volumes only (of 40), mixed editions, dust jackets, 1934-1957 (31)
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425 Folio Society. The Luttrell Psalter, 2006, facsimile edition reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, all edges gilt, original blue Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle of Otley, the upper cover blocked with a design in gold and colours by David Eccles, together with a loosely inserted advice slip concerning storage and handling, and a separate commentary bound in quarter cloth, contained together in original drop-back box (tail edges slightly bumped in places), folio Limited edition, 820/1500 total copies. (1) £300-500
426 Folio Society. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, by Edward Young, illustrations by William Blake, 2 volumes, facsimile edition, 2005, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, quarter Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle of Otley, upper boards with blocked illustration in silver, designed by David Eccles based on William Blake’s original drawings, silver-lettering to spines and morocco labels on upper boards, together with commentry volume in original buckram, contained together in original drop-back box, folio Limited edition 99/1020 total copies. A handsome facsimile of the original edition in the British Museum. (1) £300-400