Lot 126

Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] - Aldous Huxley

37 volumes

£500

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

Description

Orwell, George The Lion and the Unicorn, 1941, spine slightly soiled and a bit rubbed, dusted, lacks dustwrapper; another copy, red stamp to front endpaper, binding somewhat soiled; Animal Farm, 1946, 1st American edition, second issue, dustwrapper frayed with slight loss; Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949, spine and extremities sunned, foxing pp 121-137, cocked, lacks dustwrapper; Huxley, Aldous On the Margin, 1923 (Bromer A8.1), endpapers toned, fragment of bookseller label on front pastedown, boards somewhat marked, lacks dustwrapper; Little Mexican, 1924 (Bromer A10.1) light spotting to endpapers, boards a little rubbed, lacks dustwrapper; Those Barren Leaves, 1925 (Bromer A11.1.1), gift inscription on endpaper, endpapers spotted, boards slightly soiled, lacks dustwrapper; Along the Road, 1925 (Bromer A12.1), gift inscription, boards soiled, lacks dustwrapper; Two or Three Graces, 1926 (Bromer A14.1.1), gift inscription on ffep, light spotting; lacks dustwrapper; Brief Candles, 1930 (Bromer A23.1), dustwrapper with tear to rear panel and worn with some loss at top of spine; Vulgarity in Literature, 1930 (Bromer A24.2), ex-libris British Red Cross copy, lacks dustwrapper; Music at Night, 1931 (Bromer A28.2), lacks dustwrapper; Texts and Pretexts, 1932 (Bromer A32.2), lacks dustwrapper; Vulgarity in Literature, 1940, later Zodiac edition by Chatto & Windus, dustwrapper slightly soiled and slightly rubbed; Eyeless in Gaza, 1936 (Bromer A41.2.1), owner’s name on ffep, light spotting, lacks dustwrapper; The Olive Tree, 1936 (Bromer A42.2), cloth a little discoloured, dustwrapper spine browned, slightly frayed; another copy, lacks dustwrapper; Ends and Means, 1937 (Bromer A45.2), dustwrapper somewhat soiled, frayed and price clipped, title slightly spotted; The Elder Peter Bruegel, 1938 (Bromer A46), lacks ffep and dustwrapper; The Giaconda Smile, 1938 (Bromer A48, gift inscription on ffep, lacks dustwrapper; After Many a Summer, 1939 (Bromer A49.1.1), endpapers discoloured, dustwrapper split and missing part of spine; Time Must Have a Stop, 1945 (Bromer A56.3), dustwrapper frayed with loss; another copy, boards slightly soiled, lacks dustwrapper; The Perennial Philosophy, 1946 (Bromer A57.2), dustwrapper frayed with some loss; Science, Liberty and Peace, 1947 (Bromer A58.3), dustwrapper rubbed at extremities; Ape and Essence, 1949 (Bromer A62.2), dustwrapper frayed with some loss; Prisons, 1949 (Bromer A63.2) ordinary issue, original grey boards, lacks one plate, boards spotted; Themes and Variations, 1950 (Bromer A64.2.1), gift inscription ffep, spine a bit sunned, lacks dustwrapper; The Devils of Loudun, 1952 (Bromer A66.1), , dustwrapper price clipped, slightly rubbed and with short tear to upper panel; The Doors of Perception, 1954 (Bromer A68.2,), owner's inscription to ffep, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and with tear to upper wrapper; Heaven and Hell, 1956 (Bromer A71.1), spine sunned, lacks dustwrapper; Adonis and the Alphabet, 1956 (Bromer A72.2.2), owner’s name on ffep, dustwrapper frayed and discoloured; Brave New World Revisited, 1959 (Bromer A74.3), , dustwrapper price clipped, slightly soiled, with a couple of tears, one repaired; another copy lacking dustwrapper; Literature and Science, 1963 (Bromer A82.2), gift inscription on endpaper, dustwrapper spine sunned and price clipped; all first editions and with dustwrappers, except where noted (37)