Lot 34
20th-century literature, philosophy, art
Collection of works including signed limited editions
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
Valéry, Paul. Eupalinos, or the Architect. London: Oxford University Press, 1932. First edition, one of 250 copies signed by the author, 4to, original white pictorial cloth gilt, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, spine toned, spotting to outer leaves;
Russell, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1946. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (printed as issued on mapmaker's waste paper as a wartime economy measure, the reverse showing a map of Frankfurt and environs);
Heyerdahl, Thor. The Kon-Tiki Expedition. By Raft across the South Seas. London: Theodore Brun Limited, 1950. ‘Limited de luxe edition’, one of 150 copies available to members of The Collector's Book Club only, signed by the author on an initial blank, 8vo, original maroon morocco gilt;
Ede, H. S. A Life of Gaudier-Brzeska. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition, one of 340 copies printed on hand-made paper, 4to, original cloth, 67 collotype plates, dust jacket (crudely repaired and laid down);
Beaton, Cecil. An Indian Album. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1945. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped), photographic illustrations;
Gibbon, Edward. Gibbon's Journal from Geneva to Rome. His Journal from 20th April to 2nd October 1764. Edited by Georges A. Bonnard. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1961. One of 105 copies, this copy additionally inscribed by the editor on the limitation page, 4to, original vellum;
Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jacket, spine rolled, head of spine sunned owing to concomitant section of loss to jacket, jacket also with repair to verso at foot of spine;
Masefield, John. Odtaa. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 250 copies signed by the author and with a laid-in signed print (colour facsimile of the dust jacket to the trade issue, printed on japon and signed by the artist, in envelope), spotting to endpapers, dust jacket torn;
and 22 others, including a 19th-century commonplace book (30)