5 First editions, comprising
Thomas, Edward
£575
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Collected Poems. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1920. First edition, number 71 of 100 copies of Japon paper, 8vo, frontispiece, original grey cloth-backed grey boards, edges of boards very slightly rubbed; Connolly, Cyril Enemies of Promise. London: G. Routledge, 1938. First edition, original cloth, dustwrapper strengthened at folds on verso; Auden, W.H. The Age of Anxiety. Faber & Faber, 1948. First edition, presentation copy inscribed "Wayne with love from Wystan, Nov. 1948", original yellow cloth, dustwrapper with short splits at upper fold and slight loss at head of spine; Wharton, Edith A Son at the Front. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923, First edition, original red cloth, dustwrapper with some loss at head of spine and to lower wrapper; Sackville West, V. Grey Wethers. W. Heinemann, 1923, first edition, original grey cloth, dustwrapper rather worn and soiled and repair on verso (5)