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Books, Maps & Ephemera

Location: Saleroom 1
Date: 23rd January 2020
Starts: 2:00 pm

Online deadline: 23rd January 2020, 1:30 pm
Contact: Robert Henshilwood

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Lot No: 9395 (zero)

Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Works...', edited John H. Ingram, A & C Black, 1890, four volumes, uniform original cloth gilt (4)

Sale Price: £55.00

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Lot No: 9396 (zero)

Tauchnitz editions of various works including Edgar Allan Poe 'Tales', 1884 (2); Hardy 'Tess of The D'Urbervilles', 1892, 2 volumes; GPR James 'The Castle of Ehrenstein', 1847; Marie Belloc Lowndes 'The Uttermost Farthing', 1910, signed and inscribed, etc etc (14)

Sale Price: £70.00

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Lot No: 9397 (zero)

Edgar Allan Poe, first appearance of 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar', and first appearance of 'William Wilson', the lot comprising 'The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science. No. XII. December, 1845', New York, Wiley and Putnam, 'Facts of M. Valdemar's Case' p.561, first appearance of Poe's tale of suspense and horror, as well as being a hoax with many at the time of publication taking the story...

Sale Price: £290.00

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Lot No: 9398 (zero)

W.T. Stead: 'Real Ghost Stories: A Record of Authentic Apparitions - More Ghost Stories: A Sequel to ''Real Ghost Stories''.', Christmas and New Year Numbers of The Review of Reviews, 2 volumes in 1, first title London, Office of The Review of Reviews, [1892?], portrait frontis and illustrations throughout, 110pp, lacks preliminary pages before contents page; second title Editorial Office, Mowbray House, 1892, portrait frontis and illustrations throughout, vi, 104pp, 4to, old cloth backed marbled...

Sale Price: £200.00

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Lot No: 9399 (zero)

John William Polidori: 'The Vampyre; A Tale', London, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819, 1st edition, 2nd state, half title, title page reset removing Byron's name, later state of p.36 with ''a'' in ''almost'' aligned, without 12pp adverts at end, first edition of the first vampire story in English, seminal work of gothic horror by Polidori, Byron's physician until 1817, the work was attributed to Byron stimulated by the introductory 'Extract of a Letter from Geneva'...

Sale Price: £3,800.00

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Lot No: 9400 (zero)

Bram Stoker: 'Famous Impostors', London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910, 1st edition, signed and inscribed presentation copy from Stoker to his wife Florence ''Florence from Bram 5/1/11'' to front free end paper, 10 plates as called for, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, small packet containing 3 tree leaves loosely inserted with statement verso ''Leaves contained within pages of ''Famous Impostors'' (B.S.'s garden?), together with 'Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories', London, Routledge, 1914, 1st edition,...

Sale Price: £2,800.00

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Lot No: 9401

James Robinson Planche: 'The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles. A Romantic Melo-Drama, in Two Acts: Preceded by an Introductory Vision. As Performed at the Theatre Royal English Opera House, August 9th, 1820.', 36pp play written by Planche, British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms who, over a 60 year period, wrote, adapted or collaborated on 176 plays in a wide range of genres. ''The Vampire'' premiered on the London stage in 1820, being...

Sale Price: £1,800.00

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Lot No: 9402 (zero)

Nigel Tourneur (pseudonym): 'Hidden Witchery', illustrated William Gordon Mein, London, Leonard Smithers, 1898, 1st edition, (450), frontis + 2 full page plates , head and tail pieces as called for, original two tone cloth gilt, joints reinforced/restored

Sale Price: £150.00

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Lot No: 9403 (zero)

Oscar Wilde: 'Salome', illustrated Aubrey Beardsley, London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907, 16 plates as called for, original floral decorative green cloth gilt, top edge gilt

Sale Price: £300.00

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Lot No: 9404 (zero)

Oscar Wilde: 'Salome, a Tragedy in One Act', London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, original pictorial boards, with design by Aubrey Beardsley printed in green to upper cover (rubbed), the copy of Arthur Bliss (1891-1975), English composer and conductor, his ownership signature and dated 1916 in his hand to front free end paper, some relevant cuttings and ephemera loosely inserted

Sale Price: £70.00

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Lot No: 9405 (zero)

Alexander Pope: 'The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-Comical Poem', illustrated Aubrey Beardsley, London, Leonard Smithers, 1896, 1st edition, 9 black and white illustrations by Beardsley (of which 7 full page) as called for, 4to, original cloth with decorative gilt design to upper cover by Beardsley, original publishers printed order form tipped in at front

Sale Price: £150.00

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Lot No: 9406 (zero)

Aubrey Beardsley: 'Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse', London, John Lane, 1904, 1st edition, photographic frontispiece portrait of Beardsley at Mentone and 16 full page illustrations as called for, tipped to the rear pastedown is the address panel of a stamped envelope, franked ''Paris, Avril 7 1907'', in Beardsley's hand to ''Leonard Smithers Esq., 4 Royal Arcade, Old Bond Street, London W, Angleterre'', 4to, original bright blue cloth with bold peacock...

Sale Price: £480.00

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Lot No: 9409 (zero)

Reverend James Edward Austen-Leigh: 'A Memoir of Jane Austen', London, Richard Bentley, 1870, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontis (foxed) + 3 engraved plates + facsimile autograph plate as called for, presentation copy inscribed ''from the author'' to verso FFEP, bookplate of Montagu George Knight of Chawton, related to Jane austen by her 2nd brother Edward who was adopted by his cousin Mr Knight of Godmersham Park and Chawton; Edward taking the name of Knight...

Sale Price: £650.00

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Lot No: 9410 (zero)

Charlotte Bronte ''Currer Bell'': 'Villette', London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1853, 1st edition, 3 volumes, without half titles or adverts, volume 1 with some toning/spotting to leaves throughout, [4], 324; [4], 319; [4], 350, rebound (not recent), green cloth gilt, new EP's (3)

Sale Price: £600.00

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Lot No: 9411 (zero)

Bronte sisters, 10 various works published Smith Elder, circa 1850's, all new editions including 'Jane Eyre', 1857, 'Wuthering Heights', 1858, 'Shirley', 1857, 'Villette', 1857, etc, all original orange cloth (worn), some (a/f), plus 'Jane Eyre', Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1850, 2 volumes, contemporary cloth gilt (12)

Sale Price: £1,000.00

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Lot No: 9412 (zero)

Nathaniel Hawthorne: 'The Scarlett Letter', Methuen, 1920, illustrated Hugh Thomson, frontis + 30 tipped in coloured plates as called for, 4to, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt

Sale Price: £32.00

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