Literature, 1910-20
17 volumes, comprising
£563
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
The Open Window. 2 volumes, 12mo, original cream-coloured cloth-backed blue boards, t.e.g.; Murray, Ada Foster. Flower o' the Grass. New York, 1910, presentation copy from Ada Foster Alden, original pictorial green cloth gilt; Haggard, H. Rider. Rural Denmark and its Lessons. 1911, original blue cloth; London, Jack. John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs. 1914, first British edition, original green cloth; Mansfield, Katherine. In a German Pension. [1912], Second impression [500 copies], original green cloth gilt; Street, G.S. On Money and other Essays. 1914, inscribed by the author, original red cloth; Quiller-Couch, A. My Best Book. 1912, number 154 of 300 copies signed by the author, original cream cloth gilt; De La Mare, Walter. The Listeners and Other Poems. 1912, original maroon cloth gilt; Tagore, R. The Crescent Moon. 1913, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, paper adhesion to lower board; Caine, Hall. The Woman thou gavest me. 1913, presentation copy to C.T. Campbell, original red cloth, slight dampstain to binding and page edges; Conrad, Joseph. Victory. 1915, 2 copies, original red cloth, one slightly rubbed, the other rubbed & faded; Reid, Forrest. The Spring Song. 1916, original cloth; Doyle, Arthur Conan. His Last Bow. 1917, first edition, original red cloth, spine faded, few marks to lower board; Firbank, Ronald. Valmouth. 1919, original cloth, title browned from frontispiece tissue; Masfield, John. Reynard the Fox. 1919, text browned, half-title verso damaged from ? removal of bookplate, with bookplate of Scawen Blunt and A.L.S. from the author to Mr Blunt loosely inserted; sold not subject to return (17)