Lot 14
The Poster
Auction: 8 September 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
An illustrated monthly chronicle. London, 1898. 8vo, volume I, parts II-VI only, bound in cloth gilt, original covers bound in; Housman, Laurence & Somerset Maugham, W. The venture, an annual of art and literature. London, 1903-1905. 4to, 2 volumes, plates, the first in cloth backed boards, the second in decorative cloth; Shannon, C. Hazelwood The pageant. London, 1896-1897. 4to, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth gilt; Pomegranate Press The gypsy. London, 1915. 4to, illustrated in the main by Allan Odle, original decorative boards, lacking backstrip; Beardsley, Aubrey The Savoy. London, 1896. 4to, 2 volumes, parts 1-5, blue cloth gilt, rubbing; [Idem] The yellow book. London, 1894-1895. 8vo, 6 [of 13] volumes, volumes I-VI, original decorative yellow cloth, backstrips discoloured, rubbing (14)
Footnote
Provenance: From the estate of the late Sir Compton Mackenzie, by family descent.