£600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Huxley, Aldous Brief Candles. New York, 1930. 8vo, 'After the Fireworks' section only, vellum gilt, signed by author on half-title; Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) Tales of an Empty Cabin. 1936, number 171 of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth, uncut, slipcase; Noyes, Alfred The Unknown God. New York, 1934, presentation copy to G.G. Napier, dustwrapper slightly frayed; Cary, Joyce An American Visitor. 1933, First edition, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; Coppard, A.E. Pink Furniture. 1930, dustwrapper; Galsworthy, John Soames and the Flag. 1930, 2 copies, number 35 and 160 of 1025 copies signed by the author, original vellum, t.e.g., slipcases; Beith, Janet No Second Spring. 1933, dustwrapper, signed by the author on endpaper; Houghton, Claude Chaos is Come Again. 1932, presentation copy signed, dustwrapper; Stribling, T.S. The Forge. 1931, dustwrapper; Priestley, J.B. Angel Pavement. 1930, number 95 of 1025 copies signed by the author, original buckram, t.e.g., glassine dustwrapper, slipcase; Cornford, Frances Poems. Hampstead & Cambridge, [?1910], 8vo, inscribed "To Jean Michel from Frances Cornford May 1910", laid in as a contemporary photograph of Francis Cornford on a beach with his future wife Frances (née Darwin) and her father, original cloth-backed boards, boards slightly spotted; Rolfe, Frederick Hubert's Arthur. 1935, dustwrapper; Masefield, John A Letter from Pontus. 1936, number 37 of 100 copies signed by the author, quarter vellum, glassine dustrwapper, slipcase; Masefield, J. Victorius Troy. 1936, number 3 of 125 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase; Masefield, J. The Bird of Dawning. 1933, number 58 of 300 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase; Masefield, J. The Taking of the Gry. 1934, number 28 of 175 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase (17)