Lot 597
597 Kipling (Rudyard). Works, Bombay Edition, 31 vols. (complete), pub. McMillan, 1913-38, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, modern half calf gilt, with contrasting red and green morocco labels to spines, with orig. paper spine label to each vol. retained at rear of vol., large 8vo, VG
598 Le Carre (John). Our Kind of Traitor, pub. Viking, 2010, orig. qtr. morocco gilt, in slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 37/100, signed by the author, together with Atwood (Margaret), Cat’s Eye, pub. Bloomsbury, 1989, signed by author to title, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, plus Waters (Sarah), Fingersmith, pub. Virago, 2002, signed by author to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus twenty-nine other Man Booker nominees/winners (four signed by author)
602 Milne (A.A.). Now We Are Six, 1st ed., Methuen, 1927, numerous illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, half-title partially browned, pictorial endpapers, bookplate of Bridget Goddard on verso of front free endpaper, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, sl. bowed, spine sl. sunned and rubbed at ends, a few marks on lower cover, 8vo, together with When We Were Very Young, 11th ed., Methuen, 1925, numerous illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. blue cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed but a bright copy, in dusty and torn d.j., with darkened spine, 8vo, plus Winnie-the-Pooh, 6th ed., Methuen, 1928, numerous illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. green cloth gilt, faintly damp-mottled in places, one corner bumped, in sl. marked d.j., with spine darkened and rubbed, plus four others by Milne, incl. a worn 1st ed. of The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, and Now We Are Six, 3rd ed., 1927, in torn d.j.
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Limited edition of 1050 copies, signed by the author on half-title of the first volume. (31) £1500-2000
£150-200
599 Lear (Edward). More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., 1872, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed, 4to, togeher with Kingsley (Charles), The Water Babies, pub. Boots, n.d., c. 1929, twelve tipped-in col. plts. by Jessie Wilcox Smith, orig. gilt dec. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus WatkinsPitchford (Denys), The Wind in the Wood, by ‘BB’, 1st ed., 1952, col. plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus sixteen others Childrens related, mostly late 19th/early 20th c., incl. The Art of Maurice Sendak, by Selma G. Lanes, pub. Bodley Head, 1980, etc. (19)
£100-150
603 Milne (A.A.). The Hums of Pooh, Lyrics by Pooh, Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Introduction and Notes by A.A. Milne, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, Additional Lyric by Eeyore, 1st ed., Methuen, 1929, half-title, illusts. and printed music throughout, stitching partially broken, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, in rubbed and dust-soiled d.j., chipped at edges (strengthened on verso with archival tape), 4to, together withWinnie-the-Pooh and the Bees, A Pop-Up Picture Book, Methuen, [1953], col. and b & w illusts., incl. three col. pop-up plts., orig. spiral-bound pictorial boards, some minor marks and rubbing, 4to, plus Disney (Walt), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Adapted from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Collins, c.1938, col. and b & w illusts., first and final pages lightly toned, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, 4to, plus five others similar
£100-150
600 Leighton (Clare, illust.). Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, Random House, New York, 1931, 12 wood-engraved plates, partly unopened, original black cloth, spine gilt, 4to Limited edition, 195/450 signed by the artist, with a contemporary presentation inscription from the artist to front endpaper. (1) £100-150
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601 Lyndon (Barre). Grand Prix, Foreword by Earl Howe, Epilogue by Cecil Kimber, 1st ed., 1935, col. frontis., b & w plts. from photos, pict. endpapers, t.e.g., remainder uncut, orig. two-tone morocco gilt with leather label to spine, rubbed, 8vo Signed limited edition 18/75 copies on Arnold’s English hand-made paper. (1) £150-200
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£70-100