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387 Johnson (Lionel). Poems, 1st edition, [printed at the Chiswick Press], London & Boston, 1895, author’s signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, ‘To Dr [John] Todhunter with kind regards from Lionel Johnson, 1895’, and six manuscript corrections by the author on pp. 6, 40, 41, 93, 95 & 103, all correcting spelling of individual words except the last inserting a whole line, ‘To gather in the fruit of summer days,’, partly uncut, original blue-grey boards, spine lettered in blue, some slight browning and soiling particularly on spine, small chip with loss at head of spine, 8vo The first issue comprised 25 copies numbered and inscribed by Johnson. This second issue of 750 unnumbered regular copies is rarely found with presentation inscriptions and authorial manuscript corrections. Dr John Todhunter (1839-1916) was an Irish poet and playwright who was involved in the founding of the Irish Literary Society in London after he had settled there. (1) £500 - £700
388 Lindsay (Norman, illustrator). Petronius. A revised Latin text of the Satyricon with the earliest English translation (1694) now first reprinted with an introduction ... privately printed by Ralph Straus, 1910, 100 plates, a little minor soiling, bookplate of S.L. Courtauld, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine faded, 4to Provenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Limited edition of 250 from a total edition of 265, this copy unumbered and signed by the artist only (usually signed by artist and printer). (1) £100 - £150
385 Gissing (George). New Grub Street. A Novel, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891, half-titles, advertisment leaf to volume 1, a few leaves roughly opened, original green cloth, spines sunned, 8vo, together with 16 others, all Gissing titles, early editions, original cloth, 8vo
389 Minton (John, illustrator). Time Was Away. A Notebook in Corsica, written by Alan Ross, 1st edition, London: John Lehmann, 1948, map frontispiece, black and white plates and illustrations and 8 colour lithographic plates by Minton, original cloth in pictorial dust jacket from a design by John Minton, a little chipped and split at edges, spine slightly browned, large 8vo
Cf. Sadleir 971 & Wolff 2552 for the first edition (really the first issue). (20) £150 - £200
386 Sweeney (Tony). Ireland and the Printed Word, 1997, Dublin, signed by the author & publisher to the limitation page, some minor marginal toning, original red cloth with illustration, large 8vo limited edition 218/250, together with: Cambridge University Library, A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library Cambridge, 3 volumes, 1916, Cambridge, very minor toning, later endpapers, uniform later blue cloth, 8vo, Delaney (John J. & Tobin, James Edward), Dictionary of Catholic Biography, 1962, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and other modern Irish & Scottish bibliography reference, including Irish Book Bindings 1600-1800, by Maurice Craig, 1st edition, 1954, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/4to (25)
(1)
£100 - £150
£150 - £200
390 Cox (Morris). The Warrior & the Maiden, Gogmagog Press, 1967, 10 reverse/offset colour linocuts, original decorative boards, 8vo, limited signed edition 16/65, together with: Cox (Morris). Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing, Gogmagog Press, 1963, colour illustrations, original limp boards, 8vo, limited edition of 80, plus Oneiric Sketchbook, Gogmagog Photocopy Library, 1986, 50 illustrations, original decorative boards, limited edition of 7 signed copies
Lot 387
Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 19, 11 & 58 respectively. (3)
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£150 - £200