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Sat 20th Feb 2021 -
10:30am
Antique & Collectors Book Sale
This is our first sale catalogue of 2021. Due to the current restrictions, we felt this sale was the best type of sale to return with- welcome to our first ever ‘Rare & Collectable Book Sale’…
Firstly, please note that all lots within this sale catalogue are used and have varying levels of use and age-related wear. However, we can inform that all entries have come from the same vendor, whom, was the owner of an established book shop.
There are some new and remaining alterations that we are making to our sales, they are as follows:
1- There will continue to be no viewing for this sale. Each lot has a description based on the information we have. Furthermore, there are multiple images to accompany each lot (which can be zoomed in on). If there is a question you have (that cannot be answered through the description or images) please contact us via email.
2- The sale will continue to be held from home; however, we will be working with a further reduced workforce. We will be unable to answer phone calls on sale day and therefore ask that if you have a request for a condition report, that these are in by 12pm on Friday 19th and that all commission bids are placed by 7pm on this same date- anything received after these times, will not be accepted.
3- Due to our current reduced workforce and the restrictions, we are working with, we will only be able to pack and send individual books. If you purchase multiple books, you will be required to arrange a courier. Alternatively, if you prefer to collect your winning lot/s in person, we can hold these until restrictions are eased and you are able to do so.
4- Please, please, please only bid on lots that you are certain to pay for within our terms (5 working days on receipt of your invoice). We would be so incredibly grateful for your cooperation with this.
Firstly, please note that all lots within this sale catalogue are used and have varying levels of use and age-related wear. However, we can inform that all entries have come from the same vendor, whom, was the owner of an established book shop.
There are some new and remaining alterations that we are making to our sales, they are as follows:
1- There will continue to be no viewing for this sale. Each lot has a description based on the information we have. Furthermore, there are multiple images to accompany each lot (which can be zoomed in on). If there is a question you have (that cannot be answered through the description or images) please contact us via email.
2- The sale will continue to be held from home; however, we will be working with a further reduced workforce. We will be unable to answer phone calls on sale day and therefore ask that if you have a request for a condition report, that these are in by 12pm on Friday 19th and that all commission bids are placed by 7pm on this same date- anything received after these times, will not be accepted.
3- Due to our current reduced workforce and the restrictions, we are working with, we will only be able to pack and send individual books. If you purchase multiple books, you will be required to arrange a courier. Alternatively, if you prefer to collect your winning lot/s in person, we can hold these until restrictions are eased and you are able to do so.
4- Please, please, please only bid on lots that you are certain to pay for within our terms (5 working days on receipt of your invoice). We would be so incredibly grateful for your cooperation with this.
451 Lots
Lot 237
A Collection of signed books, 'A Guide to the First Editions of Edgar Wallace' No#668, 'Metro' by George Szirtes signed, 'Pieces of Map, Pieces of Music' by Robert Bringhurst- signed and dated 1898, 'Memoirs of my Aunt Minnie' by John Herdman- Signed, Selected Poems by Sydney Goodsir Smith- signed, 'The Loves of Asklepiades'-signed, 'Pier & Ocean' by Erlend Brown- signed, 'The Fourth Pig' by Naomi Mitchison- signed, 'The Man who was Dorian Gray' by Jerusha Hull McCormack- signed and comes with a letter, 'The Unacknowledged Legislator' by Bonamy Dobree- Signed by general editor Herman Ould, 'The Dancers Inherit the party' by Ian Hamilton Finlay- signed & 'The First Childermas' by William Kean Seymour- signed..Hammer: £ 50
Lot 243
A Selection of collectable books which includes 'Fir Flower Tablets' English Versions by Amy Lowell-1922, Ptaci- 1943, Ancestral Voices by Vinh Thai- 1956 and inscribed, Ljodmaeli- 1884, 'Artorius', 'Time Pieces' & 'Birds Reconvened' by John Heath Stubbs, Rebecca of sunnybrook farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Heritage of Music edited by Hubert J. Foss and C. Day- Lewis a Bibliography..Estimate: £ 30 - £ 50
Lot 244
A Selection of Poetry Books and booklets which includes titles: The Sselected Poems of Norman Macleod- Inscribed by the author, Mouth Music, Circle, American Poetry, The Flying Corset, Via, Lost Country and other verses, Selected Poems by Allen Tate, Three Poems written by G. de V, The Bird Path by Kenneth White, Harbingers, Overtunes to death and other poems and Kynd Kittock's Land..Hammer: £ 28
Lot 245
A Selection of various poetry books titled ' White Skin' by Bill Butler, A Poets Calendar by W.H. Davies, The Enchanted Grindstone by Henry Morton Robinson, George Mackay Brown Poems, The Vision of the Prodigal son by Sydney Goodsir Smith, Chaos and Control in poetry, Hugh MacDiarmid- A Clyack sheaf, Zadok, The Israelite- 1837, Under the Eildon Tree by Sydney Goodsir Smith and a limited edition of 150 copies in which this is number 43 and signed by the author Hugo Manning- titled 'Tread Gently Now'.Hammer: £ 26
Lot 246
A Selection of art books which include various building prints. Books include 'An approach to Paul Klee' by Nika Hulton, 'The Coast road diaries' & 'The Sea Room' by Kate Downie, The Surrealists by William Gaunt, Contemporary British Artists- Stanley Spencer, George Catlin and the old frontier, Scottish Art and letters, The art of Andrew Wyeth, James Pryde and Craigie Aitchinson..Hammer: £ 45
Lot 250
A Box of mixed books to include titles 'Keith Waterhouse 'Office Life', 'Orion' by R.H.Horne, 'Unpopular Essays' by Bertrand Russell, 'Fifty Poems' by Pasternak, 'Friedrich Friedl Nicolaus Ott Bernard Stein, British Isles by Alan Titchmarsh, A Painter's Camera, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Unpopular Essays, The Poetry Book Society and many others..Estimate: £ 20 - £ 40
Lot 251
A Box of books which include Titles, The Toll Gate , The Unknown Ajax, Hammond Innes 'The strode venturer', Hamish Henderson- Collected Poems and Songs, Breaking the rules, Vorticism and the English Avant- Garde, Elkin Mathews, Bibliography of Iain Crichton Smith, The man on my back by Eric Linklater and Nancy Mitford 'Dont Tell Alfred'.Hammer: £ 26
Lot 254
A Box of various books which include titles 'A Man of Letters' by V.S. Pritchett, The Bull from the sea, Tigers are better looking by Jean Rhys, Rule of three by Douglas Reed, The Love Object by Edna O'Brien, The mask of Apollo, The survival of Scotland by Eric Linklater, Time after time by Molly Keane and Midnight oil by V.S. Pritchett..Hammer: £ 24
Lot 256
A Box of mixed titles books 'Maps and Map makers' by Tooley, Russian Futurism, Fallodon Papers by Viscount Grey, Anton Chehov by William Gerhardi, The way things are, Savage Messiah, Modern Scottish Poetry, Modern Scottish Poetry, Dead Mens Bells by Fredrick Nivon, Yeats, Christies catalogues and various Robert Burns catalogues etc.Hammer: £ 50
Lot 257
A large quantity of Poem books/ Booklets and various other books. Some poetic books are signed. Titles include 'Poems for Children' by Walter De La Mar, Mozart in the British Museum, Landscape Painting in Watercolour by John Macwhirter, Hugh MacDiarmid 'The Burning Passion, Ballads and Poems by John Masefield, Contemporary Scottish Poetry, A Cedar Box by Robert Nathan [Limited edition 403/1500], The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius with other poems by James Beattie- London 1811. The Bells of Dis by Helen Adam and one other booklet signed by Helen..Hammer: £ 45
Lot 261
A collection of books to include The Life and Death of Richard Yea and Nay by Maurice Hewlett published 1935:High Windows Philip Larkin a book of Poems. First Edition.
The Land without a Name by Robert Gibson Hard Back, First Edition 1975.
Sidney Keyes Minos of Crete Plays and Stories by Michael Meyer 1948 first edition.
The Golden Lamp by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor First Edition 1964.
On The Continent (A Book of inquilinics) Osbert Sitwell, A Book of Poetry. First Edition 1958.
Condition Good no Pages missing or Damaged..
Hammer: £ 20
Lot 268
Martin Secker, London, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 743 pages (complete). It was Feuchtwanger's misfortune that he thought, in 1930, that the Nazi Party was a flame burnt out. This novel, the first what became a trilogy, fictionalises the rise and fall of the National Socialists. The book ensured his subsequent persecution by Hitler and the Nazis when they assumed power in 1933. The thick card dustjacket is placid. It has wear, but is secure. The boards have some storage wear and marks. The some pages have some mild damp tide-marks about the top edges from storage however these are rare. Beyond this the contents are patient, clear, clean, comfortable and certain..Hammer: £ 10
Lot 272
A Collection of Hardback books which includes titles 'Views and reviews' by W.E. Henley, Fragments Des Oeuvres D'Alexandre Dumas- dated 1846, The Woman Thou Gavest Me by Hall Caine, Lest We Forget by Joseph Hocking, If I were king by Justin Huntly McCarthy- dated 1902, The Mighty Atom by Marie Corelli and The Youth of Parnassus and other stories of Oxford life by Logan Pearsall Smith- dated 1909..Estimate: £ 30 - £ 60
Lot 273
A Selection of collectable books which includes titles 'The Oxford Book of Modern Verse' chosen by W.B. Yeats- dated 1936, 1st edition Earl Lavender by John Davidson dated 1895, Fleet Street Eclogue-Ballads and songs and new ballads by John Davidson, Life of Victor Hugo by Frank T. Marzials- dated 1888, 1st Edition 'A Countryman's day book' by C.N. French- dated 1929, Morning Sorrow by John Rothenstein, A Man in the Zoo by David Garnett- dated 1924 and the Apostles- Ernest Renan- dated 1890..Estimate: £ 30 - £ 60
Lot 274
A Collection of Poetry books which includes titles 'Poetry Scotland', Scottish Poetry 1 & 5, The complete poems of Hugh MacDiarmid 1, Modern Poetry by Edward Thomas, Poetic Gems, The Wanderer and other poems, Hamewith and other poems by Charles Murray- dated 1927, The Acreage of the heart, Douglas Dunn, three Copies of Poems [1926-1930] by Robert Graves..Hammer: £ 20
Lot 275
A Collection of Scottish Books and booklets which includes titles such as 'Proverbs in Scots', Wordsworth in Scotland limited edition 41/300 and signed by Thomas Rae [publisher] 'The Signet Press', John Knox, Puppets into Scotland by Walter Wilkinson, Scottish Poets in America by John D. Ross, A Camera in the Cairngorms by W.A. Poucher, The Great North Road by Frank Morley, Arrows by Alexander Gray, The Scots and their Country by Edwin Muir, The Heart of Scotland by George Blake and Scotch Whisky a guide. Scotland in quest of her youth - a scrutiny edited with an introduction by David Cleghorn Thomson signed with the various writers George Scott Moncrieff, Will Y. Darling, J. Inglis Ker, Robert Hurd and Eric Linklater..Hammer: £ 32
Lot 276
A Large selection of poetry books and booklets. Includes Dunbar by Rachel Annand Taylor, Missile Commander by George MacBeth, The Corridor by C.H. Sisson, The Fury of the Living by John Singer, Women of the Happy Island by Adam Drinan, Collected Poems by Sydney Goodsir Smith, The First Acres by Dan McNabb and inscribed by the author, Selected poems by Charles Senior and signed, The Swallow Book by Ernst Toller and A Vision of beasts and Gods by George Barker,.Hammer: £ 75
Lot 279
Five various outdoor and garden books which includes 'British Fungi and Lichens by G. Massee, Flowers of the Field by Rev C.A. Johns- dated 1911, Rock Gardens how to make and maintain them by Lewis Meredith- dated 1910, A Book of Wild Flowers by Elsa Felsko, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden..Hammer: £ 60