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An Eclectic Library

AUCTION

Sale: LJ8221
16 November 2017, 2:00pm 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

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Lot 5

[INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ART]: PAPUNYAH TULA. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. First edition. Scarce. + THE NATIVE BORN. Museum o...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $200

Lot 7

[MARGARET PRESTON]: MARGARET PRESTON. 4to. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005.

Estimate:
$80 - 100

Sold for $70

Lot 9

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [Bound with]: THE COMPANION OR SPIRITUAL GUIDE AT THE ALTAR. [And]: A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID....

Estimate:
$80 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 10

[Charles II]: SAVILE, George, Marquis of Halifax. A CHARACTER OF KING CHARLES THE SECOND. Contemporary calf, gilt, gilt-lettered mor...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $40

Lot 12

HERBERT, I. (Preface): ROBERTE THE DEUYLL. A metrical romance. cr. 8v, hand-coloured frontispiece and plates. Recent marbled papered...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $60

Lot 14

JOHNSON, Samuel: RASSELAS; PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. New edition. f’cap 8vo; contemporary calf, gilt. Printed for T. Johnstone, W. Taylor...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $40

Lot 15

[Latin Breviary]: HIERONYMUM JOANNINUM. Officium hebdomadæ sanctæ juxta formam missalis, & breviarii romani, sub urbano viii. Correc...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $60

Lot 16

POTT, Percivall: THE CHIRURGICAL WORKS OF PERCIVALL POTT. Recent half morocco & marbled papered boards, gilt. Printed for Hawes, W. ...

Estimate:
$300 - 500

Sold for $100

Lot 19

CALVINO, Italo & Umberto Eco: A nice group of seven works, including Calvino’s NUMBERS IN THE DARK. Cape, 1995. First U.K. edition.;...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 20

DURRELL, Lawrence: Three works: COLLECTED POEMS. Faber, 1960. First edition. + THE IKONS. Faber, 1966. First edition. + One other Du...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 21

FRASER, George Macdonald: A lovely first edition copy of Fraser’s: FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE. Barrie & Jenkins, 1973.

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $100

Lot 23

LINDSAY, Jack: EIGHT POEMS OF YOUTH. Marbled paper wrappers. Ancora Press, 1996. No. 22 of 100 copies. + Eight other limited edition...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 26

[Bloomsbury Group]: A collection of books relating to the Bloomsbury Group, including: LEONARD AND VIRGINIA WOOLF AS PUBLISHERS. Uni...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30

Lot 29

GREENE, Graham: A nice group of Greene works, including: THE COMEDIANS. Bodley Head, 1966. First edition, in U.S. market variant dus...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 32

[Faber Poetry and Plays]: A group of poetry and plays published by Faber & Faber, including: PRINCE, F. T. POEMS. Faber, 1938. First...

Estimate:
$250 - 350

Sold for $50

Lot 34

LEWIS, C. DAY: Three important works: COLLECTED POEMS 1929-1933. Hogarth Press, 1935. Signed by the author on a loosely inserted lea...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 39

[MODERN LITERATURE]: Five books, including: REEVE, Philip. SCRIVENER’S MOON. Scholastic, 2011. First edition. Signed by the author. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $120

Lot 40

MACNEICE, Louis: A nice group of six Louis MacNeice titles published by Faber & Faber, mostly first editions, including: THE MAD ISL...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 41

PLATH, Sylvia: AMERICAN POETRY NOW. Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement No. 2. [c.1961.] + THE JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH 1950-1962. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $100

Lot 45

TOLKIEN, J. R. R: A nice collection of eleven works by or about J. R. R. Tolkien, including: THE SILMARILION. George Allen & Unwin, ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $120

Lot 52

ARDIZZONE, Edward: A group of six books with illustrations by Ardizzone, including: Farjeon, Eleanor. MRS. MALONE. Oxford University...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 53

ARDIZZONE, Edward: A group of four books by or about Edward Ardizzone, including: EDWARD ARDIZZONE: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COMMENTARY. Pi...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 55

BLAKE, Quentin: A fine group of five books by or about Quentin Blake, including: HARD-BOILED LEGS. Prentice-Hall Books for Young Rea...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 58

GREENAWAY, Kate: A biography & bibliography of Kate Greenaway: Spielmann, M. H. & G. S. Layard. KATE GREENAWAY. Contains numerous pl...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $30

Lot 61

[Pop-up books]: A nice collection of fifteen ‘pop-ups’ and novelty books, including: BOBBIE BRUIN FROLICS. Mulder & Zoon, [c.1955]. ...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 62

POTTER, Beatrix: Two unusual translations of Potter’s Tale of Peter Rabbit: FABULA PETRO CUNICULO. Translated by E. Perot Walker. Fr...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 69

NISTER, Ernest: Two works published by Nister, with beautiful colour chromolithographs: SHAKESPEARE PICTURES. Series No. 2. Oblong f...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $50

Lot 70

VICTORIANA: A pair of charming Victorian-era children’s books: FUNNY ANIMALS; A PICTURE BOOK FOR THE NURSERY. impl 8vo. With illustr...

Estimate:
$90 - 120

Sold for $60

Lot 73

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: THE PHAEDO OF PLATO. Wood engraving & floriated initials by Eric Gill. cr. 4to; t.e.g.; blue-green buckram, g...

Estimate:
$300 - 400

Sold for $300

Lot 75

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: SHELLEY, P. B. et al.: HARRIET & MARY. Edited by Walter Sidney Scott. cr. 4to; t.e.g.; qr brown morocco & blu...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $80

Lot 76

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS: GHOSE, Sudhin N. FOLK TALES AND FAIRY STORIES FROM INDIA. Illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile. narrow roy. 4...

Estimate:
$200 - 300

Sold for $60

Lot 78

[GILL, Eric]: Four books about Eric Gill and his art, including: THE ENGRAVED BOOKPLATES OF ERIC GILL 1908-1940. Book Club of Califo...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $90

Lot 79

[ENGLISH & AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESS]: A group of U.K. & U.S. private press books, pamphlets & related ephemera, mostly from John Gartn...

Estimate:
$120 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 85

[SCALE MODELS]: A nice group of ten books about plastic modelling and scale model trains, trams, ships & cars, including: MODEL AND ...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 86

[TOYS]: A group of eight books about celluloid toys, dolls, model soldiers &c., including: YESTERDAY’S TOYS. Chronicle Books, 1989. ...

Estimate:
$100 - 150

Sold for $30

Lot 87

FERGUSON, John Alexander: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA. Vols. 1-7. National Library of Australia, 1977-1986. Facsimile edition. + ADDEN...

Estimate:
$150 - 250

Sold for $100

Lot 91

[PENGUIN BOOKS]: A nice collection of books relating to the history of Penguin Books, including: ALLEN LANE: A PERSONAL PORTRAIT. Bo...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30

Lot 92

[Penguin Books]: A collection of Penguin Books advertising and ephemera, with other book-related and advertising ephemera.

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $40

Lot 93

[PENGUIN BOOKS]: A run of issues of the Penguin Collectors’ Society journal: THE PENGUIN COLLECTOR. July 1998, No. 50 – June 2002, N...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30

Lot 94

[PENGUIN SPECIALS]: A nice collection of twelve early Penguin/Pelican Specials, including: TRAVELS OF A REUBLICAN RADICAL IN SEARCH ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $50

Lot 97

[PUFFIN DESIGNER CLASSIC]: ALCOTT, Louisa May. LITTLE WOMEN. Specially designed by Orla Kiely. Perspex slipcase. Puffin, 2010. No. 5...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $30

Lot 98

[PUFFIN DESIGNER CLASSIC]: STEVENSON, Robert Louis. TREASURE ISLAND. Specially designed by architect Frank Gehry. Perspex slipcase. ...

Estimate:
$150 - 200

Sold for $160

Lot 99

SCARECROW PRESS: A group of five bibliographies published by the Scarecrow Press, all first edition, including: CLOAK-AND-DAGGER BIB...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $40

Lot 100

[Bookbinding]: A nice group of eight books about bookbinding, including: ENGLISH RESTORATION BOOKBINDINGS. British Museum Publicatio...

Estimate:
$100 - 120

Sold for $100

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